Analytical Skills Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Analytical Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,980 4,065 4,933
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.83% 11.77% 8.84%
As % of the General category 11.05% 17.91% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,434 1,518 1,900
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 36,016 22,698 29,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.74% 65.72% 53.02%
Number of salaries quoted 22,355 11,099 14,423
10th Percentile £28,671 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.66%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,471 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -8.33%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK excluding London

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -19 1,088 £47,500 +6.74% 856
South East -9 949 £49,536 -0.93% 1,060
Midlands -9 698 £47,500 +5.56% 566
North West -16 667 £46,500 +3.33% 527
South West -9 563 £47,500 +5.56% 538
West Midlands -16 359 £48,000 +6.67% 336
East Midlands -5 336 £45,000 +3.45% 231
Yorkshire -10 290 £47,000 +17.50% 269
East of England -18 254 £47,500 +13.77% 383
Wales -8 186 £46,250 -7.82% 85
Scotland -20 133 £44,500 +12.66% 345
North East -18 131 £50,500 +26.25% 69
Northern Ireland -12 117 £42,500 -22.73% 172
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 163 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 53 (1.33%) Confluence
4 31 (0.78%) IIS
5 27 (0.68%) Apache
6 26 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 20 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
8 18 (0.45%) CMS
9 14 (0.35%) SAS
10 10 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 10 (0.25%) WordPress
11 9 (0.23%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.23%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.20%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 3 (0.075%) Anypoint
15 2 (0.050%) Oracle Application Server
15 2 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.025%) Tomcat
16 1 (0.025%) Umbraco
Applications
1 477 (11.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 223 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 28 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 27 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 15 (0.38%) Simulink
8 6 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.13%) CATIA
9 5 (0.13%) EPLAN
10 4 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.10%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.075%) CANalyzer
11 3 (0.075%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.075%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.050%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.050%) Lectora
12 2 (0.050%) Trello
Business Applications
1 85 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
3 31 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 27 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.45%) Shopify
6 15 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 11 (0.28%) Magento
8 10 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 9 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.23%) SAP PM
10 8 (0.20%) Infor M3
10 8 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
11 7 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
11 7 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 6 (0.15%) Exchequer
12 6 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
13 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 5 (0.13%) Sage 50
13 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
14 4 (0.10%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 640 (16.08%) Azure
2 471 (11.83%) Power Platform
3 347 (8.72%) AWS
4 320 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
5 210 (5.28%) SaaS
6 147 (3.69%) GCP
7 105 (2.64%) Entra ID
8 99 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
9 97 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
10 90 (2.26%) Google Ads
11 87 (2.19%) Google Analytics
12 67 (1.68%) Meta Ads
13 63 (1.58%) GitHub
14 62 (1.56%) Power Automate
15 61 (1.53%) PowerApps
16 53 (1.33%) Serverless
17 47 (1.18%) Amazon S3
17 47 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
18 40 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
19 39 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 161 (4.05%) DNS
2 127 (3.19%) DHCP
3 108 (2.71%) Firewall
4 95 (2.39%) VPN
5 80 (2.01%) TCP/IP
6 67 (1.68%) WAN
7 62 (1.56%) LAN
8 51 (1.28%) Wireless
9 43 (1.08%) Network Security
10 36 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (0.70%) Broadband
12 27 (0.68%) HTTP
12 27 (0.68%) VoIP
13 26 (0.65%) VLAN
14 21 (0.53%) SD-WAN
15 20 (0.50%) BGP
15 20 (0.50%) Internet
16 19 (0.48%) SAN
16 19 (0.48%) SMS
17 16 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 417 (10.48%) Power BI
2 126 (3.17%) Tableau
3 123 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 119 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
5 98 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
6 75 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 67 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 61 (1.53%) MySQL
9 53 (1.33%) Power Query
10 51 (1.28%) Looker
11 47 (1.18%) Metadata
12 45 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 44 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
14 41 (1.03%) Data Lake
15 34 (0.85%) BigQuery
16 32 (0.80%) Big Data
17 29 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
18 26 (0.65%) NoSQL
19 24 (0.60%) MongoDB
20 20 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 159 (3.99%) JIRA
2 135 (3.39%) Git
3 34 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.78%) GitLab
4 31 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
5 19 (0.48%) Eclipse
6 15 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.38%) LabVIEW
6 15 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
6 15 (0.38%) Selenium
7 14 (0.35%) Postman
8 13 (0.33%) Burp Suite
8 13 (0.33%) Claude Code
9 12 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.28%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.28%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.23%) JMeter
11 9 (0.23%) MLflow
12 7 (0.18%) Moq
General
1 1,991 (50.03%) Social Skills
2 1,143 (28.72%) Finance
3 448 (11.26%) Marketing
4 318 (7.99%) Organisational Skills
5 288 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 281 (7.06%) Manufacturing
7 256 (6.43%) Legal
7 256 (6.43%) Retail
8 228 (5.73%) Public Sector
9 214 (5.38%) Law
10 213 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
11 177 (4.45%) Aerospace
12 133 (3.34%) Electronics
13 111 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
14 109 (2.74%) Telecoms
15 70 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
16 62 (1.56%) Military
17 59 (1.48%) Advertising
17 59 (1.48%) Banking
18 53 (1.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 899 (22.59%) Analyst
2 445 (11.18%) Senior
3 267 (6.71%) Lead
4 208 (5.23%) Developer
5 205 (5.15%) Data Analyst
6 175 (4.40%) Business Analyst
7 172 (4.32%) Systems Engineer
8 147 (3.69%) Support Analyst
9 136 (3.42%) Architect
10 115 (2.89%) Data Engineer
10 115 (2.89%) Support Engineer
11 109 (2.74%) Consultant
12 108 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
13 104 (2.61%) IT Support
14 84 (2.11%) Accountant
15 82 (2.06%) IT Engineer
16 81 (2.04%) Systems Analyst
17 80 (2.01%) Applications Support
18 79 (1.98%) Marketing Manager
19 70 (1.76%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (2.59%) .NET
2 81 (2.04%) REST
3 76 (1.91%) HTML
4 75 (1.88%) Terraform
5 69 (1.73%) CSS
6 63 (1.58%) Middleware
7 60 (1.51%) XML
8 54 (1.36%) JSON
9 50 (1.26%) SOAP
10 45 (1.13%) RESTful
11 42 (1.06%) EDI
12 41 (1.03%) PySpark
13 35 (0.88%) Kafka
13 35 (0.88%) LDAP
14 34 (0.85%) React
15 30 (0.75%) ModSecurity
16 29 (0.73%) ASP.NET
17 26 (0.65%) OAuth
18 25 (0.63%) Spring
18 25 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 363 (9.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 269 (6.76%) Management Information System
3 226 (5.68%) Onboarding
4 210 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
5 163 (4.10%) Product Ownership
6 137 (3.44%) Driving Licence
7 120 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
8 91 (2.29%) Social Media
9 84 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 82 (2.06%) Marketing Technology
11 74 (1.86%) Cloud Native
12 70 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
13 69 (1.73%) Data Centre
14 67 (1.68%) Blog
14 67 (1.68%) Virtual Team
15 47 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 41 (1.03%) Data Structures
17 37 (0.93%) SCADA
18 35 (0.88%) AI Agents
19 33 (0.83%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 335 (8.42%) Windows
2 197 (4.95%) Linux
3 183 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 27 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 24 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.53%) Unix
9 15 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.33%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.30%) Android
12 9 (0.23%) CentOS
13 7 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.15%) Debian
14 6 (0.15%) VMS
15 5 (0.13%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.10%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.050%) Solaris
18 1 (0.025%) AIX
18 1 (0.025%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,970 (49.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1,265 (31.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 974 (24.47%) Decision-Making
4 749 (18.82%) Analytics
5 703 (17.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 635 (15.95%) AI
7 611 (15.35%) Agile
8 531 (13.34%) Business Intelligence
9 421 (10.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 405 (10.18%) Validation
11 393 (9.87%) Actionable Insight
12 383 (9.62%) Customer Service
13 382 (9.60%) ERP
14 366 (9.20%) CRM
15 355 (8.92%) Data Analysis
16 349 (8.77%) Mentoring
17 321 (8.07%) Project Management
18 316 (7.94%) Customer Experience
19 309 (7.76%) Collaborative Working
20 308 (7.74%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 765 (19.22%) SQL
2 464 (11.66%) Python
3 150 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 135 (3.39%) Java
5 118 (2.96%) C#
6 107 (2.69%) PowerShell
7 77 (1.93%) C++
8 62 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 59 (1.48%) Bash
10 42 (1.06%) MATLAB
10 42 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 38 (0.95%) T-SQL
12 34 (0.85%) R
13 32 (0.80%) C
14 23 (0.58%) PHP
15 18 (0.45%) PL/SQL
16 17 (0.43%) Scala
16 17 (0.43%) VB.NET
17 16 (0.40%) Perl
18 14 (0.35%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 742 (18.64%) Degree
2 489 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 338 (8.49%) SC Cleared
4 156 (3.92%) ACCA
5 148 (3.72%) CIMA
6 120 (3.02%) DV Cleared
7 116 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 116 (2.91%) DBS Check
8 84 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 73 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 71 (1.78%) CISSP
11 61 (1.53%) HND
12 59 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 56 (1.41%) CISM
14 46 (1.16%) HNC
15 45 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
16 43 (1.08%) Azure Certification
17 39 (0.98%) CCNA
17 39 (0.98%) PMI Certification
18 34 (0.85%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 380 (9.55%) Data Quality
2 280 (7.04%) QA
3 232 (5.83%) GDPR
4 141 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 139 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 108 (2.71%) Accessibility
7 103 (2.59%) PCI DSS
8 91 (2.29%) SLA
9 89 (2.24%) ISO 9001
10 77 (1.93%) NIST
11 39 (0.98%) GRC
12 35 (0.88%) PMO
13 27 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
14 23 (0.58%) DO-254
15 22 (0.55%) ISO 14001
15 22 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 21 (0.53%) IFRS
17 18 (0.45%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.43%) TickIT
System Software
1 258 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 101 (2.54%) Docker
3 96 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.81%) Terminal Server
5 40 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 35 (0.88%) Firmware
7 15 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
10 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.18%) Ceph
12 6 (0.15%) vSphere
13 4 (0.10%) KVM
13 4 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.075%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.025%) IAG
15 1 (0.025%) VirtualBox
15 1 (0.025%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.025%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 68 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 47 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.01%) Ansible
4 26 (0.65%) Grafana
5 25 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.38%) QRadar
8 14 (0.35%) Kibana
9 11 (0.28%) Nmap
9 11 (0.28%) Podman
10 7 (0.18%) Argo
10 7 (0.18%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.18%) Istio
10 7 (0.18%) logstash
11 6 (0.15%) Functional Safety
11 6 (0.15%) Graylog
11 6 (0.15%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.10%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.10%) Puppet
Vendors
1 977 (24.55%) Microsoft
2 244 (6.13%) Google
3 129 (3.24%) VMware
4 128 (3.22%) SAP
5 121 (3.04%) Splunk
6 101 (2.54%) Oracle
7 86 (2.16%) SolarWinds
8 81 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 79 (1.98%) Veeam
10 73 (1.83%) Brocade
10 73 (1.83%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (1.81%) Tanium
12 66 (1.66%) ServiceNow
13 65 (1.63%) Cisco
14 60 (1.51%) Databricks
15 51 (1.28%) YouTube
16 47 (1.18%) Workday
17 38 (0.95%) Adobe
18 35 (0.88%) HubSpot
19 33 (0.83%) IBM