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 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,320 3,980 6,002
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.58% 11.73% 8.89%
As % of the General category 10.32% 17.45% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,191 1,505 3,019
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,750 £34,001
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,306 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +1.70% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% -8.90%

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 32,161 22,812 36,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.35% 67.22% 54.62%
Number of salaries quoted 19,764 10,941 22,701
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,272 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.44% -4.69% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -18 971 £48,000 +4.35% 403
South East -9 818 £50,000 -4.76% 469
Midlands -9 596 £47,500 +3.26% 227
North West -18 580 £47,500 +0.53% 229
South West -18 437 £45,000 -10.00% 178
West Midlands -16 323 £49,500 +10.00% 127
Yorkshire -10 285 £48,445 +8.01% 127
East Midlands -5 272 £45,000 -5.26% 98
East of England -20 236 £45,000 -2.01% 136
North East -24 106 £55,000 +37.50% 51
Wales -17 105 £53,171 -3.33% 25
Scotland -37 103 £43,335 -1.51% 64
Northern Ireland -33 65 £41,250 -25.00% 25
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
1 178 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.05%) Confluence
4 28 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 28 (0.84%) CMS
5 27 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 26 (0.78%) Apache
7 22 (0.66%) IIS
8 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.27%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.27%) WordPress
9 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.090%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.090%) JBoss
11 1 (0.030%) Appian
11 1 (0.030%) Moodle
11 1 (0.030%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.030%) Tomcat
Applications
1 418 (12.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 51 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.27%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.090%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.090%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.090%) Simulink
9 3 (0.090%) Trello
10 2 (0.060%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.060%) Lectora
10 2 (0.060%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 51 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 34 (1.02%) Dynamics GP
4 25 (0.75%) NetSuite
5 19 (0.57%) SAP PM
6 18 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
7 14 (0.42%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.30%) Magento
9 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.21%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 5 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
11 5 (0.15%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.15%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.15%) SAP PP
12 4 (0.12%) JDE OneWorld
12 4 (0.12%) JDE World
12 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 582 (17.53%) Azure
2 422 (12.71%) Power Platform
3 313 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
4 276 (8.31%) AWS
5 141 (4.25%) SaaS
6 125 (3.77%) GCP
7 88 (2.65%) Entra ID
8 87 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
10 62 (1.87%) Google Analytics
11 49 (1.48%) GitHub
11 49 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
12 48 (1.45%) PowerApps
13 39 (1.17%) Power Automate
14 37 (1.11%) Amazon S3
15 31 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (0.93%) dbt
15 31 (0.93%) Snowflake
16 28 (0.84%) Serverless
17 26 (0.78%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 156 (4.70%) DNS
2 126 (3.80%) DHCP
3 120 (3.61%) Firewall
4 79 (2.38%) VPN
5 59 (1.78%) TCP/IP
6 57 (1.72%) WAN
7 50 (1.51%) LAN
8 44 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (1.17%) Wireless
10 37 (1.11%) Broadband
11 25 (0.75%) Network Security
12 24 (0.72%) HTTP
13 20 (0.60%) BGP
13 20 (0.60%) VoIP
14 19 (0.57%) SAN
14 19 (0.57%) SD-WAN
15 17 (0.51%) VLAN
16 16 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (0.45%) Wireshark
18 14 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (11.30%) Power BI
2 184 (5.54%) Tableau
3 111 (3.34%) Amazon RDS
4 109 (3.28%) SQL Server
5 97 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
6 62 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.78%) Data Mining
8 47 (1.42%) MySQL
8 47 (1.42%) Power Query
9 41 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 40 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 39 (1.17%) Looker
11 39 (1.17%) Metadata
12 37 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
13 31 (0.93%) Data Lake
14 27 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 27 (0.81%) Big Data
15 22 (0.66%) BigQuery
16 16 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
16 16 (0.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 114 (3.43%) JIRA
2 85 (2.56%) Git
3 41 (1.23%) GitLab
4 36 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
5 28 (0.84%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.42%) Selenium
8 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.36%) Eclipse
9 11 (0.33%) MLflow
9 11 (0.33%) Postman
10 9 (0.27%) JMeter
10 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.24%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.24%) LabVIEW
12 7 (0.21%) Moq
12 7 (0.21%) Subversion
13 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.18%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,624 (48.92%) Social Skills
2 961 (28.95%) Finance
3 292 (8.80%) Marketing
4 219 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
5 216 (6.51%) Retail
6 193 (5.81%) Legal
7 189 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 182 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 179 (5.39%) Manufacturing
10 153 (4.61%) Law
11 151 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
12 107 (3.22%) Telecoms
13 84 (2.53%) Aerospace
14 78 (2.35%) Electronics
15 62 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
16 60 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
17 50 (1.51%) Military
18 47 (1.42%) Advertising
18 47 (1.42%) Banking
19 35 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 856 (25.78%) Analyst
2 326 (9.82%) Senior
3 229 (6.90%) Lead
4 226 (6.81%) Data Analyst
5 194 (5.84%) Systems Engineer
6 167 (5.03%) Developer
7 156 (4.70%) Business Analyst
8 110 (3.31%) Support Engineer
9 109 (3.28%) Support Analyst
10 100 (3.01%) Architect
11 99 (2.98%) Consultant
12 95 (2.86%) IT Support
13 88 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
14 86 (2.59%) Data Engineer
15 85 (2.56%) Systems Analyst
16 77 (2.32%) Accountant
17 70 (2.11%) IT Engineer
18 66 (1.99%) Head of QA
19 65 (1.96%) Applications Support
19 65 (1.96%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.20%) .NET
2 65 (1.96%) HTML
3 64 (1.93%) REST
4 63 (1.90%) Middleware
5 61 (1.84%) XML
6 57 (1.72%) CSS
6 57 (1.72%) JSON
7 44 (1.33%) React
8 37 (1.11%) SOAP
9 33 (0.99%) RESTful
10 29 (0.87%) Node.js
10 29 (0.87%) PyTorch
11 27 (0.81%) Kafka
12 24 (0.72%) PySpark
12 24 (0.72%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.66%) EDI
14 21 (0.63%) scikit-learn
15 18 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
16 17 (0.51%) OAuth
16 17 (0.51%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 392 (11.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 182 (5.48%) Management Information System
3 131 (3.95%) Product Ownership
3 131 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 125 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
5 124 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 93 (2.80%) Driving Licence
7 60 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 59 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 56 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 50 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
11 48 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
12 45 (1.36%) Security Posture
13 37 (1.11%) Blog
14 34 (1.02%) Algorithms
14 34 (1.02%) Data Structures
14 34 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
15 33 (0.99%) Social Media
16 27 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
16 27 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 316 (9.52%) Windows
2 200 (6.02%) Linux
3 188 (5.66%) Windows Server
4 109 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 18 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (0.51%) Android
7 17 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.48%) Unix
8 16 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 13 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.27%) CentOS
12 8 (0.24%) VMS
13 6 (0.18%) Debian
14 5 (0.15%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.030%) AIX
15 1 (0.030%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.030%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.030%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,561 (47.02%) Problem-Solving
2 969 (29.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 775 (23.34%) Decision-Making
4 682 (20.54%) Analytics
5 458 (13.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 455 (13.70%) Agile
7 427 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
8 397 (11.96%) AI
9 345 (10.39%) Actionable Insight
10 343 (10.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 324 (9.76%) Customer Experience
12 311 (9.37%) Customer Service
13 297 (8.95%) Project Management
14 296 (8.92%) Data Analysis
15 294 (8.86%) ERP
16 281 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
17 280 (8.43%) CRM
18 267 (8.04%) Service Delivery
19 264 (7.95%) Mentoring
20 261 (7.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 676 (20.36%) SQL
2 487 (14.67%) Python
3 115 (3.46%) JavaScript
4 104 (3.13%) Java
5 98 (2.95%) C#
6 97 (2.92%) PowerShell
7 60 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 55 (1.66%) C++
9 48 (1.45%) Bash
10 47 (1.42%) T-SQL
11 41 (1.23%) R
12 33 (0.99%) MATLAB
13 23 (0.69%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.63%) PHP
15 19 (0.57%) C
16 18 (0.54%) Go
17 17 (0.51%) VBA
18 14 (0.42%) PL/SQL
19 13 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
19 13 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 550 (16.57%) Degree
2 361 (10.87%) Security Cleared
3 261 (7.86%) SC Cleared
4 156 (4.70%) ACCA
5 150 (4.52%) CIMA
6 129 (3.89%) DBS Check
7 86 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 71 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (1.99%) IRCA
10 64 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
11 56 (1.69%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.51%) CISSP
12 50 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 43 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
14 36 (1.08%) CISM
15 34 (1.02%) CCNA
16 30 (0.90%) Master's Degree
17 27 (0.81%) HNC
18 24 (0.72%) AAT
18 24 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 320 (9.64%) Data Quality
2 248 (7.47%) GDPR
3 230 (6.93%) QA
4 173 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 155 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 133 (4.01%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.43%) ISO 9001
8 95 (2.86%) SLA
9 91 (2.74%) NIST
10 78 (2.35%) Accessibility
11 45 (1.36%) GRC
12 37 (1.11%) PMO
13 30 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
14 28 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.69%) ISO 14001
16 20 (0.60%) GMP
16 20 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 18 (0.54%) SOC 2
18 17 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.51%) TickIT
System Software
1 251 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 108 (3.25%) Hyper-V
3 96 (2.89%) Terminal Server
4 76 (2.29%) Docker
5 33 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.27%) vSphere
8 7 (0.21%) Firmware
9 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.12%) XenApp
11 3 (0.090%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.090%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.030%) KVM
12 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.030%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 67 (2.02%) Terraform
2 54 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 39 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.08%) Ansible
5 27 (0.81%) Grafana
6 14 (0.42%) Kibana
6 14 (0.42%) QRadar
7 12 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Nagios
9 7 (0.21%) Kubeflow
9 7 (0.21%) logstash
10 6 (0.18%) Graylog
10 6 (0.18%) Nmap
11 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.15%) Podman
11 5 (0.15%) SCCM
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
12 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.090%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 808 (24.34%) Microsoft
2 149 (4.49%) Google
3 137 (4.13%) Splunk
4 136 (4.10%) VMware
5 121 (3.64%) SAP
6 114 (3.43%) SolarWinds
7 106 (3.19%) Veeam
8 97 (2.92%) Nimble Storage
9 96 (2.89%) Brocade
9 96 (2.89%) Tanium
10 87 (2.62%) Salesforce
11 72 (2.17%) Oracle
12 68 (2.05%) Workday
13 55 (1.66%) Cisco
14 54 (1.63%) Databricks
15 45 (1.36%) ServiceNow
16 37 (1.11%) IBM
17 31 (0.93%) Adobe
18 28 (0.84%) HubSpot
19 27 (0.81%) Red Hat