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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,776 4,046 5,199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.83% 11.64% 8.76%
As % of the General category 10.95% 17.51% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,357 1,544 2,352
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,525
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,688 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 34,474 23,111 31,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.09% 66.49% 53.67%
Number of salaries quoted 21,314 11,340 17,842
10th Percentile £28,618 £26,000 £27,129
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,525 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,421 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -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 18 August 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 18 August 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 1,061 £47,500 +5.56% 529
South East -9 893 £50,000 -4.76% 690
Midlands -8 650 £48,000 +6.67% 336
North West -15 644 £46,750 +3.89% 293
South West -12 523 £47,500 +5.56% 288
West Midlands -17 338 £50,000 +11.11% 200
East Midlands -1 310 £46,743 +3.87% 137
Yorkshire -9 294 £47,000 +17.50% 178
East of England -17 260 £47,500 +5.56% 181
Wales -16 144 £51,709 +2.61% 41
Scotland -25 132 £44,000 +3.53% 75
North East -14 123 £53,750 +31.10% 65
Northern Ireland -15 122 £42,500 -22.73% 23
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
1 165 (4.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 126 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 47 (1.24%) Confluence
4 30 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 29 (0.77%) Apache
6 28 (0.74%) IIS
7 25 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 24 (0.64%) CMS
9 10 (0.26%) SAS
9 10 (0.26%) WordPress
10 9 (0.24%) Jupyter
10 9 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.21%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.079%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.053%) JBoss
14 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.026%) Umbraco
Applications
1 443 (11.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 196 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 25 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.21%) Simulink
8 5 (0.13%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) CATIA
9 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.079%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.079%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.079%) Trello
11 2 (0.053%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.053%) Lectora
11 2 (0.053%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.026%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 87 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 34 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
4 27 (0.72%) NetSuite
5 19 (0.50%) SAP PM
6 18 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 14 (0.37%) SAP ERP
8 12 (0.32%) Shopify
9 10 (0.26%) Magento
10 9 (0.24%) SAP Business One
11 8 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
12 7 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
13 6 (0.16%) Workday HCM
14 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
14 5 (0.13%) SAP PP
15 4 (0.11%) Academy Housing
15 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
15 4 (0.11%) JDE OneWorld
15 4 (0.11%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 628 (16.63%) Azure
2 437 (11.57%) Power Platform
3 327 (8.66%) AWS
4 313 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
5 179 (4.74%) SaaS
6 145 (3.84%) GCP
7 94 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (2.46%) Entra ID
9 85 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
10 75 (1.99%) Google Analytics
11 62 (1.64%) Google Ads
12 60 (1.59%) Power Automate
13 59 (1.56%) GitHub
14 55 (1.46%) PowerApps
15 49 (1.30%) Amazon S3
16 41 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
17 40 (1.06%) Meta Ads
18 39 (1.03%) Serverless
18 39 (1.03%) Snowflake
19 33 (0.87%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 159 (4.21%) DNS
2 126 (3.34%) DHCP
3 104 (2.75%) Firewall
4 89 (2.36%) VPN
5 75 (1.99%) TCP/IP
6 64 (1.69%) WAN
7 59 (1.56%) LAN
8 46 (1.22%) Wireless
9 36 (0.95%) Network Security
9 36 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (0.79%) Broadband
11 27 (0.72%) HTTP
12 25 (0.66%) VoIP
13 23 (0.61%) SAN
14 19 (0.50%) Internet
14 19 (0.50%) SD-WAN
14 19 (0.50%) VLAN
15 18 (0.48%) BGP
16 16 (0.42%) SMS
17 15 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 384 (10.17%) Power BI
2 163 (4.32%) Tableau
3 124 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 113 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
5 104 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
6 65 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 62 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 58 (1.54%) MySQL
9 47 (1.24%) Looker
9 47 (1.24%) Power Query
10 44 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 42 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
12 40 (1.06%) Metadata
13 39 (1.03%) Data Lake
14 33 (0.87%) BigQuery
14 33 (0.87%) Data Mining
15 32 (0.85%) Big Data
16 29 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
17 23 (0.61%) NoSQL
18 20 (0.53%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 150 (3.97%) JIRA
2 134 (3.55%) Git
3 36 (0.95%) GitLab
4 31 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
5 15 (0.40%) Eclipse
6 14 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 14 (0.37%) Postman
6 14 (0.37%) Selenium
7 13 (0.34%) Burp Suite
7 13 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.32%) MLflow
8 12 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (0.29%) LabVIEW
9 11 (0.29%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.26%) Claude Code
11 9 (0.24%) JMeter
12 8 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.21%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,881 (49.81%) Social Skills
2 1,062 (28.13%) Finance
3 391 (10.35%) Marketing
4 269 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
5 262 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 244 (6.46%) Manufacturing
7 241 (6.38%) Legal
8 235 (6.22%) Retail
9 209 (5.53%) Public Sector
10 196 (5.19%) Law
11 190 (5.03%) Influencing Skills
12 157 (4.16%) Aerospace
13 111 (2.94%) Telecoms
14 106 (2.81%) Electronics
15 94 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
16 69 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
17 68 (1.80%) Military
18 60 (1.59%) Banking
19 52 (1.38%) Advertising
20 38 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 895 (23.70%) Analyst
2 424 (11.23%) Senior
3 250 (6.62%) Lead
4 210 (5.56%) Data Analyst
5 200 (5.30%) Developer
6 179 (4.74%) Systems Engineer
7 174 (4.61%) Business Analyst
8 137 (3.63%) Support Analyst
9 131 (3.47%) Architect
10 118 (3.13%) Support Engineer
11 114 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
12 102 (2.70%) Consultant
12 102 (2.70%) IT Support
13 99 (2.62%) Data Engineer
14 84 (2.22%) IT Engineer
15 82 (2.17%) Systems Analyst
16 76 (2.01%) Accountant
16 76 (2.01%) Marketing Manager
17 67 (1.77%) IT Manager
18 66 (1.75%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (2.52%) .NET
2 79 (2.09%) HTML
3 78 (2.07%) REST
4 72 (1.91%) CSS
5 62 (1.64%) Middleware
6 54 (1.43%) XML
7 52 (1.38%) JSON
8 44 (1.17%) React
8 44 (1.17%) SOAP
9 42 (1.11%) RESTful
10 34 (0.90%) EDI
11 32 (0.85%) Kafka
12 31 (0.82%) LDAP
13 29 (0.77%) OAuth
14 27 (0.72%) Node.js
14 27 (0.72%) PyTorch
15 26 (0.69%) ModSecurity
15 26 (0.69%) PySpark
16 25 (0.66%) ASP.NET
17 23 (0.61%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 400 (10.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 230 (6.09%) Management Information System
3 187 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
4 180 (4.77%) Onboarding
5 145 (3.84%) Product Ownership
6 129 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
7 127 (3.36%) Driving Licence
8 82 (2.17%) Social Media
9 80 (2.12%) Marketing Technology
10 73 (1.93%) Cloud Native
11 68 (1.80%) Data Centre
12 67 (1.77%) Blog
13 63 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
13 63 (1.67%) Virtual Team
14 61 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
15 48 (1.27%) Security Posture
16 34 (0.90%) AI Agents
17 33 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
17 33 (0.87%) Data Structures
18 31 (0.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 333 (8.82%) Windows
2 208 (5.51%) Linux
3 186 (4.93%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.61%) Windows 10
7 22 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.56%) Unix
9 17 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.40%) Android
11 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.29%) CentOS
13 9 (0.24%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.19%) Debian
15 6 (0.16%) VMS
16 5 (0.13%) OpenVMS
17 4 (0.11%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.053%) Solaris
19 1 (0.026%) AIX
19 1 (0.026%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,835 (48.60%) Problem-Solving
2 1,196 (31.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 916 (24.26%) Decision-Making
4 744 (19.70%) Analytics
5 604 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 570 (15.10%) AI
7 568 (15.04%) Agile
8 469 (12.42%) Business Intelligence
9 421 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 383 (10.14%) Actionable Insight
11 359 (9.51%) Validation
12 341 (9.03%) ERP
13 335 (8.87%) Customer Experience
14 333 (8.82%) CRM
15 330 (8.74%) Data Analysis
16 329 (8.71%) Customer Service
17 319 (8.45%) Mentoring
18 318 (8.42%) Service Delivery
19 317 (8.40%) Project Management
20 296 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 718 (19.01%) SQL
2 481 (12.74%) Python
3 144 (3.81%) JavaScript
4 112 (2.97%) Java
5 111 (2.94%) C#
6 103 (2.73%) PowerShell
7 64 (1.69%) C++
8 62 (1.64%) Bash
9 57 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 39 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 38 (1.01%) T-SQL
12 35 (0.93%) MATLAB
13 30 (0.79%) R
14 27 (0.72%) C
15 22 (0.58%) PHP
16 16 (0.42%) Go
16 16 (0.42%) Scala
17 15 (0.40%) Perl
18 14 (0.37%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 669 (17.72%) Degree
2 464 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 323 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 144 (3.81%) ACCA
5 138 (3.65%) CIMA
6 128 (3.39%) DBS Check
7 117 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 114 (3.02%) DV Cleared
9 82 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 75 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
11 70 (1.85%) CISSP
12 67 (1.77%) IRCA
13 57 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 51 (1.35%) CISM
15 50 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
16 41 (1.09%) HND
17 40 (1.06%) CCNA
18 38 (1.01%) HNC
19 36 (0.95%) Azure Certification
20 33 (0.87%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 345 (9.14%) Data Quality
2 292 (7.73%) QA
3 255 (6.75%) GDPR
4 147 (3.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 138 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 120 (3.18%) ISO 9001
7 113 (2.99%) PCI DSS
8 95 (2.52%) SLA
9 94 (2.49%) Accessibility
10 84 (2.22%) NIST
11 41 (1.09%) GRC
12 37 (0.98%) PMO
13 28 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 24 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.61%) ISO 14001
15 23 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 21 (0.56%) GMP
17 20 (0.53%) DO-254
18 18 (0.48%) Good Clinical Practice
18 18 (0.48%) IFRS
System Software
1 257 (6.81%) Active Directory
2 105 (2.78%) Docker
3 99 (2.62%) Hyper-V
4 80 (2.12%) Terminal Server
5 38 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 26 (0.69%) Firmware
7 12 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.19%) Ceph
10 7 (0.19%) vSphere
11 5 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 4 (0.11%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.079%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.079%) XenApp
14 2 (0.053%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.026%) NFS
15 1 (0.026%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 75 (1.99%) Terraform
2 69 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 47 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (1.09%) Ansible
5 25 (0.66%) Grafana
6 20 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (0.40%) QRadar
9 14 (0.37%) Kibana
10 11 (0.29%) Nmap
10 11 (0.29%) Podman
11 7 (0.19%) Argo
11 7 (0.19%) Check_MK
11 7 (0.19%) Istio
11 7 (0.19%) logstash
12 6 (0.16%) Graylog
12 6 (0.16%) Kubeflow
13 5 (0.13%) Functional Safety
13 5 (0.13%) Puppet
13 5 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 895 (23.70%) Microsoft
2 203 (5.38%) Google
3 131 (3.47%) VMware
4 130 (3.44%) SAP
5 125 (3.31%) Splunk
6 102 (2.70%) Oracle
7 95 (2.52%) SolarWinds
8 87 (2.30%) Veeam
9 81 (2.15%) Brocade
9 81 (2.15%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.12%) Tanium
11 75 (1.99%) Salesforce
12 64 (1.69%) Workday
13 63 (1.67%) ServiceNow
14 62 (1.64%) Cisco
15 59 (1.56%) Databricks
16 34 (0.90%) Red Hat
17 33 (0.87%) Dell
18 32 (0.85%) Adobe
18 32 (0.85%) IBM