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 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	9	13
Rank change year-on-year	-14	+4	+9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	4,735	3,850	3,967
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	5.25%	11.17%	8.26%
As % of the General category	11.77%	17.42%	15.11%
Number of salaries quoted	2,538	1,565	1,515
10^th Percentile	£29,925	£28,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£36,087	£32,500	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£77,500
UK median annual salary	£51,500	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+3.00%	-9.09%	-

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 citing general skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	40,222	22,106	26,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.56%	64.15%	54.66%
Number of salaries quoted	24,968	11,653	11,515
10^th Percentile	£28,558	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,055
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.09%	+0.11%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,603
90^th Percentile	£82,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
% 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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 29 October 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 29 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North of England	-15	1,199	£47,500	+5.56%	254
South East	-10	1,097	£50,000	+6.38%	337
Midlands	-8	849	£45,000	+3.45%	207
North West	-12	698	£47,250	+5.00%	132
South West	-7	660	£47,500	+5.56%	193
West Midlands	-11	447	£47,000	-6.00%	109
East Midlands	-6	400	£42,500	+13.33%	98
Yorkshire	-6	330	£47,000	+17.50%	80
East of England	-19	324	£47,500	+18.75%	116
Northern Ireland	+13	230	£43,750	-16.67%	17
Wales	-4	227	£45,000	-6.49%	26
North East	-24	180	£53,350	+31.73%	45
Scotland	-17	174	£52,673	+57.23%	40
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	1
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Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	51.6%	2,443
2	Continuous Improvement	33.2%	1,572
3	Microsoft	27.0%	1,280
4	Decision-Making	25.2%	1,193
5	Degree	21.2%	1,006
6	Stakeholder Management	20.6%	976
7	AI	17.8%	844
8	SQL	17.8%	842
9	Analytics	17.1%	811
10	Azure	15.4%	729
11	Agile	14.6%	693
12	Microsoft Excel	13.9%	659
13	Business Intelligence	13.6%	644
14	Security Cleared	12.1%	572
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.1%	525
16	Power Platform	11.1%	524
17	Validation	10.9%	514
18	Python	10.7%	506
19	Customer Service	10.1%	479
20	Power BI	9.9%	467
21	Mentoring	9.8%	463
22	Data Quality	9.7%	458
23	CRM	9.5%	452
24	Actionable Insight	9.3%	442
25	Data Analysis	9.0%	428
26	ERP	8.9%	422
27	Process Improvement	8.6%	406
27	SC Cleared	8.6%	406
29	AWS	8.4%	399
30	Collaborative Working	8.2%	387

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.4%	2,432
2	Finance	27.5%	1,304
3	Marketing	12.1%	571
4	Organisational Skills	10.4%	493
5	Manufacturing	9.4%	445
6	Inclusion and Diversity	7.4%	349
7	Legal	6.9%	329
8	Retail	6.7%	318
9	Public Sector	6.2%	292
10	Influencing Skills	5.5%	259
11	Presentation Skills	5.4%	254
12	Law	4.6%	220
13	Aerospace	4.4%	206
14	Electronics	4.2%	197
15	Telecoms	2.7%	130
16	Documentation Skills	1.9%	89
17	Automotive	1.8%	84
18	Advertising	1.6%	78
19	Pharmaceutical	1.5%	69
20	Banking	1.4%	65