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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,188 3,895 6,535
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.52% 11.69% 8.79%
As % of the General category 10.08% 17.29% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,157 1,462 3,541
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,275 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £34,063 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £49,852 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +7.21% -2.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 31,619 22,529 41,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.82% 67.62% 55.25%
Number of salaries quoted 19,397 10,662 26,282
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
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 9 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 9 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 -19 959 £48,397 +2.43% 452
South East -8 811 £50,000 -8.36% 592
Midlands -10 576 £47,500 - 286
North West -19 566 £47,500 -5.00% 239
South West -24 380 £46,000 -6.60% 228
West Midlands -17 314 £50,000 +5.26% 162
Yorkshire -11 290 £50,000 +11.11% 160
East Midlands -3 261 £45,872 -4.43% 123
East of England -22 239 £45,000 -3.93% 163
Scotland -33 105 £42,068 -5.47% 96
North East -24 103 £55,000 +37.50% 59
Wales -15 88 £53,171 -3.33% 37
Northern Ireland -45 41 £41,250 -25.00% 52
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
1 160 (5.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.19%) Confluence
4 29 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.88%) CMS
6 26 (0.82%) Apache
7 20 (0.63%) IIS
8 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.28%) WordPress
9 8 (0.25%) SAS
9 8 (0.25%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.094%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.094%) JBoss
12 1 (0.031%) Appian
12 1 (0.031%) Moodle
12 1 (0.031%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.031%) Umbraco
Applications
1 403 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 154 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 55 (1.73%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.28%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.094%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.094%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.094%) Simulink
9 3 (0.094%) Trello
10 2 (0.063%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.063%) Lectora
10 2 (0.063%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 40 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 22 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 15 (0.47%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
7 7 (0.22%) Magento
7 7 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.22%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
8 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
8 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 563 (17.66%) Azure
2 418 (13.11%) Power Platform
3 290 (9.10%) Microsoft 365
4 270 (8.47%) AWS
5 131 (4.11%) SaaS
6 117 (3.67%) GCP
7 90 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 88 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
9 78 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
10 57 (1.79%) Google Analytics
11 53 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 51 (1.60%) GitHub
13 43 (1.35%) PowerApps
14 38 (1.19%) Power Automate
15 37 (1.16%) Amazon S3
16 32 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (0.97%) dbt
18 29 (0.91%) Serverless
19 26 (0.82%) Snowflake
20 25 (0.78%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 139 (4.36%) DNS
2 138 (4.33%) Firewall
3 109 (3.42%) DHCP
4 79 (2.48%) VPN
5 62 (1.94%) WAN
6 57 (1.79%) TCP/IP
7 52 (1.63%) LAN
8 47 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (1.25%) Broadband
9 40 (1.25%) Wireless
10 29 (0.91%) Network Security
11 24 (0.75%) BGP
11 24 (0.75%) HTTP
12 22 (0.69%) SD-WAN
12 22 (0.69%) Wireshark
13 20 (0.63%) SAN
13 20 (0.63%) VLAN
14 18 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
14 18 (0.56%) VoIP
15 14 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 374 (11.73%) Power BI
2 186 (5.83%) Tableau
3 104 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 94 (2.95%) Amazon RDS
5 91 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
6 64 (2.01%) Data Mining
7 60 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 48 (1.51%) Power Query
9 39 (1.22%) MySQL
9 39 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 37 (1.16%) Looker
11 34 (1.07%) Metadata
11 34 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
12 33 (1.04%) Relational Database
13 30 (0.94%) Data Lake
14 27 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
15 26 (0.82%) Big Data
16 20 (0.63%) BigQuery
17 18 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
18 17 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 109 (3.42%) JIRA
2 75 (2.35%) Git
3 40 (1.25%) GitLab
4 36 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
5 23 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.38%) Selenium
8 11 (0.35%) MLflow
9 10 (0.31%) Eclipse
9 10 (0.31%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.28%) JMeter
10 9 (0.28%) LabVIEW
11 8 (0.25%) Postman
12 7 (0.22%) ERwin
12 7 (0.22%) Moq
12 7 (0.22%) Subversion
13 6 (0.19%) Burp Suite
13 6 (0.19%) Toad
14 5 (0.16%) Maven
General
1 1,542 (48.37%) Social Skills
2 940 (29.49%) Finance
3 262 (8.22%) Marketing
4 207 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
5 195 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 190 (5.96%) Retail
7 171 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 169 (5.30%) Manufacturing
9 160 (5.02%) Legal
10 145 (4.55%) Law
11 131 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
12 98 (3.07%) Telecoms
13 78 (2.45%) Aerospace
14 76 (2.38%) Electronics
15 64 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
16 59 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
17 46 (1.44%) Banking
18 44 (1.38%) Advertising
18 44 (1.38%) Military
19 35 (1.10%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 853 (26.76%) Analyst
2 330 (10.35%) Senior
3 230 (7.21%) Lead
4 226 (7.09%) Data Analyst
5 176 (5.52%) Systems Engineer
6 163 (5.11%) Business Analyst
7 159 (4.99%) Developer
8 104 (3.26%) Support Engineer
9 103 (3.23%) Support Analyst
10 97 (3.04%) Architect
11 95 (2.98%) Consultant
12 92 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
13 91 (2.85%) IT Support
14 83 (2.60%) Data Engineer
15 80 (2.51%) Systems Analyst
16 74 (2.32%) Accountant
17 67 (2.10%) IT Engineer
18 66 (2.07%) Head of QA
19 65 (2.04%) IT Manager
20 63 (1.98%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (2.20%) .NET
1 70 (2.20%) HTML
2 65 (2.04%) Middleware
3 62 (1.94%) CSS
3 62 (1.94%) REST
4 59 (1.85%) XML
5 57 (1.79%) JSON
6 46 (1.44%) React
7 36 (1.13%) SOAP
8 31 (0.97%) Node.js
9 30 (0.94%) PyTorch
10 27 (0.85%) RESTful
11 24 (0.75%) PySpark
11 24 (0.75%) TensorFlow
12 22 (0.69%) EDI
13 21 (0.66%) scikit-learn
14 20 (0.63%) Kafka
15 17 (0.53%) Pandas
16 16 (0.50%) OAuth
17 15 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 389 (12.20%) Analytical Mindset
2 160 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 122 (3.83%) Onboarding
4 117 (3.67%) Product Ownership
5 115 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 108 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
7 88 (2.76%) Driving Licence
8 69 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 54 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 47 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
11 42 (1.32%) Security Posture
12 41 (1.29%) Virtual Team
13 36 (1.13%) Algorithms
14 34 (1.07%) Social Media
15 32 (1.00%) Data Structures
16 30 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
17 29 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
18 28 (0.88%) FMCG
19 27 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
19 27 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 286 (8.97%) Windows
2 172 (5.40%) Linux
2 172 (5.40%) Windows Server
3 94 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (0.53%) Android
5 17 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (0.53%) Unix
6 15 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 11 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.28%) CentOS
11 8 (0.25%) VMS
12 6 (0.19%) Debian
13 5 (0.16%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.031%) AIX
14 1 (0.031%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.031%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.031%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,498 (46.99%) Problem-Solving
2 894 (28.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 735 (23.06%) Decision-Making
4 650 (20.39%) Analytics
5 439 (13.77%) Agile
6 421 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
7 419 (13.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 351 (11.01%) AI
9 338 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 332 (10.41%) Actionable Insight
11 292 (9.16%) Customer Service
12 289 (9.07%) Data Analysis
13 286 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
14 284 (8.91%) Customer Experience
14 284 (8.91%) ERP
15 280 (8.78%) Project Management
16 262 (8.22%) Mentoring
17 254 (7.97%) Roadmaps
18 250 (7.84%) CRM
19 248 (7.78%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 671 (21.05%) SQL
2 495 (15.53%) Python
3 112 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 101 (3.17%) Java
5 97 (3.04%) C#
5 97 (3.04%) PowerShell
6 61 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 50 (1.57%) C++
8 47 (1.47%) Bash
8 47 (1.47%) T-SQL
9 41 (1.29%) R
10 34 (1.07%) MATLAB
11 23 (0.72%) TypeScript
12 22 (0.69%) VBA
13 21 (0.66%) PHP
14 19 (0.60%) Go
15 18 (0.56%) C
16 13 (0.41%) Perl
17 12 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 530 (16.62%) Degree
2 327 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 232 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 154 (4.83%) ACCA
5 148 (4.64%) CIMA
6 129 (4.05%) DBS Check
7 86 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 66 (2.07%) IRCA
9 65 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
9 65 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 52 (1.63%) CISSP
11 50 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 49 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 43 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 37 (1.16%) CISM
15 34 (1.07%) CCNA
16 29 (0.91%) Master's Degree
17 25 (0.78%) Azure Certification
17 25 (0.78%) HNC
18 24 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 317 (9.94%) Data Quality
2 254 (7.97%) GDPR
3 216 (6.78%) QA
4 166 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 163 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 120 (3.76%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.58%) ISO 9001
8 103 (3.23%) NIST
9 89 (2.79%) SLA
10 71 (2.23%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.44%) GRC
12 38 (1.19%) PMO
13 31 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.72%) ISO 14001
15 23 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 19 (0.60%) GMP
17 17 (0.53%) SOC 2
17 17 (0.53%) TickIT
18 15 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 226 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 92 (2.89%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.51%) Terminal Server
4 64 (2.01%) Docker
5 34 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.31%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.28%) vSphere
9 5 (0.16%) Firmware
9 5 (0.16%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.094%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.031%) KVM
12 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.031%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 70 (2.20%) Terraform
2 50 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 41 (1.29%) Ansible
4 32 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (0.82%) Grafana
6 15 (0.47%) Kibana
7 14 (0.44%) QRadar
8 11 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.25%) Kubeflow
9 8 (0.25%) logstash
9 8 (0.25%) Nagios
10 6 (0.19%) Graylog
11 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.16%) Podman
12 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.13%) Nmap
12 4 (0.13%) Puppet
12 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 782 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 138 (4.33%) Google
3 120 (3.76%) VMware
4 119 (3.73%) SAP
5 118 (3.70%) Splunk
6 101 (3.17%) SolarWinds
7 91 (2.85%) Veeam
8 88 (2.76%) Salesforce
9 81 (2.54%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.51%) Brocade
10 80 (2.51%) Tanium
11 69 (2.16%) Oracle
12 67 (2.10%) Workday
13 56 (1.76%) Cisco
13 56 (1.76%) Databricks
14 41 (1.29%) ServiceNow
15 37 (1.16%) IBM
16 30 (0.94%) Adobe
17 28 (0.88%) HubSpot
18 27 (0.85%) Dell