Analytical Skills Job Trends

Analytical Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,043 5,665 6,779
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.43% 11.52% 9.08%
As % of the General category 13.20% 16.88% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,595 2,319 4,698
10th Percentile £30,370 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,767 £42,500 £36,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,007 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +13.26% -5.26%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 38,205 33,554 45,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.28% 68.21% 61.55%
Number of salaries quoted 20,783 15,202 34,058
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 19 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 February 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
England -7 4,439 £52,500 -4.55% 1,919
UK excluding London -13 3,216 £45,000 -11.71% 1,681
Work from Home +5 1,720 £52,500 -4.55% 809
London -3 1,519 £67,500 +3.85% 616
South East +12 891 £50,000 - 583
North of England -18 812 £45,000 -14.29% 343
Midlands -12 585 £44,000 -8.81% 314
North West -18 414 £42,500 -19.05% 200
West Midlands -18 336 £52,500 +5.00% 195
South West -3 325 £45,000 -14.29% 187
Yorkshire -2 292 £45,000 -7.69% 109
East of England -16 261 £40,000 -21.52% 162
Scotland -10 256 £40,000 -38.46% 82
East Midlands +7 247 £39,500 -7.06% 119
North East -4 106 £40,000 +0.34% 36
Wales +18 70 £40,000 -18.54% 42
Northern Ireland -15 43 £52,500 -4.55% 16
Isle of Man -3 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -8 1 - - 1

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 170 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 93 (1.84%) Confluence
3 88 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 41 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 39 (0.77%) CMS
6 32 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 19 (0.38%) WordPress
8 18 (0.36%) Apache
9 15 (0.30%) SAS
10 14 (0.28%) IIS
11 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.12%) nginx
13 4 (0.079%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 3 (0.059%) Drupal
14 3 (0.059%) govService
15 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.040%) FactoryTalk
15 2 (0.040%) Jupyter
15 2 (0.040%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 2 (0.040%) WinCC
Applications
1 727 (14.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 338 (6.70%) Chatbot
3 300 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
4 127 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 81 (1.61%) MS Visio
6 43 (0.85%) Maya
7 39 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
8 35 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
9 17 (0.34%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe XD
11 10 (0.20%) CATIA
12 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.059%) Oracle Smart View
13 3 (0.059%) Sketch
14 2 (0.040%) PlantUML
14 2 (0.040%) Revit
14 2 (0.040%) Simulink
14 2 (0.040%) Trello
15 1 (0.020%) Photoshop
15 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 117 (2.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (1.05%) SAP MDG
3 51 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 31 (0.61%) SAP CO
6 28 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
7 25 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
8 24 (0.48%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 23 (0.46%) SAP FI
10 22 (0.44%) Endur
10 22 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
10 22 (0.44%) Workday HCM
11 16 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
12 14 (0.28%) Shopify
13 13 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
14 12 (0.24%) Sage X3
15 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
15 11 (0.22%) SAP IBP
16 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
17 9 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 868 (17.21%) Azure
2 645 (12.79%) Power Platform
3 417 (8.27%) AWS
4 329 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
5 255 (5.06%) SaaS
6 159 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
7 158 (3.13%) GCP
8 115 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
9 97 (1.92%) Entra ID
10 92 (1.82%) GitHub
11 77 (1.53%) Power Automate
12 72 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 71 (1.41%) Snowflake
14 59 (1.17%) Google Analytics
15 57 (1.13%) Serverless
16 54 (1.07%) dbt
17 50 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
18 48 (0.95%) PowerApps
19 47 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 47 (0.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 189 (3.75%) DNS
2 179 (3.55%) Firewall
3 155 (3.07%) DHCP
4 96 (1.90%) VPN
5 78 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
6 66 (1.31%) WAN
7 59 (1.17%) LAN
8 56 (1.11%) Wireless
9 55 (1.09%) TCP/IP
10 54 (1.07%) VLAN
11 44 (0.87%) Network Security
12 40 (0.79%) Broadband
13 36 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
14 33 (0.65%) BGP
15 32 (0.63%) Wireshark
16 31 (0.61%) OSPF
17 29 (0.58%) VoIP
18 28 (0.56%) SAN
19 26 (0.52%) EIGRP
20 25 (0.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 582 (11.54%) Power BI
2 394 (7.81%) Tableau
3 209 (4.14%) SQL Server
4 191 (3.79%) Data Mining
5 173 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
6 127 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
7 112 (2.22%) Metadata
8 98 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 86 (1.71%) Data Lake
10 63 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 53 (1.05%) Looker
12 52 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
13 50 (0.99%) MySQL
13 50 (0.99%) NoSQL
14 46 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
14 46 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
15 40 (0.79%) Power Query
16 38 (0.75%) Big Data
17 33 (0.65%) GIS
18 29 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 208 (4.12%) JIRA
2 102 (2.02%) Git
3 43 (0.85%) Selenium
4 41 (0.81%) GitLab
5 35 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.30%) ERwin
6 15 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
6 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
6 15 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 14 (0.28%) Subversion
8 13 (0.26%) Balsamiq
8 13 (0.26%) Postman
8 13 (0.26%) Snyk
9 12 (0.24%) Axure RP
9 12 (0.24%) ER Studio
10 11 (0.22%) Chocolatey
10 11 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.22%) WebDriver
11 10 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,608 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 1,793 (35.55%) Finance
3 452 (8.96%) Marketing
4 327 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 295 (5.85%) Law
6 283 (5.61%) Legal
6 283 (5.61%) Retail
7 266 (5.27%) Organisational Skills
8 263 (5.22%) Banking
9 246 (4.88%) Public Sector
10 217 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
11 161 (3.19%) Manufacturing
12 139 (2.76%) Financial Institution
13 129 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
14 102 (2.02%) Telecoms
15 95 (1.88%) Games
16 92 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
17 73 (1.45%) Advertising
18 63 (1.25%) Electronics
19 50 (0.99%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,212 (24.03%) Analyst
2 614 (12.18%) Senior
3 386 (7.65%) Data Analyst
4 352 (6.98%) Lead
5 334 (6.62%) Trainer
6 285 (5.65%) Architect
7 236 (4.68%) Business Analyst
8 234 (4.64%) Developer
9 182 (3.61%) Consultant
10 176 (3.49%) Support Analyst
11 165 (3.27%) Trainee
12 152 (3.01%) Trainee Analyst
12 152 (3.01%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 148 (2.93%) IT Support
14 137 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
15 130 (2.58%) Systems Engineer
16 120 (2.38%) Senior Manager
17 111 (2.20%) Business Manager
18 104 (2.06%) Financial Analyst
19 102 (2.02%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (2.42%) HTML
2 119 (2.36%) CSS
3 82 (1.63%) React
4 71 (1.41%) .NET
5 64 (1.27%) REST
6 63 (1.25%) Middleware
7 49 (0.97%) JSON
8 43 (0.85%) XML
9 40 (0.79%) Node.js
10 31 (0.61%) EDI
10 31 (0.61%) SOAP
11 27 (0.54%) AngularJS
11 27 (0.54%) Kafka
11 27 (0.54%) Spring
12 25 (0.50%) TensorFlow
13 24 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
14 22 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
14 22 (0.44%) PySpark
14 22 (0.44%) PyTorch
15 18 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 484 (9.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 368 (7.30%) Self-Motivation
3 297 (5.89%) Onboarding
4 259 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 200 (3.97%) Product Ownership
6 159 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
7 119 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
8 109 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 90 (1.78%) Data Structures
10 84 (1.67%) Cloud Native
11 81 (1.61%) FMCG
12 76 (1.51%) Driving Licence
13 68 (1.35%) Algorithms
14 53 (1.05%) Robotics
14 53 (1.05%) Virtual Team
15 51 (1.01%) Social Media
16 49 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
17 48 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 47 (0.93%) Low-Code
19 43 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 388 (7.69%) Windows
2 261 (5.18%) Linux
3 176 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 116 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 37 (0.73%) Unix
6 28 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.30%) Android
9 9 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.16%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.099%) VMS
12 4 (0.079%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.059%) OpenWrt
13 3 (0.059%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.040%) AIX
14 2 (0.040%) CentOS
14 2 (0.040%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.020%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,274 (45.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1,096 (21.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,095 (21.71%) Analytics
4 1,040 (20.62%) AI
5 962 (19.08%) Decision-Making
6 887 (17.59%) Agile
7 794 (15.74%) Project Management
8 751 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
9 624 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
10 571 (11.32%) Data Analysis
11 424 (8.41%) Actionable Insight
12 423 (8.39%) Mentoring
13 422 (8.37%) Risk Management
14 419 (8.31%) Roadmaps
15 416 (8.25%) Analytical Thinking
16 414 (8.21%) Process Improvement
17 411 (8.15%) ERP
18 402 (7.97%) Migration
19 399 (7.91%) Customer Service
20 387 (7.67%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1,030 (20.42%) SQL
2 807 (16.00%) Python
3 150 (2.97%) JavaScript
4 139 (2.76%) PowerShell
5 138 (2.74%) Java
6 119 (2.36%) C#
7 75 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 67 (1.33%) R
9 51 (1.01%) T-SQL
10 50 (0.99%) Bash
11 47 (0.93%) C++
12 44 (0.87%) VBA
13 30 (0.59%) TypeScript
14 25 (0.50%) Scala
15 23 (0.46%) C
16 20 (0.40%) MATLAB
17 19 (0.38%) Go
18 16 (0.32%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.24%) Bicep
20 11 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,487 (29.49%) Degree
2 478 (9.48%) Master's Degree
3 451 (8.94%) Security Cleared
4 345 (6.84%) SC Cleared
5 343 (6.80%) PhD
6 195 (3.87%) ACCA
7 193 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 185 (3.67%) CIMA
9 142 (2.82%) CISSP
10 98 (1.94%) PMI Certification
11 87 (1.73%) DBS Check
12 83 (1.65%) PMP
13 82 (1.63%) DV Cleared
14 80 (1.59%) CISM
15 72 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
16 70 (1.39%) Azure Certification
17 67 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
18 61 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
19 49 (0.97%) AWS Certification
20 46 (0.91%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (6.33%) Data Quality
2 239 (4.74%) QA
3 208 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 198 (3.93%) GDPR
5 182 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 150 (2.97%) PCI DSS
7 140 (2.78%) NIST
8 109 (2.16%) Accessibility
9 90 (1.78%) PMO
10 69 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 51 (1.01%) SLA
12 44 (0.87%) GRC
13 36 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 29 (0.58%) IFRS
15 21 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 21 (0.42%) WCAG
16 19 (0.38%) NCSC
17 14 (0.28%) COBIT
17 14 (0.28%) ISO 9001
18 13 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 283 (5.61%) Active Directory
2 140 (2.78%) Hyper-V
3 112 (2.22%) Terminal Server
4 57 (1.13%) Docker
5 54 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.30%) vSphere
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
9 10 (0.20%) Firmware
10 7 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.12%) IAG
11 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.079%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.020%) KVM
15 1 (0.020%) NFS
15 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.020%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 117 (2.32%) Terraform
2 67 (1.33%) Ansible
3 66 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 51 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (0.56%) Grafana
6 27 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (0.40%) SCCM
9 11 (0.22%) Nagios
10 6 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 6 (0.12%) Control-M
10 6 (0.12%) SCOM
11 5 (0.099%) CASB
12 4 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.079%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.079%) Nessus
12 4 (0.079%) QRadar
12 4 (0.079%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.079%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.059%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1,215 (24.09%) Microsoft
2 335 (6.64%) PayPal
3 298 (5.91%) SAP
4 193 (3.83%) Oracle
5 178 (3.53%) VMware
6 164 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 155 (3.07%) SolarWinds
8 141 (2.80%) Splunk
9 136 (2.70%) Google
10 117 (2.32%) Veeam
11 113 (2.24%) Brocade
11 113 (2.24%) Tanium
12 112 (2.22%) Nimble Storage
13 109 (2.16%) ServiceNow
14 83 (1.65%) Cisco
15 69 (1.37%) Databricks
16 60 (1.19%) Adobe
17 43 (0.85%) Alteryx
17 43 (0.85%) Bloomberg
18 41 (0.81%) Workday