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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,147 6,193 9,270
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.15% 12.55% 9.64%
As % of the General category 11.00% 18.06% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,332 2,628 4,750
10th Percentile £32,275 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,383 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,750 £48,153 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.84% +1.37% -

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 46,808 34,284 55,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.87% 69.50% 57.80%
Number of salaries quoted 28,837 17,682 35,767
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,000 £37,283
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,608 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.63% -3.98% -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 20 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 17 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 20 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
England -17 4,684 £55,000 - 2,170
UK excluding London -20 3,288 £47,750 -0.84% 1,482
Work from Home -8 1,631 £55,000 +4.76% 788
London -11 1,575 £67,500 +3.85% 964
North of England -20 970 £48,000 +6.67% 392
South East -9 818 £50,000 -4.76% 469
Midlands -10 593 £47,500 - 232
North West -18 580 £47,500 +1.06% 222
South West -21 423 £45,000 -10.00% 175
West Midlands -16 319 £49,000 +5.95% 131
Yorkshire -9 285 £48,445 +7.65% 125
East Midlands -5 273 £45,000 -5.26% 99
East of England -22 239 £45,000 -2.01% 140
North East -21 105 £55,000 +37.50% 49
Scotland -36 104 £43,668 -1.32% 64
Wales -15 100 £53,171 -3.33% 23
Northern Ireland -37 52 £41,250 -25.00% 27

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
1 187 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 73 (1.42%) Confluence
4 69 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 69 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 45 (0.87%) Apache
6 38 (0.74%) CMS
7 24 (0.47%) IIS
7 24 (0.47%) SAS
8 14 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 14 (0.27%) WordPress
9 13 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
10 9 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 9 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.16%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.058%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.058%) JBoss
12 3 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.058%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.039%) nginx
Applications
1 572 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 212 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 80 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 30 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 29 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.17%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.097%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.078%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.078%) Maya
11 3 (0.058%) Blender
11 3 (0.058%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.058%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.058%) Simulink
11 3 (0.058%) Trello
12 2 (0.039%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.039%) Lectora
12 2 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 75 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 22 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
4 22 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 20 (0.39%) SAP PM
6 17 (0.33%) SAP CO
7 15 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 15 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 14 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 14 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
9 10 (0.19%) Maximo
10 9 (0.17%) Magento
10 9 (0.17%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
12 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.14%) Fidessa
12 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
12 7 (0.14%) Sage 200
13 6 (0.12%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 905 (17.58%) Azure
2 661 (12.84%) Power Platform
3 497 (9.66%) AWS
4 403 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
5 319 (6.20%) SaaS
6 225 (4.37%) GCP
7 132 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
8 126 (2.45%) Entra ID
9 119 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
10 89 (1.73%) Google Analytics
11 81 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
12 77 (1.50%) Snowflake
13 74 (1.44%) GitHub
14 72 (1.40%) Power Automate
15 69 (1.34%) dbt
16 68 (1.32%) Amazon S3
17 67 (1.30%) PowerApps
18 57 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
19 56 (1.09%) Serverless
20 55 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 188 (3.65%) DNS
2 177 (3.44%) Firewall
3 145 (2.82%) DHCP
4 123 (2.39%) VPN
5 87 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 75 (1.46%) WAN
7 72 (1.40%) LAN
8 70 (1.36%) Broadband
9 63 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
10 50 (0.97%) Wireless
11 45 (0.87%) Network Security
12 44 (0.85%) VLAN
13 40 (0.78%) SAN
14 39 (0.76%) Internet
15 33 (0.64%) HTTP
16 30 (0.58%) BGP
17 23 (0.45%) SD-WAN
18 21 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
19 20 (0.39%) OSPF
19 20 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 587 (11.40%) Power BI
2 282 (5.48%) Tableau
3 205 (3.98%) SQL Server
4 185 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
5 116 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
6 91 (1.77%) Metadata
7 76 (1.48%) Relational Database
8 72 (1.40%) Data Lake
9 68 (1.32%) Data Mining
9 68 (1.32%) Looker
10 66 (1.28%) Power Query
11 65 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
12 64 (1.24%) MySQL
12 64 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 54 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
14 53 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 51 (0.99%) BigQuery
16 42 (0.82%) Big Data
17 38 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
18 37 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 196 (3.81%) JIRA
2 158 (3.07%) Git
3 57 (1.11%) GitLab
4 41 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 36 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
6 30 (0.58%) MLflow
7 25 (0.49%) Selenium
8 22 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 17 (0.33%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.33%) Eclipse
9 17 (0.33%) Postman
10 15 (0.29%) ERwin
11 14 (0.27%) JMeter
11 14 (0.27%) Visual Studio
12 13 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
13 12 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 12 (0.23%) SonarQube
14 10 (0.19%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.17%) LabVIEW
15 9 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2,438 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 1,720 (33.42%) Finance
3 429 (8.33%) Marketing
4 369 (7.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 346 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
6 313 (6.08%) Retail
7 306 (5.95%) Public Sector
8 286 (5.56%) Legal
9 273 (5.30%) Law
10 241 (4.68%) Banking
11 211 (4.10%) Manufacturing
12 206 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
13 139 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
14 128 (2.49%) Telecoms
15 96 (1.87%) Advertising
16 93 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
17 92 (1.79%) Aerospace
18 80 (1.55%) Electronics
19 72 (1.40%) Financial Institution
20 55 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,282 (24.91%) Analyst
2 641 (12.45%) Senior
3 358 (6.96%) Lead
4 309 (6.00%) Data Analyst
5 273 (5.30%) Business Analyst
6 241 (4.68%) Developer
7 234 (4.55%) Consultant
8 215 (4.18%) Systems Engineer
9 196 (3.81%) Architect
10 148 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
11 146 (2.84%) Data Engineer
11 146 (2.84%) Support Analyst
12 127 (2.47%) Support Engineer
13 121 (2.35%) IT Support
14 111 (2.16%) IT Manager
15 104 (2.02%) Systems Analyst
16 101 (1.96%) Financial Analyst
17 100 (1.94%) Security Analyst
18 91 (1.77%) Senior Manager
19 90 (1.75%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (2.31%) .NET
2 110 (2.14%) HTML
3 105 (2.04%) REST
4 99 (1.92%) CSS
5 90 (1.75%) JSON
6 85 (1.65%) Middleware
6 85 (1.65%) XML
7 74 (1.44%) React
8 67 (1.30%) Kafka
9 66 (1.28%) PyTorch
10 61 (1.19%) TensorFlow
11 55 (1.07%) RESTful
12 51 (0.99%) SOAP
13 47 (0.91%) PySpark
14 42 (0.82%) Web Services
15 41 (0.80%) Node.js
15 41 (0.80%) scikit-learn
16 33 (0.64%) Pandas
17 32 (0.62%) LangChain
18 31 (0.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 533 (10.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 276 (5.36%) Management Information System
3 224 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 217 (4.22%) Product Ownership
5 206 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 150 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
7 115 (2.23%) Cloud Native
8 104 (2.02%) Security Posture
9 98 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 98 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 82 (1.59%) Data Structures
11 81 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
11 81 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 80 (1.55%) Virtual Team
13 72 (1.40%) Algorithms
14 59 (1.15%) Social Media
15 56 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
15 56 (1.09%) Public Cloud
16 53 (1.03%) Blog
17 44 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 426 (8.28%) Windows
2 272 (5.28%) Linux
3 209 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 105 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 30 (0.58%) Unix
6 29 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 25 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 20 (0.39%) Android
9 18 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.21%) CentOS
11 11 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.16%) VMS
13 6 (0.12%) Debian
14 5 (0.097%) OpenVMS
15 4 (0.078%) AIX
15 4 (0.078%) Rocky
16 1 (0.019%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.019%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,363 (45.91%) Problem-Solving
2 1,362 (26.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,156 (22.46%) Decision-Making
4 1,126 (21.88%) Analytics
5 875 (17.00%) Agile
6 732 (14.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 721 (14.01%) AI
8 677 (13.15%) Business Intelligence
9 551 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 531 (10.32%) Roadmaps
11 490 (9.52%) Mentoring
12 488 (9.48%) Actionable Insight
13 483 (9.38%) Project Management
14 457 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
14 457 (8.88%) Data Modelling
15 444 (8.63%) Data Analysis
16 419 (8.14%) Process Improvement
17 406 (7.89%) Customer Experience
18 402 (7.81%) Data Governance
19 389 (7.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1,053 (20.46%) SQL
2 861 (16.73%) Python
3 182 (3.54%) Java
4 181 (3.52%) JavaScript
5 173 (3.36%) PowerShell
6 160 (3.11%) C#
7 85 (1.65%) C++
8 78 (1.52%) Bash
8 78 (1.52%) R
9 74 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 53 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 52 (1.01%) T-SQL
12 45 (0.87%) MATLAB
13 24 (0.47%) PHP
14 22 (0.43%) Go
14 22 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 22 (0.43%) Scala
15 21 (0.41%) VBA
16 20 (0.39%) C
16 20 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 932 (18.11%) Degree
2 508 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 366 (7.11%) SC Cleared
4 265 (5.15%) ACCA
5 249 (4.84%) CIMA
6 154 (2.99%) DBS Check
7 150 (2.91%) CISSP
8 142 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 112 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
10 110 (2.14%) CISM
11 97 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 90 (1.75%) Master's Degree
13 88 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
14 72 (1.40%) IRCA
15 71 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
16 69 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
17 64 (1.24%) Azure Certification
18 52 (1.01%) PMI Certification
19 44 (0.85%) PMP
20 43 (0.84%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 488 (9.48%) Data Quality
2 394 (7.65%) GDPR
3 346 (6.72%) QA
4 261 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 205 (3.98%) NIST
6 180 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 154 (2.99%) SLA
8 145 (2.82%) PCI DSS
9 136 (2.64%) Accessibility
10 124 (2.41%) ISO 9001
11 77 (1.50%) GRC
12 62 (1.20%) PMO
13 43 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
14 40 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 40 (0.78%) IFRS
15 39 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 35 (0.68%) COBIT
17 28 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.47%) ITGC
18 24 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 307 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 105 (2.04%) Docker
3 103 (2.00%) Hyper-V
4 88 (1.71%) Terminal Server
5 76 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 26 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.17%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.17%) vSphere
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
9 8 (0.16%) ProxySG
10 7 (0.14%) Firmware
11 5 (0.097%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.078%) XenApp
13 3 (0.058%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.019%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 140 (2.72%) Terraform
2 91 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 77 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 63 (1.22%) Ansible
5 42 (0.82%) Grafana
6 26 (0.51%) SCCM
7 22 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.41%) Nagios
9 19 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (0.33%) QRadar
11 16 (0.31%) Kibana
12 11 (0.21%) Kubeflow
13 8 (0.16%) logstash
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.12%) Nmap
15 6 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
16 5 (0.097%) Control-M
16 5 (0.097%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.097%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,163 (22.60%) Microsoft
2 222 (4.31%) SAP
3 210 (4.08%) Google
4 173 (3.36%) Oracle
4 173 (3.36%) VMware
5 149 (2.89%) Splunk
6 139 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 128 (2.49%) SolarWinds
8 124 (2.41%) Databricks
9 109 (2.12%) ServiceNow
10 100 (1.94%) Veeam
11 89 (1.73%) Nimble Storage
12 88 (1.71%) Brocade
12 88 (1.71%) Tanium
13 79 (1.53%) Workday
14 74 (1.44%) Cisco
15 53 (1.03%) Red Hat
16 50 (0.97%) IBM
17 47 (0.91%) Adobe
18 45 (0.87%) HubSpot