Analytical Skills Jobs

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 19 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 16 21
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,656 7,955 10,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.77% 9.04% 9.67%
As % of the General category 15.86% 14.92% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,490 5,204 5,324
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £39,271
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,967 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,653 53,304 77,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.88% 60.57% 68.98%
Number of salaries quoted 17,385 37,574 41,814
10th Percentile £30,625 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,750 £44,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £93,750 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.37% -9.52% +5.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills.

Salary trend for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 19 March 2025.

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 19 March 2025. 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 +4 4,913 £55,000 +10.00% 4,953
UK excluding London +5 3,301 £50,967 +13.26% 2,492
London +3 2,077 £65,000 -3.70% 2,861
Work from Home +10 1,715 £55,000 +4.02% 2,275
North of England +11 1,025 £50,000 +5.26% 665
North West +7 731 £50,055 +5.38% 411
South East -9 587 £50,967 +7.30% 731
Midlands -8 490 £48,000 +12.94% 396
Scotland +60 447 £54,043 +18.66% 151
East of England -2 368 £50,967 +13.26% 265
West Midlands -6 345 £50,000 +17.65% 229
South West +7 301 £52,500 +16.67% 248
Yorkshire -6 202 £47,500 -1.04% 190
East Midlands -7 145 £44,500 +4.71% 157
North East +15 90 £39,483 -0.04% 72
Wales -22 41 £50,124 +11.39% 65
Northern Ireland +22 36 £55,000 -24.14% 33
Isle of Man -1 7 £31,000 -31.11%
Channel Islands +6 6 £37,500 -20.21% 2

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 154 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 89 (1.57%) Confluence
3 75 (1.33%) Oracle Application Server
4 73 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 63 (1.11%) SAS
6 40 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 40 (0.71%) CMS
7 27 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
8 24 (0.42%) Apache
9 23 (0.41%) IIS
10 14 (0.25%) nginx
11 13 (0.23%) IBM Domino
12 10 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
12 10 (0.18%) WordPress
13 8 (0.14%) Luigi
13 8 (0.14%) Tomcat
14 5 (0.088%) Alfresco
14 5 (0.088%) Documentum
14 5 (0.088%) Kinematics
14 5 (0.088%) Umbraco
Applications
1 559 (9.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 449 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 237 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
4 182 (3.22%) Abaqus
5 150 (2.65%) Mathcad
6 45 (0.80%) MS Visio
7 44 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
8 42 (0.74%) Photoshop
9 35 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
10 26 (0.46%) Chatbot
11 18 (0.32%) SPSS
11 18 (0.32%) Trello
12 17 (0.30%) AutoCAD
13 16 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
14 13 (0.23%) Maya
15 8 (0.14%) Adobe XD
15 8 (0.14%) Sketch
16 7 (0.12%) Simulink
17 6 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
18 5 (0.088%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 108 (1.91%) NetSuite
2 66 (1.17%) Shopify
3 42 (0.74%) SAP BPC
4 40 (0.71%) Infor LN
5 36 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 26 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
7 17 (0.30%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 16 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
9 15 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
10 12 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
11 7 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
12 6 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
12 6 (0.11%) Infor M3
12 6 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
13 5 (0.088%) Maximo
13 5 (0.088%) Oracle Applications
14 4 (0.071%) IBM Planning Analytics
15 3 (0.053%) HFM
15 3 (0.053%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
15 3 (0.053%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 741 (13.10%) Azure
2 505 (8.93%) AWS
3 430 (7.60%) Power Platform
4 289 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
5 218 (3.85%) SaaS
6 213 (3.77%) GCP
7 106 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 94 (1.66%) Google Analytics
9 86 (1.52%) GitHub
10 81 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
11 79 (1.40%) Snowflake
12 75 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
13 69 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 65 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
14 65 (1.15%) Entra ID
15 64 (1.13%) Google Ads
16 56 (0.99%) PaaS
17 53 (0.94%) Serverless
18 48 (0.85%) PowerApps
19 46 (0.81%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 224 (3.96%) Broadband
2 163 (2.88%) Intrusion Detection
3 143 (2.53%) Firewall
4 78 (1.38%) DNS
4 78 (1.38%) WAN
5 71 (1.26%) VPN
6 68 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 55 (0.97%) Network Security
8 54 (0.95%) LAN
9 48 (0.85%) DHCP
10 45 (0.80%) Wireless
10 45 (0.80%) Wireshark
11 37 (0.65%) VLAN
11 37 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
12 34 (0.60%) HTTP
13 33 (0.58%) Internet
13 33 (0.58%) SAN
14 30 (0.53%) VoIP
15 27 (0.48%) SD-WAN
16 25 (0.44%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 374 (6.61%) Power BI
2 285 (5.04%) Tableau
3 238 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
4 207 (3.66%) SQL Server
5 114 (2.02%) Relational Database
6 111 (1.96%) Big Data
7 91 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
8 89 (1.57%) Data Lake
9 84 (1.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 66 (1.17%) MySQL
11 55 (0.97%) Metadata
12 53 (0.94%) NoSQL
13 52 (0.92%) Data Mining
14 48 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
15 44 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 42 (0.74%) BigQuery
17 41 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 32 (0.57%) Power Query
19 31 (0.55%) Amazon QuickSight
20 30 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 178 (3.15%) Git
2 167 (2.95%) JIRA
3 93 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 48 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
5 37 (0.65%) Selenium
6 32 (0.57%) Fiddler
7 31 (0.55%) Dreamweaver
8 26 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 22 (0.39%) GitLab
9 22 (0.39%) JMeter
9 22 (0.39%) Postman
10 16 (0.28%) Artifactory
11 15 (0.27%) Cucumber
12 13 (0.23%) Maven
13 12 (0.21%) Burp Suite
13 12 (0.21%) Cypress.io
13 12 (0.21%) Subversion
14 10 (0.18%) JUnit
15 9 (0.16%) Gradle
16 8 (0.14%) Bitbucket
General
1 3,344 (59.12%) Social Skills
2 2,141 (37.85%) Finance
3 774 (13.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 733 (12.96%) Banking
5 586 (10.36%) Marketing
6 505 (8.93%) Financial Institution
7 452 (7.99%) French Language
8 444 (7.85%) German Language
9 433 (7.66%) Manufacturing
10 398 (7.04%) Organisational Skills
11 327 (5.78%) Law
12 326 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
13 310 (5.48%) Retail
14 297 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
15 214 (3.78%) Legal
16 199 (3.52%) Games
17 187 (3.31%) Telecoms
18 172 (3.04%) Advertising
19 130 (2.30%) Public Sector
20 125 (2.21%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,614 (28.54%) Analyst
2 1,000 (17.68%) Senior
3 452 (7.99%) Credit Analyst
4 435 (7.69%) Research Analyst
5 409 (7.23%) Lead
6 300 (5.30%) Architect
7 299 (5.29%) Developer
8 244 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
9 211 (3.73%) Business Analyst
10 183 (3.24%) Consultant
11 162 (2.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 160 (2.83%) Product Manager
13 150 (2.65%) Engineering Specialist
14 138 (2.44%) Data Analyst
14 138 (2.44%) Development Manager
15 133 (2.35%) Project Manager
16 131 (2.32%) Senior Manager
17 125 (2.21%) Security Architect
18 117 (2.07%) Financial Analyst
19 115 (2.03%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (5.02%) HTML
2 134 (2.37%) CSS
3 123 (2.17%) .NET
4 120 (2.12%) React
5 98 (1.73%) REST
6 68 (1.20%) XML
7 60 (1.06%) AngularJS
8 56 (0.99%) JSON
9 52 (0.92%) Middleware
10 50 (0.88%) Web Services
11 47 (0.83%) RESTful
12 46 (0.81%) Node.js
13 42 (0.74%) SOAP
14 40 (0.71%) CSS3
14 40 (0.71%) Kafka
15 38 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
16 37 (0.65%) Spring Boot
17 30 (0.53%) Spring
18 29 (0.51%) PySpark
19 28 (0.50%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 523 (9.25%) Credit Risk
2 445 (7.87%) Fixed Income
3 416 (7.36%) Management Information System
4 289 (5.11%) Social Media
5 276 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 215 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
7 173 (3.06%) Product Ownership
8 132 (2.33%) FMCG
9 126 (2.23%) Algorithms
10 113 (2.00%) Cyberattack
11 86 (1.52%) Onboarding
12 76 (1.34%) IoT
13 75 (1.33%) Mobile App
14 69 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
14 69 (1.22%) Security Posture
15 64 (1.13%) Data Structures
16 60 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
17 58 (1.03%) Digital Media
18 56 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
19 54 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 375 (6.63%) Windows
2 223 (3.94%) Linux
3 100 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 64 (1.13%) Unix
5 61 (1.08%) Windows Vista
6 57 (1.01%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.46%) Android
8 22 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 17 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 16 (0.28%) Windows 7
11 12 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.14%) Kali Linux
14 7 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
15 6 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.088%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.088%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.088%) zOS
17 4 (0.071%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,741 (48.46%) Problem-Solving
2 1,054 (18.64%) Decision-Making
3 1,018 (18.00%) Agile
4 987 (17.45%) Analytics
5 915 (16.18%) Risk Management
6 814 (14.39%) Project Management
7 703 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 630 (11.14%) Business Strategy
9 555 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 541 (9.57%) Asset Management
11 540 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
12 536 (9.48%) Mentoring
13 496 (8.77%) Financial Modelling
14 493 (8.72%) Collaborative Working
14 493 (8.72%) Computer Science
15 472 (8.35%) Risk Assessment
16 470 (8.31%) Data Analysis
17 468 (8.27%) Portfolio Management
18 463 (8.19%) DevOps
19 452 (7.99%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 915 (16.18%) SQL
2 712 (12.59%) Python
3 303 (5.36%) JavaScript
4 201 (3.55%) C#
5 195 (3.45%) Java
6 144 (2.55%) R
7 110 (1.94%) PowerShell
8 90 (1.59%) C++
9 70 (1.24%) T-SQL
10 67 (1.18%) C
11 64 (1.13%) Bash
12 61 (1.08%) VB
13 59 (1.04%) TypeScript
14 50 (0.88%) Shell Script
15 46 (0.81%) PHP
16 44 (0.78%) MATLAB
17 37 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 31 (0.55%) PL/SQL
18 31 (0.55%) VBA
19 22 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2,092 (36.99%) Degree
2 889 (15.72%) Master's Degree
3 483 (8.54%) CFA
4 301 (5.32%) Security Cleared
5 242 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 218 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 212 (3.75%) DBS Check
8 191 (3.38%) HND
9 182 (3.22%) Chartered Engineer
10 144 (2.55%) DV Cleared
11 135 (2.39%) SC Cleared
12 120 (2.12%) ACCA
13 119 (2.10%) CISSP
14 111 (1.96%) CBAP
15 107 (1.89%) CIMA
16 105 (1.86%) PMI Certification
17 90 (1.59%) CCA
18 88 (1.56%) PMP
19 86 (1.52%) CISM
20 74 (1.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 371 (6.56%) QA
2 200 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 141 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 138 (2.44%) GDPR
5 134 (2.37%) NIST
6 113 (2.00%) SLA
7 88 (1.56%) Accessibility
8 58 (1.03%) PCI DSS
9 57 (1.01%) PMO
10 53 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 50 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
12 48 (0.85%) IFRS
13 40 (0.71%) GAAP
14 38 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 34 (0.60%) GRC
16 27 (0.48%) SOC 2
17 23 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
18 13 (0.23%) ISO 9001
19 10 (0.18%) Def Stans
19 10 (0.18%) GMP
System Software
1 189 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 126 (2.23%) Docker
3 48 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (0.51%) Firmware
5 27 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 22 (0.39%) vSphere
7 15 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
7 15 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.16%) HDFS
9 9 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.053%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.053%) KVM
12 3 (0.053%) RACF
12 3 (0.053%) XenApp
12 3 (0.053%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.035%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.035%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 111 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 78 (1.38%) Terraform
3 71 (1.26%) Ansible
4 50 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (0.83%) Grafana
6 43 (0.76%) SCCM
7 39 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 16 (0.28%) Nessus
9 9 (0.16%) CASB
10 8 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
10 8 (0.14%) Nmap
10 8 (0.14%) SCOM
11 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (0.12%) Nagios
11 7 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.088%) CA Endevor
13 5 (0.088%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (0.088%) vRealize
13 5 (0.088%) WMI
Vendors
1 926 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 437 (7.73%) Bloomberg
3 313 (5.53%) Google
4 272 (4.81%) Oracle
5 210 (3.71%) SAP
6 174 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 137 (2.42%) Databricks
8 83 (1.47%) VMware
9 81 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 70 (1.24%) Cisco
11 55 (0.97%) Citrix
12 54 (0.95%) Infor
13 53 (0.94%) Adobe
14 45 (0.80%) Cognos
15 42 (0.74%) TikTok
16 31 (0.55%) Facebook
16 31 (0.55%) Pinterest
17 30 (0.53%) Apple
18 27 (0.48%) Dell
18 27 (0.48%) Informatica