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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,854 6,041 9,907
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.20% 13.55% 9.15%
As % of the General category 11.02% 18.61% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,142 2,423 5,412
10th Percentile £32,611 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -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 44,034 32,462 61,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.20% 72.83% 57.21%
Number of salaries quoted 27,017 15,825 40,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% +4.84% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -16 4,423 £55,000 - 2,694
UK excluding London -19 3,059 £48,500 -3.00% 1,816
London -11 1,527 £67,500 +3.85% 1,250
Work from Home -12 1,489 £55,000 - 1,178
North of England -19 944 £48,000 +1.05% 423
South East -8 765 £50,000 -9.09% 597
Midlands -8 559 £48,000 +1.05% 294
North West -18 558 £46,500 -7.00% 244
South West -23 332 £47,500 -5.00% 200
West Midlands -15 313 £50,774 +6.89% 172
Yorkshire -14 292 £49,884 +10.85% 125
East Midlands +3 245 £45,000 -5.26% 122
East of England -15 236 £45,000 - 161
Scotland -24 112 £40,000 -20.71% 99
North East -33 94 £51,000 +31.44% 61
Wales -10 83 £53,171 -3.33% 37
Northern Ireland -22 39 £40,000 -27.27% 66

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 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 71 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 68 (1.40%) Confluence
6 42 (0.87%) Apache
7 39 (0.80%) CMS
8 22 (0.45%) IIS
9 19 (0.39%) SAS
10 16 (0.33%) WordPress
11 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
13 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.082%) WebLogic
14 4 (0.082%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.062%) govService
15 3 (0.062%) JBoss
15 3 (0.062%) nginx
15 3 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 532 (10.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 187 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 100 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 86 (1.77%) MS Visio
5 32 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 30 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.19%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.082%) Maya
11 3 (0.062%) Blender
11 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.062%) Trello
12 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.041%) Lectora
12 2 (0.041%) Simulink
12 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.021%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 69 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 33 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.23%) Maximo
9 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.19%) Fidessa
12 8 (0.16%) Workday HCM
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Endur
14 6 (0.12%) Magento
14 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
14 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
14 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 885 (18.23%) Azure
2 639 (13.16%) Power Platform
3 480 (9.89%) AWS
4 370 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
5 301 (6.20%) SaaS
6 207 (4.26%) GCP
7 124 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
8 117 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
9 113 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 81 (1.67%) GitHub
11 80 (1.65%) Google Analytics
12 77 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
13 76 (1.57%) Power Automate
14 74 (1.52%) Snowflake
15 73 (1.50%) Amazon S3
16 70 (1.44%) dbt
17 64 (1.32%) PowerApps
17 64 (1.32%) Serverless
18 52 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
19 48 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 201 (4.14%) Firewall
2 178 (3.67%) DNS
3 135 (2.78%) DHCP
4 123 (2.53%) VPN
5 83 (1.71%) WAN
6 77 (1.59%) TCP/IP
7 76 (1.57%) Broadband
8 74 (1.52%) LAN
9 64 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (1.11%) VLAN
11 53 (1.09%) Wireless
12 47 (0.97%) Network Security
13 44 (0.91%) SAN
14 37 (0.76%) BGP
15 30 (0.62%) HTTP
15 30 (0.62%) Internet
16 28 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
16 28 (0.58%) SD-WAN
17 27 (0.56%) OSPF
18 25 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 567 (11.68%) Power BI
2 305 (6.28%) Tableau
3 184 (3.79%) SQL Server
4 156 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
5 104 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
6 91 (1.87%) Data Mining
6 91 (1.87%) Metadata
7 70 (1.44%) Data Lake
7 70 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 60 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
9 58 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
9 58 (1.19%) Looker
10 57 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 55 (1.13%) Power Query
12 49 (1.01%) MySQL
13 46 (0.95%) BigQuery
13 46 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 40 (0.82%) Big Data
15 35 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
15 35 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 161 (3.32%) JIRA
2 139 (2.86%) Git
3 50 (1.03%) GitLab
4 33 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.62%) MLflow
6 29 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 19 (0.39%) Chocolatey
7 19 (0.39%) Selenium
8 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 15 (0.31%) ERwin
9 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.27%) Postman
10 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 11 (0.23%) Eclipse
12 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.19%) Balsamiq
13 9 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
14 8 (0.16%) Axure RP
General
1 2,234 (46.02%) Social Skills
2 1,681 (34.63%) Finance
3 422 (8.69%) Marketing
4 365 (7.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 287 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
6 285 (5.87%) Public Sector
7 271 (5.58%) Law
8 262 (5.40%) Retail
9 261 (5.38%) Legal
10 246 (5.07%) Banking
11 172 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
12 171 (3.52%) Manufacturing
13 130 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
14 114 (2.35%) Telecoms
15 90 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
16 88 (1.81%) Advertising
17 81 (1.67%) Aerospace
18 79 (1.63%) Financial Institution
19 73 (1.50%) Electronics
20 55 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,247 (25.69%) Analyst
2 628 (12.94%) Senior
3 338 (6.96%) Lead
4 314 (6.47%) Data Analyst
5 281 (5.79%) Business Analyst
6 238 (4.90%) Developer
7 210 (4.33%) Architect
8 209 (4.31%) Consultant
9 190 (3.91%) Systems Engineer
10 145 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
11 125 (2.58%) Data Engineer
12 116 (2.39%) Support Analyst
13 113 (2.33%) IT Manager
14 104 (2.14%) IT Support
14 104 (2.14%) Support Engineer
15 103 (2.12%) Senior Manager
16 100 (2.06%) Systems Analyst
17 93 (1.92%) Financial Analyst
18 92 (1.90%) Security Analyst
18 92 (1.90%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (2.51%) HTML
2 112 (2.31%) CSS
3 105 (2.16%) .NET
4 96 (1.98%) REST
5 87 (1.79%) JSON
5 87 (1.79%) Middleware
6 86 (1.77%) React
7 77 (1.59%) XML
8 70 (1.44%) PyTorch
9 65 (1.34%) TensorFlow
10 51 (1.05%) Kafka
10 51 (1.05%) Node.js
11 49 (1.01%) SOAP
12 42 (0.87%) RESTful
12 42 (0.87%) scikit-learn
13 40 (0.82%) PySpark
14 34 (0.70%) Web Services
15 33 (0.68%) Pandas
16 32 (0.66%) LangChain
17 29 (0.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 523 (10.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 239 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 208 (4.29%) Onboarding
4 193 (3.98%) Product Ownership
5 188 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
6 135 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
7 108 (2.22%) Data Centre
8 94 (1.94%) Cloud Native
9 93 (1.92%) Security Posture
10 86 (1.77%) Data Structures
11 80 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 78 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
13 76 (1.57%) Driving Licence
14 61 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
15 58 (1.19%) Social Media
16 56 (1.15%) Public Cloud
17 53 (1.09%) Virtual Team
18 48 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
19 46 (0.95%) FMCG
20 42 (0.87%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 380 (7.83%) Windows
2 241 (4.96%) Linux
3 191 (3.93%) Windows Server
4 95 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.72%) Unix
6 25 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 25 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (0.33%) Android
8 16 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.23%) CentOS
10 11 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.16%) VMS
12 4 (0.082%) AIX
12 4 (0.082%) Debian
12 4 (0.082%) Rocky
12 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.041%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,194 (45.20%) Problem-Solving
2 1,182 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,061 (21.86%) Analytics
4 1,060 (21.84%) Decision-Making
5 841 (17.33%) Agile
6 648 (13.35%) Business Intelligence
7 632 (13.02%) AI
8 625 (12.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 503 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 486 (10.01%) Roadmaps
11 474 (9.77%) Actionable Insight
12 473 (9.74%) Mentoring
12 473 (9.74%) Project Management
13 443 (9.13%) Cybersecurity
13 443 (9.13%) Data Analysis
13 443 (9.13%) Data Modelling
14 401 (8.26%) Data Governance
15 393 (8.10%) Process Improvement
16 370 (7.62%) Analytical Thinking
17 350 (7.21%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 1,021 (21.03%) SQL
2 872 (17.96%) Python
3 173 (3.56%) JavaScript
4 170 (3.50%) Java
5 166 (3.42%) PowerShell
6 143 (2.95%) C#
7 80 (1.65%) R
8 71 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 68 (1.40%) Bash
9 68 (1.40%) C++
10 47 (0.97%) T-SQL
10 47 (0.97%) TypeScript
11 39 (0.80%) MATLAB
12 34 (0.70%) VBA
13 21 (0.43%) Go
13 21 (0.43%) PHP
14 20 (0.41%) Scala
15 18 (0.37%) Julia
16 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 892 (18.38%) Degree
2 443 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 325 (6.70%) SC Cleared
4 249 (5.13%) ACCA
5 234 (4.82%) CIMA
6 154 (3.17%) DBS Check
7 153 (3.15%) CISSP
8 149 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 118 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
10 108 (2.22%) CISM
11 87 (1.79%) DV Cleared
12 86 (1.77%) Master's Degree
13 80 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
14 75 (1.55%) Azure Certification
15 72 (1.48%) IRCA
15 72 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
16 65 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
17 64 (1.32%) PMI Certification
18 56 (1.15%) PMP
19 48 (0.99%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 455 (9.37%) Data Quality
2 381 (7.85%) GDPR
3 311 (6.41%) QA
4 261 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 223 (4.59%) NIST
6 167 (3.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 140 (2.88%) SLA
8 139 (2.86%) PCI DSS
9 129 (2.66%) Accessibility
10 117 (2.41%) ISO 9001
11 72 (1.48%) GRC
12 56 (1.15%) PMO
13 52 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
14 42 (0.87%) IFRS
15 39 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 39 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.68%) COBIT
17 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 26 (0.54%) NCSC
19 24 (0.49%) ITGC
System Software
1 276 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 97 (2.00%) Hyper-V
3 83 (1.71%) Docker
4 80 (1.65%) Terminal Server
5 79 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 26 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.25%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.25%) vSphere
8 9 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
10 4 (0.082%) Firmware
10 4 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.082%) XenApp
11 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 132 (2.72%) Terraform
2 79 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 66 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (1.17%) Ansible
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 28 (0.58%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 23 (0.47%) Nagios
9 17 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (0.33%) QRadar
11 14 (0.29%) Kibana
12 12 (0.25%) Kubeflow
13 9 (0.19%) Control-M
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.12%) logstash
16 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.10%) Podman
17 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 4 (0.082%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1,091 (22.48%) Microsoft
2 200 (4.12%) SAP
3 186 (3.83%) Google
4 170 (3.50%) VMware
5 165 (3.40%) Oracle
6 153 (3.15%) Salesforce
7 135 (2.78%) Splunk
8 127 (2.62%) SolarWinds
9 111 (2.29%) Databricks
10 93 (1.92%) Veeam
11 83 (1.71%) ServiceNow
12 81 (1.67%) Nimble Storage
13 80 (1.65%) Brocade
13 80 (1.65%) Tanium
14 75 (1.55%) Cisco
15 72 (1.48%) Workday
16 50 (1.03%) IBM
17 47 (0.97%) Red Hat
18 46 (0.95%) Adobe
19 44 (0.91%) Dell