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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,892 5,327 7,790
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.63% 12.20% 9.28%
As % of the General category 12.29% 17.32% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,691 2,383 5,146
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £87,500
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 39,816 30,748 51,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 54.00% 70.42% 61.21%
Number of salaries quoted 21,798 15,429 37,327
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -13 4,335 £52,500 -4.55% 2,317
UK excluding London -17 3,060 £45,000 -11.71% 1,846
Work from Home +2 1,633 £55,000 - 965
London -5 1,524 £67,500 +3.85% 840
North of England -20 826 £45,000 -10.00% 422
South East +10 811 £50,000 -1.90% 619
Midlands -15 588 £45,000 -6.25% 324
North West -17 430 £42,500 -19.05% 253
West Midlands -14 358 £52,500 +5.00% 206
Yorkshire -1 285 £48,445 +7.65% 133
South West -16 280 £45,000 -13.46% 200
East of England -23 258 £40,000 -21.52% 166
East Midlands 0 229 £40,000 -5.88% 118
Scotland -18 197 £40,000 -24.23% 92
North East -6 111 £43,000 +9.97% 41
Wales +15 73 £40,000 -19.38% 48
Northern Ireland -16 49 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Isle of Man -5 1 £62,500 +101.61% 4
Channel Islands -7 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
1 137 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 82 (1.68%) Confluence
4 59 (1.21%) Apache Spark
5 58 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
6 48 (0.98%) CMS
7 32 (0.65%) Apache
8 18 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
8 18 (0.37%) WordPress
9 16 (0.33%) SAS
10 13 (0.27%) IIS
11 5 (0.10%) nginx
12 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.061%) Drupal
13 3 (0.061%) govService
14 2 (0.041%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.041%) Camunda
14 2 (0.041%) JBoss
14 2 (0.041%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.041%) MTS
Applications
1 703 (14.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 293 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
3 267 (5.46%) Chatbot
4 120 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 92 (1.88%) MS Visio
6 35 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 30 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 25 (0.51%) Maya
9 16 (0.33%) Adobe XD
10 9 (0.18%) AutoCAD
10 9 (0.18%) CATIA
11 4 (0.082%) Trello
12 3 (0.061%) Sketch
13 2 (0.041%) Revit
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
14 1 (0.020%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.020%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
14 1 (0.020%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 77 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 43 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 29 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 28 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 21 (0.43%) Endur
7 20 (0.41%) SAP FI
8 19 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
9 18 (0.37%) Workday HCM
10 17 (0.35%) SAP MDG
11 16 (0.33%) SAP ERP
12 13 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
13 11 (0.22%) Sage X3
14 10 (0.20%) Maximo
14 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
14 10 (0.20%) SAP PM
15 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
16 7 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
16 7 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
16 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 828 (16.93%) Azure
2 622 (12.71%) Power Platform
3 437 (8.93%) AWS
4 297 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
5 271 (5.54%) SaaS
6 168 (3.43%) GCP
7 150 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
8 123 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (1.96%) GitHub
10 94 (1.92%) Entra ID
11 87 (1.78%) Power Automate
12 78 (1.59%) Snowflake
13 70 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
14 65 (1.33%) dbt
15 62 (1.27%) Amazon S3
16 58 (1.19%) Google Analytics
16 58 (1.19%) Serverless
17 52 (1.06%) PowerApps
18 51 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 50 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 183 (3.74%) Firewall
2 158 (3.23%) DNS
3 120 (2.45%) DHCP
4 104 (2.13%) VPN
5 80 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
6 73 (1.49%) WAN
7 68 (1.39%) LAN
8 65 (1.33%) TCP/IP
9 60 (1.23%) Wireless
10 57 (1.17%) VLAN
11 46 (0.94%) Network Security
12 43 (0.88%) Broadband
13 36 (0.74%) BGP
14 35 (0.72%) SAN
14 35 (0.72%) Wireshark
15 33 (0.67%) OSPF
16 30 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
17 29 (0.59%) EIGRP
17 29 (0.59%) VoIP
18 28 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 560 (11.45%) Power BI
2 422 (8.63%) Tableau
3 215 (4.39%) SQL Server
4 206 (4.21%) Data Mining
5 164 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
6 105 (2.15%) Metadata
7 93 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 88 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
9 77 (1.57%) Data Lake
10 60 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 58 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
12 55 (1.12%) Looker
13 53 (1.08%) MySQL
14 52 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
15 47 (0.96%) NoSQL
16 44 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
17 42 (0.86%) Power Query
18 34 (0.70%) Big Data
19 33 (0.67%) GIS
20 32 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 191 (3.90%) JIRA
2 129 (2.64%) Git
3 50 (1.02%) GitLab
4 42 (0.86%) Selenium
5 37 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 19 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 16 (0.33%) MLflow
8 15 (0.31%) Balsamiq
8 15 (0.31%) Robot Framework
9 14 (0.29%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.29%) ERwin
9 14 (0.29%) Subversion
10 13 (0.27%) Chocolatey
10 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
10 13 (0.27%) Snyk
11 11 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
12 10 (0.20%) Postman
13 8 (0.16%) ER Studio
General
1 2,414 (49.35%) Social Skills
2 1,786 (36.51%) Finance
3 425 (8.69%) Marketing
4 333 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 304 (6.21%) Banking
6 276 (5.64%) Legal
7 275 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
8 268 (5.48%) Law
9 257 (5.25%) Public Sector
10 252 (5.15%) Retail
11 203 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
12 161 (3.29%) Manufacturing
13 132 (2.70%) Financial Institution
14 119 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
15 101 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 91 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
17 80 (1.64%) Games
18 71 (1.45%) Advertising
19 59 (1.21%) Electronics
20 48 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,234 (25.22%) Analyst
2 604 (12.35%) Senior
3 391 (7.99%) Data Analyst
4 314 (6.42%) Lead
5 263 (5.38%) Trainer
6 240 (4.91%) Business Analyst
7 238 (4.87%) Developer
8 224 (4.58%) Architect
9 196 (4.01%) Consultant
10 182 (3.72%) Trainee
11 173 (3.54%) Trainee Analyst
11 173 (3.54%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 170 (3.48%) Support Analyst
13 141 (2.88%) IT Support
14 138 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
15 129 (2.64%) Senior Manager
16 112 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
17 107 (2.19%) Support Engineer
18 106 (2.17%) Systems Engineer
19 91 (1.86%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (2.60%) HTML
2 117 (2.39%) CSS
3 88 (1.80%) React
4 81 (1.66%) .NET
5 60 (1.23%) REST
6 53 (1.08%) JSON
7 51 (1.04%) Middleware
8 49 (1.00%) XML
9 44 (0.90%) Node.js
10 37 (0.76%) Kafka
10 37 (0.76%) TensorFlow
11 34 (0.70%) PyTorch
12 32 (0.65%) PySpark
13 29 (0.59%) Spring
14 27 (0.55%) SOAP
15 26 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
16 24 (0.49%) EDI
17 23 (0.47%) Pandas
18 22 (0.45%) AngularJS
19 19 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 471 (9.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 343 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
3 273 (5.58%) Onboarding
4 235 (4.80%) Management Information System
5 183 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 117 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 102 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
8 95 (1.94%) Data Structures
9 93 (1.90%) Data Centre
10 85 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 78 (1.59%) Driving Licence
12 76 (1.55%) Algorithms
13 57 (1.17%) Social Media
14 55 (1.12%) Security Posture
15 51 (1.04%) FMCG
16 50 (1.02%) Virtual Team
17 47 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 47 (0.96%) Low-Code
18 46 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
19 36 (0.74%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 351 (7.17%) Windows
2 233 (4.76%) Linux
3 143 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 76 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (0.84%) Unix
6 27 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.37%) Android
8 16 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 13 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.10%) CentOS
11 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.10%) VMS
12 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.061%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.041%) AIX
14 2 (0.041%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.020%) Debian
15 1 (0.020%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,179 (44.54%) Problem-Solving
2 1,100 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,092 (22.32%) Analytics
4 931 (19.03%) Decision-Making
5 921 (18.83%) AI
6 862 (17.62%) Agile
7 715 (14.62%) Business Intelligence
8 681 (13.92%) Project Management
9 588 (12.02%) Data Analysis
10 587 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 441 (9.01%) Actionable Insight
12 432 (8.83%) Mentoring
13 415 (8.48%) Analytical Thinking
14 400 (8.18%) Process Improvement
15 391 (7.99%) Roadmaps
16 376 (7.69%) DevOps
17 374 (7.65%) Data Modelling
18 370 (7.56%) Business Analysis
19 357 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
20 353 (7.22%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,038 (21.22%) SQL
2 868 (17.74%) Python
3 167 (3.41%) JavaScript
4 145 (2.96%) PowerShell
5 143 (2.92%) Java
6 121 (2.47%) C#
7 76 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 69 (1.41%) R
9 56 (1.14%) Bash
10 47 (0.96%) T-SQL
11 46 (0.94%) C++
12 43 (0.88%) VBA
13 37 (0.76%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.43%) C
15 20 (0.41%) Scala
16 19 (0.39%) MATLAB
17 16 (0.33%) Go
18 14 (0.29%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.25%) Bicep
19 12 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,332 (27.23%) Degree
2 410 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 395 (8.07%) Master's Degree
4 291 (5.95%) SC Cleared
5 275 (5.62%) PhD
6 216 (4.42%) ACCA
7 208 (4.25%) CIMA
8 178 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 141 (2.88%) CISSP
10 114 (2.33%) DBS Check
11 95 (1.94%) DV Cleared
12 92 (1.88%) PMI Certification
13 83 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
14 81 (1.66%) PMP
15 80 (1.64%) CISM
16 65 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
17 64 (1.31%) Azure Certification
18 61 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
19 48 (0.98%) CISA
19 48 (0.98%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 360 (7.36%) Data Quality
2 260 (5.31%) QA
3 255 (5.21%) GDPR
4 208 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 165 (3.37%) NIST
6 146 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 114 (2.33%) PCI DSS
8 105 (2.15%) Accessibility
9 80 (1.64%) PMO
10 69 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 63 (1.29%) ISO 9001
12 62 (1.27%) SLA
13 44 (0.90%) GRC
14 39 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 34 (0.70%) IFRS
16 26 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 23 (0.47%) WCAG
18 18 (0.37%) COBIT
18 18 (0.37%) NCSC
19 17 (0.35%) GMP
System Software
1 242 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 97 (1.98%) Hyper-V
3 75 (1.53%) Docker
4 72 (1.47%) Terminal Server
5 59 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.29%) ProxySG
7 13 (0.27%) vSphere
8 11 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.16%) Firmware
11 7 (0.14%) IAG
12 5 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
12 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.061%) XenApp
14 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.020%) KVM
15 1 (0.020%) NFS
15 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 138 (2.82%) Terraform
2 75 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 69 (1.41%) Ansible
4 50 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 34 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (0.47%) SCCM
9 16 (0.33%) Nagios
10 7 (0.14%) Control-M
10 7 (0.14%) SCOM
11 5 (0.10%) CASB
11 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 5 (0.10%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.082%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.082%) Nessus
12 4 (0.082%) QRadar
12 4 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,185 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 265 (5.42%) PayPal
3 228 (4.66%) SAP
4 187 (3.82%) Oracle
5 142 (2.90%) VMware
6 140 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 131 (2.68%) Google
8 122 (2.49%) SolarWinds
9 111 (2.27%) ServiceNow
10 105 (2.15%) Splunk
11 78 (1.59%) Veeam
12 77 (1.57%) Cisco
13 73 (1.49%) Brocade
13 73 (1.49%) Tanium
14 72 (1.47%) Nimble Storage
15 69 (1.41%) Databricks
16 61 (1.25%) Workday
17 53 (1.08%) Adobe
18 43 (0.88%) Alteryx
19 40 (0.82%) Bloomberg