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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,905 6,081 9,892
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.16% 13.45% 9.17%
As % of the General category 10.92% 18.53% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,210 2,455 5,387
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,610 £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 £88,615 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +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 44,918 32,816 61,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.24% 72.56% 57.10%
Number of salaries quoted 27,658 16,153 40,796
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,996 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,481 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 24 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 24 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 -17 4,474 £55,000 - 1,624
UK excluding London -20 3,089 £48,445 -3.11% 1,440
London -11 1,540 £68,625 +5.58% 536
Work from Home -11 1,521 £55,000 - 724
North of England -19 957 £48,000 +1.05% 308
South East -8 781 £50,000 -9.09% 499
Midlands -9 563 £47,500 - 255
North West -18 561 £46,500 -7.00% 162
South West -26 333 £47,500 -2.08% 164
West Midlands -17 314 £50,000 +5.26% 142
Yorkshire -14 295 £50,000 +11.11% 106
East Midlands -2 248 £45,000 -5.76% 112
East of England -19 237 £45,050 -3.82% 126
Scotland -25 107 £40,000 -20.71% 65
North East -28 101 £55,000 +41.75% 48
Wales -9 83 £53,171 -3.33% 28
Northern Ireland -22 39 £40,000 -27.27% 52

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
1 164 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 120 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
4 72 (1.47%) Confluence
5 69 (1.41%) Apache Spark
6 44 (0.90%) Apache
7 37 (0.75%) CMS
8 22 (0.45%) IIS
8 22 (0.45%) SAS
9 16 (0.33%) WordPress
10 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 6 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 3 (0.061%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.061%) govService
13 3 (0.061%) JBoss
13 3 (0.061%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.041%) Appian
Applications
1 534 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 83 (1.69%) MS Visio
5 34 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 29 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 8 (0.16%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
11 4 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.082%) Maya
12 3 (0.061%) Blender
12 3 (0.061%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.061%) Trello
13 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.041%) Lectora
13 2 (0.041%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
13 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 73 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.73%) NetSuite
4 31 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
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 12 (0.24%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.22%) Maximo
10 11 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.18%) Fidessa
11 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 6 (0.12%) Magento
13 6 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
13 6 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
13 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 883 (18.00%) Azure
2 650 (13.25%) Power Platform
3 482 (9.83%) AWS
4 363 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
5 306 (6.24%) SaaS
6 213 (4.34%) GCP
7 128 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
8 115 (2.34%) Entra ID
9 114 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
10 84 (1.71%) Google Analytics
11 78 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
12 77 (1.57%) GitHub
12 77 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 73 (1.49%) Amazon S3
14 68 (1.39%) dbt
14 68 (1.39%) Snowflake
15 67 (1.37%) PowerApps
16 63 (1.28%) Serverless
17 54 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
18 51 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 201 (4.10%) Firewall
2 170 (3.47%) DNS
3 128 (2.61%) DHCP
4 119 (2.43%) VPN
5 85 (1.73%) WAN
6 82 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 77 (1.57%) LAN
8 76 (1.55%) Broadband
9 62 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (1.10%) Wireless
11 50 (1.02%) VLAN
12 47 (0.96%) Network Security
13 41 (0.84%) SAN
14 35 (0.71%) BGP
15 33 (0.67%) HTTP
16 31 (0.63%) Internet
17 27 (0.55%) SD-WAN
18 26 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
19 24 (0.49%) OSPF
19 24 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 578 (11.78%) Power BI
2 296 (6.03%) Tableau
3 185 (3.77%) SQL Server
4 169 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 99 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
6 88 (1.79%) Metadata
7 81 (1.65%) Data Mining
8 71 (1.45%) Data Lake
9 70 (1.43%) Relational Database
10 62 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
11 61 (1.24%) Looker
12 59 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
13 58 (1.18%) Power Query
14 56 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 53 (1.08%) MySQL
16 50 (1.02%) BigQuery
17 45 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 37 (0.75%) Big Data
18 37 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
19 36 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 169 (3.45%) JIRA
2 147 (3.00%) Git
3 53 (1.08%) GitLab
4 33 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.61%) MLflow
6 29 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 19 (0.39%) Selenium
8 17 (0.35%) Chocolatey
8 17 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 14 (0.29%) ERwin
10 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
10 13 (0.27%) Postman
11 12 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 12 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 12 (0.24%) Visual Studio
12 10 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
13 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.18%) JMeter
14 8 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2,274 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 1,700 (34.66%) Finance
3 413 (8.42%) Marketing
4 356 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 300 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
6 298 (6.08%) Public Sector
7 274 (5.59%) Retail
8 268 (5.46%) Legal
9 267 (5.44%) Law
10 241 (4.91%) Banking
11 187 (3.81%) Manufacturing
12 172 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
13 132 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
14 118 (2.41%) Telecoms
15 89 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
16 88 (1.79%) Advertising
17 79 (1.61%) Aerospace
18 76 (1.55%) Financial Institution
19 71 (1.45%) Electronics
20 54 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,269 (25.87%) Analyst
2 632 (12.88%) Senior
3 345 (7.03%) Lead
4 311 (6.34%) Data Analyst
5 282 (5.75%) Business Analyst
6 237 (4.83%) Developer
7 218 (4.44%) Consultant
8 203 (4.14%) Architect
9 186 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
10 149 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
11 132 (2.69%) Data Engineer
12 121 (2.47%) Support Analyst
13 113 (2.30%) IT Manager
13 113 (2.30%) Support Engineer
14 110 (2.24%) IT Support
15 106 (2.16%) Senior Manager
16 105 (2.14%) Systems Analyst
17 99 (2.02%) Financial Analyst
18 95 (1.94%) Security Analyst
19 85 (1.73%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (2.41%) HTML
2 110 (2.24%) .NET
3 108 (2.20%) CSS
4 101 (2.06%) REST
5 91 (1.86%) Middleware
6 89 (1.81%) JSON
7 84 (1.71%) React
8 81 (1.65%) XML
9 67 (1.37%) PyTorch
10 61 (1.24%) TensorFlow
11 54 (1.10%) Kafka
12 49 (1.00%) RESTful
13 48 (0.98%) Node.js
13 48 (0.98%) SOAP
14 44 (0.90%) PySpark
15 41 (0.84%) scikit-learn
16 37 (0.75%) Web Services
17 33 (0.67%) Pandas
18 32 (0.65%) LangChain
19 29 (0.59%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 524 (10.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 240 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 211 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 200 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 190 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
6 129 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 105 (2.14%) Data Centre
8 99 (2.02%) Cloud Native
9 96 (1.96%) Security Posture
10 86 (1.75%) Data Structures
11 84 (1.71%) Driving Licence
12 78 (1.59%) Algorithms
13 77 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
14 67 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
15 60 (1.22%) Social Media
16 56 (1.14%) Public Cloud
16 56 (1.14%) Virtual Team
17 46 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
18 45 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
19 43 (0.88%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 375 (7.65%) Windows
2 236 (4.81%) Linux
3 189 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 88 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.69%) Unix
6 27 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 27 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 18 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (0.35%) Android
9 14 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.22%) CentOS
10 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.16%) VMS
12 4 (0.082%) AIX
12 4 (0.082%) Debian
12 4 (0.082%) OpenVMS
12 4 (0.082%) Rocky
12 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.020%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,208 (45.02%) Problem-Solving
2 1,223 (24.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,093 (22.28%) Decision-Making
4 1,077 (21.96%) Analytics
5 852 (17.37%) Agile
6 659 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
7 649 (13.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 645 (13.15%) AI
9 517 (10.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 503 (10.25%) Roadmaps
11 486 (9.91%) Mentoring
12 478 (9.75%) Actionable Insight
13 469 (9.56%) Project Management
14 454 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
15 446 (9.09%) Data Modelling
16 439 (8.95%) Data Analysis
17 403 (8.22%) Data Governance
17 403 (8.22%) Process Improvement
18 364 (7.42%) ERP
19 362 (7.38%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,039 (21.18%) SQL
2 872 (17.78%) Python
3 175 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 172 (3.51%) Java
5 164 (3.34%) PowerShell
6 150 (3.06%) C#
7 78 (1.59%) R
8 72 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 71 (1.45%) Bash
9 71 (1.45%) C++
10 52 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 48 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 40 (0.82%) MATLAB
13 34 (0.69%) VBA
14 21 (0.43%) PHP
15 20 (0.41%) Go
16 18 (0.37%) Julia
16 18 (0.37%) Scala
17 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 900 (18.35%) Degree
2 453 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 324 (6.61%) SC Cleared
4 266 (5.42%) ACCA
5 251 (5.12%) CIMA
6 155 (3.16%) CISSP
6 155 (3.16%) DBS Check
7 149 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 113 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
9 109 (2.22%) CISM
10 92 (1.88%) Master's Degree
11 90 (1.83%) DV Cleared
12 83 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 73 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
14 72 (1.47%) Azure Certification
14 72 (1.47%) IRCA
15 66 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
16 58 (1.18%) PMI Certification
17 52 (1.06%) PMP
18 48 (0.98%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 464 (9.46%) Data Quality
2 384 (7.83%) GDPR
3 323 (6.59%) QA
4 268 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 227 (4.63%) NIST
6 165 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 141 (2.87%) SLA
8 129 (2.63%) PCI DSS
9 128 (2.61%) Accessibility
10 120 (2.45%) ISO 9001
11 75 (1.53%) GRC
12 58 (1.18%) PMO
13 50 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
14 45 (0.92%) IFRS
15 42 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 40 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 36 (0.73%) COBIT
18 28 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.49%) ITGC
19 24 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 274 (5.59%) Active Directory
2 90 (1.83%) Docker
3 89 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 76 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.47%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.24%) vSphere
9 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.16%) IAG
11 4 (0.082%) Firmware
11 4 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.082%) XenApp
12 3 (0.061%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.020%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 132 (2.69%) Terraform
2 81 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 62 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 61 (1.24%) Ansible
5 37 (0.75%) Grafana
6 26 (0.53%) SCCM
7 23 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.43%) Nagios
9 17 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (0.33%) Kibana
10 16 (0.33%) QRadar
11 12 (0.24%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.16%) Control-M
12 8 (0.16%) logstash
13 7 (0.14%) Packer
14 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.10%) Podman
16 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 4 (0.082%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1,095 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 209 (4.26%) SAP
3 197 (4.02%) Google
4 166 (3.38%) Oracle
5 158 (3.22%) VMware
6 151 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 127 (2.59%) Splunk
8 118 (2.41%) SolarWinds
9 114 (2.32%) Databricks
10 86 (1.75%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.73%) Veeam
12 74 (1.51%) Workday
13 73 (1.49%) Cisco
13 73 (1.49%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.47%) Brocade
14 72 (1.47%) Tanium
15 49 (1.00%) IBM
15 49 (1.00%) Red Hat
16 47 (0.96%) Adobe
17 45 (0.92%) HubSpot