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

6 months to
23 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 4,903 6,065 9,937
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.18% 13.43% 9.13%
As % of the General category 10.96% 18.51% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,198 2,450 5,411
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,600 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,241 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,284 £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 44,735 32,767 61,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.23% 72.54% 56.99%
Number of salaries quoted 27,483 16,139 41,085
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £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 £76,463 £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 23 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 23 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 4,470 £55,000 - 2,129
UK excluding London -20 3,093 £48,445 -3.11% 1,534
London -11 1,532 £67,500 +3.85% 960
Work from Home -11 1,521 £55,000 - 915
North of England -18 958 £48,000 +1.05% 342
South East -8 780 £50,000 -9.09% 519
Midlands -9 566 £47,500 - 261
North West -17 560 £46,500 -7.00% 187
South West -24 333 £47,500 -2.08% 167
West Midlands -16 316 £50,000 +5.26% 150
Yorkshire -12 297 £50,000 +11.11% 116
East Midlands -2 249 £45,000 -5.26% 110
East of England -18 238 £45,050 -3.82% 133
Scotland -22 107 £40,000 -20.71% 73
North East -27 101 £55,000 +41.75% 47
Wales -7 83 £53,171 -3.33% 34
Northern Ireland -23 39 £40,000 -27.27% 60

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
1 165 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 118 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
4 71 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 71 (1.45%) Confluence
5 44 (0.90%) Apache
6 37 (0.75%) CMS
7 22 (0.45%) IIS
7 22 (0.45%) SAS
8 16 (0.33%) WordPress
9 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
11 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 6 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 6 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.061%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.061%) govService
12 3 (0.061%) JBoss
12 3 (0.061%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.041%) Camunda
Applications
1 532 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 99 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 84 (1.71%) MS Visio
5 34 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 30 (0.61%) 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 34 (0.69%) 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%) Endur
13 6 (0.12%) Magento
13 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
13 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 885 (18.05%) Azure
2 645 (13.16%) Power Platform
3 489 (9.97%) AWS
4 364 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
5 304 (6.20%) SaaS
6 214 (4.36%) GCP
7 127 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
8 116 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
8 116 (2.37%) Entra ID
9 84 (1.71%) Google Analytics
10 78 (1.59%) GitHub
11 76 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
11 76 (1.55%) Power Automate
12 71 (1.45%) Amazon S3
13 68 (1.39%) dbt
13 68 (1.39%) Snowflake
14 66 (1.35%) PowerApps
15 63 (1.28%) Serverless
16 52 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
17 49 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 203 (4.14%) Firewall
2 172 (3.51%) DNS
3 129 (2.63%) DHCP
4 120 (2.45%) VPN
5 86 (1.75%) WAN
6 82 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 77 (1.57%) LAN
8 76 (1.55%) Broadband
9 63 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (1.10%) Wireless
11 51 (1.04%) VLAN
12 47 (0.96%) Network Security
13 42 (0.86%) SAN
14 35 (0.71%) BGP
15 33 (0.67%) HTTP
16 31 (0.63%) Internet
17 28 (0.57%) SD-WAN
18 26 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
19 24 (0.49%) OSPF
19 24 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 574 (11.71%) Power BI
2 297 (6.06%) Tableau
3 186 (3.79%) SQL Server
4 167 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
5 97 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
6 90 (1.84%) 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 58 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 56 (1.14%) Power Query
13 56 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 53 (1.08%) MySQL
15 49 (1.00%) BigQuery
16 45 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 39 (0.80%) Big Data
18 37 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
19 35 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 167 (3.41%) JIRA
2 147 (3.00%) Git
3 54 (1.10%) GitLab
4 33 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.61%) MLflow
6 19 (0.39%) Selenium
7 18 (0.37%) 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 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.18%) JMeter
12 9 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
13 8 (0.16%) Balsamiq
General
1 2,269 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 1,696 (34.59%) Finance
3 414 (8.44%) Marketing
4 358 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 298 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
5 298 (6.08%) Public Sector
6 274 (5.59%) Retail
7 267 (5.45%) Law
7 267 (5.45%) Legal
8 243 (4.96%) Banking
9 186 (3.79%) Manufacturing
10 174 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
11 132 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
12 118 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 89 (1.82%) Advertising
13 89 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
14 80 (1.63%) Aerospace
15 77 (1.57%) Financial Institution
16 72 (1.47%) Electronics
17 54 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,268 (25.86%) Analyst
2 632 (12.89%) Senior
3 342 (6.98%) Lead
4 310 (6.32%) Data Analyst
5 282 (5.75%) Business Analyst
6 242 (4.94%) Developer
7 215 (4.39%) Consultant
8 207 (4.22%) Architect
9 185 (3.77%) Systems Engineer
10 147 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
11 132 (2.69%) Data Engineer
12 121 (2.47%) Support Analyst
13 114 (2.33%) IT Manager
13 114 (2.33%) Support Engineer
14 111 (2.26%) IT Support
15 107 (2.18%) Senior Manager
16 105 (2.14%) Systems Analyst
17 98 (2.00%) Financial Analyst
18 95 (1.94%) Security Analyst
19 84 (1.71%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (2.45%) HTML
2 111 (2.26%) .NET
3 109 (2.22%) CSS
4 102 (2.08%) REST
5 92 (1.88%) Middleware
6 90 (1.84%) JSON
7 85 (1.73%) React
8 81 (1.65%) XML
9 69 (1.41%) PyTorch
10 63 (1.28%) TensorFlow
11 54 (1.10%) Kafka
12 49 (1.00%) RESTful
12 49 (1.00%) SOAP
13 48 (0.98%) Node.js
14 44 (0.90%) PySpark
15 43 (0.88%) scikit-learn
16 37 (0.75%) Web Services
17 35 (0.71%) Pandas
18 32 (0.65%) LangChain
19 29 (0.59%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 522 (10.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 242 (4.94%) Management Information System
3 211 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 200 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 192 (3.92%) 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 89 (1.82%) Data Structures
11 83 (1.69%) Driving Licence
12 79 (1.61%) Algorithms
13 78 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
14 65 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
15 60 (1.22%) Social Media
16 57 (1.16%) Virtual Team
17 56 (1.14%) Public Cloud
18 46 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
19 45 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
20 44 (0.90%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 380 (7.75%) Windows
2 238 (4.85%) Linux
3 189 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 88 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.71%) Unix
6 28 (0.57%) Windows 10
7 27 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (0.35%) Android
10 14 (0.29%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.22%) CentOS
11 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.16%) VMS
13 4 (0.082%) AIX
13 4 (0.082%) Debian
13 4 (0.082%) OpenVMS
13 4 (0.082%) Rocky
13 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.020%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,202 (44.91%) Problem-Solving
2 1,216 (24.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,087 (22.17%) Decision-Making
4 1,075 (21.93%) Analytics
5 852 (17.38%) Agile
6 656 (13.38%) Business Intelligence
7 644 (13.13%) AI
7 644 (13.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 516 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 499 (10.18%) Roadmaps
10 483 (9.85%) Mentoring
11 476 (9.71%) Actionable Insight
12 468 (9.55%) Project Management
13 455 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
14 446 (9.10%) Data Modelling
15 442 (9.01%) Data Analysis
16 407 (8.30%) Process Improvement
17 404 (8.24%) Data Governance
18 365 (7.44%) Analytical Thinking
19 362 (7.38%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,036 (21.13%) SQL
2 872 (17.79%) Python
3 175 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 171 (3.49%) Java
5 166 (3.39%) PowerShell
6 149 (3.04%) C#
7 80 (1.63%) R
8 71 (1.45%) Bash
8 71 (1.45%) C++
8 71 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 52 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 48 (0.98%) T-SQL
11 40 (0.82%) MATLAB
12 34 (0.69%) VBA
13 21 (0.43%) PHP
14 20 (0.41%) Go
15 18 (0.37%) Julia
16 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 17 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 901 (18.38%) Degree
2 453 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 324 (6.61%) SC Cleared
4 263 (5.36%) ACCA
5 248 (5.06%) CIMA
6 156 (3.18%) CISSP
7 155 (3.16%) DBS Check
8 151 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 114 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 110 (2.24%) CISM
11 90 (1.84%) DV Cleared
11 90 (1.84%) Master's Degree
12 83 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 73 (1.49%) Azure Certification
13 73 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
14 72 (1.47%) IRCA
15 67 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
16 59 (1.20%) PMI Certification
17 53 (1.08%) PMP
18 49 (1.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 464 (9.46%) Data Quality
2 383 (7.81%) GDPR
3 322 (6.57%) QA
4 266 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 226 (4.61%) NIST
6 164 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 141 (2.88%) SLA
8 129 (2.63%) Accessibility
8 129 (2.63%) PCI DSS
9 119 (2.43%) ISO 9001
10 75 (1.53%) GRC
11 58 (1.18%) PMO
12 50 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
13 45 (0.92%) IFRS
14 41 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 40 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 36 (0.73%) COBIT
17 28 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.49%) ITGC
18 24 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 276 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 91 (1.86%) Docker
3 89 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 77 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.47%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (0.27%) vSphere
8 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
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
13 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 131 (2.67%) Terraform
2 82 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 64 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 61 (1.24%) Ansible
5 37 (0.75%) Grafana
6 27 (0.55%) SCCM
7 24 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.43%) Nagios
9 16 (0.33%) Kibana
9 16 (0.33%) QRadar
10 15 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
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%) RSA Archer
16 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,092 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 211 (4.30%) SAP
3 196 (4.00%) Google
4 165 (3.37%) Oracle
5 160 (3.26%) VMware
6 151 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 128 (2.61%) Splunk
8 118 (2.41%) SolarWinds
9 114 (2.33%) Databricks
10 87 (1.77%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.73%) Veeam
12 74 (1.51%) Cisco
12 74 (1.51%) Workday
13 73 (1.49%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.47%) Brocade
14 72 (1.47%) Tanium
15 50 (1.02%) IBM
16 49 (1.00%) Red Hat
17 47 (0.96%) Adobe
18 45 (0.92%) HubSpot