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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,873 5,336 7,823
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.55% 12.17% 9.27%
As % of the General category 12.17% 17.29% 15.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,717 2,422 5,150
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 £87,546 £93,778 £88,750
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 40,030 30,857 51,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 53.81% 70.37% 61.22%
Number of salaries quoted 22,018 15,626 37,394
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,464
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 15 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 15 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 -16 4,319 £52,500 -4.55% 2,229
UK excluding London -18 3,034 £45,000 -11.71% 1,798
Work from Home +1 1,598 £52,500 -4.55% 946
London -5 1,529 £67,500 +3.85% 816
North of England -21 816 £45,000 -10.00% 397
South East +9 807 £50,000 -1.90% 620
Midlands -15 582 £45,000 -6.25% 317
North West -19 429 £42,500 -19.05% 239
West Midlands -16 352 £52,500 +5.00% 202
Yorkshire -2 278 £48,445 +7.65% 125
South West -16 275 £45,000 -12.98% 190
East of England -23 258 £40,000 -21.52% 154
East Midlands 0 229 £40,000 -8.05% 114
Scotland -18 193 £40,000 -23.81% 96
North East -7 109 £44,000 +12.53% 37
Wales +16 73 £40,000 -19.38% 50
Northern Ireland -18 49 £52,500 -4.55% 17
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
1 139 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 83 (1.70%) Confluence
4 60 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 59 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
6 51 (1.05%) CMS
7 32 (0.66%) 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 (0.062%) Drupal
13 3 (0.062%) 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
1 701 (14.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 293 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
3 220 (4.51%) Chatbot
4 120 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 92 (1.89%) MS Visio
6 35 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 30 (0.62%) 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 (0.062%) Sketch
13 2 (0.041%) Revit
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
14 1 (0.021%) Notion
14 1 (0.021%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.021%) SmartSuite
14 1 (0.021%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.021%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 77 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 45 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 43 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 30 (0.62%) 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 (0.23%) Sage X3
14 10 (0.21%) Maximo
14 10 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
14 10 (0.21%) 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
1 841 (17.26%) Azure
2 623 (12.78%) Power Platform
3 447 (9.17%) AWS
4 300 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
5 273 (5.60%) SaaS
6 177 (3.63%) GCP
7 151 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
8 124 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
9 97 (1.99%) GitHub
10 95 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 87 (1.79%) Power Automate
12 79 (1.62%) Snowflake
13 70 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.35%) dbt
15 62 (1.27%) Amazon S3
16 59 (1.21%) Google Analytics
16 59 (1.21%) Serverless
17 52 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 52 (1.07%) PowerApps
18 50 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 183 (3.76%) Firewall
2 160 (3.28%) DNS
3 122 (2.50%) DHCP
4 106 (2.18%) VPN
5 80 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
6 73 (1.50%) WAN
7 68 (1.40%) LAN
8 67 (1.37%) TCP/IP
9 62 (1.27%) Wireless
10 57 (1.17%) VLAN
11 49 (1.01%) Broadband
12 46 (0.94%) Network Security
13 36 (0.74%) BGP
13 36 (0.74%) SAN
14 35 (0.72%) Wireshark
15 33 (0.68%) OSPF
16 30 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
17 29 (0.60%) EIGRP
17 29 (0.60%) VoIP
18 28 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 560 (11.49%) Power BI
2 422 (8.66%) Tableau
3 215 (4.41%) SQL Server
4 206 (4.23%) Data Mining
5 165 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
6 105 (2.15%) Metadata
7 93 (1.91%) Relational Database
8 89 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
9 79 (1.62%) Data Lake
10 60 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 59 (1.21%) Looker
11 59 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
12 53 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
12 53 (1.09%) MySQL
13 48 (0.99%) NoSQL
14 44 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
15 42 (0.86%) Power Query
16 34 (0.70%) Big Data
17 33 (0.68%) GIS
18 32 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 193 (3.96%) JIRA
2 131 (2.69%) Git
3 49 (1.01%) GitLab
4 43 (0.88%) Selenium
5 38 (0.78%) Jenkins
6 19 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 17 (0.35%) 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 12 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.23%) Postman
13 10 (0.21%) LabVIEW
14 8 (0.16%) ER Studio
General
1 2,420 (49.66%) Social Skills
2 1,785 (36.63%) Finance
3 428 (8.78%) Marketing
4 338 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 307 (6.30%) Banking
6 279 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
7 276 (5.66%) Legal
8 274 (5.62%) Law
9 260 (5.34%) Public Sector
10 254 (5.21%) Retail
11 204 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
12 164 (3.37%) Manufacturing
13 130 (2.67%) Financial Institution
14 120 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
15 102 (2.09%) Telecoms
16 91 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
17 79 (1.62%) Games
18 71 (1.46%) Advertising
19 59 (1.21%) Electronics
20 47 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,239 (25.43%) Analyst
2 608 (12.48%) Senior
3 391 (8.02%) Data Analyst
4 317 (6.51%) Lead
5 242 (4.97%) Business Analyst
6 239 (4.90%) Developer
7 225 (4.62%) Architect
8 216 (4.43%) Trainer
9 199 (4.08%) Consultant
10 182 (3.73%) Trainee
11 173 (3.55%) Trainee Analyst
11 173 (3.55%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 171 (3.51%) Support Analyst
13 143 (2.93%) IT Support
14 138 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
15 131 (2.69%) Senior Manager
16 112 (2.30%) Financial Analyst
17 110 (2.26%) Systems Engineer
18 108 (2.22%) Support Engineer
19 90 (1.85%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (2.61%) HTML
2 117 (2.40%) CSS
3 88 (1.81%) React
4 82 (1.68%) .NET
5 61 (1.25%) REST
6 53 (1.09%) JSON
7 51 (1.05%) Middleware
8 49 (1.01%) XML
9 44 (0.90%) Node.js
10 38 (0.78%) Kafka
10 38 (0.78%) TensorFlow
11 35 (0.72%) PyTorch
12 32 (0.66%) PySpark
13 29 (0.60%) 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%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 471 (9.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 341 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
3 272 (5.58%) Onboarding
4 235 (4.82%) Management Information System
5 184 (3.78%) Product Ownership
6 120 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 103 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 96 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 93 (1.91%) Data Centre
10 88 (1.81%) Cloud Native
11 79 (1.62%) Driving Licence
12 76 (1.56%) Algorithms
13 58 (1.19%) Social Media
14 56 (1.15%) Security Posture
15 51 (1.05%) FMCG
16 49 (1.01%) Virtual Team
17 48 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 47 (0.96%) Low-Code
19 46 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
20 34 (0.70%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 355 (7.29%) Windows
2 234 (4.80%) Linux
3 146 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 76 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (0.84%) Unix
6 27 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.37%) Android
8 17 (0.35%) Windows 10
9 13 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.18%) 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 (0.062%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.041%) AIX
14 2 (0.041%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.021%) Debian
15 1 (0.021%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,200 (45.15%) Problem-Solving
2 1,105 (22.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,097 (22.51%) Analytics
4 934 (19.17%) Decision-Making
5 880 (18.06%) AI
6 870 (17.85%) Agile
7 716 (14.69%) Business Intelligence
8 682 (14.00%) Project Management
9 593 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 586 (12.03%) Data Analysis
11 441 (9.05%) Actionable Insight
12 437 (8.97%) Mentoring
13 415 (8.52%) Analytical Thinking
14 401 (8.23%) Process Improvement
15 394 (8.09%) Roadmaps
16 378 (7.76%) DevOps
17 376 (7.72%) Data Modelling
18 372 (7.63%) Business Analysis
19 357 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
20 355 (7.29%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,041 (21.36%) SQL
2 874 (17.94%) Python
3 168 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 148 (3.04%) Java
5 146 (3.00%) PowerShell
6 123 (2.52%) C#
7 76 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 69 (1.42%) R
9 56 (1.15%) Bash
10 47 (0.96%) T-SQL
11 45 (0.92%) 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 1,286 (26.39%) Degree
2 406 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 348 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 287 (5.89%) SC Cleared
5 228 (4.68%) PhD
6 216 (4.43%) ACCA
7 208 (4.27%) CIMA
8 179 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 143 (2.93%) CISSP
10 114 (2.34%) DBS Check
11 95 (1.95%) DV Cleared
12 94 (1.93%) PMI Certification
13 83 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
13 83 (1.70%) PMP
14 81 (1.66%) CISM
15 67 (1.37%) Azure Certification
16 62 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
16 62 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
17 49 (1.01%) AWS Certification
17 49 (1.01%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 362 (7.43%) Data Quality
2 264 (5.42%) GDPR
3 262 (5.38%) QA
4 209 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 166 (3.41%) NIST
6 147 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 114 (2.34%) PCI DSS
8 106 (2.18%) Accessibility
9 80 (1.64%) PMO
10 69 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 64 (1.31%) ISO 9001
12 63 (1.29%) SLA
13 44 (0.90%) GRC
14 40 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 34 (0.70%) IFRS
16 27 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 23 (0.47%) WCAG
18 19 (0.39%) COBIT
19 18 (0.37%) NCSC
20 17 (0.35%) GMP
System Software
1 248 (5.09%) Active Directory
2 98 (2.01%) Hyper-V
3 75 (1.54%) Docker
4 72 (1.48%) Terminal Server
5 61 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.29%) ProxySG
7 13 (0.27%) vSphere
8 11 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.16%) Firmware
11 7 (0.14%) IAG
12 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
13 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.082%) XenApp
15 3 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.021%) KVM
17 1 (0.021%) NFS
17 1 (0.021%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 139 (2.85%) Terraform
2 76 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 70 (1.44%) Ansible
4 51 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 34 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (0.49%) SCCM
9 16 (0.33%) Nagios
10 8 (0.16%) SCOM
11 7 (0.14%) Control-M
12 6 (0.12%) QRadar
13 5 (0.10%) CASB
13 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 5 (0.10%) Kubeflow
14 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.082%) Backup Exec
14 4 (0.082%) Nessus
14 4 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
14 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,192 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 228 (4.68%) SAP
3 218 (4.47%) PayPal
4 187 (3.84%) Oracle
5 144 (2.96%) VMware
6 142 (2.91%) Salesforce
7 141 (2.89%) Google
8 122 (2.50%) SolarWinds
9 112 (2.30%) ServiceNow
10 107 (2.20%) Splunk
11 78 (1.60%) Cisco
11 78 (1.60%) Veeam
12 73 (1.50%) Brocade
12 73 (1.50%) Tanium
13 72 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
14 70 (1.44%) Databricks
15 61 (1.25%) Workday
16 54 (1.11%) Adobe
17 43 (0.88%) Alteryx
18 40 (0.82%) Bloomberg