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 22 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,043 5,649 6,862
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.31% 11.66% 9.10%
As % of the General category 13.08% 17.01% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,606 2,345 4,751
10th Percentile £30,370 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,759 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,014 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,543
% change year-on-year -11.71% +11.91% -4.12%

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 38,564 33,216 46,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 55.92% 68.59% 61.64%
Number of salaries quoted 21,011 15,308 34,348
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,501 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
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 22 February 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 22 February 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 -8 4,458 £52,500 -4.55% 1,865
UK excluding London -13 3,230 £45,000 -11.71% 1,607
Work from Home +5 1,705 £52,500 -4.55% 820
London -4 1,503 £67,500 +3.85% 634
South East +13 896 £50,000 -0.96% 576
North of England -19 835 £45,000 -14.29% 337
Midlands -12 592 £44,000 -8.33% 295
North West -18 421 £42,500 -19.05% 207
West Midlands -17 344 £52,500 +5.00% 187
South West -6 325 £45,000 -14.29% 174
Yorkshire +2 304 £45,000 -10.00% 96
East of England -16 263 £40,000 -21.52% 146
East Midlands +4 246 £40,000 -5.88% 108
Scotland -11 232 £40,000 -34.15% 68
North East -4 110 £40,000 +0.34% 41
Wales +21 71 £40,000 -18.54% 37
Northern Ireland -18 44 £52,500 -4.55% 17
Isle of Man -4 1 £62,500 +150.00% 2
Channel Islands -8 1 - - 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
1 172 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (1.76%) Confluence
3 85 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 42 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 42 (0.83%) CMS
5 34 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 18 (0.36%) Apache
6 18 (0.36%) WordPress
7 15 (0.30%) SAS
8 14 (0.28%) IIS
8 14 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.12%) nginx
10 4 (0.079%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.059%) Drupal
11 3 (0.059%) govService
12 2 (0.040%) FactoryTalk
12 2 (0.040%) JBoss
12 2 (0.040%) MTS
12 2 (0.040%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.040%) WinCC
Applications
1 737 (14.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 338 (6.70%) Chatbot
3 300 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
4 127 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 81 (1.61%) MS Visio
6 42 (0.83%) Maya
7 37 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
8 36 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
9 17 (0.34%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe XD
11 10 (0.20%) CATIA
12 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.059%) Sketch
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle Smart View
14 2 (0.040%) Revit
14 2 (0.040%) Simulink
14 2 (0.040%) Trello
15 1 (0.020%) OrCAD
15 1 (0.020%) Siemens NX
15 1 (0.020%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 118 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 52 (1.03%) SAP MDG
3 51 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 31 (0.61%) SAP CO
6 27 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
7 24 (0.48%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 23 (0.46%) SAP FI
9 22 (0.44%) Endur
9 22 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
9 22 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
10 21 (0.42%) Workday HCM
11 14 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
11 14 (0.28%) Shopify
12 12 (0.24%) Sage X3
13 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
14 10 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
14 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
14 10 (0.20%) SAP IBP
15 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 863 (17.11%) Azure
2 640 (12.69%) Power Platform
3 414 (8.21%) AWS
4 329 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
5 257 (5.10%) SaaS
6 160 (3.17%) GCP
7 154 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
8 117 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
9 95 (1.88%) Entra ID
10 90 (1.78%) GitHub
11 80 (1.59%) Power Automate
12 74 (1.47%) Snowflake
13 71 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 60 (1.19%) Google Analytics
15 57 (1.13%) Serverless
16 54 (1.07%) dbt
17 51 (1.01%) PowerApps
18 50 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
19 46 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 46 (0.91%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 189 (3.75%) DNS
2 179 (3.55%) Firewall
3 155 (3.07%) DHCP
4 96 (1.90%) VPN
5 80 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
6 66 (1.31%) WAN
7 60 (1.19%) LAN
8 58 (1.15%) Wireless
9 56 (1.11%) TCP/IP
10 54 (1.07%) VLAN
11 44 (0.87%) Network Security
12 41 (0.81%) Broadband
13 34 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
14 33 (0.65%) BGP
14 33 (0.65%) Wireshark
15 31 (0.61%) OSPF
16 29 (0.58%) VoIP
17 28 (0.56%) SAN
18 27 (0.54%) EIGRP
19 24 (0.48%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 577 (11.44%) Power BI
2 407 (8.07%) Tableau
3 207 (4.10%) SQL Server
4 205 (4.07%) Data Mining
5 173 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
6 127 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
7 109 (2.16%) Metadata
8 98 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 83 (1.65%) Data Lake
10 63 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 53 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
12 51 (1.01%) NoSQL
13 50 (0.99%) Looker
13 50 (0.99%) MySQL
14 47 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
15 46 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
16 42 (0.83%) Power Query
17 38 (0.75%) Big Data
18 32 (0.63%) GIS
19 30 (0.59%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 202 (4.01%) JIRA
2 101 (2.00%) Git
3 43 (0.85%) Selenium
4 42 (0.83%) GitLab
5 35 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.30%) ERwin
6 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
6 15 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 14 (0.28%) Subversion
8 13 (0.26%) Balsamiq
8 13 (0.26%) Postman
8 13 (0.26%) Snyk
9 12 (0.24%) Axure RP
9 12 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
10 11 (0.22%) Chocolatey
10 11 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.22%) ER Studio
11 10 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
11 10 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 2,578 (51.12%) Social Skills
2 1,812 (35.93%) Finance
3 450 (8.92%) Marketing
4 329 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 295 (5.85%) Law
6 287 (5.69%) Retail
7 279 (5.53%) Legal
8 269 (5.33%) Banking
9 258 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
10 244 (4.84%) Public Sector
11 218 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
12 160 (3.17%) Manufacturing
13 137 (2.72%) Financial Institution
14 124 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
15 102 (2.02%) Telecoms
16 94 (1.86%) Games
17 89 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
18 71 (1.41%) Advertising
19 64 (1.27%) Electronics
20 50 (0.99%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,208 (23.95%) Analyst
2 612 (12.14%) Senior
3 393 (7.79%) Data Analyst
4 356 (7.06%) Lead
5 334 (6.62%) Trainer
6 281 (5.57%) Architect
7 235 (4.66%) Developer
8 226 (4.48%) Business Analyst
9 185 (3.67%) Consultant
10 180 (3.57%) Trainee
11 176 (3.49%) Support Analyst
12 167 (3.31%) Trainee Analyst
12 167 (3.31%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 150 (2.97%) IT Support
14 132 (2.62%) Systems Engineer
15 129 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
16 120 (2.38%) Senior Manager
17 110 (2.18%) Business Manager
18 106 (2.10%) Financial Analyst
19 104 (2.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (2.40%) HTML
2 118 (2.34%) CSS
3 85 (1.69%) React
4 71 (1.41%) .NET
5 62 (1.23%) REST
6 61 (1.21%) Middleware
7 50 (0.99%) JSON
8 46 (0.91%) XML
9 40 (0.79%) Node.js
10 31 (0.61%) EDI
10 31 (0.61%) SOAP
11 28 (0.56%) Kafka
11 28 (0.56%) Spring
12 27 (0.54%) AngularJS
12 27 (0.54%) TensorFlow
13 24 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
13 24 (0.48%) PyTorch
14 22 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
15 20 (0.40%) PySpark
16 17 (0.34%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 491 (9.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 364 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
3 294 (5.83%) Onboarding
4 260 (5.16%) Management Information System
5 193 (3.83%) Product Ownership
6 159 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
7 119 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
8 107 (2.12%) Data Centre
9 91 (1.80%) Data Structures
10 80 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 80 (1.59%) FMCG
11 75 (1.49%) Driving Licence
12 68 (1.35%) Algorithms
13 53 (1.05%) Robotics
13 53 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 52 (1.03%) Social Media
15 51 (1.01%) Low-Code
16 47 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
17 46 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 46 (0.91%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 388 (7.69%) Windows
2 263 (5.22%) Linux
3 178 (3.53%) Windows Server
4 116 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 38 (0.75%) Unix
6 28 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.32%) Android
8 15 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.16%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.099%) VMS
12 4 (0.079%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.079%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.059%) CentOS
13 3 (0.059%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.040%) AIX
14 2 (0.040%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.020%) Robot Operating System
15 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,265 (44.91%) Problem-Solving
2 1,109 (21.99%) Analytics
3 1,089 (21.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 1,032 (20.46%) AI
5 936 (18.56%) Decision-Making
6 867 (17.19%) Agile
7 808 (16.02%) Project Management
8 747 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
9 618 (12.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 582 (11.54%) Data Analysis
11 425 (8.43%) Mentoring
12 424 (8.41%) Actionable Insight
13 421 (8.35%) Roadmaps
14 420 (8.33%) Process Improvement
15 414 (8.21%) Analytical Thinking
15 414 (8.21%) Risk Management
16 410 (8.13%) ERP
17 397 (7.87%) Migration
18 396 (7.85%) Customer Service
19 389 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1,035 (20.52%) SQL
2 823 (16.32%) Python
3 152 (3.01%) JavaScript
4 141 (2.80%) Java
5 136 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 115 (2.28%) C#
7 75 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 65 (1.29%) R
9 51 (1.01%) Bash
10 50 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 46 (0.91%) C++
12 43 (0.85%) VBA
13 31 (0.61%) TypeScript
14 24 (0.48%) Scala
15 23 (0.46%) C
16 19 (0.38%) MATLAB
17 18 (0.36%) Go
18 15 (0.30%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.24%) Bicep
19 12 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,480 (29.35%) Degree
2 478 (9.48%) Master's Degree
3 452 (8.96%) Security Cleared
4 344 (6.82%) SC Cleared
5 343 (6.80%) PhD
6 204 (4.05%) ACCA
7 193 (3.83%) CIMA
8 190 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 144 (2.86%) CISSP
10 99 (1.96%) PMI Certification
11 93 (1.84%) DBS Check
12 84 (1.67%) DV Cleared
12 84 (1.67%) PMP
13 82 (1.63%) CISM
14 77 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
15 68 (1.35%) Azure Certification
16 67 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
17 59 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
18 48 (0.95%) AWS Certification
19 47 (0.93%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (6.39%) Data Quality
2 244 (4.84%) QA
3 206 (4.08%) GDPR
3 206 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 182 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 151 (2.99%) PCI DSS
6 144 (2.86%) NIST
7 108 (2.14%) Accessibility
8 86 (1.71%) PMO
9 68 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 50 (0.99%) SLA
11 45 (0.89%) GRC
12 36 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 32 (0.63%) IFRS
14 26 (0.52%) ISO 9001
15 23 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 21 (0.42%) WCAG
17 17 (0.34%) NCSC
18 16 (0.32%) COBIT
19 12 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 282 (5.59%) Active Directory
2 140 (2.78%) Hyper-V
3 112 (2.22%) Terminal Server
4 61 (1.21%) Docker
5 53 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.30%) vSphere
7 13 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
9 9 (0.18%) Firmware
10 7 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.12%) IAG
11 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.079%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.020%) KVM
15 1 (0.020%) NFS
15 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.020%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 120 (2.38%) Terraform
2 67 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 66 (1.31%) Ansible
4 49 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (0.58%) Grafana
6 28 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (0.40%) SCCM
9 11 (0.22%) Nagios
10 6 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 6 (0.12%) Control-M
10 6 (0.12%) SCOM
11 5 (0.099%) CASB
12 4 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.079%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.079%) Nessus
12 4 (0.079%) QRadar
12 4 (0.079%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.079%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.059%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,228 (24.35%) Microsoft
2 336 (6.66%) PayPal
3 297 (5.89%) SAP
4 190 (3.77%) Oracle
5 177 (3.51%) VMware
6 160 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 156 (3.09%) SolarWinds
8 141 (2.80%) Splunk
9 135 (2.68%) Google
10 117 (2.32%) Veeam
11 113 (2.24%) Brocade
11 113 (2.24%) Tanium
12 112 (2.22%) Nimble Storage
13 109 (2.16%) ServiceNow
14 82 (1.63%) Cisco
15 66 (1.31%) Databricks
16 60 (1.19%) Adobe
17 47 (0.93%) Workday
18 43 (0.85%) Alteryx
19 42 (0.83%) Bloomberg