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 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,575 6,451 4,706
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 10.34% 9.61% 9.28%
As % of the General category 16.61% 15.90% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,674 2,688 3,365
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,175 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.17%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,567 40,568 33,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 62.26% 60.41% 65.41%
Number of salaries quoted 19,360 19,628 24,796
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £34,500 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% -4.76%

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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025. 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 +4 4,835 £50,000 -9.09% 3,011
UK excluding London +4 3,563 £45,000 -10.00% 2,566
Work from Home +6 1,992 £50,000 -12.28% 3,984
London +3 1,675 £66,500 +2.31% 975
South East +3 904 £47,500 -5.00% 941
North of England +4 856 £45,000 -10.00% 562
Midlands +5 641 £45,000 -6.25% 448
North West -8 436 £45,000 -14.29% 319
South West +6 400 £45,000 -15.09% 245
West Midlands +6 380 £52,500 +5.00% 261
Scotland +2 352 £33,500 -44.17% 105
East of England +3 322 £40,000 -27.27% 218
Yorkshire +7 304 £40,000 -23.81% 185
East Midlands +5 259 £37,500 -11.76% 183
North East +18 116 £43,500 +6.10% 63
Wales +12 80 £48,122 +2.27% 58
Northern Ireland -2 39 £52,500 -28.54% 39
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 2
Channel Islands -5 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 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (1.79%) Confluence
3 99 (1.78%) SharePoint
4 68 (1.22%) CMS
5 54 (0.97%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.39%) WordPress
7 21 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 18 (0.32%) Apache
9 15 (0.27%) SAS
10 10 (0.18%) Camunda
11 7 (0.13%) IIS
11 7 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 7 (0.13%) Skype for Business
12 6 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.11%) Drupal
12 6 (0.11%) nginx
12 6 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 5 (0.090%) Apache Synapse
13 5 (0.090%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.072%) Moodle
Applications
1 803 (14.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 541 (9.70%) Chatbot
3 385 (6.91%) Microsoft Office
4 141 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 56 (1.00%) Maya
6 54 (0.97%) MS Visio
7 42 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
8 39 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
9 23 (0.41%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.25%) Adobe XD
11 10 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
12 6 (0.11%) Simulink
13 4 (0.072%) Blender
13 4 (0.072%) CATIA
13 4 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.072%) Photoshop
13 4 (0.072%) PlantUML
14 3 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 3 (0.054%) Sketch
14 3 (0.054%) Stata
Business Applications
1 170 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 73 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (1.22%) SAP MDG
4 48 (0.86%) NetSuite
5 39 (0.70%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 39 (0.70%) SAP FI
5 39 (0.70%) Shopify
6 38 (0.68%) SAP CO
6 38 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
7 29 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
8 24 (0.43%) SAP IBP
9 20 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
10 16 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
11 15 (0.27%) Endur
11 15 (0.27%) Workday HCM
12 13 (0.23%) Sage X3
12 13 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
12 13 (0.23%) Sprinklr
13 12 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
14 11 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 815 (14.62%) Azure
2 637 (11.43%) Power Platform
3 438 (7.86%) AWS
4 271 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
5 255 (4.57%) SaaS
6 157 (2.82%) GCP
7 128 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
8 113 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
9 101 (1.81%) Google Analytics
10 73 (1.31%) Entra ID
11 69 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 67 (1.20%) GitHub
13 64 (1.15%) Snowflake
14 60 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 58 (1.04%) Serverless
16 56 (1.00%) Power Automate
17 53 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
17 53 (0.95%) PaaS
18 45 (0.81%) PowerApps
19 44 (0.79%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 158 (2.83%) DNS
2 130 (2.33%) DHCP
3 120 (2.15%) Firewall
4 73 (1.31%) Network Security
5 71 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
6 68 (1.22%) VPN
7 64 (1.15%) LAN
8 60 (1.08%) WAN
9 51 (0.91%) TCP/IP
10 41 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
11 35 (0.63%) Wireless
12 33 (0.59%) VoIP
13 32 (0.57%) SMS
14 30 (0.54%) VLAN
15 26 (0.47%) Internet
16 24 (0.43%) Broadband
17 20 (0.36%) SAN
18 18 (0.32%) OSPF
19 17 (0.30%) SD-WAN
20 16 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 584 (10.48%) Power BI
2 308 (5.52%) Tableau
3 201 (3.61%) SQL Server
4 166 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
5 135 (2.42%) Data Mining
6 118 (2.12%) Data Lake
7 117 (2.10%) Metadata
8 111 (1.99%) Relational Database
9 100 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
10 67 (1.20%) Looker
11 60 (1.08%) MySQL
11 60 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 58 (1.04%) NoSQL
13 57 (1.02%) SAP BW
14 46 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
14 46 (0.83%) Big Data
15 38 (0.68%) GIS
16 37 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
16 37 (0.66%) Power Query
17 35 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 230 (4.13%) JIRA
2 110 (1.97%) Git
3 57 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 50 (0.90%) Selenium
5 44 (0.79%) GitLab
6 20 (0.36%) Maven
7 19 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
8 15 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.27%) Postman
9 14 (0.25%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.23%) Robot Framework
10 13 (0.23%) WebDriver
11 12 (0.22%) JUnit
12 11 (0.20%) Axure RP
12 11 (0.20%) Balsamiq
12 11 (0.20%) Snyk
12 11 (0.20%) Subversion
13 10 (0.18%) ERwin
14 9 (0.16%) ER Studio
14 9 (0.16%) TestRail
General
1 2,873 (51.53%) Social Skills
2 1,841 (33.02%) Finance
3 668 (11.98%) Marketing
4 443 (7.95%) Law
5 366 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 362 (6.49%) Retail
7 329 (5.90%) Legal
8 305 (5.47%) Banking
9 257 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
10 248 (4.45%) Public Sector
11 242 (4.34%) Manufacturing
12 235 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
13 155 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
14 148 (2.65%) Telecoms
15 136 (2.44%) Financial Institution
16 115 (2.06%) Advertising
17 111 (1.99%) Games
18 99 (1.78%) Electronics
19 76 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
20 62 (1.11%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,176 (21.09%) Analyst
2 693 (12.43%) Senior
3 539 (9.67%) Trainer
4 429 (7.70%) Lead
5 307 (5.51%) Architect
6 306 (5.49%) Data Analyst
7 249 (4.47%) Developer
8 215 (3.86%) Consultant
9 200 (3.59%) Business Analyst
10 179 (3.21%) Support Analyst
11 160 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
12 143 (2.57%) IT Support
13 136 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
14 128 (2.30%) Systems Engineer
15 115 (2.06%) Trainee
16 109 (1.96%) IT Manager
17 108 (1.94%) Business Manager
17 108 (1.94%) Financial Analyst
18 102 (1.83%) Applications Support
18 102 (1.83%) Innovation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (2.58%) HTML
2 113 (2.03%) CSS
3 94 (1.69%) React
4 88 (1.58%) REST
5 75 (1.35%) .NET
6 52 (0.93%) Kafka
6 52 (0.93%) Middleware
7 48 (0.86%) Spring
8 47 (0.84%) JSON
9 39 (0.70%) AngularJS
10 36 (0.65%) XML
11 33 (0.59%) EDI
12 32 (0.57%) SOAP
13 28 (0.50%) Node.js
13 28 (0.50%) Web Services
14 27 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
15 26 (0.47%) LangChain
15 26 (0.47%) PySpark
16 23 (0.41%) Flash
16 23 (0.41%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 595 (10.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 399 (7.16%) Self-Motivation
3 397 (7.12%) Onboarding
4 296 (5.31%) Management Information System
5 204 (3.66%) Product Ownership
6 169 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 139 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 104 (1.87%) Driving Licence
9 90 (1.61%) Algorithms
9 90 (1.61%) Data Centre
10 83 (1.49%) FMCG
11 76 (1.36%) Cloud Native
12 67 (1.20%) Data Structures
13 65 (1.17%) Social Media
14 59 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 54 (0.97%) Security Posture
16 53 (0.95%) Virtual Team
17 51 (0.91%) Robotics
18 45 (0.81%) e-Learning
19 35 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 325 (5.83%) Windows
2 215 (3.86%) Linux
3 141 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 90 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.56%) Unix
6 21 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.23%) Android
8 10 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.090%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.054%) OpenWrt
12 3 (0.054%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.054%) VMS
12 3 (0.054%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.018%) AIX
13 1 (0.018%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.018%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.018%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,513 (45.08%) Problem-Solving
2 1,312 (23.53%) AI
3 1,189 (21.33%) Analytics
4 1,108 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,048 (18.80%) Decision-Making
6 996 (17.87%) Agile
7 860 (15.43%) Project Management
8 796 (14.28%) Business Intelligence
9 651 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 552 (9.90%) Chemistry
11 543 (9.74%) Conversational UI
12 532 (9.54%) Data Analysis
13 485 (8.70%) Risk Management
14 469 (8.41%) ERP
15 465 (8.34%) Roadmaps
16 455 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
17 451 (8.09%) Mentoring
18 446 (8.00%) Customer Service
19 445 (7.98%) CRM
20 426 (7.64%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1,010 (18.12%) SQL
2 664 (11.91%) Python
3 176 (3.16%) Java
4 172 (3.09%) JavaScript
5 129 (2.31%) C#
6 88 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 81 (1.45%) R
8 54 (0.97%) C++
9 53 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 47 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 43 (0.77%) Bash
12 42 (0.75%) VBA
13 37 (0.66%) TypeScript
14 30 (0.54%) PL/SQL
15 26 (0.47%) C
16 22 (0.39%) Scala
17 20 (0.36%) Go
18 19 (0.34%) Kotlin
19 15 (0.27%) ABAP
19 15 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,917 (34.39%) Degree
2 722 (12.95%) Master's Degree
3 559 (10.03%) PhD
4 446 (8.00%) Security Cleared
5 324 (5.81%) SC Cleared
6 204 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 182 (3.26%) CISSP
8 179 (3.21%) ACCA
9 171 (3.07%) CIMA
10 105 (1.88%) DBS Check
11 98 (1.76%) DV Cleared
12 83 (1.49%) CISM
13 79 (1.42%) PMI Certification
14 68 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
15 67 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
16 64 (1.15%) PMP
17 62 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
18 59 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
19 58 (1.04%) Azure Certification
20 50 (0.90%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (5.15%) Data Quality
2 280 (5.02%) QA
3 207 (3.71%) GDPR
4 192 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 143 (2.57%) PCI DSS
6 137 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 116 (2.08%) PMO
8 113 (2.03%) NIST
9 112 (2.01%) Accessibility
10 53 (0.95%) SLA
11 40 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 38 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
13 35 (0.63%) GRC
14 22 (0.39%) IFRS
15 20 (0.36%) ISO 9001
16 19 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.29%) WCAG
18 14 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 13 (0.23%) COBIT
20 10 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 236 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 119 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 88 (1.58%) Terminal Server
4 58 (1.04%) Docker
5 46 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 28 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.30%) Firmware
8 10 (0.18%) vSphere
9 7 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.090%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.072%) HDFS
11 4 (0.072%) zsh
12 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.018%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.018%) NFS
12 1 (0.018%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 88 (1.58%) Terraform
2 77 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 52 (0.93%) Ansible
4 40 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.32%) Grafana
6 16 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.14%) SCCM
9 7 (0.13%) QRadar
10 6 (0.11%) SCOM
11 5 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.072%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.072%) Nessus
12 4 (0.072%) Rancher
12 4 (0.072%) vRealize
13 3 (0.054%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.054%) Nagios
14 2 (0.036%) AssetCenter
14 2 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
14 2 (0.036%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,235 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 537 (9.63%) PayPal
3 432 (7.75%) SAP
4 240 (4.30%) Google
5 226 (4.05%) Oracle
6 170 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 145 (2.60%) VMware
8 124 (2.22%) Splunk
9 116 (2.08%) Databricks
10 107 (1.92%) SolarWinds
11 92 (1.65%) Veeam
12 89 (1.60%) Brocade
13 88 (1.58%) Nimble Storage
13 88 (1.58%) Tanium
14 85 (1.52%) Adobe
15 81 (1.45%) ServiceNow
16 78 (1.40%) Cisco
17 61 (1.09%) Workday
18 51 (0.91%) Alteryx
19 43 (0.77%) Ariba