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

6 months to
25 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 5,553 6,389 4,760
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 10.41% 9.51% 9.24%
As % of the General category 16.63% 15.86% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,648 2,654 3,400
10th Percentile £29,425 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,884
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.31% +3.43%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,188 £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 33,391 40,288 33,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 62.58% 59.95% 65.31%
Number of salaries quoted 19,214 19,488 25,133
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,636
25th Percentile £34,250 £42,500 £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 25 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 25 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 4,812 £50,000 -9.09% 3,122
UK excluding London +4 3,564 £45,000 -10.00% 2,702
Work from Home +6 1,992 £50,000 -12.28% 1,546
London +3 1,655 £66,500 +2.31% 959
South East +3 902 £47,500 -5.00% 967
North of England +4 865 £45,000 -10.00% 582
Midlands +5 637 £45,000 -6.25% 489
North West -9 436 £45,000 -14.29% 314
South West +7 399 £45,000 -16.67% 268
West Midlands +6 380 £52,500 +5.00% 282
Scotland +2 354 £33,500 -44.17% 102
East of England +4 319 £40,000 -27.27% 248
Yorkshire +7 313 £40,000 -23.81% 208
East Midlands +5 255 £37,500 -11.76% 202
North East +19 116 £45,000 +9.76% 66
Wales +18 80 £48,122 +6.94% 61
Northern Ireland -1 39 £52,500 -28.54% 41
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 3
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
1 136 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (1.80%) Confluence
3 99 (1.78%) SharePoint
4 67 (1.21%) CMS
5 51 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.40%) WordPress
7 19 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 17 (0.31%) Apache
9 16 (0.29%) 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 4 (0.072%) Apache Synapse
13 4 (0.072%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.072%) Umbraco
Applications
1 792 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 547 (9.85%) Chatbot
3 382 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
4 141 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 52 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 49 (0.88%) Maya
7 42 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
8 37 (0.67%) 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 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 72 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (1.22%) SAP MDG
4 47 (0.85%) 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 14 (0.25%) Endur
11 14 (0.25%) 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
1 809 (14.57%) Azure
2 630 (11.35%) Power Platform
3 434 (7.82%) AWS
4 270 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
5 256 (4.61%) SaaS
6 155 (2.79%) GCP
7 126 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
8 108 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
9 102 (1.84%) Google Analytics
10 73 (1.31%) Entra ID
11 69 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 67 (1.21%) GitHub
13 62 (1.12%) Snowflake
14 58 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 58 (1.04%) Serverless
15 52 (0.94%) Power Automate
16 51 (0.92%) PaaS
17 48 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
18 44 (0.79%) Google Ads
19 42 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 158 (2.85%) DNS
2 131 (2.36%) DHCP
3 120 (2.16%) Firewall
4 72 (1.30%) Network Security
4 72 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
5 68 (1.22%) VPN
6 65 (1.17%) LAN
7 59 (1.06%) WAN
8 48 (0.86%) TCP/IP
9 41 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
10 36 (0.65%) Wireless
11 33 (0.59%) VoIP
12 32 (0.58%) SMS
13 29 (0.52%) VLAN
14 26 (0.47%) Internet
15 24 (0.43%) Broadband
16 20 (0.36%) SAN
17 18 (0.32%) OSPF
18 16 (0.29%) Intranet
18 16 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 578 (10.41%) Power BI
2 303 (5.46%) Tableau
3 199 (3.58%) SQL Server
4 164 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 131 (2.36%) Data Mining
6 119 (2.14%) Data Lake
7 116 (2.09%) Metadata
8 109 (1.96%) Relational Database
9 100 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
10 67 (1.21%) Looker
11 60 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 59 (1.06%) MySQL
13 58 (1.04%) SAP BW
14 56 (1.01%) NoSQL
15 44 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
15 44 (0.79%) Big Data
16 37 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
16 37 (0.67%) Power Query
17 35 (0.63%) GIS
18 34 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 230 (4.14%) JIRA
2 107 (1.93%) Git
3 55 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 49 (0.88%) Selenium
5 44 (0.79%) GitLab
6 19 (0.34%) Maven
6 19 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.27%) Postman
8 14 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 13 (0.23%) Robot Framework
10 12 (0.22%) JUnit
10 12 (0.22%) WebDriver
11 11 (0.20%) Axure RP
11 11 (0.20%) Balsamiq
11 11 (0.20%) Snyk
11 11 (0.20%) Subversion
12 10 (0.18%) ERwin
13 9 (0.16%) ER Studio
13 9 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 2,860 (51.50%) Social Skills
2 1,810 (32.59%) Finance
3 667 (12.01%) Marketing
4 435 (7.83%) Law
5 365 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 360 (6.48%) Retail
7 329 (5.92%) Legal
8 304 (5.47%) Banking
9 252 (4.54%) Organisational Skills
10 246 (4.43%) Public Sector
11 242 (4.36%) Manufacturing
12 235 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
13 156 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
14 149 (2.68%) Telecoms
15 136 (2.45%) Financial Institution
16 115 (2.07%) Advertising
17 103 (1.85%) Games
18 99 (1.78%) Electronics
19 73 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
20 62 (1.12%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,163 (20.94%) Analyst
2 686 (12.35%) Senior
3 544 (9.80%) Trainer
4 426 (7.67%) Lead
5 300 (5.40%) Architect
6 299 (5.38%) Data Analyst
7 248 (4.47%) Developer
8 210 (3.78%) Consultant
9 198 (3.57%) Business Analyst
10 179 (3.22%) Support Analyst
11 158 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
12 144 (2.59%) IT Support
13 136 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
14 128 (2.31%) Systems Engineer
15 112 (2.02%) Trainee
16 108 (1.94%) IT Manager
17 106 (1.91%) Financial Analyst
18 105 (1.89%) Business Manager
19 103 (1.85%) Applications Support
20 101 (1.82%) Innovation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (2.59%) HTML
2 114 (2.05%) CSS
3 94 (1.69%) React
4 87 (1.57%) REST
5 74 (1.33%) .NET
6 52 (0.94%) Middleware
7 51 (0.92%) Kafka
8 48 (0.86%) Spring
9 46 (0.83%) JSON
10 39 (0.70%) AngularJS
11 36 (0.65%) XML
12 33 (0.59%) EDI
13 31 (0.56%) SOAP
14 28 (0.50%) Node.js
14 28 (0.50%) Web Services
15 27 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
16 26 (0.47%) LangChain
17 25 (0.45%) PySpark
18 23 (0.41%) Playwright
19 21 (0.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 595 (10.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 397 (7.15%) Onboarding
3 396 (7.13%) Self-Motivation
4 294 (5.29%) Management Information System
5 203 (3.66%) Product Ownership
6 168 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 129 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
8 103 (1.85%) Driving Licence
9 90 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 89 (1.60%) Data Centre
11 82 (1.48%) FMCG
12 74 (1.33%) Cloud Native
13 67 (1.21%) Social Media
14 66 (1.19%) Data Structures
15 58 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 53 (0.95%) Security Posture
16 53 (0.95%) Virtual Team
17 51 (0.92%) Robotics
18 47 (0.85%) e-Learning
19 45 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 326 (5.87%) Windows
2 213 (3.84%) Linux
3 142 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 90 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.56%) Unix
6 21 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 15 (0.27%) Android
8 11 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.18%) Windows 10
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%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.018%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.018%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,509 (45.18%) Problem-Solving
2 1,308 (23.55%) AI
3 1,181 (21.27%) Analytics
4 1,104 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,040 (18.73%) Decision-Making
6 987 (17.77%) Agile
7 850 (15.31%) Project Management
8 786 (14.15%) Business Intelligence
9 647 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 557 (10.03%) Chemistry
11 549 (9.89%) Conversational UI
12 523 (9.42%) Data Analysis
13 473 (8.52%) Risk Management
14 460 (8.28%) Roadmaps
15 459 (8.27%) ERP
16 456 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
17 448 (8.07%) Customer Service
18 446 (8.03%) CRM
19 445 (8.01%) Mentoring
20 424 (7.64%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,003 (18.06%) SQL
2 655 (11.80%) Python
3 173 (3.12%) Java
4 171 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 128 (2.31%) C#
6 88 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 81 (1.46%) R
8 53 (0.95%) C++
8 53 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 47 (0.85%) T-SQL
10 43 (0.77%) Bash
11 40 (0.72%) VBA
12 37 (0.67%) TypeScript
13 30 (0.54%) PL/SQL
14 26 (0.47%) C
15 22 (0.40%) Scala
16 20 (0.36%) Go
17 19 (0.34%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.29%) PHP
19 15 (0.27%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,900 (34.22%) Degree
2 726 (13.07%) Master's Degree
3 564 (10.16%) PhD
4 447 (8.05%) Security Cleared
5 325 (5.85%) SC Cleared
6 201 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 182 (3.28%) CISSP
8 168 (3.03%) ACCA
9 160 (2.88%) CIMA
10 104 (1.87%) DBS Check
11 98 (1.76%) DV Cleared
12 83 (1.49%) CISM
13 78 (1.40%) PMI Certification
14 70 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 67 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
16 63 (1.13%) PMP
17 62 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
18 59 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
19 58 (1.04%) Azure Certification
20 50 (0.90%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (5.10%) Data Quality
2 279 (5.02%) QA
3 204 (3.67%) GDPR
4 191 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 143 (2.58%) PCI DSS
6 137 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 117 (2.11%) PMO
8 115 (2.07%) NIST
9 113 (2.03%) Accessibility
10 53 (0.95%) SLA
11 40 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 37 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
13 34 (0.61%) GRC
14 22 (0.40%) IFRS
15 20 (0.36%) ISO 9001
15 20 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.29%) WCAG
17 13 (0.23%) COBIT
17 13 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 10 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 237 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 119 (2.14%) Hyper-V
3 88 (1.58%) Terminal Server
4 58 (1.04%) Docker
5 45 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
6 28 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.31%) 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%) RACF
12 1 (0.018%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 86 (1.55%) Terraform
2 77 (1.39%) Kubernetes
3 51 (0.92%) Ansible
4 39 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.34%) 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 4 (0.072%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.072%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.072%) Nessus
11 4 (0.072%) Rancher
11 4 (0.072%) vRealize
12 3 (0.054%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.054%) Nagios
13 2 (0.036%) Kibana
13 2 (0.036%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.036%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,220 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 542 (9.76%) PayPal
3 427 (7.69%) SAP
4 241 (4.34%) Google
5 220 (3.96%) Oracle
6 168 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 144 (2.59%) VMware
8 124 (2.23%) Splunk
9 114 (2.05%) Databricks
10 107 (1.93%) SolarWinds
11 92 (1.66%) Veeam
12 89 (1.60%) Brocade
13 88 (1.58%) Nimble Storage
13 88 (1.58%) Tanium
14 83 (1.49%) Adobe
15 81 (1.46%) ServiceNow
16 78 (1.40%) Cisco
17 59 (1.06%) Workday
18 51 (0.92%) Alteryx
19 42 (0.76%) Bloomberg