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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,850 5,676 9,419
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.42% 13.41% 9.87%
As % of the General category 10.67% 18.87% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,916 2,526 5,438
10th Percentile £32,680 £31,250 £28,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,259 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.50% +11.69% -3.23%

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 45,455 30,087 57,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 50.76% 71.11% 60.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,431 16,003 39,383
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,050 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 28 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 18 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 28 April 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 -21 4,329 £55,000 - 2,199
UK excluding London -27 3,017 £48,500 -3.50% 1,720
London -7 1,525 £67,500 +3.85% 936
Work from Home -9 1,429 £55,000 - 967
North of England -31 872 £46,250 -7.50% 389
South East -3 785 £50,000 -4.96% 593
Midlands -26 566 £48,000 - 303
North West -26 491 £45,000 -10.00% 251
West Midlands -27 338 £51,250 +6.77% 183
Yorkshire -13 286 £51,000 +13.33% 87
East of England -37 259 £43,500 -14.65% 139
South West -25 257 £48,750 -5.20% 166
East Midlands -10 226 £45,000 -5.26% 118
Scotland -26 155 £40,000 -24.23% 74
North East -24 95 £50,000 +31.58% 59
Wales +3 83 £42,500 -15.44% 71
Northern Ireland -18 52 £47,500 -13.64% 29
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92%

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
1 145 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 73 (1.51%) Apache Spark
5 69 (1.42%) Confluence
6 48 (0.99%) CMS
7 35 (0.72%) Apache
8 19 (0.39%) WordPress
9 17 (0.35%) IIS
10 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.23%) SAS
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.082%) Drupal
13 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.062%) govService
13 3 (0.062%) JBoss
14 2 (0.041%) Appian
14 2 (0.041%) Camunda
14 2 (0.041%) MTS
Applications
1 636 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 274 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
3 98 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 96 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 29 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.21%) CATIA
11 5 (0.10%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (0.082%) Trello
13 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
14 2 (0.041%) Simulink
15 1 (0.021%) Notion
15 1 (0.021%) Revit
15 1 (0.021%) Sketch
15 1 (0.021%) SOLIDWORKS
15 1 (0.021%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 68 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 22 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 17 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 15 (0.31%) SAP PM
8 14 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 13 (0.27%) Endur
9 13 (0.27%) Maximo
10 12 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
10 12 (0.25%) Workday HCM
11 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
12 10 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
13 8 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
13 8 (0.16%) Elite 3E
13 8 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
13 8 (0.16%) SAP PP
14 7 (0.14%) Magento
15 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 886 (18.27%) Azure
2 673 (13.88%) Power Platform
3 475 (9.79%) AWS
4 342 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
5 263 (5.42%) SaaS
6 214 (4.41%) GCP
7 148 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
8 146 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
9 111 (2.29%) Entra ID
10 106 (2.19%) GitHub
11 97 (2.00%) Power Automate
12 95 (1.96%) Snowflake
13 89 (1.84%) dbt
14 76 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
15 75 (1.55%) Google Analytics
16 71 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 68 (1.40%) Amazon S3
18 62 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
19 60 (1.24%) Serverless
20 59 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 195 (4.02%) Firewall
2 156 (3.22%) DNS
3 125 (2.58%) VPN
4 117 (2.41%) DHCP
5 82 (1.69%) WAN
6 72 (1.48%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.38%) LAN
8 66 (1.36%) Wireless
9 63 (1.30%) VLAN
10 57 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
11 49 (1.01%) Network Security
12 46 (0.95%) SAN
13 45 (0.93%) Broadband
14 40 (0.82%) BGP
15 33 (0.68%) OSPF
16 30 (0.62%) Wireshark
17 29 (0.60%) EIGRP
18 28 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
19 27 (0.56%) SD-WAN
20 24 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 608 (12.54%) Power BI
2 378 (7.79%) Tableau
3 218 (4.49%) SQL Server
4 169 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
5 158 (3.26%) Data Mining
6 95 (1.96%) Metadata
7 85 (1.75%) Relational Database
8 78 (1.61%) Data Lake
9 76 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 75 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
11 67 (1.38%) Looker
12 61 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
13 54 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
14 49 (1.01%) MySQL
15 47 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
16 46 (0.95%) BigQuery
17 45 (0.93%) Power Query
18 44 (0.91%) NoSQL
19 40 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 37 (0.76%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 182 (3.75%) JIRA
2 131 (2.70%) Git
3 47 (0.97%) GitLab
4 38 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.66%) MLflow
6 26 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
6 26 (0.54%) Selenium
7 20 (0.41%) Chocolatey
8 17 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 15 (0.31%) Balsamiq
10 14 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.29%) ERwin
11 13 (0.27%) Axure RP
11 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
11 13 (0.27%) Subversion
12 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.21%) Postman
13 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 2,358 (48.62%) Social Skills
2 1,786 (36.82%) Finance
3 437 (9.01%) Marketing
4 360 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 278 (5.73%) Banking
6 272 (5.61%) Law
7 266 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
8 248 (5.11%) Retail
9 246 (5.07%) Legal
10 245 (5.05%) Public Sector
11 190 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
12 178 (3.67%) Manufacturing
13 130 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
14 114 (2.35%) Telecoms
15 102 (2.10%) Financial Institution
16 83 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
17 75 (1.55%) Advertising
18 71 (1.46%) Electronics
19 62 (1.28%) Games
20 57 (1.18%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,305 (26.91%) Analyst
2 659 (13.59%) Senior
3 353 (7.28%) Data Analyst
4 308 (6.35%) Lead
5 282 (5.81%) Business Analyst
6 246 (5.07%) Developer
7 218 (4.49%) Architect
8 203 (4.19%) Consultant
9 151 (3.11%) Support Analyst
10 148 (3.05%) Trainee
11 145 (2.99%) Systems Engineer
12 136 (2.80%) Trainee Analyst
12 136 (2.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 134 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
14 130 (2.68%) Senior Manager
15 114 (2.35%) Financial Analyst
16 111 (2.29%) IT Support
17 107 (2.21%) Data Engineer
18 101 (2.08%) Support Engineer
19 99 (2.04%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (2.87%) HTML
2 126 (2.60%) CSS
3 94 (1.94%) .NET
4 89 (1.84%) REST
5 81 (1.67%) React
6 79 (1.63%) JSON
7 76 (1.57%) Middleware
8 70 (1.44%) XML
9 57 (1.18%) PyTorch
10 53 (1.09%) Kafka
10 53 (1.09%) TensorFlow
11 49 (1.01%) SOAP
12 46 (0.95%) Node.js
13 42 (0.87%) scikit-learn
14 37 (0.76%) PySpark
15 35 (0.72%) Pandas
16 33 (0.68%) LangChain
17 29 (0.60%) EDI
17 29 (0.60%) RESTful
18 28 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 523 (10.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 255 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 242 (4.99%) Management Information System
4 225 (4.64%) Onboarding
5 205 (4.23%) Product Ownership
6 103 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 102 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
8 98 (2.02%) Cloud Native
9 82 (1.69%) Data Structures
10 78 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
11 77 (1.59%) Security Posture
12 72 (1.48%) Algorithms
13 64 (1.32%) Driving Licence
14 56 (1.15%) Social Media
15 52 (1.07%) Virtual Team
16 51 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
16 51 (1.05%) Public Cloud
17 46 (0.95%) FMCG
17 46 (0.95%) Low-Code
18 42 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 356 (7.34%) Windows
2 204 (4.21%) Linux
3 152 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 62 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.72%) Unix
6 22 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 21 (0.43%) Android
8 20 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 17 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.14%) CentOS
12 6 (0.12%) VMS
13 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.082%) AIX
14 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.041%) Debian
15 2 (0.041%) OpenWrt
15 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.041%) Rocky
16 1 (0.021%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,174 (44.82%) Problem-Solving
2 1,199 (24.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,113 (22.95%) Analytics
4 1,034 (21.32%) Decision-Making
5 844 (17.40%) Agile
6 729 (15.03%) Business Intelligence
7 710 (14.64%) AI
8 627 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 591 (12.19%) Project Management
10 527 (10.87%) Data Analysis
11 479 (9.88%) Actionable Insight
12 444 (9.15%) Mentoring
13 439 (9.05%) Data Modelling
14 434 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 425 (8.76%) Roadmaps
16 416 (8.58%) Analytical Thinking
17 408 (8.41%) Process Improvement
18 405 (8.35%) Cybersecurity
19 382 (7.88%) DevOps
20 374 (7.71%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,047 (21.59%) SQL
2 850 (17.53%) Python
3 178 (3.67%) JavaScript
4 170 (3.51%) PowerShell
5 168 (3.46%) Java
6 121 (2.49%) C#
7 88 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 62 (1.28%) R
9 58 (1.20%) Bash
10 49 (1.01%) C++
11 47 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 42 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 41 (0.85%) VBA
14 25 (0.52%) MATLAB
15 22 (0.45%) Scala
16 20 (0.41%) Go
16 20 (0.41%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
18 14 (0.29%) C
19 13 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,021 (21.05%) Degree
2 379 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 268 (5.53%) SC Cleared
4 249 (5.13%) ACCA
5 237 (4.89%) CIMA
6 170 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 151 (3.11%) CISSP
7 151 (3.11%) DBS Check
8 135 (2.78%) Master's Degree
9 103 (2.12%) PMI Certification
10 99 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
11 97 (2.00%) CISM
12 91 (1.88%) PMP
13 78 (1.61%) DV Cleared
14 72 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 72 (1.48%) IRCA
15 69 (1.42%) Azure Certification
16 63 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
17 58 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
18 57 (1.18%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 432 (8.91%) Data Quality
2 332 (6.85%) GDPR
3 286 (5.90%) QA
4 242 (4.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 206 (4.25%) NIST
6 131 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 105 (2.16%) SLA
8 104 (2.14%) PCI DSS
9 96 (1.98%) ISO 9001
10 86 (1.77%) Accessibility
11 76 (1.57%) PMO
12 69 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 58 (1.20%) GRC
14 39 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 38 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.68%) IFRS
17 31 (0.64%) COBIT
18 29 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 25 (0.52%) SOC 2
20 22 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 259 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 77 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (1.51%) Docker
3 73 (1.51%) Hyper-V
4 56 (1.15%) Terminal Server
5 23 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.25%) vSphere
8 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
9 8 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.10%) Firmware
11 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.082%) XenApp
12 3 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.021%) KVM
14 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 133 (2.74%) Terraform
2 78 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 65 (1.34%) Ansible
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 31 (0.64%) SCCM
7 28 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 18 (0.37%) Nagios
10 11 (0.23%) Kibana
11 8 (0.16%) QRadar
12 7 (0.14%) Control-M
12 7 (0.14%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.12%) logstash
14 5 (0.10%) CASB
14 5 (0.10%) Packer
15 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.082%) Graylog
15 4 (0.082%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,189 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 205 (4.23%) SAP
3 182 (3.75%) Oracle
4 174 (3.59%) Google
5 146 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 144 (2.97%) VMware
7 112 (2.31%) ServiceNow
8 108 (2.23%) Databricks
9 104 (2.14%) SolarWinds
10 94 (1.94%) Splunk
11 80 (1.65%) Workday
12 74 (1.53%) Cisco
13 64 (1.32%) Veeam
14 57 (1.18%) Tanium
15 56 (1.15%) Brocade
15 56 (1.15%) Nimble Storage
16 53 (1.09%) IBM
17 47 (0.97%) Dell
18 43 (0.89%) Red Hat
19 38 (0.78%) Dynatrace