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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,735 5,680 9,445
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.19% 13.07% 9.85%
As % of the General category 10.35% 18.20% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,908 2,525 5,432
10th Percentile £32,838 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,396 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,650 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,124 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.24% +11.39% -3.84%

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 45,760 31,217 57,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 50.13% 71.81% 60.36%
Number of salaries quoted 24,726 15,983 39,498
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,050 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -23 4,256 £55,000 - 2,537
UK excluding London -28 2,926 £49,000 -2.24% 1,859
London -8 1,506 £67,500 +3.85% 995
Work from Home -7 1,400 £55,000 - 1,149
North of England -30 867 £46,750 -6.50% 437
South East -3 762 £50,000 -8.47% 607
Midlands -28 553 £48,000 +1.05% 320
North West -30 491 £45,000 -10.00% 249
West Midlands -28 336 £50,000 +4.71% 196
Yorkshire -12 285 £52,500 +16.67% 138
East of England -29 254 £45,000 -11.71% 184
South West -28 253 £47,500 -5.94% 188
East Midlands -4 215 £45,000 -5.26% 124
Scotland -28 137 £40,000 -23.81% 87
North East -24 91 £50,000 +29.87% 56
Wales -3 79 £42,500 -15.44% 52
Northern Ireland -31 34 £55,000 - 30
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
1 136 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 73 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 63 (1.33%) Confluence
6 48 (1.01%) CMS
7 36 (0.76%) Apache
8 19 (0.40%) WordPress
9 18 (0.38%) IIS
10 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.23%) SAS
11 6 (0.13%) nginx
12 5 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.063%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.063%) Drupal
13 3 (0.063%) govService
13 3 (0.063%) JBoss
13 3 (0.063%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.042%) Appian
14 2 (0.042%) Camunda
Applications
1 589 (12.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 251 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
3 95 (2.01%) MS Visio
4 91 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 26 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 24 (0.51%) Chatbot
8 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.21%) CATIA
11 4 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.084%) Trello
12 3 (0.063%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.042%) Lectora
13 2 (0.042%) Simulink
14 1 (0.021%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.021%) Notion
14 1 (0.021%) Sketch
14 1 (0.021%) SPSS
14 1 (0.021%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 68 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 36 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 33 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 22 (0.46%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 15 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.30%) SAP FI
8 12 (0.25%) Endur
8 12 (0.25%) Maximo
8 12 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
9 11 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.23%) Workday HCM
10 8 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
10 8 (0.17%) Elite 3E
11 7 (0.15%) Magento
11 7 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
12 6 (0.13%) Fidessa
12 6 (0.13%) SAP PP
13 5 (0.11%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 844 (17.82%) Azure
2 643 (13.58%) Power Platform
3 473 (9.99%) AWS
4 335 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
5 260 (5.49%) SaaS
6 212 (4.48%) GCP
7 145 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
8 144 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
9 110 (2.32%) Entra ID
10 103 (2.18%) GitHub
11 95 (2.01%) Snowflake
12 94 (1.99%) Power Automate
13 87 (1.84%) dbt
14 73 (1.54%) Google Analytics
14 73 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
15 69 (1.46%) Amazon S3
16 63 (1.33%) Serverless
17 59 (1.25%) PowerApps
18 53 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
19 48 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 193 (4.08%) Firewall
2 149 (3.15%) DNS
3 123 (2.60%) VPN
4 106 (2.24%) DHCP
5 79 (1.67%) WAN
6 73 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.41%) LAN
8 62 (1.31%) Wireless
9 61 (1.29%) VLAN
10 53 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (1.06%) Broadband
12 48 (1.01%) SAN
13 46 (0.97%) Network Security
14 38 (0.80%) BGP
15 31 (0.65%) OSPF
16 30 (0.63%) Wireshark
17 28 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
18 27 (0.57%) EIGRP
18 27 (0.57%) SD-WAN
19 24 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 579 (12.23%) Power BI
2 373 (7.88%) Tableau
3 191 (4.03%) SQL Server
4 167 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
5 153 (3.23%) Data Mining
6 87 (1.84%) Metadata
7 78 (1.65%) Data Lake
8 77 (1.63%) Relational Database
9 69 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
10 66 (1.39%) Looker
11 60 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
12 56 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
13 52 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 48 (1.01%) BigQuery
15 47 (0.99%) MySQL
16 44 (0.93%) Power Query
17 43 (0.91%) NoSQL
18 39 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 37 (0.78%) Big Data
20 35 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 173 (3.65%) JIRA
2 134 (2.83%) Git
3 47 (0.99%) GitLab
4 38 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.68%) MLflow
6 26 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
7 25 (0.53%) Selenium
8 20 (0.42%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.36%) Visual Studio
10 15 (0.32%) Bitbucket
10 15 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.30%) Balsamiq
11 14 (0.30%) ERwin
12 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
13 12 (0.25%) Axure RP
13 12 (0.25%) Subversion
14 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.21%) Maven
15 10 (0.21%) Postman
15 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 2,204 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 1,747 (36.90%) Finance
3 434 (9.17%) Marketing
4 363 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 270 (5.70%) Banking
6 265 (5.60%) Law
7 260 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
8 256 (5.41%) Public Sector
9 241 (5.09%) Retail
10 238 (5.03%) Legal
11 171 (3.61%) Manufacturing
12 163 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
13 134 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
14 113 (2.39%) Telecoms
15 100 (2.11%) Financial Institution
16 85 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
17 79 (1.67%) Advertising
18 72 (1.52%) Electronics
19 67 (1.41%) Games
20 58 (1.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,263 (26.67%) Analyst
2 655 (13.83%) Senior
3 342 (7.22%) Data Analyst
4 302 (6.38%) Lead
5 268 (5.66%) Business Analyst
6 243 (5.13%) Developer
7 226 (4.77%) Architect
8 199 (4.20%) Consultant
9 142 (3.00%) Trainee
10 140 (2.96%) Systems Engineer
11 137 (2.89%) Support Analyst
12 133 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
13 130 (2.75%) Trainee Analyst
13 130 (2.75%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 129 (2.72%) Senior Manager
15 109 (2.30%) Financial Analyst
16 107 (2.26%) Data Engineer
17 105 (2.22%) IT Support
18 101 (2.13%) IT Manager
19 99 (2.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (2.77%) HTML
2 118 (2.49%) CSS
3 98 (2.07%) .NET
4 88 (1.86%) REST
5 80 (1.69%) JSON
6 79 (1.67%) Middleware
6 79 (1.67%) React
7 73 (1.54%) XML
8 56 (1.18%) PyTorch
9 54 (1.14%) Kafka
10 52 (1.10%) TensorFlow
11 50 (1.06%) SOAP
12 46 (0.97%) Node.js
13 40 (0.84%) scikit-learn
14 37 (0.78%) PySpark
15 33 (0.70%) LangChain
15 33 (0.70%) Pandas
15 33 (0.70%) RESTful
16 30 (0.63%) EDI
17 29 (0.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 490 (10.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 233 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 222 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 221 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
5 199 (4.20%) Product Ownership
6 106 (2.24%) Data Centre
7 100 (2.11%) Cloud Native
8 96 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
9 81 (1.71%) Data Structures
10 76 (1.61%) Security Posture
11 74 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
12 72 (1.52%) Algorithms
13 64 (1.35%) Driving Licence
14 62 (1.31%) Virtual Team
15 57 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
16 53 (1.12%) Social Media
17 52 (1.10%) Public Cloud
18 45 (0.95%) FMCG
19 43 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
19 43 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 344 (7.27%) Windows
2 200 (4.22%) Linux
3 147 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.72%) Unix
6 22 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 20 (0.42%) Mac OS
7 20 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.38%) Android
9 15 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.17%) CentOS
11 7 (0.15%) VMS
12 6 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.084%) AIX
13 4 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.063%) Rocky
15 2 (0.042%) Debian
15 2 (0.042%) Windows Server 2019
16 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,102 (44.39%) Problem-Solving
2 1,120 (23.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,067 (22.53%) Analytics
4 977 (20.63%) Decision-Making
5 829 (17.51%) Agile
6 687 (14.51%) Business Intelligence
7 680 (14.36%) AI
8 599 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 572 (12.08%) Project Management
10 475 (10.03%) Data Analysis
11 455 (9.61%) Actionable Insight
12 438 (9.25%) Mentoring
13 432 (9.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 431 (9.10%) Data Modelling
15 421 (8.89%) Roadmaps
16 409 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
17 399 (8.43%) Analytical Thinking
18 380 (8.03%) DevOps
19 363 (7.67%) Process Improvement
20 361 (7.62%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 1,002 (21.16%) SQL
2 851 (17.97%) Python
3 169 (3.57%) Java
3 169 (3.57%) JavaScript
3 169 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 122 (2.58%) C#
5 63 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 63 (1.33%) R
6 60 (1.27%) Bash
7 53 (1.12%) C++
8 47 (0.99%) T-SQL
9 41 (0.87%) TypeScript
10 40 (0.84%) VBA
11 28 (0.59%) MATLAB
12 25 (0.53%) Scala
13 20 (0.42%) Go
14 19 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 15 (0.32%) PHP
16 14 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
17 13 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 968 (20.44%) Degree
2 356 (7.52%) Security Cleared
3 249 (5.26%) ACCA
4 243 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 237 (5.01%) CIMA
6 167 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 155 (3.27%) DBS Check
8 147 (3.10%) CISSP
9 127 (2.68%) Master's Degree
10 97 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
11 96 (2.03%) CISM
12 95 (2.01%) PMI Certification
13 83 (1.75%) PMP
14 78 (1.65%) DV Cleared
15 72 (1.52%) IRCA
16 70 (1.48%) Azure Certification
16 70 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
17 63 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
18 57 (1.20%) CISA
18 57 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 431 (9.10%) Data Quality
2 339 (7.16%) GDPR
3 280 (5.91%) QA
4 241 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 205 (4.33%) NIST
6 124 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 110 (2.32%) SLA
8 98 (2.07%) ISO 9001
8 98 (2.07%) PCI DSS
9 93 (1.96%) Accessibility
10 69 (1.46%) PMO
11 58 (1.22%) GRC
12 56 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 39 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 38 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 35 (0.74%) IFRS
16 31 (0.65%) COBIT
17 29 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 25 (0.53%) SOC 2
19 22 (0.46%) ITGC
System Software
1 246 (5.20%) Active Directory
2 79 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (1.52%) Docker
4 65 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.01%) Terminal Server
6 24 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.34%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.17%) IAG
10 8 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.11%) Firmware
12 4 (0.084%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.084%) XenApp
13 3 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.042%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) KVM
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 132 (2.79%) Terraform
2 80 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 61 (1.29%) Ansible
5 34 (0.72%) Grafana
6 30 (0.63%) SCCM
7 27 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 25 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 21 (0.44%) Nagios
10 11 (0.23%) Kibana
11 8 (0.17%) Kubeflow
11 8 (0.17%) QRadar
12 6 (0.13%) Control-M
12 6 (0.13%) logstash
12 6 (0.13%) Packer
13 5 (0.11%) CASB
14 4 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.084%) Graylog
14 4 (0.084%) RSA Archer
14 4 (0.084%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,147 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 200 (4.22%) SAP
3 178 (3.76%) Oracle
4 175 (3.70%) Google
5 148 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 138 (2.91%) VMware
7 111 (2.34%) ServiceNow
8 110 (2.32%) Databricks
9 98 (2.07%) SolarWinds
10 88 (1.86%) Splunk
11 79 (1.67%) Workday
12 71 (1.50%) Cisco
13 56 (1.18%) Veeam
14 52 (1.10%) IBM
15 49 (1.03%) Dell
15 49 (1.03%) Tanium
16 48 (1.01%) Brocade
16 48 (1.01%) Nimble Storage
17 45 (0.95%) Red Hat
18 37 (0.78%) Adobe