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 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,109 6,181 9,416
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.16% 12.58% 9.59%
As % of the General category 10.98% 18.10% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,301 2,607 4,892
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,809 £36,750
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 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £87,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.03% +2.11% -

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 46,543 34,148 56,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.05% 69.51% 57.82%
Number of salaries quoted 28,632 17,573 36,742
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,344 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -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 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 17 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 17 July 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 -17 4,647 £55,000 - 2,560
UK excluding London -20 3,260 £48,000 -1.03% 2,106
Work from Home -9 1,617 £55,000 +4.76% 1,419
London -11 1,566 £70,000 +7.69% 914
North of England -18 966 £48,000 +2.13% 523
South East -9 814 £50,000 -5.62% 559
Midlands -10 589 £47,500 - 308
North West -18 576 £47,050 -1.78% 283
South West -21 410 £46,000 -6.60% 229
West Midlands -16 319 £49,000 +3.16% 164
Yorkshire -12 286 £49,884 +11.60% 182
East Midlands -3 269 £45,000 -5.26% 142
East of England -22 237 £45,025 -3.88% 232
Scotland -38 105 £43,668 -1.32% 141
North East -29 104 £55,000 +37.50% 61
Wales -13 98 £53,171 -3.33% 64
Northern Ireland -34 52 £41,250 -25.00% 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
1 185 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 137 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.45%) Confluence
4 69 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 68 (1.33%) Apache Spark
6 45 (0.88%) Apache
7 38 (0.74%) CMS
8 24 (0.47%) SAS
9 23 (0.45%) IIS
10 14 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 14 (0.27%) WordPress
11 13 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
12 9 (0.18%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.18%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.16%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.059%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.059%) JBoss
14 3 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.059%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.039%) Appian
Applications
1 562 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 210 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 82 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 29 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.18%) CATIA
7 6 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.098%) Acrobat
9 4 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.078%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.078%) Maya
10 3 (0.059%) Blender
10 3 (0.059%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.059%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.059%) Simulink
10 3 (0.059%) Trello
11 2 (0.039%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.039%) Lectora
11 2 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 75 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 23 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 22 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
6 20 (0.39%) SAP PM
7 17 (0.33%) SAP CO
8 15 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 15 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 14 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
9 14 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
10 10 (0.20%) Maximo
11 9 (0.18%) Magento
11 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 8 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Fidessa
13 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
13 7 (0.14%) Sage 200
14 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 898 (17.58%) Azure
2 654 (12.80%) Power Platform
3 489 (9.57%) AWS
4 398 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
5 318 (6.22%) SaaS
6 222 (4.35%) GCP
7 131 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
8 127 (2.49%) Entra ID
9 118 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (1.70%) Google Analytics
11 83 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
12 76 (1.49%) Snowflake
13 75 (1.47%) GitHub
14 72 (1.41%) Power Automate
15 67 (1.31%) dbt
15 67 (1.31%) PowerApps
16 65 (1.27%) Amazon S3
17 57 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
18 54 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 54 (1.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 186 (3.64%) DNS
2 179 (3.50%) Firewall
3 143 (2.80%) DHCP
4 121 (2.37%) VPN
5 87 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 75 (1.47%) WAN
7 72 (1.41%) LAN
8 71 (1.39%) Broadband
9 60 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
10 50 (0.98%) Wireless
11 44 (0.86%) Network Security
12 43 (0.84%) VLAN
13 39 (0.76%) SAN
14 38 (0.74%) Internet
15 33 (0.65%) HTTP
16 30 (0.59%) BGP
17 23 (0.45%) SD-WAN
18 21 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
19 20 (0.39%) OSPF
20 19 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 581 (11.37%) Power BI
2 282 (5.52%) Tableau
3 200 (3.91%) SQL Server
4 183 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
5 113 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
6 90 (1.76%) Metadata
7 74 (1.45%) Relational Database
8 72 (1.41%) Data Lake
9 68 (1.33%) Data Mining
10 66 (1.29%) Power Query
11 65 (1.27%) Looker
11 65 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
12 64 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 62 (1.21%) MySQL
14 53 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
15 52 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 49 (0.96%) BigQuery
17 41 (0.80%) Big Data
18 38 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
19 37 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 195 (3.82%) JIRA
2 155 (3.03%) Git
3 58 (1.14%) GitLab
4 39 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 36 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
6 30 (0.59%) MLflow
7 23 (0.45%) Selenium
8 22 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 17 (0.33%) Eclipse
10 16 (0.31%) Chocolatey
10 16 (0.31%) Postman
11 15 (0.29%) ERwin
12 14 (0.27%) JMeter
12 14 (0.27%) Visual Studio
13 13 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
14 12 (0.23%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.23%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.18%) LabVIEW
15 9 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2,419 (47.35%) Social Skills
2 1,706 (33.39%) Finance
3 428 (8.38%) Marketing
4 362 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 344 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
6 311 (6.09%) Retail
7 302 (5.91%) Public Sector
8 284 (5.56%) Legal
9 272 (5.32%) Law
10 239 (4.68%) Banking
11 213 (4.17%) Manufacturing
12 204 (3.99%) Influencing Skills
13 135 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
14 124 (2.43%) Telecoms
15 96 (1.88%) Advertising
16 92 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
17 90 (1.76%) Aerospace
18 80 (1.57%) Electronics
19 71 (1.39%) Financial Institution
20 53 (1.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,276 (24.98%) Analyst
2 638 (12.49%) Senior
3 362 (7.09%) Lead
4 300 (5.87%) Data Analyst
5 277 (5.42%) Business Analyst
6 238 (4.66%) Developer
7 227 (4.44%) Consultant
8 215 (4.21%) Systems Engineer
9 197 (3.86%) Architect
10 150 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
11 144 (2.82%) Support Analyst
12 142 (2.78%) Data Engineer
13 125 (2.45%) Support Engineer
14 119 (2.33%) IT Support
15 111 (2.17%) IT Manager
16 102 (2.00%) Systems Analyst
17 101 (1.98%) Financial Analyst
18 100 (1.96%) Security Analyst
19 92 (1.80%) Senior Manager
20 90 (1.76%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (2.33%) .NET
2 111 (2.17%) HTML
3 105 (2.06%) REST
4 100 (1.96%) CSS
5 90 (1.76%) JSON
6 86 (1.68%) Middleware
7 85 (1.66%) XML
8 75 (1.47%) React
9 66 (1.29%) PyTorch
10 65 (1.27%) Kafka
11 61 (1.19%) TensorFlow
12 54 (1.06%) RESTful
13 51 (1.00%) SOAP
14 47 (0.92%) PySpark
15 42 (0.82%) Web Services
16 41 (0.80%) Node.js
16 41 (0.80%) scikit-learn
17 33 (0.65%) Pandas
18 32 (0.63%) EDI
18 32 (0.63%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 529 (10.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 268 (5.25%) Management Information System
3 223 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 217 (4.25%) Product Ownership
5 198 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
6 149 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
7 116 (2.27%) Cloud Native
8 102 (2.00%) Security Posture
9 98 (1.92%) Data Centre
10 97 (1.90%) Driving Licence
11 82 (1.61%) Data Structures
12 80 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 80 (1.57%) Virtual Team
13 79 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
14 73 (1.43%) Algorithms
15 61 (1.19%) Social Media
16 56 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
16 56 (1.10%) Public Cloud
17 52 (1.02%) Blog
18 44 (0.86%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 421 (8.24%) Windows
2 270 (5.28%) Linux
3 209 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 105 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (0.57%) Unix
7 27 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 23 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 21 (0.41%) Android
10 18 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 17 (0.33%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.22%) CentOS
12 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.16%) VMS
14 6 (0.12%) Debian
15 5 (0.098%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.078%) AIX
16 4 (0.078%) Rocky
17 1 (0.020%) FreeRTOS
17 1 (0.020%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,336 (45.72%) Problem-Solving
2 1,343 (26.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,148 (22.47%) Decision-Making
4 1,118 (21.88%) Analytics
5 866 (16.95%) Agile
6 723 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 711 (13.92%) AI
8 666 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
9 551 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 530 (10.37%) Roadmaps
11 487 (9.53%) Actionable Insight
12 486 (9.51%) Mentoring
13 480 (9.40%) Project Management
14 458 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
15 455 (8.91%) Data Modelling
16 438 (8.57%) Data Analysis
17 417 (8.16%) Process Improvement
18 402 (7.87%) Customer Experience
19 399 (7.81%) Data Governance
20 388 (7.59%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,043 (20.41%) SQL
2 854 (16.72%) Python
3 183 (3.58%) Java
4 177 (3.46%) JavaScript
5 172 (3.37%) PowerShell
6 158 (3.09%) C#
7 83 (1.62%) C++
8 78 (1.53%) R
9 76 (1.49%) Bash
10 74 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 52 (1.02%) T-SQL
11 52 (1.02%) TypeScript
12 45 (0.88%) MATLAB
13 24 (0.47%) PHP
14 22 (0.43%) Go
14 22 (0.43%) PL/SQL
15 21 (0.41%) C
15 21 (0.41%) Scala
16 20 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
16 20 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 926 (18.12%) Degree
2 497 (9.73%) Security Cleared
3 361 (7.07%) SC Cleared
4 265 (5.19%) ACCA
5 249 (4.87%) CIMA
6 155 (3.03%) DBS Check
7 150 (2.94%) CISSP
8 140 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 111 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
10 109 (2.13%) CISM
11 92 (1.80%) DV Cleared
12 89 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 89 (1.74%) Master's Degree
13 72 (1.41%) IRCA
14 70 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 69 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
16 64 (1.25%) Azure Certification
17 52 (1.02%) PMI Certification
18 44 (0.86%) PMP
19 43 (0.84%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 478 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 397 (7.77%) GDPR
3 343 (6.71%) QA
4 263 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 209 (4.09%) NIST
6 182 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 151 (2.96%) SLA
8 146 (2.86%) PCI DSS
9 134 (2.62%) Accessibility
10 124 (2.43%) ISO 9001
11 78 (1.53%) GRC
12 62 (1.21%) PMO
13 42 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
14 40 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 40 (0.78%) IFRS
15 39 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 35 (0.69%) COBIT
17 28 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 25 (0.49%) SOC 2
19 24 (0.47%) ITGC
System Software
1 302 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 103 (2.02%) Hyper-V
3 101 (1.98%) Docker
4 88 (1.72%) Terminal Server
5 75 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.18%) vSphere
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
9 8 (0.16%) ProxySG
10 7 (0.14%) Firmware
11 4 (0.078%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.078%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.078%) XenApp
12 3 (0.059%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 136 (2.66%) Terraform
2 92 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 74 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 62 (1.21%) Ansible
5 43 (0.84%) Grafana
6 25 (0.49%) SCCM
7 23 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.41%) Nagios
9 18 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (0.33%) QRadar
11 16 (0.31%) Kibana
12 11 (0.22%) Kubeflow
13 8 (0.16%) logstash
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
16 5 (0.098%) Control-M
16 5 (0.098%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.098%) Podman
16 5 (0.098%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,151 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 222 (4.35%) SAP
3 209 (4.09%) Google
4 172 (3.37%) VMware
5 169 (3.31%) Oracle
6 149 (2.92%) Splunk
7 138 (2.70%) Salesforce
8 128 (2.51%) SolarWinds
9 123 (2.41%) Databricks
10 108 (2.11%) ServiceNow
11 100 (1.96%) Veeam
12 89 (1.74%) Nimble Storage
13 88 (1.72%) Brocade
13 88 (1.72%) Tanium
14 79 (1.55%) Workday
15 73 (1.43%) Cisco
16 53 (1.04%) Red Hat
17 50 (0.98%) IBM
18 46 (0.90%) Adobe
19 44 (0.86%) HubSpot