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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,672 5,855 9,468
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.15% 13.48% 9.82%
As % of the General category 10.51% 18.58% 16.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,921 2,469 5,424
10th Percentile £32,838 £31,200 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,110 £41,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -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 44,464 31,514 58,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.03% 72.58% 60.30%
Number of salaries quoted 24,973 15,713 39,506
10th Percentile £29,375 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £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 £77,424 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +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 14 May 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 14 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 -17 4,210 £55,000 - 2,346
UK excluding London -20 2,878 £49,000 -2.00% 1,680
London -8 1,496 £67,500 +3.85% 945
Work from Home -8 1,366 £55,000 - 1,059
North of England -28 868 £47,500 -5.00% 399
South East -5 745 £50,000 -8.26% 552
Midlands -28 534 £48,000 +1.05% 274
North West -31 496 £45,000 -10.00% 225
West Midlands -29 321 £50,000 +5.26% 175
Yorkshire -12 287 £52,500 +16.67% 129
South West -25 263 £47,500 -5.00% 161
East of England -21 246 £45,025 -11.66% 174
East Midlands -1 211 £45,000 -5.26% 97
Scotland -31 128 £40,000 -20.71% 86
North East -23 85 £49,222 +27.85% 53
Wales -2 76 £47,105 -10.28% 43
Northern Ireland -29 33 £52,500 -4.55% 28

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 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
4 72 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 61 (1.31%) Confluence
6 44 (0.94%) CMS
7 35 (0.75%) Apache
8 19 (0.41%) IIS
9 16 (0.34%) SAS
9 16 (0.34%) WordPress
10 12 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 8 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.13%) nginx
13 3 (0.064%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.064%) govService
13 3 (0.064%) JBoss
13 3 (0.064%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.064%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.043%) Appian
14 2 (0.043%) Camunda
Applications
1 557 (11.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 231 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (2.08%) MS Visio
4 87 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 12 (0.26%) Maya
8 10 (0.21%) CATIA
9 4 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.086%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.086%) Trello
10 3 (0.064%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.043%) Acrobat
11 2 (0.043%) Lectora
11 2 (0.043%) Simulink
12 1 (0.021%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.021%) Sketch
12 1 (0.021%) SPSS
12 1 (0.021%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 67 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 38 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 32 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 19 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 12 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.24%) Endur
9 11 (0.24%) Maximo
9 11 (0.24%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.21%) Workday HCM
11 9 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
12 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.15%) Magento
12 7 (0.15%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
13 6 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
13 6 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
14 5 (0.11%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 842 (18.02%) Azure
2 643 (13.76%) Power Platform
3 469 (10.04%) AWS
4 332 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
5 264 (5.65%) SaaS
6 207 (4.43%) GCP
7 138 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
8 135 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
9 110 (2.35%) Entra ID
10 98 (2.10%) GitHub
11 92 (1.97%) Snowflake
12 90 (1.93%) Power Automate
13 82 (1.76%) dbt
14 74 (1.58%) Google Analytics
14 74 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
15 65 (1.39%) Amazon S3
16 63 (1.35%) PowerApps
17 59 (1.26%) Serverless
18 54 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
19 50 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 192 (4.11%) Firewall
2 147 (3.15%) DNS
3 123 (2.63%) VPN
4 101 (2.16%) DHCP
5 77 (1.65%) WAN
6 70 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 68 (1.46%) LAN
8 58 (1.24%) VLAN
8 58 (1.24%) Wireless
9 55 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
10 53 (1.13%) Broadband
11 50 (1.07%) SAN
12 46 (0.98%) Network Security
13 39 (0.83%) BGP
14 30 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
14 30 (0.64%) OSPF
15 28 (0.60%) Wireshark
16 26 (0.56%) SD-WAN
17 25 (0.54%) EIGRP
17 25 (0.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 573 (12.26%) Power BI
2 353 (7.56%) Tableau
3 183 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 162 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
5 133 (2.85%) Data Mining
6 81 (1.73%) Metadata
7 75 (1.61%) Data Lake
8 72 (1.54%) Relational Database
9 66 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
10 60 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 60 (1.28%) Looker
11 58 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 57 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
13 49 (1.05%) BigQuery
13 49 (1.05%) MySQL
14 47 (1.01%) Power Query
15 42 (0.90%) NoSQL
16 41 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 35 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
18 34 (0.73%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 166 (3.55%) JIRA
2 138 (2.95%) Git
3 47 (1.01%) GitLab
4 39 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.66%) MLflow
6 28 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
7 26 (0.56%) Selenium
8 20 (0.43%) Chocolatey
9 15 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 15 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.30%) ERwin
11 13 (0.28%) Balsamiq
11 13 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
12 11 (0.24%) Axure RP
13 10 (0.21%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.21%) Maven
13 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.21%) Subversion
14 9 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 2,154 (46.10%) Social Skills
2 1,695 (36.28%) Finance
3 413 (8.84%) Marketing
4 374 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 274 (5.86%) Law
6 265 (5.67%) Banking
7 259 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
8 258 (5.52%) Public Sector
9 251 (5.37%) Retail
10 240 (5.14%) Legal
11 169 (3.62%) Manufacturing
12 149 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
13 141 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
14 112 (2.40%) Telecoms
15 93 (1.99%) Financial Institution
16 85 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
17 76 (1.63%) Electronics
18 69 (1.48%) Advertising
19 67 (1.43%) Games
20 62 (1.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,232 (26.37%) Analyst
2 658 (14.08%) Senior
3 326 (6.98%) Data Analyst
4 300 (6.42%) Lead
5 272 (5.82%) Business Analyst
6 245 (5.24%) Developer
7 215 (4.60%) Architect
8 199 (4.26%) Consultant
9 147 (3.15%) Systems Engineer
10 133 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
11 130 (2.78%) Senior Manager
12 122 (2.61%) Support Analyst
12 122 (2.61%) Trainee
13 110 (2.35%) Trainee Analyst
13 110 (2.35%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 106 (2.27%) Data Engineer
15 103 (2.20%) IT Manager
16 102 (2.18%) IT Support
17 100 (2.14%) Support Engineer
18 92 (1.97%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (2.74%) HTML
2 117 (2.50%) CSS
3 100 (2.14%) .NET
4 89 (1.90%) REST
5 82 (1.76%) JSON
6 79 (1.69%) Middleware
6 79 (1.69%) React
7 73 (1.56%) XML
8 55 (1.18%) PyTorch
9 52 (1.11%) Kafka
10 51 (1.09%) SOAP
11 50 (1.07%) TensorFlow
12 44 (0.94%) Node.js
13 40 (0.86%) scikit-learn
14 37 (0.79%) PySpark
15 34 (0.73%) RESTful
16 33 (0.71%) Pandas
17 32 (0.68%) EDI
17 32 (0.68%) LangChain
18 26 (0.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 488 (10.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 229 (4.90%) Management Information System
3 205 (4.39%) Onboarding
4 197 (4.22%) Product Ownership
5 196 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
6 112 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 101 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
8 91 (1.95%) Cloud Native
9 81 (1.73%) Data Structures
10 79 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 74 (1.58%) Algorithms
12 69 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
13 66 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
13 66 (1.41%) Driving Licence
14 52 (1.11%) Public Cloud
15 51 (1.09%) Social Media
15 51 (1.09%) Virtual Team
16 45 (0.96%) FMCG
17 44 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
18 43 (0.92%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 340 (7.28%) Windows
2 204 (4.37%) Linux
3 145 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 56 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.75%) Unix
6 22 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 18 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.34%) Android
9 14 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.19%) CentOS
11 8 (0.17%) VMS
12 7 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.086%) AIX
14 4 (0.086%) Rocky
14 4 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.043%) Debian
16 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.021%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,087 (44.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1,101 (23.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,044 (22.35%) Analytics
4 966 (20.68%) Decision-Making
5 828 (17.72%) Agile
6 673 (14.40%) Business Intelligence
7 638 (13.66%) AI
8 591 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 521 (11.15%) Project Management
10 456 (9.76%) Mentoring
11 455 (9.74%) Actionable Insight
12 452 (9.67%) Data Analysis
13 440 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 436 (9.33%) Data Modelling
15 429 (9.18%) Roadmaps
16 427 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
17 385 (8.24%) Analytical Thinking
18 369 (7.90%) Data Governance
18 369 (7.90%) DevOps
19 358 (7.66%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 990 (21.19%) SQL
2 859 (18.39%) Python
3 175 (3.75%) PowerShell
4 169 (3.62%) Java
5 168 (3.60%) JavaScript
6 127 (2.72%) C#
7 69 (1.48%) R
8 67 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 63 (1.35%) Bash
10 58 (1.24%) C++
11 45 (0.96%) T-SQL
12 40 (0.86%) TypeScript
13 39 (0.83%) VBA
14 32 (0.68%) MATLAB
15 25 (0.54%) Scala
16 20 (0.43%) Go
17 17 (0.36%) PHP
17 17 (0.36%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.30%) C
18 14 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 933 (19.97%) Degree
2 359 (7.68%) Security Cleared
3 246 (5.27%) SC Cleared
4 234 (5.01%) ACCA
5 222 (4.75%) CIMA
6 168 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 153 (3.27%) DBS Check
8 148 (3.17%) CISSP
9 111 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
10 104 (2.23%) Master's Degree
11 100 (2.14%) CISM
12 94 (2.01%) PMI Certification
13 83 (1.78%) PMP
14 82 (1.76%) DV Cleared
15 72 (1.54%) IRCA
16 71 (1.52%) Azure Certification
16 71 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
17 68 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
18 59 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
19 55 (1.18%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 439 (9.40%) Data Quality
2 350 (7.49%) GDPR
3 291 (6.23%) QA
4 246 (5.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 210 (4.49%) NIST
6 126 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 115 (2.46%) SLA
8 103 (2.20%) ISO 9001
8 103 (2.20%) PCI DSS
9 99 (2.12%) Accessibility
10 62 (1.33%) PMO
11 60 (1.28%) GRC
12 53 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 38 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 38 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 33 (0.71%) IFRS
15 31 (0.66%) COBIT
16 28 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 23 (0.49%) NCSC
18 22 (0.47%) ITGC
System Software
1 237 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 77 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (1.52%) Docker
4 64 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.03%) Terminal Server
6 25 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.34%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.26%) 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 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.086%) XenApp
13 3 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.043%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.043%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) KVM
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 128 (2.74%) Terraform
2 78 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 69 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 59 (1.26%) Ansible
5 32 (0.68%) Grafana
6 29 (0.62%) SCCM
7 24 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 24 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (0.49%) Nagios
9 12 (0.26%) QRadar
10 11 (0.24%) Kibana
11 8 (0.17%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.13%) Control-M
12 6 (0.13%) logstash
12 6 (0.13%) Packer
13 5 (0.11%) CASB
13 5 (0.11%) Graylog
14 4 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.086%) RSA Archer
14 4 (0.086%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,102 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 198 (4.24%) SAP
3 177 (3.79%) Google
4 174 (3.72%) Oracle
5 147 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 136 (2.91%) VMware
7 108 (2.31%) Databricks
7 108 (2.31%) ServiceNow
8 96 (2.05%) SolarWinds
9 93 (1.99%) Splunk
10 78 (1.67%) Workday
11 72 (1.54%) Cisco
12 58 (1.24%) Veeam
13 52 (1.11%) IBM
14 50 (1.07%) Dell
15 49 (1.05%) Tanium
16 48 (1.03%) Brocade
16 48 (1.03%) Nimble Storage
17 47 (1.01%) Red Hat
18 41 (0.88%) Adobe