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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,856 5,345 9,007
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.69% 12.99% 9.65%
As % of the General category 10.97% 18.35% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,884 2,486 5,421
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,330 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,445 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.86% +12.10% -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 44,259 29,123 56,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 51.83% 70.75% 60.56%
Number of salaries quoted 23,845 15,794 39,200
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,055 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.10% +5.38% -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 15 April 2026.

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 15 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 -19 4,315 £55,000 - 1,843
UK excluding London -25 3,006 £48,500 -3.86% 1,568
London -8 1,542 £67,500 +3.85% 623
Work from Home -7 1,416 £55,000 - 780
North of England -27 821 £45,000 -10.00% 375
South East -1 800 £50,000 -4.76% 506
Midlands -24 565 £48,250 +0.52% 285
North West -23 464 £45,000 -10.00% 207
West Midlands -26 341 £51,300 +4.16% 176
South West -22 268 £50,000 -1.89% 166
Yorkshire -12 266 £50,000 +11.11% 119
East of England -33 257 £42,879 -15.87% 142
East Midlands -14 222 £45,000 - 110
Scotland -20 174 £40,000 -23.81% 52
North East -15 91 £49,222 +27.85% 54
Wales +4 83 £42,500 -15.21% 55
Northern Ireland -26 49 £40,000 -27.27% 22
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92%
Channel Islands -7 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
1 145 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 77 (1.59%) Confluence
4 74 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 73 (1.50%) Apache Spark
6 50 (1.03%) CMS
7 35 (0.72%) Apache
8 19 (0.39%) WordPress
9 18 (0.37%) IIS
10 17 (0.35%) SAS
11 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.12%) nginx
13 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.062%) Drupal
14 3 (0.062%) govService
14 3 (0.062%) JBoss
15 2 (0.041%) Appian
15 2 (0.041%) Camunda
15 2 (0.041%) Jupyter
Applications
1 662 (13.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 272 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
3 107 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 97 (2.00%) MS Visio
5 34 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 31 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 15 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.21%) CATIA
11 6 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 5 (0.10%) Trello
13 2 (0.041%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.041%) Revit
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
13 2 (0.041%) Sketch
14 1 (0.021%) Lectora
14 1 (0.021%) Notion
14 1 (0.021%) SmartSuite
14 1 (0.021%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 65 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (0.91%) NetSuite
3 43 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 35 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
5 25 (0.51%) SAP CO
6 17 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 16 (0.33%) Endur
8 15 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
8 15 (0.31%) SAP PM
8 15 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 13 (0.27%) Maximo
10 12 (0.25%) SAP ERP
11 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
12 10 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
13 9 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
14 8 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
14 8 (0.16%) Elite 3E
14 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
15 7 (0.14%) Magento
15 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 867 (17.85%) Azure
2 671 (13.82%) Power Platform
3 473 (9.74%) AWS
4 328 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
5 270 (5.56%) SaaS
6 207 (4.26%) GCP
7 149 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
8 144 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
9 105 (2.16%) GitHub
10 101 (2.08%) Power Automate
11 100 (2.06%) Entra ID
12 94 (1.94%) Snowflake
13 88 (1.81%) dbt
14 79 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
15 70 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 69 (1.42%) Google Analytics
17 68 (1.40%) Amazon S3
18 60 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
18 60 (1.24%) Serverless
19 59 (1.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 182 (3.75%) Firewall
2 157 (3.23%) DNS
3 126 (2.59%) DHCP
4 115 (2.37%) VPN
5 75 (1.54%) WAN
6 68 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.38%) Wireless
8 65 (1.34%) LAN
9 62 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
10 61 (1.26%) VLAN
11 49 (1.01%) Network Security
12 45 (0.93%) SAN
13 43 (0.89%) Broadband
14 38 (0.78%) BGP
15 32 (0.66%) OSPF
15 32 (0.66%) Wireshark
16 28 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
16 28 (0.58%) EIGRP
17 25 (0.51%) SD-WAN
18 24 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 608 (12.52%) Power BI
2 407 (8.38%) Tableau
3 225 (4.63%) SQL Server
4 177 (3.64%) Data Mining
5 173 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
6 95 (1.96%) Metadata
6 95 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 83 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
8 82 (1.69%) Data Lake
9 73 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 65 (1.34%) Looker
11 61 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 55 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
13 52 (1.07%) MySQL
14 49 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
15 47 (0.97%) Power Query
16 46 (0.95%) NoSQL
17 45 (0.93%) BigQuery
18 41 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 38 (0.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 189 (3.89%) JIRA
2 136 (2.80%) Git
3 48 (0.99%) GitLab
4 39 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 37 (0.76%) Selenium
6 32 (0.66%) MLflow
7 21 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
8 19 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 18 (0.37%) Chocolatey
10 16 (0.33%) Balsamiq
11 15 (0.31%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.29%) Axure RP
12 14 (0.29%) Subversion
13 13 (0.27%) ERwin
13 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
14 12 (0.25%) Cucumber
14 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.21%) Postman
16 9 (0.19%) Robot Framework
16 9 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 2,398 (49.38%) Social Skills
2 1,826 (37.60%) Finance
3 437 (9.00%) Marketing
4 362 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 308 (6.34%) Banking
6 263 (5.42%) Law
6 263 (5.42%) Organisational Skills
7 259 (5.33%) Legal
8 256 (5.27%) Retail
9 248 (5.11%) Public Sector
10 199 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
11 171 (3.52%) Manufacturing
12 132 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
13 116 (2.39%) Financial Institution
13 116 (2.39%) Telecoms
14 85 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
15 74 (1.52%) Advertising
16 68 (1.40%) Electronics
17 62 (1.28%) Games
18 57 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,297 (26.71%) Analyst
2 664 (13.67%) Senior
3 369 (7.60%) Data Analyst
4 305 (6.28%) Lead
5 268 (5.52%) Business Analyst
6 245 (5.05%) Developer
7 220 (4.53%) Architect
8 207 (4.26%) Consultant
9 167 (3.44%) Support Analyst
10 160 (3.29%) Trainee
11 148 (3.05%) Systems Engineer
11 148 (3.05%) Trainee Analyst
11 148 (3.05%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 141 (2.90%) Senior Manager
13 137 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
14 126 (2.59%) IT Support
15 119 (2.45%) Financial Analyst
16 106 (2.18%) Data Engineer
17 104 (2.14%) Support Engineer
18 94 (1.94%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (2.92%) HTML
2 130 (2.68%) CSS
3 89 (1.83%) .NET
4 84 (1.73%) React
5 75 (1.54%) REST
6 72 (1.48%) JSON
7 65 (1.34%) Middleware
8 64 (1.32%) XML
9 57 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 53 (1.09%) Kafka
10 53 (1.09%) TensorFlow
11 48 (0.99%) Node.js
12 42 (0.86%) scikit-learn
13 40 (0.82%) SOAP
14 37 (0.76%) PySpark
15 33 (0.68%) LangChain
16 31 (0.64%) Pandas
17 29 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
18 27 (0.56%) EDI
18 27 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 509 (10.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 284 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 233 (4.80%) Management Information System
4 230 (4.74%) Onboarding
5 195 (4.02%) Product Ownership
6 108 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
7 100 (2.06%) Data Centre
8 98 (2.02%) Cloud Native
9 91 (1.87%) Data Structures
10 82 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
11 75 (1.54%) Algorithms
12 74 (1.52%) Security Posture
13 65 (1.34%) Driving Licence
14 57 (1.17%) Social Media
15 55 (1.13%) Virtual Team
16 48 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 48 (0.99%) Low-Code
16 48 (0.99%) Public Cloud
17 46 (0.95%) FMCG
18 43 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 358 (7.37%) Windows
2 213 (4.39%) Linux
3 153 (3.15%) Windows Server
4 70 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 37 (0.76%) Unix
6 25 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 19 (0.39%) Android
7 19 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.12%) CentOS
11 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.082%) AIX
12 4 (0.082%) VMS
12 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.041%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.041%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.041%) Rocky
14 1 (0.021%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,230 (45.92%) Problem-Solving
2 1,175 (24.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,144 (23.56%) Analytics
4 1,016 (20.92%) Decision-Making
5 862 (17.75%) Agile
6 749 (15.42%) Business Intelligence
7 726 (14.95%) AI
8 623 (12.83%) Project Management
9 617 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 562 (11.57%) Data Analysis
11 483 (9.95%) Actionable Insight
12 430 (8.86%) Mentoring
13 429 (8.83%) Data Modelling
14 420 (8.65%) Roadmaps
15 415 (8.55%) Analytical Thinking
16 406 (8.36%) Process Improvement
17 396 (8.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 387 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
19 383 (7.89%) DevOps
20 361 (7.43%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1,056 (21.75%) SQL
2 882 (18.16%) Python
3 183 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 170 (3.50%) Java
5 166 (3.42%) PowerShell
6 123 (2.53%) C#
7 91 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 62 (1.28%) R
9 56 (1.15%) Bash
10 49 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 48 (0.99%) C++
12 42 (0.86%) TypeScript
12 42 (0.86%) VBA
13 25 (0.51%) MATLAB
14 20 (0.41%) C
14 20 (0.41%) Scala
15 19 (0.39%) Go
16 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 14 (0.29%) PHP
17 14 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,032 (21.25%) Degree
2 397 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 284 (5.85%) SC Cleared
4 247 (5.09%) ACCA
5 237 (4.88%) CIMA
6 180 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 148 (3.05%) CISSP
8 143 (2.94%) Master's Degree
9 127 (2.62%) DBS Check
10 103 (2.12%) PMI Certification
11 93 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
12 92 (1.89%) CISM
13 90 (1.85%) PMP
14 89 (1.83%) DV Cleared
15 72 (1.48%) IRCA
16 69 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
17 66 (1.36%) Azure Certification
18 60 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
19 52 (1.07%) CISA
20 49 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 423 (8.71%) Data Quality
2 337 (6.94%) GDPR
3 276 (5.68%) QA
4 230 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 198 (4.08%) NIST
6 140 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 112 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 98 (2.02%) Accessibility
9 94 (1.94%) ISO 9001
9 94 (1.94%) SLA
10 80 (1.65%) PMO
11 69 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 55 (1.13%) GRC
13 41 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 35 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 32 (0.66%) IFRS
16 29 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 29 (0.60%) COBIT
17 24 (0.49%) SOC 2
18 21 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 255 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 83 (1.71%) Hyper-V
3 74 (1.52%) Docker
4 72 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 64 (1.32%) Terminal Server
6 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
7 15 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.23%) vSphere
9 9 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 7 (0.14%) IAG
12 4 (0.082%) Firmware
12 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.082%) XenApp
13 3 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) NFS
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 136 (2.80%) Terraform
2 78 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.40%) Ansible
4 60 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (0.74%) Grafana
6 30 (0.62%) SCCM
7 28 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 27 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (0.35%) Nagios
10 7 (0.14%) Control-M
10 7 (0.14%) Kubeflow
10 7 (0.14%) QRadar
11 6 (0.12%) Kibana
12 5 (0.10%) CASB
12 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 5 (0.10%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.082%) Packer
13 4 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
13 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,184 (24.38%) Microsoft
2 205 (4.22%) SAP
3 179 (3.69%) Oracle
4 165 (3.40%) Google
5 146 (3.01%) VMware
6 142 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 117 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 111 (2.29%) SolarWinds
9 108 (2.22%) Databricks
10 100 (2.06%) Splunk
11 73 (1.50%) Workday
12 71 (1.46%) Veeam
13 70 (1.44%) Cisco
14 65 (1.34%) Brocade
14 65 (1.34%) Tanium
15 64 (1.32%) Nimble Storage
16 47 (0.97%) Dell
16 47 (0.97%) IBM
17 41 (0.84%) Red Hat
18 40 (0.82%) Adobe