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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,882 5,701 9,264
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.56% 13.59% 9.80%
As % of the General category 10.81% 19.18% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,922 2,517 5,425
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,175
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,501 £91,550 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,473 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.02% +12.16% -2.91%

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 45,165 29,724 57,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 51.44% 70.87% 60.41%
Number of salaries quoted 24,223 16,002 39,250
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,607 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,265 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +10.98% -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 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +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 22 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 22 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 4,347 £54,500 -0.91% 2,350
UK excluding London -26 3,029 £48,445 -4.02% 1,809
London -8 1,541 £67,500 +3.85% 883
Work from Home -7 1,421 £55,000 - 1,018
North of England -30 857 £45,000 -10.00% 414
South East -4 793 £50,000 -4.96% 536
Midlands -26 573 £48,000 - 355
North West -25 485 £45,000 -10.00% 234
West Midlands -25 347 £51,275 +5.18% 215
Yorkshire -12 281 £50,000 +11.11% 131
South West -25 261 £50,000 -0.99% 199
East of England -37 256 £42,879 -15.87% 177
East Midlands -11 224 £45,000 - 139
Scotland -21 165 £40,000 -23.81% 74
North East -20 91 £48,445 +25.83% 56
Wales +5 84 £42,500 -15.21% 52
Northern Ireland -22 51 £40,000 -27.27% 42
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
1 143 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 73 (1.50%) Apache Spark
4 73 (1.50%) Confluence
5 50 (1.02%) CMS
6 35 (0.72%) Apache
7 20 (0.41%) WordPress
8 18 (0.37%) IIS
9 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
9 11 (0.23%) SAS
10 6 (0.12%) nginx
11 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.082%) Drupal
12 3 (0.061%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.061%) govService
12 3 (0.061%) JBoss
13 2 (0.041%) MTS
13 2 (0.041%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 646 (13.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 280 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 98 (2.01%) MS Visio
5 32 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 30 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 14 (0.29%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.20%) CATIA
11 5 (0.10%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.082%) Trello
13 3 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.061%) Photoshop
14 2 (0.041%) Simulink
15 1 (0.020%) Revit
15 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
15 1 (0.020%) SOLIDWORKS
15 1 (0.020%) SPSS
15 1 (0.020%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 66 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 40 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 23 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 15 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 15 (0.31%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.29%) Endur
7 14 (0.29%) Maximo
7 14 (0.29%) Workday HCM
8 13 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
9 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
10 10 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
11 9 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
12 8 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
12 8 (0.16%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Magento
13 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
13 7 (0.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 870 (17.82%) Azure
2 672 (13.76%) Power Platform
3 477 (9.77%) AWS
4 332 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
5 266 (5.45%) SaaS
6 211 (4.32%) GCP
7 149 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
8 144 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
9 109 (2.23%) Entra ID
10 106 (2.17%) GitHub
11 98 (2.01%) Power Automate
12 94 (1.93%) Snowflake
13 89 (1.82%) dbt
14 76 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 72 (1.47%) Google Analytics
16 70 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 67 (1.37%) Amazon S3
18 62 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
19 60 (1.23%) Serverless
20 59 (1.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 188 (3.85%) Firewall
2 148 (3.03%) DNS
3 119 (2.44%) VPN
4 117 (2.40%) DHCP
5 79 (1.62%) WAN
6 69 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 69 (1.41%) Wireless
7 68 (1.39%) LAN
8 61 (1.25%) VLAN
8 61 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
9 50 (1.02%) Network Security
10 45 (0.92%) Broadband
10 45 (0.92%) SAN
11 39 (0.80%) BGP
12 33 (0.68%) OSPF
12 33 (0.68%) Wireshark
13 29 (0.59%) EIGRP
14 28 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
15 26 (0.53%) SD-WAN
16 23 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 606 (12.41%) Power BI
2 392 (8.03%) Tableau
3 220 (4.51%) SQL Server
4 171 (3.50%) Data Mining
5 170 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
6 95 (1.95%) Metadata
7 91 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 78 (1.60%) Data Lake
9 74 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 74 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 67 (1.37%) Looker
11 61 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 54 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
13 48 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
13 48 (0.98%) MySQL
14 46 (0.94%) BigQuery
14 46 (0.94%) NoSQL
14 46 (0.94%) Power Query
15 38 (0.78%) Oracle Database
15 38 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 184 (3.77%) JIRA
2 130 (2.66%) Git
3 49 (1.00%) GitLab
4 39 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.66%) MLflow
6 29 (0.59%) Selenium
7 25 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
8 18 (0.37%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.35%) Visual Studio
10 16 (0.33%) Balsamiq
11 15 (0.31%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.29%) Axure RP
12 14 (0.29%) Cucumber
12 14 (0.29%) ERwin
12 14 (0.29%) Subversion
13 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
14 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.20%) Postman
15 10 (0.20%) SonarQube
16 9 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 2,393 (49.02%) Social Skills
2 1,813 (37.14%) Finance
3 435 (8.91%) Marketing
4 353 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 293 (6.00%) Banking
6 267 (5.47%) Law
7 265 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 263 (5.39%) Retail
9 255 (5.22%) Legal
10 249 (5.10%) Public Sector
11 197 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
12 169 (3.46%) Manufacturing
13 127 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 116 (2.38%) Telecoms
15 106 (2.17%) Financial Institution
16 83 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
17 75 (1.54%) Advertising
18 69 (1.41%) Electronics
19 62 (1.27%) Games
20 58 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,313 (26.89%) Analyst
2 671 (13.74%) Senior
3 369 (7.56%) Data Analyst
4 306 (6.27%) Lead
5 279 (5.71%) Business Analyst
6 243 (4.98%) Developer
7 222 (4.55%) Architect
8 210 (4.30%) Consultant
9 159 (3.26%) Support Analyst
9 159 (3.26%) Trainee
10 147 (3.01%) Trainee Analyst
10 147 (3.01%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 144 (2.95%) Systems Engineer
12 141 (2.89%) Senior Manager
13 134 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
14 119 (2.44%) IT Support
15 118 (2.42%) Financial Analyst
16 106 (2.17%) Data Engineer
16 106 (2.17%) Support Engineer
17 98 (2.01%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (2.93%) HTML
2 130 (2.66%) CSS
3 91 (1.86%) .NET
4 85 (1.74%) REST
5 83 (1.70%) React
6 79 (1.62%) JSON
7 75 (1.54%) Middleware
8 66 (1.35%) XML
9 57 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 53 (1.09%) Kafka
10 53 (1.09%) TensorFlow
11 47 (0.96%) Node.js
11 47 (0.96%) SOAP
12 42 (0.86%) scikit-learn
13 36 (0.74%) PySpark
14 33 (0.68%) LangChain
14 33 (0.68%) Pandas
15 31 (0.63%) EDI
16 30 (0.61%) Web Services
17 28 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 521 (10.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 265 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
3 242 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 230 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 205 (4.20%) Product Ownership
6 102 (2.09%) Data Centre
7 101 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 97 (1.99%) Cloud Native
9 87 (1.78%) Data Structures
10 81 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
11 80 (1.64%) Security Posture
12 73 (1.50%) Algorithms
13 62 (1.27%) Driving Licence
14 57 (1.17%) Social Media
15 55 (1.13%) Virtual Team
16 49 (1.00%) Public Cloud
17 46 (0.94%) FMCG
18 45 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 45 (0.92%) Low-Code
19 42 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 356 (7.29%) Windows
2 202 (4.14%) Linux
3 152 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 62 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.72%) Unix
6 24 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 22 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 21 (0.43%) Android
9 18 (0.37%) 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 (0.020%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,210 (45.27%) Problem-Solving
2 1,196 (24.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,118 (22.90%) Analytics
4 1,032 (21.14%) Decision-Making
5 857 (17.55%) Agile
6 739 (15.14%) Business Intelligence
7 720 (14.75%) AI
8 632 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 621 (12.72%) Project Management
10 543 (11.12%) Data Analysis
11 480 (9.83%) Actionable Insight
12 446 (9.14%) Mentoring
13 430 (8.81%) Data Modelling
14 424 (8.68%) Analytical Thinking
15 417 (8.54%) Roadmaps
16 414 (8.48%) Process Improvement
17 412 (8.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 404 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
19 383 (7.85%) DevOps
20 367 (7.52%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,049 (21.49%) SQL
2 866 (17.74%) Python
3 183 (3.75%) JavaScript
4 175 (3.58%) Java
5 169 (3.46%) PowerShell
6 117 (2.40%) C#
7 90 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.25%) R
9 58 (1.19%) Bash
10 45 (0.92%) T-SQL
10 45 (0.92%) TypeScript
11 44 (0.90%) C++
12 42 (0.86%) VBA
13 26 (0.53%) MATLAB
14 23 (0.47%) Scala
15 20 (0.41%) Go
16 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.33%) PL/SQL
18 15 (0.31%) PHP
19 14 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 1,033 (21.16%) Degree
2 381 (7.80%) Security Cleared
3 270 (5.53%) SC Cleared
4 248 (5.08%) ACCA
5 236 (4.83%) CIMA
6 173 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 155 (3.17%) CISSP
8 145 (2.97%) DBS Check
9 139 (2.85%) Master's Degree
10 103 (2.11%) PMI Certification
11 98 (2.01%) CISM
12 97 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
13 91 (1.86%) PMP
14 82 (1.68%) DV Cleared
15 76 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
16 72 (1.47%) IRCA
17 66 (1.35%) Azure Certification
18 64 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
19 57 (1.17%) CISA
20 52 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 428 (8.77%) Data Quality
2 337 (6.90%) GDPR
3 287 (5.88%) QA
4 236 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 205 (4.20%) NIST
6 133 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 105 (2.15%) PCI DSS
8 100 (2.05%) SLA
9 93 (1.90%) Accessibility
9 93 (1.90%) ISO 9001
10 81 (1.66%) PMO
11 71 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 60 (1.23%) GRC
13 41 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 39 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 33 (0.68%) IFRS
16 31 (0.63%) COBIT
17 29 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 25 (0.51%) SOC 2
19 21 (0.43%) ITGC
System Software
1 258 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 74 (1.52%) Hyper-V
2 74 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (1.50%) Docker
4 56 (1.15%) Terminal Server
5 18 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.25%) vSphere
8 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
9 8 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.082%) Firmware
10 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.082%) XenApp
11 3 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.020%) KVM
13 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 134 (2.74%) Terraform
2 78 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 67 (1.37%) Ansible
4 65 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (0.74%) Grafana
6 29 (0.59%) SCCM
7 28 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 19 (0.39%) Nagios
10 10 (0.20%) QRadar
11 8 (0.16%) Kibana
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%) Computer Incident Response Team
15 4 (0.082%) Backup Exec
15 4 (0.082%) Packer
15 4 (0.082%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 1,190 (24.38%) Microsoft
2 207 (4.24%) SAP
3 174 (3.56%) Oracle
4 168 (3.44%) Google
5 144 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 141 (2.89%) VMware
7 117 (2.40%) ServiceNow
8 104 (2.13%) Databricks
8 104 (2.13%) SolarWinds
9 95 (1.95%) Splunk
10 83 (1.70%) Workday
11 71 (1.45%) Cisco
12 64 (1.31%) Veeam
13 57 (1.17%) Tanium
14 56 (1.15%) Brocade
14 56 (1.15%) Nimble Storage
15 52 (1.07%) IBM
16 47 (0.96%) Dell
17 43 (0.88%) Red Hat
18 38 (0.78%) Adobe