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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,617 6,367 4,838
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 10.54% 9.29% 9.26%
As % of the General category 16.72% 15.74% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,674 2,654 3,444
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,188 £70,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +3.35%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,600 40,442 34,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 63.04% 59.03% 65.22%
Number of salaries quoted 19,344 19,668 25,431
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.73% +2.00% -4.76%

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 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 +5 4,869 £50,000 -9.09% 4,152
UK excluding London +4 3,598 £45,000 -10.00% 2,718
Work from Home +6 2,027 £50,000 -12.66% 1,765
London +3 1,679 £65,250 +0.38% 1,815
South East +5 909 £45,500 -9.00% 934
North of England +4 878 £45,000 -10.00% 599
Midlands +6 645 £44,543 -7.20% 481
North West -8 445 £45,000 -14.29% 364
South West +8 405 £45,000 -14.69% 255
West Midlands +7 381 £52,500 +5.00% 306
Scotland +3 356 £33,500 -44.17% 138
Yorkshire +8 317 £40,000 -23.81% 159
East of England +5 316 £40,000 -27.27% 249
East Midlands +6 262 £37,500 -11.76% 169
North East +17 116 £45,000 +7.14% 82
Wales +18 80 £48,122 +6.94% 65
Northern Ireland -2 39 £52,500 -28.54% 54
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -5 1 - - 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
1 136 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (1.82%) Confluence
3 99 (1.76%) SharePoint
4 70 (1.25%) CMS
5 52 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 23 (0.41%) WordPress
7 18 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
8 17 (0.30%) Apache
9 16 (0.28%) SAS
10 10 (0.18%) Camunda
11 7 (0.12%) IIS
11 7 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 7 (0.12%) Skype for Business
12 6 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.11%) Drupal
12 6 (0.11%) nginx
12 6 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 4 (0.071%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.071%) Moodle
13 4 (0.071%) Umbraco
Applications
1 796 (14.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 559 (9.95%) Chatbot
3 380 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
4 144 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 53 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 49 (0.87%) Maya
7 43 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
8 37 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
9 24 (0.43%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.25%) Adobe XD
11 11 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
12 6 (0.11%) Simulink
13 5 (0.089%) Photoshop
14 4 (0.071%) Blender
14 4 (0.071%) CATIA
14 4 (0.071%) Oracle Smart View
14 4 (0.071%) PlantUML
15 3 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
15 3 (0.053%) Sketch
15 3 (0.053%) Stata
Business Applications
1 170 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 72 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (1.21%) SAP MDG
4 47 (0.84%) NetSuite
5 42 (0.75%) Shopify
6 39 (0.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 39 (0.69%) SAP FI
7 38 (0.68%) SAP CO
7 38 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
8 29 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
9 24 (0.43%) SAP IBP
10 20 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
11 16 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
12 14 (0.25%) Endur
12 14 (0.25%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.23%) Sage X3
13 13 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
13 13 (0.23%) Sprinklr
14 12 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
14 12 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 813 (14.47%) Azure
2 633 (11.27%) Power Platform
3 442 (7.87%) AWS
4 271 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
5 257 (4.58%) SaaS
6 156 (2.78%) GCP
7 126 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
8 111 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
9 106 (1.89%) Google Analytics
10 72 (1.28%) Entra ID
11 70 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 68 (1.21%) GitHub
13 62 (1.10%) Snowflake
14 59 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 59 (1.05%) Serverless
15 52 (0.93%) Power Automate
16 51 (0.91%) PaaS
17 50 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
18 44 (0.78%) Google Ads
19 42 (0.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 159 (2.83%) DNS
2 132 (2.35%) DHCP
3 123 (2.19%) Firewall
4 73 (1.30%) Network Security
5 72 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
6 70 (1.25%) VPN
7 65 (1.16%) LAN
8 59 (1.05%) WAN
9 49 (0.87%) TCP/IP
10 41 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
11 36 (0.64%) Wireless
12 33 (0.59%) SMS
12 33 (0.59%) VoIP
13 30 (0.53%) VLAN
14 26 (0.46%) Internet
15 24 (0.43%) Broadband
16 18 (0.32%) OSPF
17 16 (0.28%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
18 15 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 583 (10.38%) Power BI
2 308 (5.48%) Tableau
3 202 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 166 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
5 132 (2.35%) Data Mining
6 121 (2.15%) Data Lake
7 116 (2.07%) Metadata
8 107 (1.90%) Relational Database
9 101 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
10 68 (1.21%) Looker
11 60 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 59 (1.05%) MySQL
13 58 (1.03%) NoSQL
13 58 (1.03%) SAP BW
14 44 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
14 44 (0.78%) Big Data
15 38 (0.68%) Power Query
16 37 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
17 35 (0.62%) GIS
17 35 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 233 (4.15%) JIRA
2 108 (1.92%) Git
3 56 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 52 (0.93%) Selenium
5 44 (0.78%) GitLab
6 19 (0.34%) Maven
6 19 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.27%) Postman
8 14 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 13 (0.23%) Robot Framework
10 12 (0.21%) JUnit
10 12 (0.21%) WebDriver
11 11 (0.20%) Axure RP
11 11 (0.20%) Balsamiq
11 11 (0.20%) Snyk
11 11 (0.20%) Subversion
12 10 (0.18%) ERwin
13 9 (0.16%) ER Studio
13 9 (0.16%) TestRail
General
1 2,899 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 1,832 (32.62%) Finance
3 686 (12.21%) Marketing
4 445 (7.92%) Law
5 375 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 368 (6.55%) Retail
7 332 (5.91%) Legal
8 310 (5.52%) Banking
9 257 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
10 244 (4.34%) Manufacturing
10 244 (4.34%) Public Sector
11 241 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
12 160 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
13 150 (2.67%) Telecoms
14 139 (2.47%) Financial Institution
15 118 (2.10%) Advertising
16 105 (1.87%) Games
17 99 (1.76%) Electronics
18 73 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
19 63 (1.12%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,174 (20.90%) Analyst
2 689 (12.27%) Senior
3 557 (9.92%) Trainer
4 431 (7.67%) Lead
5 301 (5.36%) Architect
6 299 (5.32%) Data Analyst
7 249 (4.43%) Developer
8 216 (3.85%) Consultant
9 198 (3.53%) Business Analyst
10 178 (3.17%) Support Analyst
11 159 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
12 149 (2.65%) IT Support
13 136 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
14 130 (2.31%) Systems Engineer
15 112 (1.99%) Trainee
16 110 (1.96%) IT Manager
17 106 (1.89%) Applications Support
17 106 (1.89%) Financial Analyst
18 105 (1.87%) Business Manager
19 101 (1.80%) Innovation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (2.60%) HTML
2 115 (2.05%) CSS
3 94 (1.67%) React
4 88 (1.57%) REST
5 73 (1.30%) .NET
6 53 (0.94%) Kafka
7 52 (0.93%) Middleware
8 50 (0.89%) Spring
9 48 (0.85%) JSON
10 39 (0.69%) AngularJS
11 36 (0.64%) XML
12 33 (0.59%) EDI
13 32 (0.57%) SOAP
14 29 (0.52%) Node.js
14 29 (0.52%) Web Services
15 27 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
16 26 (0.46%) LangChain
17 25 (0.45%) PySpark
18 24 (0.43%) Playwright
19 23 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 593 (10.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 401 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 392 (6.98%) Onboarding
4 294 (5.23%) Management Information System
5 206 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 167 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
7 127 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
8 109 (1.94%) Driving Licence
9 93 (1.66%) Algorithms
10 85 (1.51%) Data Centre
11 82 (1.46%) FMCG
12 76 (1.35%) Cloud Native
13 68 (1.21%) Social Media
14 66 (1.18%) Data Structures
15 59 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 55 (0.98%) Security Posture
16 55 (0.98%) Virtual Team
17 51 (0.91%) Robotics
18 49 (0.87%) e-Learning
19 45 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 333 (5.93%) Windows
2 216 (3.85%) Linux
3 143 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 90 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.55%) Unix
6 21 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 17 (0.30%) Android
8 11 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 6 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.089%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.053%) OpenWrt
13 3 (0.053%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.053%) VMS
14 1 (0.018%) AIX
14 1 (0.018%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.018%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.018%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,535 (45.13%) Problem-Solving
2 1,317 (23.45%) AI
3 1,197 (21.31%) Analytics
4 1,105 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,053 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 1,001 (17.82%) Agile
7 855 (15.22%) Project Management
8 791 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
9 655 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 569 (10.13%) Chemistry
11 561 (9.99%) Conversational UI
12 529 (9.42%) Data Analysis
13 485 (8.63%) Risk Management
14 468 (8.33%) ERP
15 462 (8.23%) Roadmaps
16 458 (8.15%) Cybersecurity
17 454 (8.08%) Customer Service
18 450 (8.01%) CRM
19 448 (7.98%) Mentoring
20 426 (7.58%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,010 (17.98%) SQL
2 659 (11.73%) Python
3 179 (3.19%) Java
4 175 (3.12%) JavaScript
5 128 (2.28%) C#
6 87 (1.55%) PowerShell
7 84 (1.50%) R
8 54 (0.96%) C++
8 54 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 46 (0.82%) T-SQL
10 43 (0.77%) Bash
11 40 (0.71%) VBA
12 39 (0.69%) TypeScript
13 31 (0.55%) PL/SQL
14 26 (0.46%) C
15 24 (0.43%) Scala
16 20 (0.36%) Go
17 19 (0.34%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.28%) PHP
19 15 (0.27%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,928 (34.32%) Degree
2 738 (13.14%) Master's Degree
3 576 (10.25%) PhD
4 452 (8.05%) Security Cleared
5 327 (5.82%) SC Cleared
6 203 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 183 (3.26%) CISSP
8 167 (2.97%) ACCA
9 160 (2.85%) CIMA
10 104 (1.85%) DBS Check
11 100 (1.78%) DV Cleared
12 82 (1.46%) CISM
13 81 (1.44%) PMI Certification
14 67 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
15 66 (1.18%) PMP
16 62 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
16 62 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
17 59 (1.05%) Azure Certification
18 53 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
19 52 (0.93%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (5.16%) QA
2 283 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 205 (3.65%) GDPR
4 189 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 143 (2.55%) PCI DSS
6 136 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 119 (2.12%) PMO
8 116 (2.07%) NIST
9 115 (2.05%) Accessibility
10 56 (1.00%) SLA
11 39 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 37 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
13 34 (0.61%) GRC
14 22 (0.39%) IFRS
15 20 (0.36%) ISO 9001
15 20 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.28%) WCAG
17 13 (0.23%) COBIT
18 12 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 10 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 240 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 119 (2.12%) Hyper-V
3 88 (1.57%) Terminal Server
4 61 (1.09%) Docker
5 46 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 28 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.30%) Firmware
8 10 (0.18%) vSphere
9 7 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.089%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.071%) HDFS
11 4 (0.071%) zsh
12 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.018%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.018%) NFS
12 1 (0.018%) RACF
12 1 (0.018%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 84 (1.50%) Terraform
2 79 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 51 (0.91%) Ansible
4 37 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.34%) Grafana
6 16 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.14%) SCCM
9 7 (0.12%) QRadar
10 6 (0.11%) SCOM
11 4 (0.071%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.071%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.071%) Nessus
11 4 (0.071%) Rancher
11 4 (0.071%) vRealize
12 3 (0.053%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.053%) Nagios
13 2 (0.036%) AssetCenter
13 2 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.036%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,231 (21.92%) Microsoft
2 554 (9.86%) PayPal
3 430 (7.66%) SAP
4 250 (4.45%) Google
5 222 (3.95%) Oracle
6 170 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 145 (2.58%) VMware
8 126 (2.24%) Splunk
9 117 (2.08%) Databricks
10 107 (1.90%) SolarWinds
11 93 (1.66%) Veeam
12 89 (1.58%) Brocade
13 88 (1.57%) Nimble Storage
13 88 (1.57%) Tanium
14 84 (1.50%) Adobe
15 82 (1.46%) ServiceNow
16 78 (1.39%) Cisco
17 60 (1.07%) Workday
18 51 (0.91%) Alteryx
19 43 (0.77%) Bloomberg