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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 6,089 6,082 7,541
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.39% 12.24% 9.61%
As % of the General category 11.69% 17.93% 16.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,679 2,563 3,066
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

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 52,084 33,922 44,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.10% 68.28% 56.82%
Number of salaries quoted 32,123 17,744 23,617
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.66%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -16 5,424 £52,500 - 3,955
UK excluding London -16 4,013 £47,500 +5.56% 2,501
Work from Home -7 2,035 £55,000 +10.00% 1,653
London -11 1,784 £67,500 +3.85% 2,016
North of England -19 1,099 £47,500 +6.74% 549
South East -10 959 £49,536 -0.93% 757
Midlands -10 694 £47,500 +5.56% 417
North West -16 673 £46,500 +3.33% 309
South West -10 574 £47,500 +5.56% 357
West Midlands -17 357 £48,000 +6.67% 245
East Midlands -4 334 £45,000 +3.45% 174
Yorkshire -9 295 £47,000 +17.50% 195
East of England -17 253 £47,500 +13.77% 212
Wales -7 191 £46,250 -7.82% 57
Scotland -22 136 £44,000 +11.39% 156
North East -16 131 £50,500 +26.25% 52
Northern Ireland -13 115 £42,500 -22.73% 62

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
1 187 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 178 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 106 (1.74%) Confluence
4 47 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 44 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 41 (0.67%) CMS
7 37 (0.61%) IIS
8 35 (0.57%) Apache
9 28 (0.46%) SAS
10 11 (0.18%) WordPress
11 10 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 10 (0.16%) Headless CMS
11 10 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 10 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
12 9 (0.15%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.15%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.13%) OpenStack
14 3 (0.049%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.049%) Appian
14 3 (0.049%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 671 (11.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 284 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
3 119 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 72 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 45 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
6 36 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 15 (0.25%) Simulink
8 10 (0.16%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.099%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.082%) Acrobat
11 5 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.082%) CATIA
11 5 (0.082%) EPLAN
11 5 (0.082%) Photoshop
11 5 (0.082%) Revit
12 4 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.049%) LaTeX
13 3 (0.049%) Siemens NX
13 3 (0.049%) Trello
Business Applications
1 107 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 63 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 39 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 35 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
5 23 (0.38%) Shopify
6 18 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 15 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 14 (0.23%) Workday HCM
9 12 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
9 12 (0.20%) SAP CO
9 12 (0.20%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.18%) Magento
10 11 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
11 10 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
11 10 (0.16%) SAP Business One
11 10 (0.16%) SAP ERP
11 10 (0.16%) SAP PM
12 9 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 9 (0.15%) Fidessa
12 9 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 998 (16.39%) Azure
2 720 (11.82%) Power Platform
3 624 (10.25%) AWS
4 435 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 392 (6.44%) SaaS
6 284 (4.66%) GCP
7 159 (2.61%) Entra ID
8 155 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
8 155 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
9 125 (2.05%) Google Analytics
10 107 (1.76%) Google Ads
11 104 (1.71%) GitHub
12 90 (1.48%) Snowflake
13 85 (1.40%) Serverless
14 82 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
14 82 (1.35%) Power Automate
15 80 (1.31%) dbt
15 80 (1.31%) Meta Ads
16 79 (1.30%) PowerApps
17 75 (1.23%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 199 (3.27%) DNS
2 155 (2.55%) DHCP
3 154 (2.53%) Firewall
4 132 (2.17%) VPN
5 102 (1.68%) TCP/IP
6 77 (1.26%) WAN
7 74 (1.22%) LAN
8 68 (1.12%) Network Security
9 61 (1.00%) Wireless
10 54 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
11 52 (0.85%) Broadband
12 47 (0.77%) VLAN
13 46 (0.76%) Internet
14 39 (0.64%) SAN
15 35 (0.57%) HTTP
16 32 (0.53%) VoIP
17 26 (0.43%) BGP
18 23 (0.38%) SD-WAN
18 23 (0.38%) SMS
19 22 (0.36%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 641 (10.53%) Power BI
2 221 (3.63%) Tableau
3 219 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 186 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
5 112 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
6 108 (1.77%) Relational Database
7 96 (1.58%) Metadata
8 93 (1.53%) Looker
9 85 (1.40%) MySQL
10 74 (1.22%) Data Lake
10 74 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
11 72 (1.18%) Power Query
11 72 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 60 (0.99%) BigQuery
13 59 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 54 (0.89%) Big Data
15 47 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
15 47 (0.77%) NoSQL
16 38 (0.62%) MongoDB
17 35 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 262 (4.30%) JIRA
2 208 (3.42%) Git
3 54 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 49 (0.80%) GitLab
5 32 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 29 (0.48%) Selenium
7 24 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 24 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 23 (0.38%) MLflow
9 20 (0.33%) Postman
10 19 (0.31%) Claude Code
11 16 (0.26%) Bitbucket
12 15 (0.25%) Chocolatey
12 15 (0.25%) LabVIEW
12 15 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
13 14 (0.23%) JMeter
14 13 (0.21%) Burp Suite
14 13 (0.21%) Cypress.io
15 12 (0.20%) SonarQube
15 12 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2,977 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 2,003 (32.90%) Finance
3 678 (11.13%) Marketing
4 536 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 483 (7.93%) Organisational Skills
6 413 (6.78%) Retail
7 412 (6.77%) Law
8 389 (6.39%) Public Sector
9 378 (6.21%) Legal
10 323 (5.30%) Manufacturing
11 311 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
12 239 (3.93%) Banking
13 204 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
14 188 (3.09%) Aerospace
15 141 (2.32%) Telecoms
16 137 (2.25%) Electronics
17 112 (1.84%) Advertising
18 95 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
19 70 (1.15%) Financial Institution
20 67 (1.10%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,372 (22.53%) Analyst
2 781 (12.83%) Senior
3 421 (6.91%) Lead
4 312 (5.12%) Data Analyst
5 297 (4.88%) Business Analyst
6 288 (4.73%) Developer
7 236 (3.88%) Consultant
8 232 (3.81%) Architect
9 198 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
10 193 (3.17%) Systems Engineer
11 184 (3.02%) Data Engineer
11 184 (3.02%) Support Analyst
12 129 (2.12%) Support Engineer
13 119 (1.95%) IT Support
14 111 (1.82%) IT Manager
15 108 (1.77%) Applications Support
16 107 (1.76%) Security Analyst
17 106 (1.74%) Senior Manager
18 97 (1.59%) Systems Analyst
19 96 (1.58%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (2.66%) .NET
2 146 (2.40%) Terraform
3 129 (2.12%) REST
4 125 (2.05%) HTML
5 116 (1.91%) CSS
6 90 (1.48%) JSON
7 79 (1.30%) XML
8 78 (1.28%) Middleware
9 77 (1.26%) RESTful
10 71 (1.17%) Kafka
11 67 (1.10%) React
12 62 (1.02%) SOAP
13 61 (1.00%) PySpark
14 57 (0.94%) PyTorch
15 50 (0.82%) TensorFlow
16 48 (0.79%) EDI
17 46 (0.76%) Web Services
18 43 (0.71%) LDAP
19 40 (0.66%) Spring Boot
20 39 (0.64%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 488 (8.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 398 (6.54%) Management Information System
3 382 (6.27%) Onboarding
4 303 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
5 296 (4.86%) Product Ownership
6 157 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
7 145 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 141 (2.32%) Cloud Native
9 140 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
10 118 (1.94%) Blog
10 118 (1.94%) Social Media
11 108 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
12 104 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
13 103 (1.69%) Data Centre
14 102 (1.68%) Security Posture
15 98 (1.61%) Virtual Team
16 85 (1.40%) Data Structures
17 72 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
18 65 (1.07%) Algorithms
19 58 (0.95%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 465 (7.64%) Windows
2 280 (4.60%) Linux
3 219 (3.60%) Windows Server
4 93 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 40 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 32 (0.53%) Unix
7 30 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 27 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 17 (0.28%) Android
12 10 (0.16%) CentOS
13 8 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.099%) Debian
14 6 (0.099%) VMS
15 5 (0.082%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.066%) CoreOS
17 3 (0.049%) Rocky
18 2 (0.033%) AIX
18 2 (0.033%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,959 (48.60%) Problem-Solving
2 1,780 (29.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,432 (23.52%) Decision-Making
4 1,279 (21.01%) Analytics
5 1,170 (19.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 1,112 (18.26%) AI
7 1,077 (17.69%) Agile
8 801 (13.15%) Business Intelligence
9 630 (10.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 623 (10.23%) Roadmaps
11 580 (9.53%) Mentoring
12 579 (9.51%) Actionable Insight
13 551 (9.05%) Validation
14 541 (8.88%) Project Management
15 533 (8.75%) Data Analysis
16 497 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
17 495 (8.13%) Process Improvement
18 483 (7.93%) Data Modelling
19 477 (7.83%) CRM
19 477 (7.83%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,194 (19.61%) SQL
2 871 (14.30%) Python
3 230 (3.78%) JavaScript
4 219 (3.60%) Java
5 196 (3.22%) C#
6 191 (3.14%) PowerShell
7 116 (1.91%) C++
8 89 (1.46%) Bash
9 81 (1.33%) R
10 80 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 70 (1.15%) TypeScript
12 52 (0.85%) MATLAB
13 49 (0.80%) T-SQL
14 39 (0.64%) C
15 29 (0.48%) Scala
16 27 (0.44%) PHP
16 27 (0.44%) PL/SQL
17 22 (0.36%) Perl
18 21 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
19 20 (0.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,212 (19.90%) Degree
2 679 (11.15%) Security Cleared
3 467 (7.67%) SC Cleared
4 247 (4.06%) ACCA
5 230 (3.78%) CIMA
6 179 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 161 (2.64%) DV Cleared
8 159 (2.61%) CISSP
9 151 (2.48%) DBS Check
10 127 (2.09%) CISM
11 124 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
12 115 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
13 97 (1.59%) Master's Degree
14 82 (1.35%) Azure Certification
15 78 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
16 69 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
17 64 (1.05%) PMI Certification
18 63 (1.03%) HND
19 50 (0.82%) CRISC
20 49 (0.80%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 598 (9.82%) Data Quality
2 378 (6.21%) QA
3 358 (5.88%) GDPR
4 243 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 196 (3.22%) Accessibility
6 186 (3.05%) NIST
7 152 (2.50%) SLA
8 148 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 120 (1.97%) PCI DSS
10 85 (1.40%) ISO 9001
11 69 (1.13%) GRC
12 60 (0.99%) PMO
13 47 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 39 (0.64%) IFRS
16 35 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 31 (0.51%) COBIT
18 30 (0.49%) NCSC
19 25 (0.41%) DO-254
19 25 (0.41%) GAAP
System Software
1 334 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 133 (2.18%) Docker
3 99 (1.63%) Hyper-V
4 89 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.18%) Terminal Server
6 39 (0.64%) Firmware
7 22 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.15%) vSphere
10 8 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.11%) Ceph
12 4 (0.066%) KVM
12 4 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.049%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.033%) IAG
14 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
14 2 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 113 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 86 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 77 (1.26%) Ansible
4 41 (0.67%) Grafana
5 40 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.39%) SCCM
7 21 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 20 (0.33%) QRadar
9 19 (0.31%) Kibana
10 13 (0.21%) Nagios
11 11 (0.18%) Nmap
11 11 (0.18%) Podman
12 9 (0.15%) Argo
12 9 (0.15%) logstash
13 8 (0.13%) Kubeflow
14 7 (0.11%) Check_MK
14 7 (0.11%) Istio
14 7 (0.11%) Packer
15 6 (0.099%) Graylog
15 6 (0.099%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1,391 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 347 (5.70%) Google
3 238 (3.91%) SAP
4 187 (3.07%) Oracle
5 178 (2.92%) VMware
6 150 (2.46%) Splunk
7 140 (2.30%) Databricks
8 134 (2.20%) ServiceNow
9 131 (2.15%) Salesforce
10 98 (1.61%) SolarWinds
11 89 (1.46%) Cisco
12 81 (1.33%) Veeam
13 73 (1.20%) Brocade
13 73 (1.20%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.18%) Tanium
15 68 (1.12%) Adobe
16 65 (1.07%) Workday
17 60 (0.99%) YouTube
18 59 (0.97%) HubSpot
19 42 (0.69%) Dell