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 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,921 6,084 9,913
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.18% 13.42% 9.25%
As % of the General category 10.96% 18.51% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,221 2,450 5,400
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,605 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,292 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +11.11% -5.26%

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 44,905 32,869 61,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.29% 72.52% 57.38%
Number of salaries quoted 27,633 16,219 40,774
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,975 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £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 25 June 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 25 June 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 4,489 £55,000 - 1,883
UK excluding London -20 3,098 £48,445 -3.11% 1,442
London -11 1,545 £69,875 +7.50% 751
Work from Home -10 1,524 £55,000 - 771
North of England -18 956 £48,000 +1.05% 312
South East -7 786 £50,000 -9.09% 506
Midlands -10 565 £47,500 - 264
North West -18 560 £46,775 -6.45% 170
South West -25 335 £47,500 -2.07% 168
West Midlands -16 316 £49,000 +3.16% 152
Yorkshire -12 294 £50,000 +11.11% 104
East Midlands -3 248 £45,000 -5.76% 111
East of England -19 238 £45,050 -4.50% 133
Scotland -23 107 £40,000 -21.05% 69
North East -26 102 £55,000 +41.75% 45
Wales -8 83 £53,171 -3.33% 27
Northern Ireland -22 39 £40,000 -27.27% 19

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
1 162 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 121 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 73 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
3 73 (1.48%) Confluence
4 69 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 44 (0.89%) Apache
6 37 (0.75%) CMS
7 22 (0.45%) IIS
8 21 (0.43%) SAS
9 16 (0.33%) WordPress
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 6 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 3 (0.061%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.061%) JBoss
13 3 (0.061%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.041%) Appian
14 2 (0.041%) Camunda
Applications
1 536 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 100 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 84 (1.71%) MS Visio
5 34 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 28 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 8 (0.16%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
11 4 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.081%) Maya
12 3 (0.061%) Blender
12 3 (0.061%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.061%) Trello
13 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.041%) Lectora
13 2 (0.041%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
13 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 73 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.73%) NetSuite
4 30 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 18 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
9 12 (0.24%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.22%) Maximo
10 11 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.18%) Fidessa
11 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.14%) Shopify
13 6 (0.12%) Endur
13 6 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
13 6 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
13 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 882 (17.92%) Azure
2 650 (13.21%) Power Platform
3 486 (9.88%) AWS
4 363 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
5 307 (6.24%) SaaS
6 212 (4.31%) GCP
7 128 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 116 (2.36%) Entra ID
9 114 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
10 84 (1.71%) Google Analytics
11 79 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 77 (1.56%) GitHub
12 77 (1.56%) Power Automate
13 72 (1.46%) Amazon S3
14 68 (1.38%) dbt
15 67 (1.36%) PowerApps
15 67 (1.36%) Snowflake
16 62 (1.26%) Serverless
17 54 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
18 52 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 200 (4.06%) Firewall
2 170 (3.45%) DNS
3 128 (2.60%) DHCP
4 119 (2.42%) VPN
5 85 (1.73%) WAN
6 82 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 77 (1.56%) LAN
8 76 (1.54%) Broadband
9 62 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (1.10%) Wireless
11 50 (1.02%) VLAN
12 47 (0.96%) Network Security
13 41 (0.83%) SAN
14 35 (0.71%) BGP
15 33 (0.67%) HTTP
16 31 (0.63%) Internet
17 27 (0.55%) SD-WAN
18 26 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
19 24 (0.49%) OSPF
19 24 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 578 (11.75%) Power BI
2 294 (5.97%) Tableau
3 186 (3.78%) SQL Server
4 170 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 99 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
6 89 (1.81%) Metadata
7 81 (1.65%) Data Mining
8 72 (1.46%) Data Lake
9 71 (1.44%) Relational Database
10 63 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
11 61 (1.24%) Looker
12 60 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
13 58 (1.18%) Power Query
14 56 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 54 (1.10%) MySQL
16 48 (0.98%) BigQuery
17 45 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 38 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
19 37 (0.75%) Big Data
20 36 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 170 (3.45%) JIRA
2 146 (2.97%) Git
3 53 (1.08%) GitLab
4 35 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
5 31 (0.63%) MLflow
6 30 (0.61%) Jenkins
7 19 (0.39%) Selenium
8 17 (0.35%) Chocolatey
8 17 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.28%) Eclipse
9 14 (0.28%) ERwin
10 13 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
10 13 (0.26%) Postman
11 12 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 12 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 12 (0.24%) Visual Studio
12 10 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
13 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.18%) JMeter
14 8 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2,282 (46.37%) Social Skills
2 1,700 (34.55%) Finance
3 413 (8.39%) Marketing
4 356 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 306 (6.22%) Organisational Skills
6 300 (6.10%) Public Sector
7 273 (5.55%) Retail
8 267 (5.43%) Law
9 265 (5.39%) Legal
10 237 (4.82%) Banking
11 187 (3.80%) Manufacturing
12 174 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
13 132 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
14 118 (2.40%) Telecoms
15 89 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
16 87 (1.77%) Advertising
17 82 (1.67%) Aerospace
18 75 (1.52%) Financial Institution
19 73 (1.48%) Electronics
20 55 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,268 (25.77%) Analyst
2 633 (12.86%) Senior
3 346 (7.03%) Lead
4 311 (6.32%) Data Analyst
5 281 (5.71%) Business Analyst
6 236 (4.80%) Developer
7 217 (4.41%) Consultant
8 203 (4.13%) Architect
9 188 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
10 148 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
11 131 (2.66%) Data Engineer
12 122 (2.48%) Support Analyst
13 116 (2.36%) Support Engineer
14 114 (2.32%) IT Manager
15 112 (2.28%) IT Support
16 106 (2.15%) Senior Manager
17 104 (2.11%) Systems Analyst
18 98 (1.99%) Financial Analyst
19 96 (1.95%) Security Analyst
20 86 (1.75%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (2.38%) HTML
2 110 (2.24%) .NET
3 107 (2.17%) CSS
4 101 (2.05%) REST
5 90 (1.83%) Middleware
6 89 (1.81%) JSON
7 85 (1.73%) React
8 81 (1.65%) XML
9 67 (1.36%) PyTorch
10 61 (1.24%) TensorFlow
11 54 (1.10%) Kafka
12 48 (0.98%) RESTful
12 48 (0.98%) SOAP
13 47 (0.96%) Node.js
14 43 (0.87%) PySpark
15 41 (0.83%) scikit-learn
16 38 (0.77%) Web Services
17 33 (0.67%) Pandas
18 32 (0.65%) LangChain
19 29 (0.59%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 528 (10.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 237 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 218 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 198 (4.02%) Product Ownership
5 189 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
6 129 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 106 (2.15%) Data Centre
8 99 (2.01%) Cloud Native
9 98 (1.99%) Security Posture
10 86 (1.75%) Driving Licence
11 85 (1.73%) Data Structures
12 78 (1.59%) Algorithms
13 77 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
14 66 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
15 60 (1.22%) Social Media
16 56 (1.14%) Public Cloud
16 56 (1.14%) Virtual Team
17 46 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
18 45 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
19 44 (0.89%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 378 (7.68%) Windows
2 235 (4.78%) Linux
3 190 (3.86%) Windows Server
4 88 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.69%) Unix
6 28 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 28 (0.57%) Windows 10
7 18 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (0.35%) Android
9 14 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.22%) CentOS
10 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.16%) VMS
12 4 (0.081%) AIX
12 4 (0.081%) Debian
12 4 (0.081%) OpenVMS
12 4 (0.081%) Rocky
13 3 (0.061%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.020%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,208 (44.87%) Problem-Solving
2 1,225 (24.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,093 (22.21%) Decision-Making
4 1,081 (21.97%) Analytics
5 848 (17.23%) Agile
6 658 (13.37%) Business Intelligence
7 651 (13.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 648 (13.17%) AI
9 519 (10.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 503 (10.22%) Roadmaps
11 490 (9.96%) Mentoring
12 478 (9.71%) Actionable Insight
13 469 (9.53%) Project Management
14 455 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
15 447 (9.08%) Data Modelling
16 436 (8.86%) Data Analysis
17 404 (8.21%) Process Improvement
18 403 (8.19%) Data Governance
19 365 (7.42%) ERP
20 363 (7.38%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,042 (21.17%) SQL
2 871 (17.70%) Python
3 175 (3.56%) JavaScript
4 174 (3.54%) Java
5 164 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 150 (3.05%) C#
7 77 (1.56%) R
8 73 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 71 (1.44%) Bash
9 71 (1.44%) C++
10 52 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 48 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 41 (0.83%) MATLAB
13 34 (0.69%) VBA
14 21 (0.43%) PHP
15 20 (0.41%) Go
16 18 (0.37%) Julia
16 18 (0.37%) Scala
17 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 903 (18.35%) Degree
2 455 (9.25%) Security Cleared
3 325 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 266 (5.41%) ACCA
5 251 (5.10%) CIMA
6 156 (3.17%) CISSP
6 156 (3.17%) DBS Check
7 148 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 115 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
9 110 (2.24%) CISM
10 90 (1.83%) DV Cleared
10 90 (1.83%) Master's Degree
11 86 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 74 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 72 (1.46%) Azure Certification
13 72 (1.46%) IRCA
14 67 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
15 57 (1.16%) PMI Certification
16 51 (1.04%) PMP
17 47 (0.96%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 465 (9.45%) Data Quality
2 385 (7.82%) GDPR
3 323 (6.56%) QA
4 269 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 227 (4.61%) NIST
6 165 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 141 (2.87%) SLA
8 129 (2.62%) PCI DSS
9 126 (2.56%) Accessibility
10 121 (2.46%) ISO 9001
11 75 (1.52%) GRC
12 59 (1.20%) PMO
13 49 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
14 44 (0.89%) IFRS
15 43 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 41 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 36 (0.73%) COBIT
18 28 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.49%) ITGC
19 24 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 275 (5.59%) Active Directory
2 91 (1.85%) Docker
3 89 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 76 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.46%) Terminal Server
6 25 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
9 11 (0.22%) vSphere
10 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.16%) IAG
12 4 (0.081%) Firmware
12 4 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.081%) XenApp
13 3 (0.061%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
15 1 (0.020%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 132 (2.68%) Terraform
2 81 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 62 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 61 (1.24%) Ansible
5 37 (0.75%) Grafana
6 26 (0.53%) SCCM
7 23 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.43%) Nagios
9 17 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (0.33%) Kibana
10 16 (0.33%) QRadar
11 12 (0.24%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.16%) Control-M
12 8 (0.16%) logstash
13 7 (0.14%) Packer
14 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.10%) Podman
15 5 (0.10%) Red Hat Satellite
16 4 (0.081%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1,096 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 210 (4.27%) SAP
3 195 (3.96%) Google
4 167 (3.39%) Oracle
5 158 (3.21%) VMware
6 149 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 128 (2.60%) Splunk
8 118 (2.40%) SolarWinds
9 116 (2.36%) Databricks
10 88 (1.79%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.73%) Veeam
12 74 (1.50%) Workday
13 73 (1.48%) Cisco
13 73 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.46%) Brocade
14 72 (1.46%) Tanium
15 51 (1.04%) IBM
16 50 (1.02%) Red Hat
17 47 (0.96%) Adobe
18 45 (0.91%) HubSpot