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 28 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 28 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	10	15
Rank change year-on-year	-13	+5	+3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	6,827	5,753	6,090
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	5.62%	11.63%	8.95%
As % of the General category	12.07%	17.33%	15.41%
Number of salaries quoted	3,733	2,573	2,512
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£29,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£39,750	£35,000	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,500	£50,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+3.00%	-9.09%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£70,000	£70,063
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£85,000	£90,000
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 citing general skills.

	6 months to 28 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	56,560	33,197	39,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	46.56%	67.14%	58.09%
Number of salaries quoted	34,581	18,159	19,328
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,707	£31,500
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£33,750	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.77%	-13.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£95,000	£100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£42,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.00%	-

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 Salary Trend

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 28 October 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 28 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-12	5,952	£51,500	+3.00%	1,418
UK excluding London	-14	4,699	£47,500	+5.56%	1,151
Work from Home	-6	2,307	£55,000	+10.00%	766
London	-12	1,828	£65,000	-	462
North of England	-15	1,194	£47,500	+5.56%	255
South East	-10	1,083	£50,000	+6.38%	333
Midlands	-8	838	£45,000	+3.45%	199
North West	-11	694	£47,500	+5.56%	128
South West	-7	661	£47,000	+4.44%	200
West Midlands	-11	440	£47,500	-3.06%	105
East Midlands	-6	396	£42,500	+13.33%	94
Yorkshire	-4	333	£47,000	+17.50%	82
East of England	-21	318	£47,500	+18.75%	116
Northern Ireland	+17	230	£43,750	-16.67%	15
Wales	-2	226	£45,000	-6.49%	27
North East	-21	176	£53,350	+33.38%	48
Scotland	-17	174	£52,500	+56.72%	42
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	1

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	50.1%	3,423
2	Continuous Improvement	30.9%	2,107
3	Microsoft	24.9%	1,699
4	Decision-Making	24.0%	1,636
5	Stakeholder Management	22.3%	1,521
6	Degree	21.0%	1,433
7	AI	20.2%	1,381
8	Analytics	20.2%	1,376
9	SQL	19.1%	1,307
10	Agile	16.8%	1,144
11	Azure	15.7%	1,072
12	Python	14.2%	969
13	Business Intelligence	13.6%	929
14	Microsoft Excel	12.9%	879
15	Power Platform	11.7%	799
16	Security Cleared	11.4%	781
17	Power BI	10.6%	722
18	Stakeholder Engagement	10.5%	718
19	Data Quality	10.2%	697
20	Validation	10.0%	685
21	Mentoring	10.0%	680
22	AWS	9.9%	679
23	Actionable Insight	9.5%	650
24	Roadmaps	9.4%	640
25	Data Analysis	9.2%	626
26	Process Improvement	9.1%	620
27	CRM	8.7%	595
28	Customer Service	8.3%	567
28	Project Management	8.3%	567
30	CI/CD	8.2%	562

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	50.9%	3,472
2	Finance	32.1%	2,193
3	Marketing	12.4%	845
4	Organisational Skills	9.4%	639
5	Inclusion and Diversity	8.5%	579
6	Retail	7.3%	499
7	Manufacturing	7.1%	485
8	Public Sector	6.8%	466
9	Legal	6.8%	461
10	Law	6.0%	409
11	Influencing Skills	5.3%	364
12	Presentation Skills	5.1%	346
13	Banking	3.8%	257
14	Aerospace	3.2%	220
15	Electronics	2.9%	197
16	Telecoms	2.6%	178
17	Advertising	1.9%	133
18	Documentation Skills	1.8%	121
19	Automotive	1.4%	98
20	Pharmaceutical	1.1%	73