Analytical Skills Jobs

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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 8,590 6,965 17,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.50% 8.63% 10.25%
As % of the General category 16.63% 13.05% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,156 4,504 7,217
10th Percentile £29,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,742 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £54,223
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +1.22% +8.45%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%

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 51,660 53,362 118,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.16% 66.13% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31,702 33,264 55,108
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%
75th Percentile £72,557 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.42% +5.00% +5.26%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills.

Salary trend for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +10 7,846 £50,000 -9.09% 2,053
UK excluding London +13 5,686 £47,500 - 1,719
Work from Home +7 2,902 £53,250 -1.79% 762
London +9 2,569 £65,000 - 561
South East +17 1,572 £47,500 -5.00% 440
North of England +6 1,221 £47,683 +5.96% 418
Midlands +4 1,192 £45,000 -10.00% 345
West Midlands -3 730 £45,000 -10.00% 221
North West +13 719 £47,842 +6.31% 235
South West +11 700 £47,500 - 251
East of England +21 521 £47,500 +11.76% 185
East Midlands +32 459 £45,000 -10.00% 127
Yorkshire +6 378 £51,250 +13.89% 131
Scotland -19 316 £45,000 -10.43% 63
North East +12 124 £45,000 +5.88% 63
Wales 0 117 £45,000 +9.05% 38
Northern Ireland +26 32 £45,000 +20.00% 70
Isle of Man - 16 £37,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 219 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 172 (2.00%) SAS
3 155 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 90 (1.05%) Confluence
5 52 (0.61%) Apache
6 45 (0.52%) CMS
7 44 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 43 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 28 (0.33%) IIS
9 28 (0.33%) WordPress
10 27 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
11 21 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
12 14 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 14 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
13 13 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
14 11 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 10 (0.12%) nginx
16 9 (0.10%) Umbraco
17 7 (0.081%) Jupyter
17 7 (0.081%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,817 (21.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 942 (10.97%) Microsoft Office
3 436 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 102 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 78 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 45 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 35 (0.41%) AutoCAD
8 27 (0.31%) SPSS
9 12 (0.14%) OrCAD
10 10 (0.12%) Simulink
11 9 (0.10%) Revit
12 8 (0.093%) GNU Octave
13 6 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
13 6 (0.070%) Adobe XD
13 6 (0.070%) Stata
13 6 (0.070%) Trello
14 5 (0.058%) Chatbot
14 5 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
15 4 (0.047%) Photoshop
16 3 (0.035%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 89 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 49 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 42 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 38 (0.44%) NEC Housing
5 27 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 26 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 25 (0.29%) Magento
8 24 (0.28%) Shopify
9 18 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
10 17 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
11 14 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
11 14 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
11 14 (0.16%) SAP ERP
12 13 (0.15%) SAP MM
13 12 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
13 12 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
13 12 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
13 12 (0.14%) SAP WM
14 11 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
15 10 (0.12%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 1,331 (15.49%) Azure
2 876 (10.20%) Power Platform
3 784 (9.13%) AWS
4 470 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
5 467 (5.44%) GCP
6 313 (3.64%) Entra ID
7 197 (2.29%) SaaS
8 187 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
9 167 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
10 107 (1.25%) PowerApps
11 91 (1.06%) Power Automate
12 83 (0.97%) IaaS
13 81 (0.94%) GitHub
14 79 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
15 76 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
16 72 (0.84%) Serverless
17 67 (0.78%) Google Analytics
18 65 (0.76%) PaaS
19 64 (0.75%) Amazon S3
20 62 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 724 (8.43%) Broadband
2 271 (3.15%) 5G
3 232 (2.70%) Firewall
4 165 (1.92%) WAN
5 149 (1.73%) DNS
6 142 (1.65%) LAN
7 118 (1.37%) TCP/IP
8 93 (1.08%) VPN
9 92 (1.07%) Network Security
10 89 (1.04%) DHCP
11 73 (0.85%) Wireless
12 72 (0.84%) Internet
13 67 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
14 56 (0.65%) SAN
15 44 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
16 41 (0.48%) SD-WAN
17 39 (0.45%) VLAN
18 36 (0.42%) HTTP
19 34 (0.40%) SSL
20 27 (0.31%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 745 (8.67%) Power BI
2 509 (5.93%) Tableau
3 382 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
4 361 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 322 (3.75%) Looker
6 318 (3.70%) BigQuery
7 140 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 122 (1.42%) MySQL
9 109 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
10 91 (1.06%) Big Data
11 89 (1.04%) Data Lake
12 83 (0.97%) Oracle Database
13 78 (0.91%) Data Mining
13 78 (0.91%) Power Query
14 71 (0.83%) NoSQL
15 63 (0.73%) Amazon QuickSight
16 62 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 57 (0.66%) Metadata
18 54 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 53 (0.62%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 354 (4.12%) Git
2 244 (2.84%) JIRA
3 86 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 43 (0.50%) Selenium
5 40 (0.47%) Visual Studio
6 35 (0.41%) LabVIEW
7 30 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 25 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 23 (0.27%) GitLab
9 23 (0.27%) SpecFlow
10 22 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 21 (0.24%) Subversion
12 20 (0.23%) Maven
12 20 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
13 19 (0.22%) Bitbucket
14 18 (0.21%) JMeter
15 14 (0.16%) TestRail
16 13 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
16 13 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
17 12 (0.14%) Postman
General
1 4,599 (53.54%) Social Skills
2 2,716 (31.62%) Finance
3 1,290 (15.02%) Retail
4 998 (11.62%) Marketing
5 803 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 748 (8.71%) Influencing Skills
7 506 (5.89%) Presentation Skills
8 492 (5.73%) Legal
9 481 (5.60%) Law
10 456 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
11 378 (4.40%) Banking
12 318 (3.70%) Public Sector
13 317 (3.69%) Manufacturing
14 263 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 253 (2.95%) German Language
16 168 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 162 (1.89%) Electronics
18 131 (1.53%) Investment Banking
19 119 (1.39%) Advertising
20 116 (1.35%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2,450 (28.52%) Analyst
2 1,438 (16.74%) Senior
3 590 (6.87%) Senior Analyst
4 530 (6.17%) Developer
5 481 (5.60%) Lead
6 392 (4.56%) Architect
7 374 (4.35%) Data Analyst
8 345 (4.02%) Development Manager
9 338 (3.93%) Graduate
10 326 (3.80%) Business Analyst
11 302 (3.52%) Consultant
12 266 (3.10%) Project Manager
13 254 (2.96%) Data Engineer
14 219 (2.55%) Financial Analyst
15 213 (2.48%) Technical Specialist
16 210 (2.44%) Linux Specialist
17 194 (2.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
18 176 (2.05%) Platform Engineer
19 172 (2.00%) Principal Engineer
20 160 (1.86%) Principal Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 311 (3.62%) .NET
2 206 (2.40%) HTML
3 161 (1.87%) CSS
4 114 (1.33%) React
5 101 (1.18%) XML
6 91 (1.06%) Web Services
7 85 (0.99%) REST
8 84 (0.98%) .NET Framework
9 79 (0.92%) AngularJS
10 76 (0.88%) ASP.NET
11 71 (0.83%) RESTful
12 66 (0.77%) JSON
13 60 (0.70%) SOAP
14 50 (0.58%) HTML5
14 50 (0.58%) Spring
15 44 (0.51%) .NET Core
15 44 (0.51%) Vue
16 40 (0.47%) Kafka
17 37 (0.43%) Node.js
18 35 (0.41%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 954 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 451 (5.25%) Management Information System
3 420 (4.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 321 (3.74%) Social Media
5 309 (3.60%) Driving Licence
6 290 (3.38%) Product Ownership
7 258 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 178 (2.07%) Algorithms
9 115 (1.34%) Life Science
10 111 (1.29%) Data Centre
11 99 (1.15%) Credit Risk
12 85 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 84 (0.98%) NHS
14 78 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
15 77 (0.90%) Data Structures
16 74 (0.86%) IoT
17 65 (0.76%) Security Posture
17 65 (0.76%) Virtual Team
18 63 (0.73%) Mobile App
19 55 (0.64%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 683 (7.95%) Windows
2 557 (6.48%) Linux
3 218 (2.54%) Ubuntu
4 212 (2.47%) Windows Server
5 150 (1.75%) Unix
6 137 (1.59%) Windows 10
7 67 (0.78%) Android
8 40 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 38 (0.44%) Mac OS
10 32 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
11 29 (0.34%) Solaris
12 25 (0.29%) AIX
13 21 (0.24%) Windows 7
13 21 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
14 17 (0.20%) Windows Vista
15 16 (0.19%) VMS
16 14 (0.16%) Windows 8
17 13 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
18 12 (0.14%) CentOS
19 9 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,088 (47.59%) Problem-Solving
2 2,178 (25.36%) Agile
3 1,413 (16.45%) Decision-Making
4 1,185 (13.80%) Analytics
5 1,184 (13.78%) Mentoring
6 1,062 (12.36%) Project Management
7 1,051 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 907 (10.56%) Actionable Insight
9 885 (10.30%) Business Intelligence
10 778 (9.06%) Computer Science
11 769 (8.95%) Customer Service
12 748 (8.71%) Data Management
13 719 (8.37%) Data Analysis
14 628 (7.31%) Mathematics
15 617 (7.18%) DevOps
16 608 (7.08%) Visualisation
17 602 (7.01%) Customer Requirements
18 592 (6.89%) Business Case
18 592 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
19 565 (6.58%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 1,507 (17.54%) SQL
2 967 (11.26%) Python
3 392 (4.56%) C#
4 363 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 320 (3.73%) Bash
6 287 (3.34%) Java
7 201 (2.34%) R
8 200 (2.33%) PowerShell
9 195 (2.27%) C++
10 165 (1.92%) C
11 99 (1.15%) PL/SQL
11 99 (1.15%) VBA
12 98 (1.14%) T-SQL
13 84 (0.98%) MATLAB
14 68 (0.79%) TypeScript
15 63 (0.73%) PHP
16 53 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 49 (0.57%) VB
18 44 (0.51%) Perl
19 43 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2,642 (30.76%) Degree
2 520 (6.05%) ACCA
3 498 (5.80%) CIMA
4 476 (5.54%) DBS Check
5 383 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 363 (4.23%) Security Cleared
7 299 (3.48%) Master's Degree
8 209 (2.43%) SC Cleared
9 146 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 110 (1.28%) PMI Certification
11 108 (1.26%) CISSP
12 105 (1.22%) PhD
13 101 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
14 95 (1.11%) Azure Certification
15 69 (0.80%) PMP
16 68 (0.79%) HND
16 68 (0.79%) MBA
17 63 (0.73%) CISM
18 62 (0.72%) DV Cleared
19 58 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 506 (5.89%) QA
2 374 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 373 (4.34%) GDPR
4 243 (2.83%) SLA
5 181 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 129 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 93 (1.08%) NIST
8 82 (0.95%) PMO
9 71 (0.83%) IFRS
10 53 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 45 (0.52%) IFRS 9
12 41 (0.48%) GLP
13 36 (0.42%) GRC
13 36 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 35 (0.41%) ISO 9001
15 33 (0.38%) PCI DSS
16 29 (0.34%) GMP
17 28 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
18 20 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 19 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 632 (7.36%) Active Directory
2 135 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (1.22%) Docker
4 71 (0.83%) Firmware
5 68 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 40 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 34 (0.40%) vSphere
8 27 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
9 19 (0.22%) XenApp
10 18 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
11 17 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
12 14 (0.16%) XenDesktop
13 13 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
14 12 (0.14%) Terminal Services
15 9 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
16 5 (0.058%) Lustre
16 5 (0.058%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 5 (0.058%) VMware Workstation
17 4 (0.047%) NFS
17 4 (0.047%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 264 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 212 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
3 97 (1.13%) Kubernetes
4 81 (0.94%) Terraform
5 49 (0.57%) SCCM
6 45 (0.52%) Ansible
7 31 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
9 28 (0.33%) Data Guard
10 18 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
10 18 (0.21%) Puppet
11 13 (0.15%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.14%) OpenSSO
13 11 (0.13%) vCenter Server
14 9 (0.10%) Graphite
14 9 (0.10%) Nagios
14 9 (0.10%) Nessus
14 9 (0.10%) SCOM
14 9 (0.10%) WSUS
15 8 (0.093%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2,547 (29.65%) Microsoft
2 548 (6.38%) Google
3 383 (4.46%) Oracle
4 272 (3.17%) SAP
5 212 (2.47%) CyberArk
6 210 (2.44%) Tanium
7 208 (2.42%) Databricks
8 196 (2.28%) VMware
9 173 (2.01%) Salesforce
10 146 (1.70%) Cisco
11 99 (1.15%) ServiceNow
12 81 (0.94%) Dell
13 70 (0.81%) IBM
14 69 (0.80%) HP
15 68 (0.79%) Alteryx
16 66 (0.77%) Remedy
17 63 (0.73%) Adobe
18 43 (0.50%) Fortinet
18 43 (0.50%) Juniper
19 41 (0.48%) Virgin Media