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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,846 6,040 9,920
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.18% 13.55% 9.15%
As % of the General category 10.98% 18.60% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,140 2,417 5,416
10th Percentile £32,600 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +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 44,115 32,481 61,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.18% 72.87% 57.13%
Number of salaries quoted 27,080 15,851 40,974
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,994 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,565 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% +5.84% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 17 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 17 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 4,414 £55,000 - 3,547
UK excluding London -19 3,056 £48,445 -3.11% 3,414
London -11 1,521 £67,500 +3.85% 1,008
Work from Home -12 1,489 £55,000 - 2,772
North of England -19 946 £48,000 +0.20% 694
South East -7 763 £50,000 -9.09% 905
Midlands -9 558 £48,000 +1.05% 475
North West -17 558 £46,500 -7.00% 352
South West -25 333 £47,500 -5.00% 319
West Midlands -13 313 £50,774 +6.89% 234
Yorkshire -15 293 £49,942 +10.98% 228
East Midlands 0 244 £45,000 -5.26% 241
East of England -18 233 £45,025 +0.06% 423
Scotland -26 112 £40,000 -20.71% 309
North East -34 95 £51,000 +31.44% 122
Wales -4 83 £53,171 -3.33% 145
Northern Ireland -20 39 £40,000 -27.27% 221

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
1 169 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 71 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 69 (1.42%) Confluence
6 42 (0.87%) Apache
7 39 (0.80%) CMS
8 23 (0.47%) IIS
9 19 (0.39%) SAS
10 16 (0.33%) WordPress
11 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
13 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.083%) WebLogic
14 4 (0.083%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.062%) govService
15 3 (0.062%) JBoss
15 3 (0.062%) nginx
15 3 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 534 (11.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 184 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 87 (1.80%) MS Visio
5 33 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 30 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.19%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.083%) Maya
11 3 (0.062%) Blender
11 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.062%) Trello
12 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.041%) Lectora
12 2 (0.041%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.041%) Simulink
12 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 69 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 33 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 17 (0.35%) SAP CO
5 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
6 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 14 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 11 (0.23%) Maximo
8 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
10 9 (0.19%) Fidessa
11 8 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 6 (0.12%) Endur
13 6 (0.12%) Magento
13 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
13 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 881 (18.18%) Azure
2 638 (13.17%) Power Platform
3 476 (9.82%) AWS
4 367 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
5 302 (6.23%) SaaS
6 207 (4.27%) GCP
7 124 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
8 117 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
9 112 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 81 (1.67%) Google Analytics
11 78 (1.61%) GitHub
12 76 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
12 76 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 74 (1.53%) Snowflake
14 73 (1.51%) Amazon S3
15 70 (1.44%) dbt
16 64 (1.32%) PowerApps
16 64 (1.32%) Serverless
17 52 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
18 48 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 196 (4.04%) Firewall
2 177 (3.65%) DNS
3 134 (2.77%) DHCP
4 120 (2.48%) VPN
5 81 (1.67%) WAN
6 77 (1.59%) TCP/IP
7 76 (1.57%) Broadband
8 73 (1.51%) LAN
9 63 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
10 52 (1.07%) VLAN
10 52 (1.07%) Wireless
11 46 (0.95%) Network Security
12 42 (0.87%) SAN
13 35 (0.72%) BGP
14 30 (0.62%) HTTP
14 30 (0.62%) Internet
15 28 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
16 26 (0.54%) SD-WAN
17 25 (0.52%) OSPF
17 25 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 567 (11.70%) Power BI
2 305 (6.29%) Tableau
3 185 (3.82%) SQL Server
4 157 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
5 104 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
6 91 (1.88%) Data Mining
6 91 (1.88%) Metadata
7 71 (1.47%) Relational Database
8 70 (1.44%) Data Lake
9 59 (1.22%) Looker
9 59 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
10 58 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
11 57 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 54 (1.11%) Power Query
13 50 (1.03%) MySQL
14 47 (0.97%) BigQuery
15 46 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 39 (0.80%) Big Data
17 35 (0.72%) NoSQL
17 35 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 162 (3.34%) JIRA
2 139 (2.87%) Git
3 51 (1.05%) GitLab
4 33 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.62%) MLflow
6 29 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 19 (0.39%) Selenium
8 18 (0.37%) Chocolatey
9 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 15 (0.31%) ERwin
10 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
10 13 (0.27%) Postman
11 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 12 (0.25%) Visual Studio
12 11 (0.23%) Eclipse
13 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.19%) Balsamiq
14 9 (0.19%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.19%) JMeter
14 9 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2,232 (46.06%) Social Skills
2 1,679 (34.65%) Finance
3 420 (8.67%) Marketing
4 366 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 288 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
6 285 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 272 (5.61%) Law
8 264 (5.45%) Legal
9 262 (5.41%) Retail
10 243 (5.01%) Banking
11 172 (3.55%) Manufacturing
12 171 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
13 129 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
14 115 (2.37%) Telecoms
15 89 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
16 87 (1.80%) Advertising
17 81 (1.67%) Aerospace
18 78 (1.61%) Financial Institution
19 71 (1.47%) Electronics
20 55 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,251 (25.82%) Analyst
2 623 (12.86%) Senior
3 338 (6.97%) Lead
4 313 (6.46%) Data Analyst
5 283 (5.84%) Business Analyst
6 236 (4.87%) Developer
7 210 (4.33%) Consultant
8 208 (4.29%) Architect
9 189 (3.90%) Systems Engineer
10 145 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
11 125 (2.58%) Data Engineer
12 119 (2.46%) Support Analyst
13 113 (2.33%) IT Manager
14 106 (2.19%) Support Engineer
15 104 (2.15%) IT Support
15 104 (2.15%) Senior Manager
16 100 (2.06%) Systems Analyst
17 93 (1.92%) Financial Analyst
18 92 (1.90%) Security Analyst
18 92 (1.90%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (2.50%) HTML
2 111 (2.29%) CSS
3 105 (2.17%) .NET
4 97 (2.00%) REST
5 87 (1.80%) JSON
5 87 (1.80%) Middleware
6 84 (1.73%) React
7 77 (1.59%) XML
8 69 (1.42%) PyTorch
9 63 (1.30%) TensorFlow
10 51 (1.05%) Kafka
11 50 (1.03%) Node.js
12 49 (1.01%) SOAP
13 43 (0.89%) RESTful
14 42 (0.87%) scikit-learn
15 41 (0.85%) PySpark
16 34 (0.70%) Web Services
17 33 (0.68%) Pandas
18 32 (0.66%) LangChain
19 29 (0.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 520 (10.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 239 (4.93%) Management Information System
3 203 (4.19%) Onboarding
4 193 (3.98%) Product Ownership
5 185 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 135 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 106 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 94 (1.94%) Cloud Native
9 92 (1.90%) Security Posture
10 85 (1.75%) Data Structures
11 80 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 76 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
12 76 (1.57%) Driving Licence
13 59 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
13 59 (1.22%) Social Media
14 56 (1.16%) Public Cloud
15 54 (1.11%) Virtual Team
16 47 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
17 45 (0.93%) FMCG
18 41 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 378 (7.80%) Windows
2 240 (4.95%) Linux
3 192 (3.96%) Windows Server
4 95 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.70%) Unix
6 25 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 25 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (0.33%) Android
8 16 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.23%) CentOS
10 11 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.17%) VMS
12 4 (0.083%) AIX
12 4 (0.083%) Debian
12 4 (0.083%) Rocky
12 4 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.041%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,181 (45.01%) Problem-Solving
2 1,183 (24.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,061 (21.89%) Analytics
4 1,058 (21.83%) Decision-Making
5 840 (17.33%) Agile
6 647 (13.35%) Business Intelligence
7 627 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 626 (12.92%) AI
9 502 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 484 (9.99%) Roadmaps
11 476 (9.82%) Project Management
12 475 (9.80%) Mentoring
13 472 (9.74%) Actionable Insight
14 446 (9.20%) Data Analysis
15 443 (9.14%) Data Modelling
16 442 (9.12%) Cybersecurity
17 400 (8.25%) Data Governance
18 394 (8.13%) Process Improvement
19 366 (7.55%) Analytical Thinking
20 350 (7.22%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,024 (21.13%) SQL
2 870 (17.95%) Python
3 172 (3.55%) JavaScript
4 168 (3.47%) Java
5 165 (3.40%) PowerShell
6 143 (2.95%) C#
7 81 (1.67%) R
8 70 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 68 (1.40%) C++
10 67 (1.38%) Bash
11 47 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 47 (0.97%) TypeScript
12 38 (0.78%) MATLAB
13 34 (0.70%) VBA
14 21 (0.43%) Go
14 21 (0.43%) PHP
15 20 (0.41%) Scala
16 18 (0.37%) Julia
17 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 887 (18.30%) Degree
2 445 (9.18%) Security Cleared
3 326 (6.73%) SC Cleared
4 249 (5.14%) ACCA
5 234 (4.83%) CIMA
6 155 (3.20%) DBS Check
7 152 (3.14%) CISSP
8 147 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 114 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
10 107 (2.21%) CISM
11 87 (1.80%) DV Cleared
12 86 (1.77%) Master's Degree
13 81 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
14 74 (1.53%) Azure Certification
15 72 (1.49%) IRCA
16 71 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
17 65 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
18 64 (1.32%) PMI Certification
19 56 (1.16%) PMP
20 48 (0.99%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 456 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 381 (7.86%) GDPR
3 313 (6.46%) QA
4 261 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 222 (4.58%) NIST
6 167 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 139 (2.87%) SLA
8 138 (2.85%) PCI DSS
9 130 (2.68%) Accessibility
10 118 (2.43%) ISO 9001
11 72 (1.49%) GRC
12 56 (1.16%) PMO
13 52 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
14 42 (0.87%) IFRS
15 39 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 39 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.68%) COBIT
17 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 25 (0.52%) NCSC
19 24 (0.50%) ITGC
System Software
1 275 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 97 (2.00%) Hyper-V
3 84 (1.73%) Docker
4 80 (1.65%) Terminal Server
5 77 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 26 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.25%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.25%) vSphere
8 9 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.17%) IAG
10 4 (0.083%) Firmware
10 4 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.083%) XenApp
11 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 129 (2.66%) Terraform
2 79 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 63 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (1.18%) Ansible
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 27 (0.56%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.43%) Nagios
9 16 (0.33%) QRadar
9 16 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (0.29%) Kibana
11 12 (0.25%) Kubeflow
12 9 (0.19%) Control-M
13 7 (0.14%) Packer
14 6 (0.12%) Graylog
14 6 (0.12%) logstash
15 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.10%) Podman
16 4 (0.083%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 4 (0.083%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1,085 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 201 (4.15%) SAP
3 186 (3.84%) Google
4 167 (3.45%) VMware
5 166 (3.43%) Oracle
6 152 (3.14%) Salesforce
7 134 (2.77%) Splunk
8 125 (2.58%) SolarWinds
9 112 (2.31%) Databricks
10 93 (1.92%) Veeam
11 83 (1.71%) ServiceNow
12 81 (1.67%) Nimble Storage
13 80 (1.65%) Brocade
13 80 (1.65%) Tanium
14 73 (1.51%) Cisco
15 72 (1.49%) Workday
16 50 (1.03%) IBM
17 47 (0.97%) Red Hat
18 46 (0.95%) Adobe
19 44 (0.91%) HubSpot