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 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,959 5,543 7,187
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.08% 11.86% 9.18%
As % of the General category 12.79% 17.09% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,612 2,357 4,857
10th Percentile £30,525 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +6.74% -6.31%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,100 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +13.26% -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 38,784 32,438 48,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 55.34% 69.40% 61.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21,092 15,270 35,328
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 1 March 2026.

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 1 March 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 -9 4,394 £52,500 -4.55% 2,787
UK excluding London -13 3,143 £45,000 -11.71% 2,325
Work from Home +5 1,684 £52,500 -6.25% 1,201
London -4 1,502 £67,500 +3.85% 853
South East +10 871 £50,000 -1.90% 801
North of England -18 832 £45,000 -14.29% 477
Midlands -15 588 £44,000 -8.33% 373
North West -17 427 £42,750 -18.57% 250
West Midlands -17 347 £51,250 +2.50% 215
South West -8 296 £45,000 -14.29% 251
Yorkshire +3 294 £45,000 -5.26% 168
East of England -18 259 £40,000 -21.52% 288
East Midlands +1 239 £40,000 -5.88% 153
Scotland -18 208 £40,000 -36.38% 89
North East -3 111 £40,000 +2.30% 63
Wales +14 69 £40,000 -18.54% 77
Northern Ireland -18 46 £52,500 -4.55% 34
Isle of Man -4 1 £62,500 +150.00% 4
Channel Islands -8 1 - - 1

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
1 141 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (1.73%) Confluence
3 83 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 52 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 47 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 43 (0.87%) CMS
7 30 (0.60%) Apache
8 18 (0.36%) WordPress
9 16 (0.32%) SAS
10 14 (0.28%) IIS
10 14 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 5 (0.10%) nginx
12 4 (0.081%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.060%) Drupal
13 3 (0.060%) govService
14 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.040%) Camunda
14 2 (0.040%) JBoss
14 2 (0.040%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.040%) MTS
Applications
1 718 (14.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 320 (6.45%) Chatbot
3 302 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
4 125 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 87 (1.75%) MS Visio
6 37 (0.75%) Maya
7 36 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
8 33 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 14 (0.28%) Adobe XD
10 13 (0.26%) AutoCAD
11 10 (0.20%) CATIA
12 4 (0.081%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.060%) Sketch
14 2 (0.040%) Revit
14 2 (0.040%) Simulink
14 2 (0.040%) Trello
15 1 (0.020%) Oracle Smart View
15 1 (0.020%) OrCAD
15 1 (0.020%) Siemens NX
15 1 (0.020%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 105 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 41 (0.83%) NetSuite
4 40 (0.81%) SAP MDG
5 29 (0.58%) SAP CO
6 28 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
7 22 (0.44%) Endur
8 21 (0.42%) SAP FI
9 20 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
9 20 (0.40%) Workday HCM
10 18 (0.36%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 18 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
11 13 (0.26%) SAP ERP
12 11 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
12 11 (0.22%) Sage X3
13 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
13 10 (0.20%) Shopify
14 9 (0.18%) Maximo
15 8 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
15 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 828 (16.70%) Azure
2 638 (12.87%) Power Platform
3 418 (8.43%) AWS
4 300 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
5 255 (5.14%) SaaS
6 158 (3.19%) GCP
7 153 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
8 120 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (1.94%) Entra ID
10 91 (1.84%) GitHub
11 83 (1.67%) Power Automate
12 72 (1.45%) Snowflake
13 70 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 59 (1.19%) Amazon S3
15 58 (1.17%) Google Analytics
16 57 (1.15%) Serverless
17 55 (1.11%) dbt
18 51 (1.03%) PowerApps
19 50 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
20 45 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 179 (3.61%) Firewall
2 159 (3.21%) DNS
3 124 (2.50%) DHCP
4 99 (2.00%) VPN
5 77 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
6 69 (1.39%) WAN
7 63 (1.27%) LAN
8 60 (1.21%) TCP/IP
9 58 (1.17%) Wireless
10 55 (1.11%) VLAN
11 44 (0.89%) Network Security
12 42 (0.85%) Broadband
13 34 (0.69%) Wireshark
14 33 (0.67%) BGP
14 33 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
15 31 (0.63%) OSPF
15 31 (0.63%) SAN
16 28 (0.56%) VoIP
17 27 (0.54%) EIGRP
18 26 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 576 (11.62%) Power BI
2 407 (8.21%) Tableau
3 209 (4.21%) SQL Server
4 194 (3.91%) Data Mining
5 163 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
6 109 (2.20%) Metadata
7 98 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 95 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
9 75 (1.51%) Data Lake
10 63 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 52 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
12 48 (0.97%) MySQL
13 47 (0.95%) Looker
13 47 (0.95%) NoSQL
14 46 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
15 45 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
16 44 (0.89%) Power Query
17 36 (0.73%) Big Data
18 32 (0.65%) GIS
19 30 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 194 (3.91%) JIRA
2 118 (2.38%) Git
3 46 (0.93%) GitLab
4 42 (0.85%) Selenium
5 36 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 17 (0.34%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.30%) ERwin
7 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
8 14 (0.28%) Subversion
9 13 (0.26%) Balsamiq
9 13 (0.26%) Snyk
10 12 (0.24%) Axure RP
10 12 (0.24%) Chocolatey
10 12 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
11 11 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.20%) ER Studio
12 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
12 10 (0.20%) Postman
13 9 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2,497 (50.35%) Social Skills
2 1,810 (36.50%) Finance
3 442 (8.91%) Marketing
4 327 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 288 (5.81%) Banking
6 287 (5.79%) Law
7 286 (5.77%) Retail
8 278 (5.61%) Legal
9 263 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
10 245 (4.94%) Public Sector
11 216 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
12 158 (3.19%) Manufacturing
13 137 (2.76%) Financial Institution
14 123 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
15 104 (2.10%) Telecoms
16 91 (1.84%) Games
17 90 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
18 70 (1.41%) Advertising
19 58 (1.17%) Electronics
20 49 (0.99%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,207 (24.34%) Analyst
2 610 (12.30%) Senior
3 385 (7.76%) Data Analyst
4 342 (6.90%) Lead
5 316 (6.37%) Trainer
6 261 (5.26%) Architect
7 237 (4.78%) Business Analyst
8 236 (4.76%) Developer
9 185 (3.73%) Consultant
10 171 (3.45%) Support Analyst
11 169 (3.41%) Trainee
12 158 (3.19%) Trainee Analyst
12 158 (3.19%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 145 (2.92%) IT Support
14 130 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
15 123 (2.48%) Senior Manager
16 109 (2.20%) Financial Analyst
17 107 (2.16%) Business Manager
18 106 (2.14%) Support Engineer
19 101 (2.04%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (2.46%) HTML
2 115 (2.32%) CSS
3 83 (1.67%) React
4 74 (1.49%) .NET
5 58 (1.17%) Middleware
5 58 (1.17%) REST
6 49 (0.99%) JSON
7 46 (0.93%) XML
8 39 (0.79%) Node.js
9 31 (0.63%) PySpark
10 30 (0.60%) SOAP
11 29 (0.58%) EDI
12 28 (0.56%) Spring
13 27 (0.54%) Kafka
13 27 (0.54%) TensorFlow
14 25 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
15 24 (0.48%) AngularJS
15 24 (0.48%) PyTorch
16 22 (0.44%) Pandas
17 19 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 492 (9.92%) Analytical Mindset
2 363 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 283 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 252 (5.08%) Management Information System
5 184 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 123 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 114 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
8 106 (2.14%) Data Centre
9 92 (1.86%) Data Structures
10 79 (1.59%) Cloud Native
11 77 (1.55%) Driving Licence
12 75 (1.51%) FMCG
13 71 (1.43%) Algorithms
14 52 (1.05%) Social Media
15 51 (1.03%) Virtual Team
16 50 (1.01%) Low-Code
16 50 (1.01%) Robotics
16 50 (1.01%) Security Posture
17 47 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
18 44 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 357 (7.20%) Windows
2 234 (4.72%) Linux
3 146 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 84 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 38 (0.77%) Unix
6 27 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 17 (0.34%) Android
8 15 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 11 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.10%) VMS
12 4 (0.081%) CentOS
12 4 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.060%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.040%) AIX
14 2 (0.040%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.020%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.020%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,218 (44.73%) Problem-Solving
2 1,089 (21.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,088 (21.94%) Analytics
4 996 (20.08%) AI
5 930 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 872 (17.58%) Agile
7 766 (15.45%) Project Management
8 740 (14.92%) Business Intelligence
9 600 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
10 581 (11.72%) Data Analysis
11 428 (8.63%) Actionable Insight
12 417 (8.41%) Mentoring
13 416 (8.39%) Roadmaps
14 413 (8.33%) Process Improvement
15 407 (8.21%) Analytical Thinking
16 398 (8.03%) ERP
17 390 (7.86%) Risk Management
18 376 (7.58%) Computer Science
19 375 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
20 370 (7.46%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,030 (20.77%) SQL
2 836 (16.86%) Python
3 152 (3.07%) JavaScript
4 143 (2.88%) PowerShell
5 140 (2.82%) Java
6 117 (2.36%) C#
7 77 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 69 (1.39%) R
9 56 (1.13%) Bash
10 50 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 47 (0.95%) C++
11 47 (0.95%) VBA
12 34 (0.69%) TypeScript
13 23 (0.46%) C
14 20 (0.40%) Scala
15 19 (0.38%) MATLAB
16 15 (0.30%) Go
16 15 (0.30%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.24%) Bicep
17 12 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,430 (28.84%) Degree
2 454 (9.16%) Master's Degree
3 424 (8.55%) Security Cleared
4 325 (6.55%) PhD
5 314 (6.33%) SC Cleared
6 210 (4.23%) ACCA
7 200 (4.03%) CIMA
8 186 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 140 (2.82%) CISSP
10 99 (2.00%) DBS Check
11 98 (1.98%) PMI Certification
12 85 (1.71%) DV Cleared
13 84 (1.69%) PMP
14 80 (1.61%) CISM
15 78 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
16 69 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
17 67 (1.35%) Azure Certification
18 61 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
19 47 (0.95%) AWS Certification
20 46 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 340 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 243 (4.90%) QA
3 221 (4.46%) GDPR
4 201 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 151 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 146 (2.94%) NIST
7 120 (2.42%) PCI DSS
8 105 (2.12%) Accessibility
9 86 (1.73%) PMO
10 68 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 52 (1.05%) SLA
12 43 (0.87%) GRC
13 36 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 35 (0.71%) ISO 9001
15 31 (0.63%) IFRS
16 24 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 21 (0.42%) WCAG
18 18 (0.36%) NCSC
19 17 (0.34%) COBIT
20 14 (0.28%) GMP
System Software
1 247 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 107 (2.16%) Hyper-V
3 80 (1.61%) Terminal Server
4 66 (1.33%) Docker
5 55 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.28%) vSphere
7 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.16%) Firmware
8 8 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.12%) IAG
10 4 (0.081%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.081%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.060%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.040%) XenApp
12 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.020%) KVM
13 1 (0.020%) NFS
13 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 127 (2.56%) Terraform
2 72 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.37%) Ansible
4 49 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 32 (0.65%) Grafana
6 31 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (0.40%) SCCM
9 13 (0.26%) Nagios
10 6 (0.12%) Control-M
10 6 (0.12%) SCOM
11 5 (0.10%) CASB
11 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.081%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.081%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.081%) Nessus
12 4 (0.081%) QRadar
12 4 (0.081%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.081%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.060%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,186 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 318 (6.41%) PayPal
3 275 (5.55%) SAP
4 195 (3.93%) Oracle
5 154 (3.11%) Salesforce
6 145 (2.92%) VMware
7 130 (2.62%) Google
8 125 (2.52%) SolarWinds
9 110 (2.22%) Splunk
10 107 (2.16%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.71%) Veeam
12 81 (1.63%) Brocade
12 81 (1.63%) Tanium
13 80 (1.61%) Nimble Storage
14 76 (1.53%) Cisco
15 65 (1.31%) Databricks
16 57 (1.15%) Adobe
17 51 (1.03%) Workday
18 45 (0.91%) Alteryx
19 41 (0.83%) Bloomberg