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 12 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	21	10	15
Rank change year-on-year	-11	+5	+3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	7,187	5,897	6,104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	5.82%	11.26%	9.06%
As % of the General category	12.36%	17.24%	15.52%
Number of salaries quoted	3,867	2,671	2,498
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£29,250	£31,750
25^th Percentile	£39,750	£35,000	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,356	£50,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.71%	-9.09%	-2.06%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£70,000	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£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 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	58,158	34,206	39,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	47.10%	65.33%	58.39%
Number of salaries quoted	34,866	19,138	18,896
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,750	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£33,750	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£51,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+6.80%	-14.17%	-
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	£50,309
% change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.52%	+0.62%

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 12 November 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 12 November 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	6,253	£51,300	+2.60%	5,775
UK excluding London	-15	5,002	£47,500	+5.56%	2,877
Work from Home	-5	2,375	£55,000	+10.00%	2,419
London	-11	1,860	£65,000	-	3,082
North of England	-11	1,265	£47,500	+5.56%	658
South East	-12	1,167	£50,000	+11.11%	726
Midlands	-11	884	£45,000	+2.86%	435
North West	-5	715	£46,735	+3.86%	388
South West	-4	704	£46,743	+3.87%	303
West Midlands	-12	463	£45,000	-14.29%	269
East Midlands	-9	419	£42,500	+13.33%	166
Yorkshire	-2	362	£47,500	+18.75%	193
East of England	-16	342	£47,500	+18.75%	327
Wales	-4	235	£45,000	-6.49%	88
Northern Ireland	+2	232	£42,500	-19.05%	148
Scotland	-17	198	£55,000	+64.18%	246
North East	-19	197	£53,213	+22.33%	82
Isle of Man	0	1	£42,500	-32.00%	9

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 November 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	51.1%	3,672
2	Continuous Improvement	31.1%	2,232
3	Microsoft	25.0%	1,800
4	Decision-Making	24.3%	1,749
5	Stakeholder Management	22.9%	1,643
6	Degree	21.8%	1,567
7	AI	20.3%	1,460
8	Analytics	19.7%	1,417
9	SQL	19.1%	1,371
10	Agile	16.4%	1,177
11	Azure	15.4%	1,108
12	Python	14.0%	1,007
13	Business Intelligence	14.0%	1,004
14	Microsoft Excel	13.1%	941
15	Security Cleared	11.9%	852
16	Power Platform	11.7%	840
17	Stakeholder Engagement	10.7%	768
18	Power BI	10.6%	765
19	Mentoring	10.4%	748
20	Data Quality	10.2%	736
21	Validation	10.1%	726
22	AWS	9.6%	691
23	Actionable Insight	9.4%	679
24	Roadmaps	9.4%	673
25	Process Improvement	9.3%	667
26	Data Analysis	9.2%	663
27	CRM	8.4%	601
28	Project Delivery	8.3%	600
29	Project Management	8.3%	594
30	SC Cleared	8.3%	593

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	51.2%	3,679
2	Finance	31.8%	2,286
3	Marketing	12.2%	877
4	Organisational Skills	9.4%	679
5	Inclusion and Diversity	8.4%	601
6	Retail	7.5%	538
7	Manufacturing	7.4%	533
8	Legal	6.5%	467
9	Public Sector	6.3%	454
10	Law	6.0%	432
11	Influencing Skills	5.5%	392
12	Presentation Skills	4.9%	353
13	Banking	3.8%	270
14	Aerospace	3.5%	255
15	Electronics	3.2%	230
16	Telecoms	2.5%	183
17	Documentation Skills	1.8%	126
18	Advertising	1.7%	125
19	Automotive	1.4%	103
20	Pharmaceutical	1.4%	98