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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,721 5,807 9,497
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.11% 13.53% 9.76%
As % of the General category 10.47% 18.47% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,981 2,350 5,416
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,150 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,625 £73,750 £68,028
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,393 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.76% +11.98% -4.26%

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 45,093 31,446 58,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.79% 73.25% 60.08%
Number of salaries quoted 25,527 15,092 39,595
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,973 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £93,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £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 22 May 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 22 May 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 4,270 £55,000 - 2,426
UK excluding London -22 2,923 £49,000 -2.76% 1,728
London -7 1,512 £67,500 +3.85% 1,100
Work from Home -12 1,391 £55,000 - 1,217
North of England -30 897 £47,500 -5.00% 402
South East -2 752 £50,000 -9.09% 562
Midlands -25 538 £48,000 - 255
North West -31 521 £46,500 -7.00% 233
West Midlands -28 321 £50,298 +4.79% 160
Yorkshire -13 291 £52,500 +16.67% 120
South West -28 277 £47,500 -5.00% 177
East of England -22 238 £45,000 -11.71% 183
East Midlands -1 215 £45,000 -7.22% 93
Scotland -29 118 £40,000 -17.54% 84
North East -26 85 £48,445 +25.83% 59
Wales -7 78 £47,105 -10.28% 34
Northern Ireland -23 39 £52,500 -4.55% 78

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
1 136 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 104 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 73 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 72 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 63 (1.33%) Confluence
6 41 (0.87%) CMS
7 35 (0.74%) Apache
8 20 (0.42%) IIS
9 19 (0.40%) SAS
10 16 (0.34%) WordPress
11 13 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
12 10 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.13%) nginx
14 3 (0.064%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.064%) govService
14 3 (0.064%) JBoss
14 3 (0.064%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.064%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.042%) Appian
15 2 (0.042%) Umbraco
Applications
1 552 (11.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 208 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 94 (1.99%) MS Visio
4 87 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 26 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.28%) Maya
8 10 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 10 (0.21%) CATIA
9 5 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.064%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.064%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.064%) Trello
12 2 (0.042%) Lectora
12 2 (0.042%) Simulink
13 1 (0.021%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.021%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.021%) Sketch
13 1 (0.021%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 67 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.76%) NetSuite
4 32 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 20 (0.42%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.23%) Maximo
8 11 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.21%) Endur
9 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.19%) Workday HCM
11 7 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
11 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
11 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
11 7 (0.15%) Magento
11 7 (0.15%) SAP PP
12 6 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
12 6 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 845 (17.90%) Azure
2 648 (13.73%) Power Platform
3 478 (10.12%) AWS
4 335 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
5 278 (5.89%) SaaS
6 203 (4.30%) GCP
7 128 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
8 127 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
9 110 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 92 (1.95%) GitHub
11 89 (1.89%) Power Automate
12 87 (1.84%) Snowflake
13 75 (1.59%) dbt
14 74 (1.57%) Google Analytics
15 73 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
16 67 (1.42%) Amazon S3
17 65 (1.38%) PowerApps
18 60 (1.27%) Serverless
19 53 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
20 48 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 197 (4.17%) Firewall
2 149 (3.16%) DNS
3 125 (2.65%) VPN
4 103 (2.18%) DHCP
5 77 (1.63%) WAN
6 70 (1.48%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.42%) LAN
8 60 (1.27%) Broadband
9 58 (1.23%) VLAN
9 58 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
10 56 (1.19%) Wireless
11 53 (1.12%) SAN
12 47 (1.00%) Network Security
13 39 (0.83%) BGP
14 32 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
15 29 (0.61%) OSPF
16 27 (0.57%) SD-WAN
16 27 (0.57%) Wireshark
17 26 (0.55%) HTTP
18 24 (0.51%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 575 (12.18%) Power BI
2 345 (7.31%) Tableau
3 184 (3.90%) SQL Server
4 159 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
5 126 (2.67%) Data Mining
6 85 (1.80%) Metadata
7 73 (1.55%) Data Lake
8 68 (1.44%) Relational Database
9 67 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
10 60 (1.27%) Looker
10 60 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
10 60 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 58 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 49 (1.04%) BigQuery
13 47 (1.00%) MySQL
14 46 (0.97%) Power Query
15 43 (0.91%) NoSQL
16 42 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 35 (0.74%) Big Data
17 35 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 166 (3.52%) JIRA
2 135 (2.86%) Git
3 45 (0.95%) GitLab
4 37 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.66%) MLflow
6 28 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
7 24 (0.51%) Selenium
8 21 (0.44%) Chocolatey
9 15 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 15 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.30%) ERwin
11 13 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
12 12 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.23%) Balsamiq
14 10 (0.21%) Maven
14 10 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
14 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.19%) Axure RP
15 9 (0.19%) Postman
15 9 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 2,154 (45.63%) Social Skills
2 1,693 (35.86%) Finance
3 422 (8.94%) Marketing
4 380 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 280 (5.93%) Law
6 272 (5.76%) Public Sector
7 259 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
8 254 (5.38%) Banking
8 254 (5.38%) Legal
9 252 (5.34%) Retail
10 167 (3.54%) Manufacturing
11 151 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
12 150 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
13 109 (2.31%) Telecoms
14 89 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
15 85 (1.80%) Financial Institution
16 73 (1.55%) Advertising
16 73 (1.55%) Electronics
17 67 (1.42%) Games
18 65 (1.38%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,217 (25.78%) Analyst
2 654 (13.85%) Senior
3 317 (6.71%) Data Analyst
4 307 (6.50%) Lead
5 273 (5.78%) Business Analyst
6 244 (5.17%) Developer
7 218 (4.62%) Architect
8 208 (4.41%) Consultant
9 150 (3.18%) Systems Engineer
10 131 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
10 131 (2.77%) Senior Manager
11 117 (2.48%) Support Analyst
12 116 (2.46%) Trainee
13 112 (2.37%) IT Manager
14 109 (2.31%) Data Engineer
15 104 (2.20%) Trainee Analyst
15 104 (2.20%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 103 (2.18%) Support Engineer
17 101 (2.14%) IT Support
18 87 (1.84%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (2.69%) HTML
2 118 (2.50%) CSS
3 99 (2.10%) .NET
4 93 (1.97%) REST
5 85 (1.80%) JSON
6 81 (1.72%) Middleware
6 81 (1.72%) React
7 75 (1.59%) XML
8 60 (1.27%) PyTorch
9 55 (1.17%) TensorFlow
10 53 (1.12%) SOAP
11 52 (1.10%) Kafka
12 45 (0.95%) Node.js
13 40 (0.85%) scikit-learn
14 35 (0.74%) PySpark
14 35 (0.74%) RESTful
15 34 (0.72%) EDI
16 33 (0.70%) Pandas
17 32 (0.68%) LangChain
18 26 (0.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 501 (10.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 231 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 207 (4.38%) Onboarding
4 194 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 189 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 119 (2.52%) Data Centre
7 100 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 90 (1.91%) Cloud Native
9 83 (1.76%) Data Structures
10 80 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 79 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 72 (1.53%) Driving Licence
13 71 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
14 70 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
15 53 (1.12%) Public Cloud
15 53 (1.12%) Virtual Team
16 50 (1.06%) Social Media
17 49 (1.04%) FMCG
18 45 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
19 44 (0.93%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 342 (7.24%) Windows
2 206 (4.36%) Linux
3 147 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 59 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.72%) Unix
6 22 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 18 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.34%) Android
9 15 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.19%) CentOS
11 8 (0.17%) VMS
11 8 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.085%) AIX
13 4 (0.085%) Rocky
13 4 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.042%) Debian
15 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,099 (44.46%) Problem-Solving
2 1,112 (23.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,048 (22.20%) Analytics
4 990 (20.97%) Decision-Making
5 823 (17.43%) Agile
6 667 (14.13%) Business Intelligence
7 639 (13.54%) AI
8 604 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 519 (10.99%) Project Management
10 464 (9.83%) Actionable Insight
10 464 (9.83%) Mentoring
11 455 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 448 (9.49%) Roadmaps
13 439 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
14 438 (9.28%) Data Analysis
15 434 (9.19%) Data Modelling
16 377 (7.99%) Data Governance
17 368 (7.79%) Analytical Thinking
18 357 (7.56%) DevOps
19 356 (7.54%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 991 (20.99%) SQL
2 859 (18.20%) Python
3 176 (3.73%) PowerShell
4 168 (3.56%) JavaScript
5 167 (3.54%) Java
6 130 (2.75%) C#
7 73 (1.55%) R
8 67 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 61 (1.29%) Bash
9 61 (1.29%) C++
10 43 (0.91%) T-SQL
11 41 (0.87%) TypeScript
12 39 (0.83%) VBA
13 35 (0.74%) MATLAB
14 23 (0.49%) Scala
15 20 (0.42%) Go
16 18 (0.38%) PHP
17 17 (0.36%) PL/SQL
18 15 (0.32%) C
19 14 (0.30%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 930 (19.70%) Degree
2 368 (7.79%) Security Cleared
3 256 (5.42%) SC Cleared
4 228 (4.83%) ACCA
5 214 (4.53%) CIMA
6 167 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 154 (3.26%) DBS Check
8 149 (3.16%) CISSP
9 118 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
10 104 (2.20%) Master's Degree
11 103 (2.18%) CISM
12 94 (1.99%) PMI Certification
13 83 (1.76%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.76%) PMP
14 74 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
15 72 (1.53%) Azure Certification
15 72 (1.53%) IRCA
15 72 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
16 60 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
17 54 (1.14%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 438 (9.28%) Data Quality
2 359 (7.60%) GDPR
3 289 (6.12%) QA
4 248 (5.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 215 (4.55%) NIST
6 128 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 119 (2.52%) SLA
8 107 (2.27%) ISO 9001
9 105 (2.22%) Accessibility
10 103 (2.18%) PCI DSS
11 65 (1.38%) GRC
12 61 (1.29%) PMO
13 57 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
14 39 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 37 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 35 (0.74%) IFRS
17 32 (0.68%) COBIT
18 28 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.51%) NCSC
20 23 (0.49%) ITGC
System Software
1 236 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 78 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (1.50%) Docker
4 64 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.02%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.34%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.17%) IAG
10 8 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.11%) Firmware
12 4 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.085%) XenApp
13 3 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.042%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.042%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 125 (2.65%) Terraform
2 78 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 70 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 58 (1.23%) Ansible
5 32 (0.68%) Grafana
6 30 (0.64%) SCCM
7 24 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 23 (0.49%) Nagios
9 22 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (0.28%) QRadar
11 12 (0.25%) Kibana
12 9 (0.19%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.13%) Control-M
13 6 (0.13%) logstash
13 6 (0.13%) Packer
14 5 (0.11%) CASB
14 5 (0.11%) Graylog
15 4 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.085%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.085%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,085 (22.98%) Microsoft
2 202 (4.28%) SAP
3 177 (3.75%) Google
4 174 (3.69%) Oracle
5 150 (3.18%) Salesforce
6 139 (2.94%) VMware
7 109 (2.31%) ServiceNow
8 108 (2.29%) Databricks
9 98 (2.08%) SolarWinds
10 95 (2.01%) Splunk
11 76 (1.61%) Workday
12 73 (1.55%) Cisco
13 59 (1.25%) Veeam
14 52 (1.10%) Dell
15 51 (1.08%) IBM
16 49 (1.04%) Tanium
17 48 (1.02%) Brocade
17 48 (1.02%) Nimble Storage
18 47 (1.00%) Red Hat
19 43 (0.91%) Adobe