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

6 months to
3 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 4,993 5,459 7,223
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.07% 11.98% 9.16%
As % of the General category 12.81% 17.21% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 2,328 4,872
10th Percentile £30,575 £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 £71,875 £74,036 £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 38,966 31,721 48,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 55.17% 69.60% 61.49%
Number of salaries quoted 21,228 15,018 35,477
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -8.71%
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 3 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 3 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 -10 4,423 £52,500 -4.55% 2,418
UK excluding London -14 3,171 £45,000 -11.71% 1,865
Work from Home +5 1,695 £52,500 -4.55% 1,069
London -5 1,506 £67,500 +3.85% 838
South East +9 874 £50,000 -1.90% 591
North of England -18 839 £45,000 -14.29% 424
Midlands -15 595 £44,543 -7.20% 319
North West -16 431 £42,500 -19.05% 230
West Midlands -17 351 £51,875 +3.75% 194
South West -9 300 £45,000 -14.29% 190
Yorkshire +4 294 £45,000 -5.26% 146
East of England -17 263 £40,000 -21.52% 219
East Midlands +3 242 £40,000 -5.88% 122
Scotland -17 208 £40,000 -38.46% 78
North East -4 114 £40,000 +2.30% 52
Wales +14 70 £40,000 -18.54% 55
Northern Ireland -15 48 £52,500 -4.55% 30
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 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (1.72%) Confluence
3 82 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 52 (1.04%) Apache Spark
5 47 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
6 45 (0.90%) 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 (0.080%) 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
1 719 (14.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 320 (6.41%) Chatbot
3 304 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
4 126 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 87 (1.74%) MS Visio
6 37 (0.74%) Maya
7 34 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
8 33 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
9 14 (0.28%) Adobe XD
10 13 (0.26%) AutoCAD
11 10 (0.20%) CATIA
12 4 (0.080%) 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
1 106 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 41 (0.82%) NetSuite
4 40 (0.80%) SAP MDG
5 30 (0.60%) SAP CO
6 29 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
7 22 (0.44%) Endur
7 22 (0.44%) SAP FI
8 21 (0.42%) 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
14 9 (0.18%) Maximo
15 8 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
15 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
15 8 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 831 (16.64%) Azure
2 638 (12.78%) Power Platform
3 419 (8.39%) AWS
4 299 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
5 258 (5.17%) SaaS
6 159 (3.18%) GCP
7 153 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (1.92%) Entra ID
10 93 (1.86%) GitHub
11 82 (1.64%) Power Automate
12 73 (1.46%) Snowflake
13 70 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
14 60 (1.20%) Amazon S3
15 58 (1.16%) Google Analytics
15 58 (1.16%) Serverless
16 55 (1.10%) dbt
17 51 (1.02%) PowerApps
18 50 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
19 45 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 179 (3.59%) Firewall
2 160 (3.20%) DNS
3 124 (2.48%) DHCP
4 99 (1.98%) VPN
5 77 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
6 69 (1.38%) WAN
7 63 (1.26%) LAN
8 61 (1.22%) TCP/IP
9 58 (1.16%) Wireless
10 55 (1.10%) VLAN
11 44 (0.88%) Network Security
12 42 (0.84%) Broadband
13 35 (0.70%) Wireshark
14 33 (0.66%) BGP
14 33 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
15 32 (0.64%) SAN
16 31 (0.62%) OSPF
17 28 (0.56%) VoIP
18 27 (0.54%) EIGRP
19 26 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 576 (11.54%) Power BI
2 407 (8.15%) Tableau
3 213 (4.27%) SQL Server
4 194 (3.89%) Data Mining
5 163 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
6 109 (2.18%) Metadata
7 99 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 96 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
9 74 (1.48%) Data Lake
10 63 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 54 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
12 49 (0.98%) MySQL
13 47 (0.94%) Looker
13 47 (0.94%) NoSQL
14 46 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
15 45 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
16 43 (0.86%) Power Query
17 36 (0.72%) Big Data
18 32 (0.64%) GIS
19 31 (0.62%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 195 (3.91%) JIRA
2 120 (2.40%) Git
3 46 (0.92%) GitLab
4 42 (0.84%) Selenium
5 35 (0.70%) 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 2,517 (50.41%) Social Skills
2 1,829 (36.63%) Finance
3 445 (8.91%) Marketing
4 328 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 289 (5.79%) Retail
6 288 (5.77%) Banking
7 287 (5.75%) Law
8 284 (5.69%) Legal
9 264 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
10 246 (4.93%) Public Sector
11 216 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
12 158 (3.16%) Manufacturing
13 137 (2.74%) Financial Institution
14 124 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
15 104 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 94 (1.88%) Games
17 90 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
18 70 (1.40%) Advertising
19 60 (1.20%) Electronics
20 49 (0.98%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,215 (24.33%) Analyst
2 616 (12.34%) Senior
3 388 (7.77%) Data Analyst
4 344 (6.89%) Lead
5 316 (6.33%) Trainer
6 259 (5.19%) Architect
7 239 (4.79%) Developer
8 237 (4.75%) Business Analyst
9 187 (3.75%) Consultant
10 173 (3.46%) Support Analyst
11 169 (3.38%) Trainee
12 158 (3.16%) Trainee Analyst
12 158 (3.16%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 145 (2.90%) IT Support
14 131 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
15 125 (2.50%) Senior Manager
16 109 (2.18%) Financial Analyst
16 109 (2.18%) Support Engineer
17 104 (2.08%) Business Manager
18 101 (2.02%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (2.48%) HTML
2 117 (2.34%) CSS
3 83 (1.66%) React
4 75 (1.50%) .NET
5 59 (1.18%) REST
6 57 (1.14%) Middleware
7 49 (0.98%) JSON
8 46 (0.92%) XML
9 39 (0.78%) Node.js
10 31 (0.62%) PySpark
11 30 (0.60%) SOAP
12 29 (0.58%) EDI
13 28 (0.56%) Kafka
13 28 (0.56%) Spring
14 27 (0.54%) TensorFlow
15 25 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
16 24 (0.48%) AngularJS
16 24 (0.48%) PyTorch
17 22 (0.44%) Pandas
18 19 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 507 (10.15%) Analytical Mindset
2 363 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
3 285 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 255 (5.11%) Management Information System
5 186 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 124 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 114 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
8 106 (2.12%) Data Centre
9 92 (1.84%) Data Structures
10 79 (1.58%) Cloud Native
11 77 (1.54%) Driving Licence
12 75 (1.50%) FMCG
13 73 (1.46%) Algorithms
14 52 (1.04%) Social Media
15 51 (1.02%) Security Posture
15 51 (1.02%) Virtual Team
16 49 (0.98%) Low-Code
17 47 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
17 47 (0.94%) Robotics
18 44 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 359 (7.19%) Windows
2 236 (4.73%) Linux
3 148 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 84 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 38 (0.76%) Unix
6 27 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 17 (0.34%) Android
8 15 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 12 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.10%) VMS
12 4 (0.080%) CentOS
12 4 (0.080%) 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%) Debian
15 1 (0.020%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,231 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
2 1,110 (22.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,105 (22.13%) Analytics
4 994 (19.91%) AI
5 936 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 877 (17.56%) Agile
7 761 (15.24%) Project Management
8 741 (14.84%) Business Intelligence
9 603 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 585 (11.72%) Data Analysis
11 440 (8.81%) Actionable Insight
12 418 (8.37%) Mentoring
13 417 (8.35%) Roadmaps
14 410 (8.21%) Process Improvement
15 407 (8.15%) Analytical Thinking
16 399 (7.99%) ERP
17 387 (7.75%) Risk Management
18 377 (7.55%) Computer Science
19 373 (7.47%) Cybersecurity
20 370 (7.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,032 (20.67%) SQL
2 839 (16.80%) Python
3 155 (3.10%) JavaScript
4 144 (2.88%) PowerShell
5 140 (2.80%) Java
6 118 (2.36%) C#
7 77 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 70 (1.40%) R
9 56 (1.12%) Bash
10 50 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 47 (0.94%) C++
12 46 (0.92%) VBA
13 34 (0.68%) TypeScript
14 23 (0.46%) C
15 20 (0.40%) Scala
16 19 (0.38%) MATLAB
17 15 (0.30%) Go
17 15 (0.30%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.24%) Bicep
18 12 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,436 (28.76%) Degree
2 455 (9.11%) Master's Degree
3 425 (8.51%) Security Cleared
4 326 (6.53%) PhD
5 313 (6.27%) SC Cleared
6 214 (4.29%) ACCA
7 204 (4.09%) CIMA
8 186 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 138 (2.76%) CISSP
10 99 (1.98%) DBS Check
11 98 (1.96%) PMI Certification
12 87 (1.74%) DV Cleared
13 84 (1.68%) PMP
14 78 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
14 78 (1.56%) CISM
15 71 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 67 (1.34%) Azure Certification
17 61 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
18 47 (0.94%) AWS Certification
19 46 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 342 (6.85%) Data Quality
2 254 (5.09%) QA
3 236 (4.73%) GDPR
4 201 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 151 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 146 (2.92%) NIST
7 120 (2.40%) PCI DSS
8 104 (2.08%) Accessibility
9 88 (1.76%) PMO
10 68 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 55 (1.10%) SLA
12 47 (0.94%) ISO 9001
13 43 (0.86%) GRC
14 36 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 32 (0.64%) IFRS
16 24 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 21 (0.42%) WCAG
18 18 (0.36%) NCSC
19 17 (0.34%) COBIT
20 16 (0.32%) GMP
System Software
1 249 (4.99%) Active Directory
2 107 (2.14%) Hyper-V
3 80 (1.60%) Terminal Server
4 70 (1.40%) Docker
5 54 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.30%) 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 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.080%) 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
1 129 (2.58%) Terraform
2 73 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 67 (1.34%) Ansible
4 49 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (0.66%) Grafana
6 32 (0.64%) 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 (0.080%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.080%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.080%) Nessus
12 4 (0.080%) QRadar
12 4 (0.080%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.080%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.060%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 1,192 (23.87%) Microsoft
2 318 (6.37%) PayPal
3 274 (5.49%) SAP
4 197 (3.95%) Oracle
5 152 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 145 (2.90%) VMware
7 133 (2.66%) Google
8 125 (2.50%) SolarWinds
9 110 (2.20%) Splunk
10 108 (2.16%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.70%) Veeam
12 81 (1.62%) Brocade
12 81 (1.62%) Tanium
13 80 (1.60%) Nimble Storage
14 76 (1.52%) Cisco
15 65 (1.30%) Databricks
16 57 (1.14%) Adobe
17 51 (1.02%) Workday
18 45 (0.90%) Alteryx
19 41 (0.82%) Bloomberg