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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,784 5,785 9,495
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.15% 13.59% 9.59%
As % of the General category 10.55% 18.55% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,028 2,327 5,403
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £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 £68,155
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +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 45,363 31,183 58,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.88% 73.27% 59.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25,805 14,908 39,806
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £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 £72,433
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
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 26 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 26 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 4,333 £55,000 - 2,516
UK excluding London -20 2,991 £49,000 -2.00% 1,595
London -9 1,510 £67,500 +3.85% 1,205
Work from Home -11 1,435 £55,000 - 1,297
North of England -29 922 £48,000 -4.00% 401
South East -4 759 £50,000 -8.26% 501
Midlands -22 556 £48,000 - 261
North West -29 537 £46,500 -7.00% 239
West Midlands -27 324 £51,250 +6.77% 158
Yorkshire -13 294 £52,500 +16.67% 120
South West -26 294 £50,000 -1.21% 163
East of England -22 236 £45,000 -11.71% 150
East Midlands +3 230 £45,000 -6.25% 103
Scotland -30 117 £40,000 -17.54% 73
North East -27 91 £48,445 +25.83% 52
Wales 0 81 £47,105 -10.28% 35
Northern Ireland -26 39 £52,500 -4.55% 48

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
1 143 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 75 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 72 (1.51%) Apache Spark
5 64 (1.34%) Confluence
6 40 (0.84%) CMS
7 38 (0.79%) Apache
8 22 (0.46%) IIS
9 19 (0.40%) SAS
10 16 (0.33%) WordPress
11 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
12 12 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.13%) nginx
14 5 (0.10%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.063%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.063%) govService
15 3 (0.063%) JBoss
15 3 (0.063%) Tomcat
16 2 (0.042%) Appian
16 2 (0.042%) Camunda
Applications
1 554 (11.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
3 94 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 92 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 26 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.21%) CATIA
8 7 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.13%) Maya
10 4 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.063%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.063%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.063%) Trello
12 2 (0.042%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.042%) Lectora
12 2 (0.042%) Simulink
12 2 (0.042%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.021%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.021%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 69 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (0.77%) NetSuite
4 32 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
5 20 (0.42%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.23%) Maximo
8 11 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.19%) Endur
11 8 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 7 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
12 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
12 7 (0.15%) Magento
12 7 (0.15%) SAP PP
12 7 (0.15%) Shopify
13 6 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 852 (17.81%) Azure
2 651 (13.61%) Power Platform
3 486 (10.16%) AWS
4 339 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
5 280 (5.85%) SaaS
6 203 (4.24%) GCP
7 124 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
7 124 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
8 110 (2.30%) Entra ID
9 93 (1.94%) GitHub
10 87 (1.82%) Snowflake
11 86 (1.80%) Power Automate
12 76 (1.59%) dbt
12 76 (1.59%) Google Analytics
13 71 (1.48%) Amazon S3
14 70 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
15 63 (1.32%) PowerApps
16 60 (1.25%) Serverless
17 54 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
18 48 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 201 (4.20%) Firewall
2 158 (3.30%) DNS
3 127 (2.65%) VPN
4 113 (2.36%) DHCP
5 80 (1.67%) WAN
6 73 (1.53%) TCP/IP
7 70 (1.46%) LAN
8 60 (1.25%) Broadband
9 59 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
10 58 (1.21%) VLAN
11 57 (1.19%) Wireless
12 48 (1.00%) Network Security
12 48 (1.00%) SAN
13 39 (0.82%) BGP
14 32 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
15 29 (0.61%) OSPF
16 28 (0.59%) SD-WAN
17 27 (0.56%) Wireshark
18 26 (0.54%) HTTP
19 24 (0.50%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 580 (12.12%) Power BI
2 347 (7.25%) Tableau
3 186 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 160 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
5 125 (2.61%) Data Mining
6 85 (1.78%) Metadata
7 78 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
8 73 (1.53%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.38%) Relational Database
10 61 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 60 (1.25%) Looker
12 59 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
13 57 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
14 49 (1.02%) Power Query
15 48 (1.00%) BigQuery
16 47 (0.98%) MySQL
17 42 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 41 (0.86%) Big Data
18 41 (0.86%) NoSQL
19 35 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 168 (3.51%) JIRA
2 134 (2.80%) Git
3 47 (0.98%) GitLab
4 33 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.65%) MLflow
6 30 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
7 23 (0.48%) Selenium
8 21 (0.44%) Chocolatey
9 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.29%) ERwin
10 14 (0.29%) Visual Studio
11 13 (0.27%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
12 11 (0.23%) Balsamiq
13 10 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
13 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.19%) Axure RP
14 9 (0.19%) Maven
14 9 (0.19%) Postman
14 9 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 2,181 (45.59%) Social Skills
2 1,706 (35.66%) Finance
3 431 (9.01%) Marketing
4 385 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 273 (5.71%) Law
6 269 (5.62%) Public Sector
7 262 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
8 255 (5.33%) Retail
9 253 (5.29%) Legal
10 252 (5.27%) Banking
11 171 (3.57%) Manufacturing
12 166 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
13 152 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
14 109 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 91 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
16 87 (1.82%) Financial Institution
17 76 (1.59%) Electronics
18 74 (1.55%) Advertising
19 73 (1.53%) Aerospace
20 57 (1.19%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,225 (25.61%) Analyst
2 651 (13.61%) Senior
3 323 (6.75%) Data Analyst
4 315 (6.58%) Lead
5 271 (5.66%) Business Analyst
6 243 (5.08%) Developer
7 226 (4.72%) Architect
8 208 (4.35%) Consultant
9 166 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
10 135 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
11 131 (2.74%) Senior Manager
12 117 (2.45%) Support Analyst
13 116 (2.42%) Trainee
14 115 (2.40%) Data Engineer
15 113 (2.36%) IT Manager
16 104 (2.17%) Support Engineer
16 104 (2.17%) Trainee Analyst
16 104 (2.17%) Trainee Data Analyst
17 102 (2.13%) IT Support
18 89 (1.86%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (2.68%) HTML
2 120 (2.51%) CSS
3 97 (2.03%) .NET
4 93 (1.94%) REST
5 84 (1.76%) JSON
6 83 (1.73%) Middleware
7 82 (1.71%) React
8 76 (1.59%) XML
9 61 (1.28%) PyTorch
10 56 (1.17%) TensorFlow
11 52 (1.09%) SOAP
12 50 (1.05%) Kafka
13 48 (1.00%) Node.js
14 41 (0.86%) scikit-learn
15 38 (0.79%) PySpark
16 36 (0.75%) RESTful
17 34 (0.71%) EDI
18 33 (0.69%) LangChain
18 33 (0.69%) Pandas
19 26 (0.54%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 501 (10.47%) Analytical Mindset
2 231 (4.83%) Management Information System
3 203 (4.24%) Onboarding
4 191 (3.99%) Product Ownership
5 188 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
6 115 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 107 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 92 (1.92%) Cloud Native
9 87 (1.82%) Data Structures
10 82 (1.71%) Security Posture
11 81 (1.69%) Algorithms
12 73 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
13 71 (1.48%) Driving Licence
14 60 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
15 55 (1.15%) Virtual Team
16 54 (1.13%) Public Cloud
17 51 (1.07%) FMCG
18 50 (1.05%) Social Media
19 46 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
20 43 (0.90%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 353 (7.38%) Windows
2 214 (4.47%) Linux
3 159 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 68 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.71%) Unix
6 23 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 22 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 18 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 16 (0.33%) Android
10 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.21%) CentOS
13 9 (0.19%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.17%) VMS
15 4 (0.084%) AIX
15 4 (0.084%) Rocky
15 4 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.063%) Debian
17 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
17 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,122 (44.36%) Problem-Solving
2 1,136 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,060 (22.16%) Analytics
4 1,018 (21.28%) Decision-Making
5 834 (17.43%) Agile
6 672 (14.05%) Business Intelligence
7 640 (13.38%) AI
8 613 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 514 (10.74%) Project Management
10 471 (9.85%) Actionable Insight
11 467 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 464 (9.70%) Roadmaps
13 461 (9.64%) Mentoring
14 448 (9.36%) Data Analysis
15 442 (9.24%) Data Modelling
16 434 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
17 382 (7.98%) Data Governance
18 371 (7.76%) Analytical Thinking
19 362 (7.57%) Process Improvement
20 360 (7.53%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,015 (21.22%) SQL
2 885 (18.50%) Python
3 177 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 170 (3.55%) Java
4 170 (3.55%) JavaScript
5 130 (2.72%) C#
6 75 (1.57%) R
7 70 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 64 (1.34%) Bash
8 64 (1.34%) C++
9 44 (0.92%) T-SQL
10 42 (0.88%) TypeScript
11 40 (0.84%) VBA
12 38 (0.79%) MATLAB
13 23 (0.48%) Scala
14 20 (0.42%) Go
14 20 (0.42%) PHP
15 16 (0.33%) C
15 16 (0.33%) PL/SQL
16 15 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 932 (19.48%) Degree
2 391 (8.17%) Security Cleared
3 274 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 231 (4.83%) ACCA
5 217 (4.54%) CIMA
6 162 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 158 (3.30%) DBS Check
8 148 (3.09%) CISSP
9 115 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
10 104 (2.17%) Master's Degree
11 101 (2.11%) CISM
12 93 (1.94%) PMI Certification
13 86 (1.80%) DV Cleared
14 82 (1.71%) PMP
15 72 (1.51%) Azure Certification
15 72 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
15 72 (1.51%) IRCA
16 67 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
17 61 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
18 54 (1.13%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 445 (9.30%) Data Quality
2 359 (7.50%) GDPR
3 292 (6.10%) QA
4 248 (5.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 219 (4.58%) NIST
6 136 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 123 (2.57%) SLA
8 111 (2.32%) PCI DSS
9 110 (2.30%) ISO 9001
10 108 (2.26%) Accessibility
11 66 (1.38%) GRC
12 61 (1.28%) PMO
13 57 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
14 39 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 36 (0.75%) IFRS
16 35 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 32 (0.67%) COBIT
18 28 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 25 (0.52%) NCSC
20 23 (0.48%) ITGC
System Software
1 247 (5.16%) Active Directory
2 78 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (1.55%) Docker
4 72 (1.51%) Hyper-V
5 56 (1.17%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
11 8 (0.17%) IAG
12 5 (0.10%) Firmware
13 4 (0.084%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (0.084%) XenApp
14 3 (0.063%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.042%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 126 (2.63%) Terraform
2 78 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 67 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 59 (1.23%) Ansible
5 32 (0.67%) Grafana
6 30 (0.63%) SCCM
7 24 (0.50%) Nagios
7 24 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 22 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (0.29%) QRadar
10 12 (0.25%) Kibana
11 9 (0.19%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.13%) Control-M
12 6 (0.13%) logstash
12 6 (0.13%) Packer
13 5 (0.10%) CASB
13 5 (0.10%) Graylog
14 4 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.084%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.084%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,086 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 204 (4.26%) SAP
3 180 (3.76%) Google
4 168 (3.51%) Oracle
5 152 (3.18%) Salesforce
6 148 (3.09%) VMware
7 111 (2.32%) ServiceNow
8 109 (2.28%) Databricks
9 107 (2.24%) SolarWinds
10 104 (2.17%) Splunk
11 75 (1.57%) Cisco
11 75 (1.57%) Workday
12 67 (1.40%) Veeam
13 57 (1.19%) Tanium
14 56 (1.17%) Brocade
14 56 (1.17%) Nimble Storage
15 53 (1.11%) IBM
16 47 (0.98%) Red Hat
17 45 (0.94%) Dell
18 43 (0.90%) Adobe