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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,509 6,400 4,743
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 10.18% 9.66% 9.27%
As % of the General category 16.48% 15.91% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,621 2,679 3,402
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.17%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,427 40,224 33,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 61.77% 60.71% 65.31%
Number of salaries quoted 19,234 19,449 24,986
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,756
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,852 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.21% +3.70% -4.76%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 +4 4,770 £50,458 -8.26% 2,581
UK excluding London +4 3,518 £45,000 -10.00% 2,335
Work from Home +6 1,958 £50,000 -10.20% 1,631
London +4 1,660 £67,500 +3.85% 880
South East +4 891 £47,520 -4.96% 925
North of England +1 838 £45,000 -10.00% 457
Midlands +6 642 £45,000 -6.25% 394
North West -9 422 £45,000 -14.29% 264
South West +6 392 £45,000 -15.09% 230
West Midlands +6 383 £52,500 +5.00% 244
Scotland +2 355 £33,500 -44.17% 82
East of England +3 313 £40,000 -27.27% 208
Yorkshire +5 301 £40,000 -23.81% 134
East Midlands +5 257 £37,500 -11.76% 147
North East +16 115 £42,000 +2.44% 65
Wales +12 79 £48,122 -2.00% 58
Northern Ireland -3 40 £52,500 -28.54% 31
Isle of Man 0 1 £62,500 +150.00%
Channel Islands -5 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
1 136 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (1.83%) Confluence
3 93 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 68 (1.23%) CMS
5 53 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.40%) WordPress
7 21 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 18 (0.33%) Apache
9 15 (0.27%) SAS
10 10 (0.18%) Camunda
11 7 (0.13%) IIS
11 7 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 6 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.11%) Drupal
12 6 (0.11%) nginx
12 6 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.11%) Skype for Business
13 5 (0.091%) Apache Synapse
13 5 (0.091%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.073%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 784 (14.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 528 (9.58%) Chatbot
3 380 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
4 139 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 56 (1.02%) Maya
6 53 (0.96%) MS Visio
7 41 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
8 36 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
9 23 (0.42%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.25%) Adobe XD
11 10 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
12 6 (0.11%) Simulink
13 4 (0.073%) Blender
13 4 (0.073%) CATIA
13 4 (0.073%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.073%) Photoshop
13 4 (0.073%) PlantUML
14 3 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 3 (0.054%) Sketch
14 3 (0.054%) Stata
Business Applications
1 166 (3.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 69 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (1.23%) SAP MDG
4 47 (0.85%) NetSuite
5 39 (0.71%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 39 (0.71%) SAP FI
5 39 (0.71%) Shopify
6 38 (0.69%) SAP CO
6 38 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
7 29 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
8 24 (0.44%) SAP IBP
9 20 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
10 16 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
11 15 (0.27%) Endur
11 15 (0.27%) Workday HCM
12 13 (0.24%) Sage X3
12 13 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
12 13 (0.24%) Sprinklr
13 11 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
13 11 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 811 (14.72%) Azure
2 618 (11.22%) Power Platform
3 445 (8.08%) AWS
4 269 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
5 255 (4.63%) SaaS
6 159 (2.89%) GCP
7 128 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
8 109 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
9 98 (1.78%) Google Analytics
10 73 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 70 (1.27%) GitHub
12 68 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
13 67 (1.22%) Snowflake
14 59 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 57 (1.03%) Serverless
16 53 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
17 52 (0.94%) PaaS
18 51 (0.93%) Power Automate
19 43 (0.78%) dbt
20 42 (0.76%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 159 (2.89%) DNS
2 132 (2.40%) DHCP
3 118 (2.14%) Firewall
4 74 (1.34%) Network Security
5 72 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
6 68 (1.23%) VPN
7 64 (1.16%) LAN
8 60 (1.09%) WAN
9 50 (0.91%) TCP/IP
10 41 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
11 37 (0.67%) Wireless
12 33 (0.60%) VoIP
13 32 (0.58%) SMS
14 31 (0.56%) VLAN
15 25 (0.45%) Internet
16 24 (0.44%) Broadband
17 22 (0.40%) SAN
18 18 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
18 18 (0.33%) OSPF
19 17 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 570 (10.35%) Power BI
2 307 (5.57%) Tableau
3 190 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 167 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 134 (2.43%) Data Mining
6 118 (2.14%) Metadata
7 116 (2.11%) Data Lake
8 111 (2.01%) Relational Database
9 99 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
10 64 (1.16%) Looker
11 58 (1.05%) NoSQL
12 57 (1.03%) MySQL
12 57 (1.03%) SAP BW
13 55 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 46 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
15 45 (0.82%) Big Data
16 38 (0.69%) GIS
17 37 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
18 36 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
19 34 (0.62%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 234 (4.25%) JIRA
2 111 (2.01%) Git
3 59 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 52 (0.94%) Selenium
5 45 (0.82%) GitLab
6 19 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 18 (0.33%) Maven
8 16 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 15 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 15 (0.27%) Postman
10 14 (0.25%) WebDriver
11 13 (0.24%) JUnit
11 13 (0.24%) Robot Framework
11 13 (0.24%) Subversion
12 11 (0.20%) Axure RP
12 11 (0.20%) Balsamiq
12 11 (0.20%) ERwin
12 11 (0.20%) Snyk
13 10 (0.18%) TeamCity
13 10 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 2,834 (51.44%) Social Skills
2 1,832 (33.25%) Finance
3 661 (12.00%) Marketing
4 437 (7.93%) Law
5 372 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 358 (6.50%) Retail
7 323 (5.86%) Legal
8 307 (5.57%) Banking
9 257 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
10 248 (4.50%) Public Sector
11 235 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
12 231 (4.19%) Manufacturing
13 153 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
14 147 (2.67%) Telecoms
15 138 (2.50%) Financial Institution
16 111 (2.01%) Advertising
16 111 (2.01%) Games
17 98 (1.78%) Electronics
18 75 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
19 62 (1.13%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,132 (20.55%) Analyst
2 695 (12.62%) Senior
3 527 (9.57%) Trainer
4 427 (7.75%) Lead
5 307 (5.57%) Architect
6 302 (5.48%) Data Analyst
7 236 (4.28%) Developer
8 216 (3.92%) Consultant
9 197 (3.58%) Business Analyst
10 178 (3.23%) Support Analyst
11 162 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
12 142 (2.58%) IT Support
13 136 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 127 (2.31%) Systems Engineer
15 115 (2.09%) Trainee
16 108 (1.96%) Business Manager
16 108 (1.96%) IT Manager
17 104 (1.89%) Applications Support
17 104 (1.89%) Financial Analyst
18 102 (1.85%) Innovation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (2.52%) HTML
2 111 (2.01%) CSS
3 95 (1.72%) React
4 87 (1.58%) REST
5 67 (1.22%) .NET
6 53 (0.96%) Kafka
7 51 (0.93%) Middleware
8 47 (0.85%) Spring
9 45 (0.82%) JSON
10 38 (0.69%) AngularJS
11 36 (0.65%) XML
12 32 (0.58%) EDI
12 32 (0.58%) SOAP
13 28 (0.51%) Node.js
13 28 (0.51%) Web Services
14 27 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
15 26 (0.47%) LangChain
15 26 (0.47%) PySpark
16 23 (0.42%) Playwright
17 22 (0.40%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 579 (10.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 396 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
3 395 (7.17%) Onboarding
4 288 (5.23%) Management Information System
5 205 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 167 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 138 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
8 105 (1.91%) Driving Licence
9 90 (1.63%) Algorithms
10 89 (1.62%) Data Centre
11 84 (1.52%) FMCG
12 79 (1.43%) Cloud Native
13 66 (1.20%) Data Structures
14 65 (1.18%) Social Media
15 59 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 53 (0.96%) Virtual Team
17 51 (0.93%) Robotics
17 51 (0.93%) Security Posture
18 43 (0.78%) e-Learning
19 35 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 322 (5.84%) Windows
2 213 (3.87%) Linux
3 141 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 89 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.54%) Unix
6 21 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.24%) Android
8 9 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.091%) Mac OS X
9 5 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.054%) OpenWrt
11 3 (0.054%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.054%) VMS
11 3 (0.054%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.018%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.018%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.018%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.018%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,480 (45.02%) Problem-Solving
2 1,309 (23.76%) AI
3 1,178 (21.38%) Analytics
4 1,099 (19.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,039 (18.86%) Decision-Making
6 997 (18.10%) Agile
7 846 (15.36%) Project Management
8 780 (14.16%) Business Intelligence
9 655 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 540 (9.80%) Chemistry
11 530 (9.62%) Conversational UI
12 529 (9.60%) Data Analysis
13 484 (8.79%) Risk Management
14 465 (8.44%) ERP
15 464 (8.42%) Roadmaps
16 447 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
17 445 (8.08%) Mentoring
18 437 (7.93%) Customer Service
19 435 (7.90%) CRM
20 423 (7.68%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 991 (17.99%) SQL
2 656 (11.91%) Python
3 175 (3.18%) Java
4 166 (3.01%) JavaScript
5 121 (2.20%) C#
6 90 (1.63%) PowerShell
7 78 (1.42%) R
8 54 (0.98%) C++
9 52 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 45 (0.82%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.80%) Bash
12 40 (0.73%) VBA
13 37 (0.67%) TypeScript
14 29 (0.53%) PL/SQL
15 26 (0.47%) C
16 22 (0.40%) Scala
17 19 (0.34%) Go
17 19 (0.34%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.27%) ABAP
19 13 (0.24%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,886 (34.23%) Degree
2 704 (12.78%) Master's Degree
3 544 (9.87%) PhD
4 443 (8.04%) Security Cleared
5 321 (5.83%) SC Cleared
6 205 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 179 (3.25%) CISSP
8 178 (3.23%) ACCA
9 171 (3.10%) CIMA
10 103 (1.87%) DBS Check
11 94 (1.71%) DV Cleared
12 84 (1.52%) CISM
13 79 (1.43%) PMI Certification
14 68 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
15 64 (1.16%) PMP
16 63 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
17 60 (1.09%) Azure Certification
17 60 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
18 57 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
19 51 (0.93%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 275 (4.99%) QA
3 202 (3.67%) GDPR
4 190 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 143 (2.60%) PCI DSS
6 137 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 113 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 113 (2.05%) NIST
7 113 (2.05%) PMO
8 54 (0.98%) SLA
9 40 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
9 40 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 34 (0.62%) GRC
11 22 (0.40%) IFRS
12 20 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 20 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 16 (0.29%) WCAG
14 14 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 13 (0.24%) COBIT
16 10 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 239 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 117 (2.12%) Hyper-V
3 88 (1.60%) Terminal Server
4 61 (1.11%) Docker
5 46 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 28 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.31%) Firmware
8 10 (0.18%) vSphere
9 7 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.091%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.073%) zsh
12 3 (0.054%) HDFS
13 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.018%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.018%) NFS
13 1 (0.018%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 88 (1.60%) Terraform
2 80 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 53 (0.96%) Ansible
4 41 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.33%) Grafana
6 16 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.16%) SCCM
8 7 (0.13%) QRadar
9 6 (0.11%) SCOM
10 5 (0.091%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.073%) Nessus
11 4 (0.073%) Rancher
11 4 (0.073%) vRealize
12 3 (0.054%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.054%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.054%) Nagios
13 2 (0.036%) AssetCenter
13 2 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.036%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,215 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 525 (9.53%) PayPal
3 424 (7.70%) SAP
4 234 (4.25%) Google
5 222 (4.03%) Oracle
6 167 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 145 (2.63%) VMware
8 123 (2.23%) Splunk
9 114 (2.07%) Databricks
10 107 (1.94%) SolarWinds
11 92 (1.67%) Veeam
12 89 (1.62%) Brocade
12 89 (1.62%) Tanium
13 88 (1.60%) Nimble Storage
14 85 (1.54%) Adobe
15 81 (1.47%) ServiceNow
16 78 (1.42%) Cisco
17 60 (1.09%) Workday
18 51 (0.93%) Alteryx
19 43 (0.78%) Ariba