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 6 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,959 6,025 7,591
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.34% 12.17% 9.56%
As % of the General category 11.66% 17.85% 16.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,615 2,544 3,209
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,125 £36,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
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 requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 51,128 33,759 44,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 45.79% 68.21% 56.64%
Number of salaries quoted 31,483 17,682 24,606
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.66%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 5,324 £52,500 - 5,042
UK excluding London -16 3,916 £47,500 +5.56% 2,925
Work from Home -8 1,965 £55,000 +10.00% 2,023
London -12 1,766 £67,500 +3.85% 2,787
North of England -18 1,080 £47,500 +6.74% 623
South East -8 932 £49,768 -5.20% 868
Midlands -8 682 £47,744 +6.10% 464
North West -16 665 £46,500 +3.33% 365
South West -9 555 £48,188 +7.08% 408
West Midlands -17 352 £49,000 +8.89% 273
East Midlands -4 327 £45,483 +4.56% 190
Yorkshire -13 286 £47,500 +18.75% 201
East of England -18 251 £47,500 +9.20% 265
Wales -10 175 £47,500 -5.33% 52
Scotland -23 132 £44,000 +11.39% 196
North East -18 129 £50,500 +24.69% 64
Northern Ireland -11 117 £42,500 -22.73% 110

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
1 186 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 183 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 102 (1.71%) Confluence
4 46 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 44 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 41 (0.69%) CMS
7 37 (0.62%) IIS
8 34 (0.57%) Apache
9 28 (0.47%) SAS
10 11 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.18%) WordPress
11 10 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 10 (0.17%) Headless CMS
11 10 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.15%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.15%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.13%) OpenStack
14 3 (0.050%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.050%) Appian
14 3 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 633 (10.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 261 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 118 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 71 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 45 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 31 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.23%) Simulink
8 8 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 7 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.084%) Acrobat
10 5 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.084%) CATIA
10 5 (0.084%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.084%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.067%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.067%) Revit
12 3 (0.050%) Maya
12 3 (0.050%) Siemens NX
12 3 (0.050%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.050%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 105 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 63 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 40 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 35 (0.59%) Dynamics GP
5 23 (0.39%) Shopify
6 19 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 15 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 15 (0.25%) SAP PM
8 14 (0.23%) Workday HCM
9 12 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
9 12 (0.20%) SAP CO
9 12 (0.20%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.18%) Magento
10 11 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
11 10 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
11 10 (0.17%) SAP Business One
11 10 (0.17%) SAP ERP
12 9 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 9 (0.15%) Fidessa
12 9 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 993 (16.66%) Azure
2 702 (11.78%) Power Platform
3 614 (10.30%) AWS
4 432 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
5 383 (6.43%) SaaS
6 279 (4.68%) GCP
7 157 (2.63%) Entra ID
8 153 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
9 149 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
10 120 (2.01%) Google Analytics
11 104 (1.75%) GitHub
12 90 (1.51%) Snowflake
13 89 (1.49%) Google Ads
14 80 (1.34%) dbt
14 80 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
14 80 (1.34%) Power Automate
15 79 (1.33%) Serverless
16 77 (1.29%) PowerApps
17 71 (1.19%) Amazon S3
18 65 (1.09%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 208 (3.49%) DNS
2 164 (2.75%) DHCP
3 154 (2.58%) Firewall
4 133 (2.23%) VPN
5 102 (1.71%) TCP/IP
6 77 (1.29%) WAN
7 74 (1.24%) LAN
8 67 (1.12%) Network Security
9 62 (1.04%) Wireless
10 55 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
11 52 (0.87%) Broadband
12 50 (0.84%) VLAN
13 45 (0.76%) Internet
14 39 (0.65%) SAN
15 35 (0.59%) HTTP
16 32 (0.54%) VoIP
17 28 (0.47%) BGP
18 23 (0.39%) SMS
19 22 (0.37%) SD-WAN
20 21 (0.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 623 (10.45%) Power BI
2 226 (3.79%) Tableau
3 218 (3.66%) SQL Server
4 185 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
5 120 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
6 106 (1.78%) Relational Database
7 95 (1.59%) Metadata
8 92 (1.54%) Looker
9 83 (1.39%) MySQL
10 72 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
10 72 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 70 (1.17%) Power Query
12 69 (1.16%) Data Lake
13 59 (0.99%) BigQuery
13 59 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 53 (0.89%) Big Data
15 45 (0.76%) NoSQL
16 44 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
17 36 (0.60%) MongoDB
18 34 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 259 (4.35%) JIRA
2 202 (3.39%) Git
3 50 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 49 (0.82%) GitLab
5 31 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
6 29 (0.49%) Selenium
7 23 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 23 (0.39%) Eclipse
7 23 (0.39%) MLflow
8 20 (0.34%) Postman
9 18 (0.30%) Claude Code
10 16 (0.27%) Bitbucket
10 16 (0.27%) Chocolatey
11 15 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
12 14 (0.23%) JMeter
12 14 (0.23%) LabVIEW
13 13 (0.22%) Burp Suite
14 12 (0.20%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
15 11 (0.18%) ERwin
General
1 2,909 (48.82%) Social Skills
2 1,935 (32.47%) Finance
3 641 (10.76%) Marketing
4 527 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 449 (7.53%) Organisational Skills
6 402 (6.75%) Law
6 402 (6.75%) Retail
7 383 (6.43%) Public Sector
8 356 (5.97%) Legal
9 302 (5.07%) Manufacturing
10 301 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
11 240 (4.03%) Banking
12 200 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
13 181 (3.04%) Aerospace
14 133 (2.23%) Telecoms
15 129 (2.16%) Electronics
16 107 (1.80%) Advertising
17 93 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
18 70 (1.17%) Financial Institution
19 66 (1.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,366 (22.92%) Analyst
2 759 (12.74%) Senior
3 414 (6.95%) Lead
4 307 (5.15%) Data Analyst
5 291 (4.88%) Business Analyst
6 281 (4.72%) Developer
7 231 (3.88%) Architect
8 230 (3.86%) Consultant
9 202 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
10 199 (3.34%) Systems Engineer
11 181 (3.04%) Support Analyst
12 178 (2.99%) Data Engineer
13 130 (2.18%) Support Engineer
14 118 (1.98%) IT Support
15 114 (1.91%) IT Manager
16 108 (1.81%) Security Analyst
17 106 (1.78%) Senior Manager
18 105 (1.76%) Applications Support
19 97 (1.63%) Systems Analyst
20 95 (1.59%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (2.70%) .NET
2 144 (2.42%) Terraform
3 127 (2.13%) REST
4 125 (2.10%) HTML
5 116 (1.95%) CSS
6 87 (1.46%) JSON
7 79 (1.33%) XML
8 78 (1.31%) Middleware
9 74 (1.24%) RESTful
10 69 (1.16%) Kafka
11 66 (1.11%) React
12 61 (1.02%) SOAP
13 58 (0.97%) PyTorch
14 55 (0.92%) PySpark
15 51 (0.86%) TensorFlow
16 46 (0.77%) EDI
16 46 (0.77%) Web Services
17 43 (0.72%) LDAP
18 39 (0.65%) ASP.NET
19 38 (0.64%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 492 (8.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 367 (6.16%) Management Information System
3 361 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 293 (4.92%) Product Ownership
5 291 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
6 164 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
7 140 (2.35%) Driving Licence
8 137 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
9 132 (2.22%) Cloud Native
10 118 (1.98%) Blog
11 116 (1.95%) Social Media
12 106 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
13 104 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
13 104 (1.75%) Security Posture
14 102 (1.71%) Data Centre
15 95 (1.59%) Virtual Team
16 84 (1.41%) Data Structures
17 70 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
18 66 (1.11%) Algorithms
19 52 (0.87%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 470 (7.89%) Windows
2 286 (4.80%) Linux
3 227 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 101 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 32 (0.54%) Unix
7 30 (0.50%) Mac OS
8 27 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (0.35%) Apple iOS
11 17 (0.29%) Android
12 10 (0.17%) CentOS
13 8 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.10%) Debian
14 6 (0.10%) VMS
15 5 (0.084%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.067%) CoreOS
17 3 (0.050%) Rocky
18 2 (0.034%) AIX
18 2 (0.034%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,891 (48.51%) Problem-Solving
2 1,741 (29.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,401 (23.51%) Decision-Making
4 1,259 (21.13%) Analytics
5 1,110 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 1,065 (17.87%) Agile
7 1,052 (17.65%) AI
8 772 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
9 637 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 613 (10.29%) Roadmaps
11 579 (9.72%) Mentoring
12 568 (9.53%) Actionable Insight
13 526 (8.83%) Project Management
13 526 (8.83%) Validation
14 508 (8.52%) Data Analysis
15 498 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
16 477 (8.00%) Data Modelling
17 475 (7.97%) Process Improvement
18 463 (7.77%) ERP
19 460 (7.72%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1,163 (19.52%) SQL
2 864 (14.50%) Python
3 228 (3.83%) JavaScript
4 208 (3.49%) Java
5 193 (3.24%) C#
6 191 (3.21%) PowerShell
7 112 (1.88%) C++
8 88 (1.48%) Bash
9 81 (1.36%) R
10 78 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 68 (1.14%) TypeScript
12 51 (0.86%) MATLAB
13 48 (0.81%) T-SQL
14 36 (0.60%) C
15 29 (0.49%) Scala
16 27 (0.45%) PHP
17 26 (0.44%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.35%) Perl
19 20 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
19 20 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,182 (19.84%) Degree
2 673 (11.29%) Security Cleared
3 468 (7.85%) SC Cleared
4 235 (3.94%) ACCA
5 219 (3.68%) CIMA
6 178 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 164 (2.75%) CISSP
8 161 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 141 (2.37%) DBS Check
10 126 (2.11%) CISM
11 122 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 116 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
13 98 (1.64%) Master's Degree
14 80 (1.34%) Azure Certification
15 77 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
16 72 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
17 64 (1.07%) PMI Certification
18 58 (0.97%) HND
19 49 (0.82%) CRISC
20 46 (0.77%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 582 (9.77%) Data Quality
2 389 (6.53%) QA
3 363 (6.09%) GDPR
4 246 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 195 (3.27%) NIST
6 177 (2.97%) Accessibility
7 158 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 150 (2.52%) SLA
9 129 (2.16%) PCI DSS
10 96 (1.61%) ISO 9001
11 70 (1.17%) GRC
12 61 (1.02%) PMO
13 47 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
14 42 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 37 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 37 (0.62%) IFRS
16 32 (0.54%) COBIT
17 29 (0.49%) NCSC
18 26 (0.44%) DO-254
19 24 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 340 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 132 (2.22%) Docker
3 107 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 89 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 80 (1.34%) Terminal Server
6 36 (0.60%) Firmware
7 23 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
10 9 (0.15%) vSphere
11 8 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 7 (0.12%) Ceph
13 4 (0.067%) KVM
13 4 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.067%) ProxySG
14 3 (0.050%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.034%) IAG
15 2 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 2 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 112 (1.88%) Kubernetes
2 86 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 75 (1.26%) Ansible
4 40 (0.67%) Grafana
4 40 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.42%) SCCM
6 21 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 20 (0.34%) QRadar
8 18 (0.30%) Kibana
9 13 (0.22%) Nagios
10 11 (0.18%) Nmap
10 11 (0.18%) Podman
11 9 (0.15%) Argo
11 9 (0.15%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.13%) logstash
13 7 (0.12%) Check_MK
13 7 (0.12%) Istio
13 7 (0.12%) Packer
14 6 (0.10%) Functional Safety
14 6 (0.10%) Graylog
Vendors
1 1,333 (22.37%) Microsoft
2 323 (5.42%) Google
3 239 (4.01%) SAP
4 188 (3.15%) Oracle
5 186 (3.12%) VMware
6 154 (2.58%) Splunk
7 138 (2.32%) Databricks
8 136 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 129 (2.16%) Salesforce
10 108 (1.81%) SolarWinds
11 89 (1.49%) Veeam
12 87 (1.46%) Cisco
13 81 (1.36%) Brocade
13 81 (1.36%) Nimble Storage
14 80 (1.34%) Tanium
15 71 (1.19%) Workday
16 67 (1.12%) Adobe
17 56 (0.94%) HubSpot
17 56 (0.94%) YouTube
18 41 (0.69%) IBM