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 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,532 6,160 8,071
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.34% 12.42% 9.63%
As % of the General category 11.41% 17.95% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,464 2,649 3,755
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +4.39% -6.72%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -0.84%

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 48,496 34,318 48,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.81% 69.18% 57.26%
Number of salaries quoted 29,671 18,005 28,917
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,134 £75,000 £73,950
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £49,274
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.67% -6.14%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -15 5,013 £53,000 -3.64% 3,570
UK excluding London -19 3,546 £47,500 - 2,242
Work from Home -11 1,759 £55,000 +9.38% 1,552
London -10 1,704 £67,500 +3.85% 1,736
North of England -18 1,017 £47,500 +5.56% 543
South East -9 866 £50,000 -4.76% 703
Midlands -10 626 £48,000 +6.67% 367
North West -17 616 £47,000 - 293
South West -15 485 £47,500 - 276
West Midlands -18 327 £50,149 +11.44% 211
East Midlands 0 297 £45,000 -0.43% 156
Yorkshire -11 282 £47,500 +6.26% 182
East of England -24 251 £45,025 +0.06% 196
North East -18 119 £55,000 +37.50% 73
Wales -13 115 £53,171 +1.28% 48
Scotland -33 114 £43,668 -0.76% 101
Northern Ireland -31 81 £42,500 -22.73% 60

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
1 180 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 155 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 79 (1.43%) Confluence
4 70 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 69 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
6 48 (0.87%) Apache
7 44 (0.80%) CMS
8 28 (0.51%) IIS
9 24 (0.43%) SAS
10 12 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 12 (0.22%) WordPress
11 10 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
12 9 (0.16%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.16%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.16%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.14%) OpenStack
14 6 (0.11%) Headless CMS
15 3 (0.054%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.054%) JBoss
15 3 (0.054%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 599 (10.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 232 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
3 123 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 83 (1.50%) MS Visio
5 36 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 30 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.16%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.13%) CATIA
9 6 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.090%) Acrobat
10 5 (0.090%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.072%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.072%) Maya
12 3 (0.054%) LaTeX
12 3 (0.054%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.054%) Simulink
12 3 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.054%) Trello
12 3 (0.054%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 76 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 74 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 36 (0.65%) Dynamics GP
3 36 (0.65%) NetSuite
4 20 (0.36%) SAP PM
5 16 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 16 (0.29%) SAP CO
5 16 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 15 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 15 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
7 13 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 10 (0.18%) Magento
9 9 (0.16%) Elite 3E
9 9 (0.16%) Maximo
9 9 (0.16%) Workday HCM
10 8 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
10 8 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
10 8 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
10 8 (0.14%) Sage 200
10 8 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 965 (17.44%) Azure
2 688 (12.44%) Power Platform
3 576 (10.41%) AWS
4 397 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
5 342 (6.18%) SaaS
6 262 (4.74%) GCP
7 136 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
7 136 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
8 126 (2.28%) Entra ID
9 101 (1.83%) Snowflake
10 94 (1.70%) Google Analytics
11 88 (1.59%) GitHub
12 81 (1.46%) dbt
13 79 (1.43%) Power Automate
14 73 (1.32%) Amazon S3
15 71 (1.28%) PowerApps
16 70 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
17 60 (1.08%) Serverless
18 55 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
18 55 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 194 (3.51%) DNS
2 153 (2.77%) Firewall
3 148 (2.68%) DHCP
4 130 (2.35%) VPN
5 97 (1.75%) TCP/IP
6 79 (1.43%) WAN
7 78 (1.41%) LAN
8 63 (1.14%) Broadband
9 60 (1.08%) Wireless
10 57 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
11 55 (0.99%) Network Security
12 43 (0.78%) SAN
12 43 (0.78%) VLAN
13 40 (0.72%) Internet
14 37 (0.67%) HTTP
15 30 (0.54%) BGP
16 23 (0.42%) SD-WAN
16 23 (0.42%) VoIP
17 22 (0.40%) OSPF
18 19 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 609 (11.01%) Power BI
2 276 (4.99%) Tableau
3 215 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 196 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
5 111 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
6 96 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 91 (1.64%) Metadata
8 80 (1.45%) Looker
9 75 (1.36%) MySQL
10 74 (1.34%) Data Lake
11 71 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
11 71 (1.28%) Power Query
12 65 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 59 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 58 (1.05%) BigQuery
15 56 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
16 49 (0.89%) Data Mining
17 46 (0.83%) Big Data
18 42 (0.76%) NoSQL
19 38 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 226 (4.09%) JIRA
2 211 (3.81%) Git
3 58 (1.05%) GitLab
4 49 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 34 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
6 33 (0.60%) MLflow
7 30 (0.54%) Selenium
8 23 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 20 (0.36%) Postman
10 18 (0.33%) Eclipse
11 17 (0.31%) Chocolatey
12 15 (0.27%) ERwin
13 14 (0.25%) JMeter
14 13 (0.23%) Bitbucket
14 13 (0.23%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
15 12 (0.22%) SonarQube
16 11 (0.20%) Burp Suite
16 11 (0.20%) Visual Studio
17 10 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2,627 (47.49%) Social Skills
2 1,824 (32.97%) Finance
3 512 (9.26%) Marketing
4 457 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 395 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
6 363 (6.56%) Retail
7 337 (6.09%) Law
8 335 (6.06%) Public Sector
9 320 (5.78%) Legal
10 269 (4.86%) Banking
11 245 (4.43%) Manufacturing
12 241 (4.36%) Influencing Skills
13 158 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
14 134 (2.42%) Aerospace
15 133 (2.40%) Telecoms
16 101 (1.83%) Advertising
17 96 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
18 90 (1.63%) Electronics
19 74 (1.34%) Financial Institution
20 64 (1.16%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,319 (23.84%) Analyst
2 708 (12.80%) Senior
3 389 (7.03%) Lead
4 306 (5.53%) Data Analyst
5 280 (5.06%) Business Analyst
6 267 (4.83%) Developer
7 230 (4.16%) Consultant
8 216 (3.90%) Architect
9 212 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
10 172 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
11 163 (2.95%) Data Engineer
12 156 (2.82%) Support Analyst
13 129 (2.33%) Support Engineer
14 120 (2.17%) IT Support
15 113 (2.04%) IT Manager
16 104 (1.88%) Security Analyst
17 100 (1.81%) Senior Manager
18 99 (1.79%) Financial Analyst
18 99 (1.79%) Systems Analyst
19 90 (1.63%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (2.40%) .NET
2 119 (2.15%) HTML
3 115 (2.08%) REST
4 109 (1.97%) CSS
5 91 (1.64%) JSON
6 80 (1.45%) XML
7 79 (1.43%) Middleware
8 76 (1.37%) Kafka
9 74 (1.34%) React
10 67 (1.21%) RESTful
11 66 (1.19%) PyTorch
12 59 (1.07%) TensorFlow
13 54 (0.98%) SOAP
14 51 (0.92%) PySpark
15 43 (0.78%) scikit-learn
16 41 (0.74%) Web Services
17 39 (0.70%) Node.js
18 35 (0.63%) EDI
18 35 (0.63%) OAuth
18 35 (0.63%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 542 (9.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 311 (5.62%) Management Information System
3 277 (5.01%) Onboarding
4 250 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 244 (4.41%) Product Ownership
6 160 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
7 129 (2.33%) Cloud Native
8 122 (2.21%) Driving Licence
9 108 (1.95%) Security Posture
10 103 (1.86%) Data Centre
11 97 (1.75%) Social Media
12 96 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
13 90 (1.63%) Virtual Team
14 89 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
15 85 (1.54%) Blog
15 85 (1.54%) Data Structures
16 76 (1.37%) Algorithms
17 72 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
18 62 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
19 57 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 442 (7.99%) Windows
2 294 (5.31%) Linux
3 215 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 99 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 33 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 31 (0.56%) Unix
8 28 (0.51%) Mac OS
9 23 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (0.38%) Android
11 19 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 15 (0.27%) CentOS
13 12 (0.22%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.13%) Debian
15 6 (0.11%) VMS
16 5 (0.090%) OpenVMS
17 4 (0.072%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.072%) Rocky
18 3 (0.054%) AIX
19 2 (0.036%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,592 (46.85%) Problem-Solving
2 1,541 (27.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,249 (22.58%) Decision-Making
4 1,219 (22.04%) Analytics
5 978 (17.68%) Agile
6 879 (15.89%) AI
7 866 (15.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 716 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
9 611 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 576 (10.41%) Roadmaps
11 527 (9.53%) Mentoring
12 521 (9.42%) Project Management
13 516 (9.33%) Actionable Insight
14 479 (8.66%) Data Analysis
15 472 (8.53%) Data Modelling
16 467 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
17 459 (8.30%) Validation
18 449 (8.12%) Process Improvement
19 444 (8.03%) Customer Experience
20 431 (7.79%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,122 (20.28%) SQL
2 907 (16.40%) Python
3 209 (3.78%) JavaScript
4 193 (3.49%) Java
5 184 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 175 (3.16%) C#
7 98 (1.77%) C++
8 93 (1.68%) Bash
9 85 (1.54%) R
10 74 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 63 (1.14%) TypeScript
12 50 (0.90%) T-SQL
13 43 (0.78%) MATLAB
14 30 (0.54%) C
15 26 (0.47%) Scala
16 25 (0.45%) PHP
17 22 (0.40%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.38%) Go
18 21 (0.38%) VBA
19 19 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1,040 (18.80%) Degree
2 576 (10.41%) Security Cleared
3 406 (7.34%) SC Cleared
4 253 (4.57%) ACCA
5 238 (4.30%) CIMA
6 165 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 159 (2.87%) CISSP
8 149 (2.69%) DBS Check
9 130 (2.35%) DV Cleared
10 121 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
11 118 (2.13%) CISM
12 109 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
13 96 (1.74%) Master's Degree
14 73 (1.32%) IRCA
15 72 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
16 71 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
17 68 (1.23%) Azure Certification
18 60 (1.08%) PMI Certification
19 47 (0.85%) CRISC
19 47 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 530 (9.58%) Data Quality
2 389 (7.03%) GDPR
3 386 (6.98%) QA
4 239 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 192 (3.47%) NIST
6 159 (2.87%) Accessibility
7 157 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 157 (2.84%) SLA
8 134 (2.42%) PCI DSS
9 127 (2.30%) ISO 9001
10 73 (1.32%) GRC
11 66 (1.19%) PMO
12 45 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
13 41 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 39 (0.70%) IFRS
15 38 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 36 (0.65%) COBIT
17 28 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.43%) NCSC
19 23 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 317 (5.73%) Active Directory
2 133 (2.40%) Docker
3 103 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 88 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 80 (1.45%) Terminal Server
6 25 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (0.31%) Firmware
9 9 (0.16%) IAG
9 9 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.14%) ProxySG
10 8 (0.14%) vSphere
11 7 (0.13%) Ceph
12 5 (0.090%) KVM
12 5 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.072%) XenApp
14 3 (0.054%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.054%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.054%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 148 (2.68%) Terraform
2 113 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 85 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 74 (1.34%) Ansible
5 43 (0.78%) Grafana
6 28 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 26 (0.47%) SCCM
8 24 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 22 (0.40%) Nagios
10 17 (0.31%) QRadar
11 16 (0.29%) Kibana
12 12 (0.22%) Podman
13 9 (0.16%) Kubeflow
13 9 (0.16%) Nmap
14 8 (0.14%) Argo
14 8 (0.14%) logstash
15 7 (0.13%) Check_MK
15 7 (0.13%) Packer
15 7 (0.13%) Puppet
15 7 (0.13%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1,206 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 246 (4.45%) Google
3 233 (4.21%) SAP
4 189 (3.42%) Oracle
5 178 (3.22%) VMware
6 146 (2.64%) Splunk
7 134 (2.42%) Databricks
8 128 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 122 (2.21%) ServiceNow
10 121 (2.19%) SolarWinds
11 91 (1.64%) Veeam
12 83 (1.50%) Cisco
13 81 (1.46%) Brocade
13 81 (1.46%) Nimble Storage
14 80 (1.45%) Tanium
15 77 (1.39%) Workday
16 67 (1.21%) Red Hat
17 53 (0.96%) Adobe
18 50 (0.90%) Dell
19 46 (0.83%) IBM