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

6 months to
29 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 4,821 5,829 9,542
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.17% 13.60% 9.55%
As % of the General category 10.53% 18.57% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,068 2,371 5,386
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,150 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,625 £68,612
90th Percentile £88,825 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +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 45,775 31,382 59,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.13% 73.19% 59.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,117 15,075 39,919
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,500 £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 £104,800 £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 29 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 29 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 4,380 £55,000 - 1,401
UK excluding London -21 3,017 £48,500 -3.00% 1,203
London -9 1,525 £67,500 +3.85% 482
Work from Home -11 1,457 £55,000 - 640
North of England -28 940 £47,500 -5.00% 295
South East -4 761 £50,000 -5.62% 445
Midlands -21 553 £48,000 +1.05% 197
North West -30 547 £46,500 -7.00% 160
West Midlands -29 320 £51,300 +8.00% 123
South West -27 301 £47,500 -5.00% 124
Yorkshire -13 299 £50,000 +11.11% 92
East of England -21 243 £45,000 -11.71% 107
East Midlands +2 231 £45,000 -5.76% 74
Scotland -33 111 £40,000 -18.79% 38
North East -24 94 £48,445 +24.86% 52
Wales -2 81 £47,105 -12.36% 25
Northern Ireland -25 39 £40,000 -27.27% 11

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
1 144 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 71 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 62 (1.29%) Confluence
6 40 (0.83%) CMS
7 38 (0.79%) Apache
8 23 (0.48%) IIS
9 20 (0.41%) SAS
10 16 (0.33%) WordPress
11 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
12 12 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.12%) nginx
14 5 (0.10%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.062%) govService
15 3 (0.062%) JBoss
15 3 (0.062%) Tomcat
16 2 (0.041%) Appian
16 2 (0.041%) Camunda
Applications
1 557 (11.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 201 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 94 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 94 (1.95%) MS Visio
4 29 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
5 27 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.21%) Adobe XD
6 10 (0.21%) CATIA
7 8 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.15%) Maya
9 4 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.062%) Acrobat
10 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.062%) Trello
11 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.041%) Blender
11 2 (0.041%) Lectora
11 2 (0.041%) Simulink
11 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.021%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 71 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 33 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 20 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 12 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.23%) Maximo
9 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.19%) Endur
12 8 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
12 8 (0.17%) Workday HCM
13 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
13 7 (0.15%) Magento
13 7 (0.15%) SAP PP
13 7 (0.15%) Shopify
14 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 864 (17.92%) Azure
2 661 (13.71%) Power Platform
3 485 (10.06%) AWS
4 344 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 290 (6.02%) SaaS
6 208 (4.31%) GCP
7 125 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
8 122 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
9 110 (2.28%) Entra ID
10 89 (1.85%) GitHub
11 84 (1.74%) Power Automate
12 82 (1.70%) Snowflake
13 77 (1.60%) Google Analytics
14 75 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
15 72 (1.49%) dbt
16 70 (1.45%) Amazon S3
17 64 (1.33%) PowerApps
18 62 (1.29%) Serverless
19 53 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
20 49 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 204 (4.23%) Firewall
2 157 (3.26%) DNS
3 129 (2.68%) VPN
4 111 (2.30%) DHCP
5 82 (1.70%) WAN
6 73 (1.51%) TCP/IP
7 71 (1.47%) LAN
8 65 (1.35%) Broadband
9 61 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
10 59 (1.22%) VLAN
11 58 (1.20%) Wireless
12 49 (1.02%) Network Security
13 46 (0.95%) SAN
14 40 (0.83%) BGP
15 32 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
16 31 (0.64%) OSPF
17 30 (0.62%) SD-WAN
18 28 (0.58%) HTTP
19 26 (0.54%) Wireshark
20 25 (0.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 586 (12.16%) Power BI
2 341 (7.07%) Tableau
3 189 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 164 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
5 122 (2.53%) Data Mining
6 88 (1.83%) Metadata
7 78 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
8 73 (1.51%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.37%) Relational Database
10 63 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 59 (1.22%) Looker
11 59 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
12 57 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 51 (1.06%) Power Query
14 48 (1.00%) BigQuery
14 48 (1.00%) MySQL
15 44 (0.91%) Big Data
16 42 (0.87%) NoSQL
16 42 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 35 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 159 (3.30%) JIRA
2 136 (2.82%) Git
3 47 (0.97%) GitLab
4 32 (0.66%) MLflow
5 31 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (0.41%) Chocolatey
6 20 (0.41%) Selenium
7 14 (0.29%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 13 (0.27%) ERwin
8 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
9 11 (0.23%) Balsamiq
9 11 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
10 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.19%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.19%) Maven
11 9 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 2,190 (45.43%) Social Skills
2 1,702 (35.30%) Finance
3 433 (8.98%) Marketing
4 380 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 280 (5.81%) Law
6 272 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
6 272 (5.64%) Public Sector
7 260 (5.39%) Legal
8 257 (5.33%) Retail
9 249 (5.16%) Banking
10 173 (3.59%) Manufacturing
11 163 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
12 152 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
13 110 (2.28%) Telecoms
14 90 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 84 (1.74%) Financial Institution
16 79 (1.64%) Advertising
17 76 (1.58%) Electronics
18 74 (1.53%) Aerospace
19 58 (1.20%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,231 (25.53%) Analyst
2 651 (13.50%) Senior
3 319 (6.62%) Lead
4 316 (6.55%) Data Analyst
5 274 (5.68%) Business Analyst
6 251 (5.21%) Developer
7 224 (4.65%) Architect
8 209 (4.34%) Consultant
9 167 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
10 130 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
11 129 (2.68%) Senior Manager
12 122 (2.53%) Data Engineer
13 117 (2.43%) IT Manager
13 117 (2.43%) Support Analyst
14 113 (2.34%) Trainee
15 105 (2.18%) IT Support
15 105 (2.18%) Support Engineer
16 101 (2.10%) Trainee Analyst
16 101 (2.10%) Trainee Data Analyst
17 94 (1.95%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (2.70%) HTML
2 121 (2.51%) CSS
3 100 (2.07%) .NET
4 95 (1.97%) REST
5 85 (1.76%) JSON
6 84 (1.74%) Middleware
6 84 (1.74%) React
7 76 (1.58%) XML
8 66 (1.37%) PyTorch
9 61 (1.27%) TensorFlow
10 51 (1.06%) SOAP
11 50 (1.04%) Kafka
12 49 (1.02%) Node.js
13 42 (0.87%) scikit-learn
14 38 (0.79%) PySpark
15 37 (0.77%) RESTful
16 35 (0.73%) EDI
17 34 (0.71%) Pandas
18 33 (0.68%) LangChain
19 29 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 514 (10.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 235 (4.87%) Management Information System
3 208 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 194 (4.02%) Product Ownership
5 186 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
6 115 (2.39%) Data Centre
7 108 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 88 (1.83%) Cloud Native
9 86 (1.78%) Data Structures
10 83 (1.72%) Algorithms
11 82 (1.70%) Security Posture
12 72 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
12 72 (1.49%) Driving Licence
13 61 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
14 54 (1.12%) Public Cloud
14 54 (1.12%) Virtual Team
15 50 (1.04%) Social Media
16 49 (1.02%) FMCG
17 47 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
18 41 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 356 (7.38%) Windows
2 216 (4.48%) Linux
3 161 (3.34%) Windows Server
4 69 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.75%) Unix
6 23 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (0.48%) Windows 10
7 18 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.33%) Android
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.21%) CentOS
12 9 (0.19%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.17%) VMS
14 4 (0.083%) AIX
14 4 (0.083%) Rocky
14 4 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.062%) Debian
16 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,149 (44.58%) Problem-Solving
2 1,155 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,065 (22.09%) Analytics
4 1,028 (21.32%) Decision-Making
5 837 (17.36%) Agile
6 677 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
7 637 (13.21%) AI
8 614 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 512 (10.62%) Project Management
10 473 (9.81%) Actionable Insight
10 473 (9.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 471 (9.77%) Mentoring
12 470 (9.75%) Roadmaps
13 447 (9.27%) Data Analysis
14 445 (9.23%) Data Modelling
15 438 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
16 384 (7.97%) Data Governance
17 375 (7.78%) Analytical Thinking
18 366 (7.59%) Process Improvement
19 358 (7.43%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,025 (21.26%) SQL
2 894 (18.54%) Python
3 177 (3.67%) PowerShell
4 175 (3.63%) JavaScript
5 173 (3.59%) Java
6 136 (2.82%) C#
7 77 (1.60%) R
8 71 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 67 (1.39%) C++
10 65 (1.35%) Bash
11 45 (0.93%) T-SQL
12 44 (0.91%) TypeScript
13 40 (0.83%) MATLAB
14 39 (0.81%) VBA
15 24 (0.50%) Scala
16 21 (0.44%) PHP
17 20 (0.41%) Go
18 16 (0.33%) C
18 16 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
18 16 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 927 (19.23%) Degree
2 396 (8.21%) Security Cleared
3 278 (5.77%) SC Cleared
4 230 (4.77%) ACCA
5 215 (4.46%) CIMA
6 161 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 157 (3.26%) DBS Check
8 147 (3.05%) CISSP
9 116 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
10 103 (2.14%) Master's Degree
11 100 (2.07%) CISM
12 92 (1.91%) PMI Certification
13 88 (1.83%) DV Cleared
14 81 (1.68%) PMP
15 73 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 72 (1.49%) Azure Certification
16 72 (1.49%) IRCA
17 69 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
18 64 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
19 53 (1.10%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 452 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 363 (7.53%) GDPR
3 293 (6.08%) QA
4 251 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 221 (4.58%) NIST
6 138 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 124 (2.57%) SLA
8 112 (2.32%) Accessibility
8 112 (2.32%) PCI DSS
9 110 (2.28%) ISO 9001
10 70 (1.45%) GRC
11 61 (1.27%) PMO
12 55 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 38 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 37 (0.77%) IFRS
15 35 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 32 (0.66%) COBIT
17 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.50%) NCSC
19 23 (0.48%) ITGC
System Software
1 245 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 79 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (1.58%) Docker
4 73 (1.51%) Hyper-V
5 56 (1.16%) 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 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (0.083%) XenApp
14 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 128 (2.66%) Terraform
2 79 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 58 (1.20%) Ansible
5 33 (0.68%) Grafana
6 29 (0.60%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 24 (0.50%) Nagios
9 21 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (0.29%) QRadar
11 13 (0.27%) Kibana
12 10 (0.21%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.12%) Control-M
13 6 (0.12%) logstash
13 6 (0.12%) Packer
14 5 (0.10%) CASB
14 5 (0.10%) Graylog
15 4 (0.083%) Docker Swarm
15 4 (0.083%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,095 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 206 (4.27%) SAP
3 183 (3.80%) Google
4 172 (3.57%) Oracle
5 152 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 148 (3.07%) VMware
7 110 (2.28%) ServiceNow
8 108 (2.24%) Databricks
9 107 (2.22%) SolarWinds
10 104 (2.16%) Splunk
11 78 (1.62%) Cisco
12 74 (1.53%) Workday
13 68 (1.41%) Veeam
14 57 (1.18%) Nimble Storage
15 56 (1.16%) Brocade
15 56 (1.16%) Tanium
16 51 (1.06%) IBM
17 46 (0.95%) Dell
17 46 (0.95%) Red Hat
18 44 (0.91%) HubSpot