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

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	21	10	15
Rank change year-on-year	-11	+5	+3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	7,174	5,762	6,137
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	5.81%	10.94%	9.08%
As % of the General category	12.35%	16.83%	15.54%
Number of salaries quoted	3,853	2,693	2,514
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£29,250	£31,845
25^th Percentile	£39,750	£35,000	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,356	£50,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.71%	-9.09%	-1.79%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£70,000	£70,250
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£85,000	£90,000
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 citing general skills.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	58,081	34,231	39,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	47.05%	65.01%	58.44%
Number of salaries quoted	34,799	19,266	19,011
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,750	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£33,750	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£51,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+6.80%	-14.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£95,000	£100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£42,500	£50,500
% change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.84%	+1.00%

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 Salary Trend

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 13 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills Top 18 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 13 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-12	6,248	£51,000	+2.00%	6,539
UK excluding London	-15	4,998	£47,500	+5.56%	3,463
Work from Home	-5	2,371	£55,000	+10.00%	2,738
London	-11	1,856	£65,000	-	3,349
North of England	-8	1,265	£47,500	+5.56%	785
South East	-12	1,164	£50,000	+11.11%	960
Midlands	-11	880	£45,000	+2.27%	516
North West	+2	717	£46,735	+3.86%	452
South West	-4	707	£46,743	+3.87%	343
West Midlands	-12	461	£45,000	-14.29%	314
East Midlands	-9	417	£42,500	+13.33%	202
Yorkshire	-3	359	£47,250	+18.13%	238
East of England	-16	346	£47,500	+18.75%	381
Wales	-6	233	£45,000	-6.49%	100
Northern Ireland	+3	232	£42,500	-19.05%	176
North East	-19	198	£52,500	+20.69%	100
Scotland	-20	196	£55,000	+64.18%	297
Isle of Man	0	1	£42,500	-32.00%	8

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	51.0%	3,662
2	Continuous Improvement	31.0%	2,224
3	Microsoft	25.1%	1,800
4	Decision-Making	24.3%	1,740
5	Stakeholder Management	22.8%	1,639
6	Degree	21.9%	1,569
7	AI	20.4%	1,460
8	Analytics	19.8%	1,417
9	SQL	19.1%	1,367
10	Agile	16.3%	1,170
11	Azure	15.5%	1,111
12	Business Intelligence	14.0%	1,003
13	Python	14.0%	1,001
14	Microsoft Excel	13.2%	944
15	Security Cleared	11.8%	848
16	Power Platform	11.7%	840
17	Power BI	10.7%	766
18	Stakeholder Engagement	10.6%	758
19	Mentoring	10.4%	746
20	Data Quality	10.2%	735
21	Validation	10.1%	726
22	AWS	9.6%	691
23	Actionable Insight	9.5%	678
24	Roadmaps	9.3%	668
25	Process Improvement	9.3%	665
26	Data Analysis	9.2%	660
27	CRM	8.4%	601
28	Project Management	8.3%	595
29	Project Delivery	8.3%	594
30	SC Cleared	8.3%	592

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.2%	3,676
2	Finance	31.7%	2,271
3	Marketing	12.3%	879
4	Organisational Skills	9.5%	681
5	Inclusion and Diversity	8.3%	595
6	Manufacturing	7.5%	536
7	Retail	7.5%	535
8	Legal	6.5%	466
9	Public Sector	6.3%	452
10	Law	6.0%	428
11	Influencing Skills	5.5%	392
12	Presentation Skills	4.9%	352
13	Banking	3.7%	266
14	Aerospace	3.6%	255
15	Electronics	3.2%	230
16	Telecoms	2.6%	183
17	Advertising	1.8%	126
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	125
19	Automotive	1.4%	103
20	Pharmaceutical	1.4%	101