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 3 months leading up to 23 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,593 3,190 6,103
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.47% 14.88% 10.87%
As % of the General category 10.91% 20.90% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,677 1,350 3,202
10th Percentile £33,400 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £45,747
% change year-on-year -2.00% +9.30% +1.66%

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 23,776 15,265 34,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 50.18% 71.23% 61.60%
Number of salaries quoted 13,588 8,644 22,953
10th Percentile £29,625 £26,929 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £48,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +2.08% +2.13% -10.48%

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 3 months to 23 April 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 3 months to 23 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -16 2,361 £52,500 -4.55% 1,905
UK excluding London -18 1,598 £49,000 -2.00% 1,616
London -6 836 £67,500 +3.85% 671
Work from Home -7 732 £55,000 - 851
North of England -21 505 £46,500 -2.11% 344
South East -4 418 £50,000 -9.09% 506
Midlands -14 302 £47,500 -2.06% 286
North West -14 300 £45,000 -10.00% 198
West Midlands -8 170 £51,250 +5.67% 173
Yorkshire -13 160 £52,500 +16.67% 98
South West -33 133 £52,500 - 172
East of England -28 132 £43,939 -6.85% 162
East Midlands -16 131 £42,500 -12.37% 112
Scotland -38 54 £40,000 -20.71% 107
North East -20 45 £47,500 +27.52% 55
Wales -5 44 £55,000 - 43
Northern Ireland -34 17 £40,000 -27.27% 39

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
1 143 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 73 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 69 (1.41%) Confluence
6 50 (1.02%) CMS
7 35 (0.72%) Apache
8 20 (0.41%) WordPress
9 18 (0.37%) IIS
10 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.23%) SAS
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.082%) Drupal
13 3 (0.061%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.061%) govService
13 3 (0.061%) JBoss
14 2 (0.041%) Appian
14 2 (0.041%) Camunda
14 2 (0.041%) Jupyter
Applications
1 649 (13.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 279 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 97 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 32 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 30 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 14 (0.29%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.20%) CATIA
11 5 (0.10%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.082%) Trello
13 3 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.061%) Photoshop
14 2 (0.041%) Simulink
15 1 (0.020%) Revit
15 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
15 1 (0.020%) SOLIDWORKS
15 1 (0.020%) SPSS
15 1 (0.020%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 65 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 23 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 15 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 15 (0.31%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.29%) Endur
7 14 (0.29%) Maximo
8 13 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
8 13 (0.27%) Workday HCM
9 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
10 10 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
11 9 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
12 8 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
12 8 (0.16%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Magento
13 7 (0.14%) SAP PP
14 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 873 (17.89%) Azure
2 673 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 478 (9.80%) AWS
4 332 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
5 265 (5.43%) SaaS
6 210 (4.30%) GCP
7 147 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
8 146 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
9 109 (2.23%) Entra ID
10 105 (2.15%) GitHub
11 98 (2.01%) Power Automate
12 95 (1.95%) Snowflake
13 89 (1.82%) dbt
14 77 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
15 72 (1.48%) Google Analytics
16 71 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 69 (1.41%) Amazon S3
18 62 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
18 62 (1.27%) Serverless
19 59 (1.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 191 (3.91%) Firewall
2 152 (3.12%) DNS
3 122 (2.50%) VPN
4 118 (2.42%) DHCP
5 79 (1.62%) WAN
6 70 (1.43%) TCP/IP
7 69 (1.41%) Wireless
8 68 (1.39%) LAN
9 62 (1.27%) VLAN
10 61 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (1.02%) Network Security
12 46 (0.94%) SAN
13 45 (0.92%) Broadband
14 40 (0.82%) BGP
15 33 (0.68%) OSPF
15 33 (0.68%) Wireshark
16 29 (0.59%) EIGRP
17 28 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
18 26 (0.53%) SD-WAN
19 23 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 608 (12.46%) Power BI
2 394 (8.08%) Tableau
3 221 (4.53%) SQL Server
4 171 (3.50%) Data Mining
4 171 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
5 97 (1.99%) Metadata
6 89 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 79 (1.62%) Data Lake
8 75 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
9 74 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 68 (1.39%) Looker
11 61 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 54 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
13 48 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
13 48 (0.98%) MySQL
14 46 (0.94%) BigQuery
14 46 (0.94%) Power Query
15 45 (0.92%) NoSQL
16 38 (0.78%) Oracle Database
16 38 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 180 (3.69%) JIRA
2 131 (2.68%) Git
3 47 (0.96%) GitLab
4 38 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.66%) MLflow
6 27 (0.55%) Selenium
7 25 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
8 19 (0.39%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.35%) Visual Studio
10 16 (0.33%) Balsamiq
11 14 (0.29%) Axure RP
11 14 (0.29%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.29%) ERwin
12 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
12 13 (0.27%) Subversion
13 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.20%) Postman
14 10 (0.20%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 2,382 (48.82%) Social Skills
2 1,817 (37.24%) Finance
3 438 (8.98%) Marketing
4 351 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 292 (5.98%) Banking
6 268 (5.49%) Law
7 265 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 263 (5.39%) Retail
9 256 (5.25%) Legal
10 247 (5.06%) Public Sector
11 194 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
12 167 (3.42%) Manufacturing
13 121 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
14 115 (2.36%) Telecoms
15 107 (2.19%) Financial Institution
16 82 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
17 76 (1.56%) Advertising
18 68 (1.39%) Electronics
19 62 (1.27%) Games
20 57 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,311 (26.87%) Analyst
2 667 (13.67%) Senior
3 371 (7.60%) Data Analyst
4 310 (6.35%) Lead
5 279 (5.72%) Business Analyst
6 243 (4.98%) Developer
7 219 (4.49%) Architect
8 210 (4.30%) Consultant
9 159 (3.26%) Trainee
10 158 (3.24%) Support Analyst
11 147 (3.01%) Trainee Analyst
11 147 (3.01%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 144 (2.95%) Systems Engineer
13 137 (2.81%) Senior Manager
14 134 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
15 118 (2.42%) IT Support
16 115 (2.36%) Financial Analyst
17 107 (2.19%) Data Engineer
18 106 (2.17%) Support Engineer
19 98 (2.01%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (2.89%) HTML
2 128 (2.62%) CSS
3 89 (1.82%) .NET
4 86 (1.76%) REST
5 82 (1.68%) React
6 79 (1.62%) JSON
7 74 (1.52%) Middleware
8 66 (1.35%) XML
9 57 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 54 (1.11%) Kafka
11 53 (1.09%) TensorFlow
12 47 (0.96%) Node.js
12 47 (0.96%) SOAP
13 42 (0.86%) scikit-learn
14 37 (0.76%) PySpark
15 35 (0.72%) Pandas
16 33 (0.68%) LangChain
17 30 (0.61%) Web Services
18 28 (0.57%) EDI
19 27 (0.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 519 (10.64%) Analytical Mindset
2 265 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
3 242 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 229 (4.69%) Onboarding
5 207 (4.24%) Product Ownership
6 103 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 101 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 98 (2.01%) Cloud Native
9 87 (1.78%) Data Structures
10 81 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
11 78 (1.60%) Security Posture
12 73 (1.50%) Algorithms
13 62 (1.27%) Driving Licence
14 57 (1.17%) Social Media
15 55 (1.13%) Virtual Team
16 50 (1.02%) Public Cloud
17 46 (0.94%) FMCG
18 45 (0.92%) Low-Code
19 44 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
20 43 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 355 (7.28%) Windows
2 201 (4.12%) Linux
3 152 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 62 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.70%) Unix
6 24 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 22 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 21 (0.43%) Android
9 18 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.14%) CentOS
12 6 (0.12%) VMS
13 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.082%) AIX
14 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.041%) Debian
15 2 (0.041%) OpenWrt
15 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.041%) Rocky
16 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,203 (45.15%) Problem-Solving
2 1,194 (24.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,121 (22.98%) Analytics
4 1,034 (21.19%) Decision-Making
5 855 (17.52%) Agile
6 740 (15.17%) Business Intelligence
7 720 (14.76%) AI
8 626 (12.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 619 (12.69%) Project Management
10 547 (11.21%) Data Analysis
11 486 (9.96%) Actionable Insight
12 447 (9.16%) Mentoring
13 435 (8.92%) Data Modelling
14 420 (8.61%) Analytical Thinking
15 418 (8.57%) Roadmaps
16 415 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 414 (8.49%) Process Improvement
18 402 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
19 384 (7.87%) DevOps
20 367 (7.52%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,052 (21.56%) SQL
2 870 (17.83%) Python
3 180 (3.69%) JavaScript
4 172 (3.53%) Java
5 170 (3.48%) PowerShell
6 117 (2.40%) C#
7 90 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.25%) R
9 57 (1.17%) Bash
10 45 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.90%) C++
11 44 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 42 (0.86%) VBA
13 26 (0.53%) MATLAB
14 23 (0.47%) Scala
15 20 (0.41%) Go
16 18 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.33%) PL/SQL
18 15 (0.31%) PHP
19 14 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 1,030 (21.11%) Degree
2 379 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 268 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 248 (5.08%) ACCA
5 237 (4.86%) CIMA
6 172 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 152 (3.12%) CISSP
8 145 (2.97%) DBS Check
9 138 (2.83%) Master's Degree
10 103 (2.11%) PMI Certification
11 97 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
12 96 (1.97%) CISM
13 91 (1.87%) PMP
14 82 (1.68%) DV Cleared
15 73 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
16 72 (1.48%) IRCA
17 67 (1.37%) Azure Certification
18 64 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
19 56 (1.15%) CISA
20 53 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 429 (8.79%) Data Quality
2 332 (6.80%) GDPR
3 285 (5.84%) QA
4 232 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 199 (4.08%) NIST
6 131 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 103 (2.11%) PCI DSS
8 101 (2.07%) SLA
9 93 (1.91%) ISO 9001
10 90 (1.84%) Accessibility
11 81 (1.66%) PMO
12 71 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 57 (1.17%) GRC
14 39 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 38 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.68%) IFRS
17 31 (0.64%) COBIT
18 29 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 25 (0.51%) SOC 2
20 21 (0.43%) ITGC
System Software
1 258 (5.29%) Active Directory
2 76 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.48%) Docker
5 56 (1.15%) Terminal Server
6 19 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 10 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.16%) IAG
10 8 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.082%) Firmware
11 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.082%) XenApp
12 3 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) KVM
14 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 136 (2.79%) Terraform
2 77 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 66 (1.35%) Ansible
3 66 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (0.72%) Grafana
5 30 (0.61%) SCCM
6 28 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 19 (0.39%) Nagios
9 10 (0.20%) QRadar
10 9 (0.18%) Kibana
11 7 (0.14%) Control-M
11 7 (0.14%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.12%) logstash
13 5 (0.10%) CASB
13 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 4 (0.082%) Packer
14 4 (0.082%) RSA Archer
14 4 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
14 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,192 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 205 (4.20%) SAP
3 175 (3.59%) Oracle
4 168 (3.44%) Google
5 144 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 143 (2.93%) VMware
7 116 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 106 (2.17%) Databricks
9 104 (2.13%) SolarWinds
10 95 (1.95%) Splunk
11 83 (1.70%) Workday
12 72 (1.48%) Cisco
13 64 (1.31%) Veeam
14 57 (1.17%) Tanium
15 56 (1.15%) Brocade
15 56 (1.15%) Nimble Storage
16 52 (1.07%) IBM
17 48 (0.98%) Dell
18 43 (0.88%) Red Hat
19 38 (0.78%) Dynatrace