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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 6,301 6,097 7,537
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.42% 12.37% 9.68%
As % of the General category 11.70% 18.04% 16.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,703 2,522 2,979
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 53,872 33,797 44,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.36% 68.55% 57.12%
Number of salaries quoted 32,783 17,644 22,950
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -1.96%

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 20 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 20 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 -16 5,583 £52,500 - 8,398
UK excluding London -16 4,192 £47,500 +5.56% 4,359
Work from Home -6 2,112 £55,000 +10.00% 3,268
London -12 1,818 £67,500 +3.85% 4,785
North of England -18 1,132 £47,500 +6.74% 964
South East -10 986 £49,768 +0.54% 1,201
Midlands -9 735 £47,500 +5.56% 688
North West -16 684 £46,500 +3.33% 581
South West -11 592 £47,500 +5.56% 519
West Midlands -19 378 £47,988 +6.64% 429
East Midlands -6 354 £45,000 +12.50% 259
Yorkshire -10 310 £47,250 +18.13% 285
East of England -17 270 £47,500 +18.75% 406
Wales -5 202 £45,000 -10.31% 102
Scotland -21 146 £46,250 +15.63% 328
Northern Ireland -6 142 £43,750 -20.45% 222
North East -17 141 £50,500 +26.25% 103

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
1 190 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 176 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 110 (1.75%) Confluence
4 47 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 40 (0.63%) CMS
6 39 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 37 (0.59%) IIS
8 36 (0.57%) Apache
9 29 (0.46%) SAS
10 12 (0.19%) WordPress
11 11 (0.17%) Headless CMS
11 11 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 10 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 9 (0.14%) WebLogic
13 9 (0.14%) WebSphere
14 8 (0.13%) OpenStack
15 7 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
16 3 (0.048%) Appian
16 3 (0.048%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 3 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 725 (11.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 316 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
3 127 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 73 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 48 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 44 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.27%) Simulink
8 16 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 9 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 9 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 7 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.095%) Acrobat
11 6 (0.095%) CATIA
11 6 (0.095%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.079%) EPLAN
12 5 (0.079%) Revit
13 4 (0.063%) InDesign
14 3 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 110 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 66 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 39 (0.62%) NetSuite
4 35 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
5 27 (0.43%) Shopify
6 17 (0.27%) Workday HCM
7 15 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 15 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 13 (0.21%) Magento
9 12 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 12 (0.19%) SAP CO
9 12 (0.19%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
11 10 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
11 10 (0.16%) SAP Business One
11 10 (0.16%) SAP PM
12 9 (0.14%) Fidessa
12 9 (0.14%) Infor M3
12 9 (0.14%) Sage 200
12 9 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,012 (16.06%) Azure
2 751 (11.92%) Power Platform
3 633 (10.05%) AWS
4 448 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
5 393 (6.24%) SaaS
6 290 (4.60%) GCP
7 174 (2.76%) Entra ID
8 156 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
8 156 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
9 128 (2.03%) Google Analytics
10 118 (1.87%) Google Ads
11 105 (1.67%) GitHub
12 92 (1.46%) Serverless
13 88 (1.40%) Meta Ads
14 85 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
15 84 (1.33%) Power Automate
15 84 (1.33%) Snowflake
16 81 (1.29%) PowerApps
17 78 (1.24%) Amazon S3
18 72 (1.14%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 201 (3.19%) DNS
2 156 (2.48%) DHCP
3 148 (2.35%) Firewall
4 131 (2.08%) VPN
5 106 (1.68%) TCP/IP
6 77 (1.22%) WAN
7 72 (1.14%) LAN
8 70 (1.11%) Internet
9 67 (1.06%) Network Security
10 57 (0.90%) Wireless
11 55 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
12 49 (0.78%) VLAN
13 45 (0.71%) Broadband
14 38 (0.60%) SAN
15 37 (0.59%) HTTP
16 31 (0.49%) VoIP
17 25 (0.40%) 5G
17 25 (0.40%) BGP
18 24 (0.38%) SD-WAN
18 24 (0.38%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 673 (10.68%) Power BI
2 216 (3.43%) SQL Server
3 206 (3.27%) Tableau
4 184 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
5 112 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
6 110 (1.75%) Relational Database
7 103 (1.63%) Metadata
8 89 (1.41%) Looker
9 85 (1.35%) MySQL
10 78 (1.24%) Power Query
11 77 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
12 76 (1.21%) Data Lake
13 73 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 58 (0.92%) Big Data
14 58 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 56 (0.89%) BigQuery
16 49 (0.78%) NoSQL
17 48 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
18 39 (0.62%) MongoDB
19 36 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 265 (4.21%) JIRA
2 235 (3.73%) Git
3 53 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 51 (0.81%) GitLab
5 32 (0.51%) Selenium
6 31 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
7 25 (0.40%) Eclipse
8 24 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 20 (0.32%) Claude Code
9 20 (0.32%) Postman
10 18 (0.29%) MLflow
10 18 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
11 17 (0.27%) LabVIEW
12 15 (0.24%) Bitbucket
12 15 (0.24%) Chocolatey
12 15 (0.24%) JMeter
13 14 (0.22%) Burp Suite
14 13 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
15 11 (0.17%) Cypress.io
15 11 (0.17%) Metasploit
General
1 3,130 (49.67%) Social Skills
2 2,072 (32.88%) Finance
3 715 (11.35%) Marketing
4 543 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 514 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
6 443 (7.03%) Retail
7 415 (6.59%) Law
8 410 (6.51%) Public Sector
9 393 (6.24%) Legal
10 363 (5.76%) Manufacturing
11 332 (5.27%) Influencing Skills
12 245 (3.89%) Banking
13 236 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
14 208 (3.30%) Aerospace
15 156 (2.48%) Telecoms
16 153 (2.43%) Electronics
17 113 (1.79%) Advertising
18 97 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
19 76 (1.21%) Automotive
20 71 (1.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,435 (22.77%) Analyst
2 825 (13.09%) Senior
3 422 (6.70%) Lead
4 305 (4.84%) Data Analyst
5 304 (4.82%) Business Analyst
6 299 (4.75%) Developer
7 239 (3.79%) Consultant
8 238 (3.78%) Architect
9 219 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
10 199 (3.16%) Support Analyst
11 190 (3.02%) Data Engineer
12 183 (2.90%) Systems Engineer
13 127 (2.02%) Support Engineer
14 118 (1.87%) IT Support
15 112 (1.78%) Applications Support
16 111 (1.76%) Security Analyst
17 108 (1.71%) IT Manager
18 107 (1.70%) Senior Manager
19 105 (1.67%) Accountant
19 105 (1.67%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (2.59%) .NET
2 146 (2.32%) Terraform
3 133 (2.11%) REST
4 126 (2.00%) HTML
5 115 (1.83%) CSS
6 91 (1.44%) JSON
7 82 (1.30%) RESTful
8 80 (1.27%) XML
9 79 (1.25%) Middleware
10 74 (1.17%) PySpark
11 70 (1.11%) Kafka
11 70 (1.11%) React
12 64 (1.02%) SOAP
13 51 (0.81%) PyTorch
14 48 (0.76%) EDI
14 48 (0.76%) Web Services
15 46 (0.73%) LDAP
16 44 (0.70%) TensorFlow
17 41 (0.65%) Spring Boot
18 39 (0.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 476 (7.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 443 (7.03%) Management Information System
3 393 (6.24%) Onboarding
4 318 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 292 (4.63%) Product Ownership
6 158 (2.51%) Driving Licence
7 149 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 143 (2.27%) Cloud Native
9 141 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 123 (1.95%) Social Media
11 118 (1.87%) Blog
12 113 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
13 106 (1.68%) Marketing Technology
14 103 (1.63%) Data Centre
14 103 (1.63%) Security Posture
15 98 (1.56%) Virtual Team
16 85 (1.35%) Data Structures
17 75 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
18 65 (1.03%) Algorithms
19 64 (1.02%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 468 (7.43%) Windows
2 294 (4.67%) Linux
3 221 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 93 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 35 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 32 (0.51%) Unix
8 27 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 23 (0.37%) Apple iOS
11 19 (0.30%) Android
12 9 (0.14%) CentOS
13 8 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.095%) Debian
14 6 (0.095%) VMS
15 5 (0.079%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.063%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.032%) AIX
17 2 (0.032%) Solaris
17 2 (0.032%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,076 (48.82%) Problem-Solving
2 1,876 (29.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,501 (23.82%) Decision-Making
4 1,281 (20.33%) Analytics
5 1,254 (19.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 1,151 (18.27%) AI
7 1,098 (17.43%) Agile
8 837 (13.28%) Business Intelligence
9 672 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 633 (10.05%) Roadmaps
11 612 (9.71%) Mentoring
12 593 (9.41%) Actionable Insight
13 582 (9.24%) Validation
14 551 (8.74%) Data Analysis
15 548 (8.70%) Process Improvement
16 541 (8.59%) Project Management
17 512 (8.13%) CRM
18 509 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
19 508 (8.06%) ERP
20 498 (7.90%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1,210 (19.20%) SQL
2 869 (13.79%) Python
3 234 (3.71%) JavaScript
4 216 (3.43%) Java
5 200 (3.17%) C#
6 194 (3.08%) PowerShell
7 119 (1.89%) C++
8 92 (1.46%) Bash
9 85 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 80 (1.27%) R
11 72 (1.14%) TypeScript
12 54 (0.86%) MATLAB
13 50 (0.79%) T-SQL
14 39 (0.62%) C
15 31 (0.49%) PL/SQL
16 29 (0.46%) Scala
17 24 (0.38%) PHP
17 24 (0.38%) Shell Script
18 23 (0.37%) Go
18 23 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,278 (20.28%) Degree
2 705 (11.19%) Security Cleared
3 487 (7.73%) SC Cleared
4 263 (4.17%) ACCA
5 245 (3.89%) CIMA
6 181 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 159 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 151 (2.40%) CISSP
9 143 (2.27%) DBS Check
10 131 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 119 (1.89%) CISM
12 111 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
13 102 (1.62%) Master's Degree
14 81 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
15 80 (1.27%) Azure Certification
16 76 (1.21%) HND
17 68 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
18 62 (0.98%) PMI Certification
19 55 (0.87%) HNC
20 48 (0.76%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 620 (9.84%) Data Quality
2 387 (6.14%) QA
3 341 (5.41%) GDPR
4 232 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 200 (3.17%) Accessibility
6 175 (2.78%) NIST
7 149 (2.36%) SLA
8 147 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 119 (1.89%) PCI DSS
10 71 (1.13%) GRC
11 70 (1.11%) ISO 9001
12 61 (0.97%) PMO
13 54 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.65%) IFRS
15 40 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 35 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 29 (0.46%) NCSC
18 27 (0.43%) COBIT
19 26 (0.41%) DO-254
19 26 (0.41%) GAAP
System Software
1 338 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 153 (2.43%) Docker
3 103 (1.63%) Hyper-V
4 87 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.14%) Terminal Server
6 44 (0.70%) Firmware
7 22 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.13%) vSphere
11 7 (0.11%) Ceph
11 7 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.063%) KVM
12 4 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.048%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.032%) IAG
14 2 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.016%) HDFS
15 1 (0.016%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 116 (1.84%) Kubernetes
2 87 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 72 (1.14%) Ansible
4 42 (0.67%) Grafana
5 40 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.37%) SCCM
7 21 (0.33%) Kibana
8 20 (0.32%) QRadar
9 11 (0.17%) Nagios
9 11 (0.17%) Nmap
9 11 (0.17%) Podman
10 9 (0.14%) Argo
10 9 (0.14%) logstash
11 7 (0.11%) Check_MK
11 7 (0.11%) Functional Safety
11 7 (0.11%) Istio
11 7 (0.11%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.095%) Graylog
12 6 (0.095%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,485 (23.57%) Microsoft
2 375 (5.95%) Google
3 255 (4.05%) SAP
4 195 (3.09%) Oracle
5 177 (2.81%) VMware
6 156 (2.48%) Splunk
7 146 (2.32%) Databricks
8 138 (2.19%) Salesforce
9 136 (2.16%) ServiceNow
10 94 (1.49%) SolarWinds
11 86 (1.36%) Cisco
12 80 (1.27%) Veeam
13 73 (1.16%) Brocade
13 73 (1.16%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.14%) Tanium
15 71 (1.13%) Adobe
16 65 (1.03%) HubSpot
17 64 (1.02%) YouTube
18 58 (0.92%) Workday
19 44 (0.70%) Sage