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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,061 5,871 6,124
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.93% 11.30% 8.76%
As % of the General category 13.85% 16.80% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,518 2,405 4,375
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,029 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.71% +7.30% -5.00%

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 36,529 34,949 43,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.27% 67.25% 61.58%
Number of salaries quoted 19,723 15,735 32,048
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.31%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,557
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.39% -9.42%

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 31 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 19 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 31 January 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 -6 4,454 £52,500 -4.55% 1,863
UK excluding London -11 3,206 £45,000 -11.71% 1,612
Work from Home +4 1,709 £52,500 -6.25% 817
London 0 1,562 £67,500 +3.85% 643
South East +7 879 £50,000 - 587
North of England -16 800 £43,500 -17.14% 295
Midlands -13 586 £44,543 -7.68% 292
North West -17 411 £42,500 -19.05% 171
West Midlands -15 350 £52,500 +5.00% 182
South West -3 341 £45,000 -10.89% 189
Yorkshire +3 287 £45,000 -10.00% 97
Scotland -7 262 £40,000 -38.46% 62
East of England -19 250 £40,000 -21.52% 167
East Midlands +6 234 £39,000 -8.24% 110
North East 0 102 £41,000 +2.50% 32
Wales +14 74 £42,500 -13.45% 47
Northern Ireland -6 43 £52,500 -11.66% 10
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -7 1 - -

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
1 154 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 93 (1.84%) Confluence
3 85 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 41 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 36 (0.71%) CMS
6 24 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 19 (0.38%) SAS
8 18 (0.36%) WordPress
9 16 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
10 15 (0.30%) IIS
11 14 (0.28%) Apache
12 6 (0.12%) nginx
13 4 (0.079%) Drupal
13 4 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.059%) govService
15 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.040%) FactoryTalk
15 2 (0.040%) HCL Notes
15 2 (0.040%) MTS
15 2 (0.040%) WinCC
Applications
1 728 (14.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 385 (7.61%) Chatbot
3 317 (6.26%) Microsoft Office
4 131 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 79 (1.56%) MS Visio
6 56 (1.11%) Maya
7 40 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
8 34 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 20 (0.40%) AutoCAD
10 13 (0.26%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
12 7 (0.14%) CATIA
13 4 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.079%) PlantUML
14 3 (0.059%) Sketch
15 2 (0.040%) Revit
15 2 (0.040%) Stata
15 2 (0.040%) Trello
16 1 (0.020%) Photoshop
16 1 (0.020%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 142 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.32%) SAP MDG
3 55 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 38 (0.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 33 (0.65%) SAP CO
7 29 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
8 26 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
8 26 (0.51%) SAP FI
9 25 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
10 23 (0.45%) Workday HCM
11 21 (0.41%) Shopify
12 20 (0.40%) Endur
12 20 (0.40%) SAP IBP
13 19 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
14 17 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
15 13 (0.26%) Sage X3
16 11 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
16 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
17 10 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 863 (17.05%) Azure
2 637 (12.59%) Power Platform
3 446 (8.81%) AWS
4 295 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
5 245 (4.84%) SaaS
6 162 (3.20%) GCP
7 154 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 103 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
9 89 (1.76%) Entra ID
10 84 (1.66%) GitHub
11 74 (1.46%) Snowflake
12 69 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 65 (1.28%) Power Automate
14 56 (1.11%) Serverless
15 51 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
16 50 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
17 49 (0.97%) Google Analytics
18 48 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 48 (0.95%) OCI
19 44 (0.87%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 177 (3.50%) DNS
2 171 (3.38%) Firewall
3 145 (2.87%) DHCP
4 82 (1.62%) VPN
5 74 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
6 61 (1.21%) WAN
7 55 (1.09%) LAN
8 49 (0.97%) Wireless
9 48 (0.95%) TCP/IP
10 46 (0.91%) Network Security
10 46 (0.91%) VLAN
11 38 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
12 34 (0.67%) Broadband
13 31 (0.61%) Wireshark
14 29 (0.57%) VoIP
15 28 (0.55%) BGP
16 27 (0.53%) OSPF
17 26 (0.51%) SAN
18 23 (0.45%) EIGRP
19 22 (0.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 581 (11.48%) Power BI
2 379 (7.49%) Tableau
3 200 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 175 (3.46%) Data Mining
5 169 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
6 119 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
7 111 (2.19%) Data Lake
8 106 (2.09%) Metadata
9 96 (1.90%) Relational Database
10 60 (1.19%) NoSQL
10 60 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 52 (1.03%) Looker
11 52 (1.03%) MySQL
12 50 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
13 46 (0.91%) SAP BW
14 44 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
14 44 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
14 44 (0.87%) Big Data
15 40 (0.79%) GIS
16 33 (0.65%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 214 (4.23%) JIRA
2 92 (1.82%) Git
3 43 (0.85%) Selenium
4 35 (0.69%) GitLab
5 34 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
8 14 (0.28%) ERwin
8 14 (0.28%) Postman
8 14 (0.28%) WebDriver
9 13 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 13 (0.26%) Snyk
9 13 (0.26%) Subversion
10 12 (0.24%) Balsamiq
10 12 (0.24%) Visual Studio
11 11 (0.22%) Axure RP
11 11 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
13 9 (0.18%) Chocolatey
General
1 2,636 (52.08%) Social Skills
2 1,775 (35.07%) Finance
3 454 (8.97%) Marketing
4 326 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 322 (6.36%) Law
6 290 (5.73%) Legal
7 288 (5.69%) Retail
8 258 (5.10%) Banking
9 243 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
10 237 (4.68%) Public Sector
11 218 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
12 175 (3.46%) Manufacturing
13 137 (2.71%) Financial Institution
14 136 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
15 116 (2.29%) Games
16 101 (2.00%) Telecoms
17 84 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
18 74 (1.46%) Advertising
19 67 (1.32%) Electronics
20 54 (1.07%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1,197 (23.65%) Analyst
2 634 (12.53%) Senior
3 381 (7.53%) Trainer
4 362 (7.15%) Data Analyst
5 358 (7.07%) Lead
6 317 (6.26%) Architect
7 234 (4.62%) Business Analyst
8 226 (4.47%) Developer
9 186 (3.68%) Consultant
10 169 (3.34%) Support Analyst
11 144 (2.85%) Trainee
12 143 (2.83%) IT Support
13 141 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
14 131 (2.59%) Trainee Analyst
14 131 (2.59%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 123 (2.43%) Systems Engineer
16 121 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
17 120 (2.37%) Senior Manager
18 112 (2.21%) Business Manager
19 100 (1.98%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (2.29%) HTML
2 113 (2.23%) CSS
3 86 (1.70%) React
4 72 (1.42%) REST
5 70 (1.38%) .NET
6 67 (1.32%) Middleware
7 42 (0.83%) JSON
8 36 (0.71%) Node.js
9 34 (0.67%) SOAP
10 33 (0.65%) AngularJS
10 33 (0.65%) EDI
10 33 (0.65%) XML
11 28 (0.55%) Kafka
12 27 (0.53%) Spring
13 26 (0.51%) LangChain
14 24 (0.47%) PySpark
15 23 (0.45%) PyTorch
16 22 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
16 22 (0.43%) LlamaIndex
16 22 (0.43%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 503 (9.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 375 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 313 (6.18%) Onboarding
4 270 (5.33%) Management Information System
5 210 (4.15%) Product Ownership
6 166 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
7 138 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
8 104 (2.05%) Data Centre
9 86 (1.70%) FMCG
10 80 (1.58%) Data Structures
11 79 (1.56%) Cloud Native
12 78 (1.54%) Driving Licence
13 60 (1.19%) Algorithms
14 53 (1.05%) Virtual Team
15 52 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
15 52 (1.03%) Robotics
16 50 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 47 (0.93%) Social Media
18 43 (0.85%) Low-Code
18 43 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 373 (7.37%) Windows
2 246 (4.86%) Linux
3 169 (3.34%) Windows Server
4 107 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.71%) Unix
6 27 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.28%) Android
9 9 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.079%) VMS
12 3 (0.059%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.040%) AIX
13 2 (0.040%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.040%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.020%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.020%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.020%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,272 (44.89%) Problem-Solving
2 1,096 (21.66%) AI
3 1,077 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 1,068 (21.10%) Analytics
5 973 (19.23%) Decision-Making
6 907 (17.92%) Agile
7 809 (15.98%) Project Management
8 746 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
9 646 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 547 (10.81%) Data Analysis
11 464 (9.17%) Risk Management
12 426 (8.42%) Roadmaps
13 421 (8.32%) Mentoring
14 418 (8.26%) Business Strategy
15 417 (8.24%) ERP
16 413 (8.16%) Actionable Insight
17 407 (8.04%) Analytical Thinking
17 407 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
18 401 (7.92%) Migration
19 399 (7.88%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 984 (19.44%) SQL
2 738 (14.58%) Python
3 143 (2.83%) JavaScript
4 140 (2.77%) Java
5 128 (2.53%) PowerShell
6 115 (2.27%) C#
7 67 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 56 (1.11%) R
9 48 (0.95%) C++
9 48 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 44 (0.87%) VBA
11 43 (0.85%) Bash
12 28 (0.55%) Scala
13 26 (0.51%) TypeScript
14 22 (0.43%) Go
15 21 (0.41%) C
16 17 (0.34%) MATLAB
16 17 (0.34%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.28%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,608 (31.77%) Degree
2 528 (10.43%) Master's Degree
3 429 (8.48%) Security Cleared
4 393 (7.77%) PhD
5 329 (6.50%) SC Cleared
6 208 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 173 (3.42%) ACCA
8 165 (3.26%) CIMA
9 147 (2.90%) CISSP
10 101 (2.00%) PMI Certification
11 91 (1.80%) DBS Check
12 84 (1.66%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.64%) PMP
14 80 (1.58%) CISM
15 68 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
16 67 (1.32%) Azure Certification
17 61 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
18 55 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
19 49 (0.97%) AWS Certification
19 49 (0.97%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 329 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 243 (4.80%) QA
3 204 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 191 (3.77%) GDPR
5 175 (3.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 139 (2.75%) PCI DSS
7 138 (2.73%) NIST
8 109 (2.15%) Accessibility
9 99 (1.96%) PMO
10 58 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 53 (1.05%) SLA
12 40 (0.79%) GRC
13 38 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 27 (0.53%) IFRS
15 22 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 18 (0.36%) WCAG
17 17 (0.34%) NCSC
18 16 (0.32%) COBIT
19 15 (0.30%) ISO 9001
20 13 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 267 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 131 (2.59%) Hyper-V
3 104 (2.05%) Terminal Server
4 55 (1.09%) Docker
5 50 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.28%) vSphere
8 13 (0.26%) Firmware
9 10 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 8 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.059%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) NFS
Systems Management
1 105 (2.07%) Terraform
2 68 (1.34%) Ansible
3 61 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 49 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 21 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (0.40%) Grafana
8 18 (0.36%) SCCM
9 6 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.12%) Nagios
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.099%) CASB
10 5 (0.099%) Control-M
11 4 (0.079%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.079%) Nessus
11 4 (0.079%) QRadar
11 4 (0.079%) Rancher
11 4 (0.079%) vRealize
12 3 (0.059%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.059%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,181 (23.34%) Microsoft
2 381 (7.53%) PayPal
3 359 (7.09%) SAP
4 209 (4.13%) Oracle
5 166 (3.28%) VMware
6 151 (2.98%) Salesforce
7 140 (2.77%) Google
8 138 (2.73%) SolarWinds
9 132 (2.61%) Splunk
10 108 (2.13%) Veeam
11 105 (2.07%) Brocade
11 105 (2.07%) ServiceNow
11 105 (2.07%) Tanium
12 104 (2.05%) Nimble Storage
13 81 (1.60%) Cisco
14 72 (1.42%) Databricks
15 63 (1.24%) Adobe
16 45 (0.89%) Alteryx
17 43 (0.85%) Bloomberg
17 43 (0.85%) Workday