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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,884 6,054 7,795
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.36% 12.11% 9.57%
As % of the General category 11.67% 17.76% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,576 2,596 3,393
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,188 £36,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
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 50,435 34,079 46,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 45.91% 68.17% 56.86%
Number of salaries quoted 31,016 17,991 25,930
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%

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 1 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 1 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 -15 5,256 £52,500 - 7,346
UK excluding London -15 3,840 £47,500 +5.56% 4,032
Work from Home -7 1,935 £55,000 +10.00% 3,197
London -11 1,771 £67,500 +3.85% 4,308
North of England -19 1,051 £47,500 +5.56% 936
South East -7 918 £49,536 -5.65% 1,072
Midlands -8 665 £47,500 +5.56% 539
North West -16 647 £46,500 +3.33% 565
South West -8 541 £48,188 +7.08% 557
West Midlands -16 342 £49,000 +8.89% 323
East Midlands -4 320 £45,483 +1.07% 217
Yorkshire -13 279 £47,000 +17.50% 285
East of England -15 251 £47,500 +5.56% 342
Wales -13 170 £47,500 -5.58% 86
Scotland -23 133 £44,000 +10.00% 352
North East -16 125 £55,000 +34.15% 95
Northern Ireland -11 117 £42,500 -22.73% 215

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
1 185 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 177 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 101 (1.72%) Confluence
4 55 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 54 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 40 (0.68%) CMS
7 36 (0.61%) IIS
8 35 (0.59%) Apache
9 26 (0.44%) SAS
10 11 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.19%) WordPress
11 10 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 10 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.15%) Headless CMS
12 9 (0.15%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.15%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.14%) OpenStack
14 3 (0.051%) Appian
14 3 (0.051%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.051%) Tomcat
Applications
1 623 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 258 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 118 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 71 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 44 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 28 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.20%) Simulink
8 9 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 7 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.085%) Acrobat
10 5 (0.085%) CATIA
10 5 (0.085%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.085%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.068%) Maya
11 4 (0.068%) Revit
11 4 (0.068%) SOLIDWORKS
11 4 (0.068%) Trello
12 3 (0.051%) Blender
12 3 (0.051%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 105 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 63 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 40 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 34 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
5 22 (0.37%) Shopify
6 19 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 15 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 15 (0.25%) SAP PM
8 13 (0.22%) Workday HCM
9 12 (0.20%) SAP CO
9 12 (0.20%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
10 11 (0.19%) SAP ERP
10 11 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
11 10 (0.17%) Elite 3E
11 10 (0.17%) Magento
11 10 (0.17%) SAP Business One
12 9 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
12 9 (0.15%) Fidessa
12 9 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 989 (16.81%) Azure
2 703 (11.95%) Power Platform
3 615 (10.45%) AWS
4 424 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
5 379 (6.44%) SaaS
6 289 (4.91%) GCP
7 149 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 149 (2.53%) Entra ID
8 145 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
9 121 (2.06%) Google Analytics
10 102 (1.73%) GitHub
11 98 (1.67%) Snowflake
12 89 (1.51%) dbt
12 89 (1.51%) Google Ads
13 81 (1.38%) Power Automate
14 78 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
15 77 (1.31%) PowerApps
16 71 (1.21%) Serverless
17 68 (1.16%) Amazon S3
18 65 (1.10%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 203 (3.45%) DNS
2 159 (2.70%) DHCP
3 154 (2.62%) Firewall
4 129 (2.19%) VPN
5 101 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 76 (1.29%) WAN
7 74 (1.26%) LAN
8 65 (1.10%) Network Security
9 60 (1.02%) Wireless
10 56 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
11 52 (0.88%) Broadband
12 49 (0.83%) VLAN
13 45 (0.76%) Internet
14 40 (0.68%) SAN
15 35 (0.59%) HTTP
16 31 (0.53%) VoIP
17 27 (0.46%) BGP
18 22 (0.37%) SMS
19 21 (0.36%) SD-WAN
20 20 (0.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 622 (10.57%) Power BI
2 234 (3.98%) Tableau
3 220 (3.74%) SQL Server
4 194 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
5 119 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
6 101 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 100 (1.70%) Looker
8 94 (1.60%) Metadata
9 85 (1.44%) MySQL
10 78 (1.33%) Data Lake
11 74 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
12 70 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 67 (1.14%) BigQuery
13 67 (1.14%) Power Query
14 59 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 54 (0.92%) Big Data
16 53 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
17 48 (0.82%) NoSQL
18 38 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
19 37 (0.63%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 258 (4.38%) JIRA
2 207 (3.52%) Git
3 49 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 48 (0.82%) GitLab
5 31 (0.53%) MLflow
5 31 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 29 (0.49%) Selenium
7 23 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 22 (0.37%) Eclipse
9 20 (0.34%) Postman
10 16 (0.27%) Chocolatey
10 16 (0.27%) Claude Code
11 15 (0.25%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.24%) JMeter
12 14 (0.24%) LabVIEW
12 14 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
13 13 (0.22%) Burp Suite
14 12 (0.20%) Cypress.io
15 11 (0.19%) Metasploit
15 11 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2,865 (48.69%) Social Skills
2 1,912 (32.49%) Finance
3 631 (10.72%) Marketing
4 527 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 440 (7.48%) Organisational Skills
6 402 (6.83%) Law
7 399 (6.78%) Retail
8 365 (6.20%) Public Sector
9 353 (6.00%) Legal
10 298 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
11 293 (4.98%) Manufacturing
12 250 (4.25%) Banking
13 199 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
14 176 (2.99%) Aerospace
15 131 (2.23%) Telecoms
16 120 (2.04%) Electronics
17 106 (1.80%) Advertising
18 94 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
19 71 (1.21%) Financial Institution
20 66 (1.12%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,352 (22.98%) Analyst
2 765 (13.00%) Senior
3 411 (6.99%) Lead
4 299 (5.08%) Data Analyst
5 292 (4.96%) Business Analyst
6 283 (4.81%) Developer
7 229 (3.89%) Architect
8 225 (3.82%) Consultant
9 209 (3.55%) Systems Engineer
10 201 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
11 176 (2.99%) Support Analyst
12 172 (2.92%) Data Engineer
13 127 (2.16%) Support Engineer
14 117 (1.99%) IT Support
15 111 (1.89%) IT Manager
16 108 (1.84%) Senior Manager
17 107 (1.82%) Security Analyst
18 98 (1.67%) Systems Analyst
19 97 (1.65%) Applications Support
20 95 (1.61%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (2.69%) .NET
2 146 (2.48%) Terraform
3 126 (2.14%) REST
4 125 (2.12%) HTML
5 116 (1.97%) CSS
6 88 (1.50%) JSON
7 78 (1.33%) Middleware
8 77 (1.31%) Kafka
8 77 (1.31%) XML
9 74 (1.26%) RESTful
10 69 (1.17%) React
11 66 (1.12%) PyTorch
12 59 (1.00%) SOAP
12 59 (1.00%) TensorFlow
13 49 (0.83%) PySpark
14 46 (0.78%) EDI
14 46 (0.78%) scikit-learn
15 45 (0.76%) Web Services
16 43 (0.73%) LDAP
17 40 (0.68%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 494 (8.40%) Analytical Mindset
2 359 (6.10%) Management Information System
3 358 (6.08%) Onboarding
4 289 (4.91%) Product Ownership
5 287 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
6 165 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
7 139 (2.36%) Cloud Native
8 137 (2.33%) Driving Licence
9 133 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
10 119 (2.02%) Blog
11 117 (1.99%) Social Media
12 105 (1.78%) Security Posture
13 104 (1.77%) Data Centre
13 104 (1.77%) Marketing Technology
14 103 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
15 95 (1.61%) Virtual Team
16 85 (1.44%) Data Structures
17 72 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
18 67 (1.14%) Algorithms
19 54 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 462 (7.85%) Windows
2 286 (4.86%) Linux
3 222 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 99 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 37 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 33 (0.56%) Unix
7 30 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 28 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 17 (0.29%) Android
12 11 (0.19%) CentOS
13 8 (0.14%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.10%) Debian
14 6 (0.10%) VMS
15 5 (0.085%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.068%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.068%) Rocky
17 2 (0.034%) AIX
17 2 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,839 (48.25%) Problem-Solving
2 1,699 (28.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,375 (23.37%) Decision-Making
4 1,244 (21.14%) Analytics
5 1,073 (18.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 1,059 (18.00%) Agile
7 1,045 (17.76%) AI
8 766 (13.02%) Business Intelligence
9 631 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 606 (10.30%) Roadmaps
11 576 (9.79%) Mentoring
12 562 (9.55%) Actionable Insight
13 524 (8.91%) Project Management
14 511 (8.68%) Validation
15 501 (8.51%) Data Analysis
16 498 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
17 476 (8.09%) Data Modelling
18 467 (7.94%) Process Improvement
19 450 (7.65%) ERP
20 449 (7.63%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,163 (19.77%) SQL
2 869 (14.77%) Python
3 224 (3.81%) JavaScript
4 199 (3.38%) Java
5 190 (3.23%) C#
6 189 (3.21%) PowerShell
7 106 (1.80%) C++
8 90 (1.53%) Bash
9 78 (1.33%) R
10 74 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 67 (1.14%) TypeScript
12 49 (0.83%) MATLAB
12 49 (0.83%) T-SQL
13 34 (0.58%) C
14 28 (0.48%) Scala
15 27 (0.46%) PHP
16 24 (0.41%) PL/SQL
17 20 (0.34%) Go
17 20 (0.34%) Perl
18 19 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,162 (19.75%) Degree
2 660 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 457 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 233 (3.96%) ACCA
5 217 (3.69%) CIMA
6 178 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 167 (2.84%) CISSP
8 159 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 141 (2.40%) DBS Check
10 126 (2.14%) CISM
11 117 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
12 115 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
13 98 (1.67%) Master's Degree
14 81 (1.38%) Azure Certification
15 77 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
16 74 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
17 64 (1.09%) PMI Certification
18 49 (0.83%) HND
19 48 (0.82%) CRISC
20 47 (0.80%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 561 (9.53%) Data Quality
2 386 (6.56%) QA
3 362 (6.15%) GDPR
4 245 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 197 (3.35%) NIST
6 175 (2.97%) Accessibility
7 157 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 150 (2.55%) SLA
9 127 (2.16%) PCI DSS
10 97 (1.65%) ISO 9001
11 68 (1.16%) GRC
12 60 (1.02%) PMO
13 46 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 37 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 37 (0.63%) IFRS
16 33 (0.56%) COBIT
17 28 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 27 (0.46%) NCSC
19 24 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 334 (5.68%) Active Directory
2 131 (2.23%) Docker
3 106 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 91 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 80 (1.36%) Terminal Server
6 33 (0.56%) Firmware
7 22 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.15%) vSphere
10 8 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
10 8 (0.14%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.12%) Ceph
12 4 (0.068%) KVM
12 4 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.068%) ProxySG
13 3 (0.051%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.051%) IAG
13 3 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
14 2 (0.034%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 110 (1.87%) Kubernetes
2 85 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 76 (1.29%) Ansible
4 40 (0.68%) Grafana
5 38 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 27 (0.46%) SCCM
7 21 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 19 (0.32%) QRadar
9 18 (0.31%) Kibana
10 15 (0.25%) Nagios
11 11 (0.19%) Nmap
11 11 (0.19%) Podman
12 9 (0.15%) Argo
12 9 (0.15%) Kubeflow
13 8 (0.14%) logstash
14 7 (0.12%) Check_MK
14 7 (0.12%) Istio
14 7 (0.12%) Packer
14 7 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
15 6 (0.10%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1,308 (22.23%) Microsoft
2 323 (5.49%) Google
3 234 (3.98%) SAP
4 186 (3.16%) Oracle
5 185 (3.14%) VMware
6 152 (2.58%) Splunk
7 144 (2.45%) Databricks
8 134 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 128 (2.18%) Salesforce
10 109 (1.85%) SolarWinds
11 90 (1.53%) Veeam
12 87 (1.48%) Cisco
13 81 (1.38%) Brocade
13 81 (1.38%) Nimble Storage
14 80 (1.36%) Tanium
15 70 (1.19%) Workday
16 66 (1.12%) Adobe
17 56 (0.95%) HubSpot
18 50 (0.85%) YouTube
19 49 (0.83%) Dell