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 6 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,007 5,518 7,283
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.94% 12.04% 9.21%
As % of the General category 12.63% 17.22% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,666 2,358 4,885
10th Percentile £30,435 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% -6.36%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,014 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +13.26% -5.26%

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 39,629 32,036 48,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 54.89% 69.89% 61.50%
Number of salaries quoted 21,590 15,304 35,477
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -8.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -9 4,434 £52,500 -4.55% 2,414
UK excluding London -15 3,169 £45,000 -11.71% 1,943
Work from Home +3 1,709 £52,500 -4.55% 1,135
London -5 1,521 £67,500 +3.85% 854
South East +9 862 £50,000 -1.90% 647
North of England -17 842 £45,000 -13.88% 413
Midlands -16 596 £44,543 -7.20% 320
North West -18 433 £43,000 -18.10% 234
West Midlands -17 352 £52,500 +5.00% 201
South West -11 300 £45,000 -14.29% 207
Yorkshire 0 294 £45,000 -5.26% 138
East of England -20 268 £40,000 -21.52% 233
East Midlands 0 242 £40,000 -5.88% 119
Scotland -18 209 £40,000 -36.38% 102
North East -4 115 £40,000 +2.30% 45
Wales +13 72 £40,000 -18.54% 55
Northern Ireland -19 48 £52,500 -4.55% 18
Isle of Man -5 1 £62,500 +150.00% 5
Channel Islands -8 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
1 144 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (1.72%) Confluence
3 83 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 59 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 56 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 48 (0.96%) CMS
7 31 (0.62%) Apache
8 18 (0.36%) WordPress
9 16 (0.32%) SAS
10 14 (0.28%) IIS
10 14 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 5 (0.100%) nginx
12 4 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.060%) Drupal
13 3 (0.060%) govService
14 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.040%) Camunda
14 2 (0.040%) JBoss
14 2 (0.040%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.040%) MTS
Applications
1 717 (14.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 320 (6.39%) Chatbot
3 303 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
4 126 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 85 (1.70%) MS Visio
6 34 (0.68%) Maya
6 34 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 33 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
8 15 (0.30%) Adobe XD
9 10 (0.20%) CATIA
10 9 (0.18%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.060%) Sketch
11 3 (0.060%) Trello
12 2 (0.040%) Revit
12 2 (0.040%) Simulink
13 1 (0.020%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.020%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.020%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
13 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 92 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 48 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 41 (0.82%) NetSuite
4 29 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 29 (0.58%) SAP CO
5 28 (0.56%) SAP MDG
6 22 (0.44%) Endur
7 21 (0.42%) SAP FI
8 20 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
8 20 (0.40%) Workday HCM
9 18 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
10 15 (0.30%) SAP ERP
11 12 (0.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 11 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
12 11 (0.22%) Sage X3
13 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
14 9 (0.18%) Maximo
15 8 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
15 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
15 8 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 842 (16.82%) Azure
2 644 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 431 (8.61%) AWS
4 304 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
5 260 (5.19%) SaaS
6 170 (3.40%) GCP
7 152 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
9 97 (1.94%) Entra ID
10 93 (1.86%) GitHub
11 85 (1.70%) Power Automate
12 82 (1.64%) Snowflake
13 69 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 64 (1.28%) dbt
15 61 (1.22%) Amazon S3
16 59 (1.18%) Serverless
17 57 (1.14%) Google Analytics
18 53 (1.06%) PowerApps
19 51 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 50 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 181 (3.61%) Firewall
2 162 (3.24%) DNS
3 124 (2.48%) DHCP
4 100 (2.00%) VPN
5 78 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
6 70 (1.40%) WAN
7 65 (1.30%) LAN
7 65 (1.30%) TCP/IP
8 58 (1.16%) Wireless
9 56 (1.12%) VLAN
10 44 (0.88%) Network Security
11 42 (0.84%) Broadband
12 35 (0.70%) Wireshark
13 33 (0.66%) BGP
13 33 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
13 33 (0.66%) SAN
14 31 (0.62%) OSPF
15 29 (0.58%) VoIP
16 27 (0.54%) EIGRP
17 26 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 581 (11.60%) Power BI
2 407 (8.13%) Tableau
3 218 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 192 (3.83%) Data Mining
5 171 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
6 109 (2.18%) Metadata
7 100 (2.00%) Relational Database
8 96 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
9 83 (1.66%) Data Lake
10 63 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 55 (1.10%) Looker
11 55 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
12 54 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
13 52 (1.04%) MySQL
14 48 (0.96%) NoSQL
15 45 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
16 43 (0.86%) Power Query
17 35 (0.70%) Big Data
18 33 (0.66%) Oracle Database
19 32 (0.64%) GIS
Development Applications
1 197 (3.93%) JIRA
2 125 (2.50%) Git
3 47 (0.94%) GitLab
4 41 (0.82%) Selenium
5 36 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.30%) ERwin
7 15 (0.30%) MLflow
7 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
8 14 (0.28%) Balsamiq
8 14 (0.28%) Subversion
9 13 (0.26%) Axure RP
9 13 (0.26%) Snyk
10 12 (0.24%) Chocolatey
10 12 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
11 10 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.20%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.20%) ER Studio
11 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
11 10 (0.20%) Postman
General
1 2,502 (49.97%) Social Skills
2 1,827 (36.49%) Finance
3 442 (8.83%) Marketing
4 330 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 295 (5.89%) Banking
6 286 (5.71%) Retail
7 285 (5.69%) Legal
8 282 (5.63%) Law
9 274 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
10 248 (4.95%) Public Sector
11 212 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
12 162 (3.24%) Manufacturing
13 136 (2.72%) Financial Institution
14 122 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
15 105 (2.10%) Telecoms
16 93 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
17 91 (1.82%) Games
18 71 (1.42%) Advertising
19 61 (1.22%) Electronics
20 48 (0.96%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,223 (24.43%) Analyst
2 623 (12.44%) Senior
3 385 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 332 (6.63%) Lead
5 316 (6.31%) Trainer
6 248 (4.95%) Architect
7 241 (4.81%) Business Analyst
7 241 (4.81%) Developer
8 187 (3.73%) Consultant
9 175 (3.50%) Support Analyst
10 167 (3.34%) Trainee
11 158 (3.16%) Trainee Analyst
11 158 (3.16%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 149 (2.98%) IT Support
13 136 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
14 126 (2.52%) Senior Manager
15 111 (2.22%) Financial Analyst
16 110 (2.20%) Support Engineer
16 110 (2.20%) Systems Engineer
17 103 (2.06%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (2.56%) HTML
2 117 (2.34%) CSS
3 86 (1.72%) React
4 81 (1.62%) .NET
5 60 (1.20%) REST
6 56 (1.12%) Middleware
7 51 (1.02%) JSON
8 47 (0.94%) XML
9 42 (0.84%) Node.js
10 36 (0.72%) Kafka
11 35 (0.70%) TensorFlow
12 32 (0.64%) PyTorch
13 31 (0.62%) PySpark
14 30 (0.60%) SOAP
15 28 (0.56%) EDI
15 28 (0.56%) Spring
16 25 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
17 24 (0.48%) AngularJS
18 22 (0.44%) Pandas
19 19 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 493 (9.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 363 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
3 283 (5.65%) Onboarding
4 254 (5.07%) Management Information System
5 187 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 124 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 109 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
8 103 (2.06%) Data Centre
9 92 (1.84%) Data Structures
10 87 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 80 (1.60%) Driving Licence
12 76 (1.52%) Algorithms
13 66 (1.32%) FMCG
14 57 (1.14%) Social Media
15 53 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 51 (1.02%) Virtual Team
17 49 (0.98%) Low-Code
18 47 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
19 46 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 45 (0.90%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 362 (7.23%) Windows
2 239 (4.77%) Linux
3 149 (2.98%) Windows Server
4 84 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 40 (0.80%) Unix
6 27 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.36%) Android
8 15 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 13 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.100%) CentOS
11 5 (0.100%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.100%) VMS
12 4 (0.080%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.060%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.040%) AIX
14 2 (0.040%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.020%) Rocky
15 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,243 (44.80%) Problem-Solving
2 1,102 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,093 (21.83%) Analytics
4 996 (19.89%) AI
5 936 (18.69%) Decision-Making
6 879 (17.56%) Agile
7 747 (14.92%) Business Intelligence
8 736 (14.70%) Project Management
9 599 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 584 (11.66%) Data Analysis
11 431 (8.61%) Actionable Insight
12 425 (8.49%) Mentoring
13 415 (8.29%) Roadmaps
14 413 (8.25%) Analytical Thinking
15 412 (8.23%) Process Improvement
16 389 (7.77%) ERP
17 373 (7.45%) Data Modelling
17 373 (7.45%) DevOps
18 370 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
19 368 (7.35%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1,045 (20.87%) SQL
2 850 (16.98%) Python
3 163 (3.26%) JavaScript
4 145 (2.90%) PowerShell
5 142 (2.84%) Java
6 124 (2.48%) C#
7 77 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 71 (1.42%) R
9 58 (1.16%) Bash
10 50 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 48 (0.96%) C++
12 45 (0.90%) VBA
13 35 (0.70%) TypeScript
14 23 (0.46%) C
15 20 (0.40%) Scala
16 19 (0.38%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.34%) Go
18 15 (0.30%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.24%) Bicep
19 12 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,420 (28.36%) Degree
2 454 (9.07%) Master's Degree
3 424 (8.47%) Security Cleared
4 327 (6.53%) PhD
5 311 (6.21%) SC Cleared
6 215 (4.29%) ACCA
7 205 (4.09%) CIMA
8 180 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 138 (2.76%) CISSP
10 101 (2.02%) DBS Check
11 96 (1.92%) PMI Certification
12 86 (1.72%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.66%) PMP
14 80 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
15 75 (1.50%) CISM
16 73 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
17 69 (1.38%) Azure Certification
18 64 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
19 48 (0.96%) AWS Certification
20 46 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 343 (6.85%) Data Quality
2 256 (5.11%) QA
3 245 (4.89%) GDPR
4 196 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 151 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 147 (2.94%) NIST
7 120 (2.40%) PCI DSS
8 105 (2.10%) Accessibility
9 88 (1.76%) PMO
10 68 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 60 (1.20%) SLA
12 47 (0.94%) ISO 9001
13 43 (0.86%) GRC
14 36 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 32 (0.64%) IFRS
16 24 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 22 (0.44%) WCAG
18 18 (0.36%) NCSC
19 17 (0.34%) GMP
20 16 (0.32%) COBIT
System Software
1 253 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 107 (2.14%) Hyper-V
3 80 (1.60%) Terminal Server
4 69 (1.38%) Docker
5 55 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.28%) vSphere
7 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
8 11 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (0.16%) Firmware
9 8 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.12%) IAG
11 4 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.080%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.060%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.060%) XenApp
13 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) KVM
14 1 (0.020%) NFS
14 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 132 (2.64%) Terraform
2 72 (1.44%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.36%) Ansible
4 50 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (0.66%) Grafana
6 32 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (0.42%) SCCM
9 15 (0.30%) Nagios
10 7 (0.14%) Control-M
11 6 (0.12%) SCOM
12 5 (0.100%) CASB
12 5 (0.100%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.080%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.080%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.080%) Nessus
13 4 (0.080%) QRadar
13 4 (0.080%) SolarWinds Orion
13 4 (0.080%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.060%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 1,197 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 318 (6.35%) PayPal
3 257 (5.13%) SAP
4 199 (3.97%) Oracle
5 148 (2.96%) Salesforce
6 146 (2.92%) VMware
7 135 (2.70%) Google
8 129 (2.58%) SolarWinds
9 110 (2.20%) Splunk
10 107 (2.14%) ServiceNow
11 86 (1.72%) Veeam
12 81 (1.62%) Brocade
12 81 (1.62%) Tanium
13 80 (1.60%) Nimble Storage
14 77 (1.54%) Cisco
15 70 (1.40%) Databricks
16 55 (1.10%) Adobe
17 51 (1.02%) Workday
18 44 (0.88%) Alteryx
19 41 (0.82%) Bloomberg