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 3 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,744 5,681 9,436
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.25% 13.36% 9.84%
As % of the General category 10.42% 18.76% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,892 2,533 5,436
10th Percentile £32,611 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,185 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,400 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +11.11% -3.84%

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 45,541 30,287 57,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 50.40% 71.24% 60.36%
Number of salaries quoted 24,547 15,984 39,540
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,048 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,988 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.23% +5.26% -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 3 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 18 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 3 May 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 -22 4,264 £55,000 - 2,409
UK excluding London -28 2,931 £48,445 -3.11% 1,679
London -8 1,511 £67,500 +3.85% 985
Work from Home -9 1,393 £55,000 - 1,145
North of England -30 853 £46,500 -7.00% 426
South East -4 774 £50,000 -6.47% 534
Midlands -28 554 £47,500 - 319
North West -30 481 £45,000 -10.00% 246
West Midlands -26 331 £50,000 +5.26% 199
Yorkshire -12 282 £51,000 +13.33% 137
East of England -35 257 £45,000 -11.71% 167
South West -27 253 £47,500 -6.79% 161
East Midlands -8 221 £45,000 - 120
Scotland -27 139 £40,000 -23.81% 61
North East -23 90 £49,222 +26.86% 50
Wales 0 81 £42,500 -15.44% 38
Northern Ireland -32 33 £47,500 -13.64% 17
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92%

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
1 135 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 72 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 63 (1.33%) Confluence
6 48 (1.01%) CMS
7 36 (0.76%) Apache
8 20 (0.42%) WordPress
9 18 (0.38%) IIS
10 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.23%) SAS
11 6 (0.13%) nginx
12 4 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.063%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.063%) Drupal
13 3 (0.063%) govService
13 3 (0.063%) JBoss
13 3 (0.063%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.042%) Appian
14 2 (0.042%) Camunda
Applications
1 595 (12.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 263 (5.54%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 96 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 27 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 24 (0.51%) Chatbot
8 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.21%) CATIA
11 4 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.084%) Trello
12 3 (0.063%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.063%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.042%) Lectora
13 2 (0.042%) Simulink
14 1 (0.021%) Sketch
14 1 (0.021%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.021%) SPSS
14 1 (0.021%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 69 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 36 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 33 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 21 (0.44%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 15 (0.32%) SAP PM
8 13 (0.27%) Endur
8 13 (0.27%) SAP FI
9 12 (0.25%) Maximo
10 11 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
10 11 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
10 11 (0.23%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
11 8 (0.17%) Elite 3E
11 8 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
11 8 (0.17%) SAP PP
12 7 (0.15%) Magento
13 6 (0.13%) Fidessa
14 5 (0.11%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 844 (17.79%) Azure
2 642 (13.53%) Power Platform
3 471 (9.93%) AWS
4 332 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
5 261 (5.50%) SaaS
6 213 (4.49%) GCP
7 149 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
8 144 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
9 110 (2.32%) Entra ID
10 101 (2.13%) GitHub
11 95 (2.00%) Power Automate
12 94 (1.98%) Snowflake
13 87 (1.83%) dbt
14 75 (1.58%) Google Analytics
15 69 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
16 68 (1.43%) Amazon S3
17 61 (1.29%) Serverless
18 58 (1.22%) PowerApps
19 52 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
20 47 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 192 (4.05%) Firewall
2 148 (3.12%) DNS
3 123 (2.59%) VPN
4 107 (2.26%) DHCP
5 79 (1.67%) WAN
6 71 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 66 (1.39%) LAN
8 63 (1.33%) Wireless
9 62 (1.31%) VLAN
10 54 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (1.05%) Broadband
12 47 (0.99%) Network Security
12 47 (0.99%) SAN
13 39 (0.82%) BGP
14 32 (0.67%) OSPF
15 30 (0.63%) Wireshark
16 28 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
16 28 (0.59%) EIGRP
17 27 (0.57%) SD-WAN
18 24 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 577 (12.16%) Power BI
2 372 (7.84%) Tableau
3 193 (4.07%) SQL Server
4 167 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
5 154 (3.25%) Data Mining
6 92 (1.94%) Metadata
7 81 (1.71%) Relational Database
8 78 (1.64%) Data Lake
9 68 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
9 68 (1.43%) Looker
10 60 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 55 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
12 52 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 48 (1.01%) MySQL
14 47 (0.99%) BigQuery
15 44 (0.93%) Power Query
16 43 (0.91%) NoSQL
17 39 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 37 (0.78%) Big Data
19 36 (0.76%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 172 (3.63%) JIRA
2 132 (2.78%) Git
3 45 (0.95%) GitLab
4 38 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.67%) MLflow
6 26 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
7 24 (0.51%) Selenium
8 20 (0.42%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.36%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.30%) Balsamiq
10 14 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.30%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.30%) ERwin
11 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
12 12 (0.25%) Axure RP
12 12 (0.25%) Subversion
13 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.19%) Maven
15 9 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 2,235 (47.11%) Social Skills
2 1,740 (36.68%) Finance
3 436 (9.19%) Marketing
4 366 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 276 (5.82%) Banking
6 274 (5.78%) Law
7 262 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
8 245 (5.16%) Public Sector
8 245 (5.16%) Retail
9 243 (5.12%) Legal
10 174 (3.67%) Manufacturing
11 159 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
12 133 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
13 111 (2.34%) Telecoms
14 103 (2.17%) Financial Institution
15 84 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 73 (1.54%) Advertising
17 72 (1.52%) Electronics
18 68 (1.43%) Games
19 58 (1.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,283 (27.04%) Analyst
2 657 (13.85%) Senior
3 343 (7.23%) Data Analyst
4 303 (6.39%) Lead
5 275 (5.80%) Business Analyst
6 245 (5.16%) Developer
7 216 (4.55%) Architect
8 198 (4.17%) Consultant
9 146 (3.08%) Support Analyst
10 142 (2.99%) Trainee
11 139 (2.93%) Systems Engineer
12 134 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
13 130 (2.74%) Senior Manager
13 130 (2.74%) Trainee Analyst
13 130 (2.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 112 (2.36%) Financial Analyst
15 106 (2.23%) Data Engineer
16 105 (2.21%) IT Support
17 101 (2.13%) Support Engineer
18 99 (2.09%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (2.85%) HTML
2 122 (2.57%) CSS
3 97 (2.04%) .NET
4 91 (1.92%) REST
5 81 (1.71%) JSON
6 80 (1.69%) React
7 78 (1.64%) Middleware
8 74 (1.56%) XML
9 58 (1.22%) PyTorch
10 54 (1.14%) TensorFlow
11 53 (1.12%) Kafka
12 51 (1.08%) SOAP
13 46 (0.97%) Node.js
14 42 (0.89%) scikit-learn
15 37 (0.78%) PySpark
16 34 (0.72%) Pandas
17 33 (0.70%) LangChain
18 31 (0.65%) RESTful
19 30 (0.63%) EDI
20 29 (0.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 493 (10.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 235 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 226 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 224 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 201 (4.24%) Product Ownership
6 105 (2.21%) Data Centre
7 100 (2.11%) Cloud Native
8 96 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
9 82 (1.73%) Data Structures
10 79 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
11 74 (1.56%) Algorithms
11 74 (1.56%) Security Posture
12 64 (1.35%) Driving Licence
13 56 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
13 56 (1.18%) Social Media
14 53 (1.12%) Public Cloud
15 50 (1.05%) Virtual Team
16 45 (0.95%) FMCG
17 43 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
17 43 (0.91%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 346 (7.29%) Windows
2 197 (4.15%) Linux
3 145 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.72%) Unix
6 22 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 20 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.38%) Android
8 18 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.15%) CentOS
10 7 (0.15%) VMS
11 5 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.084%) AIX
12 4 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.063%) Rocky
14 2 (0.042%) Debian
14 2 (0.042%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,107 (44.41%) Problem-Solving
2 1,126 (23.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,054 (22.22%) Analytics
4 974 (20.53%) Decision-Making
5 832 (17.54%) Agile
6 692 (14.59%) Business Intelligence
7 676 (14.25%) AI
8 599 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 568 (11.97%) Project Management
10 485 (10.22%) Data Analysis
11 452 (9.53%) Actionable Insight
12 442 (9.32%) Mentoring
13 430 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 424 (8.94%) Data Modelling
15 418 (8.81%) Roadmaps
16 406 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
17 405 (8.54%) Analytical Thinking
18 378 (7.97%) DevOps
19 364 (7.67%) Process Improvement
20 360 (7.59%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,015 (21.40%) SQL
2 853 (17.98%) Python
3 174 (3.67%) JavaScript
4 171 (3.60%) Java
5 169 (3.56%) PowerShell
6 127 (2.68%) C#
7 64 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 64 (1.35%) R
8 58 (1.22%) Bash
9 53 (1.12%) C++
10 46 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 42 (0.89%) TypeScript
12 41 (0.86%) VBA
13 27 (0.57%) MATLAB
14 23 (0.48%) Scala
15 20 (0.42%) Go
16 19 (0.40%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
18 14 (0.30%) C
18 14 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 985 (20.76%) Degree
2 358 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 248 (5.23%) ACCA
4 247 (5.21%) SC Cleared
5 236 (4.97%) CIMA
6 170 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 151 (3.18%) DBS Check
8 147 (3.10%) CISSP
9 133 (2.80%) Master's Degree
10 97 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
11 96 (2.02%) PMI Certification
12 94 (1.98%) CISM
13 83 (1.75%) PMP
14 76 (1.60%) DV Cleared
15 72 (1.52%) IRCA
16 70 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
17 69 (1.45%) Azure Certification
18 63 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
19 58 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
20 57 (1.20%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 424 (8.94%) Data Quality
2 337 (7.10%) GDPR
3 285 (6.01%) QA
4 239 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 203 (4.28%) NIST
6 124 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 108 (2.28%) SLA
8 98 (2.07%) PCI DSS
9 96 (2.02%) ISO 9001
10 90 (1.90%) Accessibility
11 69 (1.45%) PMO
12 58 (1.22%) GRC
13 56 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
14 39 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 38 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.70%) IFRS
17 30 (0.63%) COBIT
18 29 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 25 (0.53%) SOC 2
20 21 (0.44%) ITGC
System Software
1 246 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 77 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (1.52%) Docker
4 65 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.01%) Terminal Server
6 24 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.34%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.17%) IAG
10 8 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.11%) Firmware
12 4 (0.084%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.084%) XenApp
13 3 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.042%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) KVM
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 131 (2.76%) Terraform
2 78 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 61 (1.29%) Ansible
5 34 (0.72%) Grafana
6 30 (0.63%) SCCM
7 27 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 25 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 19 (0.40%) Nagios
10 11 (0.23%) Kibana
11 8 (0.17%) Kubeflow
11 8 (0.17%) QRadar
12 7 (0.15%) Control-M
13 6 (0.13%) logstash
14 5 (0.11%) CASB
14 5 (0.11%) Packer
15 4 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.084%) Graylog
15 4 (0.084%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.084%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,153 (24.30%) Microsoft
2 201 (4.24%) SAP
3 178 (3.75%) Google
3 178 (3.75%) Oracle
4 146 (3.08%) Salesforce
5 136 (2.87%) VMware
6 113 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 107 (2.26%) Databricks
8 97 (2.04%) SolarWinds
9 85 (1.79%) Splunk
10 80 (1.69%) Workday
11 71 (1.50%) Cisco
12 56 (1.18%) Veeam
13 52 (1.10%) IBM
14 49 (1.03%) Tanium
15 48 (1.01%) Brocade
15 48 (1.01%) Dell
15 48 (1.01%) Nimble Storage
16 44 (0.93%) Red Hat
17 38 (0.80%) Dynatrace