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 25 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	22	10	15
Rank change year-on-year	-12	+5	+3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	6,808	5,755	6,163
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	5.63%	11.66%	8.98%
As % of the General category	12.11%	17.31%	15.48%
Number of salaries quoted	3,736	2,546	2,536
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£29,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£39,750	£35,000	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,500	£50,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+3.00%	-9.09%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£70,000	£70,250
90^th 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 citing general skills.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	56,234	33,250	39,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	46.52%	67.35%	57.99%
Number of salaries quoted	34,434	17,929	19,540
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,707	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£33,750	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,000	£59,500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.77%	-12.61%	-0.83%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£95,000	£100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£42,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.00%	-

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 Salary Trend

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 25 October 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 25 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-12	5,933	£51,500	+3.00%	5,785
UK excluding London	-13	4,686	£47,500	+5.56%	3,108
Work from Home	-6	2,298	£55,000	+10.00%	2,634
London	-12	1,822	£65,000	-	2,900
North of England	-16	1,195	£47,500	+5.56%	728
South East	-10	1,071	£49,425	+5.16%	786
Midlands	-7	836	£45,000	+3.45%	481
North West	-11	697	£47,250	+5.00%	396
South West	-7	657	£47,250	+5.00%	319
West Midlands	-11	441	£47,250	-0.53%	287
East Midlands	-5	393	£42,500	+13.33%	194
Yorkshire	-5	330	£47,000	+17.50%	232
East of England	-10	321	£47,500	+18.75%	346
Northern Ireland	+24	230	£45,000	-14.29%	124
Wales	-3	227	£45,000	-6.49%	109
North East	-24	177	£53,925	+33.15%	102
Scotland	-18	173	£52,500	+56.72%	259
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	7

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	50.1%	3,408
2	Continuous Improvement	30.8%	2,094
3	Microsoft	24.9%	1,692
4	Decision-Making	24.0%	1,633
5	Stakeholder Management	22.1%	1,505
6	Degree	21.1%	1,435
7	Analytics	20.2%	1,375
8	AI	20.0%	1,365
9	SQL	19.3%	1,312
10	Agile	16.8%	1,146
11	Azure	15.7%	1,067
12	Python	14.1%	961
13	Business Intelligence	13.6%	926
14	Microsoft Excel	12.8%	869
15	Power Platform	11.7%	797
16	Security Cleared	11.5%	783
17	Stakeholder Engagement	10.7%	731
18	Power BI	10.6%	722
19	Data Quality	10.2%	697
20	Validation	10.0%	684
21	Mentoring	10.0%	678
22	AWS	9.9%	676
23	Actionable Insight	9.5%	648
24	Roadmaps	9.5%	645
25	Data Analysis	9.2%	627
26	Process Improvement	9.0%	610
27	CRM	8.7%	594
28	Customer Service	8.4%	574
29	Project Management	8.3%	566
30	CI/CD	8.2%	557

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	50.9%	3,465
2	Finance	32.0%	2,179
3	Marketing	12.3%	837
4	Organisational Skills	9.3%	630
5	Inclusion and Diversity	8.6%	585
6	Retail	7.3%	499
7	Manufacturing	7.1%	486
8	Public Sector	6.9%	467
9	Legal	6.8%	462
10	Law	6.0%	408
11	Influencing Skills	5.4%	366
12	Presentation Skills	5.0%	342
13	Banking	3.7%	253
14	Aerospace	3.2%	220
15	Electronics	2.9%	199
16	Telecoms	2.6%	175
17	Advertising	1.9%	131
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	119
19	Automotive	1.5%	100
20	Financial Institution	1.1%	72