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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,848 5,988 9,867
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.24% 13.53% 9.23%
As % of the General category 11.10% 18.52% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,119 2,395 5,411
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,810 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,808 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.23% +11.11% -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 43,687 32,338 61,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.19% 73.05% 57.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,729 15,661 40,806
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -16 4,411 £55,000 - 1,948
UK excluding London -19 3,047 £48,885 -2.23% 1,533
London -11 1,532 £67,500 +3.85% 724
Work from Home -11 1,476 £55,000 - 869
North of England -18 945 £48,000 -0.63% 384
South East -6 766 £50,000 -8.36% 522
North West -16 557 £46,500 -7.00% 223
Midlands -9 555 £49,000 +3.16% 252
South West -25 320 £47,500 -5.00% 177
West Midlands -15 311 £51,275 +7.95% 149
Yorkshire -11 291 £50,000 +11.11% 112
East Midlands +2 243 £45,000 -5.26% 103
East of England -9 233 £45,025 +0.06% 136
Scotland -20 117 £40,000 -20.71% 56
North East -26 97 £51,000 +30.43% 57
Wales -1 81 £53,171 -3.33% 26
Northern Ireland -20 41 £40,000 -27.27% 38

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
1 160 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 70 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 68 (1.40%) Confluence
6 42 (0.87%) Apache
7 41 (0.85%) CMS
8 23 (0.47%) IIS
9 19 (0.39%) SAS
10 16 (0.33%) WordPress
11 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
13 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.062%) govService
14 3 (0.062%) JBoss
14 3 (0.062%) nginx
14 3 (0.062%) Tomcat
14 3 (0.062%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.062%) WebSphere
Applications
1 536 (11.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 192 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 90 (1.86%) MS Visio
5 32 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 30 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.19%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.083%) Maya
11 3 (0.062%) Blender
11 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.062%) Trello
12 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.041%) Lectora
12 2 (0.041%) Simulink
12 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.021%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 70 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 32 (0.66%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.23%) Maximo
9 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.19%) Fidessa
12 8 (0.17%) Workday HCM
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Endur
14 6 (0.12%) Magento
14 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
14 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
14 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 874 (18.03%) Azure
2 642 (13.24%) Power Platform
3 484 (9.98%) AWS
4 357 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
5 295 (6.08%) SaaS
6 204 (4.21%) GCP
7 126 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 116 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 111 (2.29%) Entra ID
10 82 (1.69%) GitHub
11 79 (1.63%) Google Analytics
12 78 (1.61%) Snowflake
13 77 (1.59%) Power Automate
14 74 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
15 73 (1.51%) Amazon S3
16 70 (1.44%) dbt
17 64 (1.32%) Serverless
18 63 (1.30%) PowerApps
19 50 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
20 47 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 203 (4.19%) Firewall
2 170 (3.51%) DNS
3 125 (2.58%) DHCP
3 125 (2.58%) VPN
4 83 (1.71%) WAN
5 75 (1.55%) LAN
5 75 (1.55%) TCP/IP
6 72 (1.49%) Broadband
7 62 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
8 55 (1.13%) VLAN
9 54 (1.11%) Wireless
10 47 (0.97%) Network Security
11 45 (0.93%) SAN
12 38 (0.78%) BGP
13 30 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
14 29 (0.60%) HTTP
14 29 (0.60%) OSPF
15 28 (0.58%) Internet
16 27 (0.56%) SD-WAN
17 25 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 570 (11.76%) Power BI
2 315 (6.50%) Tableau
3 182 (3.75%) SQL Server
4 151 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
5 96 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
6 94 (1.94%) Data Mining
7 90 (1.86%) Metadata
8 69 (1.42%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 59 (1.22%) Looker
10 59 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 57 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 57 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
12 55 (1.13%) Power Query
13 46 (0.95%) BigQuery
14 45 (0.93%) MySQL
15 43 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 40 (0.83%) Big Data
17 36 (0.74%) NoSQL
18 35 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 158 (3.26%) JIRA
2 132 (2.72%) Git
3 49 (1.01%) GitLab
4 32 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.62%) MLflow
6 19 (0.39%) Chocolatey
6 19 (0.39%) Selenium
7 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 14 (0.29%) ERwin
9 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
10 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.25%) Postman
10 12 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
12 9 (0.19%) Balsamiq
12 9 (0.19%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.19%) Eclipse
12 9 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
13 8 (0.17%) Axure RP
General
1 2,220 (45.79%) Social Skills
2 1,683 (34.72%) Finance
3 422 (8.70%) Marketing
4 371 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 282 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
6 280 (5.78%) Law
7 279 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 263 (5.42%) Retail
9 262 (5.40%) Legal
10 247 (5.09%) Banking
11 173 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
12 165 (3.40%) Manufacturing
13 139 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 113 (2.33%) Telecoms
15 92 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
16 86 (1.77%) Advertising
17 80 (1.65%) Financial Institution
18 79 (1.63%) Aerospace
19 73 (1.51%) Electronics
20 54 (1.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,249 (25.76%) Analyst
2 637 (13.14%) Senior
3 330 (6.81%) Lead
4 310 (6.39%) Data Analyst
5 283 (5.84%) Business Analyst
6 239 (4.93%) Developer
7 223 (4.60%) Architect
8 206 (4.25%) Consultant
9 182 (3.75%) Systems Engineer
10 141 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
11 120 (2.48%) Data Engineer
12 118 (2.43%) IT Manager
12 118 (2.43%) Senior Manager
13 115 (2.37%) Support Analyst
14 103 (2.12%) IT Support
14 103 (2.12%) Support Engineer
15 98 (2.02%) Systems Analyst
16 93 (1.92%) Financial Analyst
17 92 (1.90%) Trainee
18 90 (1.86%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (2.54%) HTML
2 112 (2.31%) CSS
3 104 (2.15%) .NET
4 96 (1.98%) REST
5 87 (1.79%) JSON
6 84 (1.73%) Middleware
7 83 (1.71%) React
8 77 (1.59%) XML
9 68 (1.40%) PyTorch
10 63 (1.30%) TensorFlow
11 51 (1.05%) Node.js
12 50 (1.03%) Kafka
13 49 (1.01%) SOAP
14 41 (0.85%) scikit-learn
15 38 (0.78%) RESTful
16 37 (0.76%) PySpark
17 33 (0.68%) Pandas
17 33 (0.68%) Web Services
18 32 (0.66%) LangChain
19 30 (0.62%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 511 (10.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 234 (4.83%) Management Information System
3 209 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 190 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 187 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
6 127 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 111 (2.29%) Data Centre
8 92 (1.90%) Cloud Native
9 90 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 88 (1.82%) Data Structures
11 81 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 76 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
13 74 (1.53%) Driving Licence
14 59 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
15 57 (1.18%) Social Media
16 55 (1.13%) Public Cloud
17 51 (1.05%) Virtual Team
18 46 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
18 46 (0.95%) FMCG
19 41 (0.85%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 371 (7.65%) Windows
2 231 (4.76%) Linux
3 180 (3.71%) Windows Server
4 86 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.72%) Unix
6 26 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 19 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.33%) Android
8 16 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.23%) CentOS
10 11 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.17%) VMS
12 4 (0.083%) AIX
12 4 (0.083%) Debian
12 4 (0.083%) Rocky
12 4 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.041%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,187 (45.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1,176 (24.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,064 (21.95%) Analytics
4 1,060 (21.86%) Decision-Making
5 837 (17.26%) Agile
6 654 (13.49%) Business Intelligence
7 630 (13.00%) AI
8 628 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 497 (10.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 482 (9.94%) Project Management
10 482 (9.94%) Roadmaps
11 479 (9.88%) Actionable Insight
12 471 (9.72%) Mentoring
13 445 (9.18%) Data Modelling
14 444 (9.16%) Data Analysis
15 439 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
16 395 (8.15%) Data Governance
17 379 (7.82%) Process Improvement
18 372 (7.67%) Analytical Thinking
19 348 (7.18%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,018 (21.00%) SQL
2 878 (18.11%) Python
3 173 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 172 (3.55%) JavaScript
5 170 (3.51%) Java
6 138 (2.85%) C#
7 80 (1.65%) R
8 72 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 68 (1.40%) Bash
10 65 (1.34%) C++
11 46 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 46 (0.95%) TypeScript
12 38 (0.78%) MATLAB
13 36 (0.74%) VBA
14 23 (0.47%) Scala
15 21 (0.43%) Go
15 21 (0.43%) PHP
16 17 (0.35%) Julia
16 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 893 (18.42%) Degree
2 426 (8.79%) Security Cleared
3 311 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 243 (5.01%) ACCA
5 228 (4.70%) CIMA
6 154 (3.18%) DBS Check
7 153 (3.16%) CISSP
8 149 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 121 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
10 107 (2.21%) CISM
11 89 (1.84%) Master's Degree
12 87 (1.79%) DV Cleared
13 80 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
14 73 (1.51%) Azure Certification
14 73 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 73 (1.51%) PMI Certification
15 72 (1.49%) IRCA
16 65 (1.34%) PMP
17 64 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
18 49 (1.01%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 455 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 376 (7.76%) GDPR
3 305 (6.29%) QA
4 262 (5.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 227 (4.68%) NIST
6 158 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 135 (2.78%) SLA
8 130 (2.68%) PCI DSS
9 121 (2.50%) Accessibility
10 116 (2.39%) ISO 9001
11 70 (1.44%) GRC
12 57 (1.18%) PMO
13 55 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.85%) IFRS
15 39 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 38 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 34 (0.70%) COBIT
18 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 25 (0.52%) NCSC
20 24 (0.50%) ITGC
System Software
1 264 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 89 (1.84%) Hyper-V
3 81 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 78 (1.61%) Docker
5 72 (1.49%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.29%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 10 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (0.19%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.17%) IAG
12 4 (0.083%) Firmware
12 4 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.083%) XenApp
13 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 133 (2.74%) Terraform
2 76 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 65 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 59 (1.22%) Ansible
5 34 (0.70%) Grafana
6 28 (0.58%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 24 (0.50%) Nagios
9 17 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (0.31%) QRadar
11 14 (0.29%) Kibana
12 11 (0.23%) Kubeflow
13 9 (0.19%) Control-M
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.12%) logstash
16 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.10%) Podman
17 4 (0.083%) CASB
17 4 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,082 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 200 (4.13%) SAP
3 184 (3.80%) Google
4 167 (3.44%) Oracle
5 164 (3.38%) VMware
6 150 (3.09%) Salesforce
7 126 (2.60%) Splunk
8 122 (2.52%) SolarWinds
9 109 (2.25%) Databricks
10 98 (2.02%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.75%) Veeam
12 75 (1.55%) Cisco
13 73 (1.51%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.49%) Brocade
14 72 (1.49%) Tanium
14 72 (1.49%) Workday
15 50 (1.03%) IBM
16 49 (1.01%) Red Hat
17 46 (0.95%) Adobe
18 45 (0.93%) Dell