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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,671 5,751 9,481
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.17% 13.15% 9.81%
As % of the General category 10.54% 18.16% 16.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,904 2,516 5,434
10th Percentile £32,777 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,981 £41,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,350 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -3.74%

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 44,306 31,669 58,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.02% 72.42% 60.27%
Number of salaries quoted 24,863 15,966 39,605
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £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 £77,424 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £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 May 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 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 -16 4,216 £55,000 - 2,298
UK excluding London -20 2,886 £49,000 -2.00% 1,696
London -7 1,491 £67,500 +3.85% 931
Work from Home -8 1,383 £55,000 - 1,114
North of England -29 875 £47,500 -5.00% 374
South East -2 746 £50,000 -8.36% 577
Midlands -27 536 £48,000 +1.05% 276
North West -30 499 £45,000 -10.00% 224
West Midlands -28 321 £50,000 +5.26% 166
Yorkshire -11 288 £52,500 +16.67% 111
South West -31 259 £47,500 -5.00% 171
East of England -22 249 £45,000 -11.71% 194
East Midlands +3 213 £45,000 -5.26% 108
Scotland -29 129 £40,000 -21.40% 76
North East -22 88 £48,445 +27.49% 45
Wales -6 74 £47,105 -8.44% 46
Northern Ireland -30 33 £52,500 -4.55% 25

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
1 137 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 75 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
4 73 (1.56%) Apache Spark
5 57 (1.22%) Confluence
6 45 (0.96%) CMS
7 37 (0.79%) Apache
8 19 (0.41%) IIS
9 16 (0.34%) SAS
9 16 (0.34%) WordPress
10 12 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 8 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.13%) nginx
13 3 (0.064%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.064%) govService
13 3 (0.064%) JBoss
13 3 (0.064%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.043%) Appian
14 2 (0.043%) Camunda
14 2 (0.043%) Jupyter
Applications
1 563 (12.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 235 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
3 96 (2.06%) MS Visio
4 86 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 24 (0.51%) Chatbot
7 22 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
8 12 (0.26%) Adobe XD
8 12 (0.26%) Maya
9 10 (0.21%) CATIA
10 4 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.086%) Trello
11 3 (0.064%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.043%) Acrobat
12 2 (0.043%) Lectora
12 2 (0.043%) Simulink
13 1 (0.021%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.021%) Notion
13 1 (0.021%) Sketch
13 1 (0.021%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 66 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 38 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 32 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
5 19 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.24%) Endur
8 11 (0.24%) Maximo
8 11 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
8 11 (0.24%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.21%) Workday HCM
10 9 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
11 7 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
11 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
11 7 (0.15%) Magento
11 7 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
11 7 (0.15%) SAP PP
12 6 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
12 6 (0.13%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 842 (18.03%) Azure
2 642 (13.74%) Power Platform
3 468 (10.02%) AWS
4 334 (7.15%) Microsoft 365
5 266 (5.69%) SaaS
6 208 (4.45%) GCP
7 139 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
8 137 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
9 112 (2.40%) Entra ID
10 99 (2.12%) GitHub
11 92 (1.97%) Power Automate
11 92 (1.97%) Snowflake
12 84 (1.80%) dbt
13 75 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
14 74 (1.58%) Google Analytics
15 65 (1.39%) Amazon S3
16 62 (1.33%) PowerApps
17 60 (1.28%) Serverless
18 55 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
19 49 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 195 (4.17%) Firewall
2 147 (3.15%) DNS
3 125 (2.68%) VPN
4 102 (2.18%) DHCP
5 78 (1.67%) WAN
6 70 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.43%) LAN
8 59 (1.26%) VLAN
8 59 (1.26%) Wireless
9 55 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (1.16%) Broadband
11 50 (1.07%) SAN
12 48 (1.03%) Network Security
13 39 (0.83%) BGP
14 31 (0.66%) OSPF
15 30 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
16 29 (0.62%) Wireshark
17 27 (0.58%) SD-WAN
18 26 (0.56%) EIGRP
19 24 (0.51%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 573 (12.27%) Power BI
2 358 (7.66%) Tableau
3 185 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 165 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
5 139 (2.98%) Data Mining
6 84 (1.80%) Metadata
7 79 (1.69%) Data Lake
8 72 (1.54%) Relational Database
9 68 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
10 60 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 59 (1.26%) Looker
12 58 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 56 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
14 49 (1.05%) BigQuery
15 48 (1.03%) MySQL
16 46 (0.98%) Power Query
17 42 (0.90%) NoSQL
17 42 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 36 (0.77%) Big Data
19 35 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 162 (3.47%) JIRA
2 134 (2.87%) Git
3 46 (0.98%) GitLab
4 36 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.66%) MLflow
6 28 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
7 24 (0.51%) Selenium
8 20 (0.43%) Chocolatey
9 16 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 15 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.30%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.30%) ERwin
12 13 (0.28%) Balsamiq
12 13 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
13 11 (0.24%) Axure RP
13 11 (0.24%) Subversion
14 10 (0.21%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.21%) Maven
14 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 2,151 (46.05%) Social Skills
2 1,683 (36.03%) Finance
3 415 (8.88%) Marketing
4 370 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 268 (5.74%) Law
6 263 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
7 261 (5.59%) Banking
8 252 (5.39%) Public Sector
9 245 (5.25%) Retail
10 237 (5.07%) Legal
11 170 (3.64%) Manufacturing
12 148 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
13 140 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
14 114 (2.44%) Telecoms
15 92 (1.97%) Financial Institution
16 85 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
17 76 (1.63%) Electronics
18 70 (1.50%) Advertising
19 67 (1.43%) Games
20 62 (1.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,235 (26.44%) Analyst
2 652 (13.96%) Senior
3 327 (7.00%) Data Analyst
4 296 (6.34%) Lead
5 268 (5.74%) Business Analyst
6 243 (5.20%) Developer
7 216 (4.62%) Architect
8 197 (4.22%) Consultant
9 147 (3.15%) Systems Engineer
10 129 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
10 129 (2.76%) Senior Manager
11 128 (2.74%) Trainee
12 123 (2.63%) Support Analyst
13 116 (2.48%) Trainee Analyst
13 116 (2.48%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 107 (2.29%) Data Engineer
15 102 (2.18%) IT Support
16 100 (2.14%) IT Manager
16 100 (2.14%) Support Engineer
17 97 (2.08%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (2.76%) HTML
2 118 (2.53%) CSS
3 100 (2.14%) .NET
4 88 (1.88%) REST
5 80 (1.71%) JSON
5 80 (1.71%) Middleware
5 80 (1.71%) React
6 73 (1.56%) XML
7 55 (1.18%) PyTorch
8 54 (1.16%) Kafka
9 50 (1.07%) SOAP
9 50 (1.07%) TensorFlow
10 45 (0.96%) Node.js
11 39 (0.83%) scikit-learn
12 37 (0.79%) PySpark
13 34 (0.73%) RESTful
14 33 (0.71%) Pandas
15 32 (0.69%) LangChain
16 31 (0.66%) EDI
17 26 (0.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 485 (10.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 229 (4.90%) Management Information System
3 204 (4.37%) Onboarding
4 194 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 192 (4.11%) Product Ownership
6 111 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 98 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
8 91 (1.95%) Cloud Native
9 81 (1.73%) Data Structures
10 80 (1.71%) Security Posture
11 74 (1.58%) Algorithms
12 70 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
13 66 (1.41%) Driving Licence
14 64 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
15 52 (1.11%) Public Cloud
15 52 (1.11%) Social Media
16 50 (1.07%) Virtual Team
17 44 (0.94%) FMCG
18 42 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
19 41 (0.88%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 339 (7.26%) Windows
2 201 (4.30%) Linux
3 145 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 56 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.75%) Unix
6 22 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 21 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 16 (0.34%) Android
10 14 (0.30%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.17%) CentOS
11 8 (0.17%) VMS
12 6 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.086%) AIX
13 4 (0.086%) Rocky
13 4 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.086%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.043%) Debian
15 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,073 (44.38%) Problem-Solving
2 1,091 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,035 (22.16%) Analytics
4 951 (20.36%) Decision-Making
5 815 (17.45%) Agile
6 670 (14.34%) Business Intelligence
7 656 (14.04%) AI
8 589 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 528 (11.30%) Project Management
10 457 (9.78%) Data Analysis
11 455 (9.74%) Actionable Insight
12 448 (9.59%) Mentoring
13 432 (9.25%) Data Modelling
14 427 (9.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 422 (9.03%) Roadmaps
16 421 (9.01%) Cybersecurity
17 385 (8.24%) Analytical Thinking
18 369 (7.90%) DevOps
19 362 (7.75%) Data Governance
20 351 (7.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 989 (21.17%) SQL
2 851 (18.22%) Python
3 173 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 168 (3.60%) Java
4 168 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 125 (2.68%) C#
6 68 (1.46%) R
7 65 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.31%) Bash
9 57 (1.22%) C++
10 45 (0.96%) T-SQL
11 40 (0.86%) TypeScript
12 39 (0.83%) VBA
13 32 (0.69%) MATLAB
14 23 (0.49%) Scala
15 20 (0.43%) Go
16 17 (0.36%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.34%) PHP
18 14 (0.30%) C
18 14 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 951 (20.36%) Degree
2 350 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 241 (5.16%) SC Cleared
4 239 (5.12%) ACCA
5 226 (4.84%) CIMA
6 166 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 153 (3.28%) DBS Check
8 146 (3.13%) CISSP
9 124 (2.65%) Master's Degree
10 110 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
11 99 (2.12%) CISM
12 94 (2.01%) PMI Certification
13 83 (1.78%) PMP
14 81 (1.73%) DV Cleared
15 72 (1.54%) IRCA
16 71 (1.52%) Azure Certification
17 70 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
18 68 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
19 58 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
20 55 (1.18%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 434 (9.29%) Data Quality
2 346 (7.41%) GDPR
3 284 (6.08%) QA
4 243 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 207 (4.43%) NIST
6 127 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 115 (2.46%) SLA
8 102 (2.18%) PCI DSS
9 101 (2.16%) ISO 9001
10 95 (2.03%) Accessibility
11 62 (1.33%) PMO
12 60 (1.28%) GRC
13 53 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 39 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 38 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.71%) IFRS
17 31 (0.66%) COBIT
18 28 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 23 (0.49%) SOC 2
20 22 (0.47%) ITGC
System Software
1 240 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 77 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (1.43%) Docker
4 64 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.03%) Terminal Server
6 25 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.34%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.26%) 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 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.086%) XenApp
13 3 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.043%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.043%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) KVM
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 127 (2.72%) Terraform
2 78 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 70 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 58 (1.24%) Ansible
5 33 (0.71%) Grafana
6 29 (0.62%) SCCM
7 26 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 22 (0.47%) Nagios
10 11 (0.24%) Kibana
10 11 (0.24%) QRadar
11 8 (0.17%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.13%) Control-M
12 6 (0.13%) logstash
12 6 (0.13%) Packer
13 5 (0.11%) CASB
14 4 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.086%) Graylog
14 4 (0.086%) RSA Archer
14 4 (0.086%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,114 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 195 (4.17%) SAP
3 176 (3.77%) Google
4 174 (3.73%) Oracle
5 146 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 136 (2.91%) VMware
7 111 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 109 (2.33%) Databricks
9 97 (2.08%) SolarWinds
10 93 (1.99%) Splunk
11 78 (1.67%) Workday
12 73 (1.56%) Cisco
13 58 (1.24%) Veeam
14 52 (1.11%) IBM
15 50 (1.07%) Dell
16 49 (1.05%) Tanium
17 48 (1.03%) Brocade
17 48 (1.03%) Nimble Storage
18 47 (1.01%) Red Hat
19 41 (0.88%) Adobe