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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,063 5,792 6,574
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.78% 11.42% 8.84%
As % of the General category 13.69% 16.90% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,524 2,396 4,642
10th Percentile £30,165 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,029 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £94,813 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,543
% change year-on-year -11.71% +11.91% -5.12%

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 36,975 34,280 45,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.82% 67.61% 61.45%
Number of salaries quoted 19,968 15,496 34,043
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,234 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.28% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -6 4,452 £52,500 -4.55% 2,192
UK excluding London -12 3,234 £45,000 -11.71% 1,714
Work from Home +5 1,707 £52,500 -6.25% 1,006
London -2 1,532 £67,500 +3.85% 795
South East +8 887 £50,000 - 565
North of England -18 819 £43,000 -18.10% 359
Midlands -13 588 £45,000 -8.63% 333
North West -16 418 £42,500 -19.05% 216
West Midlands -14 349 £52,500 +5.00% 226
South West -1 337 £45,000 -12.49% 209
Yorkshire -3 297 £45,000 -10.00% 111
Scotland -6 266 £40,000 -36.38% 79
East of England -18 254 £40,000 -21.52% 154
East Midlands +5 237 £40,000 -5.88% 107
North East 0 104 £40,000 - 35
Wales +19 71 £40,000 -18.54% 45
Northern Ireland -13 43 £52,500 -4.55% 13
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -7 1 - - 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
1 167 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (1.86%) Confluence
3 85 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 41 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 39 (0.77%) CMS
6 26 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 19 (0.38%) WordPress
8 17 (0.34%) SAS
9 14 (0.28%) Apache
9 14 (0.28%) IIS
10 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 4 (0.079%) Drupal
13 3 (0.059%) govService
13 3 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.040%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.040%) FactoryTalk
14 2 (0.040%) MTS
14 2 (0.040%) WinCC
Applications
1 732 (14.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 385 (7.60%) Chatbot
3 309 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
4 124 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 77 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 52 (1.03%) Maya
7 40 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
8 34 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 20 (0.40%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
12 7 (0.14%) CATIA
13 4 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
14 3 (0.059%) PlantUML
14 3 (0.059%) Sketch
15 2 (0.040%) Revit
15 2 (0.040%) Stata
15 2 (0.040%) Trello
16 1 (0.020%) Simulink
16 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 136 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.32%) SAP MDG
3 56 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 38 (0.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 32 (0.63%) SAP CO
7 29 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
8 28 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
9 24 (0.47%) SAP FI
10 23 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
10 23 (0.45%) Workday HCM
11 21 (0.41%) Endur
11 21 (0.41%) Shopify
12 19 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
13 17 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
13 17 (0.34%) SAP IBP
14 13 (0.26%) Sage X3
15 11 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
15 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
16 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 868 (17.14%) Azure
2 645 (12.74%) Power Platform
3 428 (8.45%) AWS
4 312 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
5 247 (4.88%) SaaS
6 160 (3.16%) GCP
7 155 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
8 108 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
9 91 (1.80%) Entra ID
10 88 (1.74%) GitHub
11 73 (1.44%) Snowflake
12 70 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 69 (1.36%) Power Automate
14 57 (1.13%) Google Analytics
15 56 (1.11%) Serverless
16 48 (0.95%) dbt
16 48 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
16 48 (0.95%) OCI
17 47 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 45 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 188 (3.71%) DNS
2 175 (3.46%) Firewall
3 155 (3.06%) DHCP
4 88 (1.74%) VPN
5 76 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
6 62 (1.22%) WAN
7 57 (1.13%) LAN
8 53 (1.05%) TCP/IP
9 52 (1.03%) Wireless
10 48 (0.95%) VLAN
11 45 (0.89%) Network Security
12 36 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
13 32 (0.63%) Broadband
13 32 (0.63%) Wireshark
14 30 (0.59%) BGP
15 29 (0.57%) VoIP
16 28 (0.55%) OSPF
17 27 (0.53%) SAN
18 24 (0.47%) EIGRP
19 23 (0.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 587 (11.59%) Power BI
2 378 (7.47%) Tableau
3 201 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 181 (3.57%) Data Mining
5 170 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
6 127 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
7 109 (2.15%) Data Lake
8 105 (2.07%) Metadata
9 98 (1.94%) Relational Database
10 60 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 58 (1.15%) NoSQL
12 53 (1.05%) Looker
12 53 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
13 52 (1.03%) MySQL
14 45 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
15 44 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
15 44 (0.87%) SAP BW
16 42 (0.83%) Big Data
17 38 (0.75%) GIS
18 35 (0.69%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 214 (4.23%) JIRA
2 92 (1.82%) Git
3 43 (0.85%) Selenium
4 35 (0.69%) GitLab
4 35 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 15 (0.30%) ERwin
6 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
7 14 (0.28%) Postman
7 14 (0.28%) Subversion
8 13 (0.26%) Balsamiq
8 13 (0.26%) ER Studio
8 13 (0.26%) Snyk
8 13 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 13 (0.26%) WebDriver
9 12 (0.24%) Axure RP
10 11 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.20%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
12 9 (0.18%) Chocolatey
General
1 2,610 (51.55%) Social Skills
2 1,774 (35.04%) Finance
3 457 (9.03%) Marketing
4 330 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 310 (6.12%) Law
6 283 (5.59%) Retail
7 281 (5.55%) Legal
8 255 (5.04%) Banking
9 250 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
10 235 (4.64%) Public Sector
11 217 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
12 167 (3.30%) Manufacturing
13 139 (2.75%) Financial Institution
14 137 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
15 107 (2.11%) Games
16 99 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 87 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
18 74 (1.46%) Advertising
19 65 (1.28%) Electronics
20 52 (1.03%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1,208 (23.86%) Analyst
2 620 (12.25%) Senior
3 381 (7.53%) Trainer
4 374 (7.39%) Data Analyst
5 355 (7.01%) Lead
6 311 (6.14%) Architect
7 235 (4.64%) Business Analyst
8 228 (4.50%) Developer
9 180 (3.56%) Consultant
10 171 (3.38%) Support Analyst
11 154 (3.04%) Trainee
12 141 (2.78%) IT Support
12 141 (2.78%) Trainee Analyst
12 141 (2.78%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 139 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
14 126 (2.49%) Systems Engineer
15 119 (2.35%) Senior Manager
15 119 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
16 110 (2.17%) Business Manager
17 101 (1.99%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (2.37%) HTML
2 117 (2.31%) CSS
3 86 (1.70%) React
4 71 (1.40%) .NET
4 71 (1.40%) REST
5 66 (1.30%) Middleware
6 45 (0.89%) JSON
7 38 (0.75%) Node.js
7 38 (0.75%) XML
8 33 (0.65%) EDI
8 33 (0.65%) SOAP
9 31 (0.61%) AngularJS
10 28 (0.55%) Kafka
10 28 (0.55%) Spring
11 23 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
12 22 (0.43%) TensorFlow
13 21 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
13 21 (0.41%) PySpark
13 21 (0.41%) PyTorch
14 18 (0.36%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 494 (9.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 371 (7.33%) Self-Motivation
3 305 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 264 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 207 (4.09%) Product Ownership
6 165 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
7 133 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 105 (2.07%) Data Centre
9 86 (1.70%) FMCG
10 83 (1.64%) Cloud Native
11 82 (1.62%) Data Structures
12 78 (1.54%) Driving Licence
13 64 (1.26%) Algorithms
14 53 (1.05%) Virtual Team
15 52 (1.03%) Robotics
16 51 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
17 49 (0.97%) Social Media
18 47 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 44 (0.87%) Low-Code
19 44 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 382 (7.54%) Windows
2 254 (5.02%) Linux
3 176 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 116 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.71%) Unix
6 28 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.30%) Android
9 9 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.099%) VMS
11 5 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.059%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.040%) AIX
13 2 (0.040%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.040%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.020%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.020%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.020%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,256 (44.56%) Problem-Solving
2 1,091 (21.55%) AI
3 1,086 (21.45%) Analytics
3 1,086 (21.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 964 (19.04%) Decision-Making
5 889 (17.56%) Agile
6 806 (15.92%) Project Management
7 754 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
8 639 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 550 (10.86%) Data Analysis
10 451 (8.91%) Risk Management
11 423 (8.35%) Roadmaps
12 416 (8.22%) Mentoring
13 414 (8.18%) ERP
14 413 (8.16%) Actionable Insight
15 407 (8.04%) Analytical Thinking
16 406 (8.02%) Business Strategy
16 406 (8.02%) Migration
17 404 (7.98%) Customer Service
18 400 (7.90%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 995 (19.65%) SQL
2 759 (14.99%) Python
3 150 (2.96%) JavaScript
4 138 (2.73%) Java
5 129 (2.55%) PowerShell
6 115 (2.27%) C#
7 71 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 59 (1.17%) R
9 48 (0.95%) C++
10 47 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 43 (0.85%) Bash
12 42 (0.83%) VBA
13 27 (0.53%) TypeScript
14 26 (0.51%) Scala
15 23 (0.45%) C
16 22 (0.43%) Go
17 17 (0.34%) MATLAB
18 16 (0.32%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.24%) Bicep
19 12 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,579 (31.19%) Degree
2 527 (10.41%) Master's Degree
3 434 (8.57%) Security Cleared
4 391 (7.72%) PhD
5 336 (6.64%) SC Cleared
6 200 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 182 (3.59%) ACCA
8 173 (3.42%) CIMA
9 140 (2.77%) CISSP
10 95 (1.88%) PMI Certification
11 91 (1.80%) DBS Check
12 79 (1.56%) CISM
13 78 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 78 (1.54%) PMP
14 69 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
15 67 (1.32%) Azure Certification
16 62 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
17 58 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
18 48 (0.95%) AWS Certification
18 48 (0.95%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 329 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 236 (4.66%) QA
3 204 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 192 (3.79%) GDPR
5 181 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 147 (2.90%) PCI DSS
7 138 (2.73%) NIST
8 109 (2.15%) Accessibility
9 91 (1.80%) PMO
10 62 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 50 (0.99%) SLA
12 40 (0.79%) GRC
13 35 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 27 (0.53%) IFRS
15 21 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 20 (0.40%) WCAG
17 18 (0.36%) NCSC
18 15 (0.30%) COBIT
18 15 (0.30%) ISO 9001
19 12 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 279 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 140 (2.77%) Hyper-V
3 112 (2.21%) Terminal Server
4 52 (1.03%) Docker
5 50 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.30%) vSphere
8 11 (0.22%) Firmware
9 10 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.059%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) NFS
Systems Management
1 106 (2.09%) Terraform
2 63 (1.24%) Ansible
3 60 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 48 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.45%) Grafana
6 23 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (0.36%) SCCM
8 8 (0.16%) Nagios
9 6 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.099%) CASB
10 5 (0.099%) Control-M
11 4 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.079%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.079%) Nessus
11 4 (0.079%) QRadar
11 4 (0.079%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.079%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.059%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1,189 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 381 (7.53%) PayPal
3 345 (6.81%) SAP
4 201 (3.97%) Oracle
5 174 (3.44%) VMware
6 156 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 150 (2.96%) SolarWinds
8 141 (2.78%) Google
9 140 (2.77%) Splunk
10 117 (2.31%) Veeam
11 113 (2.23%) Brocade
11 113 (2.23%) Tanium
12 112 (2.21%) Nimble Storage
13 105 (2.07%) ServiceNow
14 81 (1.60%) Cisco
15 67 (1.32%) Databricks
16 64 (1.26%) Adobe
17 43 (0.85%) Bloomberg
17 43 (0.85%) Workday
18 42 (0.83%) Alteryx