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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 6,500 6,269 7,256
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.50% 12.60% 9.78%
As % of the General category 11.90% 18.42% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,715 2,514 2,761
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.44% -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 requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 54,641 34,039 42,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.23% 68.43% 57.66%
Number of salaries quoted 33,355 17,632 21,316
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,178 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £78,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% -1.38%

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 4 October 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 4 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -15 5,696 £51,438 +2.88% 10,557
UK excluding London -14 4,394 £47,000 +4.44% 6,510
Work from Home -5 2,181 £55,000 +10.00% 5,143
London -12 1,809 £65,000 - 5,373
North of England -18 1,182 £47,500 +5.56% 1,382
South East -12 995 £48,000 +1.01% 1,574
Midlands -9 771 £45,000 +2.27% 894
North West -15 716 £46,250 +2.78% 729
South West -9 614 £47,000 +4.44% 702
West Midlands -18 391 £47,500 +5.56% 521
East Midlands -4 378 £42,500 +6.47% 373
Yorkshire -10 317 £47,000 +17.50% 495
East of England -13 284 £47,500 +21.79% 625
Northern Ireland +8 211 £43,750 -20.45% 329
Wales -3 208 £45,000 -10.40% 328
North East -22 158 £52,231 +30.58% 176
Scotland -23 149 £47,500 +39.17% 764

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
1 192 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 178 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 111 (1.71%) Confluence
4 45 (0.69%) CMS
5 41 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 37 (0.57%) Apache
7 36 (0.55%) IIS
8 31 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
9 28 (0.43%) SAS
10 18 (0.28%) WordPress
11 13 (0.20%) Jupyter
12 11 (0.17%) Headless CMS
13 10 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 10 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
14 9 (0.14%) WebLogic
14 9 (0.14%) WebSphere
15 8 (0.12%) OpenStack
16 5 (0.077%) nginx
17 3 (0.046%) Office Communications Server
17 3 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 770 (11.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 345 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
3 136 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 70 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 56 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 45 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
7 19 (0.29%) Simulink
8 17 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 10 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 10 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 7 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.092%) Acrobat
11 6 (0.092%) EPLAN
11 6 (0.092%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.077%) InDesign
12 5 (0.077%) Notion
12 5 (0.077%) Revit
13 4 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 106 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 63 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (0.54%) NetSuite
4 34 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
5 28 (0.43%) Shopify
6 19 (0.29%) Workday HCM
7 15 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
8 13 (0.20%) Magento
8 13 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 12 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 12 (0.18%) SAP CO
9 12 (0.18%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.17%) Infor M3
10 11 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
11 10 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
11 10 (0.15%) Elite 3E
11 10 (0.15%) SAP Business One
12 9 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
12 9 (0.14%) Fidessa
12 9 (0.14%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,024 (15.75%) Azure
2 732 (11.26%) Power Platform
3 656 (10.09%) AWS
4 456 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
5 404 (6.22%) SaaS
6 302 (4.65%) GCP
7 208 (3.20%) Entra ID
8 160 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
9 138 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
10 131 (2.02%) Google Ads
11 126 (1.94%) Google Analytics
12 102 (1.57%) GitHub
13 92 (1.42%) Meta Ads
13 92 (1.42%) Serverless
14 81 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
15 77 (1.18%) Amazon S3
16 75 (1.15%) Power Automate
16 75 (1.15%) PowerApps
17 72 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
18 71 (1.09%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 205 (3.15%) DNS
2 160 (2.46%) DHCP
3 146 (2.25%) Firewall
4 131 (2.02%) VPN
5 116 (1.78%) TCP/IP
6 91 (1.40%) Internet
7 79 (1.22%) WAN
8 72 (1.11%) LAN
9 69 (1.06%) Network Security
10 58 (0.89%) Wireless
11 56 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
12 50 (0.77%) VLAN
13 46 (0.71%) Broadband
14 37 (0.57%) HTTP
15 34 (0.52%) SAN
16 30 (0.46%) VoIP
17 27 (0.42%) BGP
18 26 (0.40%) 5G
19 25 (0.38%) SMS
20 24 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 659 (10.14%) Power BI
2 208 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 175 (2.69%) Tableau
4 174 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
5 124 (1.91%) Relational Database
6 110 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
6 110 (1.69%) Metadata
7 90 (1.38%) MySQL
8 86 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
9 82 (1.26%) Looker
10 78 (1.20%) Power Query
11 72 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 64 (0.98%) Data Lake
13 55 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 54 (0.83%) Big Data
15 51 (0.78%) NoSQL
16 44 (0.68%) BigQuery
17 39 (0.60%) MongoDB
18 38 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
19 35 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 272 (4.18%) Git
2 267 (4.11%) JIRA
3 57 (0.88%) GitLab
4 56 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.49%) Selenium
6 26 (0.40%) Eclipse
6 26 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
7 23 (0.35%) Claude Code
8 21 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 21 (0.32%) LabVIEW
8 21 (0.32%) Postman
9 20 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
10 15 (0.23%) Burp Suite
10 15 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
11 14 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.22%) JMeter
12 12 (0.18%) Metasploit
13 11 (0.17%) Chocolatey
14 10 (0.15%) Cypress.io
15 9 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 3,314 (50.98%) Social Skills
2 2,102 (32.34%) Finance
3 757 (11.65%) Marketing
4 561 (8.63%) Organisational Skills
5 555 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 464 (7.14%) Retail
7 436 (6.71%) Public Sector
8 435 (6.69%) Legal
9 415 (6.38%) Law
10 399 (6.14%) Manufacturing
11 333 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
12 305 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
13 245 (3.77%) Banking
14 217 (3.34%) Aerospace
15 172 (2.65%) Electronics
16 161 (2.48%) Telecoms
17 119 (1.83%) Advertising
18 104 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
19 84 (1.29%) Automotive
20 72 (1.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,502 (23.11%) Analyst
2 868 (13.35%) Senior
3 422 (6.49%) Lead
4 319 (4.91%) Developer
5 305 (4.69%) Data Analyst
6 290 (4.46%) Business Analyst
7 260 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
8 245 (3.77%) Consultant
9 236 (3.63%) Support Analyst
10 231 (3.55%) Architect
11 182 (2.80%) Data Engineer
12 158 (2.43%) Systems Engineer
13 125 (1.92%) Support Engineer
14 118 (1.82%) Applications Support
15 117 (1.80%) IT Support
16 116 (1.78%) Administrator
17 109 (1.68%) Marketing Manager
18 107 (1.65%) ITSM Analyst
18 107 (1.65%) Senior Manager
19 106 (1.63%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (2.68%) .NET
2 157 (2.42%) Terraform
3 133 (2.05%) REST
4 118 (1.82%) HTML
5 107 (1.65%) CSS
6 86 (1.32%) RESTful
7 81 (1.25%) JSON
8 76 (1.17%) React
9 74 (1.14%) PySpark
10 73 (1.12%) XML
11 72 (1.11%) Middleware
12 64 (0.98%) Kafka
13 59 (0.91%) SOAP
14 46 (0.71%) EDI
14 46 (0.71%) Web Services
15 45 (0.69%) LDAP
15 45 (0.69%) Spring Boot
16 44 (0.68%) Spring
17 40 (0.62%) ASP.NET
18 38 (0.58%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 482 (7.42%) Management Information System
2 445 (6.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 413 (6.35%) Onboarding
4 326 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
5 287 (4.42%) Product Ownership
6 179 (2.75%) Driving Licence
7 153 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
8 147 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
9 144 (2.22%) Cloud Native
10 130 (2.00%) Social Media
11 121 (1.86%) Blog
12 111 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
13 109 (1.68%) Data Centre
14 104 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
15 102 (1.57%) Security Posture
16 98 (1.51%) Virtual Team
17 87 (1.34%) Data Structures
18 81 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
19 71 (1.09%) AI Agents
20 63 (0.97%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 464 (7.14%) Windows
2 321 (4.94%) Linux
3 222 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 93 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 46 (0.71%) Windows 10
6 37 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 31 (0.48%) Unix
8 26 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 25 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 19 (0.29%) Android
12 9 (0.14%) CentOS
13 8 (0.12%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.092%) Debian
14 6 (0.092%) VMS
15 5 (0.077%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.062%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.031%) AIX
17 2 (0.031%) Solaris
17 2 (0.031%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,170 (48.77%) Problem-Solving
2 1,994 (30.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,562 (24.03%) Decision-Making
4 1,350 (20.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 1,266 (19.48%) Analytics
6 1,199 (18.45%) AI
7 1,112 (17.11%) Agile
8 836 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
9 715 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 651 (10.02%) Mentoring
11 614 (9.45%) Roadmaps
12 610 (9.38%) Validation
13 584 (8.98%) Actionable Insight
14 567 (8.72%) Process Improvement
15 559 (8.60%) Data Analysis
16 556 (8.55%) CRM
17 545 (8.38%) Project Management
18 544 (8.37%) Risk Management
19 532 (8.18%) Customer Service
20 528 (8.12%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1,216 (18.71%) SQL
2 882 (13.57%) Python
3 230 (3.54%) JavaScript
4 211 (3.25%) Java
5 208 (3.20%) C#
6 193 (2.97%) PowerShell
7 120 (1.85%) C++
8 95 (1.46%) Bash
9 88 (1.35%) R
10 80 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 76 (1.17%) TypeScript
12 53 (0.82%) MATLAB
13 51 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 46 (0.71%) Shell Script
15 43 (0.66%) C
16 33 (0.51%) PL/SQL
17 28 (0.43%) Scala
18 26 (0.40%) Go
19 25 (0.38%) Perl
19 25 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,353 (20.82%) Degree
2 728 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 507 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 252 (3.88%) ACCA
5 239 (3.68%) CIMA
6 180 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 160 (2.46%) DV Cleared
8 143 (2.20%) DBS Check
9 139 (2.14%) CISSP
10 134 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 111 (1.71%) Master's Degree
12 109 (1.68%) CISM
13 105 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
14 86 (1.32%) HND
15 79 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
16 75 (1.15%) Azure Certification
17 64 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
17 64 (0.98%) HNC
18 57 (0.88%) PMI Certification
19 50 (0.77%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 639 (9.83%) Data Quality
2 375 (5.77%) QA
3 313 (4.82%) GDPR
4 216 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 205 (3.15%) Accessibility
6 162 (2.49%) NIST
7 144 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 139 (2.14%) SLA
9 118 (1.82%) PCI DSS
10 70 (1.08%) GRC
11 64 (0.98%) PMO
12 59 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
13 52 (0.80%) ISO 9001
14 41 (0.63%) IFRS
15 34 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 32 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 30 (0.46%) NCSC
18 28 (0.43%) DO-254
19 25 (0.38%) GAAP
20 24 (0.37%) COBIT
System Software
1 359 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 187 (2.88%) Docker
3 106 (1.63%) Hyper-V
4 80 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.11%) Terminal Server
6 53 (0.82%) Firmware
7 23 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
9 12 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.12%) vSphere
11 7 (0.11%) Ceph
12 6 (0.092%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.062%) KVM
13 4 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.046%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.031%) IAG
15 2 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 1 (0.015%) HDFS
16 1 (0.015%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 127 (1.95%) Kubernetes
2 85 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 72 (1.11%) Ansible
4 49 (0.75%) Grafana
5 40 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 21 (0.32%) Kibana
8 20 (0.31%) QRadar
8 20 (0.31%) SCCM
9 13 (0.20%) Nagios
10 12 (0.18%) Nmap
11 11 (0.17%) Podman
12 9 (0.14%) Argo
12 9 (0.14%) Functional Safety
13 7 (0.11%) Check_MK
13 7 (0.11%) Istio
13 7 (0.11%) logstash
14 6 (0.092%) Graylog
14 6 (0.092%) Nessus
14 6 (0.092%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,568 (24.12%) Microsoft
2 406 (6.25%) Google
3 246 (3.78%) SAP
4 203 (3.12%) Oracle
5 173 (2.66%) VMware
6 156 (2.40%) Splunk
7 154 (2.37%) Salesforce
8 144 (2.22%) ServiceNow
9 127 (1.95%) Databricks
10 96 (1.48%) SolarWinds
11 91 (1.40%) Cisco
12 80 (1.23%) Veeam
13 73 (1.12%) Brocade
13 73 (1.12%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.11%) Tanium
15 71 (1.09%) Adobe
15 71 (1.09%) HubSpot
15 71 (1.09%) YouTube
16 61 (0.94%) Workday
17 45 (0.69%) TikTok