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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,060 5,882 5,926
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.00% 11.22% 8.72%
As % of the General category 13.92% 16.65% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,521 2,420 4,210
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.71% +7.30% -5.00%

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 36,340 35,328 41,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.43% 67.38% 61.58%
Number of salaries quoted 19,648 15,872 31,046
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +8.25% -7.62%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 4,450 £52,500 -4.55% 2,445
UK excluding London -11 3,197 £45,000 -11.71% 2,229
Work from Home +5 1,710 £52,500 -6.25% 1,006
London +1 1,569 £67,500 +3.85% 667
South East +7 871 £50,000 - 785
North of England -16 802 £44,500 -15.24% 388
Midlands -13 586 £44,543 -9.56% 377
North West -16 415 £42,500 -19.05% 195
West Midlands -12 350 £52,500 +5.00% 196
South West -1 334 £45,000 -11.76% 262
Yorkshire +3 286 £45,000 -10.00% 150
Scotland -6 264 £40,000 -38.46% 83
East of England -22 252 £40,000 -21.52% 264
East Midlands +6 234 £37,750 -11.18% 179
North East -2 101 £41,500 +3.75% 47
Wales +19 74 £42,500 -13.45% 89
Northern Ireland -4 43 £52,500 -11.66% 30
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -7 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
1 143 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (1.82%) Confluence
3 84 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 41 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 35 (0.69%) CMS
6 24 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 19 (0.38%) SAS
8 16 (0.32%) WordPress
9 15 (0.30%) IIS
10 14 (0.28%) Apache
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 4 (0.079%) Drupal
12 4 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.059%) govService
14 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.040%) FactoryTalk
14 2 (0.040%) HCL Notes
14 2 (0.040%) MTS
14 2 (0.040%) WinCC
15 1 (0.020%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 725 (14.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 385 (7.61%) Chatbot
3 321 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
4 131 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 78 (1.54%) MS Visio
6 56 (1.11%) Maya
7 41 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
8 35 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
9 20 (0.40%) AutoCAD
10 13 (0.26%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
12 7 (0.14%) CATIA
13 4 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.079%) 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%) Photoshop
16 1 (0.020%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 142 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.32%) SAP MDG
3 54 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 38 (0.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 33 (0.65%) SAP CO
7 29 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
8 26 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
8 26 (0.51%) SAP FI
9 25 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
10 23 (0.45%) Workday HCM
11 21 (0.42%) Shopify
12 20 (0.40%) Endur
12 20 (0.40%) SAP IBP
13 19 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
14 17 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
15 13 (0.26%) Sage X3
16 11 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
16 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
17 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 852 (16.84%) Azure
2 631 (12.47%) Power Platform
3 448 (8.85%) AWS
4 281 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
5 244 (4.82%) SaaS
6 163 (3.22%) GCP
7 154 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 103 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
9 86 (1.70%) Entra ID
10 85 (1.68%) GitHub
11 75 (1.48%) Snowflake
12 70 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 65 (1.28%) Power Automate
14 56 (1.11%) Serverless
15 52 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
16 51 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
17 48 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 47 (0.93%) Google Analytics
18 47 (0.93%) OCI
19 44 (0.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (3.36%) Firewall
2 167 (3.30%) DNS
3 136 (2.69%) DHCP
4 81 (1.60%) VPN
5 74 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
6 61 (1.21%) WAN
7 56 (1.11%) LAN
8 49 (0.97%) Wireless
9 46 (0.91%) Network Security
9 46 (0.91%) TCP/IP
10 45 (0.89%) VLAN
11 38 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
12 34 (0.67%) Broadband
13 30 (0.59%) Wireshark
14 29 (0.57%) VoIP
15 27 (0.53%) BGP
15 27 (0.53%) OSPF
16 26 (0.51%) SAN
17 23 (0.45%) EIGRP
18 21 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 576 (11.38%) Power BI
2 378 (7.47%) Tableau
3 199 (3.93%) SQL Server
4 175 (3.46%) Data Mining
5 171 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
6 112 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
7 110 (2.17%) Data Lake
7 110 (2.17%) Metadata
8 96 (1.90%) Relational Database
9 60 (1.19%) NoSQL
10 58 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 52 (1.03%) Looker
12 51 (1.01%) MySQL
13 49 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
14 46 (0.91%) SAP BW
15 44 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
15 44 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
15 44 (0.87%) Big Data
16 41 (0.81%) GIS
17 33 (0.65%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 215 (4.25%) JIRA
2 93 (1.84%) Git
3 43 (0.85%) Selenium
4 37 (0.73%) GitLab
4 37 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
7 14 (0.28%) ERwin
7 14 (0.28%) WebDriver
8 13 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 13 (0.26%) ER Studio
8 13 (0.26%) Postman
8 13 (0.26%) Snyk
8 13 (0.26%) Subversion
9 12 (0.24%) Balsamiq
9 12 (0.24%) Visual Studio
10 11 (0.22%) Axure RP
10 11 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
12 9 (0.18%) Chocolatey
General
1 2,630 (51.98%) Social Skills
2 1,778 (35.14%) Finance
3 452 (8.93%) Marketing
4 328 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 323 (6.38%) Law
6 291 (5.75%) Legal
7 284 (5.61%) Retail
8 257 (5.08%) Banking
9 244 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
10 236 (4.66%) Public Sector
11 219 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
12 175 (3.46%) Manufacturing
13 138 (2.73%) Financial Institution
14 136 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
15 116 (2.29%) Games
16 102 (2.02%) Telecoms
17 83 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
18 73 (1.44%) Advertising
19 67 (1.32%) Electronics
20 54 (1.07%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1,201 (23.74%) Analyst
2 638 (12.61%) Senior
3 381 (7.53%) Trainer
4 366 (7.23%) Data Analyst
5 360 (7.11%) Lead
6 316 (6.25%) Architect
7 236 (4.66%) Business Analyst
8 229 (4.53%) Developer
9 185 (3.66%) Consultant
10 169 (3.34%) Support Analyst
11 146 (2.89%) IT Support
12 144 (2.85%) Trainee
13 143 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
14 131 (2.59%) Trainee Analyst
14 131 (2.59%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 121 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
16 120 (2.37%) Senior Manager
17 116 (2.29%) Systems Engineer
18 112 (2.21%) Business Manager
19 102 (2.02%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (2.33%) HTML
2 112 (2.21%) CSS
3 86 (1.70%) React
4 74 (1.46%) REST
5 70 (1.38%) .NET
6 66 (1.30%) Middleware
7 42 (0.83%) JSON
8 36 (0.71%) Node.js
9 34 (0.67%) SOAP
9 34 (0.67%) XML
10 33 (0.65%) AngularJS
10 33 (0.65%) EDI
11 28 (0.55%) Kafka
12 27 (0.53%) LangChain
12 27 (0.53%) Spring
13 23 (0.45%) PySpark
14 22 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
14 22 (0.43%) PyTorch
15 21 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
15 21 (0.42%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 503 (9.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 381 (7.53%) Self-Motivation
3 313 (6.19%) Onboarding
4 273 (5.40%) Management Information System
5 210 (4.15%) Product Ownership
6 159 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
7 138 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
8 103 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 87 (1.72%) FMCG
10 80 (1.58%) Data Structures
11 79 (1.56%) Driving Licence
12 77 (1.52%) Cloud Native
13 59 (1.17%) Algorithms
14 54 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
15 53 (1.05%) Virtual Team
16 52 (1.03%) Robotics
17 50 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 46 (0.91%) Social Media
19 43 (0.85%) Low-Code
19 43 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 363 (7.17%) Windows
2 238 (4.70%) Linux
3 160 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 99 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.71%) Unix
6 27 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.28%) Android
9 9 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.079%) VMS
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%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.020%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.020%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,272 (44.90%) Problem-Solving
2 1,097 (21.68%) AI
3 1,070 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 1,065 (21.05%) Analytics
5 977 (19.31%) Decision-Making
6 907 (17.92%) Agile
7 808 (15.97%) Project Management
8 743 (14.68%) Business Intelligence
9 644 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 548 (10.83%) Data Analysis
11 465 (9.19%) Risk Management
12 426 (8.42%) Roadmaps
13 422 (8.34%) Mentoring
14 421 (8.32%) Business Strategy
15 416 (8.22%) ERP
16 410 (8.10%) Actionable Insight
16 410 (8.10%) Cybersecurity
17 408 (8.06%) Analytical Thinking
18 400 (7.91%) Computer Science
19 394 (7.79%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 985 (19.47%) SQL
2 730 (14.43%) Python
3 143 (2.83%) JavaScript
4 142 (2.81%) Java
5 127 (2.51%) PowerShell
6 112 (2.21%) C#
7 65 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 52 (1.03%) R
9 49 (0.97%) C++
10 46 (0.91%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.87%) VBA
12 43 (0.85%) Bash
13 28 (0.55%) Scala
14 26 (0.51%) TypeScript
15 22 (0.43%) Go
16 21 (0.42%) C
17 18 (0.36%) PL/SQL
18 17 (0.34%) MATLAB
19 14 (0.28%) Kotlin
20 12 (0.24%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,612 (31.86%) Degree
2 528 (10.43%) Master's Degree
3 423 (8.36%) Security Cleared
4 393 (7.77%) PhD
5 321 (6.34%) SC Cleared
6 210 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 173 (3.42%) ACCA
8 165 (3.26%) CIMA
9 148 (2.92%) CISSP
10 101 (2.00%) PMI Certification
11 92 (1.82%) DBS Check
12 85 (1.68%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.64%) PMP
14 82 (1.62%) CISM
15 68 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
16 67 (1.32%) Azure Certification
17 61 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
18 55 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
19 50 (0.99%) AWS Certification
20 49 (0.97%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 332 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 244 (4.82%) QA
3 205 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 192 (3.79%) GDPR
5 169 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 140 (2.77%) NIST
7 133 (2.63%) PCI DSS
8 109 (2.15%) Accessibility
9 98 (1.94%) PMO
10 56 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 54 (1.07%) SLA
12 39 (0.77%) GRC
13 38 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 27 (0.53%) IFRS
15 21 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 18 (0.36%) WCAG
17 17 (0.34%) COBIT
17 17 (0.34%) NCSC
18 15 (0.30%) ISO 9001
19 13 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 256 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 122 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 96 (1.90%) Terminal Server
4 55 (1.09%) Docker
5 51 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.28%) vSphere
8 13 (0.26%) Firmware
9 10 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 8 (0.16%) 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
1 105 (2.08%) Terraform
2 68 (1.34%) Ansible
3 60 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 49 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 21 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (0.38%) Grafana
8 17 (0.34%) SCCM
9 6 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.12%) Nagios
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.099%) CASB
10 5 (0.099%) Control-M
11 4 (0.079%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.079%) Nessus
11 4 (0.079%) QRadar
11 4 (0.079%) Rancher
11 4 (0.079%) vRealize
12 3 (0.059%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.059%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,168 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 381 (7.53%) PayPal
3 358 (7.08%) SAP
4 209 (4.13%) Oracle
5 159 (3.14%) VMware
6 151 (2.98%) Salesforce
7 140 (2.77%) Google
8 130 (2.57%) SolarWinds
9 124 (2.45%) Splunk
10 104 (2.06%) ServiceNow
11 99 (1.96%) Veeam
12 97 (1.92%) Brocade
12 97 (1.92%) Tanium
13 96 (1.90%) Nimble Storage
14 80 (1.58%) Cisco
15 72 (1.42%) Databricks
16 65 (1.28%) Adobe
17 45 (0.89%) Alteryx
18 44 (0.87%) Workday
19 43 (0.85%) Bloomberg