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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,915 5,182 7,902
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.47% 12.26% 9.21%
As % of the General category 12.12% 17.39% 15.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,737 2,400 5,191
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,784 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.75% +13.26% -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 40,566 29,801 52,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 53.43% 70.52% 61.10%
Number of salaries quoted 22,258 15,526 37,550
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,398 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.12% +10.31% -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 21 March 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 21 March 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 4,367 £52,500 -4.55% 2,345
UK excluding London -18 3,056 £46,000 -9.75% 1,837
Work from Home +1 1,600 £55,000 - 1,015
London -5 1,554 £67,500 +3.85% 858
North of England -21 826 £45,000 -10.00% 416
South East +2 811 £50,000 -1.90% 632
Midlands -16 585 £45,000 -6.25% 306
North West -19 439 £42,750 -18.57% 226
West Midlands -15 358 £51,300 +2.60% 183
Yorkshire 0 276 £48,445 +4.74% 143
South West -14 276 £45,000 -14.29% 181
East of England -23 263 £42,838 -15.95% 170
East Midlands -3 226 £40,500 -7.43% 123
Scotland -18 190 £40,000 -21.05% 101
North East -7 111 £45,000 +15.09% 54
Wales +9 74 £40,000 -20.20% 62
Northern Ireland -21 50 £52,500 -4.55% 18
Isle of Man -3 1 £62,500 +101.61%
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
1 140 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 82 (1.67%) Confluence
4 64 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 64 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 52 (1.06%) CMS
6 30 (0.61%) Apache
7 18 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
7 18 (0.37%) WordPress
8 16 (0.33%) SAS
9 13 (0.26%) IIS
10 6 (0.12%) nginx
11 4 (0.081%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.061%) Drupal
12 3 (0.061%) govService
13 2 (0.041%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.041%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.041%) Camunda
13 2 (0.041%) MTS
13 2 (0.041%) Tomcat
Applications
1 685 (13.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 292 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
3 219 (4.46%) Chatbot
4 121 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 93 (1.89%) MS Visio
6 36 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 28 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
8 25 (0.51%) Maya
9 15 (0.31%) Adobe XD
10 9 (0.18%) AutoCAD
11 8 (0.16%) CATIA
12 5 (0.10%) Trello
13 2 (0.041%) Revit
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
13 2 (0.041%) Sketch
14 1 (0.020%) Notion
14 1 (0.020%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
14 1 (0.020%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 76 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 45 (0.92%) NetSuite
3 43 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 31 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 27 (0.55%) SAP CO
6 21 (0.43%) Endur
7 19 (0.39%) SAP FI
8 18 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
9 17 (0.35%) SAP MDG
9 17 (0.35%) Workday HCM
10 13 (0.26%) SAP ERP
11 12 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
12 11 (0.22%) Maximo
12 11 (0.22%) Sage X3
13 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
13 10 (0.20%) SAP PM
14 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
15 7 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
15 7 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
16 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 850 (17.29%) Azure
2 632 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 462 (9.40%) AWS
4 308 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
5 275 (5.60%) SaaS
6 190 (3.87%) GCP
7 152 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
8 125 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (1.95%) GitHub
10 94 (1.91%) Entra ID
11 89 (1.81%) Power Automate
12 83 (1.69%) Snowflake
13 72 (1.46%) dbt
14 69 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
15 63 (1.28%) Amazon S3
16 59 (1.20%) Google Analytics
17 58 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 58 (1.18%) Serverless
18 52 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
18 52 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 181 (3.68%) Firewall
2 156 (3.17%) DNS
3 122 (2.48%) DHCP
4 105 (2.14%) VPN
5 82 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
6 74 (1.51%) WAN
7 70 (1.42%) LAN
8 67 (1.36%) TCP/IP
9 65 (1.32%) Wireless
10 60 (1.22%) VLAN
11 50 (1.02%) Broadband
12 48 (0.98%) Network Security
13 37 (0.75%) BGP
13 37 (0.75%) SAN
14 35 (0.71%) Wireshark
15 34 (0.69%) OSPF
16 30 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
16 30 (0.61%) EIGRP
17 28 (0.57%) VoIP
18 27 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 569 (11.58%) Power BI
2 417 (8.48%) Tableau
3 214 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 196 (3.99%) Data Mining
5 166 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
6 100 (2.03%) Metadata
7 93 (1.89%) Relational Database
8 89 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
9 79 (1.61%) Data Lake
10 67 (1.36%) Looker
11 59 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
11 59 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 56 (1.14%) MySQL
13 55 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
14 48 (0.98%) NoSQL
15 44 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
16 42 (0.85%) Power Query
17 35 (0.71%) BigQuery
18 34 (0.69%) Big Data
19 32 (0.65%) GIS
Development Applications
1 193 (3.93%) JIRA
2 134 (2.73%) Git
3 50 (1.02%) GitLab
4 42 (0.85%) Selenium
5 38 (0.77%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.47%) MLflow
7 19 (0.39%) Visual Studio
8 15 (0.31%) Balsamiq
8 15 (0.31%) Robot Framework
9 14 (0.28%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.28%) Chocolatey
9 14 (0.28%) ERwin
9 14 (0.28%) Subversion
10 13 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
10 13 (0.26%) Snyk
11 12 (0.24%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.22%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
13 10 (0.20%) Postman
14 8 (0.16%) webpack
General
1 2,414 (49.11%) Social Skills
2 1,789 (36.40%) Finance
3 440 (8.95%) Marketing
4 343 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 311 (6.33%) Banking
6 276 (5.62%) Legal
7 275 (5.60%) Law
8 274 (5.57%) Organisational Skills
9 255 (5.19%) Public Sector
10 253 (5.15%) Retail
11 209 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
12 165 (3.36%) Manufacturing
13 130 (2.64%) Financial Institution
14 125 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
15 102 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 92 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
17 79 (1.61%) Games
18 72 (1.46%) Advertising
19 62 (1.26%) Electronics
20 47 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,237 (25.17%) Analyst
2 628 (12.78%) Senior
3 376 (7.65%) Data Analyst
4 319 (6.49%) Lead
5 243 (4.94%) Business Analyst
6 235 (4.78%) Developer
7 220 (4.48%) Architect
8 215 (4.37%) Trainer
9 205 (4.17%) Consultant
10 171 (3.48%) Trainee
11 169 (3.44%) Support Analyst
12 162 (3.30%) Trainee Analyst
12 162 (3.30%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 141 (2.87%) IT Support
14 140 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
15 134 (2.73%) Senior Manager
16 122 (2.48%) Systems Engineer
17 116 (2.36%) Financial Analyst
18 105 (2.14%) Support Engineer
19 89 (1.81%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (2.64%) HTML
2 120 (2.44%) CSS
3 89 (1.81%) React
4 87 (1.77%) .NET
5 61 (1.24%) REST
6 53 (1.08%) JSON
7 50 (1.02%) XML
8 49 (1.00%) Middleware
9 46 (0.94%) Node.js
10 44 (0.90%) TensorFlow
11 43 (0.87%) Kafka
12 42 (0.85%) PyTorch
13 32 (0.65%) PySpark
14 28 (0.57%) Spring
15 27 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
15 27 (0.55%) scikit-learn
15 27 (0.55%) SOAP
16 25 (0.51%) LangChain
17 24 (0.49%) Pandas
18 23 (0.47%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 485 (9.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 339 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 262 (5.33%) Onboarding
4 228 (4.64%) Management Information System
5 189 (3.85%) Product Ownership
6 120 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
7 104 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
8 97 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 96 (1.95%) Cloud Native
9 96 (1.95%) Data Centre
10 78 (1.59%) Driving Licence
11 75 (1.53%) Algorithms
12 58 (1.18%) Security Posture
13 57 (1.16%) Social Media
14 51 (1.04%) Virtual Team
15 48 (0.98%) FMCG
16 47 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 47 (0.96%) Low-Code
17 46 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
18 37 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 362 (7.37%) Windows
2 236 (4.80%) Linux
3 147 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 76 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (0.83%) Unix
6 27 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 19 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 18 (0.37%) Android
9 13 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.18%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.12%) CentOS
12 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.10%) VMS
13 4 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.061%) OpenWrt
15 2 (0.041%) AIX
15 2 (0.041%) Data ONTAP
15 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.041%) Rocky
16 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,206 (44.88%) Problem-Solving
2 1,133 (23.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,115 (22.69%) Analytics
4 947 (19.27%) Decision-Making
5 898 (18.27%) AI
6 871 (17.72%) Agile
7 727 (14.79%) Business Intelligence
8 668 (13.59%) Project Management
9 596 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 571 (11.62%) Data Analysis
11 453 (9.22%) Actionable Insight
12 436 (8.87%) Mentoring
13 417 (8.48%) Analytical Thinking
14 400 (8.14%) Process Improvement
15 397 (8.08%) Roadmaps
16 385 (7.83%) DevOps
17 381 (7.75%) Data Modelling
18 364 (7.41%) Business Analysis
19 363 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 358 (7.28%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,035 (21.06%) SQL
2 880 (17.90%) Python
3 170 (3.46%) JavaScript
4 150 (3.05%) Java
5 144 (2.93%) PowerShell
6 124 (2.52%) C#
7 76 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 69 (1.40%) R
9 58 (1.18%) Bash
10 45 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.90%) C++
12 43 (0.87%) VBA
13 37 (0.75%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.43%) C
15 20 (0.41%) Scala
16 19 (0.39%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.35%) Go
18 13 (0.26%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.24%) Shell Script
20 11 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,288 (26.21%) Degree
2 403 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 344 (7.00%) Master's Degree
4 283 (5.76%) SC Cleared
5 229 (4.66%) PhD
6 222 (4.52%) ACCA
7 214 (4.35%) CIMA
8 181 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 146 (2.97%) CISSP
10 121 (2.46%) DBS Check
11 97 (1.97%) DV Cleared
12 96 (1.95%) PMI Certification
13 85 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
13 85 (1.73%) CISM
13 85 (1.73%) PMP
14 61 (1.24%) Azure Certification
15 60 (1.22%) IRCA
16 59 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
17 58 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
18 50 (1.02%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 372 (7.57%) Data Quality
2 287 (5.84%) GDPR
3 270 (5.49%) QA
4 216 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 174 (3.54%) NIST
6 148 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 116 (2.36%) PCI DSS
8 107 (2.18%) Accessibility
9 84 (1.71%) PMO
10 76 (1.55%) ISO 9001
11 68 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 67 (1.36%) SLA
13 45 (0.92%) GRC
14 40 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 35 (0.71%) IFRS
16 31 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 24 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 22 (0.45%) WCAG
19 21 (0.43%) COBIT
20 19 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 247 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 92 (1.87%) Hyper-V
3 78 (1.59%) Docker
4 72 (1.46%) Terminal Server
5 59 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
7 13 (0.26%) vSphere
8 11 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.14%) Firmware
9 7 (0.14%) IAG
9 7 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.081%) XenApp
12 3 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) KVM
14 1 (0.020%) NFS
14 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 139 (2.83%) Terraform
2 80 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 73 (1.49%) Ansible
4 54 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (0.75%) Grafana
6 35 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 26 (0.53%) SCCM
8 24 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (0.35%) Nagios
10 7 (0.14%) Control-M
11 6 (0.12%) QRadar
12 5 (0.10%) CASB
12 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 5 (0.10%) Kubeflow
13 4 (0.081%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.081%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.081%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.081%) SolarWinds Orion
13 4 (0.081%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.061%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1,173 (23.87%) Microsoft
2 223 (4.54%) SAP
3 218 (4.44%) PayPal
4 185 (3.76%) Oracle
5 143 (2.91%) Salesforce
6 142 (2.89%) Google
6 142 (2.89%) VMware
7 123 (2.50%) SolarWinds
8 116 (2.36%) ServiceNow
9 108 (2.20%) Splunk
10 79 (1.61%) Databricks
10 79 (1.61%) Veeam
11 77 (1.57%) Cisco
12 73 (1.49%) Brocade
12 73 (1.49%) Tanium
13 72 (1.46%) Nimble Storage
14 65 (1.32%) Workday
15 53 (1.08%) Adobe
16 43 (0.87%) Dell
17 41 (0.83%) Bloomberg