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 1 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,871 6,079 4,999
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 11.65% 8.94% 9.22%
As % of the General category 17.52% 15.39% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,608 2,512 3,545
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.38%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,512 39,509 35,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 66.49% 58.12% 65.53%
Number of salaries quoted 18,423 19,254 26,429
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,309 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.52% +0.62% -4.76%

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 1 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 18 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 1 November 2025. 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 +5 5,133 £50,000 -9.09% 4,377
UK excluding London +4 3,901 £45,000 -10.00% 3,531
Work from Home +7 2,366 £50,000 -13.04% 2,113
London +3 1,642 £65,000 - 1,759
North of England +10 1,179 £45,000 -10.00% 577
South East +4 925 £47,500 -5.00% 1,617
North West +9 728 £45,000 -10.00% 328
Midlands +4 640 £43,500 -13.00% 469
South West +13 413 £45,000 -14.29% 288
West Midlands +5 370 £50,000 - 274
Scotland +2 370 £33,500 -34.43% 174
Yorkshire +11 346 £40,000 -23.81% 175
East of England +5 302 £40,000 -27.27% 317
East Midlands 0 268 £37,500 -16.67% 189
North East +15 105 £40,500 -3.31% 78
Wales +10 74 £48,122 +6.94% 105
Northern Ireland -5 28 £52,500 -11.66% 47
Channel Islands -1 1 - - 2

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
1 117 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 96 (1.64%) Confluence
4 71 (1.21%) CMS
5 56 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 20 (0.34%) WordPress
7 17 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.26%) Apache
8 15 (0.26%) SAS
9 12 (0.20%) Camunda
10 9 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 8 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.14%) Skype for Business
12 7 (0.12%) IIS
12 7 (0.12%) nginx
13 6 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.10%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.085%) Moodle
15 4 (0.068%) Drupal
15 4 (0.068%) Umbraco
Applications
1 772 (13.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 616 (10.49%) Chatbot
3 342 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
4 157 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 50 (0.85%) Maya
5 50 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 40 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 32 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
8 27 (0.46%) AutoCAD
9 14 (0.24%) Adobe XD
10 13 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
11 7 (0.12%) Blender
12 6 (0.10%) Simulink
13 5 (0.085%) Photoshop
13 5 (0.085%) Sketch
14 4 (0.068%) CATIA
14 4 (0.068%) Oracle Smart View
14 4 (0.068%) PlantUML
15 3 (0.051%) MicroStation
15 3 (0.051%) Stata
Business Applications
1 163 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 77 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (1.16%) SAP MDG
4 45 (0.77%) Shopify
5 44 (0.75%) NetSuite
6 38 (0.65%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 35 (0.60%) SAP CO
7 35 (0.60%) SAP FI
7 35 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
8 30 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
9 25 (0.43%) SAP IBP
10 21 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
11 18 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
12 14 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
13 13 (0.22%) Sprinklr
14 12 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.20%) Sage X3
14 12 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
14 12 (0.20%) Workday HCM
15 11 (0.19%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 808 (13.76%) Azure
2 624 (10.63%) Power Platform
3 445 (7.58%) AWS
4 254 (4.33%) SaaS
5 245 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 145 (2.47%) GCP
7 107 (1.82%) Google Analytics
8 105 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 81 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
10 69 (1.18%) Entra ID
11 68 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 61 (1.04%) GitHub
12 61 (1.04%) PaaS
13 59 (1.00%) Serverless
14 57 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 57 (0.97%) Snowflake
15 51 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
16 46 (0.78%) Google Ads
17 44 (0.75%) Power Automate
17 44 (0.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 336 (5.72%) VPN
2 265 (4.51%) Cisco IOS
3 141 (2.40%) DNS
4 121 (2.06%) Firewall
5 115 (1.96%) DHCP
6 70 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
7 69 (1.18%) Network Security
8 68 (1.16%) LAN
9 62 (1.06%) WAN
10 49 (0.83%) TCP/IP
11 37 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
12 34 (0.58%) SMS
13 32 (0.55%) VoIP
14 31 (0.53%) Internet
15 29 (0.49%) Wireless
16 26 (0.44%) VLAN
17 22 (0.37%) Broadband
18 18 (0.31%) SD-WAN
19 15 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
19 15 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 579 (9.86%) Power BI
2 286 (4.87%) Tableau
3 196 (3.34%) SQL Server
4 157 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
5 146 (2.49%) Data Lake
6 121 (2.06%) Data Mining
7 110 (1.87%) Metadata
8 102 (1.74%) Relational Database
9 91 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
10 60 (1.02%) SAP BW
11 58 (0.99%) Looker
11 58 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 57 (0.97%) NoSQL
13 54 (0.92%) MySQL
14 45 (0.77%) Big Data
15 42 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
16 41 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
16 41 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
17 37 (0.63%) Power Query
18 33 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 211 (3.59%) JIRA
2 123 (2.10%) Git
3 69 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 52 (0.89%) Selenium
5 40 (0.68%) GitLab
6 27 (0.46%) Maven
7 20 (0.34%) JUnit
8 19 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
9 14 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.24%) Postman
10 13 (0.22%) WebDriver
11 12 (0.20%) Robot Framework
12 11 (0.19%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.19%) Snyk
12 11 (0.19%) Subversion
13 10 (0.17%) ERwin
13 10 (0.17%) TeamCity
14 9 (0.15%) Locust
14 9 (0.15%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 2,863 (48.77%) Social Skills
2 1,749 (29.79%) Finance
3 693 (11.80%) Marketing
4 636 (10.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 484 (8.24%) Law
6 456 (7.77%) Retail
7 328 (5.59%) Legal
8 315 (5.37%) Banking
9 292 (4.97%) Manufacturing
10 241 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
11 239 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
12 227 (3.87%) Public Sector
13 190 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
14 148 (2.52%) Telecoms
15 120 (2.04%) Financial Institution
16 109 (1.86%) Advertising
16 109 (1.86%) Games
17 99 (1.69%) Electronics
18 63 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
18 63 (1.07%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,087 (18.51%) Analyst
2 701 (11.94%) Senior
3 663 (11.29%) Trainer
4 429 (7.31%) Lead
5 282 (4.80%) Architect
6 269 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 265 (4.51%) Developer
8 260 (4.43%) Data Analyst
9 216 (3.68%) Consultant
10 187 (3.19%) Business Analyst
11 167 (2.84%) Support Analyst
12 150 (2.55%) IT Support
12 150 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
13 123 (2.10%) Systems Engineer
14 122 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
15 110 (1.87%) IT Manager
16 107 (1.82%) Applications Support
17 100 (1.70%) Senior Manager
18 98 (1.67%) Innovation Manager
19 95 (1.62%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (4.75%) Elastic Stack
2 135 (2.30%) HTML
3 104 (1.77%) CSS
4 96 (1.64%) React
5 94 (1.60%) REST
6 68 (1.16%) .NET
7 61 (1.04%) Spring
8 58 (0.99%) Kafka
9 51 (0.87%) Middleware
10 48 (0.82%) JSON
11 45 (0.77%) AngularJS
12 38 (0.65%) SOAP
13 36 (0.61%) XML
14 33 (0.56%) EDI
14 33 (0.56%) Web Services
15 32 (0.55%) Node.js
15 32 (0.55%) RESTful
16 28 (0.48%) Spring Boot
17 25 (0.43%) LangChain
18 24 (0.41%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 587 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 362 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
3 355 (6.05%) Onboarding
4 305 (5.20%) Cyberattack
5 292 (4.97%) Management Information System
6 187 (3.19%) Product Ownership
7 155 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
8 119 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 116 (1.98%) Driving Licence
10 96 (1.64%) Algorithms
11 93 (1.58%) Data Centre
12 86 (1.46%) Robotics
12 86 (1.46%) Social Media
13 81 (1.38%) Data Structures
14 78 (1.33%) FMCG
15 69 (1.18%) Cloud Native
16 58 (0.99%) Security Posture
17 54 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
18 50 (0.85%) e-Learning
19 49 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 567 (9.66%) Windows
2 463 (7.89%) Linux
3 276 (4.70%) Android
4 124 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 74 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 35 (0.60%) Unix
7 20 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.20%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.085%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.051%) VMS
13 2 (0.034%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.034%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.017%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.017%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.017%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.017%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,845 (48.46%) Problem-Solving
2 1,369 (23.32%) AI
3 1,164 (19.83%) Analytics
4 1,027 (17.49%) Agile
5 1,025 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 1,018 (17.34%) Decision-Making
7 803 (13.68%) Project Management
8 757 (12.89%) Risk Management
9 747 (12.72%) Business Intelligence
10 677 (11.53%) Chemistry
11 633 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 619 (10.54%) Conversational UI
13 604 (10.29%) DevOps
14 518 (8.82%) Mathematics
15 484 (8.24%) Data Analysis
16 471 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
17 463 (7.89%) Roadmaps
18 455 (7.75%) Mentoring
19 451 (7.68%) Actionable Insight
20 448 (7.63%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 985 (16.78%) SQL
2 889 (15.14%) Python
3 338 (5.76%) PowerShell
4 307 (5.23%) Bash
5 197 (3.36%) Java
6 170 (2.90%) JavaScript
7 121 (2.06%) C#
8 88 (1.50%) R
9 59 (1.00%) VBA
10 57 (0.97%) C++
11 50 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 43 (0.73%) TypeScript
13 41 (0.70%) T-SQL
14 33 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 25 (0.43%) C
16 21 (0.36%) Go
17 20 (0.34%) Kotlin
18 19 (0.32%) Scala
19 18 (0.31%) PHP
20 17 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2,030 (34.58%) Degree
2 798 (13.59%) Master's Degree
3 639 (10.88%) PhD
4 410 (6.98%) Security Cleared
5 295 (5.02%) SC Cleared
6 208 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 180 (3.07%) CISSP
8 124 (2.11%) ACCA
9 119 (2.03%) CIMA
10 105 (1.79%) DBS Check
11 101 (1.72%) DV Cleared
12 88 (1.50%) CISM
13 77 (1.31%) PMI Certification
14 68 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
15 64 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
16 63 (1.07%) PMP
17 59 (1.00%) Azure Certification
17 59 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
18 53 (0.90%) HND
19 51 (0.87%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 303 (5.16%) QA
2 263 (4.48%) Data Quality
3 208 (3.54%) GDPR
4 190 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 125 (2.13%) PCI DSS
6 121 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 117 (1.99%) Accessibility
8 116 (1.98%) NIST
9 106 (1.81%) PMO
10 53 (0.90%) SLA
11 40 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 39 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
13 36 (0.61%) GRC
14 24 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 22 (0.37%) ISO 9001
16 19 (0.32%) IFRS
17 13 (0.22%) COBIT
17 13 (0.22%) WCAG
18 10 (0.17%) ISO 14001
18 10 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 363 (6.18%) Hyper-V
2 326 (5.55%) Docker
3 273 (4.65%) vSphere
4 262 (4.46%) VMware NSX
5 211 (3.59%) Active Directory
6 72 (1.23%) Terminal Server
7 46 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
8 30 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
9 18 (0.31%) Firmware
10 8 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.085%) HDFS
11 5 (0.085%) ProxySG
11 5 (0.085%) zsh
12 3 (0.051%) Postfix
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.017%) NFS
14 1 (0.017%) RACF
14 1 (0.017%) Virtual Desktop
14 1 (0.017%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 341 (5.81%) Terraform
2 307 (5.23%) Ansible
3 85 (1.45%) Kubernetes
4 35 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.46%) Grafana
6 21 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.14%) QRadar
8 8 (0.14%) SCCM
9 7 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.085%) EMC NetWorker
10 5 (0.085%) Nagios
10 5 (0.085%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.068%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.068%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.068%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.068%) Rancher
11 4 (0.068%) vRealize
12 3 (0.051%) Nessus
12 3 (0.051%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,126 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 611 (10.41%) PayPal
3 422 (7.19%) SAP
4 377 (6.42%) Splunk
5 340 (5.79%) Cisco
6 305 (5.20%) Google
7 268 (4.56%) Juniper
8 262 (4.46%) 3PAR
9 218 (3.71%) Oracle
10 172 (2.93%) Salesforce
11 168 (2.86%) Databricks
12 134 (2.28%) Adobe
13 132 (2.25%) VMware
14 89 (1.52%) SolarWinds
15 85 (1.45%) ServiceNow
16 78 (1.33%) Veeam
17 73 (1.24%) Brocade
18 72 (1.23%) Nimble Storage
18 72 (1.23%) Tanium
19 58 (0.99%) Workday