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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 13 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 6,141 7,529 5,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.42% 9.64% 8.91%
As % of the General category 18.11% 16.90% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,538 2,997 3,825
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £90,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,907 44,547 39,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 68.56% 57.03% 65.66%
Number of salaries quoted 17,683 23,133 28,629
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,750 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,700 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,627
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -10.00% -1.93% +0.96%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 5,403 £52,500 -4.55% 4,279
UK excluding London +4 4,137 £45,000 -10.00% 3,345
Work from Home +5 2,299 £50,000 -9.09% 1,841
London +3 1,628 £65,000 - 1,777
North of England +10 1,507 £44,500 -11.00% 672
North West +13 1,095 £45,000 -10.00% 397
South East -2 889 £49,500 - 1,252
Midlands -1 619 £45,000 -5.26% 531
South West +6 380 £45,000 -10.00% 317
West Midlands +1 360 £45,000 -5.26% 290
Scotland +24 350 £40,000 -20.00% 202
Yorkshire +3 334 £40,000 -23.81% 206
East of England -7 324 £40,000 -27.27% 302
East Midlands -4 257 £42,500 -5.56% 232
North East +4 78 £40,000 -11.11% 74
Wales +10 64 £50,221 +11.60% 76
Northern Ireland 0 21 £55,000 +22.22% 49
Channel Islands -1 5 £80,000 +60.00%

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 119 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 112 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 85 (1.38%) CMS
4 77 (1.25%) Confluence
5 63 (1.03%) Apache Spark
6 18 (0.29%) WordPress
7 15 (0.24%) nginx
8 14 (0.23%) Apache
8 14 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 12 (0.20%) Camunda
9 12 (0.20%) SAS
10 10 (0.16%) Skype for Business
11 9 (0.15%) Moodle
11 9 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 8 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 8 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 6 (0.098%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.098%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.081%) IIS
15 4 (0.065%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 650 (10.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 544 (8.86%) Chatbot
3 319 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
4 145 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 60 (0.98%) Maya
6 44 (0.72%) MS Visio
7 39 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
8 34 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
9 20 (0.33%) AutoCAD
10 15 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
11 11 (0.18%) Adobe XD
12 8 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 8 (0.13%) Blender
13 7 (0.11%) Photoshop
14 6 (0.098%) Simulink
15 5 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
16 4 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
16 4 (0.065%) PlantUML
17 3 (0.049%) Sketch
17 3 (0.049%) Stata
Business Applications
1 147 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 72 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 61 (0.99%) NetSuite
4 52 (0.85%) Shopify
5 51 (0.83%) SAP MDG
6 38 (0.62%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 31 (0.50%) SAP IBP
8 30 (0.49%) SAP CO
8 30 (0.49%) SAP FI
8 30 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
9 21 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
9 21 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
10 19 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
11 16 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
12 15 (0.24%) Magento
12 15 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
13 13 (0.21%) Sprinklr
14 12 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
14 12 (0.20%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 820 (13.35%) Azure
2 571 (9.30%) Power Platform
3 529 (8.61%) AWS
4 262 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
5 237 (3.86%) SaaS
6 174 (2.83%) GCP
7 151 (2.46%) Google Analytics
8 85 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 81 (1.32%) Entra ID
10 73 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
11 71 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
12 67 (1.09%) PaaS
13 62 (1.01%) Snowflake
14 59 (0.96%) Google Ads
15 57 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
15 57 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
16 56 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
17 55 (0.90%) Serverless
18 49 (0.80%) Vertex AI
19 47 (0.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 753 (12.26%) VPN
2 513 (8.35%) DNS
3 267 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
4 136 (2.21%) Firewall
5 101 (1.64%) DHCP
6 72 (1.17%) WAN
7 70 (1.14%) Network Security
8 63 (1.03%) LAN
9 57 (0.93%) TCP/IP
10 36 (0.59%) SMS
11 35 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
12 33 (0.54%) Internet
12 33 (0.54%) VLAN
13 25 (0.41%) Wireless
14 24 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 20 (0.33%) VoIP
16 17 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
17 15 (0.24%) OSPF
17 15 (0.24%) SAN
18 14 (0.23%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 528 (8.60%) Power BI
2 243 (3.96%) Tableau
3 187 (3.05%) SQL Server
4 168 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
5 155 (2.52%) Data Lake
6 105 (1.71%) Metadata
7 95 (1.55%) Data Mining
8 86 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 72 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
10 70 (1.14%) SAP BW
11 65 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
12 58 (0.94%) NoSQL
13 55 (0.90%) Big Data
14 52 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
15 50 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 48 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 46 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
18 44 (0.72%) Looker
18 44 (0.72%) MySQL
19 38 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 193 (3.14%) JIRA
2 117 (1.91%) Git
3 81 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 45 (0.73%) Selenium
5 35 (0.57%) Maven
6 34 (0.55%) GitLab
7 33 (0.54%) JUnit
8 20 (0.33%) Postman
9 17 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 17 (0.28%) SonarQube
10 15 (0.24%) Mockito
10 15 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
11 14 (0.23%) Visual Studio
12 13 (0.21%) Cypress.io
12 13 (0.21%) TeamCity
13 12 (0.20%) Bazaar
14 11 (0.18%) Subversion
14 11 (0.18%) TestNG
14 11 (0.18%) WebDriver
15 10 (0.16%) Cucumber
General
1 2,842 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 2,138 (34.82%) Finance
3 1,061 (17.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 792 (12.90%) Marketing
5 549 (8.94%) Law
6 480 (7.82%) Retail
7 324 (5.28%) Manufacturing
8 313 (5.10%) Banking
9 311 (5.06%) Legal
10 272 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
11 228 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
12 217 (3.53%) Public Sector
13 179 (2.91%) Telecoms
14 165 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
15 145 (2.36%) Advertising
16 134 (2.18%) Electronics
17 129 (2.10%) Games
18 102 (1.66%) Financial Institution
19 65 (1.06%) Front Office
20 64 (1.04%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,026 (16.71%) Analyst
2 713 (11.61%) Senior
3 707 (11.51%) Developer
4 591 (9.62%) Trainer
5 477 (7.77%) Software Developer
6 434 (7.07%) Lead
7 288 (4.69%) Architect
8 280 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 227 (3.70%) Consultant
10 197 (3.21%) Data Analyst
11 183 (2.98%) Business Analyst
12 166 (2.70%) Support Analyst
13 153 (2.49%) IT Support
14 137 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
15 114 (1.86%) Applications Support
16 110 (1.79%) IT Manager
17 105 (1.71%) Solutions Architect
18 101 (1.64%) Systems Engineer
19 98 (1.60%) Software Engineer
20 93 (1.51%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (4.56%) Elastic Stack
2 138 (2.25%) HTML
3 105 (1.71%) .NET
4 102 (1.66%) REST
5 99 (1.61%) React
6 94 (1.53%) CSS
7 89 (1.45%) Node.js
8 73 (1.19%) Kafka
9 69 (1.12%) Pandas
10 66 (1.07%) Spring
11 54 (0.88%) JSON
12 51 (0.83%) RESTful
13 47 (0.77%) SOAP
14 46 (0.75%) Middleware
15 41 (0.67%) Spring Boot
16 40 (0.65%) AngularJS
17 34 (0.55%) Web Services
18 31 (0.50%) XML
19 30 (0.49%) EDI
20 25 (0.41%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 750 (12.21%) Cyberattack
2 564 (9.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 279 (4.54%) Management Information System
4 272 (4.43%) Onboarding
5 266 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
6 174 (2.83%) Product Ownership
7 136 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 118 (1.92%) Social Media
9 117 (1.91%) Algorithms
9 117 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
10 100 (1.63%) Data Centre
11 96 (1.56%) Driving Licence
12 86 (1.40%) FMCG
13 78 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 78 (1.27%) Robotics
14 74 (1.21%) Cloud Native
15 50 (0.81%) e-Learning
15 50 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
15 50 (0.81%) Security Posture
16 41 (0.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 881 (14.35%) Linux
2 731 (11.90%) Android
3 576 (9.38%) Windows
4 121 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 55 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (0.49%) Unix
7 23 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 20 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 16 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.098%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.049%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.049%) VMS
15 3 (0.049%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.033%) Oracle Linux
16 2 (0.033%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.016%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,843 (46.30%) Problem-Solving
2 1,477 (24.05%) Agile
3 1,236 (20.13%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1,147 (18.68%) Analytics
5 980 (15.96%) Mathematics
6 940 (15.31%) Decision-Making
7 871 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 855 (13.92%) Project Management
9 796 (12.96%) Line Management
10 755 (12.29%) Risk Management
11 697 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
12 616 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 611 (9.95%) Chemistry
14 582 (9.48%) DevOps
15 547 (8.91%) Conversational UI
16 486 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
17 475 (7.73%) Design Patterns
18 467 (7.60%) Roadmaps
19 466 (7.59%) OO
20 458 (7.46%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1,277 (20.79%) Python
2 941 (15.32%) SQL
3 658 (10.71%) Java
4 506 (8.24%) C++
5 464 (7.56%) Go
6 343 (5.59%) PowerShell
7 306 (4.98%) Bash
8 230 (3.75%) JavaScript
9 97 (1.58%) C#
10 88 (1.43%) R
11 62 (1.01%) VBA
12 51 (0.83%) Rust
13 48 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 46 (0.75%) T-SQL
15 41 (0.67%) TypeScript
16 21 (0.34%) C
16 21 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 21 (0.34%) MATLAB
17 18 (0.29%) Kotlin
17 18 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,925 (31.35%) Degree
2 773 (12.59%) Master's Degree
3 771 (12.55%) Security Cleared
4 582 (9.48%) PhD
5 528 (8.60%) DV Cleared
6 219 (3.57%) SC Cleared
7 209 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 164 (2.67%) CISSP
9 137 (2.23%) PMI Certification
10 115 (1.87%) DBS Check
11 111 (1.81%) ACCA
12 105 (1.71%) CIMA
13 98 (1.60%) PMP
14 83 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
15 73 (1.19%) CISM
16 68 (1.11%) Azure Certification
17 62 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
18 54 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
19 50 (0.81%) CEH
20 46 (0.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 303 (4.93%) QA
2 248 (4.04%) Data Quality
3 224 (3.65%) GDPR
4 167 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 103 (1.68%) PCI DSS
6 99 (1.61%) NIST
7 97 (1.58%) Accessibility
7 97 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 82 (1.34%) PMO
9 67 (1.09%) SLA
10 43 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 34 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
12 28 (0.46%) GRC
13 18 (0.29%) ISO 9001
14 17 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.24%) SOC 2
16 13 (0.21%) COBIT
16 13 (0.21%) HIPAA
17 12 (0.20%) IFRS
18 11 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 772 (12.57%) Docker
2 341 (5.55%) Hyper-V
3 271 (4.41%) vSphere
4 262 (4.27%) VMware NSX
5 214 (3.48%) Active Directory
6 50 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
7 48 (0.78%) Terminal Server
8 31 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
9 18 (0.29%) Firmware
10 11 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.16%) HDFS
12 5 (0.081%) ProxySG
12 5 (0.081%) zsh
13 3 (0.049%) Postfix
13 3 (0.049%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.016%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.016%) RACF
15 1 (0.016%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.016%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 743 (12.10%) Ansible
2 377 (6.14%) Terraform
3 138 (2.25%) Kubernetes
4 46 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.37%) Grafana
6 16 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.21%) SCCM
9 12 (0.20%) SCOM
10 9 (0.15%) Nagios
11 8 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
11 8 (0.13%) Kustomize
11 8 (0.13%) Packer
11 8 (0.13%) QRadar
12 7 (0.11%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.081%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.065%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.065%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.065%) Rancher
14 4 (0.065%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,081 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 540 (8.79%) PayPal
3 419 (6.82%) SAP
4 392 (6.38%) Google
5 352 (5.73%) Splunk
6 338 (5.50%) Cisco
7 266 (4.33%) Juniper
8 262 (4.27%) 3PAR
9 211 (3.44%) Oracle
10 184 (3.00%) Salesforce
11 173 (2.82%) Databricks
12 155 (2.52%) Adobe
13 119 (1.94%) VMware
14 93 (1.51%) ServiceNow
15 68 (1.11%) SolarWinds
16 60 (0.98%) Facebook
17 58 (0.94%) Veeam
18 56 (0.91%) Workday
19 49 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
20 48 (0.78%) Nimble Storage