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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,582 6,411 4,719
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 10.40% 9.54% 9.23%
As % of the General category 16.66% 15.85% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,662 2,669 3,369
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £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% - +4.17%

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 33,507 40,450 33,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 62.45% 60.21% 65.30%
Number of salaries quoted 19,295 19,556 24,939
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £34,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,422 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% +2.84% -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 26 November 2025.

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 26 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 +4 4,839 £50,000 -9.09% 3,545
UK excluding London +4 3,572 £45,000 -10.00% 3,130
Work from Home +6 1,996 £50,000 -12.28% 1,520
London +3 1,672 £66,500 +2.31% 1,002
South East +3 901 £47,500 -5.00% 1,103
North of England +4 865 £45,000 -10.00% 673
Midlands +5 643 £45,000 -6.25% 533
North West -9 437 £45,000 -14.29% 378
South West +7 400 £45,000 -15.09% 301
West Midlands +6 383 £52,500 +5.00% 305
Scotland +2 354 £33,500 -44.17% 142
East of England +4 321 £40,000 -27.27% 314
Yorkshire +7 312 £40,000 -23.81% 228
East Midlands +4 258 £37,500 -11.76% 217
North East +18 116 £45,000 +9.76% 72
Wales +15 80 £48,122 +6.94% 73
Northern Ireland -2 39 £52,500 -28.54% 50
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 2
Channel Islands -5 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
1 137 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (1.79%) Confluence
3 98 (1.76%) SharePoint
4 68 (1.22%) CMS
5 53 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.39%) WordPress
7 20 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
8 18 (0.32%) Apache
9 16 (0.29%) SAS
10 10 (0.18%) Camunda
11 7 (0.13%) IIS
11 7 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 7 (0.13%) Skype for Business
12 6 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.11%) Drupal
12 6 (0.11%) nginx
12 6 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 5 (0.090%) Apache Synapse
13 5 (0.090%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.072%) Moodle
Applications
1 797 (14.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 546 (9.78%) Chatbot
3 386 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
4 141 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 56 (1.00%) Maya
6 53 (0.95%) MS Visio
7 42 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
8 37 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
9 23 (0.41%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.25%) Adobe XD
11 10 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
12 6 (0.11%) Simulink
13 4 (0.072%) Blender
13 4 (0.072%) CATIA
13 4 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.072%) Photoshop
13 4 (0.072%) PlantUML
14 3 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 3 (0.054%) Sketch
14 3 (0.054%) Stata
Business Applications
1 170 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 74 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (1.22%) SAP MDG
4 47 (0.84%) NetSuite
5 39 (0.70%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 39 (0.70%) SAP FI
5 39 (0.70%) Shopify
6 38 (0.68%) SAP CO
6 38 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
7 29 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
8 24 (0.43%) SAP IBP
9 20 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
10 16 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
11 15 (0.27%) Endur
11 15 (0.27%) Workday HCM
12 13 (0.23%) Sage X3
12 13 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
12 13 (0.23%) Sprinklr
13 12 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
14 11 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 815 (14.60%) Azure
2 635 (11.38%) Power Platform
3 438 (7.85%) AWS
4 271 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
5 256 (4.59%) SaaS
6 156 (2.79%) GCP
7 128 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 112 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
9 102 (1.83%) Google Analytics
10 73 (1.31%) Entra ID
11 69 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 67 (1.20%) GitHub
13 63 (1.13%) Snowflake
14 59 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 58 (1.04%) Serverless
16 55 (0.99%) Power Automate
17 52 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
17 52 (0.93%) PaaS
18 44 (0.79%) Google Ads
18 44 (0.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 159 (2.85%) DNS
2 131 (2.35%) DHCP
3 121 (2.17%) Firewall
4 72 (1.29%) Network Security
4 72 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
5 69 (1.24%) VPN
6 65 (1.16%) LAN
7 60 (1.07%) WAN
8 49 (0.88%) TCP/IP
9 41 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
10 36 (0.64%) Wireless
11 33 (0.59%) VoIP
12 32 (0.57%) SMS
13 30 (0.54%) VLAN
14 26 (0.47%) Internet
15 24 (0.43%) Broadband
16 20 (0.36%) SAN
17 18 (0.32%) OSPF
18 17 (0.30%) SD-WAN
19 16 (0.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 582 (10.43%) Power BI
2 304 (5.45%) Tableau
3 202 (3.62%) SQL Server
4 168 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
5 132 (2.36%) Data Mining
6 118 (2.11%) Data Lake
7 116 (2.08%) Metadata
8 110 (1.97%) Relational Database
9 100 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
10 66 (1.18%) Looker
11 60 (1.07%) MySQL
11 60 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 58 (1.04%) NoSQL
13 57 (1.02%) SAP BW
14 46 (0.82%) Big Data
15 45 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
16 38 (0.68%) GIS
17 37 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
17 37 (0.66%) Power Query
18 35 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 230 (4.12%) JIRA
2 109 (1.95%) Git
3 57 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 50 (0.90%) Selenium
5 44 (0.79%) GitLab
6 20 (0.36%) Maven
7 19 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
8 15 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.27%) Postman
9 14 (0.25%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.23%) Robot Framework
10 13 (0.23%) WebDriver
11 12 (0.21%) JUnit
12 11 (0.20%) Axure RP
12 11 (0.20%) Balsamiq
12 11 (0.20%) Snyk
12 11 (0.20%) Subversion
13 10 (0.18%) ERwin
14 9 (0.16%) TeamCity
14 9 (0.16%) webpack
General
1 2,877 (51.54%) Social Skills
2 1,826 (32.71%) Finance
3 669 (11.98%) Marketing
4 443 (7.94%) Law
5 366 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 361 (6.47%) Retail
7 328 (5.88%) Legal
8 306 (5.48%) Banking
9 257 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
10 249 (4.46%) Public Sector
11 242 (4.34%) Manufacturing
12 235 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
13 153 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
14 149 (2.67%) Telecoms
15 136 (2.44%) Financial Institution
16 115 (2.06%) Advertising
17 111 (1.99%) Games
18 99 (1.77%) Electronics
19 75 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
20 62 (1.11%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,169 (20.94%) Analyst
2 691 (12.38%) Senior
3 543 (9.73%) Trainer
4 430 (7.70%) Lead
5 306 (5.48%) Architect
6 300 (5.37%) Data Analyst
7 250 (4.48%) Developer
8 215 (3.85%) Consultant
9 201 (3.60%) Business Analyst
10 178 (3.19%) Support Analyst
11 159 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
12 144 (2.58%) IT Support
13 136 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
14 128 (2.29%) Systems Engineer
15 112 (2.01%) Trainee
16 109 (1.95%) IT Manager
17 107 (1.92%) Business Manager
18 106 (1.90%) Financial Analyst
19 102 (1.83%) Applications Support
19 102 (1.83%) Innovation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (2.58%) HTML
2 113 (2.02%) CSS
3 94 (1.68%) React
4 88 (1.58%) REST
5 75 (1.34%) .NET
6 52 (0.93%) Kafka
6 52 (0.93%) Middleware
7 48 (0.86%) Spring
8 47 (0.84%) JSON
9 39 (0.70%) AngularJS
10 36 (0.64%) XML
11 33 (0.59%) EDI
12 32 (0.57%) SOAP
13 28 (0.50%) Node.js
13 28 (0.50%) Web Services
14 27 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
15 26 (0.47%) LangChain
16 25 (0.45%) PySpark
17 23 (0.41%) Playwright
18 22 (0.39%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 596 (10.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 399 (7.15%) Self-Motivation
3 397 (7.11%) Onboarding
4 297 (5.32%) Management Information System
5 206 (3.69%) Product Ownership
6 170 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
7 139 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 104 (1.86%) Driving Licence
9 90 (1.61%) Algorithms
9 90 (1.61%) Data Centre
10 82 (1.47%) FMCG
11 76 (1.36%) Cloud Native
12 67 (1.20%) Social Media
13 66 (1.18%) Data Structures
14 58 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 54 (0.97%) Security Posture
16 53 (0.95%) Virtual Team
17 51 (0.91%) Robotics
18 47 (0.84%) e-Learning
19 46 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 327 (5.86%) Windows
2 215 (3.85%) Linux
3 142 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 90 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.54%) Unix
6 21 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 15 (0.27%) Android
8 11 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.090%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.054%) OpenWrt
12 3 (0.054%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.054%) VMS
12 3 (0.054%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.018%) AIX
13 1 (0.018%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.018%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.018%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,521 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
2 1,314 (23.54%) AI
3 1,186 (21.25%) Analytics
4 1,107 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,045 (18.72%) Decision-Making
6 993 (17.79%) Agile
7 856 (15.34%) Project Management
8 792 (14.19%) Business Intelligence
9 652 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 556 (9.96%) Chemistry
11 548 (9.82%) Conversational UI
12 528 (9.46%) Data Analysis
13 482 (8.63%) Risk Management
14 467 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
15 463 (8.29%) ERP
15 463 (8.29%) Roadmaps
16 454 (8.13%) Mentoring
17 448 (8.03%) CRM
17 448 (8.03%) Customer Service
18 425 (7.61%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,006 (18.02%) SQL
2 656 (11.75%) Python
3 176 (3.15%) Java
4 172 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 129 (2.31%) C#
6 88 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 81 (1.45%) R
8 54 (0.97%) C++
9 53 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 47 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 43 (0.77%) Bash
12 40 (0.72%) VBA
13 37 (0.66%) TypeScript
14 30 (0.54%) PL/SQL
15 26 (0.47%) C
16 22 (0.39%) Scala
17 20 (0.36%) Go
18 19 (0.34%) Kotlin
19 16 (0.29%) PHP
20 15 (0.27%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,915 (34.31%) Degree
2 725 (12.99%) Master's Degree
3 563 (10.09%) PhD
4 447 (8.01%) Security Cleared
5 325 (5.82%) SC Cleared
6 205 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 183 (3.28%) CISSP
8 171 (3.06%) ACCA
9 163 (2.92%) CIMA
10 104 (1.86%) DBS Check
11 98 (1.76%) DV Cleared
12 84 (1.50%) CISM
13 79 (1.42%) PMI Certification
14 70 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
15 67 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
16 64 (1.15%) PMP
17 62 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
18 59 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
19 58 (1.04%) Azure Certification
20 50 (0.90%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (5.11%) Data Quality
2 279 (5.00%) QA
3 208 (3.73%) GDPR
4 193 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 144 (2.58%) PCI DSS
6 137 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 116 (2.08%) PMO
8 114 (2.04%) NIST
9 112 (2.01%) Accessibility
10 53 (0.95%) SLA
11 40 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 38 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
13 35 (0.63%) GRC
14 22 (0.39%) IFRS
15 20 (0.36%) ISO 9001
15 20 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.29%) WCAG
17 14 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 13 (0.23%) COBIT
19 10 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 237 (4.25%) Active Directory
2 119 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 88 (1.58%) Terminal Server
4 58 (1.04%) Docker
5 45 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
6 28 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.30%) Firmware
8 10 (0.18%) vSphere
9 7 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.090%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.072%) HDFS
11 4 (0.072%) zsh
12 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.018%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.018%) NFS
12 1 (0.018%) RACF
12 1 (0.018%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 88 (1.58%) Terraform
2 77 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 51 (0.91%) Ansible
4 40 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.32%) Grafana
6 16 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.14%) SCCM
9 7 (0.13%) QRadar
10 6 (0.11%) SCOM
11 4 (0.072%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.072%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.072%) Nessus
11 4 (0.072%) Rancher
11 4 (0.072%) vRealize
12 3 (0.054%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.054%) Nagios
13 2 (0.036%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.036%) AssetCenter
13 2 (0.036%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,230 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 541 (9.69%) PayPal
3 429 (7.69%) SAP
4 241 (4.32%) Google
5 227 (4.07%) Oracle
6 170 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 144 (2.58%) VMware
8 123 (2.20%) Splunk
9 115 (2.06%) Databricks
10 107 (1.92%) SolarWinds
11 92 (1.65%) Veeam
12 89 (1.59%) Brocade
13 88 (1.58%) Nimble Storage
13 88 (1.58%) Tanium
14 85 (1.52%) Adobe
15 81 (1.45%) ServiceNow
16 78 (1.40%) Cisco
17 60 (1.07%) Workday
18 51 (0.91%) Alteryx
19 42 (0.75%) Bloomberg