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 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 6,047 6,101 7,427
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.31% 12.42% 9.58%
As % of the General category 11.56% 18.11% 16.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,618 2,497 3,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,223 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,772
Median % change year-on-year - -2.37% -2.23%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

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 52,296 33,681 44,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 45.92% 68.55% 56.83%
Number of salaries quoted 32,033 17,457 23,171
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -1.96%

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 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 17 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 15 September 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 -17 5,380 £52,500 - 10,143
UK excluding London -16 3,998 £47,500 +5.56% 5,122
Work from Home -6 2,028 £55,000 +10.00% 4,178
London -12 1,761 £67,500 +3.85% 5,968
North of England -19 1,087 £47,500 +6.74% 1,181
South East -11 951 £49,536 -0.93% 1,346
Midlands -10 701 £47,500 +5.56% 728
North West -18 663 £46,500 +3.33% 711
South West -12 574 £47,500 +5.56% 636
West Midlands -18 357 £48,000 +6.67% 457
East Midlands -3 341 £45,242 +4.00% 270
Yorkshire -10 293 £47,000 +17.50% 364
East of England -15 252 £47,500 +13.77% 483
Wales -6 193 £45,000 -10.40% 127
Scotland -24 136 £45,000 +15.38% 447
North East -22 131 £50,500 +26.25% 115
Northern Ireland -9 115 £43,750 -20.45% 248

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
1 187 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 176 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 106 (1.75%) Confluence
4 47 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 42 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 37 (0.61%) CMS
6 37 (0.61%) IIS
7 35 (0.58%) Apache
8 28 (0.46%) SAS
9 11 (0.18%) WordPress
10 10 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 10 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 10 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 9 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.15%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.13%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
14 3 (0.050%) Appian
14 3 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 670 (11.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 291 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 122 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 70 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 44 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
6 38 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 17 (0.28%) Simulink
8 12 (0.20%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 7 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
10 6 (0.099%) CATIA
10 6 (0.099%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.083%) Acrobat
11 5 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.083%) EPLAN
11 5 (0.083%) Photoshop
11 5 (0.083%) Revit
11 5 (0.083%) Siemens NX
12 3 (0.050%) Blender
12 3 (0.050%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 106 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 63 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 38 (0.63%) NetSuite
4 35 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
5 25 (0.41%) Shopify
6 17 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 15 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 15 (0.25%) Workday HCM
8 12 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 12 (0.20%) SAP CO
8 12 (0.20%) SAP FI
9 11 (0.18%) Magento
9 11 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
10 10 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
10 10 (0.17%) SAP Business One
10 10 (0.17%) SAP PM
11 9 (0.15%) Fidessa
11 9 (0.15%) Infor M3
11 9 (0.15%) Sage 200
11 9 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 984 (16.27%) Azure
2 725 (11.99%) Power Platform
3 619 (10.24%) AWS
4 435 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
5 383 (6.33%) SaaS
6 275 (4.55%) GCP
7 160 (2.65%) Entra ID
8 154 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
9 152 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
10 123 (2.03%) Google Analytics
11 111 (1.84%) Google Ads
12 102 (1.69%) GitHub
13 88 (1.46%) Serverless
14 86 (1.42%) Snowflake
15 84 (1.39%) Meta Ads
15 84 (1.39%) Power Automate
16 82 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
17 80 (1.32%) PowerApps
18 79 (1.31%) Amazon S3
19 77 (1.27%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 198 (3.27%) DNS
2 152 (2.51%) DHCP
3 150 (2.48%) Firewall
4 131 (2.17%) VPN
5 102 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 76 (1.26%) WAN
7 73 (1.21%) LAN
8 69 (1.14%) Network Security
9 58 (0.96%) Wireless
10 54 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (0.83%) Internet
12 48 (0.79%) VLAN
13 46 (0.76%) Broadband
14 36 (0.60%) HTTP
14 36 (0.60%) SAN
15 30 (0.50%) VoIP
16 25 (0.41%) BGP
17 24 (0.40%) 5G
18 22 (0.36%) SD-WAN
18 22 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 648 (10.72%) Power BI
2 215 (3.56%) SQL Server
3 205 (3.39%) Tableau
4 186 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
5 111 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
6 109 (1.80%) Relational Database
7 99 (1.64%) Metadata
8 86 (1.42%) Looker
9 84 (1.39%) MySQL
10 77 (1.27%) Data Lake
11 73 (1.21%) Power Query
12 72 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
12 72 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 59 (0.98%) BigQuery
14 57 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 55 (0.91%) Big Data
16 52 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
17 46 (0.76%) NoSQL
18 37 (0.61%) MongoDB
19 36 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 258 (4.27%) JIRA
2 212 (3.51%) Git
3 52 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 45 (0.74%) GitLab
5 32 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 28 (0.46%) Selenium
7 25 (0.41%) Eclipse
8 24 (0.40%) Cucumber
9 21 (0.35%) MLflow
10 19 (0.31%) Claude Code
11 18 (0.30%) Postman
12 17 (0.28%) LabVIEW
13 15 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 15 (0.25%) Chocolatey
13 15 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
14 14 (0.23%) JMeter
15 13 (0.21%) Burp Suite
16 12 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
17 11 (0.18%) Cypress.io
17 11 (0.18%) Metasploit
General
1 2,980 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 1,997 (33.02%) Finance
3 675 (11.16%) Marketing
4 528 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 482 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
6 421 (6.96%) Retail
7 404 (6.68%) Law
8 381 (6.30%) Public Sector
9 375 (6.20%) Legal
10 335 (5.54%) Manufacturing
11 315 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
12 234 (3.87%) Banking
13 206 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
14 195 (3.22%) Aerospace
15 144 (2.38%) Electronics
16 141 (2.33%) Telecoms
17 109 (1.80%) Advertising
18 98 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
19 73 (1.21%) Automotive
20 70 (1.16%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,366 (22.59%) Analyst
2 783 (12.95%) Senior
3 418 (6.91%) Lead
4 297 (4.91%) Business Analyst
5 294 (4.86%) Data Analyst
6 285 (4.71%) Developer
7 233 (3.85%) Architect
8 228 (3.77%) Consultant
9 195 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
10 190 (3.14%) Data Engineer
11 188 (3.11%) Systems Engineer
12 187 (3.09%) Support Analyst
13 129 (2.13%) Support Engineer
14 117 (1.93%) IT Support
15 110 (1.82%) Applications Support
16 108 (1.79%) IT Manager
16 108 (1.79%) Security Analyst
17 102 (1.69%) Senior Manager
18 98 (1.62%) Systems Analyst
19 96 (1.59%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (2.65%) .NET
2 144 (2.38%) Terraform
3 126 (2.08%) REST
4 122 (2.02%) HTML
5 113 (1.87%) CSS
6 91 (1.50%) JSON
7 78 (1.29%) XML
8 77 (1.27%) Middleware
8 77 (1.27%) RESTful
9 70 (1.16%) Kafka
9 70 (1.16%) PySpark
10 66 (1.09%) React
11 62 (1.03%) SOAP
12 55 (0.91%) PyTorch
13 48 (0.79%) TensorFlow
14 47 (0.78%) EDI
15 46 (0.76%) Web Services
16 45 (0.74%) LDAP
17 39 (0.64%) Spring Boot
18 38 (0.63%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 477 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 403 (6.66%) Management Information System
3 379 (6.27%) Onboarding
4 306 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
5 291 (4.81%) Product Ownership
6 152 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
7 147 (2.43%) Driving Licence
8 142 (2.35%) Cloud Native
9 139 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
10 119 (1.97%) Blog
11 115 (1.90%) Social Media
12 111 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
13 103 (1.70%) Security Posture
14 102 (1.69%) Data Centre
14 102 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
15 97 (1.60%) Virtual Team
16 84 (1.39%) Data Structures
17 72 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
18 65 (1.07%) Algorithms
19 60 (0.99%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 464 (7.67%) Windows
2 276 (4.56%) Linux
3 217 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 93 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 38 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 32 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 30 (0.50%) Unix
8 27 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (0.33%) Apple iOS
11 17 (0.28%) Android
12 10 (0.17%) CentOS
13 8 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.099%) Debian
14 6 (0.099%) VMS
15 5 (0.083%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.066%) CoreOS
17 3 (0.050%) Rocky
18 2 (0.033%) AIX
18 2 (0.033%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,955 (48.87%) Problem-Solving
2 1,795 (29.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,420 (23.48%) Decision-Making
4 1,262 (20.87%) Analytics
5 1,175 (19.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 1,116 (18.46%) AI
7 1,072 (17.73%) Agile
8 811 (13.41%) Business Intelligence
9 644 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 615 (10.17%) Roadmaps
11 583 (9.64%) Mentoring
12 578 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
13 563 (9.31%) Validation
14 528 (8.73%) Data Analysis
15 514 (8.50%) Project Management
16 500 (8.27%) Process Improvement
17 496 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
18 487 (8.05%) Data Modelling
19 485 (8.02%) ERP
20 478 (7.90%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1,188 (19.65%) SQL
2 850 (14.06%) Python
3 224 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 215 (3.56%) Java
5 192 (3.18%) C#
6 191 (3.16%) PowerShell
7 115 (1.90%) C++
8 92 (1.52%) Bash
9 82 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 79 (1.31%) R
11 70 (1.16%) TypeScript
12 54 (0.89%) MATLAB
13 48 (0.79%) T-SQL
14 40 (0.66%) C
15 29 (0.48%) Scala
16 28 (0.46%) PL/SQL
17 26 (0.43%) PHP
18 23 (0.38%) Go
19 22 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
19 22 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,225 (20.26%) Degree
2 685 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 472 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 249 (4.12%) ACCA
5 232 (3.84%) CIMA
6 178 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 157 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 155 (2.56%) CISSP
9 144 (2.38%) DBS Check
10 123 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 123 (2.03%) CISM
11 112 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
12 98 (1.62%) Master's Degree
13 80 (1.32%) Azure Certification
14 78 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
15 68 (1.12%) HND
16 67 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
17 62 (1.03%) PMI Certification
18 51 (0.84%) HNC
19 49 (0.81%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 599 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 381 (6.30%) QA
3 352 (5.82%) GDPR
4 234 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 198 (3.27%) Accessibility
6 180 (2.98%) NIST
7 147 (2.43%) SLA
8 145 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 121 (2.00%) PCI DSS
10 81 (1.34%) ISO 9001
11 70 (1.16%) GRC
12 60 (0.99%) PMO
13 50 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 38 (0.63%) IFRS
16 32 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 30 (0.50%) NCSC
18 29 (0.48%) COBIT
19 24 (0.40%) DO-254
20 23 (0.38%) GAAP
System Software
1 329 (5.44%) Active Directory
2 134 (2.22%) Docker
3 100 (1.65%) Hyper-V
4 85 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.19%) Terminal Server
6 41 (0.68%) Firmware
7 23 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 22 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.15%) vSphere
12 8 (0.13%) VMware NSX
13 7 (0.12%) Ceph
14 4 (0.066%) KVM
14 4 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.050%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.033%) IAG
16 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 2 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
17 1 (0.017%) NFS
Systems Management
1 114 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 84 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 74 (1.22%) Ansible
4 41 (0.68%) Grafana
5 40 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (0.38%) SCCM
7 21 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 20 (0.33%) Kibana
9 19 (0.31%) QRadar
10 12 (0.20%) Nagios
11 11 (0.18%) Nmap
11 11 (0.18%) Podman
12 9 (0.15%) Argo
12 9 (0.15%) logstash
13 7 (0.12%) Check_MK
13 7 (0.12%) Istio
13 7 (0.12%) Kubeflow
14 6 (0.099%) Functional Safety
14 6 (0.099%) Graylog
14 6 (0.099%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1,388 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 342 (5.66%) Google
3 243 (4.02%) SAP
4 188 (3.11%) Oracle
5 174 (2.88%) VMware
6 149 (2.46%) Splunk
7 143 (2.36%) Databricks
8 139 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 129 (2.13%) Salesforce
10 97 (1.60%) SolarWinds
11 85 (1.41%) Cisco
12 81 (1.34%) Veeam
13 73 (1.21%) Brocade
13 73 (1.21%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.19%) Tanium
15 66 (1.09%) Adobe
16 63 (1.04%) YouTube
17 62 (1.03%) Workday
18 59 (0.98%) HubSpot
19 41 (0.68%) Dell