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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,683 5,874 9,486
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.13% 13.42% 9.83%
As % of the General category 10.47% 18.46% 16.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,937 2,485 5,425
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -3.84%

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 44,716 31,817 58,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.96% 72.71% 60.31%
Number of salaries quoted 25,154 15,757 39,531
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,177 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,424 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -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 16 May 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 16 May 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 4,226 £55,000 - 2,291
UK excluding London -20 2,887 £49,000 -2.00% 1,669
London -8 1,501 £67,500 +3.85% 906
Work from Home -10 1,367 £55,000 - 1,887
North of England -29 879 £47,500 -5.00% 393
South East -3 747 £50,000 -8.26% 540
Midlands -23 537 £48,000 +0.52% 257
North West -30 507 £45,000 -10.00% 224
West Midlands -28 322 £50,000 +4.71% 159
Yorkshire -10 288 £52,500 +16.67% 121
South West -31 259 £47,500 -5.00% 172
East of England -21 246 £45,000 -11.71% 189
East Midlands 0 213 £45,000 -6.25% 96
Scotland -30 124 £40,000 -20.71% 86
North East -27 84 £48,445 +25.83% 56
Wales -4 75 £51,709 +0.51% 47
Northern Ireland -32 34 £52,500 -4.55% 29

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
1 128 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
4 72 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 61 (1.30%) Confluence
6 43 (0.92%) CMS
7 35 (0.75%) Apache
8 19 (0.41%) IIS
9 17 (0.36%) SAS
10 16 (0.34%) WordPress
11 12 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
12 9 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.13%) nginx
14 3 (0.064%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.064%) govService
14 3 (0.064%) JBoss
14 3 (0.064%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.064%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.043%) Appian
15 2 (0.043%) Umbraco
Applications
1 558 (11.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 231 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 96 (2.05%) MS Visio
4 88 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 23 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.26%) Maya
8 11 (0.23%) Adobe XD
9 10 (0.21%) CATIA
10 4 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.085%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.085%) Trello
11 3 (0.064%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.043%) Acrobat
12 2 (0.043%) Lectora
12 2 (0.043%) Simulink
13 1 (0.021%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.021%) Sketch
13 1 (0.021%) SPSS
13 1 (0.021%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 67 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 38 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 32 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 19 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 12 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.23%) Endur
9 11 (0.23%) Maximo
9 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.21%) Workday HCM
11 9 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
12 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.15%) Magento
12 7 (0.15%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
13 6 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
13 6 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
14 5 (0.11%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 832 (17.77%) Azure
2 646 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 472 (10.08%) AWS
4 326 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
5 269 (5.74%) SaaS
6 206 (4.40%) GCP
7 133 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
7 133 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
8 110 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 96 (2.05%) GitHub
10 90 (1.92%) Power Automate
10 90 (1.92%) Snowflake
11 80 (1.71%) dbt
12 75 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
13 74 (1.58%) Google Analytics
14 66 (1.41%) Amazon S3
15 64 (1.37%) PowerApps
16 59 (1.26%) Serverless
17 53 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
18 49 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 194 (4.14%) Firewall
2 140 (2.99%) DNS
3 124 (2.65%) VPN
4 94 (2.01%) DHCP
5 77 (1.64%) WAN
6 70 (1.49%) TCP/IP
7 68 (1.45%) LAN
8 59 (1.26%) VLAN
9 58 (1.24%) Wireless
10 56 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
11 53 (1.13%) Broadband
12 51 (1.09%) SAN
13 47 (1.00%) Network Security
14 39 (0.83%) BGP
15 31 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
16 30 (0.64%) OSPF
17 28 (0.60%) Wireshark
18 26 (0.56%) SD-WAN
19 25 (0.53%) EIGRP
19 25 (0.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 576 (12.30%) Power BI
2 351 (7.50%) Tableau
3 184 (3.93%) SQL Server
4 160 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
5 133 (2.84%) Data Mining
6 80 (1.71%) Metadata
7 73 (1.56%) Data Lake
8 71 (1.52%) Relational Database
9 60 (1.28%) Looker
10 59 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
10 59 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 57 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
11 57 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 50 (1.07%) BigQuery
13 48 (1.02%) MySQL
13 48 (1.02%) Power Query
14 42 (0.90%) NoSQL
15 40 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 35 (0.75%) Big Data
16 35 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 165 (3.52%) JIRA
2 137 (2.93%) Git
3 47 (1.00%) GitLab
4 39 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.66%) MLflow
6 28 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
7 26 (0.56%) Selenium
8 21 (0.45%) Chocolatey
9 15 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 15 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.30%) ERwin
11 13 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
12 12 (0.26%) Balsamiq
13 10 (0.21%) Axure RP
13 10 (0.21%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.21%) Maven
13 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.21%) Subversion
14 9 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2,144 (45.78%) Social Skills
2 1,697 (36.24%) Finance
3 415 (8.86%) Marketing
4 376 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 273 (5.83%) Law
6 266 (5.68%) Banking
7 264 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
8 254 (5.42%) Public Sector
9 249 (5.32%) Retail
10 242 (5.17%) Legal
11 166 (3.54%) Manufacturing
12 148 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
13 143 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
14 111 (2.37%) Telecoms
15 93 (1.99%) Financial Institution
16 89 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
17 72 (1.54%) Electronics
18 68 (1.45%) Advertising
19 67 (1.43%) Games
20 63 (1.35%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,230 (26.27%) Analyst
2 659 (14.07%) Senior
3 325 (6.94%) Data Analyst
4 301 (6.43%) Lead
5 272 (5.81%) Business Analyst
6 244 (5.21%) Developer
7 214 (4.57%) Architect
8 200 (4.27%) Consultant
9 139 (2.97%) Systems Engineer
10 134 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
11 130 (2.78%) Senior Manager
12 122 (2.61%) Trainee
13 121 (2.58%) Support Analyst
14 110 (2.35%) Trainee Analyst
14 110 (2.35%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 108 (2.31%) Data Engineer
16 106 (2.26%) IT Manager
17 102 (2.18%) IT Support
18 101 (2.16%) Support Engineer
19 94 (2.01%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (2.73%) HTML
2 117 (2.50%) CSS
3 98 (2.09%) .NET
4 89 (1.90%) REST
5 82 (1.75%) JSON
6 79 (1.69%) Middleware
6 79 (1.69%) React
7 73 (1.56%) XML
8 55 (1.17%) PyTorch
9 52 (1.11%) Kafka
10 51 (1.09%) SOAP
11 50 (1.07%) TensorFlow
12 45 (0.96%) Node.js
13 40 (0.85%) scikit-learn
14 37 (0.79%) PySpark
15 34 (0.73%) RESTful
16 33 (0.70%) Pandas
17 32 (0.68%) LangChain
18 31 (0.66%) EDI
19 26 (0.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 491 (10.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 228 (4.87%) Management Information System
3 208 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 195 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
5 194 (4.14%) Product Ownership
6 113 (2.41%) Data Centre
7 92 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
8 89 (1.90%) Cloud Native
9 81 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 81 (1.73%) Security Posture
10 75 (1.60%) Algorithms
11 69 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
11 69 (1.47%) Driving Licence
11 69 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
12 52 (1.11%) Public Cloud
12 52 (1.11%) Virtual Team
13 51 (1.09%) Social Media
14 46 (0.98%) FMCG
15 44 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
16 42 (0.90%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 331 (7.07%) Windows
2 196 (4.19%) Linux
3 136 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 48 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.75%) Unix
6 22 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.34%) Android
9 14 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.19%) CentOS
11 8 (0.17%) VMS
12 7 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.085%) AIX
14 4 (0.085%) Rocky
14 4 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.043%) Debian
16 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,079 (44.39%) Problem-Solving
2 1,111 (23.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,046 (22.34%) Analytics
4 973 (20.78%) Decision-Making
5 824 (17.60%) Agile
6 672 (14.35%) Business Intelligence
7 634 (13.54%) AI
8 598 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 525 (11.21%) Project Management
10 458 (9.78%) Mentoring
11 456 (9.74%) Actionable Insight
12 449 (9.59%) Data Analysis
13 441 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 434 (9.27%) Data Modelling
14 434 (9.27%) Roadmaps
15 429 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
16 379 (8.09%) Analytical Thinking
17 371 (7.92%) Data Governance
18 365 (7.79%) DevOps
19 359 (7.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 994 (21.23%) SQL
2 861 (18.39%) Python
3 175 (3.74%) PowerShell
4 171 (3.65%) Java
5 167 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 127 (2.71%) C#
7 71 (1.52%) R
8 68 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 63 (1.35%) Bash
10 60 (1.28%) C++
11 42 (0.90%) T-SQL
12 40 (0.85%) TypeScript
13 39 (0.83%) VBA
14 33 (0.70%) MATLAB
15 24 (0.51%) Scala
16 20 (0.43%) Go
17 17 (0.36%) PHP
17 17 (0.36%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.30%) C
18 14 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 935 (19.97%) Degree
2 347 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 236 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 233 (4.98%) ACCA
5 220 (4.70%) CIMA
6 168 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 155 (3.31%) DBS Check
8 149 (3.18%) CISSP
9 114 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
10 104 (2.22%) Master's Degree
11 101 (2.16%) CISM
12 94 (2.01%) PMI Certification
13 83 (1.77%) PMP
14 81 (1.73%) DV Cleared
15 72 (1.54%) Azure Certification
15 72 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
15 72 (1.54%) IRCA
16 68 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
17 60 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
18 54 (1.15%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 440 (9.40%) Data Quality
2 353 (7.54%) GDPR
3 292 (6.24%) QA
4 248 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 212 (4.53%) NIST
6 119 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 117 (2.50%) SLA
8 105 (2.24%) ISO 9001
9 101 (2.16%) Accessibility
10 95 (2.03%) PCI DSS
11 64 (1.37%) PMO
12 62 (1.32%) GRC
13 53 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 39 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 39 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 34 (0.73%) IFRS
16 31 (0.66%) COBIT
17 28 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.51%) NCSC
19 22 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 230 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 78 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (1.54%) Docker
4 56 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 40 (0.85%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.34%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.26%) vSphere
9 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.17%) IAG
10 8 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.11%) Firmware
12 4 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.085%) XenApp
13 3 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.043%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.043%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) KVM
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 128 (2.73%) Terraform
2 79 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 70 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 60 (1.28%) Ansible
5 33 (0.70%) Grafana
6 30 (0.64%) SCCM
7 25 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 24 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 23 (0.49%) Nagios
10 12 (0.26%) QRadar
11 11 (0.23%) Kibana
12 8 (0.17%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.13%) Control-M
13 6 (0.13%) logstash
13 6 (0.13%) Packer
14 5 (0.11%) CASB
14 5 (0.11%) Graylog
15 4 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.085%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.085%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,098 (23.45%) Microsoft
2 197 (4.21%) SAP
3 178 (3.80%) Google
4 172 (3.67%) Oracle
5 148 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 129 (2.75%) VMware
7 110 (2.35%) Databricks
7 110 (2.35%) ServiceNow
8 88 (1.88%) SolarWinds
9 85 (1.82%) Splunk
10 78 (1.67%) Workday
11 73 (1.56%) Cisco
12 52 (1.11%) IBM
13 50 (1.07%) Dell
13 50 (1.07%) Veeam
14 47 (1.00%) Red Hat
15 41 (0.88%) Adobe
15 41 (0.88%) Tanium
16 40 (0.85%) Brocade
16 40 (0.85%) Nimble Storage