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 6 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,003 6,185 9,719
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.14% 12.89% 9.34%
As % of the General category 10.88% 18.29% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,275 2,564 5,261
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £89,275 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £49,352 £45,692
% change year-on-year -1.84% +8.01% -3.81%

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 45,971 33,820 59,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.22% 70.49% 57.56%
Number of salaries quoted 28,291 17,117 39,603
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £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 6 July 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 6 July 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 4,565 £55,000 - 2,758
UK excluding London -20 3,154 £48,445 -1.84% 1,843
Work from Home -10 1,581 £55,000 +1.85% 1,194
London -10 1,565 £70,000 +7.69% 1,237
North of England -19 963 £48,175 +1.42% 421
South East -8 810 £50,000 -8.47% 607
Midlands -9 572 £47,750 +0.53% 313
North West -19 566 £47,500 -5.00% 247
South West -26 348 £47,500 -2.06% 197
West Midlands -17 315 £50,000 +5.26% 170
Yorkshire -11 293 £50,000 +11.11% 129
East Midlands -5 256 £45,872 -3.93% 142
East of England -22 241 £45,000 - 171
Scotland -30 105 £40,400 -9.21% 100
North East -30 104 £55,000 +39.06% 54
Wales -15 86 £53,171 -3.33% 33
Northern Ireland -33 40 £41,250 -25.00% 45

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
1 163 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 124 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 72 (1.44%) Confluence
4 70 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 67 (1.34%) Apache Spark
6 44 (0.88%) Apache
7 37 (0.74%) CMS
8 22 (0.44%) IIS
8 22 (0.44%) SAS
9 16 (0.32%) WordPress
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
12 8 (0.16%) WebLogic
12 8 (0.16%) WebSphere
13 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.060%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.060%) JBoss
14 3 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.060%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.040%) nginx
Applications
1 546 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 201 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 108 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 83 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 32 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 25 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.100%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.080%) Maya
11 3 (0.060%) Blender
11 3 (0.060%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.060%) Simulink
11 3 (0.060%) Trello
12 2 (0.040%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.040%) Lectora
12 2 (0.040%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.040%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 74 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 25 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
5 16 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 16 (0.32%) SAP CO
5 16 (0.32%) SAP PM
6 15 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 12 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 11 (0.22%) Maximo
8 11 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
9 10 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
10 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
12 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
12 7 (0.14%) Shopify
13 6 (0.12%) Magento
13 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
13 6 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 887 (17.73%) Azure
2 648 (12.95%) Power Platform
3 489 (9.77%) AWS
4 359 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
5 314 (6.28%) SaaS
6 218 (4.36%) GCP
7 129 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
8 122 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
9 119 (2.38%) Entra ID
10 83 (1.66%) Google Analytics
11 80 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 77 (1.54%) GitHub
13 76 (1.52%) Power Automate
14 70 (1.40%) Snowflake
15 69 (1.38%) Amazon S3
16 68 (1.36%) dbt
17 64 (1.28%) PowerApps
18 60 (1.20%) Serverless
19 55 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
20 52 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 199 (3.98%) Firewall
2 169 (3.38%) DNS
3 128 (2.56%) DHCP
4 122 (2.44%) VPN
5 84 (1.68%) WAN
6 83 (1.66%) TCP/IP
7 78 (1.56%) LAN
8 75 (1.50%) Broadband
9 64 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
10 55 (1.10%) Wireless
11 50 (1.00%) Network Security
12 49 (0.98%) VLAN
13 41 (0.82%) SAN
14 35 (0.70%) BGP
15 34 (0.68%) Internet
16 33 (0.66%) HTTP
17 26 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (0.52%) SD-WAN
18 25 (0.50%) Wireshark
19 24 (0.48%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 579 (11.57%) Power BI
2 284 (5.68%) Tableau
3 193 (3.86%) SQL Server
4 177 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
5 98 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
6 85 (1.70%) Metadata
7 73 (1.46%) Data Mining
7 73 (1.46%) Relational Database
8 70 (1.40%) Data Lake
9 64 (1.28%) Power Query
10 63 (1.26%) Looker
11 61 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
12 60 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 57 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
14 56 (1.12%) MySQL
15 49 (0.98%) BigQuery
15 49 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 37 (0.74%) Big Data
16 37 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
16 37 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 182 (3.64%) JIRA
2 148 (2.96%) Git
3 54 (1.08%) GitLab
4 36 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
5 33 (0.66%) Jenkins
6 31 (0.62%) MLflow
7 20 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 20 (0.40%) Selenium
8 17 (0.34%) Chocolatey
9 15 (0.30%) Eclipse
10 14 (0.28%) ERwin
11 13 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
11 13 (0.26%) Postman
11 13 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.24%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 11 (0.22%) JMeter
14 10 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
15 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.18%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,348 (46.93%) Social Skills
2 1,708 (34.14%) Finance
3 410 (8.20%) Marketing
4 360 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 324 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
6 310 (6.20%) Public Sector
7 283 (5.66%) Retail
8 270 (5.40%) Law
9 265 (5.30%) Legal
10 238 (4.76%) Banking
11 199 (3.98%) Manufacturing
12 175 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
13 137 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
14 121 (2.42%) Telecoms
15 92 (1.84%) Advertising
16 89 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
17 86 (1.72%) Aerospace
18 77 (1.54%) Electronics
19 73 (1.46%) Financial Institution
20 55 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,282 (25.62%) Analyst
2 648 (12.95%) Senior
3 351 (7.02%) Lead
4 301 (6.02%) Data Analyst
5 282 (5.64%) Business Analyst
6 238 (4.76%) Developer
7 224 (4.48%) Consultant
8 196 (3.92%) Architect
9 195 (3.90%) Systems Engineer
10 154 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
11 137 (2.74%) Data Engineer
11 137 (2.74%) Support Analyst
12 120 (2.40%) Support Engineer
13 116 (2.32%) IT Support
14 108 (2.16%) IT Manager
15 103 (2.06%) Financial Analyst
15 103 (2.06%) Senior Manager
15 103 (2.06%) Systems Analyst
16 99 (1.98%) Security Analyst
17 91 (1.82%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (2.30%) HTML
2 113 (2.26%) .NET
3 105 (2.10%) CSS
4 99 (1.98%) REST
5 88 (1.76%) Middleware
6 87 (1.74%) JSON
7 81 (1.62%) XML
8 80 (1.60%) React
9 66 (1.32%) PyTorch
10 60 (1.20%) TensorFlow
11 57 (1.14%) Kafka
12 50 (1.00%) RESTful
13 46 (0.92%) SOAP
14 45 (0.90%) PySpark
15 44 (0.88%) Node.js
16 41 (0.82%) scikit-learn
17 39 (0.78%) Web Services
18 33 (0.66%) LangChain
18 33 (0.66%) Pandas
19 29 (0.58%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 535 (10.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 248 (4.96%) Management Information System
3 220 (4.40%) Onboarding
4 206 (4.12%) Product Ownership
5 192 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
6 131 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 113 (2.26%) Cloud Native
8 108 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 101 (2.02%) Security Posture
10 91 (1.82%) Driving Licence
11 81 (1.62%) Data Structures
12 78 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
13 76 (1.52%) Algorithms
14 73 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
15 61 (1.22%) Social Media
16 59 (1.18%) Virtual Team
17 56 (1.12%) Public Cloud
18 51 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
19 45 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
19 45 (0.90%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 383 (7.66%) Windows
2 239 (4.78%) Linux
3 192 (3.84%) Windows Server
4 89 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.62%) Unix
6 29 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 27 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 19 (0.38%) Android
8 19 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (0.28%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.22%) CentOS
11 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.16%) VMS
13 6 (0.12%) Debian
14 5 (0.100%) OpenVMS
15 4 (0.080%) AIX
15 4 (0.080%) Rocky
16 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
17 1 (0.020%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,273 (45.43%) Problem-Solving
2 1,265 (25.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,119 (22.37%) Decision-Making
4 1,097 (21.93%) Analytics
5 848 (16.95%) Agile
6 676 (13.51%) AI
7 665 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 660 (13.19%) Business Intelligence
9 538 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 519 (10.37%) Roadmaps
11 492 (9.83%) Mentoring
12 477 (9.53%) Actionable Insight
13 464 (9.27%) Project Management
14 462 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
15 448 (8.95%) Data Modelling
16 433 (8.65%) Data Analysis
17 403 (8.06%) Data Governance
18 402 (8.04%) Process Improvement
19 368 (7.36%) ERP
20 364 (7.28%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,045 (20.89%) SQL
2 864 (17.27%) Python
3 175 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 174 (3.48%) Java
5 166 (3.32%) PowerShell
6 155 (3.10%) C#
7 77 (1.54%) C++
8 76 (1.52%) R
9 74 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 71 (1.42%) Bash
11 52 (1.04%) TypeScript
12 51 (1.02%) T-SQL
13 45 (0.90%) MATLAB
14 28 (0.56%) VBA
15 24 (0.48%) PHP
16 23 (0.46%) Go
17 21 (0.42%) C
18 19 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
19 18 (0.36%) Julia
19 18 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 910 (18.19%) Degree
2 466 (9.31%) Security Cleared
3 331 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 263 (5.26%) ACCA
5 248 (4.96%) CIMA
6 156 (3.12%) CISSP
6 156 (3.12%) DBS Check
7 147 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 116 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
9 113 (2.26%) CISM
10 92 (1.84%) Master's Degree
11 91 (1.82%) DV Cleared
12 88 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 72 (1.44%) IRCA
13 72 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
14 69 (1.38%) Azure Certification
15 67 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
16 52 (1.04%) PMI Certification
17 47 (0.94%) CISA
17 47 (0.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 466 (9.31%) Data Quality
2 383 (7.66%) GDPR
3 333 (6.66%) QA
4 277 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 225 (4.50%) NIST
6 168 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 147 (2.94%) SLA
8 131 (2.62%) PCI DSS
9 128 (2.56%) Accessibility
10 124 (2.48%) ISO 9001
11 78 (1.56%) GRC
12 63 (1.26%) PMO
13 46 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
14 43 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 42 (0.84%) IFRS
16 39 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 37 (0.74%) COBIT
18 28 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.48%) ITGC
19 24 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 275 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 96 (1.92%) Docker
3 89 (1.78%) Hyper-V
4 76 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.44%) Terminal Server
6 25 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
9 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 9 (0.18%) vSphere
10 8 (0.16%) IAG
11 6 (0.12%) Firmware
12 4 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.080%) XenApp
13 3 (0.060%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 139 (2.78%) Terraform
2 89 (1.78%) Kubernetes
3 64 (1.28%) Ansible
4 62 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 40 (0.80%) Grafana
6 26 (0.52%) SCCM
7 23 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.42%) Nagios
9 18 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (0.34%) QRadar
11 16 (0.32%) Kibana
12 11 (0.22%) Kubeflow
13 8 (0.16%) logstash
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Control-M
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
16 5 (0.100%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.100%) Podman
16 5 (0.100%) Puppet
16 5 (0.100%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1,107 (22.13%) Microsoft
2 212 (4.24%) SAP
3 202 (4.04%) Google
4 163 (3.26%) Oracle
5 157 (3.14%) VMware
6 139 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 129 (2.58%) Splunk
8 119 (2.38%) Databricks
9 118 (2.36%) SolarWinds
10 95 (1.90%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.70%) Veeam
12 75 (1.50%) Workday
13 74 (1.48%) Cisco
14 73 (1.46%) Nimble Storage
15 72 (1.44%) Brocade
15 72 (1.44%) Tanium
16 51 (1.02%) IBM
16 51 (1.02%) Red Hat
17 46 (0.92%) Adobe
18 45 (0.90%) HubSpot