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 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,927 5,196 8,033
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.44% 12.25% 9.25%
As % of the General category 12.06% 17.39% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,743 2,408 5,229
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,784 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,250 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.26% +13.26% -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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 40,838 29,886 52,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 53.40% 70.48% 61.04%
Number of salaries quoted 22,336 15,599 37,856
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,504
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.28% -12.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +9.47% -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 22 March 2026.

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 22 March 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 -15 4,377 £52,500 -4.55% 2,336
UK excluding London -18 3,061 £46,250 -9.26% 1,821
Work from Home +1 1,603 £55,000 - 1,002
London -5 1,561 £67,500 +3.85% 862
North of England -21 826 £45,000 -10.00% 414
South East +2 813 £50,000 -1.90% 624
Midlands -17 585 £45,000 -6.25% 302
North West -19 439 £42,750 -18.18% 223
West Midlands -15 358 £51,300 +2.60% 177
Yorkshire 0 276 £48,445 +7.65% 145
South West -15 276 £45,000 -14.29% 178
East of England -25 264 £42,838 -15.95% 169
East Midlands -1 226 £40,500 -6.90% 125
Scotland -18 191 £40,000 -21.40% 97
North East -6 111 £45,000 +15.09% 53
Wales +10 75 £40,000 -20.20% 62
Northern Ireland -21 50 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Isle of Man -3 1 £62,500 +101.61%
Channel Islands -7 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
1 140 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 82 (1.66%) Confluence
4 68 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 68 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 52 (1.06%) CMS
6 30 (0.61%) Apache
7 18 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
7 18 (0.37%) WordPress
8 16 (0.32%) SAS
9 13 (0.26%) IIS
10 6 (0.12%) nginx
11 4 (0.081%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.061%) Drupal
12 3 (0.061%) govService
13 2 (0.041%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.041%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.041%) Camunda
13 2 (0.041%) JBoss
13 2 (0.041%) Jupyter
Applications
1 686 (13.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 292 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 219 (4.44%) Chatbot
4 121 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 93 (1.89%) MS Visio
6 36 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 28 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
8 25 (0.51%) Maya
9 15 (0.30%) Adobe XD
10 9 (0.18%) AutoCAD
11 8 (0.16%) CATIA
12 5 (0.10%) Trello
13 2 (0.041%) Revit
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
13 2 (0.041%) Sketch
14 1 (0.020%) Notion
14 1 (0.020%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
14 1 (0.020%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 76 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 45 (0.91%) NetSuite
3 43 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 31 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 27 (0.55%) SAP CO
6 21 (0.43%) Endur
7 19 (0.39%) SAP FI
8 18 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
9 17 (0.35%) SAP MDG
9 17 (0.35%) Workday HCM
10 13 (0.26%) SAP ERP
11 12 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
12 11 (0.22%) Maximo
12 11 (0.22%) Sage X3
13 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
13 10 (0.20%) SAP PM
14 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
15 7 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
15 7 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
16 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 854 (17.33%) Azure
2 636 (12.91%) Power Platform
3 466 (9.46%) AWS
4 308 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 276 (5.60%) SaaS
6 194 (3.94%) GCP
7 152 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
8 126 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (1.95%) GitHub
10 94 (1.91%) Entra ID
11 89 (1.81%) Power Automate
12 87 (1.77%) Snowflake
13 76 (1.54%) dbt
14 69 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
15 63 (1.28%) Amazon S3
16 62 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 59 (1.20%) Google Analytics
18 58 (1.18%) Serverless
19 52 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
19 52 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 182 (3.69%) Firewall
2 157 (3.19%) DNS
3 123 (2.50%) DHCP
4 106 (2.15%) VPN
5 82 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
6 75 (1.52%) WAN
7 71 (1.44%) LAN
8 67 (1.36%) TCP/IP
9 65 (1.32%) Wireless
10 60 (1.22%) VLAN
11 50 (1.01%) Broadband
12 48 (0.97%) Network Security
13 38 (0.77%) BGP
14 37 (0.75%) SAN
15 35 (0.71%) Wireshark
16 34 (0.69%) OSPF
17 30 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
17 30 (0.61%) EIGRP
18 29 (0.59%) VoIP
19 27 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 573 (11.63%) Power BI
2 421 (8.54%) Tableau
3 214 (4.34%) SQL Server
4 196 (3.98%) Data Mining
5 170 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
6 100 (2.03%) Metadata
7 93 (1.89%) Relational Database
8 89 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
9 83 (1.68%) Data Lake
10 71 (1.44%) Looker
11 59 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
11 59 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
11 59 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 56 (1.14%) MySQL
13 48 (0.97%) NoSQL
14 44 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
15 42 (0.85%) Power Query
16 39 (0.79%) BigQuery
17 34 (0.69%) Big Data
18 32 (0.65%) GIS
Development Applications
1 193 (3.92%) JIRA
2 134 (2.72%) Git
3 50 (1.01%) GitLab
4 42 (0.85%) Selenium
5 38 (0.77%) Jenkins
6 27 (0.55%) MLflow
7 19 (0.39%) Visual Studio
8 15 (0.30%) Balsamiq
8 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 14 (0.28%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.28%) Chocolatey
9 14 (0.28%) ERwin
9 14 (0.28%) Subversion
10 13 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
10 13 (0.26%) Snyk
11 12 (0.24%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.22%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
13 10 (0.20%) Postman
14 8 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2,416 (49.04%) Social Skills
2 1,794 (36.41%) Finance
3 441 (8.95%) Marketing
4 345 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 312 (6.33%) Banking
6 276 (5.60%) Law
6 276 (5.60%) Legal
7 274 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 256 (5.20%) Public Sector
9 253 (5.13%) Retail
10 209 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
11 165 (3.35%) Manufacturing
12 130 (2.64%) Financial Institution
13 127 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
14 102 (2.07%) Telecoms
15 92 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
16 79 (1.60%) Games
17 72 (1.46%) Advertising
18 62 (1.26%) Electronics
19 47 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,239 (25.15%) Analyst
2 633 (12.85%) Senior
3 376 (7.63%) Data Analyst
4 319 (6.47%) Lead
5 244 (4.95%) Business Analyst
6 235 (4.77%) Developer
7 221 (4.49%) Architect
8 215 (4.36%) Trainer
9 205 (4.16%) Consultant
10 171 (3.47%) Trainee
11 169 (3.43%) Support Analyst
12 162 (3.29%) Trainee Analyst
12 162 (3.29%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 141 (2.86%) IT Support
14 140 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
15 134 (2.72%) Senior Manager
16 126 (2.56%) Systems Engineer
17 116 (2.35%) Financial Analyst
18 105 (2.13%) Support Engineer
19 90 (1.83%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (2.64%) HTML
2 120 (2.44%) CSS
3 89 (1.81%) React
4 87 (1.77%) .NET
5 61 (1.24%) REST
6 53 (1.08%) JSON
7 50 (1.01%) XML
8 49 (0.99%) Middleware
9 48 (0.97%) TensorFlow
10 47 (0.95%) Kafka
11 46 (0.93%) Node.js
11 46 (0.93%) PyTorch
12 32 (0.65%) PySpark
13 31 (0.63%) scikit-learn
14 29 (0.59%) LangChain
15 28 (0.57%) Spring
16 27 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
16 27 (0.55%) SOAP
17 24 (0.49%) Pandas
18 23 (0.47%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 486 (9.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 339 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
3 263 (5.34%) Onboarding
4 228 (4.63%) Management Information System
5 190 (3.86%) Product Ownership
6 120 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
7 104 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 100 (2.03%) Cloud Native
9 97 (1.97%) Data Centre
9 97 (1.97%) Data Structures
10 78 (1.58%) Driving Licence
11 75 (1.52%) Algorithms
12 58 (1.18%) Security Posture
13 57 (1.16%) Social Media
14 51 (1.04%) Virtual Team
15 48 (0.97%) FMCG
16 47 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 47 (0.95%) Low-Code
17 46 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
18 41 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 362 (7.35%) Windows
2 236 (4.79%) Linux
3 147 (2.98%) Windows Server
4 76 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (0.83%) Unix
6 27 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 19 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 18 (0.37%) Android
9 13 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.18%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.12%) CentOS
12 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.10%) VMS
13 4 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.061%) OpenWrt
15 2 (0.041%) AIX
15 2 (0.041%) Data ONTAP
15 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.041%) Rocky
16 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,207 (44.79%) Problem-Solving
2 1,135 (23.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,120 (22.73%) Analytics
4 948 (19.24%) Decision-Making
5 903 (18.33%) AI
6 873 (17.72%) Agile
7 731 (14.84%) Business Intelligence
8 668 (13.56%) Project Management
9 597 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 571 (11.59%) Data Analysis
11 453 (9.19%) Actionable Insight
12 436 (8.85%) Mentoring
13 419 (8.50%) Analytical Thinking
14 401 (8.14%) Process Improvement
15 398 (8.08%) Roadmaps
16 385 (7.81%) Data Modelling
16 385 (7.81%) DevOps
17 365 (7.41%) Business Analysis
18 363 (7.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 361 (7.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,039 (21.09%) SQL
2 885 (17.96%) Python
3 170 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 150 (3.04%) Java
5 145 (2.94%) PowerShell
6 124 (2.52%) C#
7 76 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 69 (1.40%) R
9 58 (1.18%) Bash
10 45 (0.91%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.89%) C++
12 43 (0.87%) VBA
13 37 (0.75%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.43%) C
15 20 (0.41%) Scala
16 19 (0.39%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.35%) Go
18 13 (0.26%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.24%) Shell Script
20 11 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,291 (26.20%) Degree
2 405 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 345 (7.00%) Master's Degree
4 285 (5.78%) SC Cleared
5 229 (4.65%) PhD
6 225 (4.57%) ACCA
7 217 (4.40%) CIMA
8 183 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 147 (2.98%) CISSP
10 121 (2.46%) DBS Check
11 98 (1.99%) DV Cleared
12 96 (1.95%) PMI Certification
13 86 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
13 86 (1.75%) CISM
14 85 (1.73%) PMP
15 61 (1.24%) Azure Certification
16 60 (1.22%) IRCA
17 59 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
18 58 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
19 51 (1.04%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 373 (7.57%) Data Quality
2 291 (5.91%) GDPR
3 270 (5.48%) QA
4 217 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 176 (3.57%) NIST
6 148 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 116 (2.35%) PCI DSS
8 107 (2.17%) Accessibility
9 84 (1.70%) PMO
10 76 (1.54%) ISO 9001
11 68 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 67 (1.36%) SLA
13 45 (0.91%) GRC
14 40 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 35 (0.71%) IFRS
16 32 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 28 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 22 (0.45%) COBIT
18 22 (0.45%) WCAG
19 19 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 247 (5.01%) Active Directory
2 92 (1.87%) Hyper-V
3 78 (1.58%) Docker
4 72 (1.46%) Terminal Server
5 60 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (0.32%) ProxySG
7 13 (0.26%) vSphere
8 11 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.14%) Firmware
9 7 (0.14%) IAG
9 7 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (0.14%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.081%) XenApp
12 3 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) KVM
14 1 (0.020%) NFS
14 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 139 (2.82%) Terraform
2 80 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 74 (1.50%) Ansible
4 54 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (0.75%) Grafana
6 35 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 26 (0.53%) SCCM
8 24 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (0.35%) Nagios
10 7 (0.14%) Control-M
11 6 (0.12%) QRadar
12 5 (0.10%) CASB
12 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 5 (0.10%) Kubeflow
13 4 (0.081%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.081%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.081%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.081%) SolarWinds Orion
13 4 (0.081%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.061%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1,173 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 224 (4.55%) SAP
3 218 (4.42%) PayPal
4 186 (3.78%) Oracle
5 143 (2.90%) Salesforce
5 143 (2.90%) VMware
6 142 (2.88%) Google
7 123 (2.50%) SolarWinds
8 116 (2.35%) ServiceNow
9 108 (2.19%) Splunk
10 83 (1.68%) Databricks
11 79 (1.60%) Veeam
12 78 (1.58%) Cisco
13 73 (1.48%) Brocade
13 73 (1.48%) Tanium
14 72 (1.46%) Nimble Storage
15 65 (1.32%) Workday
16 53 (1.08%) Adobe
17 47 (0.95%) Dell
18 41 (0.83%) Bloomberg