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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,041 5,855 4,860
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.40% 10.94% 8.73%
As % of the General category 14.33% 16.44% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,493 2,458 3,348
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £49,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +4.01% -2.00%

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 35,175 35,608 34,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.63% 66.54% 61.95%
Number of salaries quoted 19,086 16,201 25,207
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,011
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% -6.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -6 4,414 £50,915 -7.43% 2,417
UK excluding London -10 3,204 £45,000 -11.71% 2,211
Work from Home +6 1,728 £52,500 -6.25% 1,041
London +2 1,544 £67,500 +3.85% 576
South East +7 849 £50,000 - 757
North of England -16 774 £42,500 -18.66% 436
Midlands -11 585 £42,500 -11.46% 310
North West -14 407 £42,500 -19.05% 221
South West +3 364 £45,000 -11.76% 264
West Midlands -14 343 £50,750 +1.50% 158
Scotland 0 277 £40,000 -34.29% 84
Yorkshire +2 266 £40,000 -20.00% 164
East of England -19 262 £40,000 -21.52% 285
East Midlands +4 240 £37,500 -11.76% 150
North East +4 101 £41,500 -5.68% 59
Wales +19 79 £42,500 -13.45% 88
Northern Ireland -3 44 £52,500 -11.66% 45
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -6 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
1 142 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (1.75%) Confluence
3 85 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 42 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 37 (0.73%) CMS
6 22 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.40%) SAS
8 18 (0.36%) WordPress
9 16 (0.32%) IIS
10 15 (0.30%) Apache
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
11 6 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.079%) Camunda
12 4 (0.079%) Drupal
13 3 (0.060%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.060%) govService
13 3 (0.060%) HCL Notes
14 2 (0.040%) FactoryTalk
14 2 (0.040%) MTS
14 2 (0.040%) WinCC
Applications
1 757 (15.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 394 (7.82%) Chatbot
3 333 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
4 128 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 72 (1.43%) MS Visio
6 56 (1.11%) Maya
7 41 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
8 35 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
9 21 (0.42%) AutoCAD
10 15 (0.30%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
12 5 (0.099%) CATIA
13 4 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.079%) PlantUML
13 4 (0.079%) Sketch
14 3 (0.060%) Stata
15 2 (0.040%) Photoshop
15 2 (0.040%) Revit
15 2 (0.040%) Trello
16 1 (0.020%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 143 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.33%) SAP MDG
3 56 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 42 (0.83%) NetSuite
5 39 (0.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 34 (0.67%) SAP CO
7 30 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
8 28 (0.56%) SAP FI
9 27 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
10 25 (0.50%) Shopify
11 21 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
12 20 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
12 20 (0.40%) SAP IBP
13 17 (0.34%) Endur
13 17 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
14 16 (0.32%) Workday HCM
15 13 (0.26%) Sage X3
16 11 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
16 11 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
16 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 807 (16.01%) Azure
2 609 (12.08%) Power Platform
3 432 (8.57%) AWS
4 274 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
5 245 (4.86%) SaaS
6 151 (3.00%) GCP
7 147 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 102 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
9 84 (1.67%) GitHub
10 76 (1.51%) Snowflake
11 69 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
12 65 (1.29%) Entra ID
13 60 (1.19%) Power Automate
14 53 (1.05%) Google Analytics
15 52 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
15 52 (1.03%) Serverless
16 51 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 46 (0.91%) dbt
18 42 (0.83%) PowerApps
19 38 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 161 (3.19%) DNS
2 130 (2.58%) DHCP
3 128 (2.54%) Firewall
4 79 (1.57%) VPN
5 70 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
6 65 (1.29%) WAN
7 64 (1.27%) Network Security
8 61 (1.21%) LAN
9 49 (0.97%) Wireless
10 42 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
11 40 (0.79%) TCP/IP
12 38 (0.75%) VLAN
13 32 (0.63%) SMS
14 29 (0.58%) OSPF
14 29 (0.58%) VoIP
15 26 (0.52%) BGP
16 25 (0.50%) Broadband
16 25 (0.50%) EIGRP
17 23 (0.46%) SAN
18 20 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 557 (11.05%) Power BI
2 369 (7.32%) Tableau
3 184 (3.65%) SQL Server
4 167 (3.31%) Data Mining
5 166 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
6 112 (2.22%) Data Lake
7 111 (2.20%) Metadata
8 109 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
9 95 (1.88%) Relational Database
10 63 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 57 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 53 (1.05%) Looker
13 51 (1.01%) MySQL
14 45 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
14 45 (0.89%) SAP BW
15 43 (0.85%) GIS
15 43 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
16 41 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
16 41 (0.81%) Big Data
17 35 (0.69%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 213 (4.23%) JIRA
2 95 (1.88%) Git
3 47 (0.93%) Selenium
4 42 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 38 (0.75%) GitLab
6 18 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 18 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (0.30%) Postman
7 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
7 15 (0.30%) WebDriver
8 14 (0.28%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.26%) Balsamiq
9 13 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 13 (0.26%) ERwin
9 13 (0.26%) Snyk
9 13 (0.26%) Subversion
10 12 (0.24%) Axure RP
11 10 (0.20%) TestRail
12 9 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,591 (51.40%) Social Skills
2 1,747 (34.66%) Finance
3 495 (9.82%) Marketing
4 326 (6.47%) Law
5 325 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 292 (5.79%) Legal
7 288 (5.71%) Retail
8 250 (4.96%) Banking
9 246 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
10 228 (4.52%) Public Sector
11 222 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
12 189 (3.75%) Manufacturing
13 136 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
14 127 (2.52%) Financial Institution
15 116 (2.30%) Telecoms
16 115 (2.28%) Games
17 81 (1.61%) Electronics
18 76 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
19 71 (1.41%) Advertising
20 53 (1.05%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,150 (22.81%) Analyst
2 652 (12.93%) Senior
3 391 (7.76%) Trainer
4 346 (6.86%) Data Analyst
5 333 (6.61%) Lead
6 321 (6.37%) Architect
7 225 (4.46%) Developer
8 217 (4.30%) Business Analyst
9 193 (3.83%) Consultant
10 164 (3.25%) Support Analyst
11 141 (2.80%) IT Support
12 140 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
13 136 (2.70%) Trainee
14 127 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
15 123 (2.44%) Trainee Analyst
15 123 (2.44%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 122 (2.42%) Systems Engineer
17 110 (2.18%) Business Manager
18 107 (2.12%) Senior Manager
19 104 (2.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (2.22%) HTML
2 103 (2.04%) CSS
3 84 (1.67%) React
4 76 (1.51%) REST
5 64 (1.27%) .NET
6 58 (1.15%) Middleware
7 41 (0.81%) JSON
8 36 (0.71%) SOAP
9 34 (0.67%) AngularJS
9 34 (0.67%) EDI
10 33 (0.65%) XML
11 32 (0.63%) Node.js
12 30 (0.60%) Kafka
13 29 (0.58%) LangChain
14 27 (0.54%) Spring
15 23 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
15 23 (0.46%) PySpark
16 22 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
17 21 (0.42%) Playwright
18 20 (0.40%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 516 (10.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 383 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
3 349 (6.92%) Onboarding
4 274 (5.44%) Management Information System
5 206 (4.09%) Product Ownership
6 161 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
7 134 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
8 92 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 85 (1.69%) FMCG
10 81 (1.61%) Driving Licence
11 72 (1.43%) Cloud Native
12 71 (1.41%) Data Structures
13 53 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 52 (1.03%) Robotics
15 51 (1.01%) Algorithms
16 50 (0.99%) Virtual Team
17 44 (0.87%) Social Media
18 43 (0.85%) Security Posture
19 41 (0.81%) Low-Code
20 37 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 352 (6.98%) Windows
2 238 (4.72%) Linux
3 157 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 97 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (0.77%) Unix
6 24 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.22%) Android
9 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.079%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.060%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.060%) OpenWrt
11 3 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.020%) AIX
13 1 (0.020%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.020%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.020%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.020%) VMS
13 1 (0.020%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,248 (44.59%) Problem-Solving
2 1,105 (21.92%) AI
3 1,078 (21.38%) Analytics
4 1,053 (20.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 966 (19.16%) Decision-Making
6 889 (17.64%) Agile
7 801 (15.89%) Project Management
8 737 (14.62%) Business Intelligence
9 619 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 540 (10.71%) Data Analysis
11 442 (8.77%) Risk Management
12 441 (8.75%) Roadmaps
13 417 (8.27%) ERP
14 413 (8.19%) Analytical Thinking
14 413 (8.19%) Business Strategy
15 399 (7.92%) Chemistry
16 398 (7.90%) Cybersecurity
17 397 (7.88%) Customer Service
18 396 (7.86%) Conversational UI
19 393 (7.80%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 977 (19.38%) SQL
2 683 (13.55%) Python
3 148 (2.94%) Java
4 136 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 116 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 111 (2.20%) C#
7 61 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 61 (1.21%) R
8 46 (0.91%) C++
9 45 (0.89%) T-SQL
10 43 (0.85%) VBA
11 38 (0.75%) Bash
12 30 (0.60%) Scala
13 29 (0.58%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.42%) Go
15 20 (0.40%) C
15 20 (0.40%) PL/SQL
16 16 (0.32%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.30%) MATLAB
18 13 (0.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,622 (32.18%) Degree
2 536 (10.63%) Master's Degree
3 434 (8.61%) Security Cleared
4 403 (7.99%) PhD
5 327 (6.49%) SC Cleared
6 209 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 175 (3.47%) ACCA
8 167 (3.31%) CIMA
9 155 (3.07%) CISSP
10 111 (2.20%) DBS Check
11 98 (1.94%) PMI Certification
12 85 (1.69%) DV Cleared
13 81 (1.61%) PMP
14 77 (1.53%) CISM
15 72 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
16 63 (1.25%) Azure Certification
17 61 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
18 55 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
19 51 (1.01%) AWS Certification
20 50 (0.99%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 320 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 259 (5.14%) QA
3 186 (3.69%) GDPR
4 184 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 147 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 138 (2.74%) PCI DSS
7 118 (2.34%) NIST
8 109 (2.16%) Accessibility
9 105 (2.08%) PMO
10 53 (1.05%) SLA
11 51 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
12 38 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 35 (0.69%) GRC
14 28 (0.56%) IFRS
15 22 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 19 (0.38%) WCAG
17 16 (0.32%) ISO 9001
18 14 (0.28%) COBIT
19 13 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 13 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 246 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 121 (2.40%) Hyper-V
3 96 (1.90%) Terminal Server
4 55 (1.09%) Docker
5 50 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.26%) Firmware
6 13 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
8 11 (0.22%) vSphere
9 8 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.040%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.020%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.020%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.020%) NFS
12 1 (0.020%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.020%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 90 (1.79%) Terraform
2 62 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.09%) Ansible
4 48 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.30%) SCCM
8 14 (0.28%) Grafana
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.099%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 5 (0.099%) Control-M
10 5 (0.099%) Nagios
11 4 (0.079%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.079%) Nessus
11 4 (0.079%) QRadar
11 4 (0.079%) Rancher
11 4 (0.079%) vRealize
12 3 (0.060%) CASB
12 3 (0.060%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.040%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1,156 (22.93%) Microsoft
2 391 (7.76%) PayPal
3 374 (7.42%) SAP
4 210 (4.17%) Oracle
5 175 (3.47%) Salesforce
6 159 (3.15%) VMware
7 144 (2.86%) Google
8 129 (2.56%) SolarWinds
9 124 (2.46%) Splunk
10 99 (1.96%) ServiceNow
11 97 (1.92%) Brocade
11 97 (1.92%) Tanium
11 97 (1.92%) Veeam
12 96 (1.90%) Nimble Storage
13 83 (1.65%) Cisco
14 76 (1.51%) Databricks
15 62 (1.23%) Adobe
16 44 (0.87%) Alteryx
16 44 (0.87%) Bloomberg
17 42 (0.83%) Ariba