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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,871 5,348 7,683
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.69% 12.18% 9.19%
As % of the General category 12.37% 17.31% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,621 2,391 5,145
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,561 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £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 £73,943 £69,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,500
% change year-on-year -11.71% +12.02% -4.21%

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 39,392 30,903 51,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 54.10% 70.37% 61.27%
Number of salaries quoted 21,405 15,475 37,294
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,728
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 10 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 10 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 -13 4,312 £52,500 -4.55% 2,303
UK excluding London -17 3,065 £45,000 -11.71% 1,816
Work from Home +3 1,663 £52,500 -4.55% 1,030
London -5 1,499 £67,500 +3.85% 600
North of England -18 831 £45,000 -10.00% 389
South East +10 803 £50,000 -1.90% 603
Midlands -14 590 £45,000 -6.25% 302
North West -17 430 £42,750 -18.57% 224
West Midlands -16 358 £51,250 +2.50% 190
South West -13 290 £45,000 -12.49% 200
Yorkshire -1 288 £48,445 +7.65% 125
East of England -21 259 £40,000 -21.52% 189
East Midlands -1 231 £40,000 -5.88% 112
Scotland -19 200 £40,000 -25.98% 99
North East -5 113 £42,500 +7.64% 43
Wales +12 72 £40,000 -19.38% 60
Northern Ireland -18 47 £52,500 -4.55% 20
Isle of Man -5 1 £62,500 +123.21% 5
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
1 135 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 82 (1.68%) Confluence
2 82 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 59 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 57 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 47 (0.96%) CMS
6 32 (0.66%) Apache
7 18 (0.37%) WordPress
8 16 (0.33%) SAS
9 15 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
10 13 (0.27%) IIS
11 5 (0.10%) nginx
12 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.062%) Drupal
13 3 (0.062%) govService
14 2 (0.041%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.041%) Camunda
14 2 (0.041%) JBoss
14 2 (0.041%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.041%) MTS
Applications
1 688 (14.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 320 (6.57%) Chatbot
3 292 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
4 119 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 89 (1.83%) MS Visio
6 34 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 30 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
8 25 (0.51%) Maya
9 15 (0.31%) Adobe XD
10 9 (0.18%) AutoCAD
10 9 (0.18%) CATIA
11 3 (0.062%) Sketch
11 3 (0.062%) Trello
12 2 (0.041%) Revit
12 2 (0.041%) Simulink
13 1 (0.021%) OrCAD
13 1 (0.021%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.021%) SmartSuite
13 1 (0.021%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.021%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 75 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 42 (0.86%) NetSuite
4 29 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 28 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 21 (0.43%) Endur
7 20 (0.41%) SAP FI
8 19 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
8 19 (0.39%) Workday HCM
9 17 (0.35%) SAP MDG
10 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
11 13 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
12 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
13 10 (0.21%) Maximo
13 10 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
13 10 (0.21%) SAP PM
14 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
15 7 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
15 7 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
15 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 813 (16.69%) Azure
2 620 (12.73%) Power Platform
3 427 (8.77%) AWS
4 292 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
5 262 (5.38%) SaaS
6 163 (3.35%) GCP
7 148 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
9 94 (1.93%) GitHub
10 93 (1.91%) Entra ID
11 85 (1.75%) Power Automate
12 78 (1.60%) Snowflake
13 67 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 63 (1.29%) dbt
15 62 (1.27%) Amazon S3
16 56 (1.15%) Google Analytics
16 56 (1.15%) Serverless
17 51 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 51 (1.05%) PowerApps
18 49 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 178 (3.65%) Firewall
2 156 (3.20%) DNS
3 118 (2.42%) DHCP
4 102 (2.09%) VPN
5 79 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
6 71 (1.46%) WAN
7 66 (1.35%) LAN
8 64 (1.31%) TCP/IP
9 59 (1.21%) Wireless
10 57 (1.17%) VLAN
11 46 (0.94%) Network Security
12 43 (0.88%) Broadband
13 35 (0.72%) Wireshark
14 34 (0.70%) BGP
15 33 (0.68%) SAN
16 32 (0.66%) OSPF
17 31 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
18 29 (0.60%) EIGRP
19 27 (0.55%) VoIP
20 26 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 558 (11.46%) Power BI
2 406 (8.34%) Tableau
3 211 (4.33%) SQL Server
4 191 (3.92%) Data Mining
5 161 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
6 107 (2.20%) Metadata
7 93 (1.91%) Relational Database
8 88 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
9 78 (1.60%) Data Lake
10 60 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 55 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
12 53 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
12 53 (1.09%) Looker
13 51 (1.05%) MySQL
14 46 (0.94%) NoSQL
15 44 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
16 42 (0.86%) Power Query
17 34 (0.70%) Big Data
17 34 (0.70%) GIS
18 32 (0.66%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 191 (3.92%) JIRA
2 128 (2.63%) Git
3 48 (0.99%) GitLab
4 41 (0.84%) Selenium
5 35 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.37%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.31%) ERwin
7 15 (0.31%) MLflow
7 15 (0.31%) Robot Framework
8 14 (0.29%) Balsamiq
8 14 (0.29%) Subversion
9 13 (0.27%) Axure RP
9 13 (0.27%) Chocolatey
9 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.27%) Snyk
10 10 (0.21%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.21%) LabVIEW
11 9 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 8 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 2,389 (49.05%) Social Skills
2 1,760 (36.13%) Finance
3 417 (8.56%) Marketing
4 329 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 299 (6.14%) Banking
6 274 (5.63%) Legal
7 268 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
8 265 (5.44%) Law
9 255 (5.24%) Retail
10 247 (5.07%) Public Sector
11 201 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
12 157 (3.22%) Manufacturing
13 132 (2.71%) Financial Institution
14 117 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
15 100 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 91 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
17 79 (1.62%) Games
18 69 (1.42%) Advertising
19 59 (1.21%) Electronics
20 47 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,217 (24.98%) Analyst
2 597 (12.26%) Senior
3 375 (7.70%) Data Analyst
4 316 (6.49%) Trainer
5 309 (6.34%) Lead
6 239 (4.91%) Business Analyst
7 235 (4.82%) Developer
8 224 (4.60%) Architect
9 188 (3.86%) Consultant
10 170 (3.49%) Support Analyst
11 167 (3.43%) Trainee
12 158 (3.24%) Trainee Analyst
12 158 (3.24%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 141 (2.89%) IT Support
14 137 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
15 128 (2.63%) Senior Manager
16 112 (2.30%) Financial Analyst
17 105 (2.16%) Support Engineer
18 104 (2.14%) Systems Engineer
19 94 (1.93%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (2.55%) HTML
2 114 (2.34%) CSS
3 86 (1.77%) React
4 79 (1.62%) .NET
5 55 (1.13%) REST
6 50 (1.03%) JSON
6 50 (1.03%) Middleware
7 47 (0.96%) XML
8 42 (0.86%) Node.js
9 36 (0.74%) Kafka
9 36 (0.74%) TensorFlow
10 33 (0.68%) PyTorch
11 32 (0.66%) PySpark
12 28 (0.57%) Spring
13 26 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
13 26 (0.53%) SOAP
14 23 (0.47%) EDI
14 23 (0.47%) Pandas
15 22 (0.45%) AngularJS
16 18 (0.37%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 462 (9.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 343 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
3 268 (5.50%) Onboarding
4 232 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 180 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 115 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 98 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 93 (1.91%) Data Structures
9 90 (1.85%) Data Centre
10 83 (1.70%) Cloud Native
11 76 (1.56%) Algorithms
11 76 (1.56%) Driving Licence
12 55 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 55 (1.13%) Social Media
13 52 (1.07%) FMCG
14 49 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 47 (0.96%) Low-Code
16 46 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 45 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
18 38 (0.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 349 (7.16%) Windows
2 228 (4.68%) Linux
3 141 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 76 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (0.80%) Unix
6 27 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.37%) Android
8 15 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 13 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.10%) CentOS
11 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.10%) VMS
12 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.062%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.041%) AIX
14 2 (0.041%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.021%) Debian
15 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,154 (44.22%) Problem-Solving
2 1,083 (22.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,062 (21.80%) Analytics
4 969 (19.89%) AI
5 913 (18.74%) Decision-Making
6 856 (17.57%) Agile
7 712 (14.62%) Business Intelligence
8 664 (13.63%) Project Management
9 577 (11.85%) Data Analysis
10 573 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 435 (8.93%) Actionable Insight
12 422 (8.66%) Mentoring
13 408 (8.38%) Analytical Thinking
14 398 (8.17%) Process Improvement
15 383 (7.86%) Roadmaps
16 369 (7.58%) Data Modelling
16 369 (7.58%) DevOps
17 359 (7.37%) Cybersecurity
18 353 (7.25%) Business Analysis
19 350 (7.19%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,015 (20.84%) SQL
2 845 (17.35%) Python
3 160 (3.28%) JavaScript
4 142 (2.92%) PowerShell
5 141 (2.89%) Java
6 119 (2.44%) C#
7 76 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 69 (1.42%) R
9 56 (1.15%) Bash
10 47 (0.96%) C++
11 46 (0.94%) T-SQL
12 43 (0.88%) VBA
13 36 (0.74%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.43%) C
15 20 (0.41%) Scala
16 19 (0.39%) MATLAB
17 16 (0.33%) Go
18 14 (0.29%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.25%) Bicep
19 12 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,378 (28.29%) Degree
2 446 (9.16%) Master's Degree
3 408 (8.38%) Security Cleared
4 327 (6.71%) PhD
5 295 (6.06%) SC Cleared
6 213 (4.37%) ACCA
7 205 (4.21%) CIMA
8 177 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 141 (2.89%) CISSP
10 107 (2.20%) DBS Check
11 91 (1.87%) PMI Certification
12 89 (1.83%) DV Cleared
13 80 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
13 80 (1.64%) PMP
14 77 (1.58%) CISM
15 71 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
16 63 (1.29%) Azure Certification
17 61 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
18 48 (0.99%) CISA
18 48 (0.99%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 348 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 262 (5.38%) QA
3 251 (5.15%) GDPR
4 200 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 160 (3.28%) NIST
6 144 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 113 (2.32%) PCI DSS
8 102 (2.09%) Accessibility
9 79 (1.62%) PMO
10 69 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 60 (1.23%) ISO 9001
12 59 (1.21%) SLA
13 44 (0.90%) GRC
14 37 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 31 (0.64%) IFRS
16 26 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 22 (0.45%) WCAG
18 18 (0.37%) NCSC
19 17 (0.35%) COBIT
19 17 (0.35%) GMP
System Software
1 241 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 97 (1.99%) Hyper-V
3 73 (1.50%) Docker
4 72 (1.48%) Terminal Server
5 55 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.29%) ProxySG
7 13 (0.27%) vSphere
8 11 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.16%) Firmware
11 7 (0.14%) IAG
12 5 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (0.082%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.062%) XenApp
15 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.021%) KVM
16 1 (0.021%) NFS
16 1 (0.021%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 134 (2.75%) Terraform
2 73 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 67 (1.38%) Ansible
4 48 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 34 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (0.47%) SCCM
9 15 (0.31%) Nagios
10 7 (0.14%) Control-M
10 7 (0.14%) SCOM
11 5 (0.10%) CASB
11 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.082%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.082%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.082%) Nessus
12 4 (0.082%) QRadar
12 4 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,159 (23.79%) Microsoft
2 318 (6.53%) PayPal
3 228 (4.68%) SAP
4 186 (3.82%) Oracle
5 140 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 138 (2.83%) VMware
7 130 (2.67%) Google
8 121 (2.48%) SolarWinds
9 112 (2.30%) ServiceNow
10 102 (2.09%) Splunk
11 78 (1.60%) Veeam
12 73 (1.50%) Brocade
12 73 (1.50%) Cisco
12 73 (1.50%) Tanium
13 72 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
14 68 (1.40%) Databricks
15 56 (1.15%) Workday
16 52 (1.07%) Adobe
17 43 (0.88%) Alteryx
18 41 (0.84%) Bloomberg