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 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,087 5,662 6,611
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.65% 11.36% 8.96%
As % of the General category 13.52% 16.76% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,559 2,339 4,605
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £36,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,818 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +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 37,622 33,785 45,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.55% 67.78% 61.34%
Number of salaries quoted 20,366 15,449 33,666
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
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 12 February 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 12 February 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 4,474 £52,500 -4.55% 1,854
UK excluding London -12 3,260 £45,000 -11.71% 1,596
Work from Home +5 1,728 £52,500 -4.55% 797
London -3 1,525 £67,500 +3.85% 605
South East +8 904 £50,000 - 550
North of England -18 821 £45,000 -14.29% 330
Midlands -12 598 £44,000 -8.33% 303
North West -16 419 £42,500 -19.05% 196
West Midlands -16 352 £52,980 +5.96% 202
South West -2 330 £45,000 -12.98% 189
Yorkshire -2 298 £45,000 -5.26% 100
Scotland -6 266 £40,000 -36.38% 68
East of England -20 259 £40,000 -21.52% 150
East Midlands +6 244 £39,750 -6.47% 101
North East -2 104 £40,000 +0.34% 38
Wales +18 70 £40,000 -18.54% 41
Northern Ireland -11 43 £52,500 -4.55% 14
Isle of Man -3 1 £62,500 +150.00%
Channel Islands -8 1 - - 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
1 169 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (1.93%) Confluence
3 86 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 40 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 39 (0.77%) CMS
6 27 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.39%) WordPress
8 16 (0.31%) SAS
9 14 (0.28%) Apache
9 14 (0.28%) IIS
10 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 3 (0.059%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.059%) Drupal
12 3 (0.059%) govService
13 2 (0.039%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.039%) FactoryTalk
13 2 (0.039%) MTS
13 2 (0.039%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.039%) WinCC
Applications
1 729 (14.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 377 (7.41%) Chatbot
3 301 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
4 122 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 78 (1.53%) MS Visio
6 47 (0.92%) Maya
7 39 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
8 35 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
9 17 (0.33%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.16%) CATIA
11 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
12 4 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
13 3 (0.059%) Sketch
14 2 (0.039%) PlantUML
14 2 (0.039%) Revit
14 2 (0.039%) Simulink
14 2 (0.039%) Trello
15 1 (0.020%) Photoshop
15 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 135 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.32%) SAP MDG
3 51 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 38 (0.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 31 (0.61%) SAP CO
7 29 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
8 27 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
9 23 (0.45%) Endur
9 23 (0.45%) SAP FI
9 23 (0.45%) Workday HCM
10 22 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
11 20 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
12 17 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
13 16 (0.31%) Shopify
14 14 (0.28%) SAP IBP
15 13 (0.26%) Sage X3
16 11 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
16 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
17 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 868 (17.06%) Azure
2 648 (12.74%) Power Platform
3 423 (8.32%) AWS
4 320 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
5 251 (4.93%) SaaS
6 158 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
6 158 (3.11%) GCP
7 113 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
8 93 (1.83%) Entra ID
9 92 (1.81%) GitHub
10 74 (1.45%) Snowflake
11 72 (1.42%) Power Automate
12 70 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 58 (1.14%) Google Analytics
14 55 (1.08%) Serverless
15 52 (1.02%) dbt
16 49 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
17 48 (0.94%) OCI
18 47 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 45 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 188 (3.70%) DNS
2 176 (3.46%) Firewall
3 155 (3.05%) DHCP
4 89 (1.75%) VPN
5 76 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
6 62 (1.22%) WAN
7 56 (1.10%) LAN
8 54 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 53 (1.04%) Wireless
10 50 (0.98%) VLAN
11 44 (0.86%) Network Security
12 36 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
13 33 (0.65%) Broadband
14 32 (0.63%) Wireshark
15 30 (0.59%) BGP
16 29 (0.57%) VoIP
17 28 (0.55%) OSPF
18 27 (0.53%) SAN
19 24 (0.47%) EIGRP
19 24 (0.47%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 589 (11.58%) Power BI
2 384 (7.55%) Tableau
3 203 (3.99%) SQL Server
4 182 (3.58%) Data Mining
5 173 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
6 127 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
7 107 (2.10%) Metadata
8 99 (1.95%) Data Lake
9 95 (1.87%) Relational Database
10 62 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 54 (1.06%) Looker
11 54 (1.06%) NoSQL
12 52 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
13 51 (1.00%) MySQL
14 46 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
15 44 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
16 41 (0.81%) Big Data
17 36 (0.71%) GIS
17 36 (0.71%) Power Query
18 34 (0.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 215 (4.23%) JIRA
2 97 (1.91%) Git
3 42 (0.83%) Selenium
4 37 (0.73%) GitLab
5 35 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (0.29%) ERwin
7 15 (0.29%) Robot Framework
8 14 (0.28%) Postman
8 14 (0.28%) Subversion
8 14 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 13 (0.26%) Balsamiq
9 13 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 13 (0.26%) Snyk
10 12 (0.24%) Axure RP
10 12 (0.24%) WebDriver
11 11 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.20%) Chocolatey
12 10 (0.20%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,627 (51.64%) Social Skills
2 1,783 (35.05%) Finance
3 464 (9.12%) Marketing
4 329 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 303 (5.96%) Law
6 284 (5.58%) Retail
7 283 (5.56%) Legal
8 257 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
9 256 (5.03%) Banking
10 238 (4.68%) Public Sector
11 217 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
12 163 (3.20%) Manufacturing
13 138 (2.71%) Financial Institution
14 135 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
15 101 (1.99%) Games
16 99 (1.95%) Telecoms
17 90 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
18 71 (1.40%) Advertising
19 65 (1.28%) Electronics
20 51 (1.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,223 (24.04%) Analyst
2 617 (12.13%) Senior
3 384 (7.55%) Data Analyst
4 373 (7.33%) Trainer
5 363 (7.14%) Lead
6 305 (6.00%) Architect
7 241 (4.74%) Business Analyst
8 232 (4.56%) Developer
9 181 (3.56%) Consultant
10 174 (3.42%) Support Analyst
11 156 (3.07%) Trainee
12 145 (2.85%) IT Support
13 143 (2.81%) Trainee Analyst
13 143 (2.81%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 142 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
15 127 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
16 118 (2.32%) Senior Manager
17 116 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
18 111 (2.18%) Business Manager
19 103 (2.02%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (2.38%) HTML
2 119 (2.34%) CSS
3 86 (1.69%) React
4 73 (1.44%) .NET
5 66 (1.30%) REST
6 65 (1.28%) Middleware
7 45 (0.88%) JSON
8 40 (0.79%) Node.js
9 38 (0.75%) XML
10 32 (0.63%) EDI
10 32 (0.63%) SOAP
11 27 (0.53%) AngularJS
11 27 (0.53%) Kafka
12 26 (0.51%) Spring
13 23 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
14 22 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
14 22 (0.43%) PySpark
15 21 (0.41%) TensorFlow
16 19 (0.37%) PyTorch
17 18 (0.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 491 (9.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 367 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
3 312 (6.13%) Onboarding
4 264 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 204 (4.01%) Product Ownership
6 163 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
7 126 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 105 (2.06%) Data Centre
9 87 (1.71%) Data Structures
9 87 (1.71%) FMCG
10 82 (1.61%) Cloud Native
11 77 (1.51%) Driving Licence
12 66 (1.30%) Algorithms
13 53 (1.04%) Robotics
14 52 (1.02%) Virtual Team
15 50 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
16 47 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 47 (0.92%) Social Media
17 44 (0.86%) Low-Code
18 43 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 385 (7.57%) Windows
2 257 (5.05%) Linux
3 177 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 116 (2.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 37 (0.73%) Unix
6 28 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.29%) Android
9 9 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.098%) VMS
11 5 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.059%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.039%) AIX
13 2 (0.039%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.039%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.039%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.020%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,261 (44.45%) Problem-Solving
2 1,106 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,088 (21.39%) Analytics
4 1,076 (21.15%) AI
5 963 (18.93%) Decision-Making
6 887 (17.44%) Agile
7 799 (15.71%) Project Management
8 760 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
9 643 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 558 (10.97%) Data Analysis
11 444 (8.73%) Risk Management
12 419 (8.24%) Roadmaps
13 418 (8.22%) Mentoring
14 417 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
15 416 (8.18%) ERP
16 412 (8.10%) Analytical Thinking
17 407 (8.00%) Process Improvement
18 404 (7.94%) Migration
19 402 (7.90%) Customer Service
20 397 (7.80%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1,013 (19.91%) SQL
2 771 (15.16%) Python
3 149 (2.93%) JavaScript
4 137 (2.69%) Java
5 135 (2.65%) PowerShell
6 117 (2.30%) C#
7 74 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 60 (1.18%) R
9 50 (0.98%) T-SQL
10 47 (0.92%) C++
11 46 (0.90%) Bash
12 42 (0.83%) VBA
13 29 (0.57%) TypeScript
14 28 (0.55%) Scala
15 23 (0.45%) C
16 22 (0.43%) Go
17 18 (0.35%) MATLAB
18 16 (0.31%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.24%) Bicep
19 12 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,553 (30.53%) Degree
2 517 (10.16%) Master's Degree
3 445 (8.75%) Security Cleared
4 382 (7.51%) PhD
5 343 (6.74%) SC Cleared
6 197 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 186 (3.66%) ACCA
8 177 (3.48%) CIMA
9 143 (2.81%) CISSP
10 96 (1.89%) PMI Certification
11 88 (1.73%) DBS Check
12 81 (1.59%) CISM
13 80 (1.57%) DV Cleared
13 80 (1.57%) PMP
14 70 (1.38%) Azure Certification
15 68 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
16 64 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
17 59 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
18 49 (0.96%) AWS Certification
18 49 (0.96%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 326 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 239 (4.70%) QA
3 210 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 194 (3.81%) GDPR
5 181 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 150 (2.95%) PCI DSS
7 142 (2.79%) NIST
8 110 (2.16%) Accessibility
9 88 (1.73%) PMO
10 65 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 48 (0.94%) SLA
12 43 (0.85%) GRC
13 35 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 29 (0.57%) IFRS
15 21 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 20 (0.39%) WCAG
17 19 (0.37%) NCSC
18 15 (0.29%) COBIT
19 14 (0.28%) ISO 9001
20 12 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 280 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 139 (2.73%) Hyper-V
3 112 (2.20%) Terminal Server
4 53 (1.04%) Docker
5 51 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.29%) vSphere
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.22%) Firmware
9 10 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.098%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.059%) IAG
12 3 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.059%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.039%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) NFS
14 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 110 (2.16%) Terraform
2 65 (1.28%) Ansible
3 62 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 48 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.49%) Grafana
5 25 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (0.37%) SCCM
8 9 (0.18%) Nagios
9 6 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.098%) CASB
10 5 (0.098%) Control-M
11 4 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.079%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.079%) Nessus
11 4 (0.079%) QRadar
11 4 (0.079%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.079%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.059%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 1,192 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 373 (7.33%) PayPal
3 334 (6.57%) SAP
4 199 (3.91%) Oracle
5 175 (3.44%) VMware
6 161 (3.16%) Salesforce
7 150 (2.95%) SolarWinds
8 140 (2.75%) Splunk
9 138 (2.71%) Google
10 117 (2.30%) Veeam
11 113 (2.22%) Brocade
11 113 (2.22%) Tanium
12 112 (2.20%) Nimble Storage
13 106 (2.08%) ServiceNow
14 80 (1.57%) Cisco
15 70 (1.38%) Databricks
16 61 (1.20%) Adobe
17 43 (0.85%) Alteryx
17 43 (0.85%) Bloomberg
17 43 (0.85%) Workday