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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,863 5,230 7,865
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.52% 12.13% 9.28%
As % of the General category 12.11% 17.22% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,713 2,418 5,185
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,693 £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 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £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 40,157 30,378 51,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 53.81% 70.45% 61.16%
Number of salaries quoted 21,991 15,661 37,500
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,488
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
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 16 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 16 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 -17 4,310 £52,500 -4.55% 1,941
UK excluding London -18 3,027 £45,000 -11.71% 1,690
Work from Home +1 1,599 £52,500 -4.55% 804
London -5 1,526 £67,500 +3.85% 649
North of England -20 813 £45,000 -10.00% 368
South East +8 808 £50,000 -1.90% 590
Midlands -14 579 £45,000 -6.25% 290
North West -19 427 £42,500 -19.05% 212
West Midlands -16 352 £51,900 +3.80% 184
Yorkshire -1 278 £48,445 +7.65% 118
South West -16 275 £45,000 -12.49% 178
East of England -22 257 £40,000 -21.52% 140
East Midlands -1 226 £40,000 -8.05% 106
Scotland -17 192 £40,000 -23.81% 101
North East -9 108 £45,000 +15.09% 42
Wales +10 73 £40,000 -19.38% 50
Northern Ireland -18 49 £52,500 -4.55% 14
Isle of Man -3 1 £62,500 +101.61% 1
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
1 139 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 83 (1.71%) Confluence
4 60 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 59 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
6 51 (1.05%) CMS
7 32 (0.66%) Apache
8 18 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
8 18 (0.37%) WordPress
9 16 (0.33%) SAS
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
1 699 (14.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 293 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
3 220 (4.52%) Chatbot
4 120 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 92 (1.89%) MS Visio
6 35 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 29 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 25 (0.51%) Maya
9 16 (0.33%) Adobe XD
10 9 (0.19%) AutoCAD
10 9 (0.19%) CATIA
11 4 (0.082%) Trello
12 3 (0.062%) Sketch
13 2 (0.041%) Revit
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
14 1 (0.021%) Notion
14 1 (0.021%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.021%) SmartSuite
14 1 (0.021%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.021%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 78 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 45 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 43 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 31 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
5 28 (0.58%) SAP CO
6 21 (0.43%) Endur
7 20 (0.41%) SAP FI
8 19 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
9 18 (0.37%) Workday HCM
10 17 (0.35%) SAP MDG
11 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
12 12 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
13 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
14 10 (0.21%) Maximo
14 10 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
14 10 (0.21%) SAP PM
15 8 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
16 7 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
16 7 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
17 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 841 (17.29%) Azure
2 620 (12.75%) Power Platform
3 448 (9.21%) AWS
4 301 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
5 273 (5.61%) SaaS
6 177 (3.64%) GCP
7 151 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 125 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
9 97 (1.99%) GitHub
10 95 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 87 (1.79%) Power Automate
12 78 (1.60%) Snowflake
13 70 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.36%) dbt
15 62 (1.27%) Amazon S3
16 59 (1.21%) Serverless
17 58 (1.19%) Google Analytics
18 52 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 52 (1.07%) PowerApps
19 51 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 182 (3.74%) Firewall
2 160 (3.29%) DNS
3 122 (2.51%) DHCP
4 106 (2.18%) VPN
5 80 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
6 73 (1.50%) WAN
7 68 (1.40%) LAN
8 67 (1.38%) TCP/IP
9 62 (1.27%) Wireless
10 57 (1.17%) VLAN
11 49 (1.01%) Broadband
12 46 (0.95%) Network Security
13 36 (0.74%) BGP
13 36 (0.74%) SAN
14 35 (0.72%) Wireshark
15 33 (0.68%) OSPF
16 30 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
17 29 (0.60%) EIGRP
18 28 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
18 28 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 557 (11.45%) Power BI
2 420 (8.64%) Tableau
3 215 (4.42%) SQL Server
4 206 (4.24%) Data Mining
5 165 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
6 104 (2.14%) Metadata
7 93 (1.91%) Relational Database
8 89 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
9 78 (1.60%) Data Lake
10 60 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 59 (1.21%) Looker
11 59 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
12 53 (1.09%) MySQL
13 52 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
14 48 (0.99%) NoSQL
15 44 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
16 42 (0.86%) Power Query
17 34 (0.70%) Big Data
18 33 (0.68%) GIS
19 32 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 193 (3.97%) JIRA
2 130 (2.67%) Git
3 49 (1.01%) GitLab
4 43 (0.88%) Selenium
5 38 (0.78%) Jenkins
6 19 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 17 (0.35%) MLflow
8 15 (0.31%) Balsamiq
8 15 (0.31%) Robot Framework
9 14 (0.29%) Axure RP
9 14 (0.29%) ERwin
9 14 (0.29%) Subversion
10 13 (0.27%) Chocolatey
10 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
10 13 (0.27%) Snyk
11 12 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.23%) Postman
13 10 (0.21%) LabVIEW
14 8 (0.16%) ER Studio
General
1 2,411 (49.58%) Social Skills
2 1,782 (36.64%) Finance
3 426 (8.76%) Marketing
4 338 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 306 (6.29%) Banking
6 278 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
7 276 (5.68%) Legal
8 273 (5.61%) Law
9 260 (5.35%) Public Sector
10 251 (5.16%) Retail
11 202 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
12 164 (3.37%) Manufacturing
13 129 (2.65%) Financial Institution
14 120 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
15 101 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 92 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
17 79 (1.62%) Games
18 71 (1.46%) Advertising
19 60 (1.23%) Electronics
20 46 (0.95%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,240 (25.50%) Analyst
2 608 (12.50%) Senior
3 389 (8.00%) Data Analyst
4 312 (6.42%) Lead
5 241 (4.96%) Business Analyst
6 238 (4.89%) Developer
7 225 (4.63%) Architect
8 216 (4.44%) Trainer
9 198 (4.07%) Consultant
10 182 (3.74%) Trainee
11 173 (3.56%) Trainee Analyst
11 173 (3.56%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 172 (3.54%) Support Analyst
13 144 (2.96%) IT Support
14 137 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
15 131 (2.69%) Senior Manager
16 114 (2.34%) Financial Analyst
17 111 (2.28%) Systems Engineer
18 107 (2.20%) Support Engineer
19 90 (1.85%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (2.59%) HTML
2 116 (2.39%) CSS
3 88 (1.81%) React
4 82 (1.69%) .NET
5 61 (1.25%) REST
6 53 (1.09%) JSON
7 51 (1.05%) Middleware
8 49 (1.01%) XML
9 44 (0.90%) Node.js
10 38 (0.78%) Kafka
10 38 (0.78%) TensorFlow
11 35 (0.72%) PyTorch
12 32 (0.66%) PySpark
13 29 (0.60%) Spring
14 27 (0.56%) SOAP
15 26 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
16 23 (0.47%) EDI
16 23 (0.47%) Pandas
17 22 (0.45%) AngularJS
18 19 (0.39%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 468 (9.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 342 (7.03%) Self-Motivation
3 271 (5.57%) Onboarding
4 233 (4.79%) Management Information System
5 185 (3.80%) Product Ownership
6 120 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 103 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
8 96 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 93 (1.91%) Data Centre
10 88 (1.81%) Cloud Native
11 76 (1.56%) Driving Licence
12 75 (1.54%) Algorithms
13 58 (1.19%) Social Media
14 56 (1.15%) Security Posture
15 49 (1.01%) Virtual Team
16 48 (0.99%) FMCG
17 47 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 47 (0.97%) Low-Code
18 46 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
19 33 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 356 (7.32%) Windows
2 232 (4.77%) Linux
3 146 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 76 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (0.84%) Unix
6 27 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.37%) Android
8 17 (0.35%) Windows 10
9 13 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.19%) 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%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,192 (45.08%) Problem-Solving
2 1,106 (22.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,096 (22.54%) Analytics
4 929 (19.10%) Decision-Making
5 879 (18.08%) AI
6 869 (17.87%) Agile
7 712 (14.64%) Business Intelligence
8 676 (13.90%) Project Management
9 591 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 585 (12.03%) Data Analysis
11 441 (9.07%) Actionable Insight
12 436 (8.97%) Mentoring
13 414 (8.51%) Analytical Thinking
14 400 (8.23%) Process Improvement
15 392 (8.06%) Roadmaps
16 379 (7.79%) DevOps
17 377 (7.75%) Data Modelling
18 371 (7.63%) Business Analysis
19 354 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
20 352 (7.24%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,038 (21.34%) SQL
2 872 (17.93%) Python
3 166 (3.41%) JavaScript
4 148 (3.04%) Java
5 146 (3.00%) PowerShell
6 123 (2.53%) C#
7 76 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 68 (1.40%) R
9 55 (1.13%) Bash
10 47 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 43 (0.88%) C++
11 43 (0.88%) VBA
12 37 (0.76%) TypeScript
13 20 (0.41%) C
13 20 (0.41%) Scala
14 19 (0.39%) MATLAB
15 16 (0.33%) Go
16 14 (0.29%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.25%) Bicep
17 12 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,275 (26.22%) Degree
2 404 (8.31%) Security Cleared
3 344 (7.07%) Master's Degree
4 285 (5.86%) SC Cleared
5 228 (4.69%) PhD
6 219 (4.50%) ACCA
7 211 (4.34%) CIMA
8 179 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 144 (2.96%) CISSP
10 114 (2.34%) DBS Check
11 95 (1.95%) DV Cleared
11 95 (1.95%) PMI Certification
12 84 (1.73%) PMP
13 82 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
13 82 (1.69%) CISM
14 67 (1.38%) Azure Certification
15 62 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
15 62 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
16 50 (1.03%) AWS Certification
16 50 (1.03%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 364 (7.49%) Data Quality
2 264 (5.43%) GDPR
3 262 (5.39%) QA
4 209 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 167 (3.43%) NIST
6 147 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 114 (2.34%) PCI DSS
8 107 (2.20%) Accessibility
9 80 (1.65%) PMO
10 69 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 64 (1.32%) ISO 9001
11 64 (1.32%) SLA
12 43 (0.88%) GRC
13 40 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 34 (0.70%) IFRS
15 28 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 22 (0.45%) WCAG
17 20 (0.41%) COBIT
18 18 (0.37%) NCSC
19 17 (0.35%) GMP
System Software
1 247 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 98 (2.02%) Hyper-V
3 75 (1.54%) Docker
4 72 (1.48%) Terminal Server
5 61 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.29%) ProxySG
7 13 (0.27%) vSphere
8 11 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.14%) Firmware
10 7 (0.14%) IAG
11 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
12 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.082%) XenApp
14 3 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.021%) KVM
16 1 (0.021%) NFS
16 1 (0.021%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 140 (2.88%) Terraform
2 76 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 70 (1.44%) Ansible
4 51 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 34 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (0.49%) SCCM
9 16 (0.33%) Nagios
10 8 (0.16%) SCOM
11 7 (0.14%) Control-M
12 6 (0.12%) QRadar
13 5 (0.10%) CASB
13 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 5 (0.10%) Kubeflow
14 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.082%) Backup Exec
14 4 (0.082%) Nessus
14 4 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
14 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,190 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 227 (4.67%) SAP
3 218 (4.48%) PayPal
4 187 (3.85%) Oracle
5 144 (2.96%) VMware
6 141 (2.90%) Salesforce
7 140 (2.88%) Google
8 122 (2.51%) SolarWinds
9 112 (2.30%) ServiceNow
10 107 (2.20%) Splunk
11 78 (1.60%) Veeam
12 77 (1.58%) Cisco
13 73 (1.50%) Brocade
13 73 (1.50%) Tanium
14 72 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
15 70 (1.44%) Databricks
16 61 (1.25%) Workday
17 53 (1.09%) Adobe
18 43 (0.88%) Alteryx
19 40 (0.82%) Bloomberg