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 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,867 5,673 9,348
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.52% 13.55% 9.83%
As % of the General category 10.76% 19.14% 16.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,914 2,538 5,446
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,900 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,890 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.81% +13.09% -3.07%

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 45,227 29,642 57,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 51.27% 70.81% 60.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,264 16,034 39,445
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -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 24 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 18 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 24 April 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 -19 4,344 £54,292 -1.29% 1,849
UK excluding London -27 3,016 £48,445 -4.81% 1,573
London -9 1,542 £67,500 +3.85% 647
Work from Home -9 1,421 £55,000 - 857
North of England -31 857 £45,000 -10.00% 329
South East -4 794 £50,000 -4.96% 507
Midlands -26 572 £48,000 - 271
North West -27 483 £45,000 -10.00% 191
West Midlands -27 344 £51,250 +4.59% 163
Yorkshire -11 281 £50,000 +11.11% 92
South West -25 260 £48,750 -5.20% 169
East of England -38 254 £42,879 -15.87% 162
East Midlands -13 226 £45,000 -2.70% 107
Scotland -24 159 £40,000 -23.81% 100
North East -19 93 £48,445 +25.83% 53
Wales -2 81 £42,500 -15.66% 43
Northern Ireland -21 51 £40,000 -27.27% 38
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92% 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
1 143 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 73 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 70 (1.44%) Confluence
6 50 (1.03%) CMS
7 35 (0.72%) Apache
8 20 (0.41%) WordPress
9 18 (0.37%) IIS
10 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.23%) SAS
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.082%) Drupal
13 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.062%) govService
13 3 (0.062%) JBoss
14 2 (0.041%) Appian
14 2 (0.041%) Camunda
14 2 (0.041%) MTS
Applications
1 649 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 277 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
3 99 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 97 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 33 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 29 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 14 (0.29%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.21%) CATIA
11 5 (0.10%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.082%) Trello
13 3 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
14 2 (0.041%) Simulink
15 1 (0.021%) Revit
15 1 (0.021%) SmartSuite
15 1 (0.021%) SOLIDWORKS
15 1 (0.021%) SPSS
15 1 (0.021%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 65 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 23 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 15 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 15 (0.31%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.29%) Endur
8 13 (0.27%) Maximo
8 13 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
8 13 (0.27%) Workday HCM
9 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
10 10 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
11 8 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
11 8 (0.16%) Elite 3E
11 8 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
12 7 (0.14%) Magento
12 7 (0.14%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.12%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 872 (17.92%) Azure
2 671 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 474 (9.74%) AWS
4 332 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 265 (5.44%) SaaS
6 211 (4.34%) GCP
7 147 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
8 146 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
9 109 (2.24%) Entra ID
10 105 (2.16%) GitHub
11 97 (1.99%) Power Automate
12 95 (1.95%) Snowflake
13 89 (1.83%) dbt
14 77 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
15 73 (1.50%) Google Analytics
16 71 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 69 (1.42%) Amazon S3
18 62 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
19 61 (1.25%) Serverless
20 58 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 194 (3.99%) Firewall
2 155 (3.18%) DNS
3 124 (2.55%) VPN
4 119 (2.45%) DHCP
5 80 (1.64%) WAN
6 71 (1.46%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.38%) Wireless
8 66 (1.36%) LAN
9 63 (1.29%) VLAN
10 58 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (1.03%) Network Security
12 46 (0.95%) SAN
13 45 (0.92%) Broadband
14 40 (0.82%) BGP
15 33 (0.68%) OSPF
16 30 (0.62%) Wireshark
17 29 (0.60%) EIGRP
18 28 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
19 26 (0.53%) SD-WAN
20 24 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 606 (12.45%) Power BI
2 392 (8.05%) Tableau
3 221 (4.54%) SQL Server
4 171 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 170 (3.49%) Data Mining
6 96 (1.97%) Metadata
7 89 (1.83%) Relational Database
8 78 (1.60%) Data Lake
9 75 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
10 74 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 68 (1.40%) Looker
12 61 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
13 54 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
14 48 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
14 48 (0.99%) MySQL
15 46 (0.95%) BigQuery
16 45 (0.92%) Power Query
17 44 (0.90%) NoSQL
18 38 (0.78%) Oracle Database
18 38 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 182 (3.74%) JIRA
2 132 (2.71%) Git
3 47 (0.97%) GitLab
4 38 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.66%) MLflow
6 27 (0.55%) Selenium
7 25 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
8 20 (0.41%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.35%) Visual Studio
10 16 (0.33%) Balsamiq
11 14 (0.29%) Axure RP
11 14 (0.29%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.29%) ERwin
12 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
12 13 (0.27%) Subversion
13 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.23%) Postman
14 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 2,372 (48.74%) Social Skills
2 1,813 (37.25%) Finance
3 438 (9.00%) Marketing
4 352 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 292 (6.00%) Banking
6 268 (5.51%) Law
7 266 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
8 264 (5.42%) Retail
9 256 (5.26%) Legal
10 247 (5.07%) Public Sector
11 191 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
12 168 (3.45%) Manufacturing
13 121 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
14 115 (2.36%) Telecoms
15 106 (2.18%) Financial Institution
16 83 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
17 75 (1.54%) Advertising
18 69 (1.42%) Electronics
19 62 (1.27%) Games
20 56 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,316 (27.04%) Analyst
2 664 (13.64%) Senior
3 369 (7.58%) Data Analyst
4 306 (6.29%) Lead
5 281 (5.77%) Business Analyst
6 242 (4.97%) Developer
7 218 (4.48%) Architect
8 212 (4.36%) Consultant
9 159 (3.27%) Support Analyst
10 158 (3.25%) Trainee
11 146 (3.00%) Trainee Analyst
11 146 (3.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 144 (2.96%) Systems Engineer
13 136 (2.79%) Senior Manager
14 134 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
15 115 (2.36%) Financial Analyst
16 110 (2.26%) IT Support
17 107 (2.20%) Data Engineer
18 103 (2.12%) Support Engineer
19 98 (2.01%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (2.88%) HTML
2 127 (2.61%) CSS
3 88 (1.81%) .NET
4 86 (1.77%) REST
5 81 (1.66%) React
6 79 (1.62%) JSON
7 74 (1.52%) Middleware
8 65 (1.34%) XML
9 57 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 53 (1.09%) Kafka
10 53 (1.09%) TensorFlow
11 47 (0.97%) Node.js
11 47 (0.97%) SOAP
12 42 (0.86%) scikit-learn
13 37 (0.76%) PySpark
14 35 (0.72%) Pandas
15 33 (0.68%) LangChain
16 29 (0.60%) Web Services
17 28 (0.58%) EDI
18 27 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 523 (10.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 260 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
3 243 (4.99%) Management Information System
4 227 (4.66%) Onboarding
5 205 (4.21%) Product Ownership
6 102 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 101 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 98 (2.01%) Cloud Native
9 84 (1.73%) Data Structures
10 78 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 76 (1.56%) Security Posture
12 73 (1.50%) Algorithms
13 64 (1.31%) Driving Licence
14 58 (1.19%) Social Media
15 53 (1.09%) Virtual Team
16 50 (1.03%) Public Cloud
17 48 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
18 47 (0.97%) Low-Code
19 46 (0.95%) FMCG
20 42 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 357 (7.34%) Windows
2 202 (4.15%) Linux
3 153 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 62 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.70%) Unix
6 22 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 21 (0.43%) Android
7 21 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.14%) CentOS
11 6 (0.12%) VMS
12 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.082%) AIX
13 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.041%) Debian
14 2 (0.041%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.041%) Rocky
15 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,190 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1,192 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,118 (22.97%) Analytics
4 1,029 (21.14%) Decision-Making
5 847 (17.40%) Agile
6 736 (15.12%) Business Intelligence
7 718 (14.75%) AI
8 624 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
9 618 (12.70%) Project Management
10 541 (11.12%) Data Analysis
11 483 (9.92%) Actionable Insight
12 449 (9.23%) Mentoring
13 435 (8.94%) Data Modelling
14 423 (8.69%) Analytical Thinking
15 420 (8.63%) Roadmaps
16 414 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 413 (8.49%) Process Improvement
18 402 (8.26%) Cybersecurity
19 383 (7.87%) DevOps
20 369 (7.58%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,054 (21.66%) SQL
2 865 (17.77%) Python
3 179 (3.68%) JavaScript
4 170 (3.49%) Java
5 168 (3.45%) PowerShell
6 118 (2.42%) C#
7 89 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 62 (1.27%) R
9 58 (1.19%) Bash
10 46 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 45 (0.92%) C++
12 44 (0.90%) TypeScript
13 42 (0.86%) VBA
14 26 (0.53%) MATLAB
15 22 (0.45%) Scala
16 19 (0.39%) Go
17 18 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
18 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
19 14 (0.29%) C
20 13 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,023 (21.02%) Degree
2 380 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 269 (5.53%) SC Cleared
4 248 (5.10%) ACCA
5 237 (4.87%) CIMA
6 171 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 153 (3.14%) CISSP
8 144 (2.96%) DBS Check
9 138 (2.84%) Master's Degree
10 102 (2.10%) PMI Certification
11 98 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
11 98 (2.01%) CISM
12 90 (1.85%) PMP
13 80 (1.64%) DV Cleared
14 72 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 72 (1.48%) IRCA
15 68 (1.40%) Azure Certification
16 63 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
17 55 (1.13%) CISA
17 55 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 429 (8.81%) Data Quality
2 331 (6.80%) GDPR
3 288 (5.92%) QA
4 237 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 201 (4.13%) NIST
6 132 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 105 (2.16%) PCI DSS
8 103 (2.12%) SLA
9 95 (1.95%) ISO 9001
10 90 (1.85%) Accessibility
11 79 (1.62%) PMO
12 71 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 58 (1.19%) GRC
14 40 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 38 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.68%) IFRS
17 31 (0.64%) COBIT
18 29 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 26 (0.53%) SOC 2
20 21 (0.43%) ITGC
System Software
1 255 (5.24%) Active Directory
2 77 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (1.50%) Hyper-V
4 71 (1.46%) Docker
5 56 (1.15%) Terminal Server
6 20 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.16%) IAG
10 8 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.082%) Firmware
11 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.082%) XenApp
12 3 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.021%) KVM
14 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 135 (2.77%) Terraform
2 78 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 67 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 66 (1.36%) Ansible
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 31 (0.64%) SCCM
7 28 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 19 (0.39%) Nagios
10 10 (0.21%) Kibana
11 8 (0.16%) QRadar
12 7 (0.14%) Control-M
12 7 (0.14%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.12%) logstash
14 5 (0.10%) CASB
14 5 (0.10%) Packer
15 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.082%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
15 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,190 (24.45%) Microsoft
2 206 (4.23%) SAP
3 179 (3.68%) Oracle
4 172 (3.53%) Google
5 146 (3.00%) Salesforce
6 144 (2.96%) VMware
7 116 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 106 (2.18%) Databricks
9 104 (2.14%) SolarWinds
10 94 (1.93%) Splunk
11 82 (1.68%) Workday
12 73 (1.50%) Cisco
13 64 (1.31%) Veeam
14 57 (1.17%) Tanium
15 56 (1.15%) Brocade
15 56 (1.15%) Nimble Storage
16 51 (1.05%) IBM
17 47 (0.97%) Dell
18 43 (0.88%) Red Hat
19 39 (0.80%) Dynatrace