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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,852 6,028 9,893
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.22% 13.55% 9.19%
As % of the General category 11.06% 18.59% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,131 2,420 5,418
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,808 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.23% +11.11% -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 43,854 32,421 61,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.19% 72.90% 57.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,857 15,774 40,894
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +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 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 17 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 June 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 -16 4,419 £55,000 - 2,021
UK excluding London -19 3,052 £48,885 -2.23% 1,575
London -11 1,531 £67,500 +3.85% 761
Work from Home -12 1,487 £55,000 - 923
North of England -19 943 £48,000 +1.05% 388
South East -7 771 £50,000 -9.09% 527
Midlands -9 561 £48,500 +2.11% 261
North West -18 555 £46,500 -7.00% 220
South West -26 318 £47,500 -5.00% 185
West Midlands -15 315 £51,250 +7.89% 157
Yorkshire -13 293 £50,000 +11.11% 117
East Midlands +4 245 £45,000 -5.26% 104
East of England -10 234 £45,025 +0.06% 143
Scotland -16 114 £40,000 -20.71% 62
North East -31 95 £51,000 +31.44% 58
Wales -4 83 £53,171 -3.33% 28
Northern Ireland -21 39 £40,000 -27.27% 41

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
1 161 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 115 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 71 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 68 (1.40%) Confluence
6 42 (0.87%) Apache
7 40 (0.82%) CMS
8 24 (0.49%) IIS
9 20 (0.41%) SAS
10 16 (0.33%) WordPress
11 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
13 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.082%) WebLogic
14 4 (0.082%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.062%) govService
15 3 (0.062%) JBoss
15 3 (0.062%) nginx
15 3 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 537 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 192 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
3 102 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 88 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 32 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 30 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.19%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.082%) Maya
11 3 (0.062%) Blender
11 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.062%) Trello
12 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.041%) Lectora
12 2 (0.041%) Simulink
12 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.021%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 70 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 32 (0.66%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.23%) Maximo
9 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.19%) Fidessa
12 8 (0.16%) Workday HCM
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Endur
14 6 (0.12%) Magento
14 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
14 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
14 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 878 (18.10%) Azure
2 640 (13.19%) Power Platform
3 488 (10.06%) AWS
4 358 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
5 296 (6.10%) SaaS
6 205 (4.23%) GCP
7 126 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 116 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 111 (2.29%) Entra ID
10 81 (1.67%) GitHub
11 79 (1.63%) Google Analytics
12 77 (1.59%) Power Automate
13 76 (1.57%) Snowflake
14 75 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
15 73 (1.50%) Amazon S3
16 69 (1.42%) dbt
17 64 (1.32%) PowerApps
17 64 (1.32%) Serverless
18 51 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
19 49 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 204 (4.20%) Firewall
2 171 (3.52%) DNS
3 127 (2.62%) DHCP
4 126 (2.60%) VPN
5 85 (1.75%) WAN
6 79 (1.63%) TCP/IP
7 77 (1.59%) LAN
8 73 (1.50%) Broadband
9 63 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
10 56 (1.15%) VLAN
10 56 (1.15%) Wireless
11 49 (1.01%) Network Security
12 44 (0.91%) SAN
13 39 (0.80%) BGP
14 31 (0.64%) HTTP
15 30 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
16 29 (0.60%) Internet
16 29 (0.60%) OSPF
17 28 (0.58%) SD-WAN
18 25 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 568 (11.71%) Power BI
2 306 (6.31%) Tableau
3 185 (3.81%) SQL Server
4 155 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
5 96 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
6 94 (1.94%) Data Mining
7 91 (1.88%) Metadata
8 72 (1.48%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 59 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 58 (1.20%) Looker
11 58 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
12 57 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
13 56 (1.15%) Power Query
14 47 (0.97%) MySQL
15 46 (0.95%) BigQuery
16 43 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 40 (0.82%) Big Data
18 38 (0.78%) NoSQL
19 35 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 158 (3.26%) JIRA
2 136 (2.80%) Git
3 49 (1.01%) GitLab
4 32 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.62%) MLflow
6 29 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 19 (0.39%) Chocolatey
7 19 (0.39%) Selenium
8 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 13 (0.27%) ERwin
9 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.27%) Postman
10 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 11 (0.23%) Eclipse
12 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.19%) Balsamiq
13 9 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
14 8 (0.16%) Axure RP
General
1 2,226 (45.88%) Social Skills
2 1,678 (34.58%) Finance
3 421 (8.68%) Marketing
4 372 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 282 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
5 282 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 275 (5.67%) Law
7 264 (5.44%) Retail
8 262 (5.40%) Legal
9 247 (5.09%) Banking
10 175 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
11 166 (3.42%) Manufacturing
12 133 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
13 113 (2.33%) Telecoms
14 90 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
15 87 (1.79%) Advertising
16 80 (1.65%) Aerospace
17 79 (1.63%) Financial Institution
18 72 (1.48%) Electronics
19 55 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,251 (25.78%) Analyst
2 633 (13.05%) Senior
3 333 (6.86%) Lead
4 312 (6.43%) Data Analyst
5 280 (5.77%) Business Analyst
6 240 (4.95%) Developer
7 213 (4.39%) Architect
8 208 (4.29%) Consultant
9 181 (3.73%) Systems Engineer
10 143 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
11 123 (2.54%) Data Engineer
12 117 (2.41%) IT Manager
13 116 (2.39%) Support Analyst
14 109 (2.25%) Senior Manager
15 104 (2.14%) IT Support
15 104 (2.14%) Support Engineer
16 98 (2.02%) Systems Analyst
17 93 (1.92%) Financial Analyst
18 92 (1.90%) Trainee
19 91 (1.88%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (2.51%) HTML
2 111 (2.29%) CSS
3 103 (2.12%) .NET
4 96 (1.98%) REST
5 87 (1.79%) JSON
5 87 (1.79%) Middleware
6 85 (1.75%) React
7 77 (1.59%) XML
8 68 (1.40%) PyTorch
9 63 (1.30%) TensorFlow
10 52 (1.07%) Kafka
11 51 (1.05%) Node.js
12 49 (1.01%) SOAP
13 41 (0.85%) RESTful
13 41 (0.85%) scikit-learn
14 39 (0.80%) PySpark
15 34 (0.70%) Web Services
16 33 (0.68%) Pandas
17 32 (0.66%) LangChain
18 30 (0.62%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 515 (10.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 232 (4.78%) Management Information System
3 210 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 192 (3.96%) Product Ownership
5 191 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
6 127 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 111 (2.29%) Data Centre
8 93 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 93 (1.92%) Security Posture
9 87 (1.79%) Data Structures
10 81 (1.67%) Algorithms
11 78 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
12 76 (1.57%) Driving Licence
13 60 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
14 57 (1.17%) Social Media
15 56 (1.15%) Public Cloud
16 53 (1.09%) Virtual Team
17 48 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
18 46 (0.95%) FMCG
19 42 (0.87%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 371 (7.65%) Windows
2 233 (4.80%) Linux
3 183 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 87 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.74%) Unix
6 26 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 17 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (0.33%) Android
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.23%) CentOS
10 11 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.16%) VMS
12 4 (0.082%) AIX
12 4 (0.082%) Debian
12 4 (0.082%) Rocky
12 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.041%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,193 (45.20%) Problem-Solving
2 1,178 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,068 (22.01%) Analytics
4 1,058 (21.81%) Decision-Making
5 841 (17.33%) Agile
6 649 (13.38%) Business Intelligence
7 636 (13.11%) AI
8 618 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 499 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 486 (10.02%) Roadmaps
11 478 (9.85%) Actionable Insight
12 474 (9.77%) Mentoring
13 473 (9.75%) Project Management
14 448 (9.23%) Data Analysis
15 445 (9.17%) Data Modelling
16 442 (9.11%) Cybersecurity
17 396 (8.16%) Data Governance
18 382 (7.87%) Process Improvement
19 373 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
20 349 (7.19%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,022 (21.06%) SQL
2 876 (18.05%) Python
3 174 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 173 (3.57%) Java
5 167 (3.44%) PowerShell
6 141 (2.91%) C#
7 82 (1.69%) R
8 72 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 69 (1.42%) Bash
10 68 (1.40%) C++
11 46 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 46 (0.95%) TypeScript
12 39 (0.80%) MATLAB
13 34 (0.70%) VBA
14 23 (0.47%) Scala
15 21 (0.43%) Go
15 21 (0.43%) PHP
16 18 (0.37%) Julia
16 18 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
17 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 897 (18.49%) Degree
2 433 (8.92%) Security Cleared
3 316 (6.51%) SC Cleared
4 243 (5.01%) ACCA
5 228 (4.70%) CIMA
6 155 (3.19%) DBS Check
7 153 (3.15%) CISSP
8 152 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 121 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
10 108 (2.23%) CISM
11 89 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 87 (1.79%) DV Cleared
13 79 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 75 (1.55%) Azure Certification
15 72 (1.48%) IRCA
15 72 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
16 65 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
17 64 (1.32%) PMI Certification
18 56 (1.15%) PMP
19 48 (0.99%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 457 (9.42%) Data Quality
2 378 (7.79%) GDPR
3 310 (6.39%) QA
4 263 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 226 (4.66%) NIST
6 159 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 136 (2.80%) SLA
8 131 (2.70%) PCI DSS
9 123 (2.54%) Accessibility
10 116 (2.39%) ISO 9001
11 71 (1.46%) GRC
12 58 (1.20%) PMO
13 54 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.85%) IFRS
15 39 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 38 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 34 (0.70%) COBIT
18 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 26 (0.54%) NCSC
20 24 (0.49%) ITGC
System Software
1 266 (5.48%) Active Directory
2 89 (1.83%) Hyper-V
3 81 (1.67%) Docker
3 81 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (1.48%) Terminal Server
5 26 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.29%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.25%) vSphere
8 11 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.16%) IAG
11 4 (0.082%) Firmware
11 4 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.082%) XenApp
12 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 132 (2.72%) Terraform
2 78 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 65 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 58 (1.20%) Ansible
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 28 (0.58%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 24 (0.49%) Nagios
9 17 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (0.33%) QRadar
11 14 (0.29%) Kibana
12 11 (0.23%) Kubeflow
13 9 (0.19%) Control-M
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.12%) logstash
16 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.10%) Podman
17 4 (0.082%) Functional Safety
17 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,085 (22.36%) Microsoft
2 201 (4.14%) SAP
3 185 (3.81%) Google
4 167 (3.44%) Oracle
5 164 (3.38%) VMware
6 152 (3.13%) Salesforce
7 127 (2.62%) Splunk
8 122 (2.51%) SolarWinds
9 111 (2.29%) Databricks
10 89 (1.83%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.75%) Veeam
12 77 (1.59%) Cisco
13 73 (1.50%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.48%) Brocade
14 72 (1.48%) Tanium
14 72 (1.48%) Workday
15 49 (1.01%) IBM
15 49 (1.01%) Red Hat
16 46 (0.95%) Adobe
17 44 (0.91%) Dell