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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,069 6,243 9,714
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.18% 12.76% 9.52%
As % of the General category 10.93% 18.26% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,298 2,584 5,196
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,296 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £67,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,397 £48,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -0.21% +4.30% -2.11%

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 46,390 34,195 59,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.38% 69.87% 58.01%
Number of salaries quoted 28,468 17,376 38,941
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,336 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,750
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 10 July 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 10 July 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 4,620 £55,000 - 2,411
UK excluding London -21 3,201 £48,397 -0.21% 1,689
Work from Home -9 1,602 £55,000 +4.76% 989
London -10 1,577 £69,875 +7.50% 1,053
North of England -18 960 £48,445 +3.07% 411
South East -9 814 £50,000 -7.37% 573
Midlands -10 576 £47,500 - 266
North West -19 565 £47,500 -1.67% 230
South West -22 385 £45,000 -8.63% 193
West Midlands -17 315 £49,500 +4.21% 145
Yorkshire -11 291 £50,000 +11.11% 132
East Midlands -4 260 £46,743 -1.59% 120
East of England -20 239 £45,000 -2.01% 156
Scotland -33 106 £40,800 -8.31% 71
North East -27 104 £55,000 +37.50% 55
Wales -13 91 £53,171 -3.33% 30
Northern Ireland -43 41 £41,250 -25.00% 35

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
1 175 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 71 (1.40%) Confluence
4 70 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 69 (1.36%) Apache Spark
6 45 (0.89%) Apache
7 37 (0.73%) CMS
8 23 (0.45%) SAS
9 22 (0.43%) IIS
10 15 (0.30%) WordPress
11 14 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
13 8 (0.16%) WebLogic
13 8 (0.16%) WebSphere
14 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.059%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.059%) JBoss
15 3 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 3 (0.059%) Tomcat
16 2 (0.039%) Appian
Applications
1 558 (11.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 206 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
3 115 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 83 (1.64%) MS Visio
5 32 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 27 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.099%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.079%) Maya
11 3 (0.059%) Blender
11 3 (0.059%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.059%) Simulink
11 3 (0.059%) Trello
12 2 (0.039%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.039%) Lectora
12 2 (0.039%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 75 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 25 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
5 17 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 15 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 13 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
10 10 (0.20%) Maximo
11 9 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 8 (0.16%) Magento
12 8 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
13 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
13 7 (0.14%) Shopify
14 6 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 902 (17.79%) Azure
2 655 (12.92%) Power Platform
3 493 (9.73%) AWS
4 383 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
5 311 (6.14%) SaaS
6 220 (4.34%) GCP
7 132 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 125 (2.47%) Entra ID
9 121 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 85 (1.68%) Google Analytics
12 76 (1.50%) GitHub
13 73 (1.44%) Power Automate
13 73 (1.44%) Snowflake
14 69 (1.36%) dbt
15 65 (1.28%) Amazon S3
16 63 (1.24%) PowerApps
17 57 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
18 56 (1.10%) Serverless
19 54 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 197 (3.89%) Firewall
2 179 (3.53%) DNS
3 136 (2.68%) DHCP
4 124 (2.45%) VPN
5 85 (1.68%) TCP/IP
6 79 (1.56%) WAN
7 74 (1.46%) LAN
8 73 (1.44%) Broadband
9 69 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (1.07%) Wireless
11 50 (0.99%) Network Security
12 48 (0.95%) VLAN
13 41 (0.81%) SAN
14 35 (0.69%) BGP
14 35 (0.69%) Internet
15 33 (0.65%) HTTP
16 25 (0.49%) SD-WAN
16 25 (0.49%) Wireshark
17 24 (0.47%) Cisco ASA
18 23 (0.45%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 585 (11.54%) Power BI
2 283 (5.58%) Tableau
3 195 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 185 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
5 105 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
6 87 (1.72%) Metadata
7 73 (1.44%) Data Mining
7 73 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 71 (1.40%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.30%) Power Query
10 63 (1.24%) Looker
11 62 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 61 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
13 57 (1.12%) MySQL
14 56 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
15 50 (0.99%) BigQuery
15 50 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 39 (0.77%) Big Data
16 39 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
17 37 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 187 (3.69%) JIRA
2 147 (2.90%) Git
3 56 (1.10%) GitLab
4 37 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 36 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
6 31 (0.61%) MLflow
7 22 (0.43%) Selenium
8 21 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 17 (0.34%) Chocolatey
10 16 (0.32%) ERwin
10 16 (0.32%) Postman
11 15 (0.30%) Eclipse
12 13 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
12 13 (0.26%) JMeter
12 13 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 13 (0.26%) Visual Studio
13 12 (0.24%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.18%) LabVIEW
14 9 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2,390 (47.15%) Social Skills
2 1,718 (33.89%) Finance
3 411 (8.11%) Marketing
4 362 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 334 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
6 315 (6.21%) Public Sector
7 298 (5.88%) Retail
8 269 (5.31%) Law
9 267 (5.27%) Legal
10 238 (4.70%) Banking
11 202 (3.99%) Manufacturing
12 191 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
13 136 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
14 118 (2.33%) Telecoms
15 96 (1.89%) Advertising
16 93 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
17 90 (1.78%) Aerospace
18 79 (1.56%) Electronics
19 72 (1.42%) Financial Institution
20 55 (1.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,282 (25.29%) Analyst
2 652 (12.86%) Senior
3 354 (6.98%) Lead
4 306 (6.04%) Data Analyst
5 278 (5.48%) Business Analyst
6 235 (4.64%) Developer
7 229 (4.52%) Consultant
8 205 (4.04%) Systems Engineer
9 197 (3.89%) Architect
10 153 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
11 139 (2.74%) Data Engineer
11 139 (2.74%) Support Analyst
12 121 (2.39%) Support Engineer
13 119 (2.35%) IT Support
14 112 (2.21%) IT Manager
15 104 (2.05%) Senior Manager
16 102 (2.01%) Financial Analyst
17 101 (1.99%) Systems Analyst
18 100 (1.97%) Security Analyst
19 90 (1.78%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (2.27%) .NET
2 114 (2.25%) HTML
3 103 (2.03%) CSS
4 102 (2.01%) REST
5 89 (1.76%) JSON
6 88 (1.74%) Middleware
7 85 (1.68%) XML
8 77 (1.52%) React
9 66 (1.30%) PyTorch
10 60 (1.18%) Kafka
10 60 (1.18%) TensorFlow
11 51 (1.01%) RESTful
12 48 (0.95%) SOAP
13 46 (0.91%) PySpark
14 41 (0.81%) Node.js
14 41 (0.81%) scikit-learn
15 39 (0.77%) Web Services
16 33 (0.65%) LangChain
16 33 (0.65%) Pandas
17 31 (0.61%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 530 (10.46%) Analytical Mindset
2 258 (5.09%) Management Information System
3 220 (4.34%) Onboarding
4 210 (4.14%) Product Ownership
5 193 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
6 140 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
7 115 (2.27%) Cloud Native
8 110 (2.17%) Data Centre
9 102 (2.01%) Security Posture
10 94 (1.85%) Driving Licence
11 82 (1.62%) Data Structures
12 80 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
13 78 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
14 74 (1.46%) Algorithms
15 68 (1.34%) Virtual Team
16 61 (1.20%) Social Media
17 56 (1.10%) Public Cloud
18 53 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
19 45 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
20 44 (0.87%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 404 (7.97%) Windows
2 252 (4.97%) Linux
3 200 (3.95%) Windows Server
4 98 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.59%) Unix
6 29 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 22 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 19 (0.37%) Android
10 18 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (0.30%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.22%) CentOS
12 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.16%) VMS
14 6 (0.12%) Debian
15 5 (0.099%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.079%) AIX
16 4 (0.079%) Rocky
17 2 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
18 1 (0.020%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,309 (45.55%) Problem-Solving
2 1,297 (25.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,131 (22.31%) Decision-Making
4 1,111 (21.92%) Analytics
5 854 (16.85%) Agile
6 697 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 681 (13.43%) AI
8 666 (13.14%) Business Intelligence
9 545 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 525 (10.36%) Roadmaps
11 500 (9.86%) Mentoring
12 487 (9.61%) Actionable Insight
13 473 (9.33%) Project Management
14 467 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
15 455 (8.98%) Data Modelling
16 438 (8.64%) Data Analysis
17 411 (8.11%) Process Improvement
18 409 (8.07%) Data Governance
19 382 (7.54%) Customer Experience
20 379 (7.48%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,050 (20.71%) SQL
2 874 (17.24%) Python
3 179 (3.53%) Java
4 176 (3.47%) JavaScript
5 169 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 155 (3.06%) C#
7 79 (1.56%) C++
8 78 (1.54%) R
9 76 (1.50%) Bash
10 75 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 52 (1.03%) T-SQL
11 52 (1.03%) TypeScript
12 45 (0.89%) MATLAB
13 24 (0.47%) Go
13 24 (0.47%) PHP
14 23 (0.45%) VBA
15 20 (0.39%) C
15 20 (0.39%) PL/SQL
16 19 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
16 19 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 919 (18.13%) Degree
2 487 (9.61%) Security Cleared
3 347 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 263 (5.19%) ACCA
5 247 (4.87%) CIMA
6 157 (3.10%) CISSP
7 154 (3.04%) DBS Check
8 142 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 115 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
10 113 (2.23%) CISM
11 92 (1.81%) DV Cleared
12 91 (1.80%) Master's Degree
13 89 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
14 73 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 72 (1.42%) IRCA
16 68 (1.34%) Azure Certification
16 68 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
17 54 (1.07%) PMI Certification
18 47 (0.93%) CISA
19 46 (0.91%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 479 (9.45%) Data Quality
2 399 (7.87%) GDPR
3 340 (6.71%) QA
4 277 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 224 (4.42%) NIST
6 179 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 150 (2.96%) SLA
8 140 (2.76%) PCI DSS
9 130 (2.56%) Accessibility
10 125 (2.47%) ISO 9001
11 79 (1.56%) GRC
12 63 (1.24%) PMO
13 46 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
14 43 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 41 (0.81%) IFRS
16 39 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 37 (0.73%) COBIT
18 28 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.47%) ITGC
19 24 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 292 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 97 (1.91%) Docker
3 96 (1.89%) Hyper-V
4 80 (1.58%) Terminal Server
5 76 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.20%) ProxySG
8 10 (0.20%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.20%) vSphere
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
10 6 (0.12%) Firmware
11 5 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.079%) XenApp
13 3 (0.059%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 142 (2.80%) Terraform
2 89 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 69 (1.36%) Ansible
3 69 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (0.83%) Grafana
5 27 (0.53%) SCCM
6 23 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 21 (0.41%) Nagios
8 18 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (0.34%) Kibana
9 17 (0.34%) QRadar
10 11 (0.22%) Kubeflow
11 9 (0.18%) logstash
12 7 (0.14%) Packer
13 6 (0.12%) Graylog
14 5 (0.099%) Control-M
14 5 (0.099%) Podman
14 5 (0.099%) Puppet
14 5 (0.099%) Red Hat Satellite
14 5 (0.099%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,138 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 216 (4.26%) SAP
3 205 (4.04%) Google
4 166 (3.27%) Oracle
4 166 (3.27%) VMware
5 138 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 137 (2.70%) Splunk
7 124 (2.45%) SolarWinds
8 122 (2.41%) Databricks
9 103 (2.03%) ServiceNow
10 93 (1.83%) Veeam
11 81 (1.60%) Nimble Storage
12 80 (1.58%) Brocade
12 80 (1.58%) Tanium
13 77 (1.52%) Cisco
13 77 (1.52%) Workday
14 52 (1.03%) Red Hat
15 50 (0.99%) IBM
16 46 (0.91%) Adobe
17 45 (0.89%) HubSpot