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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,056 5,679 6,654
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.58% 11.41% 8.97%
As % of the General category 13.41% 16.83% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,573 2,343 4,643
10th Percentile £30,370 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £36,750
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 £73,943 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,500
% change year-on-year -11.71% +12.02% -4.21%

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 37,716 33,751 45,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.56% 67.81% 61.37%
Number of salaries quoted 20,479 15,408 33,876
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +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 13 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 13 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 4,448 £52,500 -4.55% 1,836
UK excluding London -12 3,230 £45,000 -11.71% 1,585
Work from Home +5 1,697 £52,500 -4.55% 783
London -3 1,522 £67,500 +3.85% 607
South East +8 902 £50,000 - 554
North of England -17 808 £44,500 -15.24% 320
Midlands -11 588 £44,272 -7.77% 302
North West -18 413 £42,500 -19.05% 187
West Midlands -17 345 £52,500 +5.00% 196
South West -3 325 £45,000 -14.29% 185
Yorkshire -1 292 £45,000 -5.26% 103
Scotland -8 263 £40,000 -34.15% 64
East of England -18 260 £40,000 -21.52% 151
East Midlands +5 241 £39,750 -6.47% 106
North East -4 103 £40,000 +0.34% 34
Wales +21 68 £40,000 -18.54% 42
Northern Ireland -11 43 £52,500 -4.55% 15
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
1 171 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (1.94%) Confluence
3 88 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 42 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 40 (0.79%) CMS
6 29 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.40%) WordPress
8 16 (0.32%) SAS
9 15 (0.30%) Apache
10 14 (0.28%) IIS
11 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.12%) nginx
13 3 (0.059%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.059%) Drupal
13 3 (0.059%) govService
14 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.040%) FactoryTalk
14 2 (0.040%) MTS
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.040%) WinCC
Applications
1 739 (14.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 338 (6.69%) Chatbot
3 300 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
4 123 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 78 (1.54%) MS Visio
6 46 (0.91%) Maya
7 39 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
8 37 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
9 17 (0.34%) 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 (0.040%) PlantUML
14 2 (0.040%) Revit
14 2 (0.040%) Simulink
14 2 (0.040%) Trello
15 1 (0.020%) Photoshop
15 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 134 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.33%) SAP MDG
3 52 (1.03%) 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 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
11 20 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
12 17 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
13 16 (0.32%) Shopify
14 13 (0.26%) Sage X3
14 13 (0.26%) SAP IBP
15 11 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
15 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
16 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 871 (17.23%) Azure
2 654 (12.94%) Power Platform
3 423 (8.37%) AWS
4 323 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
5 251 (4.96%) SaaS
6 159 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 158 (3.13%) GCP
8 114 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (1.90%) Entra ID
10 92 (1.82%) GitHub
11 75 (1.48%) Snowflake
12 74 (1.46%) Power Automate
13 70 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 58 (1.15%) Google Analytics
15 56 (1.11%) Serverless
16 54 (1.07%) dbt
17 50 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
18 48 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 48 (0.95%) OCI
19 47 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 188 (3.72%) DNS
2 177 (3.50%) Firewall
3 155 (3.07%) DHCP
4 89 (1.76%) VPN
5 77 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
6 62 (1.23%) WAN
7 56 (1.11%) LAN
8 54 (1.07%) TCP/IP
8 54 (1.07%) Wireless
9 50 (0.99%) VLAN
10 44 (0.87%) Network Security
11 36 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
12 34 (0.67%) Broadband
13 32 (0.63%) Wireshark
14 30 (0.59%) BGP
15 29 (0.57%) VoIP
16 28 (0.55%) OSPF
17 27 (0.53%) SAN
18 24 (0.47%) EIGRP
18 24 (0.47%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 593 (11.73%) Power BI
2 393 (7.77%) Tableau
3 203 (4.02%) SQL Server
4 190 (3.76%) Data Mining
5 175 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
6 127 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
7 107 (2.12%) Metadata
8 99 (1.96%) Data Lake
9 95 (1.88%) Relational Database
10 63 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 54 (1.07%) Looker
11 54 (1.07%) NoSQL
12 53 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
13 52 (1.03%) MySQL
14 47 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
15 45 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
16 41 (0.81%) Big Data
17 36 (0.71%) Power Query
18 34 (0.67%) GIS
19 33 (0.65%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 214 (4.23%) JIRA
2 97 (1.92%) Git
3 42 (0.83%) Selenium
4 38 (0.75%) GitLab
5 35 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (0.30%) ERwin
7 15 (0.30%) 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 2,624 (51.90%) Social Skills
2 1,797 (35.54%) Finance
3 465 (9.20%) Marketing
4 330 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 300 (5.93%) Law
6 284 (5.62%) Legal
7 283 (5.60%) Retail
8 261 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
9 260 (5.14%) Banking
10 240 (4.75%) Public Sector
11 216 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
12 162 (3.20%) Manufacturing
13 140 (2.77%) Financial Institution
14 133 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
15 101 (2.00%) Telecoms
16 100 (1.98%) Games
17 91 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
18 71 (1.40%) Advertising
19 64 (1.27%) Electronics
20 51 (1.01%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,232 (24.37%) Analyst
2 617 (12.20%) Senior
3 393 (7.77%) Data Analyst
4 361 (7.14%) Lead
5 334 (6.61%) Trainer
6 305 (6.03%) Architect
7 239 (4.73%) Business Analyst
8 233 (4.61%) Developer
9 181 (3.58%) Consultant
10 174 (3.44%) Support Analyst
11 164 (3.24%) Trainee
12 151 (2.99%) Trainee Analyst
12 151 (2.99%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 145 (2.87%) IT Support
14 142 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
15 127 (2.51%) Systems Engineer
16 119 (2.35%) Senior Manager
17 116 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
18 111 (2.20%) Business Manager
19 102 (2.02%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (2.39%) HTML
2 119 (2.35%) CSS
3 86 (1.70%) React
4 72 (1.42%) .NET
5 67 (1.33%) REST
6 65 (1.29%) Middleware
7 47 (0.93%) JSON
8 40 (0.79%) Node.js
8 40 (0.79%) XML
9 33 (0.65%) EDI
10 32 (0.63%) SOAP
11 28 (0.55%) Kafka
12 27 (0.53%) AngularJS
12 27 (0.53%) Spring
13 23 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
14 22 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
15 21 (0.42%) PySpark
15 21 (0.42%) TensorFlow
16 18 (0.36%) PyTorch
16 18 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 489 (9.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 370 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 311 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 265 (5.24%) Management Information System
5 204 (4.03%) Product Ownership
6 163 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
7 124 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 106 (2.10%) Data Centre
9 88 (1.74%) Data Structures
10 87 (1.72%) FMCG
11 82 (1.62%) Cloud Native
12 76 (1.50%) Driving Licence
13 66 (1.31%) Algorithms
14 53 (1.05%) Robotics
15 52 (1.03%) Virtual Team
16 50 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
17 47 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 47 (0.93%) Social Media
18 45 (0.89%) Low-Code
19 43 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 385 (7.61%) Windows
2 258 (5.10%) Linux
3 176 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 116 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (0.77%) Unix
6 28 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.32%) Android
7 16 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.099%) VMS
11 4 (0.079%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.059%) AIX
12 3 (0.059%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.040%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.040%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.040%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.020%) CentOS
14 1 (0.020%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,256 (44.62%) Problem-Solving
2 1,104 (21.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,097 (21.70%) Analytics
4 1,038 (20.53%) AI
5 959 (18.97%) Decision-Making
6 889 (17.58%) Agile
7 804 (15.90%) Project Management
8 764 (15.11%) Business Intelligence
9 638 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 565 (11.17%) Data Analysis
11 441 (8.72%) Risk Management
12 421 (8.33%) Roadmaps
13 417 (8.25%) Mentoring
14 416 (8.23%) Actionable Insight
15 415 (8.21%) ERP
16 412 (8.15%) Analytical Thinking
17 408 (8.07%) Process Improvement
18 403 (7.97%) Migration
19 401 (7.93%) Customer Service
20 397 (7.85%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1,021 (20.19%) SQL
2 782 (15.47%) Python
3 150 (2.97%) JavaScript
4 139 (2.75%) Java
5 135 (2.67%) PowerShell
6 117 (2.31%) C#
7 74 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.21%) R
9 50 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 47 (0.93%) C++
11 46 (0.91%) Bash
12 43 (0.85%) VBA
13 29 (0.57%) TypeScript
14 28 (0.55%) Scala
15 23 (0.45%) C
16 22 (0.44%) Go
17 18 (0.36%) MATLAB
18 16 (0.32%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.24%) Bicep
19 12 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,509 (29.85%) Degree
2 477 (9.43%) Master's Degree
3 443 (8.76%) Security Cleared
4 342 (6.76%) PhD
4 342 (6.76%) SC Cleared
5 197 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 191 (3.78%) ACCA
7 181 (3.58%) CIMA
8 143 (2.83%) CISSP
9 97 (1.92%) PMI Certification
10 87 (1.72%) DBS Check
11 81 (1.60%) CISM
11 81 (1.60%) PMP
12 78 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 71 (1.40%) Azure Certification
14 68 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
15 64 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
16 60 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
17 49 (0.97%) AWS Certification
17 49 (0.97%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 327 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 240 (4.75%) QA
3 209 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 197 (3.90%) GDPR
5 181 (3.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 150 (2.97%) PCI DSS
7 142 (2.81%) NIST
8 110 (2.18%) Accessibility
9 88 (1.74%) PMO
10 65 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 49 (0.97%) SLA
12 42 (0.83%) GRC
13 35 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 30 (0.59%) IFRS
15 21 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 20 (0.40%) WCAG
17 19 (0.38%) NCSC
18 15 (0.30%) COBIT
19 14 (0.28%) ISO 9001
20 12 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 281 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 139 (2.75%) Hyper-V
3 112 (2.22%) Terminal Server
4 53 (1.05%) Docker
5 50 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.30%) vSphere
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.20%) Firmware
8 10 (0.20%) ProxySG
9 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.059%) IAG
11 3 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.059%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.020%) NFS
13 1 (0.020%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 111 (2.20%) Terraform
2 65 (1.29%) Ansible
3 63 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 48 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (0.51%) Grafana
5 26 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 24 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (0.38%) SCCM
8 9 (0.18%) Nagios
9 6 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.099%) CASB
10 5 (0.099%) 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 1,200 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 334 (6.61%) PayPal
2 334 (6.61%) SAP
3 199 (3.94%) Oracle
4 174 (3.44%) VMware
5 163 (3.22%) Salesforce
6 151 (2.99%) SolarWinds
7 140 (2.77%) Splunk
8 138 (2.73%) Google
9 117 (2.31%) Veeam
10 113 (2.23%) Brocade
10 113 (2.23%) Tanium
11 112 (2.22%) Nimble Storage
12 108 (2.14%) ServiceNow
13 80 (1.58%) Cisco
14 69 (1.36%) Databricks
15 61 (1.21%) Adobe
16 43 (0.85%) Alteryx
16 43 (0.85%) Bloomberg
16 43 (0.85%) Workday