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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,708 6,147 8,038
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.38% 12.35% 9.62%
As % of the General category 11.51% 17.85% 16.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,542 2,636 3,752
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%

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 49,595 34,431 47,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.73% 69.16% 57.36%
Number of salaries quoted 30,374 18,048 28,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,063 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -15 5,159 £52,500 - 3,953
UK excluding London -18 3,661 £47,500 - 2,370
Work from Home -11 1,815 £55,000 +10.00% 1,482
London -9 1,763 £67,500 +3.85% 1,984
North of England -18 1,044 £47,500 +5.56% 592
South East -8 879 £50,000 -4.76% 720
Midlands -8 646 £48,000 +6.67% 372
North West -16 630 £47,500 +5.56% 331
South West -13 506 £47,500 +4.92% 301
West Midlands -15 338 £50,000 +11.11% 224
East Midlands -2 306 £45,000 - 148
Yorkshire -11 293 £47,000 +16.51% 196
East of England -22 257 £45,814 +1.81% 218
Wales -12 131 £52,835 +2.70% 61
Scotland -23 125 £43,668 -0.76% 121
North East -20 121 £55,000 +37.50% 71
Northern Ireland -29 81 £42,500 -22.73% 47

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
1 180 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 165 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 80 (1.40%) Confluence
4 72 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 71 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
6 50 (0.88%) Apache
7 48 (0.84%) CMS
8 30 (0.53%) IIS
9 25 (0.44%) SAS
10 11 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 11 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.19%) WordPress
11 9 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 9 (0.16%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.16%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.12%) Headless CMS
14 3 (0.053%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.053%) JBoss
14 3 (0.053%) Tomcat
Applications
1 626 (10.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 251 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 123 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 82 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 41 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 30 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.16%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.12%) CATIA
9 6 (0.11%) Simulink
10 5 (0.088%) Acrobat
10 5 (0.088%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.088%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.070%) Maya
11 4 (0.070%) Trello
12 3 (0.053%) Blender
12 3 (0.053%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.053%) Revit
12 3 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 78 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 71 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 40 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 36 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
5 22 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 20 (0.35%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 15 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 15 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 15 (0.26%) SAP FI
8 14 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
9 13 (0.23%) Shopify
10 12 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
10 12 (0.21%) Workday HCM
11 10 (0.18%) Elite 3E
11 10 (0.18%) Magento
12 8 (0.14%) Fidessa
12 8 (0.14%) Maximo
12 8 (0.14%) Sage 200
12 8 (0.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 984 (17.24%) Azure
2 691 (12.11%) Power Platform
3 600 (10.51%) AWS
4 403 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
5 354 (6.20%) SaaS
6 280 (4.91%) GCP
7 139 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 135 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
9 131 (2.30%) Entra ID
10 106 (1.86%) Snowflake
11 105 (1.84%) Google Analytics
12 93 (1.63%) GitHub
13 87 (1.52%) dbt
14 84 (1.47%) Power Automate
15 75 (1.31%) Amazon S3
15 75 (1.31%) PowerApps
16 74 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
17 63 (1.10%) Serverless
18 58 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
18 58 (1.02%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 194 (3.40%) DNS
2 150 (2.63%) DHCP
2 150 (2.63%) Firewall
3 125 (2.19%) VPN
4 96 (1.68%) TCP/IP
5 76 (1.33%) WAN
6 74 (1.30%) LAN
7 63 (1.10%) Broadband
8 57 (1.00%) Wireless
9 56 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (0.95%) Network Security
11 42 (0.74%) SAN
12 41 (0.72%) Internet
12 41 (0.72%) VLAN
13 35 (0.61%) HTTP
14 27 (0.47%) BGP
15 25 (0.44%) VoIP
16 22 (0.39%) SD-WAN
17 20 (0.35%) OSPF
17 20 (0.35%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 611 (10.70%) Power BI
2 283 (4.96%) Tableau
3 224 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 194 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
5 113 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
6 101 (1.77%) Relational Database
7 94 (1.65%) Metadata
8 92 (1.61%) Looker
9 81 (1.42%) MySQL
10 79 (1.38%) Data Lake
11 74 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
12 66 (1.16%) Power Query
12 66 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 61 (1.07%) BigQuery
13 61 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 55 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 51 (0.89%) Big Data
16 49 (0.86%) Data Mining
17 46 (0.81%) NoSQL
18 38 (0.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 229 (4.01%) JIRA
2 215 (3.77%) Git
3 56 (0.98%) GitLab
4 49 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 34 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
6 33 (0.58%) MLflow
7 29 (0.51%) Selenium
8 23 (0.40%) Cucumber
9 20 (0.35%) Postman
10 19 (0.33%) Eclipse
11 16 (0.28%) Chocolatey
12 14 (0.25%) ERwin
12 14 (0.25%) JMeter
13 13 (0.23%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.23%) Burp Suite
13 13 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
14 12 (0.21%) Claude Code
14 12 (0.21%) SonarQube
15 11 (0.19%) Metasploit
General
1 2,717 (47.60%) Social Skills
2 1,881 (32.95%) Finance
3 563 (9.86%) Marketing
4 493 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 412 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
6 376 (6.59%) Retail
7 357 (6.25%) Law
8 347 (6.08%) Public Sector
9 324 (5.68%) Legal
10 275 (4.82%) Banking
11 266 (4.66%) Manufacturing
12 262 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
13 172 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
14 150 (2.63%) Aerospace
15 138 (2.42%) Telecoms
16 108 (1.89%) Advertising
17 99 (1.73%) Electronics
18 94 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
19 75 (1.31%) Financial Institution
20 65 (1.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,334 (23.37%) Analyst
2 738 (12.93%) Senior
3 405 (7.10%) Lead
4 309 (5.41%) Data Analyst
5 289 (5.06%) Business Analyst
6 274 (4.80%) Developer
7 227 (3.98%) Consultant
8 224 (3.92%) Architect
9 213 (3.73%) Systems Engineer
10 179 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
11 170 (2.98%) Data Engineer
12 152 (2.66%) Support Analyst
13 132 (2.31%) Support Engineer
14 121 (2.12%) IT Support
15 112 (1.96%) IT Manager
16 107 (1.87%) Security Analyst
17 106 (1.86%) Senior Manager
18 99 (1.73%) Systems Analyst
19 96 (1.68%) Financial Analyst
20 87 (1.52%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (2.45%) .NET
2 124 (2.17%) HTML
3 121 (2.12%) REST
4 115 (2.01%) CSS
5 89 (1.56%) JSON
6 78 (1.37%) Kafka
7 77 (1.35%) Middleware
7 77 (1.35%) XML
8 75 (1.31%) React
9 70 (1.23%) PyTorch
9 70 (1.23%) RESTful
10 63 (1.10%) TensorFlow
11 56 (0.98%) SOAP
12 50 (0.88%) PySpark
13 47 (0.82%) scikit-learn
14 42 (0.74%) Web Services
15 40 (0.70%) EDI
16 39 (0.68%) Pandas
17 38 (0.67%) OAuth
18 37 (0.65%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 541 (9.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 327 (5.73%) Management Information System
3 310 (5.43%) Onboarding
4 264 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
5 261 (4.57%) Product Ownership
6 163 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
7 135 (2.37%) Cloud Native
8 133 (2.33%) Driving Licence
9 113 (1.98%) Social Media
10 110 (1.93%) Security Posture
11 106 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
12 102 (1.79%) Data Centre
13 92 (1.61%) Virtual Team
14 90 (1.58%) Blog
15 89 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
16 79 (1.38%) Data Structures
17 76 (1.33%) Algorithms
18 75 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
19 66 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
20 57 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 453 (7.94%) Windows
2 294 (5.15%) Linux
3 219 (3.84%) Windows Server
4 99 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 33 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 30 (0.53%) Unix
7 29 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 22 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (0.37%) Android
10 20 (0.35%) Apple iOS
11 14 (0.25%) CentOS
12 11 (0.19%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.12%) Debian
14 6 (0.11%) VMS
15 5 (0.088%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.070%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.070%) Rocky
17 3 (0.053%) AIX
18 2 (0.035%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,689 (47.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1,597 (27.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,288 (22.56%) Decision-Making
4 1,264 (22.14%) Analytics
5 1,013 (17.75%) Agile
6 954 (16.71%) AI
7 943 (16.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 735 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
9 624 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 599 (10.49%) Roadmaps
11 554 (9.71%) Actionable Insight
12 548 (9.60%) Mentoring
13 542 (9.50%) Project Management
14 507 (8.88%) Data Analysis
15 486 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
16 478 (8.37%) Validation
17 466 (8.16%) Data Modelling
18 464 (8.13%) Customer Experience
19 450 (7.88%) Process Improvement
20 436 (7.64%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,149 (20.13%) SQL
2 919 (16.10%) Python
3 215 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 196 (3.43%) Java
5 185 (3.24%) PowerShell
6 179 (3.14%) C#
7 98 (1.72%) C++
8 92 (1.61%) Bash
9 83 (1.45%) R
10 71 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 63 (1.10%) TypeScript
12 47 (0.82%) MATLAB
12 47 (0.82%) T-SQL
13 30 (0.53%) C
14 27 (0.47%) Scala
15 25 (0.44%) PHP
16 22 (0.39%) Go
17 21 (0.37%) PL/SQL
18 19 (0.33%) Julia
18 19 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,091 (19.11%) Degree
2 595 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 415 (7.27%) SC Cleared
4 247 (4.33%) ACCA
5 232 (4.06%) CIMA
6 171 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 166 (2.91%) CISSP
8 149 (2.61%) DBS Check
9 142 (2.49%) DV Cleared
10 125 (2.19%) CISM
11 121 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
12 118 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
13 101 (1.77%) Master's Degree
14 73 (1.28%) Azure Certification
14 73 (1.28%) IRCA
15 72 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
16 71 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
17 63 (1.10%) PMI Certification
18 47 (0.82%) CRISC
18 47 (0.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 547 (9.58%) Data Quality
2 404 (7.08%) GDPR
3 396 (6.94%) QA
4 245 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 200 (3.50%) NIST
6 166 (2.91%) Accessibility
7 158 (2.77%) SLA
8 157 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 133 (2.33%) PCI DSS
10 129 (2.26%) ISO 9001
11 73 (1.28%) GRC
12 65 (1.14%) PMO
13 47 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 38 (0.67%) IFRS
16 37 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 36 (0.63%) COBIT
18 28 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.42%) NCSC
19 24 (0.42%) PERC
System Software
1 323 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 140 (2.45%) Docker
3 103 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 89 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 80 (1.40%) Terminal Server
6 24 (0.42%) Firmware
6 24 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.14%) vSphere
10 7 (0.12%) Ceph
11 6 (0.11%) IAG
11 6 (0.11%) ProxySG
11 6 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.088%) KVM
13 4 (0.070%) Embedded Firmware
13 4 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.070%) XenApp
14 3 (0.053%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 147 (2.58%) Terraform
2 118 (2.07%) Kubernetes
3 85 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 74 (1.30%) Ansible
5 42 (0.74%) Grafana
6 30 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 25 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 25 (0.44%) SCCM
8 19 (0.33%) Nagios
9 17 (0.30%) Kibana
9 17 (0.30%) QRadar
10 11 (0.19%) Nmap
10 11 (0.19%) Podman
11 9 (0.16%) Argo
11 9 (0.16%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.14%) logstash
13 7 (0.12%) Check_MK
13 7 (0.12%) Packer
13 7 (0.12%) Puppet
13 7 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1,260 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 284 (4.98%) Google
3 238 (4.17%) SAP
4 201 (3.52%) Oracle
5 181 (3.17%) VMware
6 147 (2.58%) Splunk
7 141 (2.47%) Databricks
8 126 (2.21%) ServiceNow
9 125 (2.19%) Salesforce
10 117 (2.05%) SolarWinds
11 90 (1.58%) Veeam
12 84 (1.47%) Workday
13 82 (1.44%) Cisco
14 81 (1.42%) Brocade
14 81 (1.42%) Nimble Storage
15 80 (1.40%) Tanium
16 64 (1.12%) Red Hat
17 56 (0.98%) Adobe
18 50 (0.88%) Dell
18 50 (0.88%) HubSpot