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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,972 6,123 9,779
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.14% 12.96% 9.27%
As % of the General category 10.89% 18.27% 16.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,253 2,519 5,292
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year -3.11% +9.89% -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 45,668 33,512 60,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.24% 70.92% 57.53%
Number of salaries quoted 28,092 16,837 40,131
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £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 £71,991
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 3 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 3 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 4,537 £55,000 - 2,758
UK excluding London -20 3,129 £48,445 -3.11% 1,843
Work from Home -10 1,565 £55,000 - 1,194
London -11 1,558 £69,875 +7.50% 1,237
North of England -19 962 £48,000 +1.05% 421
South East -8 798 £50,000 -9.09% 607
Midlands -9 567 £48,000 +1.05% 313
North West -18 566 £47,275 -5.45% 247
South West -25 346 £47,500 -2.06% 197
West Midlands -18 312 £50,000 +5.26% 170
Yorkshire -10 293 £50,000 +11.11% 129
East Midlands -2 254 £46,743 -2.11% 142
East of England -21 240 £45,000 - 171
Scotland -29 105 £40,000 -12.35% 100
North East -29 103 £55,000 +44.74% 54
Wales -9 82 £53,171 -3.33% 33
Northern Ireland -29 40 £41,250 -25.00% 45

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
1 162 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 123 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 71 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 70 (1.41%) Confluence
5 67 (1.35%) Apache Spark
6 44 (0.88%) Apache
7 37 (0.74%) CMS
8 22 (0.44%) IIS
8 22 (0.44%) SAS
9 16 (0.32%) WordPress
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
12 8 (0.16%) WebLogic
12 8 (0.16%) WebSphere
13 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.060%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.060%) JBoss
14 3 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.060%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.040%) Appian
Applications
1 542 (10.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
3 107 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 83 (1.67%) MS Visio
5 33 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 25 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.080%) Maya
11 3 (0.060%) Blender
11 3 (0.060%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.060%) Simulink
11 3 (0.060%) Trello
12 2 (0.040%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.040%) Lectora
12 2 (0.040%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.040%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 74 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 27 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
5 16 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 16 (0.32%) SAP CO
5 16 (0.32%) SAP PM
6 15 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 12 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 11 (0.22%) Maximo
8 11 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
9 10 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
10 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
12 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
12 7 (0.14%) Shopify
13 6 (0.12%) Endur
13 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
13 6 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 882 (17.74%) Azure
2 646 (12.99%) Power Platform
3 484 (9.73%) AWS
4 359 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
5 310 (6.23%) SaaS
6 215 (4.32%) GCP
7 129 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
8 119 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 118 (2.37%) Entra ID
10 83 (1.67%) Google Analytics
11 80 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 77 (1.55%) GitHub
13 76 (1.53%) Power Automate
14 70 (1.41%) Amazon S3
15 69 (1.39%) Snowflake
16 68 (1.37%) dbt
17 64 (1.29%) PowerApps
18 61 (1.23%) Serverless
19 55 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
20 52 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 199 (4.00%) Firewall
2 169 (3.40%) DNS
3 128 (2.57%) DHCP
4 121 (2.43%) VPN
5 84 (1.69%) WAN
6 83 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 78 (1.57%) LAN
8 75 (1.51%) Broadband
9 63 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
10 55 (1.11%) Wireless
11 50 (1.01%) Network Security
12 49 (0.99%) VLAN
13 41 (0.82%) SAN
14 35 (0.70%) BGP
15 33 (0.66%) HTTP
15 33 (0.66%) Internet
16 26 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
16 26 (0.52%) SD-WAN
17 25 (0.50%) Wireshark
18 24 (0.48%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 577 (11.60%) Power BI
2 283 (5.69%) Tableau
3 193 (3.88%) SQL Server
4 175 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
5 99 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
6 84 (1.69%) Metadata
7 73 (1.47%) Data Mining
7 73 (1.47%) Relational Database
8 70 (1.41%) Data Lake
9 63 (1.27%) Looker
10 62 (1.25%) Power Query
11 61 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
12 59 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 58 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
14 55 (1.11%) MySQL
15 49 (0.99%) BigQuery
15 49 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 38 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
17 37 (0.74%) Big Data
17 37 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 176 (3.54%) JIRA
2 146 (2.94%) Git
3 54 (1.09%) GitLab
4 36 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
5 32 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 31 (0.62%) MLflow
7 20 (0.40%) Selenium
8 19 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 17 (0.34%) Chocolatey
10 15 (0.30%) Eclipse
11 14 (0.28%) ERwin
12 13 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
12 13 (0.26%) Postman
12 13 (0.26%) Visual Studio
13 12 (0.24%) Cypress.io
13 12 (0.24%) SonarQube
14 11 (0.22%) JMeter
15 10 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
16 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.18%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,329 (46.84%) Social Skills
2 1,698 (34.15%) Finance
3 412 (8.29%) Marketing
4 360 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 322 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
6 306 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 279 (5.61%) Retail
8 266 (5.35%) Law
9 264 (5.31%) Legal
10 234 (4.71%) Banking
11 195 (3.92%) Manufacturing
12 175 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
13 137 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
14 121 (2.43%) Telecoms
15 90 (1.81%) Advertising
16 89 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
17 84 (1.69%) Aerospace
18 76 (1.53%) Electronics
19 72 (1.45%) Financial Institution
20 55 (1.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,269 (25.52%) Analyst
2 641 (12.89%) Senior
3 351 (7.06%) Lead
4 301 (6.05%) Data Analyst
5 278 (5.59%) Business Analyst
6 233 (4.69%) Developer
7 225 (4.53%) Consultant
8 197 (3.96%) Architect
9 193 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
10 151 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
11 136 (2.74%) Data Engineer
12 133 (2.67%) Support Analyst
13 118 (2.37%) Support Engineer
14 116 (2.33%) IT Support
15 109 (2.19%) IT Manager
16 104 (2.09%) Senior Manager
17 102 (2.05%) Financial Analyst
17 102 (2.05%) Systems Analyst
18 97 (1.95%) Security Analyst
19 91 (1.83%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (2.29%) HTML
2 111 (2.23%) .NET
3 104 (2.09%) CSS
4 101 (2.03%) REST
5 89 (1.79%) Middleware
6 87 (1.75%) JSON
7 82 (1.65%) XML
8 81 (1.63%) React
9 66 (1.33%) PyTorch
10 60 (1.21%) TensorFlow
11 55 (1.11%) Kafka
12 49 (0.99%) RESTful
13 48 (0.97%) SOAP
14 45 (0.91%) Node.js
15 44 (0.88%) PySpark
16 41 (0.82%) scikit-learn
17 39 (0.78%) Web Services
18 33 (0.66%) LangChain
18 33 (0.66%) Pandas
19 29 (0.58%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 532 (10.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 244 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 222 (4.47%) Onboarding
4 202 (4.06%) Product Ownership
5 190 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 131 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 109 (2.19%) Cloud Native
8 108 (2.17%) Data Centre
9 99 (1.99%) Security Posture
10 87 (1.75%) Driving Licence
11 81 (1.63%) Data Structures
12 78 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
13 75 (1.51%) Algorithms
14 70 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
15 61 (1.23%) Social Media
16 58 (1.17%) Virtual Team
17 56 (1.13%) Public Cloud
18 49 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
19 45 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
20 43 (0.86%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 380 (7.64%) Windows
2 233 (4.69%) Linux
3 191 (3.84%) Windows Server
4 89 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.62%) Unix
6 29 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 27 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 18 (0.36%) Android
8 18 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.22%) CentOS
10 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.16%) VMS
12 5 (0.10%) Debian
12 5 (0.10%) OpenVMS
13 4 (0.080%) AIX
13 4 (0.080%) Rocky
14 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.020%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,255 (45.35%) Problem-Solving
2 1,254 (25.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,116 (22.45%) Decision-Making
4 1,086 (21.84%) Analytics
5 840 (16.89%) Agile
6 665 (13.37%) AI
7 661 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 657 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
9 534 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 513 (10.32%) Roadmaps
11 489 (9.84%) Mentoring
12 476 (9.57%) Actionable Insight
13 463 (9.31%) Project Management
14 458 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
15 449 (9.03%) Data Modelling
16 430 (8.65%) Data Analysis
17 403 (8.11%) Data Governance
17 403 (8.11%) Process Improvement
18 368 (7.40%) ERP
19 365 (7.34%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,041 (20.94%) SQL
2 861 (17.32%) Python
3 175 (3.52%) JavaScript
4 172 (3.46%) Java
5 165 (3.32%) PowerShell
6 152 (3.06%) C#
7 76 (1.53%) R
8 74 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 73 (1.47%) C++
10 70 (1.41%) Bash
11 52 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 50 (1.01%) T-SQL
13 45 (0.91%) MATLAB
14 29 (0.58%) VBA
15 23 (0.46%) PHP
16 22 (0.44%) Go
17 19 (0.38%) C
18 18 (0.36%) Julia
18 18 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
18 18 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 902 (18.14%) Degree
2 463 (9.31%) Security Cleared
3 329 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 265 (5.33%) ACCA
5 250 (5.03%) CIMA
6 156 (3.14%) DBS Check
7 155 (3.12%) CISSP
8 144 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 116 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 112 (2.25%) CISM
11 91 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 90 (1.81%) DV Cleared
13 86 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
14 72 (1.45%) IRCA
14 72 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 70 (1.41%) Azure Certification
16 67 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
17 53 (1.07%) PMI Certification
18 48 (0.97%) PMP
19 47 (0.95%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 467 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 385 (7.74%) GDPR
3 327 (6.58%) QA
4 276 (5.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 225 (4.53%) NIST
6 166 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 146 (2.94%) SLA
8 131 (2.63%) PCI DSS
9 126 (2.53%) Accessibility
10 123 (2.47%) ISO 9001
11 77 (1.55%) GRC
12 62 (1.25%) PMO
13 47 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
14 43 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 43 (0.86%) IFRS
15 39 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 37 (0.74%) COBIT
17 28 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.48%) ITGC
19 23 (0.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 275 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 94 (1.89%) Docker
3 89 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 76 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.45%) Terminal Server
6 25 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
9 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 9 (0.18%) vSphere
10 8 (0.16%) IAG
11 5 (0.10%) Firmware
12 4 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.080%) XenApp
13 3 (0.060%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.040%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 137 (2.76%) Terraform
2 86 (1.73%) Kubernetes
3 63 (1.27%) Ansible
4 61 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 39 (0.78%) Grafana
6 26 (0.52%) SCCM
7 22 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.42%) Nagios
9 18 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (0.34%) QRadar
11 16 (0.32%) Kibana
12 11 (0.22%) Kubeflow
13 8 (0.16%) logstash
14 7 (0.14%) Control-M
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
16 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.10%) Podman
16 5 (0.10%) Red Hat Satellite
17 4 (0.080%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1,100 (22.12%) Microsoft
2 212 (4.26%) SAP
3 198 (3.98%) Google
4 164 (3.30%) Oracle
5 157 (3.16%) VMware
6 143 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 127 (2.55%) Splunk
8 119 (2.39%) Databricks
9 117 (2.35%) SolarWinds
10 95 (1.91%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.71%) Veeam
12 75 (1.51%) Workday
13 73 (1.47%) Cisco
13 73 (1.47%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.45%) Brocade
14 72 (1.45%) Tanium
15 51 (1.03%) IBM
15 51 (1.03%) Red Hat
16 46 (0.93%) Adobe
17 45 (0.91%) HubSpot