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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,958 6,095 9,818
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.14% 13.08% 9.30%
As % of the General category 10.89% 18.35% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,246 2,492 5,321
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £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 £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +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 45,524 33,223 60,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.19% 71.31% 57.61%
Number of salaries quoted 28,053 16,607 40,201
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 £71,725
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 1 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 1 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 -16 4,524 £55,000 - 2,918
UK excluding London -19 3,114 £48,445 -3.11% 1,940
London -11 1,559 £70,000 +7.69% 1,344
Work from Home -11 1,549 £55,000 - 1,296
North of England -19 958 £48,350 +1.79% 441
South East -8 795 £50,000 -8.47% 600
Midlands -9 564 £47,500 - 318
North West -19 561 £47,500 -5.00% 258
South West -24 341 £47,500 - 205
West Midlands -18 312 £49,000 +3.16% 177
Yorkshire -10 294 £50,000 +11.11% 137
East Midlands -2 251 £45,000 -6.25% 141
East of England -19 240 £45,000 - 182
Scotland -26 106 £40,000 -12.35% 103
North East -27 103 £55,000 +42.86% 55
Wales -9 82 £53,171 -3.33% 87
Northern Ireland -18 39 £40,000 -27.27% 51

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
1 163 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 123 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 72 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 72 (1.45%) Confluence
4 67 (1.35%) Apache Spark
5 44 (0.89%) Apache
6 37 (0.75%) CMS
7 22 (0.44%) IIS
7 22 (0.44%) SAS
8 16 (0.32%) WordPress
9 14 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 8 (0.16%) WebLogic
11 8 (0.16%) WebSphere
12 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.061%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.061%) JBoss
13 3 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.061%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.040%) Camunda
Applications
1 542 (10.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 104 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 82 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 33 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 26 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 7 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
11 4 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.081%) Maya
12 3 (0.061%) Blender
12 3 (0.061%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.061%) Simulink
12 3 (0.061%) Trello
13 2 (0.040%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.040%) Lectora
13 2 (0.040%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.040%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 74 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 27 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
5 17 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 16 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 12 (0.24%) SAP FI
9 11 (0.22%) Maximo
9 11 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
10 10 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 8 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Fidessa
13 7 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
13 7 (0.14%) Shopify
14 6 (0.12%) Magento
14 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 881 (17.77%) Azure
2 648 (13.07%) Power Platform
3 480 (9.68%) AWS
4 362 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
5 312 (6.29%) SaaS
6 214 (4.32%) GCP
7 129 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 119 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 118 (2.38%) Entra ID
10 84 (1.69%) Google Analytics
11 80 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 79 (1.59%) Power Automate
13 77 (1.55%) GitHub
14 71 (1.43%) Amazon S3
15 68 (1.37%) dbt
16 67 (1.35%) PowerApps
16 67 (1.35%) Snowflake
17 60 (1.21%) Serverless
18 55 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
19 52 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 200 (4.03%) Firewall
2 169 (3.41%) DNS
3 128 (2.58%) DHCP
4 120 (2.42%) VPN
5 84 (1.69%) WAN
6 82 (1.65%) 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 (0.83%) SAN
14 35 (0.71%) BGP
15 33 (0.67%) HTTP
15 33 (0.67%) 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
1 579 (11.68%) Power BI
2 286 (5.77%) Tableau
3 190 (3.83%) SQL Server
4 174 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 99 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
6 85 (1.71%) Metadata
7 75 (1.51%) Data Mining
8 73 (1.47%) Relational Database
9 71 (1.43%) Data Lake
10 62 (1.25%) Looker
10 62 (1.25%) Power Query
11 61 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
12 57 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 57 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 55 (1.11%) MySQL
14 49 (0.99%) BigQuery
15 48 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 37 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
16 37 (0.75%) Oracle Database
17 36 (0.73%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 176 (3.55%) JIRA
2 146 (2.94%) Git
3 54 (1.09%) GitLab
4 36 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
5 32 (0.65%) Jenkins
6 31 (0.63%) MLflow
7 20 (0.40%) Selenium
8 18 (0.36%) 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
13 12 (0.24%) Cypress.io
13 12 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 12 (0.24%) Visual Studio
14 11 (0.22%) JMeter
15 10 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
16 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.18%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,313 (46.65%) Social Skills
2 1,703 (34.35%) Finance
3 411 (8.29%) Marketing
4 362 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 319 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
6 305 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 276 (5.57%) Retail
8 269 (5.43%) Law
9 268 (5.41%) Legal
10 238 (4.80%) Banking
11 192 (3.87%) Manufacturing
12 175 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
13 136 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
14 118 (2.38%) Telecoms
15 89 (1.80%) Advertising
15 89 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
16 84 (1.69%) Aerospace
17 75 (1.51%) Electronics
18 73 (1.47%) Financial Institution
19 54 (1.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,273 (25.68%) Analyst
2 640 (12.91%) Senior
3 348 (7.02%) Lead
4 304 (6.13%) Data Analyst
5 280 (5.65%) Business Analyst
6 232 (4.68%) Developer
7 224 (4.52%) Consultant
8 198 (3.99%) Architect
9 193 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
10 150 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
11 136 (2.74%) Data Engineer
12 130 (2.62%) Support Analyst
13 117 (2.36%) Support Engineer
14 116 (2.34%) IT Support
15 111 (2.24%) IT Manager
16 106 (2.14%) Systems Analyst
17 104 (2.10%) Senior Manager
18 102 (2.06%) Financial Analyst
19 96 (1.94%) Security Analyst
20 88 (1.77%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (2.30%) HTML
2 111 (2.24%) .NET
3 104 (2.10%) CSS
4 99 (2.00%) REST
5 90 (1.82%) Middleware
6 87 (1.75%) JSON
7 81 (1.63%) React
8 80 (1.61%) XML
9 66 (1.33%) PyTorch
10 60 (1.21%) TensorFlow
11 55 (1.11%) Kafka
12 49 (0.99%) RESTful
13 46 (0.93%) SOAP
14 45 (0.91%) Node.js
15 44 (0.89%) PySpark
16 41 (0.83%) scikit-learn
17 38 (0.77%) Web Services
18 33 (0.67%) LangChain
18 33 (0.67%) Pandas
19 29 (0.58%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 530 (10.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 241 (4.86%) Management Information System
3 219 (4.42%) Onboarding
4 204 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 189 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
6 130 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 106 (2.14%) Data Centre
8 105 (2.12%) Cloud Native
9 98 (1.98%) Security Posture
10 88 (1.77%) Driving Licence
11 82 (1.65%) Data Structures
12 77 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
13 75 (1.51%) Algorithms
14 68 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
15 61 (1.23%) Social Media
16 57 (1.15%) Virtual Team
17 56 (1.13%) Public Cloud
18 47 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
19 45 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
20 43 (0.87%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 377 (7.60%) Windows
2 234 (4.72%) Linux
3 191 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 89 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.63%) Unix
6 29 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 27 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 19 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.36%) Android
9 18 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (0.28%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.22%) CentOS
11 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.16%) VMS
13 5 (0.10%) Debian
13 5 (0.10%) OpenVMS
14 4 (0.081%) AIX
14 4 (0.081%) Rocky
15 3 (0.061%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.020%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,241 (45.20%) Problem-Solving
2 1,245 (25.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,110 (22.39%) Decision-Making
4 1,086 (21.90%) Analytics
5 844 (17.02%) Agile
6 659 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
6 659 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 657 (13.25%) AI
8 527 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 513 (10.35%) Roadmaps
10 485 (9.78%) Mentoring
11 480 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
12 464 (9.36%) Project Management
13 455 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
14 448 (9.04%) Data Modelling
15 434 (8.75%) Data Analysis
16 404 (8.15%) Process Improvement
17 402 (8.11%) Data Governance
18 367 (7.40%) ERP
19 365 (7.36%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,045 (21.08%) SQL
2 863 (17.41%) Python
3 174 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 172 (3.47%) Java
5 165 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 152 (3.07%) C#
7 76 (1.53%) R
8 73 (1.47%) C++
8 73 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 70 (1.41%) Bash
10 52 (1.05%) TypeScript
11 50 (1.01%) T-SQL
12 45 (0.91%) MATLAB
13 32 (0.65%) VBA
14 23 (0.46%) PHP
15 22 (0.44%) Go
16 18 (0.36%) C
16 18 (0.36%) Julia
16 18 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
16 18 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 903 (18.21%) Degree
2 462 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 329 (6.64%) SC Cleared
4 264 (5.32%) ACCA
5 249 (5.02%) CIMA
6 157 (3.17%) CISSP
7 156 (3.15%) DBS Check
8 144 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 116 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
10 112 (2.26%) CISM
11 91 (1.84%) Master's Degree
12 90 (1.82%) 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 55 (1.11%) PMI Certification
18 49 (0.99%) PMP
19 48 (0.97%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 466 (9.40%) Data Quality
2 385 (7.77%) GDPR
3 327 (6.60%) QA
4 274 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 226 (4.56%) NIST
6 167 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 144 (2.90%) SLA
8 130 (2.62%) PCI DSS
9 127 (2.56%) Accessibility
10 122 (2.46%) ISO 9001
11 77 (1.55%) GRC
12 61 (1.23%) PMO
13 48 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
14 44 (0.89%) IFRS
15 43 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 40 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 37 (0.75%) COBIT
18 28 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.48%) ITGC
20 23 (0.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 275 (5.55%) Active Directory
2 93 (1.88%) Docker
3 88 (1.77%) Hyper-V
4 76 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.45%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
9 10 (0.20%) vSphere
10 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.16%) IAG
12 5 (0.10%) Firmware
13 4 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.081%) XenApp
14 3 (0.061%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
15 2 (0.040%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
16 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 137 (2.76%) Terraform
2 84 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 62 (1.25%) Ansible
4 61 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 39 (0.79%) Grafana
6 26 (0.52%) SCCM
7 22 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.42%) Nagios
9 17 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (0.32%) Kibana
10 16 (0.32%) QRadar
11 11 (0.22%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.16%) logstash
13 7 (0.14%) Control-M
13 7 (0.14%) Packer
14 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.10%) Podman
15 5 (0.10%) Red Hat Satellite
16 4 (0.081%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,104 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 212 (4.28%) SAP
3 199 (4.01%) Google
4 167 (3.37%) Oracle
5 157 (3.17%) VMware
6 144 (2.90%) Salesforce
7 126 (2.54%) Splunk
8 118 (2.38%) Databricks
9 117 (2.36%) SolarWinds
10 93 (1.88%) 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 47 (0.95%) Adobe
17 45 (0.91%) HubSpot