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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,433 6,353 4,616
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 9.77% 10.04% 9.22%
As % of the General category 15.96% 16.16% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,612 2,682 3,313
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,188 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,313 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,150 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.17%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,051 39,301 32,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 61.24% 62.12% 65.23%
Number of salaries quoted 19,251 19,009 24,492
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 +3 4,709 £51,058 -7.17% 3,805
UK excluding London +3 3,475 £45,000 -10.00% 3,579
Work from Home +6 1,922 £50,000 -9.09% 6,860
London +3 1,625 £67,500 +3.85% 720
South East +4 882 £49,000 -2.00% 1,014
North of England -7 832 £45,000 -10.00% 916
Midlands +3 638 £45,000 -6.25% 638
North West -12 417 £45,000 -14.29% 461
South West +5 390 £45,000 -14.29% 348
West Midlands -3 380 £52,500 +5.00% 361
Scotland +1 341 £33,500 -43.93% 106
East of England 0 308 £40,000 -27.27% 514
Yorkshire 0 300 £40,000 -20.00% 342
East Midlands +6 255 £37,500 -11.76% 265
North East +16 115 £42,000 +5.00% 122
Wales +7 77 £48,122 -2.00% 70
Northern Ireland -1 40 £52,500 -28.54% 41
Isle of Man -1 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -5 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
1 134 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (1.79%) Confluence
3 89 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 64 (1.18%) CMS
5 54 (0.99%) Apache Spark
6 21 (0.39%) WordPress
7 20 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
8 18 (0.33%) Apache
9 17 (0.31%) SAS
10 7 (0.13%) IIS
11 6 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 6 (0.11%) Camunda
11 6 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.092%) Apache Synapse
12 5 (0.092%) Drupal
12 5 (0.092%) Skype for Business
13 4 (0.074%) ArcGIS
14 3 (0.055%) Moodle
14 3 (0.055%) nginx
14 3 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 791 (14.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 498 (9.17%) Chatbot
3 378 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
4 138 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 59 (1.09%) Maya
6 53 (0.98%) MS Visio
7 40 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
8 38 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
9 21 (0.39%) AutoCAD
10 15 (0.28%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
12 6 (0.11%) Simulink
13 4 (0.074%) CATIA
13 4 (0.074%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.074%) Photoshop
13 4 (0.074%) PlantUML
14 3 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 3 (0.055%) Blender
14 3 (0.055%) Sketch
14 3 (0.055%) Stata
Business Applications
1 165 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 68 (1.25%) SAP MDG
3 62 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 51 (0.94%) NetSuite
5 40 (0.74%) SAP FI
6 39 (0.72%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 39 (0.72%) SAP CO
6 39 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
6 39 (0.72%) Shopify
7 30 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
8 24 (0.44%) SAP IBP
9 20 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
10 16 (0.29%) Endur
10 16 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
10 16 (0.29%) Workday HCM
11 13 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
11 13 (0.24%) Sage X3
11 13 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
12 12 (0.22%) Sprinklr
13 11 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 799 (14.71%) Azure
2 612 (11.26%) Power Platform
3 423 (7.79%) AWS
4 266 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
5 251 (4.62%) SaaS
6 161 (2.96%) GCP
7 130 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
8 100 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (1.77%) Google Analytics
10 72 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 71 (1.31%) GitHub
12 67 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
12 67 (1.23%) Snowflake
13 59 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 53 (0.98%) PaaS
15 52 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
16 51 (0.94%) Serverless
17 49 (0.90%) Power Automate
18 44 (0.81%) dbt
19 42 (0.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 155 (2.85%) DNS
2 126 (2.32%) DHCP
3 116 (2.14%) Firewall
4 74 (1.36%) Network Security
5 72 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
6 63 (1.16%) VPN
7 62 (1.14%) LAN
8 58 (1.07%) WAN
9 42 (0.77%) TCP/IP
10 41 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
11 37 (0.68%) Wireless
12 32 (0.59%) SMS
12 32 (0.59%) VoIP
13 30 (0.55%) VLAN
14 22 (0.40%) Broadband
14 22 (0.40%) Internet
14 22 (0.40%) SAN
15 19 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
16 18 (0.33%) OSPF
17 17 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 567 (10.44%) Power BI
2 315 (5.80%) Tableau
3 191 (3.52%) SQL Server
4 170 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 145 (2.67%) Data Mining
6 118 (2.17%) Metadata
7 107 (1.97%) Data Lake
8 106 (1.95%) Relational Database
9 98 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
10 63 (1.16%) Looker
11 60 (1.10%) NoSQL
12 57 (1.05%) SAP BW
13 56 (1.03%) MySQL
13 56 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 47 (0.87%) Big Data
15 45 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
16 41 (0.75%) GIS
17 38 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
18 37 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
19 34 (0.63%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 234 (4.31%) JIRA
2 100 (1.84%) Git
3 50 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 50 (0.92%) Selenium
4 44 (0.81%) GitLab
5 19 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
6 17 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 15 (0.28%) Postman
8 14 (0.26%) Cypress.io
8 14 (0.26%) Robot Framework
8 14 (0.26%) WebDriver
9 13 (0.24%) Maven
9 13 (0.24%) Subversion
10 12 (0.22%) Axure RP
10 12 (0.22%) Balsamiq
10 12 (0.22%) Snyk
11 11 (0.20%) ERwin
11 11 (0.20%) TestRail
12 10 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 10 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,802 (51.57%) Social Skills
2 1,820 (33.50%) Finance
3 637 (11.72%) Marketing
4 393 (7.23%) Law
5 353 (6.50%) Retail
6 338 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 317 (5.83%) Legal
8 274 (5.04%) Banking
9 260 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
10 248 (4.56%) Public Sector
11 232 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
12 230 (4.23%) Manufacturing
13 145 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
13 145 (2.67%) Telecoms
14 133 (2.45%) Financial Institution
15 112 (2.06%) Games
16 108 (1.99%) Advertising
17 97 (1.79%) Electronics
18 77 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
19 59 (1.09%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,143 (21.04%) Analyst
2 672 (12.37%) Senior
3 497 (9.15%) Trainer
4 405 (7.45%) Lead
5 315 (5.80%) Data Analyst
6 307 (5.65%) Architect
7 221 (4.07%) Consultant
8 219 (4.03%) Developer
9 198 (3.64%) Business Analyst
10 177 (3.26%) Support Analyst
11 156 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
12 142 (2.61%) IT Support
13 134 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 125 (2.30%) Systems Engineer
15 124 (2.28%) Trainee
16 108 (1.99%) Business Manager
17 105 (1.93%) Financial Analyst
18 104 (1.91%) IT Manager
19 102 (1.88%) Innovation Manager
20 101 (1.86%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (2.37%) HTML
2 108 (1.99%) CSS
3 85 (1.56%) React
4 81 (1.49%) REST
5 61 (1.12%) .NET
6 50 (0.92%) Middleware
7 47 (0.87%) Kafka
8 43 (0.79%) JSON
9 36 (0.66%) AngularJS
10 35 (0.64%) Spring
10 35 (0.64%) XML
11 32 (0.59%) EDI
12 30 (0.55%) SOAP
13 27 (0.50%) LangChain
13 27 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
13 27 (0.50%) PySpark
14 26 (0.48%) Node.js
15 25 (0.46%) Web Services
16 23 (0.42%) Flash
17 21 (0.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 571 (10.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 393 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
3 392 (7.22%) Onboarding
4 290 (5.34%) Management Information System
5 210 (3.87%) Product Ownership
6 164 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
7 136 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
8 103 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 87 (1.60%) Data Centre
9 87 (1.60%) FMCG
10 82 (1.51%) Algorithms
11 73 (1.34%) Cloud Native
12 66 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 63 (1.16%) Social Media
14 58 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 54 (0.99%) Security Posture
16 52 (0.96%) Virtual Team
17 51 (0.94%) Robotics
18 40 (0.74%) e-Learning
19 38 (0.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 323 (5.95%) Windows
2 215 (3.96%) Linux
3 139 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 89 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (0.53%) Unix
6 21 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.22%) Android
8 9 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.15%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.092%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.074%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.055%) OpenWrt
12 3 (0.055%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.055%) VMS
13 2 (0.037%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.018%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.018%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.018%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.018%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,426 (44.65%) Problem-Solving
2 1,263 (23.25%) AI
3 1,170 (21.54%) Analytics
4 1,111 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,026 (18.88%) Decision-Making
6 962 (17.71%) Agile
7 840 (15.46%) Project Management
8 777 (14.30%) Business Intelligence
9 649 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 534 (9.83%) Data Analysis
11 510 (9.39%) Chemistry
12 500 (9.20%) Conversational UI
13 482 (8.87%) Risk Management
14 467 (8.60%) ERP
15 458 (8.43%) Roadmaps
16 455 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
17 439 (8.08%) Mentoring
18 430 (7.91%) Customer Service
19 426 (7.84%) CRM
20 425 (7.82%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 976 (17.96%) SQL
2 642 (11.82%) Python
3 157 (2.89%) Java
4 151 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 114 (2.10%) C#
6 89 (1.64%) PowerShell
7 79 (1.45%) R
8 51 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 50 (0.92%) C++
10 44 (0.81%) T-SQL
11 41 (0.75%) Bash
11 41 (0.75%) VBA
12 30 (0.55%) TypeScript
13 25 (0.46%) C
13 25 (0.46%) PL/SQL
14 22 (0.40%) Scala
15 17 (0.31%) Go
15 17 (0.31%) Kotlin
16 15 (0.28%) ABAP
17 14 (0.26%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,840 (33.87%) Degree
2 681 (12.53%) Master's Degree
3 517 (9.52%) PhD
4 450 (8.28%) Security Cleared
5 321 (5.91%) SC Cleared
6 199 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 189 (3.48%) ACCA
8 181 (3.33%) CIMA
9 180 (3.31%) CISSP
10 105 (1.93%) DBS Check
11 95 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 88 (1.62%) CISM
13 80 (1.47%) PMI Certification
14 64 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
15 63 (1.16%) PMP
16 62 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
17 58 (1.07%) Azure Certification
17 58 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
18 57 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
19 48 (0.88%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 296 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 272 (5.01%) QA
3 201 (3.70%) GDPR
4 195 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 147 (2.71%) PCI DSS
6 139 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 121 (2.23%) NIST
8 115 (2.12%) PMO
9 111 (2.04%) Accessibility
10 54 (0.99%) SLA
11 41 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
11 41 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 35 (0.64%) GRC
13 23 (0.42%) IFRS
14 21 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 19 (0.35%) ISO 9001
16 17 (0.31%) WCAG
17 15 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 14 (0.26%) COBIT
19 11 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 236 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 115 (2.12%) Hyper-V
3 88 (1.62%) Terminal Server
4 56 (1.03%) Docker
5 45 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 27 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.31%) Firmware
8 9 (0.17%) vSphere
9 7 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.092%) ProxySG
11 3 (0.055%) zsh
12 2 (0.037%) HDFS
13 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.018%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.018%) NFS
13 1 (0.018%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.018%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 82 (1.51%) Terraform
2 64 (1.18%) Kubernetes
3 54 (0.99%) Ansible
4 42 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.29%) Grafana
6 16 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.18%) SCCM
8 7 (0.13%) QRadar
9 6 (0.11%) SCOM
10 5 (0.092%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.074%) Nessus
11 4 (0.074%) Rancher
11 4 (0.074%) vRealize
12 3 (0.055%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.055%) Nagios
13 2 (0.037%) AssetCenter
13 2 (0.037%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.037%) Kibana
13 2 (0.037%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,210 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 496 (9.13%) PayPal
3 426 (7.84%) SAP
4 226 (4.16%) Google
5 216 (3.98%) Oracle
6 168 (3.09%) Salesforce
7 145 (2.67%) VMware
8 117 (2.15%) Splunk
9 110 (2.02%) Databricks
10 107 (1.97%) SolarWinds
11 91 (1.67%) Veeam
12 89 (1.64%) Brocade
12 89 (1.64%) Tanium
13 88 (1.62%) Nimble Storage
14 85 (1.56%) Adobe
15 78 (1.44%) Cisco
15 78 (1.44%) ServiceNow
16 59 (1.09%) Workday
17 51 (0.94%) Alteryx
18 43 (0.79%) Ariba