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 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 6,451 6,147 7,454
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.49% 12.42% 9.75%
As % of the General category 11.84% 18.16% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,729 2,508 2,894
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,772
Median % change year-on-year - -4.15% -0.42%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

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 54,494 33,856 43,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.40% 68.39% 57.49%
Number of salaries quoted 33,280 17,617 22,184
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £44,720 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.81% -10.56% -1.93%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 5,671 £52,500 - 9,267
UK excluding London -15 4,335 £47,500 +5.56% 5,037
Work from Home -6 2,162 £55,000 +10.00% 3,754
London -11 1,819 £66,000 +1.54% 4,976
North of England -18 1,166 £47,500 +6.74% 1,123
South East -11 989 £49,425 +0.87% 1,357
Midlands -11 753 £46,743 +4.94% 770
North West -16 708 £46,500 +3.33% 647
South West -8 615 £47,500 +5.56% 584
West Midlands -19 386 £47,500 +5.56% 475
East Midlands -5 365 £44,621 +11.55% 294
Yorkshire -10 317 £47,000 +17.50% 372
East of England -15 281 £47,500 +18.75% 501
Wales -2 207 £45,000 -10.40% 140
Northern Ireland +4 189 £43,750 -20.45% 228
Scotland -20 151 £48,000 +21.52% 397
North East -22 147 £51,500 +28.75% 107

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
1 192 (2.98%) SharePoint
2 179 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 112 (1.74%) Confluence
4 45 (0.70%) CMS
5 38 (0.59%) IIS
6 37 (0.57%) Apache
6 37 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 30 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
8 27 (0.42%) SAS
9 15 (0.23%) WordPress
10 12 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 11 (0.17%) Headless CMS
12 10 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 9 (0.14%) WebLogic
13 9 (0.14%) WebSphere
14 8 (0.12%) OpenStack
15 7 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
16 3 (0.047%) Appian
16 3 (0.047%) nginx
16 3 (0.047%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 756 (11.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 335 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 131 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 73 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 50 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 46 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
7 18 (0.28%) Simulink
8 17 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.16%) Chatbot
10 9 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 9 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
11 8 (0.12%) Photoshop
12 7 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 6 (0.093%) Acrobat
13 6 (0.093%) EPLAN
13 6 (0.093%) Siemens NX
14 5 (0.078%) InDesign
14 5 (0.078%) Revit
15 4 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
16 3 (0.047%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 112 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 65 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 37 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 35 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
5 28 (0.43%) Shopify
6 18 (0.28%) Workday HCM
7 15 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
8 14 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
9 13 (0.20%) Magento
10 12 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
10 12 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 12 (0.19%) SAP FI
11 11 (0.17%) Elite 3E
11 11 (0.17%) SAP Business One
11 11 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
12 10 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
12 10 (0.16%) Infor M3
13 9 (0.14%) Fidessa
13 9 (0.14%) Sage 200
13 9 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,021 (15.83%) Azure
2 745 (11.55%) Power Platform
3 645 (10.00%) AWS
4 451 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
5 392 (6.08%) SaaS
6 297 (4.60%) GCP
7 198 (3.07%) Entra ID
8 160 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 153 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
10 131 (2.03%) Google Analytics
11 128 (1.98%) Google Ads
12 105 (1.63%) GitHub
13 91 (1.41%) Meta Ads
13 91 (1.41%) Serverless
14 84 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
15 83 (1.29%) Power Automate
16 81 (1.26%) PowerApps
17 78 (1.21%) Amazon S3
18 73 (1.13%) Snowflake
19 70 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 199 (3.08%) DNS
2 154 (2.39%) DHCP
3 144 (2.23%) Firewall
4 127 (1.97%) VPN
5 109 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 94 (1.46%) Internet
7 77 (1.19%) WAN
8 72 (1.12%) LAN
9 68 (1.05%) Network Security
10 56 (0.87%) Wireless
11 52 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
12 47 (0.73%) VLAN
13 44 (0.68%) Broadband
14 37 (0.57%) HTTP
15 34 (0.53%) SAN
16 29 (0.45%) VoIP
17 25 (0.39%) 5G
17 25 (0.39%) BGP
17 25 (0.39%) SMS
18 23 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 667 (10.34%) Power BI
2 209 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 193 (2.99%) Tableau
4 175 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
5 116 (1.80%) Relational Database
6 112 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
7 103 (1.60%) Metadata
8 89 (1.38%) MySQL
9 83 (1.29%) Looker
10 80 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
10 80 (1.24%) Power Query
11 74 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 65 (1.01%) Data Lake
13 59 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 56 (0.87%) Big Data
15 49 (0.76%) NoSQL
16 44 (0.68%) BigQuery
17 38 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
17 38 (0.59%) MongoDB
18 37 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 268 (4.15%) JIRA
2 265 (4.11%) Git
3 54 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 53 (0.82%) GitLab
5 32 (0.50%) Selenium
6 28 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
7 26 (0.40%) Eclipse
8 23 (0.36%) Cucumber
9 22 (0.34%) Claude Code
10 21 (0.33%) Postman
11 19 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
12 18 (0.28%) LabVIEW
13 15 (0.23%) Bitbucket
14 14 (0.22%) Burp Suite
14 14 (0.22%) JMeter
14 14 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
15 11 (0.17%) Chocolatey
15 11 (0.17%) Metasploit
16 10 (0.16%) Cypress.io
16 10 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 3,255 (50.46%) Social Skills
2 2,093 (32.44%) Finance
3 747 (11.58%) Marketing
4 547 (8.48%) Organisational Skills
5 542 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 461 (7.15%) Retail
7 425 (6.59%) Public Sector
8 421 (6.53%) Law
9 412 (6.39%) Legal
10 382 (5.92%) Manufacturing
11 332 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
12 277 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
13 244 (3.78%) Banking
14 211 (3.27%) Aerospace
15 159 (2.46%) Electronics
16 157 (2.43%) Telecoms
17 116 (1.80%) Advertising
18 102 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
19 80 (1.24%) Automotive
20 69 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,500 (23.25%) Analyst
2 855 (13.25%) Senior
3 422 (6.54%) Lead
4 314 (4.87%) Developer
5 307 (4.76%) Data Analyst
6 304 (4.71%) Business Analyst
7 248 (3.84%) Consultant
7 248 (3.84%) Senior Analyst
8 238 (3.69%) Architect
9 219 (3.39%) Support Analyst
10 185 (2.87%) Data Engineer
11 166 (2.57%) Systems Engineer
12 126 (1.95%) Support Engineer
13 117 (1.81%) IT Support
14 114 (1.77%) Applications Support
15 113 (1.75%) Administrator
16 109 (1.69%) Security Analyst
16 109 (1.69%) Senior Manager
17 108 (1.67%) Marketing Manager
18 106 (1.64%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (2.59%) .NET
2 149 (2.31%) Terraform
3 136 (2.11%) REST
4 124 (1.92%) HTML
5 113 (1.75%) CSS
6 90 (1.40%) JSON
7 85 (1.32%) RESTful
8 81 (1.26%) Middleware
9 78 (1.21%) XML
10 74 (1.15%) PySpark
11 71 (1.10%) React
12 64 (0.99%) SOAP
13 62 (0.96%) Kafka
14 48 (0.74%) EDI
15 47 (0.73%) Web Services
16 45 (0.70%) LDAP
17 42 (0.65%) Spring Boot
18 41 (0.64%) Spring
19 39 (0.60%) ASP.NET
20 37 (0.57%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 471 (7.30%) Management Information System
2 457 (7.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 395 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 323 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
5 288 (4.46%) Product Ownership
6 172 (2.67%) Driving Licence
7 148 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 147 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
9 135 (2.09%) Cloud Native
10 131 (2.03%) Social Media
11 120 (1.86%) Blog
12 109 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
13 107 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
14 105 (1.63%) Data Centre
15 100 (1.55%) Security Posture
16 98 (1.52%) Virtual Team
17 88 (1.36%) Data Structures
18 78 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
19 67 (1.04%) AI Agents
20 62 (0.96%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 461 (7.15%) Windows
2 316 (4.90%) Linux
3 220 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 93 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 43 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 36 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 32 (0.50%) Unix
8 26 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 22 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 19 (0.29%) Android
12 9 (0.14%) CentOS
13 8 (0.12%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.093%) Debian
14 6 (0.093%) VMS
15 5 (0.078%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.062%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.031%) AIX
17 2 (0.031%) Rocky
17 2 (0.031%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,147 (48.78%) Problem-Solving
2 1,939 (30.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,556 (24.12%) Decision-Making
4 1,322 (20.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 1,274 (19.75%) Analytics
6 1,158 (17.95%) AI
7 1,112 (17.24%) Agile
8 836 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
9 704 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 643 (9.97%) Mentoring
11 625 (9.69%) Roadmaps
12 596 (9.24%) Validation
13 589 (9.13%) Actionable Insight
14 561 (8.70%) Process Improvement
15 554 (8.59%) Data Analysis
16 551 (8.54%) Project Management
17 544 (8.43%) CRM
18 524 (8.12%) Project Delivery
19 521 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
19 521 (8.08%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,218 (18.88%) SQL
2 867 (13.44%) Python
3 234 (3.63%) JavaScript
4 215 (3.33%) Java
5 204 (3.16%) C#
6 195 (3.02%) PowerShell
7 119 (1.84%) C++
8 93 (1.44%) Bash
9 84 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 83 (1.29%) R
11 71 (1.10%) TypeScript
12 53 (0.82%) T-SQL
13 52 (0.81%) MATLAB
14 46 (0.71%) Shell Script
15 41 (0.64%) C
16 33 (0.51%) PL/SQL
17 29 (0.45%) Scala
18 26 (0.40%) Go
19 24 (0.37%) Perl
19 24 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,318 (20.43%) Degree
2 713 (11.05%) Security Cleared
3 492 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 260 (4.03%) ACCA
5 245 (3.80%) CIMA
6 179 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 158 (2.45%) DV Cleared
8 146 (2.26%) CISSP
9 139 (2.15%) DBS Check
10 130 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 114 (1.77%) CISM
12 106 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
13 100 (1.55%) Master's Degree
14 81 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 78 (1.21%) HND
16 74 (1.15%) Azure Certification
17 67 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
18 61 (0.95%) PMI Certification
19 58 (0.90%) HNC
20 48 (0.74%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 638 (9.89%) Data Quality
2 372 (5.77%) QA
3 320 (4.96%) GDPR
4 224 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 207 (3.21%) Accessibility
6 167 (2.59%) NIST
7 145 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 141 (2.19%) SLA
9 119 (1.84%) PCI DSS
10 69 (1.07%) GRC
11 68 (1.05%) PMO
12 58 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
13 56 (0.87%) ISO 9001
14 42 (0.65%) IFRS
15 37 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 29 (0.45%) NCSC
18 27 (0.42%) COBIT
19 26 (0.40%) DO-254
19 26 (0.40%) GAAP
System Software
1 352 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 177 (2.74%) Docker
3 106 (1.64%) Hyper-V
4 84 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 72 (1.12%) Terminal Server
6 50 (0.78%) Firmware
7 22 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
10 11 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.12%) vSphere
12 7 (0.11%) Ceph
12 7 (0.11%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.062%) KVM
13 4 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.047%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.031%) IAG
15 2 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 1 (0.016%) VirtualBox
16 1 (0.016%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 120 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 84 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 71 (1.10%) Ansible
4 47 (0.73%) Grafana
5 40 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 21 (0.33%) Kibana
8 20 (0.31%) QRadar
9 19 (0.29%) SCCM
10 12 (0.19%) Nagios
11 11 (0.17%) Nmap
11 11 (0.17%) Podman
12 9 (0.14%) Argo
12 9 (0.14%) Functional Safety
12 9 (0.14%) logstash
13 7 (0.11%) Check_MK
13 7 (0.11%) Istio
14 6 (0.093%) Graylog
14 6 (0.093%) Nessus
14 6 (0.093%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,558 (24.15%) Microsoft
2 410 (6.36%) Google
3 250 (3.88%) SAP
4 201 (3.12%) Oracle
5 174 (2.70%) VMware
6 155 (2.40%) Splunk
7 149 (2.31%) Salesforce
8 139 (2.15%) ServiceNow
9 129 (2.00%) Databricks
10 94 (1.46%) SolarWinds
11 89 (1.38%) Cisco
12 80 (1.24%) Veeam
13 73 (1.13%) Brocade
13 73 (1.13%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.12%) Adobe
14 72 (1.12%) Tanium
15 70 (1.09%) HubSpot
16 65 (1.01%) YouTube
17 60 (0.93%) Workday
18 43 (0.67%) Sage