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 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,890 5,698 9,236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.60% 13.62% 9.76%
As % of the General category 10.91% 19.21% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,914 2,497 5,450
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,200 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,445 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.86% +12.10% -2.91%

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 44,821 29,665 57,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 51.36% 70.92% 60.45%
Number of salaries quoted 24,190 15,942 39,374
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +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 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 18 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 20 April 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 -19 4,350 £55,000 - 2,404
UK excluding London -27 3,043 £48,500 -3.86% 1,807
London -8 1,533 £67,500 +3.85% 953
Work from Home -6 1,433 £55,000 - 1,016
North of England -31 850 £45,249 -9.50% 432
South East -4 799 £50,000 -4.76% 561
Midlands -23 574 £48,000 - 338
North West -24 480 £45,000 -10.00% 237
West Midlands -25 345 £51,300 +6.32% 204
Yorkshire -11 278 £50,500 +12.22% 142
South West -25 271 £50,000 -2.76% 182
East of England -32 255 £42,879 -15.87% 185
East Midlands -10 227 £45,000 - 133
Scotland -18 170 £40,000 -23.81% 67
North East -19 92 £48,445 +25.83% 59
Wales +1 85 £42,500 -15.21% 55
Northern Ireland -25 50 £40,000 -27.27% 23
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92%

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
1 148 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
3 74 (1.51%) Apache Spark
3 74 (1.51%) Confluence
4 50 (1.02%) CMS
5 35 (0.72%) Apache
6 20 (0.41%) WordPress
7 18 (0.37%) IIS
8 17 (0.35%) SAS
9 11 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
10 6 (0.12%) nginx
11 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.082%) Drupal
12 3 (0.061%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.061%) govService
12 3 (0.061%) JBoss
13 2 (0.041%) MTS
13 2 (0.041%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 648 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 281 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 99 (2.02%) MS Visio
5 33 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 30 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 15 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.20%) CATIA
11 5 (0.10%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.082%) Trello
13 3 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.061%) Photoshop
14 2 (0.041%) Simulink
14 2 (0.041%) Sketch
15 1 (0.020%) Lectora
15 1 (0.020%) Notion
15 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
15 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 67 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 35 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 24 (0.49%) SAP CO
5 16 (0.33%) Endur
5 16 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 15 (0.31%) SAP PM
6 15 (0.31%) Workday HCM
7 14 (0.29%) Maximo
7 14 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 11 (0.22%) Sage X3
9 10 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
10 9 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
11 8 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
11 8 (0.16%) Elite 3E
11 8 (0.16%) SAP PP
12 7 (0.14%) Magento
12 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 878 (17.96%) Azure
2 669 (13.68%) Power Platform
3 476 (9.73%) AWS
4 336 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
5 268 (5.48%) SaaS
6 209 (4.27%) GCP
7 149 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
8 146 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
9 108 (2.21%) GitHub
10 104 (2.13%) Entra ID
11 102 (2.09%) Power Automate
12 95 (1.94%) Snowflake
13 90 (1.84%) dbt
14 78 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
15 72 (1.47%) Google Analytics
16 70 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 68 (1.39%) Amazon S3
18 61 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
18 61 (1.25%) Serverless
19 59 (1.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 185 (3.78%) Firewall
2 157 (3.21%) DNS
3 126 (2.58%) DHCP
4 118 (2.41%) VPN
5 80 (1.64%) WAN
6 69 (1.41%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.37%) Wireless
8 66 (1.35%) LAN
9 61 (1.25%) VLAN
9 61 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
10 50 (1.02%) Network Security
11 46 (0.94%) SAN
12 42 (0.86%) Broadband
13 39 (0.80%) BGP
14 33 (0.67%) OSPF
14 33 (0.67%) Wireshark
15 29 (0.59%) EIGRP
16 28 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (0.53%) SD-WAN
18 24 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 605 (12.37%) Power BI
2 396 (8.10%) Tableau
3 221 (4.52%) SQL Server
4 172 (3.52%) Data Mining
5 171 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
6 95 (1.94%) Metadata
7 92 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 83 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
9 79 (1.62%) Data Lake
10 73 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 67 (1.37%) Looker
12 62 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 54 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
14 51 (1.04%) MySQL
15 48 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
16 46 (0.94%) BigQuery
16 46 (0.94%) NoSQL
16 46 (0.94%) Power Query
17 39 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 38 (0.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 184 (3.76%) JIRA
2 132 (2.70%) Git
3 49 (1.00%) GitLab
4 40 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 33 (0.67%) Selenium
6 32 (0.65%) MLflow
7 23 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
8 18 (0.37%) Chocolatey
8 18 (0.37%) Visual Studio
9 16 (0.33%) Balsamiq
10 15 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.29%) Axure RP
11 14 (0.29%) ERwin
11 14 (0.29%) Subversion
12 13 (0.27%) Cucumber
12 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
13 10 (0.20%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.20%) Postman
13 10 (0.20%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.16%) Robot Framework
General
1 2,406 (49.20%) Social Skills
2 1,818 (37.18%) Finance
3 437 (8.94%) Marketing
4 356 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 301 (6.16%) Banking
6 268 (5.48%) Law
7 266 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
8 263 (5.38%) Retail
9 260 (5.32%) Legal
10 249 (5.09%) Public Sector
11 199 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
12 173 (3.54%) Manufacturing
13 126 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
14 116 (2.37%) Telecoms
15 109 (2.23%) Financial Institution
16 84 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
17 73 (1.49%) Advertising
18 67 (1.37%) Electronics
19 62 (1.27%) Games
20 58 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,317 (26.93%) Analyst
2 668 (13.66%) Senior
3 369 (7.55%) Data Analyst
4 309 (6.32%) Lead
5 283 (5.79%) Business Analyst
6 243 (4.97%) Developer
7 221 (4.52%) Architect
8 211 (4.31%) Consultant
9 160 (3.27%) Support Analyst
9 160 (3.27%) Trainee
10 150 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
11 148 (3.03%) Trainee Analyst
11 148 (3.03%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 142 (2.90%) Senior Manager
13 136 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
14 120 (2.45%) IT Support
15 119 (2.43%) Financial Analyst
16 106 (2.17%) Data Engineer
17 102 (2.09%) Support Engineer
18 96 (1.96%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (2.97%) HTML
2 132 (2.70%) CSS
3 91 (1.86%) .NET
4 83 (1.70%) React
5 82 (1.68%) REST
6 76 (1.55%) JSON
7 72 (1.47%) Middleware
8 65 (1.33%) XML
9 57 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 54 (1.10%) Kafka
11 53 (1.08%) TensorFlow
12 47 (0.96%) Node.js
13 44 (0.90%) SOAP
14 42 (0.86%) scikit-learn
15 36 (0.74%) PySpark
16 33 (0.67%) LangChain
16 33 (0.67%) Pandas
17 29 (0.59%) EDI
17 29 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
17 29 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 523 (10.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 271 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
3 238 (4.87%) Management Information System
4 230 (4.70%) Onboarding
5 209 (4.27%) Product Ownership
6 109 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 100 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 98 (2.00%) Cloud Native
9 90 (1.84%) Data Structures
10 80 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
11 77 (1.57%) Security Posture
12 75 (1.53%) Algorithms
13 63 (1.29%) Driving Licence
14 57 (1.17%) Social Media
15 54 (1.10%) Virtual Team
16 49 (1.00%) Public Cloud
17 48 (0.98%) Low-Code
18 45 (0.92%) FMCG
18 45 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 43 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 363 (7.42%) Windows
2 210 (4.29%) Linux
3 158 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 70 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (0.67%) Unix
6 24 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 22 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 21 (0.43%) Android
9 16 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.14%) CentOS
12 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.10%) VMS
13 4 (0.082%) AIX
13 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.041%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.041%) Debian
14 2 (0.041%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.041%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,215 (45.30%) Problem-Solving
2 1,182 (24.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,134 (23.19%) Analytics
4 1,029 (21.04%) Decision-Making
5 866 (17.71%) Agile
6 742 (15.17%) Business Intelligence
7 724 (14.81%) AI
8 626 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 620 (12.68%) Project Management
10 552 (11.29%) Data Analysis
11 480 (9.82%) Actionable Insight
12 448 (9.16%) Mentoring
13 433 (8.85%) Data Modelling
14 427 (8.73%) Analytical Thinking
15 421 (8.61%) Roadmaps
16 410 (8.38%) Process Improvement
17 404 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 398 (8.14%) Cybersecurity
19 386 (7.89%) DevOps
20 363 (7.42%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1,057 (21.62%) SQL
2 874 (17.87%) Python
3 184 (3.76%) JavaScript
4 173 (3.54%) Java
5 166 (3.39%) PowerShell
6 120 (2.45%) C#
7 90 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 60 (1.23%) R
9 58 (1.19%) Bash
10 47 (0.96%) C++
11 46 (0.94%) T-SQL
12 45 (0.92%) TypeScript
13 42 (0.86%) VBA
14 26 (0.53%) MATLAB
15 22 (0.45%) Scala
16 20 (0.41%) Go
17 17 (0.35%) C
17 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
18 15 (0.31%) PHP
18 15 (0.31%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,032 (21.10%) Degree
2 390 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 277 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 248 (5.07%) ACCA
5 237 (4.85%) CIMA
6 176 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 152 (3.11%) CISSP
8 143 (2.92%) Master's Degree
9 134 (2.74%) DBS Check
10 103 (2.11%) PMI Certification
11 96 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
12 95 (1.94%) CISM
13 90 (1.84%) PMP
14 85 (1.74%) DV Cleared
15 74 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 72 (1.47%) IRCA
17 65 (1.33%) Azure Certification
18 62 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
19 54 (1.10%) CISA
20 52 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 428 (8.75%) Data Quality
2 337 (6.89%) GDPR
3 284 (5.81%) QA
4 232 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 199 (4.07%) NIST
6 139 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 113 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 100 (2.04%) SLA
9 94 (1.92%) ISO 9001
10 93 (1.90%) Accessibility
11 82 (1.68%) PMO
12 70 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
13 59 (1.21%) GRC
14 40 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 37 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.67%) IFRS
17 30 (0.61%) COBIT
18 28 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.49%) SOC 2
20 21 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 263 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 82 (1.68%) Hyper-V
3 75 (1.53%) Docker
4 72 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 64 (1.31%) Terminal Server
6 18 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 7 (0.14%) IAG
12 5 (0.10%) Firmware
13 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (0.082%) XenApp
14 3 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.020%) KVM
16 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 138 (2.82%) Terraform
2 80 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 69 (1.41%) Ansible
4 63 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (0.76%) Grafana
6 29 (0.59%) SCCM
7 28 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 28 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (0.35%) Nagios
9 9 (0.18%) QRadar
10 7 (0.14%) Control-M
10 7 (0.14%) Kibana
10 7 (0.14%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.10%) CASB
11 5 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 5 (0.10%) logstash
12 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.082%) Packer
12 4 (0.082%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,199 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 208 (4.25%) SAP
3 173 (3.54%) Oracle
4 168 (3.44%) Google
5 147 (3.01%) VMware
6 144 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 117 (2.39%) ServiceNow
8 110 (2.25%) SolarWinds
9 109 (2.23%) Databricks
10 102 (2.09%) Splunk
11 77 (1.57%) Workday
12 71 (1.45%) Cisco
13 70 (1.43%) Veeam
14 65 (1.33%) Brocade
14 65 (1.33%) Tanium
15 64 (1.31%) Nimble Storage
16 51 (1.04%) IBM
17 48 (0.98%) Dell
18 41 (0.84%) Red Hat
19 39 (0.80%) Adobe