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 22 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,899 6,060 9,962
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.18% 13.43% 9.11%
As % of the General category 10.97% 18.51% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,188 2,448 5,433
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,596 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -8.99%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,645 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +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 44,666 32,738 62,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.23% 72.54% 56.89%
Number of salaries quoted 27,446 16,119 41,212
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 £76,919 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
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 22 June 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 22 June 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 4,467 £55,000 - 1,658
UK excluding London -20 3,085 £48,500 -3.00% 1,391
London -11 1,538 £67,500 +3.85% 612
Work from Home -11 1,514 £55,000 - 765
North of England -19 956 £48,000 +1.05% 309
South East -8 770 £50,000 -9.09% 498
Midlands -9 567 £48,000 +1.05% 229
North West -17 560 £46,500 -7.00% 170
South West -25 338 £47,500 -2.08% 149
West Midlands -17 315 £50,000 +5.26% 125
Yorkshire -14 296 £49,884 +10.85% 98
East Midlands +1 251 £45,000 -5.26% 103
East of England -19 236 £45,050 -3.82% 124
Scotland -23 107 £40,000 -20.71% 63
North East -27 100 £53,750 +38.53% 48
Wales -8 83 £53,171 -3.33% 26
Northern Ireland -22 39 £40,000 -27.27% 50

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
1 172 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 118 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
4 71 (1.45%) Confluence
5 70 (1.43%) Apache Spark
6 42 (0.86%) Apache
7 38 (0.78%) CMS
8 21 (0.43%) IIS
8 21 (0.43%) SAS
9 16 (0.33%) WordPress
10 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 6 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 3 (0.061%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.061%) govService
13 3 (0.061%) JBoss
13 3 (0.061%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.041%) Appian
Applications
1 533 (10.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 188 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
3 98 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 86 (1.76%) MS Visio
5 34 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 31 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 8 (0.16%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
11 4 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.082%) Maya
12 3 (0.061%) Blender
12 3 (0.061%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.061%) Trello
13 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.041%) Lectora
13 2 (0.041%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
13 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 73 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 32 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
5 17 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.22%) Maximo
9 11 (0.22%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.18%) Fidessa
11 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 6 (0.12%) Endur
13 6 (0.12%) Magento
13 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
13 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 890 (18.17%) Azure
2 646 (13.19%) Power Platform
3 487 (9.94%) AWS
4 372 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
5 304 (6.21%) SaaS
6 209 (4.27%) GCP
7 125 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
8 115 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 114 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 83 (1.69%) Google Analytics
11 78 (1.59%) GitHub
12 77 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 76 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
14 73 (1.49%) Amazon S3
15 69 (1.41%) dbt
15 69 (1.41%) Snowflake
16 66 (1.35%) PowerApps
17 65 (1.33%) Serverless
18 52 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
19 49 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 198 (4.04%) Firewall
2 178 (3.63%) DNS
3 136 (2.78%) DHCP
4 120 (2.45%) VPN
5 83 (1.69%) WAN
6 79 (1.61%) TCP/IP
7 76 (1.55%) Broadband
8 75 (1.53%) LAN
9 62 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
10 52 (1.06%) Wireless
11 51 (1.04%) VLAN
12 46 (0.94%) Network Security
13 42 (0.86%) SAN
14 34 (0.69%) BGP
15 33 (0.67%) HTTP
16 31 (0.63%) Internet
17 26 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (0.53%) SD-WAN
18 24 (0.49%) OSPF
19 23 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 576 (11.76%) Power BI
2 297 (6.06%) Tableau
3 187 (3.82%) SQL Server
4 167 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
5 105 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
6 90 (1.84%) Metadata
7 81 (1.65%) Data Mining
8 71 (1.45%) Data Lake
8 71 (1.45%) Relational Database
9 61 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
10 60 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 60 (1.22%) Looker
11 57 (1.16%) Power Query
11 57 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 52 (1.06%) MySQL
13 48 (0.98%) BigQuery
14 45 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 39 (0.80%) Big Data
16 36 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
17 35 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 166 (3.39%) JIRA
2 146 (2.98%) Git
3 53 (1.08%) GitLab
4 33 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.61%) MLflow
6 29 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 19 (0.39%) Selenium
8 18 (0.37%) Chocolatey
9 16 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.29%) Eclipse
10 14 (0.29%) ERwin
11 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
11 13 (0.27%) Postman
12 12 (0.24%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.24%) Visual Studio
13 11 (0.22%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.18%) JMeter
14 9 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
15 8 (0.16%) Balsamiq
General
1 2,273 (46.40%) Social Skills
2 1,693 (34.56%) Finance
3 415 (8.47%) Marketing
4 358 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 296 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
6 292 (5.96%) Public Sector
7 274 (5.59%) Retail
8 266 (5.43%) Law
8 266 (5.43%) Legal
9 243 (4.96%) Banking
10 184 (3.76%) Manufacturing
11 175 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
12 131 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
13 118 (2.41%) Telecoms
14 88 (1.80%) Advertising
15 87 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
16 80 (1.63%) Aerospace
17 77 (1.57%) Financial Institution
18 72 (1.47%) Electronics
19 54 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,264 (25.80%) Analyst
2 630 (12.86%) Senior
3 342 (6.98%) Lead
4 310 (6.33%) Data Analyst
5 281 (5.74%) Business Analyst
6 242 (4.94%) Developer
7 215 (4.39%) Consultant
8 210 (4.29%) Architect
9 192 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
10 146 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
11 130 (2.65%) Data Engineer
12 119 (2.43%) Support Analyst
13 115 (2.35%) IT Manager
14 109 (2.22%) IT Support
15 108 (2.20%) Support Engineer
16 107 (2.18%) Senior Manager
17 105 (2.14%) Systems Analyst
18 98 (2.00%) Financial Analyst
19 94 (1.92%) Security Analyst
20 84 (1.71%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (2.49%) HTML
2 111 (2.27%) .NET
2 111 (2.27%) CSS
3 102 (2.08%) REST
4 91 (1.86%) Middleware
5 90 (1.84%) JSON
6 87 (1.78%) React
7 80 (1.63%) XML
8 69 (1.41%) PyTorch
9 63 (1.29%) TensorFlow
10 53 (1.08%) Kafka
11 50 (1.02%) Node.js
12 49 (1.00%) SOAP
13 47 (0.96%) RESTful
14 43 (0.88%) PySpark
14 43 (0.88%) scikit-learn
15 37 (0.76%) Web Services
16 34 (0.69%) Pandas
17 32 (0.65%) LangChain
18 30 (0.61%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 520 (10.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 242 (4.94%) Management Information System
3 210 (4.29%) Onboarding
4 196 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 190 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
6 138 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 105 (2.14%) Data Centre
8 97 (1.98%) Cloud Native
9 96 (1.96%) Security Posture
10 89 (1.82%) Data Structures
11 81 (1.65%) Driving Licence
12 79 (1.61%) Algorithms
13 78 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
14 63 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
15 59 (1.20%) Social Media
16 56 (1.14%) Public Cloud
16 56 (1.14%) Virtual Team
17 46 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
18 45 (0.92%) FMCG
19 44 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 386 (7.88%) Windows
2 246 (5.02%) Linux
3 196 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 96 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.71%) Unix
6 28 (0.57%) Windows 10
7 27 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (0.35%) Android
10 14 (0.29%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.22%) CentOS
11 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.16%) VMS
13 4 (0.082%) AIX
13 4 (0.082%) Debian
13 4 (0.082%) OpenVMS
13 4 (0.082%) Rocky
13 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.020%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,205 (45.01%) Problem-Solving
2 1,211 (24.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,085 (22.15%) Decision-Making
4 1,074 (21.92%) Analytics
5 849 (17.33%) Agile
6 657 (13.41%) Business Intelligence
7 642 (13.10%) AI
8 641 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 512 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 496 (10.12%) Roadmaps
11 482 (9.84%) Mentoring
12 476 (9.72%) Actionable Insight
13 471 (9.61%) Project Management
14 453 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
15 448 (9.14%) Data Modelling
16 443 (9.04%) Data Analysis
17 406 (8.29%) Data Governance
18 402 (8.21%) Process Improvement
19 365 (7.45%) Analytical Thinking
20 360 (7.35%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,036 (21.15%) SQL
2 872 (17.80%) Python
3 176 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 169 (3.45%) Java
5 165 (3.37%) PowerShell
6 149 (3.04%) C#
7 80 (1.63%) R
8 72 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 70 (1.43%) C++
10 69 (1.41%) Bash
11 51 (1.04%) TypeScript
12 49 (1.00%) T-SQL
13 39 (0.80%) MATLAB
14 34 (0.69%) VBA
15 21 (0.43%) PHP
16 19 (0.39%) Go
17 18 (0.37%) Julia
18 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
18 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
18 17 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 898 (18.33%) Degree
2 457 (9.33%) Security Cleared
3 332 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 262 (5.35%) ACCA
5 247 (5.04%) CIMA
6 156 (3.18%) CISSP
7 155 (3.16%) DBS Check
8 153 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 113 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
10 110 (2.25%) CISM
11 90 (1.84%) DV Cleared
12 89 (1.82%) Master's Degree
13 83 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 72 (1.47%) Azure Certification
14 72 (1.47%) IRCA
14 72 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
15 67 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
16 60 (1.22%) PMI Certification
17 54 (1.10%) PMP
18 49 (1.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 465 (9.49%) Data Quality
2 384 (7.84%) GDPR
3 320 (6.53%) QA
4 266 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 226 (4.61%) NIST
6 172 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 141 (2.88%) SLA
8 138 (2.82%) PCI DSS
9 128 (2.61%) Accessibility
10 119 (2.43%) ISO 9001
11 75 (1.53%) GRC
12 57 (1.16%) PMO
13 50 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
14 45 (0.92%) IFRS
15 41 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 40 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 36 (0.73%) COBIT
18 28 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 24 (0.49%) ITGC
19 24 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 282 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 97 (1.98%) Hyper-V
3 89 (1.82%) Docker
4 80 (1.63%) Terminal Server
5 77 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 26 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.24%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.24%) vSphere
8 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
10 4 (0.082%) Firmware
10 4 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.082%) XenApp
11 3 (0.061%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 128 (2.61%) Terraform
2 81 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 64 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 60 (1.22%) Ansible
5 35 (0.71%) Grafana
6 27 (0.55%) SCCM
7 23 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.43%) Nagios
9 16 (0.33%) QRadar
10 15 (0.31%) Kibana
10 15 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.24%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.16%) Control-M
13 7 (0.14%) logstash
13 7 (0.14%) Packer
14 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.10%) Podman
16 4 (0.082%) Functional Safety
16 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,097 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 211 (4.31%) SAP
3 193 (3.94%) Google
4 167 (3.41%) Oracle
4 167 (3.41%) VMware
5 151 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 134 (2.74%) Splunk
7 126 (2.57%) SolarWinds
8 114 (2.33%) Databricks
9 93 (1.90%) Veeam
10 86 (1.76%) ServiceNow
11 81 (1.65%) Nimble Storage
12 80 (1.63%) Brocade
12 80 (1.63%) Tanium
13 74 (1.51%) Workday
14 72 (1.47%) Cisco
15 49 (1.00%) IBM
15 49 (1.00%) Red Hat
16 47 (0.96%) Adobe
17 45 (0.92%) HubSpot