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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,417 6,278 4,665
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 9.98% 9.82% 9.22%
As % of the General category 16.37% 15.99% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,580 2,629 3,350
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,412 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,813 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.38%

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 33,089 39,254 32,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 60.98% 61.42% 65.22%
Number of salaries quoted 19,059 18,952 24,754
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,650 £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 2 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 2 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 +4 4,692 £50,987 -7.30% 3,686
UK excluding London +3 3,464 £45,000 -10.00% 3,402
Work from Home +6 1,909 £50,000 -10.49% 2,755
London +3 1,625 £67,500 +3.85% 995
South East +4 880 £47,520 -4.96% 1,218
North of England +1 824 £45,000 -12.20% 794
Midlands +7 633 £45,000 -6.25% 562
North West -10 411 £45,000 -14.29% 416
South West +5 390 £45,000 -15.09% 319
West Midlands +7 377 £52,500 +5.00% 305
Scotland +3 348 £33,500 -44.17% 106
East of England +2 306 £40,000 -27.27% 352
Yorkshire +2 298 £40,500 -22.86% 313
East Midlands +6 254 £37,500 -11.76% 250
North East +15 115 £42,000 +5.00% 72
Wales +8 75 £48,122 -2.00% 80
Northern Ireland -3 40 £52,500 -28.54% 31
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 99 (1.83%) Confluence
3 91 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 64 (1.18%) CMS
5 53 (0.98%) Apache Spark
6 21 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 21 (0.39%) WordPress
7 18 (0.33%) Apache
8 16 (0.30%) SAS
9 8 (0.15%) Camunda
10 7 (0.13%) IIS
11 6 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 6 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.11%) Skype for Business
12 5 (0.092%) Apache Synapse
12 5 (0.092%) Drupal
13 4 (0.074%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.074%) nginx
13 4 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
14 3 (0.055%) Moodle
Applications
1 779 (14.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 509 (9.40%) Chatbot
3 376 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
4 138 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 59 (1.09%) Maya
6 53 (0.98%) MS Visio
7 41 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
8 37 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
9 22 (0.41%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.26%) Adobe XD
11 9 (0.17%) 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 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 68 (1.26%) SAP MDG
3 65 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 46 (0.85%) 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 29 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
8 24 (0.44%) SAP IBP
9 20 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
10 16 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
10 16 (0.30%) Workday HCM
11 15 (0.28%) Endur
12 13 (0.24%) Sage X3
12 13 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
13 12 (0.22%) Sprinklr
14 11 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
14 11 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 794 (14.66%) Azure
2 606 (11.19%) Power Platform
3 431 (7.96%) AWS
4 264 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
5 251 (4.63%) SaaS
6 159 (2.94%) GCP
7 126 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 103 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
9 94 (1.74%) Google Analytics
10 71 (1.31%) Entra ID
11 68 (1.26%) GitHub
11 68 (1.26%) Snowflake
12 67 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
13 59 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 55 (1.02%) Serverless
15 53 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
16 52 (0.96%) PaaS
17 49 (0.90%) Power Automate
18 44 (0.81%) dbt
19 42 (0.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 155 (2.86%) DNS
2 127 (2.34%) DHCP
3 115 (2.12%) Firewall
4 73 (1.35%) Network Security
5 71 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
6 64 (1.18%) VPN
7 62 (1.14%) LAN
8 57 (1.05%) WAN
9 43 (0.79%) TCP/IP
10 41 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
11 35 (0.65%) Wireless
12 32 (0.59%) SMS
12 32 (0.59%) VoIP
13 29 (0.54%) VLAN
14 23 (0.42%) Internet
15 22 (0.41%) Broadband
16 21 (0.39%) SAN
17 18 (0.33%) OSPF
18 17 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
19 16 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 561 (10.36%) Power BI
2 306 (5.65%) Tableau
3 187 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 166 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
5 135 (2.49%) Data Mining
6 118 (2.18%) Metadata
7 109 (2.01%) Data Lake
8 106 (1.96%) Relational Database
9 99 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
10 62 (1.14%) Looker
11 59 (1.09%) NoSQL
12 57 (1.05%) SAP BW
13 55 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 54 (1.00%) MySQL
15 46 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
15 46 (0.85%) Big Data
16 41 (0.76%) GIS
17 37 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
18 36 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
19 33 (0.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 233 (4.30%) JIRA
2 102 (1.88%) Git
3 55 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 50 (0.92%) Selenium
5 44 (0.81%) GitLab
6 19 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 16 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.30%) Maven
8 15 (0.28%) Postman
9 14 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.26%) WebDriver
10 13 (0.24%) Robot Framework
11 12 (0.22%) Subversion
12 11 (0.20%) Axure RP
12 11 (0.20%) Balsamiq
12 11 (0.20%) ERwin
12 11 (0.20%) Snyk
13 10 (0.18%) ER Studio
13 10 (0.18%) JUnit
13 10 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 2,790 (51.50%) Social Skills
2 1,809 (33.39%) Finance
3 643 (11.87%) Marketing
4 410 (7.57%) Law
5 350 (6.46%) Retail
6 349 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 316 (5.83%) Legal
8 289 (5.34%) Banking
9 257 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
10 248 (4.58%) Public Sector
11 229 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
12 228 (4.21%) Manufacturing
13 145 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
14 144 (2.66%) Telecoms
15 135 (2.49%) Financial Institution
16 113 (2.09%) Games
17 109 (2.01%) Advertising
18 97 (1.79%) Electronics
19 77 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
20 59 (1.09%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,128 (20.82%) Analyst
2 675 (12.46%) Senior
3 509 (9.40%) Trainer
4 413 (7.62%) Lead
5 306 (5.65%) Architect
6 302 (5.58%) Data Analyst
7 216 (3.99%) Consultant
8 215 (3.97%) Developer
9 195 (3.60%) Business Analyst
10 178 (3.29%) Support Analyst
11 157 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
12 144 (2.66%) IT Support
13 134 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 124 (2.29%) Systems Engineer
15 117 (2.16%) Trainee
16 108 (1.99%) Business Manager
17 107 (1.98%) IT Manager
18 105 (1.94%) Financial Analyst
19 103 (1.90%) Applications Support
20 102 (1.88%) Innovation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (2.38%) HTML
2 106 (1.96%) CSS
3 88 (1.62%) React
4 82 (1.51%) REST
5 62 (1.14%) .NET
6 50 (0.92%) Kafka
6 50 (0.92%) Middleware
7 43 (0.79%) JSON
8 42 (0.78%) Spring
9 38 (0.70%) AngularJS
10 35 (0.65%) XML
11 31 (0.57%) EDI
12 29 (0.54%) SOAP
13 27 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
14 26 (0.48%) LangChain
14 26 (0.48%) Node.js
14 26 (0.48%) PySpark
14 26 (0.48%) Web Services
15 23 (0.42%) Flash
16 21 (0.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 571 (10.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 391 (7.22%) Onboarding
3 389 (7.18%) Self-Motivation
4 287 (5.30%) Management Information System
5 203 (3.75%) Product Ownership
6 167 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 137 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
8 102 (1.88%) Driving Licence
9 87 (1.61%) Data Centre
10 85 (1.57%) FMCG
11 83 (1.53%) Algorithms
12 76 (1.40%) Cloud Native
13 65 (1.20%) Data Structures
14 63 (1.16%) Social Media
15 57 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 53 (0.98%) Virtual Team
17 51 (0.94%) Robotics
18 50 (0.92%) Security Posture
19 41 (0.76%) e-Learning
20 37 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 318 (5.87%) Windows
2 211 (3.90%) Linux
3 139 (2.57%) Windows Server
4 89 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.55%) Unix
6 20 (0.37%) 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 2,429 (44.84%) Problem-Solving
2 1,277 (23.57%) AI
3 1,157 (21.36%) Analytics
4 1,098 (20.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,025 (18.92%) Decision-Making
6 969 (17.89%) Agile
7 835 (15.41%) Project Management
8 768 (14.18%) Business Intelligence
9 649 (11.98%) Stakeholder Management
10 524 (9.67%) Data Analysis
11 522 (9.64%) Chemistry
12 511 (9.43%) Conversational UI
13 479 (8.84%) Risk Management
14 463 (8.55%) ERP
15 455 (8.40%) Roadmaps
16 449 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
17 439 (8.10%) Mentoring
18 431 (7.96%) Customer Service
19 427 (7.88%) CRM
20 422 (7.79%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 969 (17.89%) SQL
2 637 (11.76%) Python
3 164 (3.03%) Java
4 154 (2.84%) JavaScript
5 115 (2.12%) C#
6 89 (1.64%) PowerShell
7 78 (1.44%) R
8 51 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 50 (0.92%) C++
10 45 (0.83%) T-SQL
11 42 (0.78%) Bash
12 39 (0.72%) VBA
13 33 (0.61%) TypeScript
14 27 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 25 (0.46%) C
16 22 (0.41%) Scala
17 18 (0.33%) Go
17 18 (0.33%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.28%) ABAP
19 12 (0.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,843 (34.02%) Degree
2 687 (12.68%) Master's Degree
3 527 (9.73%) PhD
4 444 (8.20%) Security Cleared
5 318 (5.87%) SC Cleared
6 197 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 181 (3.34%) ACCA
8 177 (3.27%) CISSP
9 173 (3.19%) CIMA
10 103 (1.90%) DBS Check
11 94 (1.74%) DV Cleared
12 84 (1.55%) CISM
13 79 (1.46%) PMI Certification
14 64 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
15 63 (1.16%) PMP
16 62 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
17 59 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
18 58 (1.07%) Azure Certification
19 57 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
20 50 (0.92%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (5.35%) Data Quality
2 272 (5.02%) QA
3 200 (3.69%) GDPR
4 190 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 145 (2.68%) PCI DSS
6 140 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 115 (2.12%) NIST
7 115 (2.12%) PMO
8 110 (2.03%) Accessibility
9 53 (0.98%) SLA
10 42 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 40 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
12 33 (0.61%) GRC
13 23 (0.42%) IFRS
14 21 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 19 (0.35%) ISO 9001
16 16 (0.30%) WCAG
17 15 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 14 (0.26%) COBIT
19 10 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 235 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 115 (2.12%) Hyper-V
3 88 (1.62%) Terminal Server
4 58 (1.07%) 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%) HDFS
11 3 (0.055%) zsh
12 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.018%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.018%) NFS
12 1 (0.018%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.018%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 84 (1.55%) Terraform
2 72 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 53 (0.98%) Ansible
4 40 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.33%) Grafana
6 16 (0.30%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.17%) 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%) Argo
13 2 (0.037%) CASB
13 2 (0.037%) HP ALM
13 2 (0.037%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,194 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 508 (9.38%) PayPal
3 423 (7.81%) SAP
4 226 (4.17%) Google
5 218 (4.02%) Oracle
6 167 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 144 (2.66%) VMware
8 119 (2.20%) Splunk
9 110 (2.03%) Databricks
10 107 (1.98%) SolarWinds
11 91 (1.68%) Veeam
12 89 (1.64%) Brocade
12 89 (1.64%) Tanium
13 88 (1.62%) Nimble Storage
14 84 (1.55%) Adobe
15 79 (1.46%) ServiceNow
16 78 (1.44%) Cisco
17 58 (1.07%) Workday
18 50 (0.92%) Alteryx
19 43 (0.79%) Ariba