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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,005 5,815 5,285
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.18% 10.99% 8.72%
As % of the General category 14.08% 16.47% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,469 2,431 3,678
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £39,550
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.71% +7.30% -5.00%

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 35,538 35,307 37,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.11% 66.74% 61.74%
Number of salaries quoted 19,182 15,971 27,521
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.73% -8.34%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -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 20 January 2026.

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 20 January 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 -6 4,394 £52,000 -5.45% 2,496
UK excluding London -11 3,171 £45,000 -11.71% 2,281
Work from Home +5 1,712 £52,500 -6.25% 1,121
London +1 1,541 £67,500 +3.85% 614
South East +5 860 £50,000 - 788
North of England -16 767 £42,500 -19.05% 421
Midlands -13 584 £44,000 -12.00% 327
North West -15 399 £42,500 -19.05% 206
South West +2 349 £45,000 -10.00% 273
West Midlands -14 345 £52,500 +5.00% 165
Yorkshire +3 268 £42,500 -15.00% 164
Scotland -6 262 £40,000 -38.46% 89
East of England -18 255 £40,000 -21.52% 310
East Midlands +6 237 £37,500 -11.76% 160
North East -1 100 £43,500 -1.14% 57
Wales +14 78 £42,500 -13.45% 94
Northern Ireland -3 44 £52,500 -11.66% 39
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -7 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
1 140 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (1.76%) Confluence
3 84 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 42 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 34 (0.68%) CMS
6 22 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
7 19 (0.38%) SAS
8 18 (0.36%) WordPress
9 16 (0.32%) IIS
10 15 (0.30%) Apache
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
11 6 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.080%) Drupal
13 3 (0.060%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.060%) Camunda
13 3 (0.060%) govService
13 3 (0.060%) HCL Notes
14 2 (0.040%) FactoryTalk
14 2 (0.040%) MTS
14 2 (0.040%) WinCC
Applications
1 748 (14.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 385 (7.69%) Chatbot
3 326 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
4 131 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 73 (1.46%) MS Visio
6 56 (1.12%) Maya
7 40 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
8 36 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
9 21 (0.42%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
12 5 (0.100%) CATIA
13 4 (0.080%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.080%) PlantUML
14 3 (0.060%) Sketch
15 2 (0.040%) Revit
15 2 (0.040%) Stata
15 2 (0.040%) Trello
16 1 (0.020%) Photoshop
16 1 (0.020%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 143 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.34%) SAP MDG
3 53 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 43 (0.86%) NetSuite
5 39 (0.78%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 34 (0.68%) SAP CO
7 29 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
8 28 (0.56%) SAP FI
9 27 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
10 22 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
10 22 (0.44%) Shopify
11 20 (0.40%) SAP IBP
12 19 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
13 18 (0.36%) Endur
14 17 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
15 16 (0.32%) Workday HCM
16 13 (0.26%) Sage X3
17 11 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
17 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
18 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 814 (16.26%) Azure
2 611 (12.21%) Power Platform
3 440 (8.79%) AWS
4 272 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
5 244 (4.88%) SaaS
6 156 (3.12%) GCP
7 148 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
8 99 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
9 83 (1.66%) GitHub
10 77 (1.54%) Snowflake
11 69 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 69 (1.38%) Entra ID
12 61 (1.22%) Power Automate
13 53 (1.06%) Serverless
14 51 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
15 49 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 46 (0.92%) Google Analytics
17 45 (0.90%) dbt
18 42 (0.84%) OCI
18 42 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 164 (3.28%) DNS
2 137 (2.74%) Firewall
3 132 (2.64%) DHCP
4 77 (1.54%) VPN
5 68 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
6 58 (1.16%) WAN
7 55 (1.10%) LAN
8 51 (1.02%) Network Security
9 49 (0.98%) Wireless
10 42 (0.84%) TCP/IP
11 40 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
11 40 (0.80%) VLAN
12 32 (0.64%) SMS
13 29 (0.58%) VoIP
14 27 (0.54%) Broadband
14 27 (0.54%) OSPF
15 26 (0.52%) BGP
16 23 (0.46%) EIGRP
16 23 (0.46%) SAN
16 23 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 558 (11.15%) Power BI
2 369 (7.37%) Tableau
3 186 (3.72%) SQL Server
4 167 (3.34%) Data Mining
4 167 (3.34%) Data Warehouse
5 110 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
5 110 (2.20%) Data Lake
6 109 (2.18%) Metadata
7 94 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 61 (1.22%) NoSQL
9 57 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 53 (1.06%) Looker
11 49 (0.98%) MySQL
12 46 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
13 45 (0.90%) SAP BW
14 44 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
15 43 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
15 43 (0.86%) GIS
16 42 (0.84%) Big Data
17 35 (0.70%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 210 (4.20%) JIRA
2 94 (1.88%) Git
3 44 (0.88%) Selenium
4 40 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 39 (0.78%) GitLab
6 18 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 16 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 14 (0.28%) ERwin
9 14 (0.28%) Postman
9 14 (0.28%) WebDriver
10 13 (0.26%) Balsamiq
10 13 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.26%) ER Studio
10 13 (0.26%) Snyk
10 13 (0.26%) Subversion
11 12 (0.24%) Axure RP
12 10 (0.20%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.18%) LabVIEW
13 9 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 2,579 (51.53%) Social Skills
2 1,749 (34.95%) Finance
3 473 (9.45%) Marketing
4 325 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 325 (6.49%) Law
5 288 (5.75%) Legal
6 283 (5.65%) Retail
7 247 (4.94%) Banking
8 238 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
9 235 (4.70%) Public Sector
10 218 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
11 185 (3.70%) Manufacturing
12 133 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
13 126 (2.52%) Financial Institution
14 114 (2.28%) Games
15 103 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 77 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
17 73 (1.46%) Electronics
18 70 (1.40%) Advertising
19 51 (1.02%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,161 (23.20%) Analyst
2 659 (13.17%) Senior
3 381 (7.61%) Trainer
4 346 (6.91%) Data Analyst
5 340 (6.79%) Lead
6 317 (6.33%) Architect
7 226 (4.52%) Developer
8 223 (4.46%) Business Analyst
9 185 (3.70%) Consultant
10 164 (3.28%) Support Analyst
11 145 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
12 142 (2.84%) IT Support
13 136 (2.72%) Trainee
14 123 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
14 123 (2.46%) Trainee Analyst
14 123 (2.46%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 118 (2.36%) Systems Engineer
16 115 (2.30%) Senior Manager
17 111 (2.22%) Business Manager
18 100 (2.00%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (2.26%) HTML
2 106 (2.12%) CSS
3 82 (1.64%) React
4 74 (1.48%) REST
5 63 (1.26%) .NET
6 61 (1.22%) Middleware
7 39 (0.78%) JSON
8 35 (0.70%) SOAP
9 34 (0.68%) EDI
10 33 (0.66%) AngularJS
11 32 (0.64%) Node.js
11 32 (0.64%) XML
12 29 (0.58%) Kafka
12 29 (0.58%) LangChain
13 27 (0.54%) Spring
14 24 (0.48%) PySpark
15 23 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
16 22 (0.44%) FIX Protocol
17 19 (0.38%) Flash
17 19 (0.38%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 503 (10.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 381 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
3 341 (6.81%) Onboarding
4 271 (5.41%) Management Information System
5 210 (4.20%) Product Ownership
6 160 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
7 133 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
8 95 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 86 (1.72%) FMCG
10 81 (1.62%) Driving Licence
11 73 (1.46%) Cloud Native
11 73 (1.46%) Data Structures
12 55 (1.10%) Algorithms
13 52 (1.04%) Robotics
14 51 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 51 (1.02%) Virtual Team
15 43 (0.86%) Low-Code
16 42 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
16 42 (0.84%) Social Media
17 41 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 352 (7.03%) Windows
2 234 (4.68%) Linux
3 157 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 97 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 37 (0.74%) Unix
6 23 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.24%) Android
9 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.100%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.060%) OpenWrt
11 3 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.040%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.040%) VMS
12 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.020%) AIX
13 1 (0.020%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.020%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.020%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.020%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,244 (44.84%) Problem-Solving
2 1,085 (21.68%) AI
3 1,063 (21.24%) Analytics
4 1,045 (20.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 953 (19.04%) Decision-Making
6 887 (17.72%) Agile
7 800 (15.98%) Project Management
8 729 (14.57%) Business Intelligence
9 615 (12.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 538 (10.75%) Data Analysis
11 455 (9.09%) Risk Management
12 440 (8.79%) Roadmaps
13 418 (8.35%) ERP
14 413 (8.25%) Business Strategy
15 408 (8.15%) Analytical Thinking
16 395 (7.89%) Mentoring
17 392 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
17 392 (7.83%) Process Improvement
18 391 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
19 390 (7.79%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 973 (19.44%) SQL
2 690 (13.79%) Python
3 144 (2.88%) Java
4 140 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 116 (2.32%) PowerShell
6 110 (2.20%) C#
7 62 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 54 (1.08%) R
9 49 (0.98%) C++
10 45 (0.90%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.88%) VBA
12 40 (0.80%) Bash
13 28 (0.56%) Scala
14 26 (0.52%) TypeScript
15 21 (0.42%) C
15 21 (0.42%) Go
16 19 (0.38%) PL/SQL
17 15 (0.30%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.28%) MATLAB
19 13 (0.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,596 (31.89%) Degree
2 528 (10.55%) Master's Degree
3 427 (8.53%) Security Cleared
4 393 (7.85%) PhD
5 322 (6.43%) SC Cleared
6 207 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 175 (3.50%) ACCA
8 167 (3.34%) CIMA
9 149 (2.98%) CISSP
10 113 (2.26%) DBS Check
11 99 (1.98%) PMI Certification
12 85 (1.70%) DV Cleared
13 82 (1.64%) PMP
14 79 (1.58%) CISM
15 69 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
16 65 (1.30%) Azure Certification
17 59 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
18 56 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
19 51 (1.02%) AWS Certification
20 48 (0.96%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 333 (6.65%) Data Quality
2 252 (5.03%) QA
3 194 (3.88%) GDPR
4 187 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 155 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 134 (2.68%) PCI DSS
7 124 (2.48%) NIST
8 108 (2.16%) Accessibility
9 103 (2.06%) PMO
10 52 (1.04%) SLA
11 51 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
12 39 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 36 (0.72%) GRC
14 28 (0.56%) IFRS
15 21 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 18 (0.36%) WCAG
17 16 (0.32%) ISO 9001
17 16 (0.32%) NCSC
18 15 (0.30%) COBIT
19 13 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 249 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 121 (2.42%) Hyper-V
3 96 (1.92%) Terminal Server
4 55 (1.10%) Docker
5 49 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.26%) Firmware
7 12 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.24%) vSphere
8 10 (0.20%) ProxySG
9 8 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.060%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.040%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.040%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.020%) NFS
12 1 (0.020%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 97 (1.94%) Terraform
2 62 (1.24%) Ansible
3 60 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 47 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.32%) Grafana
8 15 (0.30%) SCCM
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.100%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 5 (0.100%) Control-M
10 5 (0.100%) Nagios
11 4 (0.080%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.080%) Nessus
11 4 (0.080%) Rancher
11 4 (0.080%) vRealize
12 3 (0.060%) CASB
12 3 (0.060%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.060%) QRadar
13 2 (0.040%) Argo
Vendors
1 1,147 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 381 (7.61%) PayPal
3 365 (7.29%) SAP
4 211 (4.22%) Oracle
5 175 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 156 (3.12%) VMware
7 139 (2.78%) Google
8 128 (2.56%) SolarWinds
9 123 (2.46%) Splunk
10 101 (2.02%) ServiceNow
11 98 (1.96%) Veeam
12 97 (1.94%) Brocade
12 97 (1.94%) Tanium
13 96 (1.92%) Nimble Storage
14 81 (1.62%) Cisco
15 75 (1.50%) Databricks
16 61 (1.22%) Adobe
17 44 (0.88%) Alteryx
18 43 (0.86%) Bloomberg
19 42 (0.84%) Ariba