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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,063 6,202 9,636
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.12% 12.62% 9.53%
As % of the General category 10.88% 18.11% 16.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,278 2,602 5,094
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £67,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £86,963
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £48,500 £46,958
% change year-on-year -1.03% +3.28% -1.14%

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 46,529 34,241 58,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.09% 69.67% 57.88%
Number of salaries quoted 28,545 17,506 38,272
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -17 4,614 £55,000 - 2,960
UK excluding London -20 3,228 £48,000 -1.03% 2,481
Work from Home -10 1,589 £55,000 +4.76% 1,813
London -11 1,552 £70,000 +7.69% 1,057
North of England -20 963 £48,000 +2.13% 589
South East -9 812 £50,000 -4.76% 690
Midlands -10 579 £47,500 - 375
North West -18 572 £47,275 -2.13% 317
South West -22 406 £45,000 -10.00% 246
West Midlands -17 313 £50,000 +5.26% 200
Yorkshire -13 288 £50,000 +11.11% 204
East Midlands -7 265 £45,000 -5.26% 174
East of England -23 236 £45,050 -3.82% 248
Scotland -35 106 £43,335 -2.62% 224
North East -31 103 £55,000 +37.50% 72
Wales -15 96 £53,171 -3.33% 83
Northern Ireland -44 41 £41,250 -25.00% 80

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
1 186 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 136 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 71 (1.40%) Confluence
4 70 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 68 (1.34%) Apache Spark
6 45 (0.89%) Apache
7 38 (0.75%) CMS
8 23 (0.45%) IIS
8 23 (0.45%) SAS
9 15 (0.30%) WordPress
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
12 9 (0.18%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.18%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.16%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.059%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.059%) JBoss
14 3 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.059%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.040%) Appian
Applications
1 550 (10.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 211 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 115 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 84 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 30 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 28 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.099%) Acrobat
9 5 (0.099%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.079%) Maya
11 3 (0.059%) Blender
11 3 (0.059%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.059%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.059%) Simulink
11 3 (0.059%) Trello
12 2 (0.040%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.040%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.040%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 74 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 23 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 20 (0.40%) SAP PM
6 16 (0.32%) SAP CO
7 15 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 15 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 13 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
10 10 (0.20%) Maximo
11 9 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.18%) Magento
11 9 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 8 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
13 7 (0.14%) Shopify
14 6 (0.12%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 6 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 902 (17.82%) Azure
2 649 (12.82%) Power Platform
3 488 (9.64%) AWS
4 395 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
5 314 (6.20%) SaaS
6 222 (4.38%) GCP
7 131 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
8 126 (2.49%) Entra ID
9 118 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (1.70%) Google Analytics
10 86 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 76 (1.50%) Snowflake
12 74 (1.46%) GitHub
13 73 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 67 (1.32%) dbt
15 65 (1.28%) PowerApps
16 63 (1.24%) Amazon S3
17 57 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
18 54 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 54 (1.07%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 186 (3.67%) DNS
1 186 (3.67%) Firewall
2 144 (2.84%) DHCP
3 122 (2.41%) VPN
4 87 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 75 (1.48%) WAN
6 72 (1.42%) Broadband
6 72 (1.42%) LAN
7 64 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
8 51 (1.01%) Wireless
9 46 (0.91%) Network Security
10 44 (0.87%) VLAN
11 39 (0.77%) SAN
12 38 (0.75%) Internet
13 33 (0.65%) HTTP
14 31 (0.61%) BGP
15 23 (0.45%) SD-WAN
16 21 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
17 20 (0.40%) OSPF
17 20 (0.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 576 (11.38%) Power BI
2 279 (5.51%) Tableau
3 197 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 183 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
5 112 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
6 88 (1.74%) Metadata
7 75 (1.48%) Relational Database
8 71 (1.40%) Data Lake
9 68 (1.34%) Data Mining
10 66 (1.30%) Power Query
11 65 (1.28%) Looker
11 65 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
12 63 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 61 (1.20%) MySQL
14 53 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 50 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 49 (0.97%) BigQuery
17 40 (0.79%) Big Data
18 39 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
19 37 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 190 (3.75%) JIRA
2 152 (3.00%) Git
3 59 (1.17%) GitLab
4 38 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 36 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
6 30 (0.59%) MLflow
7 23 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 23 (0.45%) Selenium
8 17 (0.34%) Eclipse
9 16 (0.32%) Chocolatey
9 16 (0.32%) ERwin
9 16 (0.32%) Postman
10 14 (0.28%) JMeter
11 13 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
11 13 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 13 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.24%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.18%) LabVIEW
13 9 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2,394 (47.28%) Social Skills
2 1,701 (33.60%) Finance
3 413 (8.16%) Marketing
4 361 (7.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 335 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
6 308 (6.08%) Retail
7 306 (6.04%) Public Sector
8 269 (5.31%) Law
9 267 (5.27%) Legal
10 236 (4.66%) Banking
11 207 (4.09%) Manufacturing
12 201 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
13 135 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
14 122 (2.41%) Telecoms
15 97 (1.92%) Advertising
16 93 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
17 91 (1.80%) Aerospace
18 80 (1.58%) Electronics
19 71 (1.40%) Financial Institution
20 55 (1.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,258 (24.85%) Analyst
2 631 (12.46%) Senior
3 355 (7.01%) Lead
4 292 (5.77%) Data Analyst
5 273 (5.39%) Business Analyst
6 236 (4.66%) Developer
7 224 (4.42%) Consultant
8 215 (4.25%) Systems Engineer
9 195 (3.85%) Architect
10 146 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
11 140 (2.77%) Data Engineer
11 140 (2.77%) Support Analyst
12 125 (2.47%) Support Engineer
13 121 (2.39%) IT Support
14 111 (2.19%) IT Manager
15 102 (2.01%) Systems Analyst
16 100 (1.98%) Financial Analyst
17 99 (1.96%) Security Analyst
18 96 (1.90%) Senior Manager
19 90 (1.78%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (2.27%) .NET
2 112 (2.21%) HTML
3 103 (2.03%) REST
4 101 (1.99%) CSS
5 89 (1.76%) JSON
6 87 (1.72%) Middleware
7 85 (1.68%) XML
8 75 (1.48%) React
9 65 (1.28%) PyTorch
10 64 (1.26%) Kafka
11 60 (1.19%) TensorFlow
12 53 (1.05%) RESTful
13 50 (0.99%) SOAP
14 46 (0.91%) PySpark
15 41 (0.81%) scikit-learn
16 40 (0.79%) Node.js
16 40 (0.79%) Web Services
17 33 (0.65%) Pandas
18 32 (0.63%) LangChain
19 31 (0.61%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 523 (10.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 260 (5.14%) Management Information System
3 220 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 218 (4.31%) Product Ownership
5 195 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
6 149 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
7 114 (2.25%) Cloud Native
8 102 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 102 (2.01%) Security Posture
9 96 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 80 (1.58%) Data Structures
10 80 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
11 78 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
11 78 (1.54%) Virtual Team
12 73 (1.44%) Algorithms
13 60 (1.19%) Social Media
14 56 (1.11%) Public Cloud
15 54 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
16 44 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
16 44 (0.87%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 416 (8.22%) Windows
2 266 (5.25%) Linux
3 208 (4.11%) Windows Server
4 105 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (0.57%) Unix
7 28 (0.55%) Windows 10
8 22 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 20 (0.40%) Android
10 18 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (0.30%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.22%) CentOS
12 11 (0.22%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.14%) VMS
14 6 (0.12%) Debian
15 5 (0.099%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.079%) AIX
16 4 (0.079%) Rocky
17 1 (0.020%) FreeRTOS
17 1 (0.020%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,316 (45.74%) Problem-Solving
2 1,310 (25.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,127 (22.26%) Decision-Making
4 1,097 (21.67%) Analytics
5 857 (16.93%) Agile
6 710 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 691 (13.65%) AI
8 658 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
9 549 (10.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 527 (10.41%) Roadmaps
11 493 (9.74%) Mentoring
12 484 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
13 475 (9.38%) Project Management
14 463 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
15 452 (8.93%) Data Modelling
16 434 (8.57%) Data Analysis
17 413 (8.16%) Process Improvement
18 404 (7.98%) Data Governance
19 400 (7.90%) Customer Experience
20 380 (7.51%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,037 (20.48%) SQL
2 859 (16.97%) Python
3 180 (3.56%) Java
4 179 (3.54%) JavaScript
5 169 (3.34%) PowerShell
6 156 (3.08%) C#
7 82 (1.62%) C++
8 78 (1.54%) R
9 77 (1.52%) Bash
10 75 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 53 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 52 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 45 (0.89%) MATLAB
14 24 (0.47%) PHP
15 23 (0.45%) Go
16 21 (0.41%) C
16 21 (0.41%) PL/SQL
16 21 (0.41%) VBA
17 19 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
17 19 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 917 (18.11%) Degree
2 490 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 358 (7.07%) SC Cleared
4 258 (5.10%) ACCA
5 242 (4.78%) CIMA
6 154 (3.04%) DBS Check
7 152 (3.00%) CISSP
8 138 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 111 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
9 111 (2.19%) CISM
10 90 (1.78%) DV Cleared
10 90 (1.78%) Master's Degree
11 88 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 72 (1.42%) IRCA
13 71 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
14 69 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
15 64 (1.26%) Azure Certification
16 51 (1.01%) PMI Certification
17 44 (0.87%) CISA
18 43 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 473 (9.34%) Data Quality
2 402 (7.94%) GDPR
3 342 (6.75%) QA
4 271 (5.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 216 (4.27%) NIST
6 184 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 151 (2.98%) SLA
8 147 (2.90%) PCI DSS
9 130 (2.57%) Accessibility
10 124 (2.45%) ISO 9001
11 79 (1.56%) GRC
12 62 (1.22%) PMO
13 42 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
14 40 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 40 (0.79%) IFRS
15 39 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 35 (0.69%) COBIT
17 28 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 25 (0.49%) SOC 2
19 24 (0.47%) ITGC
System Software
1 300 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 104 (2.05%) Hyper-V
3 98 (1.94%) Docker
4 88 (1.74%) Terminal Server
5 74 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.18%) vSphere
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
9 8 (0.16%) ProxySG
10 7 (0.14%) Firmware
11 5 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.079%) XenApp
13 3 (0.059%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.020%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 139 (2.75%) Terraform
2 89 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 72 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 65 (1.28%) Ansible
5 43 (0.85%) Grafana
6 25 (0.49%) SCCM
7 23 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.41%) Nagios
9 19 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (0.34%) Kibana
10 17 (0.34%) QRadar
11 11 (0.22%) Kubeflow
12 9 (0.18%) logstash
13 7 (0.14%) Packer
14 6 (0.12%) Graylog
14 6 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
15 5 (0.099%) Control-M
15 5 (0.099%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.099%) Podman
15 5 (0.099%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,148 (22.67%) Microsoft
2 217 (4.29%) SAP
3 209 (4.13%) Google
4 171 (3.38%) VMware
5 169 (3.34%) Oracle
6 148 (2.92%) Splunk
7 137 (2.71%) Salesforce
8 128 (2.53%) SolarWinds
9 123 (2.43%) Databricks
10 106 (2.09%) ServiceNow
11 101 (1.99%) Veeam
12 89 (1.76%) Nimble Storage
13 88 (1.74%) Brocade
13 88 (1.74%) Tanium
14 78 (1.54%) Workday
15 73 (1.44%) Cisco
16 53 (1.05%) Red Hat
17 51 (1.01%) IBM
18 46 (0.91%) Adobe
19 44 (0.87%) HubSpot