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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,172 6,176 9,039
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.17% 12.55% 9.65%
As % of the General category 11.04% 18.06% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 2,616 4,548
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,690 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £48,306 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.67% +1.70% -

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 46,865 34,203 54,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.84% 69.53% 57.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28,825 17,619 34,468
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,272 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.44% -4.69% -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 21 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 21 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 4,692 £54,808 -0.35% 2,201
UK excluding London -20 3,320 £47,500 -1.67% 1,484
Work from Home -8 1,653 £55,000 +4.76% 786
London -10 1,568 £67,500 +3.85% 989
North of England -18 971 £48,000 +4.35% 401
South East -9 818 £50,000 -4.76% 469
Midlands -9 596 £47,500 +3.26% 228
North West -18 580 £47,500 +0.53% 227
South West -18 437 £45,000 -10.00% 178
West Midlands -16 323 £49,500 +10.00% 128
Yorkshire -10 285 £48,445 +8.01% 127
East Midlands -5 272 £45,000 -5.26% 98
East of England -20 236 £45,000 -2.01% 136
North East -24 106 £55,000 +37.50% 51
Wales -17 105 £53,171 -3.33% 25
Scotland -37 103 £43,335 -1.51% 64
Northern Ireland -33 65 £41,250 -25.00% 25

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
1 195 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 70 (1.35%) Confluence
4 69 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 69 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 45 (0.87%) Apache
6 38 (0.73%) CMS
7 24 (0.46%) IIS
7 24 (0.46%) SAS
8 14 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 14 (0.27%) WordPress
9 11 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
10 9 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 9 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.15%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.058%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.058%) JBoss
12 3 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.058%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.039%) Appian
Applications
1 571 (11.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 212 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 79 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 30 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 28 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.17%) CATIA
8 7 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.097%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.077%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.077%) Maya
11 3 (0.058%) Blender
11 3 (0.058%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.058%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.058%) Simulink
11 3 (0.058%) Trello
12 2 (0.039%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.039%) Lectora
12 2 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 74 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 35 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
5 21 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 20 (0.39%) SAP PM
7 17 (0.33%) SAP CO
8 15 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 15 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 14 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
9 14 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
10 10 (0.19%) Magento
10 10 (0.19%) Maximo
11 9 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 8 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Fidessa
13 7 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
13 7 (0.14%) Sage 200
14 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 917 (17.73%) Azure
2 659 (12.74%) Power Platform
3 502 (9.71%) AWS
4 410 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
5 320 (6.19%) SaaS
6 230 (4.45%) GCP
7 131 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
8 125 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 121 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
10 92 (1.78%) Google Analytics
11 81 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
12 78 (1.51%) Snowflake
13 75 (1.45%) GitHub
14 72 (1.39%) Power Automate
15 69 (1.33%) Amazon S3
15 69 (1.33%) dbt
16 68 (1.31%) PowerApps
17 58 (1.12%) Serverless
18 57 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
19 55 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 195 (3.77%) DNS
2 173 (3.34%) Firewall
3 152 (2.94%) DHCP
4 120 (2.32%) VPN
5 87 (1.68%) TCP/IP
6 72 (1.39%) WAN
7 70 (1.35%) LAN
8 69 (1.33%) Broadband
9 62 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
10 51 (0.99%) Wireless
11 45 (0.87%) Network Security
12 43 (0.83%) VLAN
13 39 (0.75%) Internet
13 39 (0.75%) SAN
14 33 (0.64%) HTTP
15 30 (0.58%) BGP
16 22 (0.43%) SD-WAN
17 21 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
18 20 (0.39%) OSPF
18 20 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 584 (11.29%) Power BI
2 280 (5.41%) Tableau
3 206 (3.98%) SQL Server
4 187 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
5 124 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
6 92 (1.78%) Metadata
7 79 (1.53%) Relational Database
8 72 (1.39%) Data Lake
9 69 (1.33%) Looker
10 68 (1.31%) Data Mining
11 67 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
12 66 (1.28%) MySQL
12 66 (1.28%) Power Query
13 64 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 55 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
15 54 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 52 (1.01%) BigQuery
17 42 (0.81%) Big Data
18 38 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
19 37 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 194 (3.75%) JIRA
2 159 (3.07%) Git
3 58 (1.12%) GitLab
4 44 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 36 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
6 30 (0.58%) MLflow
7 25 (0.48%) Selenium
8 22 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 17 (0.33%) Eclipse
9 17 (0.33%) Postman
10 16 (0.31%) Chocolatey
11 15 (0.29%) ERwin
12 14 (0.27%) JMeter
12 14 (0.27%) Visual Studio
13 13 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
14 12 (0.23%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.23%) SonarQube
15 11 (0.21%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
17 8 (0.15%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,451 (47.39%) Social Skills
2 1,717 (33.20%) Finance
3 441 (8.53%) Marketing
4 371 (7.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 346 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
6 321 (6.21%) Retail
7 307 (5.94%) Public Sector
8 300 (5.80%) Legal
9 275 (5.32%) Law
10 238 (4.60%) Banking
11 212 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
12 211 (4.08%) Manufacturing
13 137 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
14 128 (2.47%) Telecoms
15 96 (1.86%) Advertising
16 94 (1.82%) Aerospace
17 93 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
18 81 (1.57%) Electronics
19 71 (1.37%) Financial Institution
20 55 (1.06%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,276 (24.67%) Analyst
2 643 (12.43%) Senior
3 358 (6.92%) Lead
4 304 (5.88%) Data Analyst
5 271 (5.24%) Business Analyst
6 244 (4.72%) Developer
7 233 (4.51%) Consultant
8 224 (4.33%) Systems Engineer
9 194 (3.75%) Architect
10 149 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
11 147 (2.84%) Data Engineer
12 146 (2.82%) Support Analyst
13 125 (2.42%) Support Engineer
14 119 (2.30%) IT Support
15 110 (2.13%) IT Manager
16 104 (2.01%) Systems Analyst
17 102 (1.97%) Security Analyst
18 100 (1.93%) Financial Analyst
19 90 (1.74%) Applications Support
20 89 (1.72%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (2.32%) .NET
2 110 (2.13%) HTML
3 105 (2.03%) REST
4 99 (1.91%) CSS
5 90 (1.74%) JSON
6 85 (1.64%) XML
7 82 (1.59%) Middleware
8 77 (1.49%) React
9 68 (1.31%) Kafka
10 65 (1.26%) PyTorch
11 60 (1.16%) TensorFlow
12 57 (1.10%) RESTful
13 51 (0.99%) SOAP
14 47 (0.91%) PySpark
15 42 (0.81%) Web Services
16 41 (0.79%) Node.js
16 41 (0.79%) scikit-learn
17 33 (0.64%) Pandas
18 32 (0.62%) LangChain
19 31 (0.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 531 (10.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 276 (5.34%) Management Information System
3 226 (4.37%) Onboarding
4 221 (4.27%) Product Ownership
5 205 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
6 157 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
7 117 (2.26%) Cloud Native
8 105 (2.03%) Security Posture
9 98 (1.89%) Data Centre
9 98 (1.89%) Driving Licence
10 90 (1.74%) Virtual Team
11 81 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
11 81 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 79 (1.53%) Data Structures
13 71 (1.37%) Algorithms
14 66 (1.28%) Blog
15 60 (1.16%) Social Media
16 56 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
16 56 (1.08%) Public Cloud
17 53 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 429 (8.29%) Windows
2 282 (5.45%) Linux
3 216 (4.18%) Windows Server
4 113 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 28 (0.54%) Unix
7 27 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 23 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 20 (0.39%) Android
10 18 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.31%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.21%) CentOS
12 11 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.15%) VMS
14 6 (0.12%) Debian
15 5 (0.097%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.077%) Rocky
17 3 (0.058%) AIX
18 1 (0.019%) FreeBSD
18 1 (0.019%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,375 (45.92%) Problem-Solving
2 1,378 (26.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,162 (22.47%) Decision-Making
4 1,139 (22.02%) Analytics
5 873 (16.88%) Agile
6 739 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 730 (14.11%) AI
8 673 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
9 548 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 530 (10.25%) Roadmaps
11 493 (9.53%) Actionable Insight
12 491 (9.49%) Mentoring
12 491 (9.49%) Project Management
13 457 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
14 454 (8.78%) Data Modelling
15 443 (8.57%) Data Analysis
16 422 (8.16%) Customer Experience
17 418 (8.08%) Process Improvement
18 399 (7.71%) Data Governance
19 387 (7.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1,053 (20.36%) SQL
2 857 (16.57%) Python
3 185 (3.58%) Java
4 184 (3.56%) JavaScript
5 171 (3.31%) PowerShell
6 160 (3.09%) C#
7 87 (1.68%) C++
8 79 (1.53%) R
9 78 (1.51%) Bash
10 74 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 54 (1.04%) TypeScript
12 52 (1.01%) T-SQL
13 44 (0.85%) MATLAB
14 24 (0.46%) PHP
15 22 (0.43%) C
15 22 (0.43%) Go
15 22 (0.43%) PL/SQL
15 22 (0.43%) Scala
16 20 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
17 19 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 931 (18.00%) Degree
2 517 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 375 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 260 (5.03%) ACCA
5 244 (4.72%) CIMA
6 152 (2.94%) DBS Check
7 148 (2.86%) CISSP
8 141 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 112 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
10 108 (2.09%) CISM
11 98 (1.89%) DV Cleared
12 90 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
13 89 (1.72%) Master's Degree
14 72 (1.39%) IRCA
15 71 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
16 69 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
17 62 (1.20%) Azure Certification
18 52 (1.01%) PMI Certification
19 44 (0.85%) PMP
20 43 (0.83%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 489 (9.45%) Data Quality
2 393 (7.60%) GDPR
3 349 (6.75%) QA
4 260 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 203 (3.92%) NIST
6 187 (3.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 153 (2.96%) SLA
8 151 (2.92%) PCI DSS
9 135 (2.61%) Accessibility
10 124 (2.40%) ISO 9001
11 77 (1.49%) GRC
12 62 (1.20%) PMO
13 42 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
14 40 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 40 (0.77%) IFRS
15 39 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 34 (0.66%) COBIT
17 28 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 25 (0.48%) SOC 2
19 24 (0.46%) ITGC
System Software
1 314 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 111 (2.15%) Hyper-V
3 108 (2.09%) Docker
4 96 (1.86%) Terminal Server
5 76 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 26 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.17%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.17%) vSphere
9 8 (0.15%) Firmware
9 8 (0.15%) IAG
9 8 (0.15%) ProxySG
10 5 (0.097%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.077%) XenApp
12 3 (0.058%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.019%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 140 (2.71%) Terraform
2 94 (1.82%) Kubernetes
3 76 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 63 (1.22%) Ansible
5 42 (0.81%) Grafana
6 25 (0.48%) SCCM
7 22 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.41%) Nagios
9 19 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (0.33%) QRadar
11 16 (0.31%) Kibana
12 10 (0.19%) Kubeflow
13 8 (0.15%) logstash
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.12%) Nmap
15 6 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
16 5 (0.097%) Control-M
16 5 (0.097%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.097%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,168 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 220 (4.25%) SAP
3 216 (4.18%) Google
4 180 (3.48%) VMware
5 173 (3.34%) Oracle
6 157 (3.04%) Splunk
7 137 (2.65%) Salesforce
8 136 (2.63%) SolarWinds
9 123 (2.38%) Databricks
10 109 (2.11%) ServiceNow
11 108 (2.09%) Veeam
12 97 (1.88%) Nimble Storage
13 96 (1.86%) Brocade
13 96 (1.86%) Tanium
14 79 (1.53%) Workday
15 74 (1.43%) Cisco
16 53 (1.02%) Red Hat
17 50 (0.97%) IBM
18 48 (0.93%) Adobe
19 45 (0.87%) HubSpot