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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,839 5,937 9,598
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.20% 13.57% 9.50%
As % of the General category 10.56% 18.55% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,091 2,425 5,401
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,600 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,200 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,196
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.23% +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 45,807 32,000 59,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.20% 73.15% 58.85%
Number of salaries quoted 26,209 15,406 40,026
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £98,750 £103,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £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 31 May 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 31 May 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 4,401 £55,000 - 1,323
UK excluding London -21 3,030 £48,885 -2.23% 1,178
London -9 1,532 £67,500 +3.85% 437
Work from Home -10 1,468 £55,000 - 596
North of England -29 943 £47,750 -1.15% 278
South East -4 765 £50,000 -4.76% 450
Midlands -19 555 £48,250 +1.58% 190
North West -30 551 £46,500 -7.00% 153
West Midlands -27 321 £51,275 +7.95% 120
South West -25 305 £47,500 -5.00% 115
Yorkshire -12 297 £50,000 +11.11% 84
East of England -23 242 £45,025 -11.66% 108
East Midlands +1 232 £45,000 -5.76% 70
Scotland -33 111 £40,000 -20.00% 40
North East -28 95 £48,445 +24.86% 50
Wales -5 81 £47,105 -14.36% 25
Northern Ireland -25 40 £46,250 -15.91% 11

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
1 144 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 73 (1.51%) Apache Spark
5 62 (1.28%) Confluence
6 40 (0.83%) Apache
6 40 (0.83%) CMS
7 24 (0.50%) IIS
8 21 (0.43%) SAS
9 16 (0.33%) WordPress
10 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
11 12 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 7 (0.14%) Jupyter
13 6 (0.12%) nginx
14 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.062%) govService
14 3 (0.062%) JBoss
14 3 (0.062%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.041%) Appian
15 2 (0.041%) Camunda
Applications
1 558 (11.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 199 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 99 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 94 (1.94%) MS Visio
5 29 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 27 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.21%) CATIA
8 8 (0.17%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.14%) Maya
10 4 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.062%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.062%) Trello
12 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.041%) Blender
12 2 (0.041%) Lectora
12 2 (0.041%) Simulink
12 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.021%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 71 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 36 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 33 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 20 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 12 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.23%) Maximo
9 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.19%) Endur
12 8 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
12 8 (0.17%) Workday HCM
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Fidessa
13 7 (0.14%) Magento
13 7 (0.14%) SAP PP
13 7 (0.14%) Shopify
14 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 866 (17.90%) Azure
2 668 (13.80%) Power Platform
3 490 (10.13%) AWS
4 346 (7.15%) Microsoft 365
5 291 (6.01%) SaaS
6 209 (4.32%) GCP
7 125 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
7 125 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
8 110 (2.27%) Entra ID
9 89 (1.84%) GitHub
10 83 (1.72%) Power Automate
11 82 (1.69%) Snowflake
12 79 (1.63%) Google Analytics
13 76 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
14 72 (1.49%) Amazon S3
15 71 (1.47%) dbt
16 66 (1.36%) PowerApps
17 62 (1.28%) Serverless
18 53 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
19 49 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 203 (4.20%) Firewall
2 156 (3.22%) DNS
3 129 (2.67%) VPN
4 111 (2.29%) DHCP
5 82 (1.69%) WAN
6 73 (1.51%) TCP/IP
7 71 (1.47%) LAN
8 65 (1.34%) Broadband
9 61 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
10 59 (1.22%) VLAN
11 58 (1.20%) Wireless
12 48 (0.99%) Network Security
13 46 (0.95%) SAN
14 39 (0.81%) BGP
15 32 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
16 31 (0.64%) OSPF
17 30 (0.62%) SD-WAN
18 28 (0.58%) HTTP
19 26 (0.54%) Wireshark
20 25 (0.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 591 (12.21%) Power BI
2 341 (7.05%) Tableau
3 188 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 163 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
5 120 (2.48%) Data Mining
6 88 (1.82%) Metadata
7 78 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
8 74 (1.53%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 63 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 60 (1.24%) Looker
12 59 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
13 57 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
14 51 (1.05%) Power Query
15 48 (0.99%) BigQuery
15 48 (0.99%) MySQL
16 45 (0.93%) Big Data
17 42 (0.87%) NoSQL
17 42 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 35 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 158 (3.27%) JIRA
2 136 (2.81%) Git
3 49 (1.01%) GitLab
4 32 (0.66%) MLflow
5 31 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (0.41%) Chocolatey
6 20 (0.41%) Selenium
7 14 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 13 (0.27%) ERwin
8 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
8 13 (0.27%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.23%) Balsamiq
9 11 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
10 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.19%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.19%) Maven
11 9 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 2,201 (45.48%) Social Skills
2 1,702 (35.17%) Finance
3 436 (9.01%) Marketing
4 382 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 284 (5.87%) Law
6 277 (5.72%) Public Sector
7 271 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
8 261 (5.39%) Retail
9 260 (5.37%) Legal
10 250 (5.17%) Banking
11 173 (3.58%) Manufacturing
12 165 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
13 154 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
14 111 (2.29%) Telecoms
15 89 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
16 85 (1.76%) Financial Institution
17 79 (1.63%) Advertising
18 76 (1.57%) Electronics
19 74 (1.53%) Aerospace
20 58 (1.20%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,234 (25.50%) Analyst
2 650 (13.43%) Senior
3 321 (6.63%) Lead
4 317 (6.55%) Data Analyst
5 277 (5.72%) Business Analyst
6 250 (5.17%) Developer
7 228 (4.71%) Architect
8 209 (4.32%) Consultant
9 167 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
10 130 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
11 129 (2.67%) Senior Manager
12 124 (2.56%) Data Engineer
13 117 (2.42%) IT Manager
13 117 (2.42%) Support Analyst
14 111 (2.29%) Trainee
15 105 (2.17%) Support Engineer
16 103 (2.13%) IT Support
17 100 (2.07%) Trainee Analyst
17 100 (2.07%) Trainee Data Analyst
18 94 (1.94%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (2.69%) HTML
2 121 (2.50%) CSS
3 100 (2.07%) .NET
4 95 (1.96%) REST
5 85 (1.76%) JSON
6 84 (1.74%) Middleware
6 84 (1.74%) React
7 76 (1.57%) XML
8 67 (1.38%) PyTorch
9 62 (1.28%) TensorFlow
10 51 (1.05%) SOAP
11 50 (1.03%) Kafka
12 49 (1.01%) Node.js
13 42 (0.87%) scikit-learn
14 40 (0.83%) PySpark
15 36 (0.74%) RESTful
16 35 (0.72%) EDI
17 34 (0.70%) Pandas
18 33 (0.68%) LangChain
19 29 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 516 (10.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 238 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 208 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 197 (4.07%) Product Ownership
5 189 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
6 115 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 109 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
8 89 (1.84%) Cloud Native
9 88 (1.82%) Data Structures
10 83 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 83 (1.72%) Security Posture
11 73 (1.51%) Driving Licence
12 71 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
13 60 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
14 54 (1.12%) Public Cloud
14 54 (1.12%) Virtual Team
15 50 (1.03%) Social Media
16 49 (1.01%) FMCG
17 46 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
18 42 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 356 (7.36%) Windows
2 216 (4.46%) Linux
3 162 (3.35%) Windows Server
4 69 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.74%) Unix
6 23 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (0.48%) Windows 10
7 18 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.33%) Android
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.21%) CentOS
12 9 (0.19%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.17%) VMS
14 4 (0.083%) AIX
14 4 (0.083%) Rocky
14 4 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.062%) Debian
16 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.021%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,161 (44.66%) Problem-Solving
2 1,162 (24.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,069 (22.09%) Analytics
4 1,038 (21.45%) Decision-Making
5 845 (17.46%) Agile
6 682 (14.09%) Business Intelligence
7 637 (13.16%) AI
8 621 (12.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 513 (10.60%) Project Management
10 482 (9.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 474 (9.80%) Mentoring
11 474 (9.80%) Roadmaps
12 472 (9.75%) Actionable Insight
13 449 (9.28%) Data Modelling
14 445 (9.20%) Data Analysis
15 439 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
16 386 (7.98%) Data Governance
17 375 (7.75%) Analytical Thinking
18 368 (7.60%) Process Improvement
19 358 (7.40%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,031 (21.31%) SQL
2 898 (18.56%) Python
3 177 (3.66%) PowerShell
4 175 (3.62%) JavaScript
5 173 (3.58%) Java
6 136 (2.81%) C#
7 78 (1.61%) R
8 71 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 67 (1.38%) C++
10 66 (1.36%) Bash
11 44 (0.91%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.91%) TypeScript
12 40 (0.83%) MATLAB
13 39 (0.81%) VBA
14 24 (0.50%) Scala
15 21 (0.43%) PHP
16 20 (0.41%) Go
17 16 (0.33%) C
17 16 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 931 (19.24%) Degree
2 402 (8.31%) Security Cleared
3 287 (5.93%) SC Cleared
4 230 (4.75%) ACCA
5 215 (4.44%) CIMA
6 161 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 158 (3.27%) DBS Check
8 148 (3.06%) CISSP
9 116 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
10 103 (2.13%) Master's Degree
11 101 (2.09%) CISM
12 92 (1.90%) PMI Certification
13 88 (1.82%) DV Cleared
14 81 (1.67%) PMP
15 73 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 72 (1.49%) Azure Certification
16 72 (1.49%) IRCA
17 69 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
18 64 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
19 53 (1.10%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 454 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 365 (7.54%) GDPR
3 296 (6.12%) QA
4 254 (5.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 222 (4.59%) NIST
6 139 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 124 (2.56%) SLA
8 113 (2.34%) Accessibility
9 112 (2.31%) PCI DSS
10 111 (2.29%) ISO 9001
11 72 (1.49%) GRC
12 60 (1.24%) PMO
13 55 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 37 (0.76%) IFRS
14 37 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 36 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 32 (0.66%) COBIT
17 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.50%) NCSC
19 23 (0.48%) ITGC
System Software
1 245 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 78 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (1.59%) Docker
4 73 (1.51%) Hyper-V
5 56 (1.16%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 9 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.17%) IAG
11 5 (0.10%) Firmware
12 4 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.083%) XenApp
13 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 130 (2.69%) Terraform
2 78 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 58 (1.20%) Ansible
5 33 (0.68%) Grafana
6 29 (0.60%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 24 (0.50%) Nagios
9 21 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (0.29%) QRadar
11 13 (0.27%) Kibana
12 10 (0.21%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.12%) Control-M
13 6 (0.12%) logstash
13 6 (0.12%) Packer
14 5 (0.10%) CASB
14 5 (0.10%) Graylog
15 4 (0.083%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.083%) Docker Swarm
15 4 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,097 (22.67%) Microsoft
2 206 (4.26%) SAP
3 185 (3.82%) Google
4 173 (3.58%) Oracle
5 151 (3.12%) Salesforce
6 147 (3.04%) VMware
7 109 (2.25%) ServiceNow
8 108 (2.23%) Databricks
9 107 (2.21%) SolarWinds
10 104 (2.15%) Splunk
11 76 (1.57%) Cisco
12 74 (1.53%) Workday
13 68 (1.41%) Veeam
14 57 (1.18%) Nimble Storage
15 56 (1.16%) Brocade
15 56 (1.16%) Tanium
16 51 (1.05%) IBM
17 46 (0.95%) Red Hat
18 45 (0.93%) Dell
19 44 (0.91%) Adobe