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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,868 6,033 9,898
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.22% 13.55% 9.17%
As % of the General category 11.07% 18.58% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,146 2,421 5,422
10th Percentile £32,680 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £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 43,975 32,470 61,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.20% 72.90% 57.32%
Number of salaries quoted 26,964 15,806 40,936
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,790 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +6.27% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £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 15 June 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 June 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 -16 4,435 £55,000 - 2,097
UK excluding London -19 3,067 £48,885 -2.23% 1,619
London -11 1,533 £67,500 +3.85% 808
Work from Home -12 1,495 £55,000 - 982
North of England -19 944 £48,000 +1.05% 391
South East -7 775 £50,000 -9.09% 552
Midlands -9 562 £48,000 +1.05% 267
North West -18 556 £46,500 -7.00% 224
South West -25 326 £47,500 -5.00% 183
West Midlands -13 316 £51,250 +7.89% 156
Yorkshire -13 294 £49,942 +10.98% 116
East Midlands +5 245 £45,000 -5.26% 111
East of England -12 235 £45,000 - 148
Scotland -16 114 £40,000 -20.71% 66
North East -33 94 £51,000 +31.44% 58
Wales -8 83 £53,171 -3.33% 32
Northern Ireland -22 39 £40,000 -27.27% 43

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
1 162 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 71 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 68 (1.40%) Confluence
6 42 (0.86%) Apache
7 40 (0.82%) CMS
8 23 (0.47%) IIS
9 20 (0.41%) SAS
10 16 (0.33%) WordPress
11 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
13 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.082%) WebLogic
14 4 (0.082%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.062%) govService
15 3 (0.062%) JBoss
15 3 (0.062%) nginx
15 3 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 538 (11.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 193 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 86 (1.77%) MS Visio
5 32 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 30 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.18%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.18%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.082%) Maya
11 3 (0.062%) Blender
11 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.062%) Trello
12 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.041%) Lectora
12 2 (0.041%) Simulink
12 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.021%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 70 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 32 (0.66%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 15 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.23%) Maximo
9 11 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 10 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
11 9 (0.18%) Fidessa
12 8 (0.16%) Workday HCM
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Endur
14 6 (0.12%) Magento
14 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
14 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
14 6 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 877 (18.02%) Azure
2 642 (13.19%) Power Platform
3 484 (9.94%) AWS
4 364 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
5 299 (6.14%) SaaS
6 205 (4.21%) GCP
7 127 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
8 117 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 112 (2.30%) Entra ID
10 81 (1.66%) GitHub
11 79 (1.62%) Google Analytics
12 77 (1.58%) Power Automate
13 75 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
13 75 (1.54%) Snowflake
14 73 (1.50%) Amazon S3
15 69 (1.42%) dbt
16 65 (1.34%) PowerApps
17 64 (1.31%) Serverless
18 51 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
19 49 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 202 (4.15%) Firewall
2 171 (3.51%) DNS
3 127 (2.61%) DHCP
4 124 (2.55%) VPN
5 83 (1.71%) WAN
6 79 (1.62%) TCP/IP
7 75 (1.54%) LAN
8 73 (1.50%) Broadband
9 63 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (1.11%) VLAN
10 54 (1.11%) Wireless
11 47 (0.97%) Network Security
12 44 (0.90%) SAN
13 37 (0.76%) BGP
14 31 (0.64%) HTTP
15 30 (0.62%) Internet
16 28 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
16 28 (0.58%) SD-WAN
17 27 (0.55%) OSPF
18 25 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 569 (11.69%) Power BI
2 305 (6.27%) Tableau
3 184 (3.78%) SQL Server
4 156 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
5 96 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
6 93 (1.91%) Data Mining
7 91 (1.87%) Metadata
8 72 (1.48%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 59 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 58 (1.19%) Looker
11 58 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
12 57 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
13 56 (1.15%) Power Query
14 47 (0.97%) MySQL
15 46 (0.94%) BigQuery
16 43 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 39 (0.80%) Big Data
18 36 (0.74%) NoSQL
19 35 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 158 (3.25%) JIRA
2 137 (2.81%) Git
3 49 (1.01%) GitLab
4 33 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.62%) MLflow
6 29 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 19 (0.39%) Chocolatey
7 19 (0.39%) Selenium
8 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 13 (0.27%) ERwin
9 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
9 13 (0.27%) Postman
10 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 11 (0.23%) Eclipse
12 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.18%) Balsamiq
13 9 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
14 8 (0.16%) Axure RP
General
1 2,234 (45.89%) Social Skills
2 1,690 (34.72%) Finance
3 420 (8.63%) Marketing
4 374 (7.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 289 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
6 282 (5.79%) Public Sector
7 276 (5.67%) Law
8 265 (5.44%) Retail
9 263 (5.40%) Legal
10 247 (5.07%) Banking
11 175 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
12 171 (3.51%) Manufacturing
13 133 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
14 114 (2.34%) Telecoms
15 90 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
16 88 (1.81%) Advertising
17 81 (1.66%) Aerospace
18 79 (1.62%) Financial Institution
19 73 (1.50%) Electronics
20 55 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,256 (25.80%) Analyst
2 631 (12.96%) Senior
3 338 (6.94%) Lead
4 314 (6.45%) Data Analyst
5 281 (5.77%) Business Analyst
6 241 (4.95%) Developer
7 213 (4.38%) Architect
8 208 (4.27%) Consultant
9 182 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
10 144 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
11 123 (2.53%) Data Engineer
12 118 (2.42%) Support Analyst
13 117 (2.40%) IT Manager
14 108 (2.22%) Senior Manager
15 105 (2.16%) IT Support
15 105 (2.16%) Support Engineer
16 100 (2.05%) Systems Analyst
17 96 (1.97%) Financial Analyst
18 92 (1.89%) Trainee
19 91 (1.87%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (2.51%) HTML
2 111 (2.28%) CSS
3 104 (2.14%) .NET
4 96 (1.97%) REST
5 88 (1.81%) JSON
6 87 (1.79%) Middleware
7 85 (1.75%) React
8 77 (1.58%) XML
9 68 (1.40%) PyTorch
10 63 (1.29%) TensorFlow
11 51 (1.05%) Kafka
11 51 (1.05%) Node.js
12 49 (1.01%) SOAP
13 41 (0.84%) RESTful
13 41 (0.84%) scikit-learn
14 39 (0.80%) PySpark
15 34 (0.70%) Web Services
16 33 (0.68%) Pandas
17 32 (0.66%) LangChain
18 30 (0.62%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 522 (10.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 238 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 211 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 192 (3.94%) Product Ownership
5 191 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
6 127 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
7 109 (2.24%) Data Centre
8 93 (1.91%) Cloud Native
8 93 (1.91%) Security Posture
9 86 (1.77%) Data Structures
10 80 (1.64%) Algorithms
11 78 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
12 76 (1.56%) Driving Licence
13 60 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
14 57 (1.17%) Social Media
15 56 (1.15%) Public Cloud
16 52 (1.07%) Virtual Team
17 48 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
18 46 (0.94%) FMCG
19 42 (0.86%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 371 (7.62%) Windows
2 233 (4.79%) Linux
3 183 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 87 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.74%) Unix
6 26 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (0.53%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 17 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (0.33%) Android
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.23%) CentOS
10 11 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.16%) VMS
12 4 (0.082%) AIX
12 4 (0.082%) Debian
12 4 (0.082%) Rocky
12 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.041%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,194 (45.07%) Problem-Solving
2 1,187 (24.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,067 (21.92%) Analytics
4 1,064 (21.86%) Decision-Making
5 839 (17.24%) Agile
6 650 (13.35%) Business Intelligence
7 637 (13.09%) AI
8 621 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 504 (10.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 485 (9.96%) Roadmaps
11 479 (9.84%) Actionable Insight
12 474 (9.74%) Mentoring
13 473 (9.72%) Project Management
14 447 (9.18%) Data Analysis
15 445 (9.14%) Data Modelling
16 443 (9.10%) Cybersecurity
17 402 (8.26%) Data Governance
18 393 (8.07%) Process Improvement
19 370 (7.60%) Analytical Thinking
20 350 (7.19%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,023 (21.01%) SQL
2 873 (17.93%) Python
3 174 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 171 (3.51%) Java
5 167 (3.43%) PowerShell
6 142 (2.92%) C#
7 81 (1.66%) R
8 72 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 69 (1.42%) Bash
10 68 (1.40%) C++
11 47 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 46 (0.94%) TypeScript
13 39 (0.80%) MATLAB
14 34 (0.70%) VBA
15 21 (0.43%) Go
15 21 (0.43%) PHP
15 21 (0.43%) Scala
16 18 (0.37%) Julia
16 18 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
17 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 893 (18.34%) Degree
2 433 (8.89%) Security Cleared
3 316 (6.49%) SC Cleared
4 251 (5.16%) ACCA
5 236 (4.85%) CIMA
6 155 (3.18%) DBS Check
7 153 (3.14%) CISSP
8 149 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 119 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
10 108 (2.22%) CISM
11 87 (1.79%) DV Cleared
11 87 (1.79%) Master's Degree
12 80 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 75 (1.54%) Azure Certification
14 72 (1.48%) IRCA
14 72 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
15 65 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
16 64 (1.31%) PMI Certification
17 56 (1.15%) PMP
18 48 (0.99%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 458 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 378 (7.76%) GDPR
3 311 (6.39%) QA
4 263 (5.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 226 (4.64%) NIST
6 159 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 138 (2.83%) SLA
8 131 (2.69%) PCI DSS
9 128 (2.63%) Accessibility
10 116 (2.38%) ISO 9001
11 71 (1.46%) GRC
12 56 (1.15%) PMO
13 53 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
14 42 (0.86%) IFRS
15 39 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 38 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 34 (0.70%) COBIT
18 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 26 (0.53%) NCSC
20 24 (0.49%) ITGC
System Software
1 267 (5.48%) Active Directory
2 89 (1.83%) Hyper-V
3 81 (1.66%) Docker
3 81 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 72 (1.48%) Terminal Server
5 26 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.25%) ProxySG
6 12 (0.25%) vSphere
7 11 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
10 4 (0.082%) Firmware
10 4 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.082%) XenApp
11 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 132 (2.71%) Terraform
2 78 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 65 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 58 (1.19%) Ansible
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 28 (0.58%) SCCM
7 25 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 24 (0.49%) Nagios
9 17 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (0.33%) QRadar
11 14 (0.29%) Kibana
12 11 (0.23%) Kubeflow
13 9 (0.18%) Control-M
14 7 (0.14%) Packer
15 6 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.12%) logstash
16 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.10%) Podman
17 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 4 (0.082%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1,093 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 201 (4.13%) SAP
3 185 (3.80%) Google
4 167 (3.43%) Oracle
5 164 (3.37%) VMware
6 152 (3.12%) Salesforce
7 127 (2.61%) Splunk
8 120 (2.47%) SolarWinds
9 110 (2.26%) Databricks
10 87 (1.79%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.75%) Veeam
12 75 (1.54%) Cisco
13 73 (1.50%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.48%) Brocade
14 72 (1.48%) Tanium
14 72 (1.48%) Workday
15 50 (1.03%) IBM
16 49 (1.01%) Red Hat
17 46 (0.94%) Adobe
18 44 (0.90%) Dell