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

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	10	15
Rank change year-on-year	-13	+5	+3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	6,963	5,860	6,093
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	5.69%	11.68%	8.97%
As % of the General category	12.16%	17.62%	15.41%
Number of salaries quoted	3,804	2,598	2,512
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£29,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£39,750	£35,000	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,375	£50,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.75%	-9.09%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£70,000	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£85,000	£90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-

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 citing general skills.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	57,285	33,252	39,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	46.84%	66.27%	58.19%
Number of salaries quoted	34,879	18,428	19,212
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,750	£31,750
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£33,750	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£51,808	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+6.16%	-13.65%	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£95,000	£100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£42,500	£50,309
% change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.52%	+0.34%

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 Salary Trend

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 2 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills Top 18 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 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-12	6,079	£51,402	+2.80%	3,138
UK excluding London	-14	4,806	£47,500	+5.56%	1,965
Work from Home	-6	2,316	£55,000	+10.00%	1,127
London	-11	1,850	£65,500	+0.77%	1,570
North of England	-16	1,213	£47,500	+5.56%	396
South East	-11	1,116	£50,000	+5.82%	627
Midlands	-8	864	£45,000	+3.45%	310
North West	-11	700	£46,500	+3.33%	215
South West	-6	674	£47,000	+4.44%	269
West Midlands	-9	451	£46,000	-10.68%	175
East Midlands	-8	411	£42,500	+13.33%	134
Yorkshire	-5	339	£47,000	+17.50%	125
East of England	-20	331	£47,500	+18.75%	236
Wales	-5	230	£45,000	-6.49%	46
Northern Ireland	+4	229	£43,750	-16.67%	32
North East	-20	183	£53,076	+31.05%	59
Scotland	-21	173	£52,500	+56.72%	86
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	2

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	50.4%	3,509
2	Continuous Improvement	31.1%	2,163
3	Microsoft	24.9%	1,734
4	Decision-Making	23.7%	1,653
5	Stakeholder Management	22.6%	1,574
6	Degree	21.4%	1,487
7	AI	20.3%	1,412
8	Analytics	20.0%	1,394
9	SQL	19.0%	1,324
10	Agile	16.7%	1,161
11	Azure	15.6%	1,085
12	Python	14.1%	979
13	Business Intelligence	13.7%	954
14	Microsoft Excel	13.0%	906
15	Power Platform	11.7%	812
16	Security Cleared	11.6%	806
17	Power BI	10.5%	734
18	Stakeholder Engagement	10.5%	733
19	Validation	10.2%	713
20	Data Quality	10.1%	703
21	Mentoring	10.0%	698
22	AWS	9.8%	679
23	Actionable Insight	9.5%	663
24	Roadmaps	9.4%	654
25	Data Analysis	9.3%	646
26	Process Improvement	9.1%	637
27	CRM	8.6%	599
28	Customer Service	8.3%	579
29	SC Cleared	8.2%	571
30	Project Management	8.1%	567

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.1%	3,556
2	Finance	31.8%	2,216
3	Marketing	12.4%	862
4	Organisational Skills	9.5%	659
5	Inclusion and Diversity	8.4%	583
6	Retail	7.4%	512
7	Manufacturing	7.3%	509
8	Legal	6.6%	463
9	Public Sector	6.5%	456
10	Law	5.9%	414
11	Influencing Skills	5.4%	374
12	Presentation Skills	5.0%	350
13	Banking	3.8%	264
14	Aerospace	3.3%	227
15	Electronics	3.1%	215
16	Telecoms	2.6%	179
17	Advertising	1.9%	132
18	Documentation Skills	1.8%	125
19	Automotive	1.5%	101
20	Pharmaceutical	1.2%	86