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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,824 6,129 7,944
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.42% 12.28% 9.57%
As % of the General category 11.67% 17.89% 16.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,556 2,609 3,622
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - -3.06% -2.00%

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 requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 49,907 34,258 47,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.42% 68.65% 57.04%
Number of salaries quoted 30,509 17,928 27,765
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,563 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -0.80% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -15 5,214 £52,500 - 3,091
UK excluding London -17 3,757 £47,500 - 2,286
Work from Home -10 1,877 £55,000 +10.00% 1,269
London -9 1,788 £67,500 +3.85% 1,210
North of England -19 1,049 £47,500 +5.56% 570
South East -9 890 £50,000 -4.76% 746
Midlands -8 647 £47,500 +5.56% 351
North West -16 644 £47,500 +5.56% 308
South West -9 521 £47,500 +5.56% 326
West Midlands -16 334 £50,000 +11.11% 210
East Midlands -1 311 £45,483 +1.07% 141
Yorkshire -12 286 £47,000 +17.50% 198
East of England -17 260 £47,500 +5.56% 198
Wales -16 146 £51,709 +2.61% 51
Scotland -22 132 £45,000 +5.88% 84
Northern Ireland -11 120 £42,500 -22.73% 31
North East -18 119 £55,000 +34.15% 71

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
1 180 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 170 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 90 (1.55%) Confluence
4 67 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 66 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
6 47 (0.81%) Apache
6 47 (0.81%) CMS
7 33 (0.57%) IIS
8 27 (0.46%) SAS
9 11 (0.19%) WordPress
10 10 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 10 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 10 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
11 9 (0.15%) Headless CMS
11 9 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.15%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.052%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.052%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.052%) Tomcat
Applications
1 610 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 252 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 121 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 83 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 44 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 26 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 8 (0.14%) Simulink
9 7 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.086%) Acrobat
10 5 (0.086%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.086%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.069%) CATIA
11 4 (0.069%) Maya
11 4 (0.069%) Trello
12 3 (0.052%) LaTeX
12 3 (0.052%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.052%) Revit
12 3 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 103 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 67 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 40 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 35 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
5 21 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
6 20 (0.34%) SAP PM
7 17 (0.29%) Shopify
8 15 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
9 14 (0.24%) SAP ERP
10 13 (0.22%) SAP CO
10 13 (0.22%) SAP FI
10 13 (0.22%) Workday HCM
11 12 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
12 11 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
13 10 (0.17%) Magento
13 10 (0.17%) SAP Business One
14 9 (0.15%) Elite 3E
14 9 (0.15%) Fidessa
14 9 (0.15%) Sage 200
15 8 (0.14%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 993 (17.05%) Azure
2 696 (11.95%) Power Platform
3 614 (10.54%) AWS
4 413 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
5 365 (6.27%) SaaS
6 293 (5.03%) GCP
7 145 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
8 140 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 136 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
10 111 (1.91%) Google Analytics
11 104 (1.79%) Snowflake
12 101 (1.73%) GitHub
13 90 (1.55%) dbt
14 85 (1.46%) Power Automate
15 82 (1.41%) Amazon S3
16 77 (1.32%) PowerApps
17 73 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
18 69 (1.18%) Google Ads
19 65 (1.12%) Serverless
20 57 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 199 (3.42%) DNS
2 154 (2.64%) DHCP
3 151 (2.59%) Firewall
4 125 (2.15%) VPN
5 99 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 75 (1.29%) WAN
7 74 (1.27%) LAN
8 60 (1.03%) Network Security
9 55 (0.94%) Wireless
10 54 (0.93%) Broadband
10 54 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
11 45 (0.77%) Internet
12 44 (0.76%) SAN
13 43 (0.74%) VLAN
14 36 (0.62%) HTTP
15 28 (0.48%) VoIP
16 24 (0.41%) BGP
17 21 (0.36%) SD-WAN
18 20 (0.34%) SMS
19 17 (0.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 617 (10.59%) Power BI
2 255 (4.38%) Tableau
3 229 (3.93%) SQL Server
4 193 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
5 118 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
6 105 (1.80%) Relational Database
7 94 (1.61%) Looker
8 92 (1.58%) Metadata
9 85 (1.46%) MySQL
10 79 (1.36%) Data Lake
11 76 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
12 67 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 65 (1.12%) BigQuery
14 63 (1.08%) Power Query
15 60 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 54 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 54 (0.93%) Big Data
17 46 (0.79%) NoSQL
18 38 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
19 37 (0.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 248 (4.26%) JIRA
2 223 (3.83%) Git
3 53 (0.91%) GitLab
4 50 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 30 (0.52%) MLflow
7 29 (0.50%) Selenium
8 22 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 20 (0.34%) Eclipse
9 20 (0.34%) Postman
10 16 (0.27%) Chocolatey
11 14 (0.24%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.24%) JMeter
12 13 (0.22%) Burp Suite
12 13 (0.22%) Claude Code
12 13 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 13 (0.22%) ERwin
13 12 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
13 12 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
14 11 (0.19%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,819 (48.40%) Social Skills
2 1,900 (32.62%) Finance
3 600 (10.30%) Marketing
4 513 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 414 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
6 384 (6.59%) Law
7 383 (6.58%) Retail
8 357 (6.13%) Public Sector
9 352 (6.04%) Legal
10 283 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
11 280 (4.81%) Manufacturing
12 274 (4.70%) Banking
13 187 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
14 167 (2.87%) Aerospace
15 132 (2.27%) Telecoms
16 109 (1.87%) Electronics
17 106 (1.82%) Advertising
18 94 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
19 72 (1.24%) Financial Institution
20 69 (1.18%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,361 (23.37%) Analyst
2 764 (13.12%) Senior
3 404 (6.94%) Lead
4 299 (5.13%) Business Analyst
5 296 (5.08%) Data Analyst
6 283 (4.86%) Developer
7 231 (3.97%) Architect
8 228 (3.91%) Consultant
9 206 (3.54%) Systems Engineer
10 202 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
11 172 (2.95%) Data Engineer
11 172 (2.95%) Support Analyst
12 131 (2.25%) Support Engineer
13 117 (2.01%) IT Support
14 110 (1.89%) IT Manager
15 108 (1.85%) Security Analyst
15 108 (1.85%) Senior Manager
16 102 (1.75%) Systems Analyst
17 93 (1.60%) Applications Support
18 92 (1.58%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (2.63%) Terraform
2 151 (2.59%) .NET
3 130 (2.23%) HTML
4 123 (2.11%) REST
5 121 (2.08%) CSS
6 88 (1.51%) JSON
7 77 (1.32%) Middleware
8 76 (1.30%) Kafka
8 76 (1.30%) XML
9 75 (1.29%) React
10 72 (1.24%) RESTful
11 66 (1.13%) PyTorch
12 59 (1.01%) TensorFlow
13 57 (0.98%) SOAP
14 51 (0.88%) PySpark
15 46 (0.79%) scikit-learn
15 46 (0.79%) Web Services
16 43 (0.74%) EDI
17 42 (0.72%) LDAP
18 40 (0.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 531 (9.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 344 (5.91%) Management Information System
3 329 (5.65%) Onboarding
4 271 (4.65%) Product Ownership
5 270 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
6 163 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
7 139 (2.39%) Cloud Native
8 132 (2.27%) Driving Licence
9 122 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
10 119 (2.04%) Blog
11 118 (2.03%) Social Media
12 108 (1.85%) Security Posture
13 106 (1.82%) Data Centre
14 102 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
15 97 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
16 92 (1.58%) Virtual Team
17 83 (1.43%) Data Structures
18 76 (1.30%) Algorithms
19 71 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
20 53 (0.91%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 460 (7.90%) Windows
2 293 (5.03%) Linux
3 221 (3.79%) Windows Server
4 99 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 32 (0.55%) Unix
7 31 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 29 (0.50%) Mac OS
9 22 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 20 (0.34%) Android
12 13 (0.22%) CentOS
13 10 (0.17%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.12%) Debian
15 6 (0.10%) VMS
16 5 (0.086%) OpenVMS
17 4 (0.069%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.069%) Rocky
18 2 (0.034%) AIX
18 2 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,788 (47.87%) Problem-Solving
2 1,686 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,361 (23.37%) Decision-Making
4 1,264 (21.70%) Analytics
5 1,043 (17.91%) Agile
6 1,020 (17.51%) AI
7 1,001 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 741 (12.72%) Business Intelligence
9 652 (11.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 603 (10.35%) Roadmaps
11 556 (9.55%) Mentoring
12 555 (9.53%) Actionable Insight
13 519 (8.91%) Project Management
14 503 (8.64%) Validation
15 499 (8.57%) Data Analysis
16 487 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
17 470 (8.07%) Data Modelling
18 456 (7.83%) Process Improvement
19 454 (7.80%) Customer Experience
20 439 (7.54%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,153 (19.80%) SQL
2 899 (15.44%) Python
3 224 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 195 (3.35%) Java
5 191 (3.28%) PowerShell
6 186 (3.19%) C#
7 100 (1.72%) C++
8 97 (1.67%) Bash
9 82 (1.41%) R
10 72 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 68 (1.17%) TypeScript
12 47 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 45 (0.77%) MATLAB
14 32 (0.55%) C
15 28 (0.48%) Scala
16 27 (0.46%) PHP
17 23 (0.39%) PL/SQL
18 22 (0.38%) Go
19 19 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
19 19 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,133 (19.45%) Degree
2 643 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 445 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 235 (4.04%) ACCA
5 222 (3.81%) CIMA
6 174 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 165 (2.83%) CISSP
8 157 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 148 (2.54%) DBS Check
10 125 (2.15%) CISM
11 120 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 118 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
13 101 (1.73%) Master's Degree
14 79 (1.36%) Azure Certification
15 77 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
16 74 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
17 61 (1.05%) IRCA
17 61 (1.05%) PMI Certification
18 48 (0.82%) CCNA
18 48 (0.82%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 563 (9.67%) Data Quality
2 396 (6.80%) QA
3 386 (6.63%) GDPR
4 241 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 199 (3.42%) NIST
6 167 (2.87%) Accessibility
7 157 (2.70%) SLA
8 156 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 129 (2.21%) PCI DSS
10 118 (2.03%) ISO 9001
11 71 (1.22%) GRC
12 63 (1.08%) PMO
13 46 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 36 (0.62%) COBIT
15 36 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 35 (0.60%) IFRS
17 28 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 27 (0.46%) NCSC
19 24 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 332 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 140 (2.40%) Docker
3 102 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 88 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 80 (1.37%) Terminal Server
6 28 (0.48%) Firmware
7 22 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.15%) vSphere
10 8 (0.14%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.12%) Ceph
11 7 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
13 4 (0.069%) KVM
13 4 (0.069%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.069%) ProxySG
14 3 (0.052%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.052%) IAG
14 3 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.052%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 116 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 84 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 77 (1.32%) Ansible
4 42 (0.72%) Grafana
5 35 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 27 (0.46%) SCCM
7 23 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 19 (0.33%) QRadar
9 18 (0.31%) Kibana
10 17 (0.29%) Nagios
11 11 (0.19%) Nmap
11 11 (0.19%) Podman
12 9 (0.15%) Argo
12 9 (0.15%) Kubeflow
13 8 (0.14%) logstash
14 7 (0.12%) Check_MK
14 7 (0.12%) Istio
14 7 (0.12%) Packer
14 7 (0.12%) Puppet
14 7 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1,266 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 300 (5.15%) Google
3 234 (4.02%) SAP
4 205 (3.52%) Oracle
5 182 (3.13%) VMware
6 150 (2.58%) Splunk
7 144 (2.47%) Databricks
8 131 (2.25%) ServiceNow
9 123 (2.11%) Salesforce
10 112 (1.92%) SolarWinds
11 90 (1.55%) Veeam
12 82 (1.41%) Workday
13 81 (1.39%) Brocade
13 81 (1.39%) Nimble Storage
14 80 (1.37%) Cisco
14 80 (1.37%) Tanium
15 60 (1.03%) Adobe
16 59 (1.01%) Red Hat
17 52 (0.89%) Dell
18 49 (0.84%) HubSpot