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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,829 5,962 9,811
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.25% 13.48% 9.30%
As % of the General category 11.09% 18.46% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,092 2,385 5,396
10th Percentile £32,781 £30,100 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,870 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +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 43,548 32,299 61,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.38% 73.01% 57.85%
Number of salaries quoted 26,488 15,585 40,525
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,487 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 9 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 9 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 4,390 £55,000 - 1,980
UK excluding London -19 3,034 £48,500 -3.00% 1,550
London -11 1,528 £67,500 +3.85% 754
Work from Home -11 1,474 £55,000 - 966
North of England -18 934 £47,750 -1.15% 377
South East -6 762 £50,000 -9.09% 536
Midlands -9 553 £48,750 +2.63% 238
North West -18 549 £46,500 -7.00% 205
South West -26 320 £47,500 -5.00% 166
West Midlands -13 310 £51,300 +8.00% 139
Yorkshire -13 290 £50,000 +11.11% 124
East Midlands +2 242 £45,000 -5.26% 99
East of England -8 235 £45,025 +0.06% 146
Scotland -25 118 £40,000 -20.71% 72
North East -29 95 £50,500 +29.16% 54
Wales -2 82 £53,171 -3.33% 28
Northern Ireland -22 41 £40,000 -27.27% 41

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
1 160 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 114 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 69 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 63 (1.30%) Confluence
6 41 (0.85%) Apache
7 40 (0.83%) CMS
8 25 (0.52%) IIS
9 19 (0.39%) SAS
10 16 (0.33%) WordPress
11 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
13 6 (0.12%) 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%) WebLogic
15 2 (0.041%) WebSphere
Applications
1 542 (11.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
3 103 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 91 (1.88%) MS Visio
5 31 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 28 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.21%) CATIA
8 9 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
11 4 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.083%) Maya
12 3 (0.062%) Blender
12 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.062%) Trello
13 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.041%) Lectora
13 2 (0.041%) Simulink
13 2 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.021%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 70 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.81%) 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 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%) Dynamics GP
12 8 (0.17%) Workday HCM
13 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.14%) Endur
13 7 (0.14%) Fidessa
13 7 (0.14%) Magento
13 7 (0.14%) Shopify
14 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
14 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 869 (18.00%) Azure
2 639 (13.23%) Power Platform
3 479 (9.92%) AWS
4 361 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
5 298 (6.17%) SaaS
6 206 (4.27%) GCP
7 126 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
8 117 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
9 112 (2.32%) Entra ID
10 86 (1.78%) GitHub
11 80 (1.66%) Power Automate
12 79 (1.64%) Google Analytics
12 79 (1.64%) Snowflake
13 76 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
14 72 (1.49%) Amazon S3
15 70 (1.45%) dbt
16 65 (1.35%) PowerApps
17 63 (1.30%) Serverless
18 50 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
19 47 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 202 (4.18%) Firewall
2 170 (3.52%) DNS
3 129 (2.67%) VPN
4 126 (2.61%) DHCP
5 81 (1.68%) WAN
6 75 (1.55%) TCP/IP
7 72 (1.49%) Broadband
7 72 (1.49%) LAN
8 62 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (1.16%) VLAN
10 52 (1.08%) Wireless
11 46 (0.95%) SAN
12 44 (0.91%) Network Security
13 38 (0.79%) BGP
14 30 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
15 29 (0.60%) HTTP
15 29 (0.60%) OSPF
16 28 (0.58%) Internet
16 28 (0.58%) SD-WAN
17 25 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 564 (11.68%) Power BI
2 319 (6.61%) Tableau
3 181 (3.75%) SQL Server
4 151 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 102 (2.11%) Data Mining
6 94 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
7 91 (1.88%) Metadata
8 71 (1.47%) Data Lake
9 64 (1.33%) Relational Database
10 59 (1.22%) Looker
10 59 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 57 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 57 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
12 51 (1.06%) Power Query
13 48 (0.99%) MySQL
14 47 (0.97%) BigQuery
15 42 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 41 (0.85%) Big Data
17 40 (0.83%) NoSQL
18 35 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 153 (3.17%) JIRA
2 132 (2.73%) Git
3 50 (1.04%) GitLab
4 32 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.62%) MLflow
6 29 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 20 (0.41%) Chocolatey
8 18 (0.37%) Selenium
9 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.29%) ERwin
11 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
12 12 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.21%) Balsamiq
14 10 (0.21%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
15 9 (0.19%) Postman
16 8 (0.17%) Eclipse
16 8 (0.17%) Maven
General
1 2,208 (45.72%) Social Skills
2 1,680 (34.79%) Finance
3 426 (8.82%) Marketing
4 376 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 278 (5.76%) Law
6 275 (5.69%) Public Sector
7 273 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
8 262 (5.43%) Legal
8 262 (5.43%) Retail
9 248 (5.14%) Banking
10 171 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
11 164 (3.40%) Manufacturing
12 140 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
13 114 (2.36%) Telecoms
14 91 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
15 84 (1.74%) Advertising
16 83 (1.72%) Financial Institution
17 79 (1.64%) Aerospace
18 75 (1.55%) Electronics
19 52 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,238 (25.64%) Analyst
2 632 (13.09%) Senior
3 327 (6.77%) Lead
4 309 (6.40%) Data Analyst
5 281 (5.82%) Business Analyst
6 238 (4.93%) Developer
7 222 (4.60%) Architect
8 206 (4.27%) Consultant
9 182 (3.77%) Systems Engineer
10 136 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
11 119 (2.46%) Data Engineer
11 119 (2.46%) IT Manager
11 119 (2.46%) Senior Manager
12 115 (2.38%) Support Analyst
13 104 (2.15%) Support Engineer
14 102 (2.11%) IT Support
15 98 (2.03%) Systems Analyst
15 98 (2.03%) Trainee
16 90 (1.86%) Financial Analyst
17 88 (1.82%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (2.61%) HTML
2 115 (2.38%) CSS
3 101 (2.09%) .NET
4 95 (1.97%) REST
5 85 (1.76%) JSON
5 85 (1.76%) Middleware
6 83 (1.72%) React
7 75 (1.55%) XML
8 68 (1.41%) PyTorch
9 63 (1.30%) TensorFlow
10 51 (1.06%) Node.js
11 50 (1.04%) SOAP
12 49 (1.01%) Kafka
13 41 (0.85%) scikit-learn
14 39 (0.81%) PySpark
15 36 (0.75%) RESTful
16 33 (0.68%) Pandas
17 32 (0.66%) LangChain
18 31 (0.64%) EDI
19 30 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 513 (10.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 232 (4.80%) Management Information System
3 210 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 192 (3.98%) Product Ownership
5 184 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
6 127 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 113 (2.34%) Data Centre
8 91 (1.88%) Cloud Native
9 86 (1.78%) Data Structures
10 84 (1.74%) Security Posture
11 81 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 77 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
13 73 (1.51%) Driving Licence
14 57 (1.18%) Social Media
15 56 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
16 55 (1.14%) Public Cloud
17 52 (1.08%) Virtual Team
18 47 (0.97%) FMCG
19 45 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
20 40 (0.83%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 368 (7.62%) Windows
2 230 (4.76%) Linux
3 181 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 86 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.75%) Unix
6 26 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 25 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 16 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (0.31%) Android
10 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.23%) CentOS
11 11 (0.23%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.17%) VMS
13 4 (0.083%) AIX
13 4 (0.083%) Debian
13 4 (0.083%) Rocky
13 4 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.021%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.021%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,171 (44.96%) Problem-Solving
2 1,161 (24.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,062 (21.99%) Analytics
4 1,054 (21.83%) Decision-Making
5 836 (17.31%) Agile
6 649 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
7 627 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 626 (12.96%) AI
9 491 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 489 (10.13%) Project Management
11 482 (9.98%) Roadmaps
12 476 (9.86%) Actionable Insight
13 472 (9.77%) Mentoring
14 448 (9.28%) Data Analysis
15 441 (9.13%) Data Modelling
16 437 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
17 395 (8.18%) Data Governance
18 374 (7.74%) Process Improvement
19 371 (7.68%) Analytical Thinking
20 345 (7.14%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,009 (20.89%) SQL
2 881 (18.24%) Python
3 173 (3.58%) PowerShell
4 170 (3.52%) JavaScript
5 167 (3.46%) Java
6 133 (2.75%) C#
7 81 (1.68%) R
8 69 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 68 (1.41%) Bash
10 65 (1.35%) C++
11 45 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 45 (0.93%) TypeScript
12 40 (0.83%) MATLAB
13 36 (0.75%) VBA
14 23 (0.48%) PHP
14 23 (0.48%) Scala
15 21 (0.43%) Go
16 17 (0.35%) Julia
16 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 893 (18.49%) Degree
2 415 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 304 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 241 (4.99%) ACCA
5 226 (4.68%) CIMA
6 154 (3.19%) DBS Check
7 151 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 148 (3.06%) CISSP
9 118 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
10 101 (2.09%) CISM
11 92 (1.91%) Master's Degree
12 85 (1.76%) DV Cleared
13 79 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 77 (1.59%) PMI Certification
15 74 (1.53%) Azure Certification
16 72 (1.49%) IRCA
17 71 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
18 68 (1.41%) PMP
19 63 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
20 50 (1.04%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 450 (9.32%) Data Quality
2 373 (7.72%) GDPR
3 302 (6.25%) QA
4 255 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 219 (4.54%) NIST
6 157 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 132 (2.73%) SLA
8 126 (2.61%) PCI DSS
9 119 (2.46%) Accessibility
10 115 (2.38%) ISO 9001
11 70 (1.45%) GRC
12 56 (1.16%) PMO
13 55 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.85%) IFRS
15 37 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 37 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.68%) COBIT
17 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.50%) ITGC
18 24 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 264 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 89 (1.84%) Hyper-V
3 79 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 78 (1.62%) Docker
5 72 (1.49%) Terminal Server
6 26 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.29%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 9 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.17%) IAG
11 4 (0.083%) Firmware
11 4 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.083%) XenApp
12 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 131 (2.71%) Terraform
2 79 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 67 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (1.18%) Ansible
5 33 (0.68%) Grafana
6 29 (0.60%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Nagios
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 19 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (0.31%) QRadar
10 14 (0.29%) Kibana
11 11 (0.23%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.17%) Control-M
13 6 (0.12%) logstash
13 6 (0.12%) Packer
14 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.10%) Graylog
14 5 (0.10%) Podman
15 4 (0.083%) Functional Safety
15 4 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,085 (22.47%) Microsoft
2 201 (4.16%) SAP
3 186 (3.85%) Google
4 163 (3.38%) VMware
5 162 (3.35%) Oracle
6 149 (3.09%) Salesforce
7 124 (2.57%) Splunk
8 122 (2.53%) SolarWinds
9 109 (2.26%) Databricks
10 95 (1.97%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.76%) Veeam
12 73 (1.51%) Cisco
12 73 (1.51%) Nimble Storage
12 73 (1.51%) Workday
13 72 (1.49%) Brocade
13 72 (1.49%) Tanium
14 50 (1.04%) IBM
15 47 (0.97%) Red Hat
16 45 (0.93%) Adobe
16 45 (0.93%) Dell