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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,747 6,206 4,934
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 10.85% 9.13% 9.31%
As % of the General category 16.87% 15.62% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,685 2,544 3,485
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,759 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £71,000 £70,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +3.35%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,066 39,720 34,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 64.31% 58.44% 65.43%
Number of salaries quoted 19,311 19,153 25,792
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.85% +1.00% -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 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 19 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 November 2025. 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 +5 4,983 £50,000 -9.09% 4,409
UK excluding London +5 3,722 £45,000 -10.00% 2,884
Work from Home +7 2,128 £50,000 -13.04% 2,156
London +3 1,684 £65,000 - 1,880
South East +4 943 £45,000 -10.00% 1,047
North of England +6 935 £45,000 -10.00% 585
Midlands +7 664 £44,543 -7.20% 488
North West -6 474 £45,000 -14.29% 351
South West +10 408 £45,000 -14.29% 260
West Midlands +7 389 £52,500 +5.00% 317
Scotland +1 370 £33,500 -39.09% 145
Yorkshire +10 343 £40,000 -27.27% 164
East of England +2 312 £40,000 -27.27% 281
East Midlands +3 273 £37,500 -11.76% 169
North East +14 118 £45,000 +9.76% 73
Wales +13 80 £48,122 +6.94% 77
Northern Ireland 0 40 £52,500 -11.66% 57
Isle of Man -3 1 £62,500 +150.00% 2
Channel Islands -4 1 - - 1

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
1 127 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 106 (1.84%) Confluence
3 98 (1.71%) SharePoint
4 71 (1.24%) CMS
5 55 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 24 (0.42%) WordPress
7 19 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 18 (0.31%) Apache
9 16 (0.28%) SAS
10 12 (0.21%) Camunda
11 9 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 8 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 7 (0.12%) IIS
13 7 (0.12%) nginx
13 7 (0.12%) Skype for Business
14 6 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 6 (0.10%) Drupal
15 5 (0.087%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.070%) Apache Synapse
16 4 (0.070%) Traefik
Applications
1 786 (13.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 606 (10.54%) Chatbot
3 359 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
4 143 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 50 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 49 (0.85%) Maya
7 43 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
8 39 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
9 25 (0.44%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.24%) Adobe XD
11 11 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
12 6 (0.10%) Simulink
13 5 (0.087%) Blender
13 5 (0.087%) Photoshop
14 4 (0.070%) CATIA
14 4 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
14 4 (0.070%) PlantUML
14 4 (0.070%) Sketch
15 3 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
15 3 (0.052%) Stata
Business Applications
1 169 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 74 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (1.18%) SAP MDG
4 46 (0.80%) NetSuite
5 42 (0.73%) Shopify
6 38 (0.66%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 38 (0.66%) SAP CO
6 38 (0.66%) SAP FI
6 38 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
7 29 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
8 24 (0.42%) SAP IBP
9 20 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
10 16 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
11 13 (0.23%) Endur
11 13 (0.23%) Sage X3
11 13 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
11 13 (0.23%) Sprinklr
11 13 (0.23%) Workday HCM
12 12 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
13 11 (0.19%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 814 (14.16%) Azure
2 623 (10.84%) Power Platform
3 456 (7.93%) AWS
4 264 (4.59%) SaaS
5 262 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
6 157 (2.73%) GCP
7 120 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
8 105 (1.83%) Google Analytics
9 104 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
10 71 (1.24%) Entra ID
11 69 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
11 69 (1.20%) GitHub
12 62 (1.08%) Serverless
13 59 (1.03%) Snowflake
14 57 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 57 (0.99%) PaaS
15 52 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
16 50 (0.87%) Power Automate
17 44 (0.77%) Google Ads
18 42 (0.73%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 151 (2.63%) DNS
2 125 (2.18%) DHCP
3 124 (2.16%) Firewall
4 74 (1.29%) VPN
5 73 (1.27%) Network Security
6 72 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
7 68 (1.18%) LAN
8 63 (1.10%) WAN
9 50 (0.87%) TCP/IP
10 41 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
11 34 (0.59%) Wireless
12 33 (0.57%) SMS
12 33 (0.57%) VoIP
13 29 (0.50%) Internet
13 29 (0.50%) VLAN
14 24 (0.42%) Broadband
15 18 (0.31%) OSPF
16 17 (0.30%) SD-WAN
17 15 (0.26%) Intranet
17 15 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 575 (10.01%) Power BI
2 302 (5.25%) Tableau
3 203 (3.53%) SQL Server
4 163 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
5 133 (2.31%) Data Lake
6 125 (2.18%) Data Mining
7 115 (2.00%) Metadata
8 110 (1.91%) Relational Database
9 96 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
10 67 (1.17%) Looker
11 59 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 58 (1.01%) SAP BW
13 57 (0.99%) NoSQL
14 56 (0.97%) MySQL
15 45 (0.78%) Big Data
16 43 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
17 40 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
18 37 (0.64%) Power Query
19 36 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
20 33 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 234 (4.07%) JIRA
2 117 (2.04%) Git
3 63 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 54 (0.94%) Selenium
5 44 (0.77%) GitLab
6 24 (0.42%) Maven
7 19 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
8 17 (0.30%) JUnit
9 15 (0.26%) Postman
10 14 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.23%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.23%) Robot Framework
11 13 (0.23%) WebDriver
12 12 (0.21%) Subversion
13 11 (0.19%) Snyk
14 10 (0.17%) Axure RP
14 10 (0.17%) Balsamiq
14 10 (0.17%) ERwin
14 10 (0.17%) TeamCity
15 9 (0.16%) ER Studio
General
1 2,933 (51.04%) Social Skills
2 1,843 (32.07%) Finance
3 697 (12.13%) Marketing
4 477 (8.30%) Law
5 424 (7.38%) Retail
6 391 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 337 (5.86%) Legal
8 321 (5.59%) Banking
9 298 (5.19%) Manufacturing
10 250 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
11 245 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
12 244 (4.25%) Public Sector
13 173 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
14 148 (2.58%) Telecoms
15 132 (2.30%) Financial Institution
16 119 (2.07%) Advertising
17 108 (1.88%) Games
18 99 (1.72%) Electronics
19 71 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
20 68 (1.18%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,151 (20.03%) Analyst
2 695 (12.09%) Senior
3 653 (11.36%) Trainer
4 442 (7.69%) Lead
5 302 (5.25%) Architect
6 286 (4.98%) Data Analyst
7 253 (4.40%) Developer
8 219 (3.81%) Consultant
9 198 (3.45%) Business Analyst
10 180 (3.13%) Support Analyst
11 152 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
12 151 (2.63%) IT Support
13 138 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
14 127 (2.21%) Systems Engineer
15 113 (1.97%) IT Manager
16 108 (1.88%) Applications Support
17 106 (1.84%) Trainee
18 104 (1.81%) Business Manager
19 100 (1.74%) Innovation Manager
19 100 (1.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (2.52%) HTML
2 114 (1.98%) CSS
3 99 (1.72%) React
4 94 (1.64%) REST
5 71 (1.24%) .NET
6 61 (1.06%) Spring
7 60 (1.04%) Kafka
8 53 (0.92%) Middleware
9 49 (0.85%) JSON
10 42 (0.73%) AngularJS
11 37 (0.64%) XML
12 34 (0.59%) SOAP
13 33 (0.57%) EDI
13 33 (0.57%) Web Services
14 32 (0.56%) Node.js
15 28 (0.49%) RESTful
16 27 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
16 27 (0.47%) Spring Boot
17 26 (0.45%) LangChain
18 25 (0.44%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 604 (10.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 398 (6.93%) Self-Motivation
3 381 (6.63%) Onboarding
4 296 (5.15%) Management Information System
5 201 (3.50%) Product Ownership
6 160 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
7 128 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 110 (1.91%) Driving Licence
9 100 (1.74%) Robotics
10 96 (1.67%) Algorithms
11 89 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 80 (1.39%) FMCG
13 79 (1.37%) Cloud Native
14 72 (1.25%) Social Media
15 66 (1.15%) Data Structures
16 57 (0.99%) Security Posture
16 57 (0.99%) Virtual Team
17 56 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
18 54 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 53 (0.92%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 325 (5.66%) Windows
2 211 (3.67%) Linux
3 136 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 82 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (0.57%) Unix
6 22 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 17 (0.30%) Android
8 12 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.21%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.087%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.052%) OpenWrt
12 3 (0.052%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.052%) VMS
13 1 (0.017%) AIX
13 1 (0.017%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.017%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.017%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,625 (45.68%) Problem-Solving
2 1,409 (24.52%) AI
3 1,199 (20.86%) Analytics
4 1,101 (19.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,058 (18.41%) Decision-Making
6 1,031 (17.94%) Agile
7 854 (14.86%) Project Management
8 775 (13.49%) Business Intelligence
9 667 (11.61%) Chemistry
10 659 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 608 (10.58%) Conversational UI
12 517 (9.00%) Data Analysis
13 499 (8.68%) Risk Management
14 477 (8.30%) Cybersecurity
15 463 (8.06%) Roadmaps
16 460 (8.00%) ERP
17 455 (7.92%) Mentoring
18 452 (7.86%) CRM
19 448 (7.80%) Customer Service
20 434 (7.55%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,014 (17.64%) SQL
2 659 (11.47%) Python
3 199 (3.46%) Java
4 177 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 132 (2.30%) C#
6 85 (1.48%) R
7 84 (1.46%) PowerShell
8 57 (0.99%) C++
9 52 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 45 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.77%) Bash
12 42 (0.73%) TypeScript
13 41 (0.71%) VBA
14 33 (0.57%) PL/SQL
15 26 (0.45%) C
16 23 (0.40%) Scala
17 21 (0.37%) Go
17 21 (0.37%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.28%) PHP
19 15 (0.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2,035 (35.41%) Degree
2 786 (13.68%) Master's Degree
3 625 (10.88%) PhD
4 450 (7.83%) Security Cleared
5 328 (5.71%) SC Cleared
6 208 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 184 (3.20%) CISSP
8 150 (2.61%) ACCA
9 143 (2.49%) CIMA
10 103 (1.79%) DV Cleared
11 101 (1.76%) DBS Check
12 85 (1.48%) PMI Certification
13 84 (1.46%) CISM
14 69 (1.20%) PMP
15 68 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
16 64 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
17 62 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
18 59 (1.03%) Azure Certification
19 53 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
20 52 (0.90%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 294 (5.12%) QA
2 269 (4.68%) Data Quality
3 210 (3.65%) GDPR
4 189 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 133 (2.31%) PCI DSS
6 128 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 119 (2.07%) Accessibility
8 118 (2.05%) NIST
9 113 (1.97%) PMO
10 56 (0.97%) SLA
11 38 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 37 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
13 34 (0.59%) GRC
14 22 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 21 (0.37%) IFRS
15 21 (0.37%) ISO 9001
16 15 (0.26%) WCAG
17 13 (0.23%) COBIT
18 11 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 10 (0.17%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 230 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 111 (1.93%) Hyper-V
3 80 (1.39%) Terminal Server
4 66 (1.15%) Docker
5 47 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 30 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.30%) Firmware
8 11 (0.19%) vSphere
9 8 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.087%) HDFS
10 5 (0.087%) ProxySG
10 5 (0.087%) zsh
11 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.017%) NFS
11 1 (0.017%) Postfix
11 1 (0.017%) RACF
11 1 (0.017%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.017%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 88 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 86 (1.50%) Terraform
3 51 (0.89%) Ansible
4 36 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (0.38%) Grafana
6 18 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.16%) SCCM
9 8 (0.14%) QRadar
10 7 (0.12%) SCOM
11 4 (0.070%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.070%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.070%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.070%) Nessus
11 4 (0.070%) Rancher
11 4 (0.070%) vRealize
12 3 (0.052%) Kibana
12 3 (0.052%) Nagios
12 3 (0.052%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.035%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,199 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 601 (10.46%) PayPal
3 430 (7.48%) SAP
4 303 (5.27%) Google
5 226 (3.93%) Oracle
6 169 (2.94%) Databricks
6 169 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 139 (2.42%) VMware
8 134 (2.33%) Adobe
9 122 (2.12%) Splunk
10 98 (1.71%) SolarWinds
11 85 (1.48%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.48%) Veeam
12 81 (1.41%) Brocade
12 81 (1.41%) Cisco
13 80 (1.39%) Nimble Storage
13 80 (1.39%) Tanium
14 59 (1.03%) Workday
15 49 (0.85%) Alteryx
16 42 (0.73%) Ariba