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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,858 5,651 9,411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.46% 13.45% 9.85%
As % of the General category 10.71% 18.95% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,918 2,524 5,450
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,150 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,350 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £50,393 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% +11.98% -3.07%

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 45,366 29,817 57,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 51.00% 70.95% 60.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,375 15,989 39,513
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -21 4,333 £55,000 - 1,730
UK excluding London -26 3,022 £48,885 -2.99% 1,471
London -8 1,530 £67,500 +3.85% 573
Work from Home -8 1,422 £55,000 - 918
North of England -31 867 £46,500 -7.00% 330
South East -3 789 £50,000 -4.96% 476
Midlands -27 571 £48,000 - 284
North West -26 489 £45,000 -10.00% 195
West Midlands -28 342 £51,250 +6.77% 166
Yorkshire -13 285 £51,750 +15.00% 92
South West -20 261 £50,000 -2.76% 154
East of England -37 252 £42,879 -15.87% 146
East Midlands -12 227 £45,000 -5.26% 117
Scotland -22 158 £40,000 -24.23% 47
North East -23 93 £49,222 +29.53% 50
Wales +4 84 £42,500 -15.44% 39
Northern Ireland -22 52 £47,500 -13.64% 31
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92%

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
1 143 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 72 (1.48%) Apache Spark
5 69 (1.42%) Confluence
6 49 (1.01%) CMS
7 35 (0.72%) Apache
8 20 (0.41%) WordPress
9 17 (0.35%) IIS
10 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.23%) SAS
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 4 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.082%) Drupal
13 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.062%) govService
13 3 (0.062%) JBoss
14 2 (0.041%) MTS
14 2 (0.041%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 637 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 276 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (2.00%) MS Visio
4 96 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 29 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 13 (0.27%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.21%) CATIA
11 5 (0.10%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (0.082%) Trello
13 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
14 2 (0.041%) Simulink
15 1 (0.021%) Lectora
15 1 (0.021%) Revit
15 1 (0.021%) SOLIDWORKS
15 1 (0.021%) SPSS
15 1 (0.021%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 68 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 38 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 34 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 22 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 17 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 15 (0.31%) SAP PM
8 14 (0.29%) Endur
8 14 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 13 (0.27%) Maximo
10 12 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
10 12 (0.25%) Workday HCM
11 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
12 10 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
13 8 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
13 8 (0.16%) Elite 3E
13 8 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
13 8 (0.16%) SAP PP
14 7 (0.14%) Magento
15 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 883 (18.18%) Azure
2 673 (13.85%) Power Platform
3 478 (9.84%) AWS
4 339 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
5 265 (5.45%) SaaS
6 214 (4.41%) GCP
7 147 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
8 145 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
9 111 (2.28%) Entra ID
10 105 (2.16%) GitHub
11 98 (2.02%) Power Automate
12 94 (1.93%) Snowflake
13 89 (1.83%) dbt
14 76 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 75 (1.54%) Google Analytics
16 71 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 69 (1.42%) Amazon S3
18 62 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
19 61 (1.26%) Serverless
20 59 (1.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 194 (3.99%) Firewall
2 156 (3.21%) DNS
3 124 (2.55%) VPN
4 119 (2.45%) DHCP
5 81 (1.67%) WAN
6 71 (1.46%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.38%) LAN
7 67 (1.38%) Wireless
8 63 (1.30%) VLAN
9 57 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
10 49 (1.01%) Network Security
11 46 (0.95%) SAN
12 45 (0.93%) Broadband
13 40 (0.82%) BGP
14 33 (0.68%) OSPF
15 30 (0.62%) Wireshark
16 29 (0.60%) EIGRP
17 28 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
18 26 (0.54%) SD-WAN
19 24 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 608 (12.52%) Power BI
2 381 (7.84%) Tableau
3 218 (4.49%) SQL Server
4 170 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
5 158 (3.25%) Data Mining
6 95 (1.96%) Metadata
7 85 (1.75%) Relational Database
8 78 (1.61%) Data Lake
9 75 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
10 74 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 68 (1.40%) Looker
12 61 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
13 54 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
14 48 (0.99%) MySQL
15 47 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
16 46 (0.95%) BigQuery
17 45 (0.93%) Power Query
18 44 (0.91%) NoSQL
19 39 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 37 (0.76%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 182 (3.75%) JIRA
2 132 (2.72%) Git
3 47 (0.97%) GitLab
4 38 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.66%) MLflow
6 26 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
6 26 (0.54%) Selenium
7 20 (0.41%) Chocolatey
8 17 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 15 (0.31%) Balsamiq
10 14 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.29%) ERwin
11 13 (0.27%) Axure RP
11 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
11 13 (0.27%) Subversion
12 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.21%) Postman
13 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 2,367 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 1,800 (37.05%) Finance
3 437 (9.00%) Marketing
4 353 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 292 (6.01%) Banking
6 271 (5.58%) Law
7 264 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 261 (5.37%) Retail
9 257 (5.29%) Legal
10 246 (5.06%) Public Sector
11 191 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
12 175 (3.60%) Manufacturing
13 132 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
14 114 (2.35%) Telecoms
15 105 (2.16%) Financial Institution
16 84 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
17 75 (1.54%) Advertising
18 69 (1.42%) Electronics
19 62 (1.28%) Games
20 55 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,306 (26.88%) Analyst
2 661 (13.61%) Senior
3 356 (7.33%) Data Analyst
4 310 (6.38%) Lead
5 280 (5.76%) Business Analyst
6 242 (4.98%) Developer
7 219 (4.51%) Architect
8 208 (4.28%) Consultant
9 156 (3.21%) Support Analyst
10 148 (3.05%) Trainee
11 145 (2.98%) Systems Engineer
12 137 (2.82%) Senior Manager
13 136 (2.80%) Trainee Analyst
13 136 (2.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 134 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
15 115 (2.37%) Financial Analyst
16 111 (2.28%) IT Support
17 107 (2.20%) Data Engineer
18 101 (2.08%) Support Engineer
19 99 (2.04%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (2.86%) HTML
2 126 (2.59%) CSS
3 91 (1.87%) .NET
4 87 (1.79%) REST
5 83 (1.71%) React
6 79 (1.63%) JSON
7 75 (1.54%) Middleware
8 67 (1.38%) XML
9 57 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 54 (1.11%) Kafka
11 53 (1.09%) TensorFlow
12 48 (0.99%) SOAP
13 47 (0.97%) Node.js
14 42 (0.86%) scikit-learn
15 37 (0.76%) PySpark
16 35 (0.72%) Pandas
17 33 (0.68%) LangChain
18 29 (0.60%) RESTful
18 29 (0.60%) Web Services
19 28 (0.58%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 521 (10.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 254 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
3 243 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 227 (4.67%) Onboarding
5 203 (4.18%) Product Ownership
6 102 (2.10%) Data Centre
6 102 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 99 (2.04%) Cloud Native
8 83 (1.71%) Data Structures
9 77 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
10 76 (1.56%) Security Posture
11 72 (1.48%) Algorithms
12 64 (1.32%) Driving Licence
13 56 (1.15%) Social Media
14 53 (1.09%) Virtual Team
15 50 (1.03%) Public Cloud
16 49 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
17 47 (0.97%) Low-Code
18 45 (0.93%) FMCG
19 42 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 357 (7.35%) Windows
2 202 (4.16%) Linux
3 153 (3.15%) Windows Server
4 62 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (0.70%) Unix
6 22 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 21 (0.43%) Android
7 21 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 17 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.14%) CentOS
11 6 (0.12%) VMS
12 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.082%) AIX
13 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.041%) Debian
14 2 (0.041%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.041%) Rocky
15 1 (0.021%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,194 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
2 1,210 (24.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,116 (22.97%) Analytics
4 1,034 (21.28%) Decision-Making
5 847 (17.44%) Agile
6 735 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
7 714 (14.70%) AI
8 625 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 600 (12.35%) Project Management
10 529 (10.89%) Data Analysis
11 479 (9.86%) Actionable Insight
12 449 (9.24%) Mentoring
13 437 (9.00%) Data Modelling
14 428 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 426 (8.77%) Roadmaps
16 420 (8.65%) Analytical Thinking
17 410 (8.44%) Process Improvement
18 408 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
19 383 (7.88%) DevOps
20 375 (7.72%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,044 (21.49%) SQL
2 851 (17.52%) Python
3 179 (3.68%) JavaScript
4 171 (3.52%) Java
5 170 (3.50%) PowerShell
6 121 (2.49%) C#
7 88 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 63 (1.30%) R
9 58 (1.19%) Bash
10 47 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 46 (0.95%) C++
12 44 (0.91%) TypeScript
13 41 (0.84%) VBA
14 25 (0.51%) MATLAB
15 22 (0.45%) Scala
16 19 (0.39%) Go
17 18 (0.37%) PL/SQL
18 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
19 14 (0.29%) C
20 13 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,015 (20.89%) Degree
2 378 (7.78%) Security Cleared
3 268 (5.52%) SC Cleared
4 251 (5.17%) ACCA
5 239 (4.92%) CIMA
6 171 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 152 (3.13%) CISSP
8 144 (2.96%) DBS Check
9 135 (2.78%) Master's Degree
10 102 (2.10%) PMI Certification
11 98 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
12 97 (2.00%) CISM
13 90 (1.85%) PMP
14 78 (1.61%) DV Cleared
15 72 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
15 72 (1.48%) IRCA
16 69 (1.42%) Azure Certification
17 64 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
18 58 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
19 56 (1.15%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 433 (8.91%) Data Quality
2 331 (6.81%) GDPR
3 287 (5.91%) QA
4 238 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 202 (4.16%) NIST
6 132 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 105 (2.16%) PCI DSS
7 105 (2.16%) SLA
8 95 (1.96%) ISO 9001
9 88 (1.81%) Accessibility
10 78 (1.61%) PMO
11 69 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 57 (1.17%) GRC
13 40 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 38 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 33 (0.68%) IFRS
16 31 (0.64%) COBIT
17 29 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 26 (0.54%) SOC 2
19 22 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 260 (5.35%) Active Directory
2 78 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (1.50%) Docker
3 73 (1.50%) Hyper-V
4 56 (1.15%) Terminal Server
5 23 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.25%) vSphere
8 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.16%) IAG
9 8 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.082%) Firmware
10 4 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.082%) XenApp
11 3 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.041%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.021%) KVM
13 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 134 (2.76%) Terraform
2 79 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 65 (1.34%) Ansible
5 35 (0.72%) Grafana
6 31 (0.64%) SCCM
7 28 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 18 (0.37%) Nagios
10 10 (0.21%) Kibana
11 8 (0.16%) QRadar
12 7 (0.14%) Control-M
12 7 (0.14%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.12%) logstash
14 5 (0.10%) CASB
14 5 (0.10%) Packer
15 4 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.082%) Graylog
15 4 (0.082%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,186 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 207 (4.26%) SAP
3 179 (3.68%) Oracle
4 174 (3.58%) Google
5 146 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 145 (2.98%) VMware
7 115 (2.37%) ServiceNow
8 106 (2.18%) Databricks
9 104 (2.14%) SolarWinds
10 93 (1.91%) Splunk
11 81 (1.67%) Workday
12 73 (1.50%) Cisco
13 64 (1.32%) Veeam
14 57 (1.17%) Tanium
15 56 (1.15%) Brocade
15 56 (1.15%) Nimble Storage
16 53 (1.09%) IBM
17 47 (0.97%) Dell
18 43 (0.89%) Red Hat
19 38 (0.78%) Dynatrace