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

6 months to
4 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 4,806 5,923 9,619
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.19% 13.56% 9.36%
As % of the General category 10.68% 18.55% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,062 2,394 5,382
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,325 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,688 £67,844
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +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 44,991 31,933 59,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.56% 73.11% 58.37%
Number of salaries quoted 26,153 15,303 40,184
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £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 £77,424 £78,692 £71,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,507 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.08% +2.12% -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 4 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 4 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 4,370 £55,000 - 2,861
UK excluding London -20 3,010 £48,445 -3.11% 1,784
London -10 1,522 £67,500 +3.85% 1,439
Work from Home -11 1,466 £55,000 - 1,503
North of England -21 929 £48,000 -0.63% 427
South East -5 757 £50,000 -4.76% 581
Midlands -20 561 £48,000 +1.05% 264
North West -28 544 £46,500 -7.00% 242
West Midlands -25 316 £51,250 +7.89% 171
South West -27 305 £47,500 -5.00% 191
Yorkshire -14 290 £50,000 +11.11% 138
East Midlands +2 244 £45,000 -5.26% 91
East of England -20 236 £45,000 -11.71% 162
Scotland -30 111 £40,000 -20.71% 95
North East -25 95 £50,000 +28.87% 53
Wales 0 80 £51,709 -3.80% 37
Northern Ireland -21 42 £41,250 -25.00% 80

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
1 154 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
4 70 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 61 (1.27%) Confluence
6 41 (0.85%) Apache
7 39 (0.81%) CMS
8 25 (0.52%) IIS
9 19 (0.40%) 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 (0.042%) Appian
15 2 (0.042%) Camunda
Applications
1 542 (11.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
3 100 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 92 (1.91%) MS Visio
5 28 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.21%) CATIA
7 9 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
9 5 (0.10%) Maya
10 4 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.062%) Blender
11 3 (0.062%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.062%) Trello
12 2 (0.042%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.042%) Lectora
12 2 (0.042%) Simulink
12 2 (0.042%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.021%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 71 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
4 31 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 20 (0.42%) 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%) Endur
13 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
13 7 (0.15%) Magento
13 7 (0.15%) Shopify
13 7 (0.15%) Workday HCM
14 6 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
14 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 862 (17.94%) Azure
2 655 (13.63%) Power Platform
3 483 (10.05%) AWS
4 356 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 294 (6.12%) SaaS
6 203 (4.22%) GCP
7 127 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
8 121 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
9 112 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 86 (1.79%) GitHub
11 82 (1.71%) Power Automate
12 81 (1.69%) Snowflake
13 77 (1.60%) Google Analytics
14 74 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
15 72 (1.50%) Amazon S3
16 71 (1.48%) dbt
17 65 (1.35%) PowerApps
18 63 (1.31%) Serverless
19 52 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
20 48 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 206 (4.29%) Firewall
2 162 (3.37%) DNS
3 131 (2.73%) VPN
4 118 (2.46%) DHCP
5 83 (1.73%) WAN
6 76 (1.58%) TCP/IP
7 73 (1.52%) LAN
8 65 (1.35%) Broadband
9 61 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
10 58 (1.21%) VLAN
11 57 (1.19%) Wireless
12 48 (1.00%) Network Security
13 45 (0.94%) SAN
14 39 (0.81%) BGP
15 32 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
16 31 (0.65%) OSPF
17 29 (0.60%) SD-WAN
18 28 (0.58%) HTTP
19 26 (0.54%) Internet
19 26 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 579 (12.05%) Power BI
2 332 (6.91%) Tableau
3 182 (3.79%) SQL Server
4 154 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
5 110 (2.29%) Data Mining
6 87 (1.81%) Metadata
7 86 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
8 73 (1.52%) Data Lake
9 66 (1.37%) Relational Database
10 60 (1.25%) Looker
11 59 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 57 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 56 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
14 51 (1.06%) Power Query
15 47 (0.98%) BigQuery
16 45 (0.94%) MySQL
17 42 (0.87%) Big Data
18 41 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 39 (0.81%) NoSQL
20 35 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 152 (3.16%) JIRA
2 133 (2.77%) Git
3 50 (1.04%) GitLab
4 32 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.62%) MLflow
6 19 (0.40%) Chocolatey
6 19 (0.40%) Selenium
7 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 13 (0.27%) ERwin
8 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
9 12 (0.25%) Visual Studio
10 10 (0.21%) Balsamiq
10 10 (0.21%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
11 9 (0.19%) Postman
12 8 (0.17%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.17%) Maven
General
1 2,180 (45.36%) Social Skills
2 1,674 (34.83%) Finance
3 433 (9.01%) Marketing
4 379 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 273 (5.68%) Law
5 273 (5.68%) Public Sector
6 271 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
7 259 (5.39%) Retail
8 255 (5.31%) Legal
9 250 (5.20%) Banking
10 169 (3.52%) Manufacturing
11 165 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
12 153 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
13 110 (2.29%) Telecoms
14 90 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 83 (1.73%) Financial Institution
16 82 (1.71%) Advertising
17 75 (1.56%) Electronics
18 74 (1.54%) Aerospace
19 55 (1.14%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,226 (25.51%) Analyst
2 647 (13.46%) Senior
3 323 (6.72%) Lead
4 314 (6.53%) Data Analyst
5 273 (5.68%) Business Analyst
6 242 (5.04%) Developer
7 225 (4.68%) Architect
8 205 (4.27%) Consultant
9 175 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
10 134 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
11 130 (2.70%) Senior Manager
12 122 (2.54%) Data Engineer
13 120 (2.50%) Support Analyst
14 117 (2.43%) IT Manager
15 107 (2.23%) Support Engineer
16 105 (2.18%) IT Support
17 104 (2.16%) Trainee
18 93 (1.94%) Systems Analyst
18 93 (1.94%) Trainee Analyst
18 93 (1.94%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (2.66%) HTML
2 118 (2.46%) CSS
3 100 (2.08%) .NET
4 95 (1.98%) REST
5 85 (1.77%) JSON
5 85 (1.77%) Middleware
6 83 (1.73%) React
7 76 (1.58%) XML
8 66 (1.37%) PyTorch
9 61 (1.27%) TensorFlow
10 51 (1.06%) Kafka
10 51 (1.06%) Node.js
11 50 (1.04%) SOAP
12 41 (0.85%) scikit-learn
13 39 (0.81%) PySpark
14 36 (0.75%) RESTful
15 34 (0.71%) EDI
16 33 (0.69%) LangChain
16 33 (0.69%) Pandas
17 29 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 511 (10.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 230 (4.79%) Management Information System
3 208 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 189 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 185 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
6 118 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 114 (2.37%) Data Centre
8 93 (1.94%) Cloud Native
9 85 (1.77%) Data Structures
10 83 (1.73%) Algorithms
11 81 (1.69%) Security Posture
12 71 (1.48%) Driving Licence
13 70 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
14 58 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
15 55 (1.14%) Public Cloud
16 54 (1.12%) Virtual Team
17 50 (1.04%) Social Media
18 47 (0.98%) FMCG
19 46 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
20 40 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 366 (7.62%) Windows
2 221 (4.60%) Linux
3 173 (3.60%) Windows Server
4 78 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.73%) Unix
6 25 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 24 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 16 (0.33%) Android
9 16 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.23%) CentOS
12 10 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.17%) VMS
14 4 (0.083%) AIX
14 4 (0.083%) Rocky
14 4 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.062%) Debian
16 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,158 (44.90%) Problem-Solving
2 1,154 (24.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,060 (22.06%) Analytics
4 1,049 (21.83%) Decision-Making
5 835 (17.37%) Agile
6 663 (13.80%) Business Intelligence
7 630 (13.11%) AI
8 620 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 501 (10.42%) Project Management
10 482 (10.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 475 (9.88%) Roadmaps
12 474 (9.86%) Actionable Insight
13 471 (9.80%) Mentoring
14 448 (9.32%) Data Analysis
15 441 (9.18%) Data Modelling
16 428 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
17 385 (8.01%) Data Governance
18 373 (7.76%) Analytical Thinking
19 369 (7.68%) Process Improvement
20 351 (7.30%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,023 (21.29%) SQL
2 893 (18.58%) Python
3 177 (3.68%) PowerShell
4 173 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 169 (3.52%) Java
6 136 (2.83%) C#
7 80 (1.66%) R
8 70 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 67 (1.39%) Bash
9 67 (1.39%) C++
10 47 (0.98%) TypeScript
11 44 (0.92%) T-SQL
12 40 (0.83%) MATLAB
13 37 (0.77%) VBA
14 25 (0.52%) Scala
15 22 (0.46%) PHP
16 21 (0.44%) Go
17 17 (0.35%) Julia
18 16 (0.33%) C
18 16 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 907 (18.87%) Degree
2 404 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 290 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 224 (4.66%) ACCA
5 209 (4.35%) CIMA
6 155 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 155 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 145 (3.02%) CISSP
8 119 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
9 99 (2.06%) CISM
10 96 (2.00%) Master's Degree
11 88 (1.83%) PMI Certification
12 86 (1.79%) DV Cleared
13 79 (1.64%) PMP
14 74 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
15 73 (1.52%) Azure Certification
16 72 (1.50%) IRCA
16 72 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
17 64 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
18 49 (1.02%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 450 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 364 (7.57%) GDPR
3 295 (6.14%) QA
4 250 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 218 (4.54%) NIST
6 146 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 128 (2.66%) SLA
8 117 (2.43%) PCI DSS
9 114 (2.37%) Accessibility
10 112 (2.33%) ISO 9001
11 70 (1.46%) GRC
12 58 (1.21%) PMO
13 55 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 38 (0.79%) IFRS
15 37 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 34 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 32 (0.67%) COBIT
18 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 23 (0.48%) ITGC
19 23 (0.48%) NCSC
System Software
1 257 (5.35%) Active Directory
2 81 (1.69%) Hyper-V
3 78 (1.62%) Docker
3 78 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 64 (1.33%) Terminal Server
5 26 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (0.33%) ProxySG
7 12 (0.25%) vSphere
8 10 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.17%) IAG
11 5 (0.10%) Firmware
12 4 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.083%) XenApp
13 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.042%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 131 (2.73%) Terraform
2 79 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 67 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 58 (1.21%) Ansible
5 33 (0.69%) Grafana
6 28 (0.58%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Nagios
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 19 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (0.31%) QRadar
10 14 (0.29%) Kibana
11 10 (0.21%) 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%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,090 (22.68%) Microsoft
2 201 (4.18%) SAP
3 183 (3.81%) Google
4 164 (3.41%) Oracle
5 154 (3.20%) VMware
6 150 (3.12%) Salesforce
7 117 (2.43%) SolarWinds
8 115 (2.39%) Splunk
9 108 (2.25%) Databricks
9 108 (2.25%) ServiceNow
10 77 (1.60%) Cisco
10 77 (1.60%) Veeam
11 72 (1.50%) Workday
12 65 (1.35%) Nimble Storage
13 64 (1.33%) Brocade
13 64 (1.33%) Tanium
14 52 (1.08%) IBM
15 46 (0.96%) Red Hat
16 45 (0.94%) Adobe
16 45 (0.94%) Dell