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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,768 5,679 9,433
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.31% 13.40% 9.86%
As % of the General category 10.49% 18.83% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,913 2,521 5,449
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.22% +11.23% -3.60%

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 45,437 30,164 57,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 50.60% 71.15% 60.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,450 15,943 39,517
10th Percentile £28,910 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,725 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,445 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.11% +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 30 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 30 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 -22 4,280 £55,000 - 1,850
UK excluding London -28 2,939 £48,445 -3.22% 1,503
London -8 1,522 £67,500 +3.85% 658
Work from Home -10 1,381 £55,000 - 763
North of England -31 854 £46,000 -8.00% 342
South East -5 776 £50,000 -4.96% 470
Midlands -28 558 £47,750 - 286
North West -28 482 £45,000 -10.00% 192
West Midlands -28 333 £50,149 +4.48% 175
Yorkshire -12 285 £50,500 +12.22% 105
East of England -39 254 £45,000 -11.71% 153
South West -25 250 £47,500 -8.58% 161
East Midlands -12 223 £45,000 -2.70% 110
Scotland -32 134 £40,400 -23.05% 55
North East -21 87 £48,445 +27.49% 52
Wales -2 79 £42,500 -15.44% 44
Northern Ireland -26 46 £47,500 -13.64% 33
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
1 137 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 74 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 73 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 66 (1.38%) Confluence
6 49 (1.03%) CMS
7 36 (0.76%) Apache
8 20 (0.42%) WordPress
9 18 (0.38%) IIS
10 11 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 11 (0.23%) SAS
11 6 (0.13%) nginx
12 4 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.084%) Drupal
13 3 (0.063%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.063%) govService
13 3 (0.063%) JBoss
13 3 (0.063%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.042%) Appian
14 2 (0.042%) Jupyter
Applications
1 606 (12.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 272 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
3 98 (2.06%) MS Visio
4 97 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 30 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.50%) Chatbot
8 14 (0.29%) Adobe XD
9 12 (0.25%) Maya
10 10 (0.21%) CATIA
11 5 (0.10%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (0.084%) Trello
13 3 (0.063%) Photoshop
14 2 (0.042%) Lectora
14 2 (0.042%) Simulink
15 1 (0.021%) Revit
15 1 (0.021%) SOLIDWORKS
15 1 (0.021%) SPSS
15 1 (0.021%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 68 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 38 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 33 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
5 22 (0.46%) SAP CO
6 16 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 15 (0.31%) SAP PM
8 14 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 13 (0.27%) Endur
9 13 (0.27%) Maximo
10 12 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
11 11 (0.23%) Sage X3
11 11 (0.23%) Workday HCM
12 10 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
13 8 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
13 8 (0.17%) Elite 3E
13 8 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
13 8 (0.17%) SAP PP
14 7 (0.15%) Magento
15 6 (0.13%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 855 (17.93%) Azure
2 642 (13.46%) Power Platform
3 475 (9.96%) AWS
4 336 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
5 266 (5.58%) SaaS
6 216 (4.53%) GCP
7 148 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
8 145 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
9 110 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 105 (2.20%) GitHub
11 96 (2.01%) Power Automate
12 94 (1.97%) Snowflake
13 88 (1.85%) dbt
14 75 (1.57%) Google Analytics
15 68 (1.43%) Amazon S3
16 64 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
17 63 (1.32%) Serverless
18 59 (1.24%) PowerApps
19 52 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
20 47 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 194 (4.07%) Firewall
2 147 (3.08%) DNS
3 124 (2.60%) VPN
4 108 (2.27%) DHCP
5 81 (1.70%) WAN
6 71 (1.49%) TCP/IP
7 67 (1.41%) LAN
8 65 (1.36%) Wireless
9 62 (1.30%) VLAN
10 55 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
11 48 (1.01%) Network Security
12 46 (0.96%) SAN
13 45 (0.94%) Broadband
14 39 (0.82%) BGP
15 32 (0.67%) OSPF
16 30 (0.63%) Wireshark
17 28 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
17 28 (0.59%) EIGRP
18 27 (0.57%) SD-WAN
19 24 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 577 (12.10%) Power BI
2 374 (7.84%) Tableau
3 196 (4.11%) SQL Server
4 169 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
5 156 (3.27%) Data Mining
6 96 (2.01%) Metadata
7 84 (1.76%) Relational Database
8 80 (1.68%) Data Lake
9 68 (1.43%) Looker
10 67 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 61 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
12 55 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
13 52 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 48 (1.01%) MySQL
15 47 (0.99%) BigQuery
16 45 (0.94%) Power Query
17 44 (0.92%) NoSQL
18 40 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 37 (0.78%) Big Data
19 37 (0.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 181 (3.80%) JIRA
2 132 (2.77%) Git
3 46 (0.96%) GitLab
4 39 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.67%) MLflow
6 26 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
7 25 (0.52%) Selenium
8 20 (0.42%) Chocolatey
9 17 (0.36%) Visual Studio
10 15 (0.31%) Balsamiq
11 14 (0.29%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.29%) ERwin
12 13 (0.27%) Axure RP
12 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
13 12 (0.25%) Subversion
14 11 (0.23%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.21%) Postman
15 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
16 9 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 2,277 (47.76%) Social Skills
2 1,737 (36.43%) Finance
3 435 (9.12%) Marketing
4 356 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 278 (5.83%) Banking
6 274 (5.75%) Law
7 265 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 248 (5.20%) Retail
9 245 (5.14%) Legal
10 234 (4.91%) Public Sector
11 175 (3.67%) Manufacturing
12 164 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
13 131 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
14 113 (2.37%) Telecoms
15 103 (2.16%) Financial Institution
16 85 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
17 77 (1.61%) Advertising
18 70 (1.47%) Electronics
19 62 (1.30%) Games
20 57 (1.20%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,284 (26.93%) Analyst
2 654 (13.72%) Senior
3 346 (7.26%) Data Analyst
4 306 (6.42%) Lead
5 283 (5.94%) Business Analyst
6 248 (5.20%) Developer
7 207 (4.34%) Architect
8 199 (4.17%) Consultant
9 149 (3.13%) Support Analyst
10 145 (3.04%) Trainee
11 138 (2.89%) Systems Engineer
12 133 (2.79%) Trainee Analyst
12 133 (2.79%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 131 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
14 130 (2.73%) Senior Manager
15 112 (2.35%) Financial Analyst
16 111 (2.33%) IT Support
17 108 (2.27%) Data Engineer
18 102 (2.14%) Support Engineer
19 100 (2.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (2.89%) HTML
2 125 (2.62%) CSS
3 97 (2.03%) .NET
4 91 (1.91%) REST
5 83 (1.74%) React
6 81 (1.70%) JSON
7 78 (1.64%) Middleware
8 71 (1.49%) XML
9 58 (1.22%) PyTorch
10 54 (1.13%) TensorFlow
11 52 (1.09%) Kafka
12 50 (1.05%) SOAP
13 46 (0.96%) Node.js
14 42 (0.88%) scikit-learn
15 37 (0.78%) PySpark
16 35 (0.73%) Pandas
17 33 (0.69%) LangChain
18 29 (0.61%) EDI
18 29 (0.61%) RESTful
19 28 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 501 (10.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 240 (5.03%) Management Information System
3 229 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
4 225 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 203 (4.26%) Product Ownership
6 103 (2.16%) Data Centre
7 100 (2.10%) Cloud Native
8 94 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 83 (1.74%) Data Structures
10 79 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
11 75 (1.57%) Security Posture
12 73 (1.53%) Algorithms
13 63 (1.32%) Driving Licence
14 56 (1.17%) Social Media
15 52 (1.09%) Public Cloud
16 51 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
17 46 (0.96%) FMCG
18 44 (0.92%) Low-Code
19 43 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
20 40 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 350 (7.34%) Windows
2 195 (4.09%) Linux
3 146 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.73%) Unix
6 22 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 21 (0.44%) Android
8 20 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 17 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.15%) CentOS
12 6 (0.13%) VMS
13 5 (0.10%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.084%) AIX
14 4 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.042%) Debian
15 2 (0.042%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.042%) Rocky
16 1 (0.021%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.021%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,124 (44.55%) Problem-Solving
2 1,142 (23.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,057 (22.17%) Analytics
4 977 (20.49%) Decision-Making
5 846 (17.74%) Agile
6 697 (14.62%) Business Intelligence
7 660 (13.84%) AI
8 602 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 570 (11.95%) Project Management
10 497 (10.42%) Data Analysis
11 456 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
12 443 (9.29%) Mentoring
13 435 (9.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 429 (9.00%) Data Modelling
15 418 (8.77%) Roadmaps
16 406 (8.52%) Analytical Thinking
17 405 (8.49%) Cybersecurity
18 382 (8.01%) DevOps
19 377 (7.91%) Process Improvement
20 366 (7.68%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,016 (21.31%) SQL
2 851 (17.85%) Python
3 177 (3.71%) JavaScript
4 171 (3.59%) PowerShell
5 170 (3.57%) Java
6 125 (2.62%) C#
7 63 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.28%) R
9 58 (1.22%) Bash
10 50 (1.05%) C++
11 47 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 43 (0.90%) TypeScript
13 41 (0.86%) VBA
14 26 (0.55%) MATLAB
15 23 (0.48%) Scala
16 20 (0.42%) Go
17 19 (0.40%) PL/SQL
18 16 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
19 14 (0.29%) C
19 14 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,007 (21.12%) Degree
2 370 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 257 (5.39%) SC Cleared
4 249 (5.22%) ACCA
5 236 (4.95%) CIMA
6 171 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 151 (3.17%) DBS Check
8 149 (3.13%) CISSP
9 133 (2.79%) Master's Degree
10 103 (2.16%) PMI Certification
11 97 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
12 95 (1.99%) CISM
13 91 (1.91%) PMP
14 78 (1.64%) DV Cleared
15 72 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
15 72 (1.51%) IRCA
16 70 (1.47%) Azure Certification
17 65 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
18 57 (1.20%) CISA
18 57 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 424 (8.89%) Data Quality
2 330 (6.92%) GDPR
3 287 (6.02%) QA
4 239 (5.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 204 (4.28%) NIST
6 122 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 106 (2.22%) SLA
8 96 (2.01%) PCI DSS
9 95 (1.99%) ISO 9001
10 88 (1.85%) Accessibility
11 69 (1.45%) PMO
12 57 (1.20%) GRC
13 56 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
14 38 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 38 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 33 (0.69%) IFRS
16 31 (0.65%) COBIT
17 29 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 25 (0.52%) SOC 2
19 21 (0.44%) ITGC
System Software
1 251 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 77 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (1.53%) Docker
4 65 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.01%) Terminal Server
6 24 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.34%) ProxySG
8 12 (0.25%) vSphere
9 10 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.17%) IAG
10 8 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.10%) Firmware
12 4 (0.084%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.084%) XenApp
13 3 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.042%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.021%) KVM
15 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 134 (2.81%) Terraform
2 79 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 63 (1.32%) Ansible
5 35 (0.73%) Grafana
6 31 (0.65%) SCCM
7 27 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 18 (0.38%) Nagios
10 11 (0.23%) Kibana
11 8 (0.17%) Kubeflow
11 8 (0.17%) QRadar
12 7 (0.15%) Control-M
13 6 (0.13%) logstash
14 5 (0.10%) CASB
14 5 (0.10%) Packer
15 4 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.084%) Graylog
15 4 (0.084%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.084%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,178 (24.71%) Microsoft
2 201 (4.22%) SAP
3 178 (3.73%) Oracle
4 177 (3.71%) Google
5 145 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 136 (2.85%) VMware
7 113 (2.37%) ServiceNow
8 107 (2.24%) Databricks
9 96 (2.01%) SolarWinds
10 87 (1.82%) Splunk
11 79 (1.66%) Workday
12 73 (1.53%) Cisco
13 56 (1.17%) Veeam
14 53 (1.11%) IBM
15 49 (1.03%) Tanium
16 48 (1.01%) Brocade
16 48 (1.01%) Nimble Storage
17 47 (0.99%) Dell
18 43 (0.90%) Red Hat
19 38 (0.80%) Dynatrace