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

6 months to
10 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 4,813 5,980 9,838
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.25% 13.53% 9.24%
As % of the General category 11.10% 18.53% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,087 2,390 5,407
10th Percentile £32,903 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,871 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.23% +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 43,375 32,265 61,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.28% 72.97% 57.69%
Number of salaries quoted 26,433 15,614 40,732
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,170 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 10 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 10 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 4,375 £55,000 - 2,048
UK excluding London -19 3,023 £48,885 -2.23% 1,567
London -11 1,524 £67,500 +3.85% 792
Work from Home -11 1,471 £55,000 - 1,002
North of England -18 936 £48,000 -0.63% 387
South East -6 758 £50,000 -8.78% 541
Midlands -9 551 £49,000 +3.16% 244
North West -18 551 £46,500 -7.00% 213
South West -27 316 £47,500 -5.00% 174
West Midlands -15 308 £51,300 +8.00% 147
Yorkshire -13 289 £50,000 +11.11% 123
East Midlands +4 242 £45,000 -5.26% 97
East of England -9 232 £45,025 +0.06% 144
Scotland -20 118 £40,000 -20.71% 63
North East -30 96 £51,000 +30.43% 58
Wales -3 82 £53,171 -3.33% 30
Northern Ireland -19 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
1 161 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 114 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
4 69 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 62 (1.29%) Confluence
6 41 (0.85%) Apache
6 41 (0.85%) CMS
7 23 (0.48%) IIS
8 18 (0.37%) SAS
9 16 (0.33%) WordPress
10 14 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 13 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.062%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.062%) govService
13 3 (0.062%) JBoss
13 3 (0.062%) nginx
13 3 (0.062%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.042%) WebLogic
14 2 (0.042%) WebSphere
Applications
1 532 (11.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
3 100 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 90 (1.87%) MS Visio
5 31 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 28 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.19%) CATIA
8 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.10%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.083%) Maya
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%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 70 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.71%) 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 14 (0.29%) 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 (0.15%) Elite 3E
13 7 (0.15%) Endur
13 7 (0.15%) Fidessa
13 7 (0.15%) Magento
13 7 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
13 7 (0.15%) Shopify
14 6 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 865 (17.97%) Azure
2 636 (13.21%) Power Platform
3 477 (9.91%) AWS
4 360 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
5 297 (6.17%) SaaS
6 203 (4.22%) GCP
7 125 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 116 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
9 112 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 84 (1.75%) GitHub
11 79 (1.64%) Google Analytics
12 78 (1.62%) Power Automate
12 78 (1.62%) Snowflake
13 76 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
14 73 (1.52%) Amazon S3
15 69 (1.43%) dbt
16 64 (1.33%) PowerApps
17 63 (1.31%) Serverless
18 51 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
19 47 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 201 (4.18%) Firewall
2 169 (3.51%) DNS
3 125 (2.60%) DHCP
4 124 (2.58%) VPN
5 81 (1.68%) WAN
6 74 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 73 (1.52%) LAN
8 72 (1.50%) Broadband
9 61 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
10 55 (1.14%) VLAN
11 53 (1.10%) Wireless
12 45 (0.93%) Network Security
12 45 (0.93%) SAN
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
17 27 (0.56%) SD-WAN
18 25 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 563 (11.70%) Power BI
2 314 (6.52%) Tableau
3 179 (3.72%) SQL Server
4 151 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
5 97 (2.02%) Data Mining
6 95 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
7 91 (1.89%) Metadata
8 70 (1.45%) Data Lake
9 65 (1.35%) Relational Database
10 59 (1.23%) Looker
11 58 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 57 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
12 57 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
13 53 (1.10%) Power Query
14 46 (0.96%) BigQuery
15 45 (0.93%) MySQL
16 40 (0.83%) Big Data
16 40 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 35 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
17 35 (0.73%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 152 (3.16%) JIRA
2 130 (2.70%) Git
3 50 (1.04%) GitLab
4 32 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.62%) MLflow
6 29 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 19 (0.39%) Chocolatey
7 19 (0.39%) Selenium
8 15 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.29%) ERwin
10 13 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
11 12 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 12 (0.25%) Visual Studio
12 10 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.21%) Postman
12 10 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.19%) Balsamiq
13 9 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
14 8 (0.17%) Axure RP
14 8 (0.17%) Eclipse
General
1 2,204 (45.79%) Social Skills
2 1,672 (34.74%) Finance
3 424 (8.81%) Marketing
4 375 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 277 (5.76%) Law
6 276 (5.73%) Public Sector
7 274 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
8 261 (5.42%) Legal
9 260 (5.40%) Retail
10 245 (5.09%) Banking
11 172 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
12 164 (3.41%) Manufacturing
13 139 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
14 115 (2.39%) Telecoms
15 92 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
16 84 (1.75%) Advertising
17 81 (1.68%) Financial Institution
18 80 (1.66%) Aerospace
19 74 (1.54%) Electronics
20 52 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,233 (25.62%) Analyst
2 630 (13.09%) Senior
3 328 (6.81%) Lead
4 310 (6.44%) Data Analyst
5 278 (5.78%) Business Analyst
6 236 (4.90%) Developer
7 222 (4.61%) Architect
8 206 (4.28%) Consultant
9 182 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
10 137 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
11 119 (2.47%) Data Engineer
11 119 (2.47%) IT Manager
12 118 (2.45%) Senior Manager
13 115 (2.39%) Support Analyst
14 102 (2.12%) Support Engineer
15 101 (2.10%) IT Support
16 97 (2.02%) Systems Analyst
17 94 (1.95%) Trainee
18 91 (1.89%) Financial Analyst
19 86 (1.79%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (2.60%) HTML
2 113 (2.35%) CSS
3 101 (2.10%) .NET
4 97 (2.02%) REST
5 85 (1.77%) JSON
5 85 (1.77%) Middleware
6 83 (1.72%) React
7 75 (1.56%) XML
8 68 (1.41%) PyTorch
9 63 (1.31%) TensorFlow
10 51 (1.06%) Node.js
11 50 (1.04%) Kafka
11 50 (1.04%) SOAP
12 41 (0.85%) scikit-learn
13 37 (0.77%) PySpark
13 37 (0.77%) RESTful
14 33 (0.69%) Pandas
15 32 (0.66%) LangChain
15 32 (0.66%) Web Services
16 30 (0.62%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 508 (10.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 232 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 206 (4.28%) Onboarding
4 188 (3.91%) Product Ownership
5 182 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
6 127 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
7 111 (2.31%) Data Centre
8 92 (1.91%) Cloud Native
9 84 (1.75%) Data Structures
9 84 (1.75%) Security Posture
10 81 (1.68%) Algorithms
11 76 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
12 73 (1.52%) Driving Licence
13 57 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
13 57 (1.18%) Social Media
14 55 (1.14%) Public Cloud
15 51 (1.06%) Virtual Team
16 47 (0.98%) FMCG
17 45 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
18 40 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 364 (7.56%) Windows
2 228 (4.74%) Linux
3 179 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 86 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.73%) 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 2 (0.042%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.021%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,163 (44.94%) Problem-Solving
2 1,162 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,057 (21.96%) Analytics
4 1,049 (21.80%) Decision-Making
5 833 (17.31%) Agile
6 647 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
7 627 (13.03%) AI
8 625 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
9 495 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 483 (10.04%) Project Management
11 477 (9.91%) Roadmaps
12 475 (9.87%) Actionable Insight
13 472 (9.81%) Mentoring
14 442 (9.18%) Data Modelling
15 439 (9.12%) Data Analysis
16 436 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
17 394 (8.19%) Data Governance
18 372 (7.73%) Process Improvement
19 370 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
20 345 (7.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1,009 (20.96%) SQL
2 874 (18.16%) Python
3 171 (3.55%) JavaScript
3 171 (3.55%) PowerShell
4 168 (3.49%) Java
5 134 (2.78%) C#
6 79 (1.64%) R
7 71 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 68 (1.41%) Bash
9 64 (1.33%) C++
10 45 (0.93%) TypeScript
11 44 (0.91%) T-SQL
12 38 (0.79%) MATLAB
13 36 (0.75%) VBA
14 22 (0.46%) Scala
15 21 (0.44%) Go
15 21 (0.44%) PHP
16 17 (0.35%) Julia
16 17 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 885 (18.39%) Degree
2 419 (8.71%) Security Cleared
3 307 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 242 (5.03%) ACCA
5 227 (4.72%) CIMA
6 154 (3.20%) DBS Check
7 149 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 147 (3.05%) CISSP
9 118 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
10 100 (2.08%) CISM
11 88 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 85 (1.77%) DV Cleared
13 79 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 74 (1.54%) PMI Certification
15 73 (1.52%) Azure Certification
16 72 (1.50%) IRCA
17 71 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
18 66 (1.37%) PMP
19 62 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
20 49 (1.02%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 452 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 374 (7.77%) GDPR
3 302 (6.27%) QA
4 256 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 222 (4.61%) NIST
6 157 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 133 (2.76%) SLA
8 126 (2.62%) PCI DSS
9 120 (2.49%) Accessibility
10 115 (2.39%) ISO 9001
11 71 (1.48%) GRC
12 56 (1.16%) PMO
13 54 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
14 41 (0.85%) IFRS
15 37 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 37 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.69%) COBIT
17 28 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 24 (0.50%) ITGC
18 24 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 264 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 89 (1.85%) Hyper-V
3 79 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 78 (1.62%) Docker
5 72 (1.50%) 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 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.042%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.021%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 132 (2.74%) Terraform
2 76 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 66 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (1.18%) Ansible
5 34 (0.71%) Grafana
6 28 (0.58%) SCCM
7 25 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 24 (0.50%) Nagios
9 19 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (0.31%) QRadar
11 14 (0.29%) Kibana
12 11 (0.23%) Kubeflow
13 8 (0.17%) Control-M
14 6 (0.12%) logstash
14 6 (0.12%) Packer
15 5 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.10%) Graylog
15 5 (0.10%) Podman
16 4 (0.083%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 4 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,077 (22.38%) Microsoft
2 202 (4.20%) SAP
3 184 (3.82%) Google
4 163 (3.39%) Oracle
5 162 (3.37%) VMware
6 149 (3.10%) Salesforce
7 124 (2.58%) Splunk
8 122 (2.53%) SolarWinds
9 107 (2.22%) Databricks
10 95 (1.97%) ServiceNow
11 85 (1.77%) Veeam
12 73 (1.52%) Cisco
12 73 (1.52%) Nimble Storage
12 73 (1.52%) Workday
13 72 (1.50%) Brocade
13 72 (1.50%) Tanium
14 50 (1.04%) IBM
15 48 (1.00%) Red Hat
16 46 (0.96%) Adobe
17 45 (0.93%) Dell