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 9 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,066 5,711 6,631
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.74% 11.34% 8.92%
As % of the General category 13.67% 16.74% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,524 2,324 4,626
10th Percentile £30,165 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £45,500
% change year-on-year -11.71% +12.02% -4.21%

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 37,067 34,120 45,645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.67% 67.75% 61.39%
Number of salaries quoted 20,018 15,335 33,978
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 9 February 2026.

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 9 February 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 -6 4,457 £52,500 -4.55% 1,927
UK excluding London -12 3,250 £45,000 -11.71% 1,655
Work from Home +6 1,716 £52,500 -4.55% 953
London -3 1,519 £67,500 +3.85% 646
South East +9 901 £50,000 - 566
North of England -18 820 £44,000 -16.19% 324
Midlands -13 589 £44,272 -7.77% 308
North West -16 417 £42,500 -19.05% 193
West Midlands -16 346 £52,500 +5.00% 202
South West -1 336 £45,000 -10.00% 209
Yorkshire -2 298 £45,000 -5.26% 98
Scotland -6 266 £40,000 -33.74% 73
East of England -16 256 £40,000 -21.52% 164
East Midlands +5 241 £38,750 -8.82% 106
North East 0 105 £40,000 +0.34% 37
Wales +17 70 £40,000 -18.54% 45
Northern Ireland -13 43 £52,500 -4.55% 13
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -7 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
1 168 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (1.88%) Confluence
3 84 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 41 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 38 (0.75%) CMS
6 26 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.39%) WordPress
8 17 (0.34%) SAS
9 14 (0.28%) Apache
9 14 (0.28%) IIS
10 13 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 3 (0.059%) Drupal
12 3 (0.059%) govService
12 3 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.039%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.039%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.039%) FactoryTalk
13 2 (0.039%) MTS
13 2 (0.039%) WinCC
Applications
1 737 (14.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 385 (7.60%) Chatbot
3 305 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
4 123 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 77 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 51 (1.01%) Maya
7 38 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
8 36 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
9 20 (0.39%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.28%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
12 7 (0.14%) CATIA
13 4 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
14 3 (0.059%) PlantUML
14 3 (0.059%) Sketch
15 2 (0.039%) Revit
15 2 (0.039%) Stata
15 2 (0.039%) Trello
16 1 (0.020%) Photoshop
16 1 (0.020%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 136 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.32%) SAP MDG
3 53 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 38 (0.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 32 (0.63%) SAP CO
7 29 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
8 28 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
9 24 (0.47%) SAP FI
10 23 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
10 23 (0.45%) Workday HCM
11 21 (0.41%) Endur
12 19 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
13 17 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
13 17 (0.34%) SAP IBP
13 17 (0.34%) Shopify
14 13 (0.26%) Sage X3
15 11 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
15 11 (0.22%) SAP ERP
16 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 870 (17.17%) Azure
2 649 (12.81%) Power Platform
3 426 (8.41%) AWS
4 316 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
5 252 (4.97%) SaaS
6 160 (3.16%) GCP
7 156 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 110 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
9 93 (1.84%) Entra ID
10 88 (1.74%) GitHub
11 73 (1.44%) Snowflake
12 70 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
12 70 (1.38%) Power Automate
13 58 (1.14%) Google Analytics
14 55 (1.09%) Serverless
15 49 (0.97%) dbt
16 48 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
16 48 (0.95%) OCI
17 47 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 44 (0.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 188 (3.71%) DNS
2 174 (3.43%) Firewall
3 155 (3.06%) DHCP
4 88 (1.74%) VPN
5 74 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
6 62 (1.22%) WAN
7 56 (1.11%) LAN
8 54 (1.07%) TCP/IP
9 53 (1.05%) Wireless
10 49 (0.97%) VLAN
11 44 (0.87%) Network Security
12 36 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
13 32 (0.63%) Broadband
13 32 (0.63%) Wireshark
14 30 (0.59%) BGP
15 29 (0.57%) VoIP
16 28 (0.55%) OSPF
17 27 (0.53%) SAN
18 24 (0.47%) EIGRP
18 24 (0.47%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 591 (11.67%) Power BI
2 381 (7.52%) Tableau
3 204 (4.03%) SQL Server
4 180 (3.55%) Data Mining
5 170 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
6 127 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
7 109 (2.15%) Data Lake
8 105 (2.07%) Metadata
9 97 (1.91%) Relational Database
10 61 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 57 (1.13%) NoSQL
12 54 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
13 53 (1.05%) Looker
13 53 (1.05%) MySQL
14 45 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
15 44 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
15 44 (0.87%) SAP BW
16 42 (0.83%) Big Data
17 37 (0.73%) GIS
18 35 (0.69%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 214 (4.22%) JIRA
2 92 (1.82%) Git
3 42 (0.83%) Selenium
4 35 (0.69%) GitLab
4 35 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 15 (0.30%) ERwin
6 15 (0.30%) Robot Framework
7 14 (0.28%) Postman
7 14 (0.28%) Subversion
7 14 (0.28%) Visual Studio
8 13 (0.26%) Balsamiq
8 13 (0.26%) ER Studio
8 13 (0.26%) Snyk
8 13 (0.26%) WebDriver
9 12 (0.24%) Axure RP
10 11 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.20%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.20%) LabVIEW
12 9 (0.18%) Chocolatey
General
1 2,609 (51.50%) Social Skills
2 1,768 (34.90%) Finance
3 456 (9.00%) Marketing
4 327 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 309 (6.10%) Law
6 283 (5.59%) Retail
7 280 (5.53%) Legal
8 253 (4.99%) Banking
9 252 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
10 235 (4.64%) Public Sector
11 216 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
12 169 (3.34%) Manufacturing
13 139 (2.74%) Financial Institution
13 139 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
14 106 (2.09%) Games
15 98 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 89 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
17 74 (1.46%) Advertising
18 66 (1.30%) Electronics
19 51 (1.01%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1,213 (23.94%) Analyst
2 617 (12.18%) Senior
3 381 (7.52%) Trainer
4 378 (7.46%) Data Analyst
5 355 (7.01%) Lead
6 310 (6.12%) Architect
7 236 (4.66%) Business Analyst
8 226 (4.46%) Developer
9 180 (3.55%) Consultant
10 172 (3.40%) Support Analyst
11 154 (3.04%) Trainee
12 145 (2.86%) IT Support
13 141 (2.78%) Trainee Analyst
13 141 (2.78%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 138 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
15 126 (2.49%) Systems Engineer
16 119 (2.35%) Senior Manager
17 118 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
18 109 (2.15%) Business Manager
19 102 (2.01%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (2.35%) HTML
2 117 (2.31%) CSS
3 85 (1.68%) React
4 72 (1.42%) .NET
5 70 (1.38%) REST
6 66 (1.30%) Middleware
7 46 (0.91%) JSON
8 39 (0.77%) XML
9 38 (0.75%) Node.js
10 33 (0.65%) SOAP
11 32 (0.63%) EDI
12 29 (0.57%) AngularJS
13 27 (0.53%) Kafka
13 27 (0.53%) Spring
14 23 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
15 21 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
15 21 (0.41%) PySpark
15 21 (0.41%) TensorFlow
16 20 (0.39%) PyTorch
17 18 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 493 (9.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 369 (7.28%) Self-Motivation
3 309 (6.10%) Onboarding
4 265 (5.23%) Management Information System
5 207 (4.09%) Product Ownership
6 164 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
7 132 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
8 104 (2.05%) Data Centre
9 88 (1.74%) FMCG
10 83 (1.64%) Cloud Native
11 82 (1.62%) Data Structures
12 79 (1.56%) Driving Licence
13 64 (1.26%) Algorithms
14 53 (1.05%) Virtual Team
15 52 (1.03%) Robotics
16 50 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
17 47 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 47 (0.93%) Social Media
18 43 (0.85%) Low-Code
18 43 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 384 (7.58%) Windows
2 255 (5.03%) Linux
3 176 (3.47%) Windows Server
4 116 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 36 (0.71%) Unix
6 28 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 16 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.30%) Android
9 9 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.099%) VMS
11 5 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.059%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.039%) AIX
13 2 (0.039%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.039%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.020%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.020%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.020%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,257 (44.55%) Problem-Solving
2 1,091 (21.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,087 (21.46%) AI
3 1,087 (21.46%) Analytics
4 959 (18.93%) Decision-Making
5 888 (17.53%) Agile
6 801 (15.81%) Project Management
7 762 (15.04%) Business Intelligence
8 638 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 551 (10.88%) Data Analysis
10 448 (8.84%) Risk Management
11 422 (8.33%) Roadmaps
12 419 (8.27%) ERP
13 416 (8.21%) Mentoring
14 414 (8.17%) Actionable Insight
15 413 (8.15%) Analytical Thinking
16 405 (7.99%) Customer Service
16 405 (7.99%) Migration
17 404 (7.97%) Business Strategy
18 403 (7.95%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 999 (19.72%) SQL
2 760 (15.00%) Python
3 149 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 138 (2.72%) Java
5 131 (2.59%) PowerShell
6 115 (2.27%) C#
7 71 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 59 (1.16%) R
9 48 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 47 (0.93%) C++
11 43 (0.85%) Bash
11 43 (0.85%) VBA
12 27 (0.53%) TypeScript
13 26 (0.51%) Scala
14 23 (0.45%) C
15 22 (0.43%) Go
16 17 (0.34%) MATLAB
17 15 (0.30%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.24%) Bicep
18 12 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,576 (31.11%) Degree
2 525 (10.36%) Master's Degree
3 434 (8.57%) Security Cleared
4 390 (7.70%) PhD
5 336 (6.63%) SC Cleared
6 199 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 185 (3.65%) ACCA
8 176 (3.47%) CIMA
9 140 (2.76%) CISSP
10 95 (1.88%) PMI Certification
11 87 (1.72%) DBS Check
12 79 (1.56%) CISM
13 78 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 78 (1.54%) PMP
14 68 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
15 67 (1.32%) Azure Certification
16 62 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
17 58 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
18 48 (0.95%) AWS Certification
18 48 (0.95%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 329 (6.49%) Data Quality
2 233 (4.60%) QA
3 206 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 192 (3.79%) GDPR
5 181 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 147 (2.90%) PCI DSS
7 138 (2.72%) NIST
8 108 (2.13%) Accessibility
9 90 (1.78%) PMO
10 63 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 48 (0.95%) SLA
12 40 (0.79%) GRC
13 35 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 27 (0.53%) IFRS
15 21 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 20 (0.39%) WCAG
17 18 (0.36%) NCSC
18 15 (0.30%) COBIT
18 15 (0.30%) ISO 9001
19 12 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 280 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 140 (2.76%) Hyper-V
3 112 (2.21%) Terminal Server
4 52 (1.03%) Docker
5 50 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.30%) vSphere
7 14 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.22%) Firmware
9 10 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 6 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.059%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.039%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.020%) NFS
Systems Management
1 106 (2.09%) Terraform
2 63 (1.24%) Ansible
3 60 (1.18%) Kubernetes
4 49 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.45%) Grafana
6 23 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (0.36%) SCCM
8 8 (0.16%) Nagios
9 6 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.099%) CASB
10 5 (0.099%) Control-M
11 4 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.079%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.079%) Nessus
11 4 (0.079%) QRadar
11 4 (0.079%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.079%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.059%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1,187 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 381 (7.52%) PayPal
3 346 (6.83%) SAP
4 201 (3.97%) Oracle
5 174 (3.43%) VMware
6 159 (3.14%) Salesforce
7 150 (2.96%) SolarWinds
8 141 (2.78%) Google
9 140 (2.76%) Splunk
10 117 (2.31%) Veeam
11 113 (2.23%) Brocade
11 113 (2.23%) Tanium
12 112 (2.21%) Nimble Storage
13 106 (2.09%) ServiceNow
14 80 (1.58%) Cisco
15 67 (1.32%) Databricks
16 63 (1.24%) Adobe
17 43 (0.85%) Alteryx
17 43 (0.85%) Bloomberg
17 43 (0.85%) Workday