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 have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 21 29
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 9,443 9,639 14,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.59% 9.49% 9.09%
As % of the General category 16.03% 13.91% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5,404 4,859 6,541
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,748 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% -0.21% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% -2.08% +6.67%

All General Skills
UK

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,908 69,287 100,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.82% 68.22% 64.09%
Number of salaries quoted 39,488 37,345 51,003
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills.

Salary trend for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +7 8,641 £50,000 -9.09% 3,868
UK excluding London +4 6,226 £45,000 -4.26% 2,555
Work from Home 0 3,233 £52,500 - 1,445
London +9 2,853 £67,500 +3.85% 1,438
South East +11 1,722 £49,000 +0.64% 585
North of England -3 1,421 £46,500 +8.14% 666
Midlands +6 1,120 £42,500 -15.00% 486
North West +14 784 £46,283 +2.85% 361
South West +11 761 £45,000 -10.00% 387
West Midlands +2 719 £43,500 -13.00% 292
East of England +10 666 £45,000 -2.70% 263
Yorkshire -11 483 £47,500 +11.76% 239
East Midlands +19 399 £42,500 -15.84% 194
Scotland -43 319 £45,000 -10.00% 144
North East +8 154 £40,125 -5.59% 73
Wales -3 150 £45,000 +12.50% 67
Northern Ireland +40 41 £61,900 +36.04% 35
Isle of Man - 26 £45,000 - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 3

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 255 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 183 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 176 (1.86%) SAS
4 147 (1.56%) Confluence
5 110 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 76 (0.80%) WebLogic
7 64 (0.68%) Apache
7 64 (0.68%) CMS
8 45 (0.48%) Oracle Service Bus
9 39 (0.41%) IIS
10 38 (0.40%) WordPress
11 26 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
12 14 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 12 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
14 9 (0.095%) nginx
14 9 (0.095%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.085%) Tomcat
16 7 (0.074%) SharePoint 2013
16 7 (0.074%) WebSphere
17 6 (0.064%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1,555 (16.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 743 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
3 445 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 120 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 72 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 62 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
7 39 (0.41%) SPSS
8 32 (0.34%) AutoCAD
9 13 (0.14%) OrCAD
10 10 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 10 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
10 10 (0.11%) Trello
11 9 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 8 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
12 8 (0.085%) Revit
13 7 (0.074%) Chatbot
13 7 (0.074%) GNU Octave
14 6 (0.064%) Sketch
14 6 (0.064%) Stata
14 6 (0.064%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 107 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 63 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 25 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 25 (0.26%) Shopify
5 24 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 22 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 19 (0.20%) Magento
8 18 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
9 15 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 14 (0.15%) Misys Midas
11 13 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
12 12 (0.13%) Endur
13 11 (0.12%) SAP MM
14 10 (0.11%) Elite 3E
15 9 (0.095%) Oracle General Ledger
15 9 (0.095%) SAP BPC
15 9 (0.095%) SAP FI
15 9 (0.095%) SAP IBP
15 9 (0.095%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,457 (15.43%) Azure
2 948 (10.04%) Power Platform
3 916 (9.70%) AWS
4 567 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
5 546 (5.78%) GCP
6 316 (3.35%) Entra ID
7 249 (2.64%) SaaS
8 194 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 190 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
10 106 (1.12%) PowerApps
11 98 (1.04%) Power Automate
12 97 (1.03%) IaaS
13 89 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
14 87 (0.92%) Serverless
15 86 (0.91%) Google Analytics
16 79 (0.84%) GitHub
17 73 (0.77%) Snowflake
18 70 (0.74%) PaaS
18 70 (0.74%) WhatsApp
19 66 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 730 (7.73%) Broadband
2 296 (3.13%) Firewall
3 274 (2.90%) 5G
4 208 (2.20%) WAN
5 207 (2.19%) DNS
6 180 (1.91%) LAN
7 177 (1.87%) TCP/IP
8 154 (1.63%) Network Security
9 129 (1.37%) DHCP
10 115 (1.22%) Internet
11 108 (1.14%) VPN
12 89 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
13 85 (0.90%) Wireless
14 83 (0.88%) SAN
15 66 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
16 54 (0.57%) VLAN
17 50 (0.53%) SD-WAN
18 47 (0.50%) MPLS
19 37 (0.39%) HTTP
20 35 (0.37%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 846 (8.96%) Power BI
2 495 (5.24%) Tableau
3 434 (4.60%) SQL Server
4 401 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
5 380 (4.02%) Looker
6 374 (3.96%) BigQuery
7 179 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 156 (1.65%) MySQL
9 145 (1.54%) Data Lake
10 119 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
11 106 (1.12%) Power Query
12 104 (1.10%) Big Data
13 99 (1.05%) MongoDB
14 98 (1.04%) Data Mining
15 93 (0.98%) Metadata
16 92 (0.97%) Oracle Database
17 75 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
17 75 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 74 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 65 (0.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 332 (3.52%) JIRA
2 330 (3.49%) Git
3 113 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 46 (0.49%) Bitbucket
4 46 (0.49%) Visual Studio
5 36 (0.38%) LabVIEW
6 35 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 28 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 28 (0.30%) Metasploit
8 25 (0.26%) GitLab
9 24 (0.25%) Selenium
9 24 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 22 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 20 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
12 16 (0.17%) JMeter
12 16 (0.17%) Maven
13 15 (0.16%) SpecFlow
14 13 (0.14%) Gradle
14 13 (0.14%) Toad
15 11 (0.12%) Eclipse
General
1 5,137 (54.40%) Social Skills
2 2,711 (28.71%) Finance
3 1,081 (11.45%) Retail
4 868 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 795 (8.42%) Marketing
6 776 (8.22%) Influencing Skills
7 602 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
8 551 (5.84%) Legal
9 533 (5.64%) Law
10 518 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
11 425 (4.50%) Banking
12 412 (4.36%) Manufacturing
13 353 (3.74%) Public Sector
14 261 (2.76%) German Language
15 237 (2.51%) Telecoms
16 195 (2.07%) Electronics
17 175 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
18 153 (1.62%) Investment Banking
19 144 (1.52%) Billing
20 140 (1.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2,799 (29.64%) Analyst
2 1,541 (16.32%) Senior
3 618 (6.54%) Senior Analyst
4 583 (6.17%) Developer
5 564 (5.97%) Lead
6 508 (5.38%) Architect
7 421 (4.46%) Business Analyst
8 408 (4.32%) Data Analyst
9 339 (3.59%) Graduate
10 320 (3.39%) Project Manager
11 300 (3.18%) Consultant
12 278 (2.94%) Data Engineer
13 233 (2.47%) Financial Analyst
14 214 (2.27%) Technical Specialist
15 212 (2.25%) Linux Specialist
16 204 (2.16%) Support Analyst
16 204 (2.16%) Support Engineer
17 194 (2.05%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
18 190 (2.01%) Software Engineer
19 187 (1.98%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (3.79%) .NET
2 222 (2.35%) HTML
3 181 (1.92%) CSS
4 152 (1.61%) React
5 104 (1.10%) AngularJS
6 94 (1.00%) .NET Framework
7 93 (0.98%) Spring
8 91 (0.96%) JSON
9 88 (0.93%) ASP.NET
10 86 (0.91%) Kafka
11 85 (0.90%) Web Services
12 77 (0.82%) REST
13 73 (0.77%) XML
14 70 (0.74%) RESTful
15 65 (0.69%) Vue
16 54 (0.57%) SOAP
17 53 (0.56%) Spring Boot
18 52 (0.55%) .NET Core
19 50 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
19 50 (0.53%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1,091 (11.55%) Self-Motivation
2 550 (5.82%) Management Information System
3 450 (4.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 413 (4.37%) Product Ownership
5 315 (3.34%) Driving Licence
6 314 (3.33%) Social Media
7 187 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 185 (1.96%) Algorithms
9 147 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 125 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 116 (1.23%) IoT
12 101 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 98 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
14 95 (1.01%) Credit Risk
15 80 (0.85%) Life Science
15 80 (0.85%) Virtual Team
16 75 (0.79%) Mobile App
17 73 (0.77%) Security Posture
18 71 (0.75%) Cloud Native
19 69 (0.73%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 855 (9.05%) Windows
2 676 (7.16%) Linux
3 257 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 224 (2.37%) Ubuntu
5 223 (2.36%) Windows 10
6 165 (1.75%) Unix
7 62 (0.66%) Android
8 59 (0.62%) Mac OS
9 53 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 46 (0.49%) Solaris
11 43 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
12 33 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
13 31 (0.33%) Kali Linux
13 31 (0.33%) Windows 7
14 28 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
15 24 (0.25%) AIX
15 24 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 24 (0.25%) Windows 8
16 19 (0.20%) CentOS
17 15 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,800 (50.83%) Problem-Solving
2 2,279 (24.13%) Agile
3 1,555 (16.47%) Decision-Making
4 1,337 (14.16%) Mentoring
5 1,296 (13.72%) Project Management
6 1,139 (12.06%) Analytics
7 1,109 (11.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,022 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
9 922 (9.76%) Customer Service
10 894 (9.47%) Actionable Insight
11 859 (9.10%) Computer Science
12 815 (8.63%) Data Analysis
13 713 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
14 710 (7.52%) DevOps
15 670 (7.10%) Mathematics
16 650 (6.88%) Visualisation
17 635 (6.72%) Data Modelling
18 623 (6.60%) CRM
19 614 (6.50%) Business Case
20 597 (6.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,627 (17.23%) SQL
2 1,044 (11.06%) Python
3 421 (4.46%) C#
4 397 (4.20%) Java
5 367 (3.89%) JavaScript
6 330 (3.49%) Bash
7 229 (2.43%) R
8 213 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 202 (2.14%) C++
10 198 (2.10%) C
11 136 (1.44%) T-SQL
12 110 (1.16%) PL/SQL
13 95 (1.01%) TypeScript
14 80 (0.85%) Scala
15 71 (0.75%) MATLAB
15 71 (0.75%) VBA
16 68 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 68 (0.72%) PHP
17 56 (0.59%) VB
18 51 (0.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2,874 (30.44%) Degree
2 482 (5.10%) ACCA
3 465 (4.92%) CIMA
4 463 (4.90%) DBS Check
5 437 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 416 (4.41%) Security Cleared
7 303 (3.21%) Master's Degree
8 250 (2.65%) SC Cleared
9 155 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 144 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 127 (1.34%) PMI Certification
12 119 (1.26%) CISSP
13 102 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 91 (0.96%) CCNA
15 83 (0.88%) PhD
16 81 (0.86%) DV Cleared
17 76 (0.80%) HND
18 74 (0.78%) MBA
19 64 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
20 61 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 524 (5.55%) QA
2 459 (4.86%) GDPR
3 401 (4.25%) Data Quality
4 330 (3.49%) SLA
5 204 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 125 (1.32%) Accessibility
7 106 (1.12%) NIST
8 88 (0.93%) PMO
9 76 (0.80%) IFRS
10 60 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 56 (0.59%) IFRS 9
12 44 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 39 (0.41%) ISO 9001
13 39 (0.41%) PCI DSS
14 38 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 36 (0.38%) GMP
16 34 (0.36%) GRC
17 33 (0.35%) GLP
18 20 (0.21%) NIST 800
18 20 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 716 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 184 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 137 (1.45%) Docker
4 94 (1.00%) Hyper-V
5 80 (0.85%) Firmware
6 51 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
7 44 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
8 43 (0.46%) vSphere
9 33 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
10 23 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
11 13 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 12 (0.13%) XenApp
13 8 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
13 8 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (0.064%) XenDesktop
15 5 (0.053%) HDFS
15 5 (0.053%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.042%) NFS
16 4 (0.042%) pfSense
17 3 (0.032%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 268 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 215 (2.28%) Jamf Pro
3 143 (1.51%) Kubernetes
4 73 (0.77%) Terraform
5 61 (0.65%) Ansible
5 61 (0.65%) SCCM
6 51 (0.54%) Data Guard
6 51 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 47 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
8 30 (0.32%) Puppet
9 29 (0.31%) OpenSSO
10 20 (0.21%) vCenter Server
11 19 (0.20%) Grafana
11 19 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 18 (0.19%) Nagios
13 17 (0.18%) Graphite
14 14 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
15 13 (0.14%) HAProxy
16 8 (0.085%) Nessus
17 7 (0.074%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2,347 (24.85%) Microsoft
2 638 (6.76%) Google
3 403 (4.27%) Oracle
4 334 (3.54%) SAP
5 278 (2.94%) VMware
6 228 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 210 (2.22%) CyberArk
7 210 (2.22%) Tanium
8 197 (2.09%) Databricks
9 171 (1.81%) Cisco
10 99 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 94 (1.00%) IBM
11 94 (1.00%) Remedy
12 93 (0.98%) Alteryx
13 88 (0.93%) Dell
14 76 (0.80%) Adobe
15 70 (0.74%) HP
16 67 (0.71%) Juniper
17 55 (0.58%) Fortinet
18 53 (0.56%) Splunk