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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 21 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 9,543 9,449 14,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.56% 9.52% 9.22%
As % of the General category 16.03% 13.96% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5,434 4,762 6,601
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,294 £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 £46,799 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% -1.48% +5.56%

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 59,547 67,691 103,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.67% 68.21% 64.47%
Number of salaries quoted 39,710 36,611 51,085
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,113 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £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 17 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 17 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 8,750 £50,000 -9.09% 4,043
UK excluding London +5 6,257 £45,000 -3.84% 2,723
Work from Home 0 3,301 £52,500 - 1,409
London +9 2,927 £67,500 +3.85% 1,550
South East +11 1,714 £49,000 +0.64% 726
North of England -4 1,431 £45,000 +4.65% 737
Midlands +5 1,140 £42,500 -15.00% 522
North West +13 789 £45,783 +1.74% 382
South West +9 774 £45,000 -10.00% 323
West Midlands 0 729 £43,500 -13.00% 314
East of England +10 667 £45,000 - 285
Yorkshire -11 484 £47,500 +11.76% 272
East Midlands +19 408 £42,500 -15.00% 209
Scotland -39 321 £45,000 -10.00% 123
North East +10 158 £41,012 -3.50% 90
Wales -4 147 £45,000 +12.50% 66
Northern Ireland +34 40 £58,800 +30.67% 28
Isle of Man - 24 £50,000 - 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
1 258 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 184 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 175 (1.83%) SAS
4 143 (1.50%) Confluence
5 111 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 73 (0.76%) WebLogic
7 63 (0.66%) Apache
7 63 (0.66%) CMS
8 44 (0.46%) Oracle Service Bus
9 41 (0.43%) IIS
10 38 (0.40%) WordPress
11 26 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
12 12 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 12 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
13 10 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
14 9 (0.094%) SharePoint 2010
14 9 (0.094%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.084%) Tomcat
15 8 (0.084%) WebSphere
16 7 (0.073%) nginx
Applications
1 1,567 (16.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 741 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
3 442 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 120 (1.26%) MS Visio
5 73 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 62 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 41 (0.43%) SPSS
8 32 (0.34%) AutoCAD
9 13 (0.14%) OrCAD
10 10 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 10 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
10 10 (0.10%) Trello
11 9 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 8 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
12 8 (0.084%) Chatbot
12 8 (0.084%) GNU Octave
12 8 (0.084%) Revit
13 6 (0.063%) Simulink
13 6 (0.063%) Stata
13 6 (0.063%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 107 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 66 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 53 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 28 (0.29%) NEC Housing
5 26 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 25 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 25 (0.26%) Shopify
7 19 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 19 (0.20%) Magento
8 15 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 14 (0.15%) Misys Midas
10 13 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
11 12 (0.13%) Endur
12 11 (0.12%) SAP MM
13 10 (0.10%) Elite 3E
14 9 (0.094%) SAP BPC
14 9 (0.094%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.094%) SAP IBP
14 9 (0.094%) SAP PP
15 8 (0.084%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,482 (15.53%) Azure
2 969 (10.15%) Power Platform
3 962 (10.08%) AWS
4 574 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
5 557 (5.84%) GCP
6 319 (3.34%) Entra ID
7 248 (2.60%) SaaS
8 198 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
9 189 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
10 109 (1.14%) PowerApps
11 100 (1.05%) IaaS
12 99 (1.04%) Power Automate
13 89 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
13 89 (0.93%) Serverless
14 84 (0.88%) Google Analytics
15 78 (0.82%) GitHub
16 76 (0.80%) PaaS
17 73 (0.76%) Snowflake
18 70 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
19 69 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 728 (7.63%) Broadband
2 300 (3.14%) Firewall
3 271 (2.84%) 5G
4 208 (2.18%) DNS
5 204 (2.14%) WAN
6 180 (1.89%) LAN
7 171 (1.79%) TCP/IP
8 151 (1.58%) Network Security
9 129 (1.35%) DHCP
10 113 (1.18%) Internet
11 105 (1.10%) VPN
12 90 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
13 82 (0.86%) SAN
14 81 (0.85%) Wireless
15 66 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
16 54 (0.57%) VLAN
17 49 (0.51%) SD-WAN
18 45 (0.47%) MPLS
19 35 (0.37%) NAS
20 34 (0.36%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 865 (9.06%) Power BI
2 527 (5.52%) Tableau
3 452 (4.74%) SQL Server
4 413 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
5 379 (3.97%) Looker
6 375 (3.93%) BigQuery
7 181 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 157 (1.65%) MySQL
9 147 (1.54%) Data Lake
10 126 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
11 109 (1.14%) Big Data
12 107 (1.12%) Power Query
13 98 (1.03%) Oracle Database
14 96 (1.01%) Data Mining
15 94 (0.99%) Metadata
15 94 (0.99%) MongoDB
16 78 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 77 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 72 (0.75%) NoSQL
19 71 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 357 (3.74%) Git
2 328 (3.44%) JIRA
3 113 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 46 (0.48%) Visual Studio
5 43 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 35 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 35 (0.37%) LabVIEW
7 28 (0.29%) Burp Suite
7 28 (0.29%) Metasploit
8 26 (0.27%) GitLab
9 24 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 23 (0.24%) Selenium
11 21 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 20 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
13 16 (0.17%) JMeter
13 16 (0.17%) Maven
13 16 (0.17%) SpecFlow
14 13 (0.14%) Toad
15 12 (0.13%) Gradle
16 11 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 5,203 (54.52%) Social Skills
2 2,729 (28.60%) Finance
3 1,107 (11.60%) Retail
4 880 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 804 (8.43%) Marketing
6 783 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
7 601 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
8 551 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
9 547 (5.73%) Legal
10 546 (5.72%) Law
11 422 (4.42%) Banking
12 401 (4.20%) Manufacturing
13 357 (3.74%) Public Sector
14 263 (2.76%) German Language
15 232 (2.43%) Telecoms
16 194 (2.03%) Electronics
17 187 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
18 153 (1.60%) Investment Banking
19 143 (1.50%) Advertising
20 140 (1.47%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2,824 (29.59%) Analyst
2 1,578 (16.54%) Senior
3 641 (6.72%) Senior Analyst
4 596 (6.25%) Developer
5 565 (5.92%) Lead
6 503 (5.27%) Architect
7 438 (4.59%) Data Analyst
8 413 (4.33%) Business Analyst
9 339 (3.55%) Graduate
10 315 (3.30%) Project Manager
11 305 (3.20%) Consultant
12 284 (2.98%) Data Engineer
13 231 (2.42%) Financial Analyst
14 215 (2.25%) Technical Specialist
15 212 (2.22%) Linux Specialist
16 206 (2.16%) Support Engineer
17 199 (2.09%) Support Analyst
18 198 (2.07%) Software Engineer
19 197 (2.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
20 185 (1.94%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (3.84%) .NET
2 222 (2.33%) HTML
3 184 (1.93%) CSS
4 149 (1.56%) React
5 103 (1.08%) AngularJS
6 98 (1.03%) .NET Framework
7 89 (0.93%) JSON
8 88 (0.92%) ASP.NET
8 88 (0.92%) Web Services
9 87 (0.91%) Spring
10 86 (0.90%) Kafka
11 80 (0.84%) REST
12 75 (0.79%) XML
13 68 (0.71%) RESTful
14 66 (0.69%) Vue
15 54 (0.57%) SOAP
16 52 (0.54%) .NET Core
17 51 (0.53%) Spring Boot
18 50 (0.52%) ASP.NET Web API
19 48 (0.50%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1,093 (11.45%) Self-Motivation
2 560 (5.87%) Management Information System
3 457 (4.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 413 (4.33%) Product Ownership
5 321 (3.36%) Driving Licence
6 314 (3.29%) Social Media
7 197 (2.06%) Algorithms
8 196 (2.05%) Onboarding
9 147 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 125 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 116 (1.22%) IoT
12 100 (1.05%) Data Structures
13 96 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
14 94 (0.99%) Credit Risk
15 91 (0.95%) Life Science
16 85 (0.89%) Virtual Team
17 79 (0.83%) Mobile App
18 72 (0.75%) Cloud Native
18 72 (0.75%) Security Posture
19 71 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 863 (9.04%) Windows
2 675 (7.07%) Linux
3 262 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 223 (2.34%) Ubuntu
5 222 (2.33%) Windows 10
6 167 (1.75%) Unix
7 63 (0.66%) Android
8 55 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 55 (0.58%) Mac OS
9 45 (0.47%) Solaris
10 44 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 33 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 31 (0.32%) Kali Linux
12 31 (0.32%) Windows 7
13 27 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
14 24 (0.25%) AIX
14 24 (0.25%) Windows 8
15 21 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 20 (0.21%) CentOS
17 16 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,845 (50.77%) Problem-Solving
2 2,277 (23.86%) Agile
3 1,564 (16.39%) Decision-Making
4 1,331 (13.95%) Mentoring
5 1,288 (13.50%) Project Management
6 1,192 (12.49%) Analytics
7 1,121 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,032 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
9 929 (9.73%) Customer Service
10 924 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
11 893 (9.36%) Computer Science
12 847 (8.88%) Data Analysis
13 719 (7.53%) Cybersecurity
14 711 (7.45%) Mathematics
15 706 (7.40%) DevOps
16 697 (7.30%) Visualisation
17 651 (6.82%) Data Modelling
18 627 (6.57%) CRM
19 612 (6.41%) Business Case
20 586 (6.14%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,687 (17.68%) SQL
2 1,083 (11.35%) Python
3 431 (4.52%) C#
4 396 (4.15%) Java
5 371 (3.89%) JavaScript
6 329 (3.45%) Bash
7 236 (2.47%) R
8 215 (2.25%) PowerShell
9 206 (2.16%) C++
10 197 (2.06%) C
11 136 (1.43%) T-SQL
12 112 (1.17%) PL/SQL
13 93 (0.97%) TypeScript
14 78 (0.82%) Scala
15 72 (0.75%) VBA
16 71 (0.74%) MATLAB
17 69 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 67 (0.70%) PHP
19 56 (0.59%) VB
20 51 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2,923 (30.63%) Degree
2 494 (5.18%) DBS Check
3 485 (5.08%) ACCA
4 465 (4.87%) CIMA
5 445 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 415 (4.35%) Security Cleared
7 305 (3.20%) Master's Degree
8 247 (2.59%) SC Cleared
9 167 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 146 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
11 126 (1.32%) PMI Certification
12 118 (1.24%) CISSP
13 107 (1.12%) Azure Certification
14 94 (0.99%) PhD
15 90 (0.94%) CCNA
16 78 (0.82%) DV Cleared
17 75 (0.79%) HND
18 70 (0.73%) MBA
19 65 (0.68%) MCSE
20 64 (0.67%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 527 (5.52%) QA
2 466 (4.88%) GDPR
3 415 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 328 (3.44%) SLA
5 209 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 123 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 106 (1.11%) NIST
8 81 (0.85%) PMO
9 75 (0.79%) IFRS
10 63 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
11 53 (0.56%) IFRS 9
12 42 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 40 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 40 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 38 (0.40%) PCI DSS
15 35 (0.37%) 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
1 725 (7.60%) Active Directory
2 182 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (1.46%) Docker
4 96 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 83 (0.87%) Firmware
6 50 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
7 42 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 42 (0.44%) vSphere
8 35 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
9 23 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
10 15 (0.16%) XenApp
11 13 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
12 9 (0.094%) XenDesktop
13 8 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.052%) HDFS
14 5 (0.052%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.042%) NFS
15 4 (0.042%) pfSense
16 2 (0.021%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 271 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 215 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
3 145 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 77 (0.81%) Terraform
5 62 (0.65%) Ansible
6 61 (0.64%) SCCM
7 50 (0.52%) Data Guard
8 48 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 47 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
10 30 (0.31%) Puppet
11 26 (0.27%) OpenSSO
12 19 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 19 (0.20%) vCenter Server
13 18 (0.19%) Grafana
13 18 (0.19%) Nagios
14 17 (0.18%) Graphite
15 16 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
16 12 (0.13%) HAProxy
17 9 (0.094%) WSUS
18 8 (0.084%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2,387 (25.01%) Microsoft
2 640 (6.71%) Google
3 409 (4.29%) Oracle
4 339 (3.55%) SAP
5 273 (2.86%) VMware
6 233 (2.44%) Databricks
7 230 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 210 (2.20%) CyberArk
8 210 (2.20%) Tanium
9 173 (1.81%) Cisco
10 99 (1.04%) ServiceNow
11 93 (0.97%) Alteryx
12 92 (0.96%) IBM
12 92 (0.96%) Remedy
13 89 (0.93%) Dell
14 75 (0.79%) Adobe
15 70 (0.73%) HP
16 65 (0.68%) Juniper
17 55 (0.58%) Fortinet
18 50 (0.52%) Splunk