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

6 months to
10 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 9,533 9,572 14,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.61% 9.48% 9.11%
As % of the General category 16.07% 13.90% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,437 4,828 6,534
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 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% +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 59,322 68,855 101,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.79% 68.16% 64.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,670 37,231 50,896
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 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £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 10 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 10 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 8,732 £50,000 -9.09% 3,637
UK excluding London +5 6,260 £45,000 -3.23% 2,455
Work from Home 0 3,281 £52,500 - 1,355
London +9 2,906 £67,500 +3.85% 1,305
South East +10 1,730 £49,000 +1.36% 565
North of England -4 1,431 £46,283 +7.63% 667
Midlands +5 1,132 £42,500 -15.00% 475
North West +12 789 £46,283 +2.85% 372
South West +11 768 £45,000 -10.00% 333
West Midlands +1 726 £43,500 -13.00% 283
East of England +10 665 £45,000 - 269
Yorkshire -11 485 £47,500 +11.76% 230
East Midlands +16 404 £42,500 -15.00% 193
Scotland -41 320 £45,000 -10.00% 130
North East +9 157 £41,774 -1.71% 72
Wales -4 148 £45,000 +12.50% 61
Northern Ireland +31 41 £61,900 +36.04% 30
Isle of Man - 25 £47,500 - 5
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 4

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 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 185 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 179 (1.88%) SAS
4 146 (1.53%) Confluence
5 112 (1.17%) Apache Spark
6 73 (0.77%) WebLogic
7 67 (0.70%) Apache
8 64 (0.67%) CMS
9 44 (0.46%) Oracle Service Bus
10 40 (0.42%) IIS
11 38 (0.40%) WordPress
12 29 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
13 14 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 12 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
15 9 (0.094%) SharePoint 2013
15 9 (0.094%) Umbraco
16 8 (0.084%) nginx
16 8 (0.084%) SharePoint 2010
16 8 (0.084%) Tomcat
17 7 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,564 (16.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 744 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
3 445 (4.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 122 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 73 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 62 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 40 (0.42%) 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%) Revit
13 7 (0.073%) GNU Octave
14 6 (0.063%) Sketch
14 6 (0.063%) Stata
14 6 (0.063%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 107 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 65 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 53 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 25 (0.26%) NEC Housing
4 25 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 25 (0.26%) Shopify
5 24 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 19 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 19 (0.20%) Magento
7 15 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.15%) Misys Midas
9 13 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
10 12 (0.13%) Endur
11 11 (0.12%) SAP MM
12 10 (0.10%) Elite 3E
13 9 (0.094%) Sage 200
13 9 (0.094%) SAP BPC
13 9 (0.094%) SAP FI
13 9 (0.094%) SAP IBP
13 9 (0.094%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,475 (15.47%) Azure
2 960 (10.07%) Power Platform
3 943 (9.89%) AWS
4 575 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
5 556 (5.83%) GCP
6 319 (3.35%) Entra ID
7 251 (2.63%) SaaS
8 199 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
9 194 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
10 108 (1.13%) PowerApps
11 99 (1.04%) IaaS
11 99 (1.04%) Power Automate
12 89 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
13 88 (0.92%) Serverless
14 86 (0.90%) Google Analytics
15 79 (0.83%) GitHub
16 75 (0.79%) Snowflake
17 73 (0.77%) PaaS
18 72 (0.76%) WhatsApp
19 67 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 729 (7.65%) Broadband
2 300 (3.15%) Firewall
3 273 (2.86%) 5G
4 210 (2.20%) DNS
5 209 (2.19%) WAN
6 181 (1.90%) LAN
7 175 (1.84%) TCP/IP
8 153 (1.60%) Network Security
9 128 (1.34%) DHCP
10 116 (1.22%) Internet
11 109 (1.14%) VPN
12 89 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
13 84 (0.88%) SAN
13 84 (0.88%) Wireless
14 66 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
15 55 (0.58%) VLAN
16 51 (0.53%) SD-WAN
17 47 (0.49%) MPLS
18 36 (0.38%) HTTP
19 35 (0.37%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 857 (8.99%) Power BI
2 516 (5.41%) Tableau
3 442 (4.64%) SQL Server
4 410 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
5 380 (3.99%) Looker
6 375 (3.93%) BigQuery
7 182 (1.91%) Relational Database
8 157 (1.65%) MySQL
9 148 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 126 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
11 110 (1.15%) Big Data
12 105 (1.10%) Power Query
13 100 (1.05%) Data Mining
14 98 (1.03%) MongoDB
15 96 (1.01%) Metadata
16 94 (0.99%) Oracle Database
17 76 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 76 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 74 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
19 68 (0.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 346 (3.63%) Git
2 331 (3.47%) JIRA
3 113 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 46 (0.48%) Visual Studio
5 45 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 36 (0.38%) LabVIEW
7 35 (0.37%) Cucumber
8 28 (0.29%) Burp Suite
8 28 (0.29%) Metasploit
9 25 (0.26%) GitLab
10 24 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 23 (0.24%) Selenium
12 22 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 20 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
14 16 (0.17%) JMeter
14 16 (0.17%) Maven
15 15 (0.16%) SpecFlow
16 13 (0.14%) Gradle
16 13 (0.14%) Toad
17 11 (0.12%) Eclipse
General
1 5,186 (54.40%) Social Skills
2 2,742 (28.76%) Finance
3 1,099 (11.53%) Retail
4 875 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 802 (8.41%) Marketing
6 780 (8.18%) Influencing Skills
7 602 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
8 556 (5.83%) Legal
9 546 (5.73%) Law
10 535 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
11 428 (4.49%) Banking
12 413 (4.33%) Manufacturing
13 359 (3.77%) Public Sector
14 261 (2.74%) German Language
15 237 (2.49%) Telecoms
16 195 (2.05%) Electronics
17 181 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
18 154 (1.62%) Investment Banking
19 143 (1.50%) Billing
20 141 (1.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2,821 (29.59%) Analyst
2 1,565 (16.42%) Senior
3 632 (6.63%) Senior Analyst
4 587 (6.16%) Developer
5 567 (5.95%) Lead
6 512 (5.37%) Architect
7 425 (4.46%) Data Analyst
8 420 (4.41%) Business Analyst
9 340 (3.57%) Graduate
10 320 (3.36%) Project Manager
11 304 (3.19%) Consultant
12 282 (2.96%) Data Engineer
13 232 (2.43%) Financial Analyst
14 215 (2.26%) Technical Specialist
15 212 (2.22%) Linux Specialist
16 206 (2.16%) Support Engineer
17 201 (2.11%) Support Analyst
18 195 (2.05%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
19 194 (2.04%) Software Engineer
20 188 (1.97%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 365 (3.83%) .NET
2 223 (2.34%) HTML
3 182 (1.91%) CSS
4 152 (1.59%) React
5 105 (1.10%) AngularJS
6 97 (1.02%) .NET Framework
7 93 (0.98%) JSON
8 91 (0.95%) Spring
9 88 (0.92%) ASP.NET
10 87 (0.91%) Kafka
10 87 (0.91%) Web Services
11 78 (0.82%) REST
12 74 (0.78%) XML
13 70 (0.73%) RESTful
14 65 (0.68%) Vue
15 54 (0.57%) SOAP
16 53 (0.56%) .NET Core
16 53 (0.56%) Spring Boot
17 50 (0.52%) ASP.NET Web API
18 49 (0.51%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1,093 (11.47%) Self-Motivation
2 555 (5.82%) Management Information System
3 450 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 415 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 319 (3.35%) Driving Licence
6 314 (3.29%) Social Media
7 199 (2.09%) Onboarding
8 188 (1.97%) Algorithms
9 148 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 125 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 118 (1.24%) IoT
12 101 (1.06%) Data Structures
13 97 (1.02%) Credit Risk
13 97 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
14 84 (0.88%) Life Science
15 82 (0.86%) Virtual Team
16 77 (0.81%) Mobile App
17 73 (0.77%) Security Posture
18 71 (0.74%) Cloud Native
19 70 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 860 (9.02%) Windows
2 676 (7.09%) Linux
3 259 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 224 (2.35%) Ubuntu
5 221 (2.32%) Windows 10
6 166 (1.74%) Unix
7 62 (0.65%) Android
8 58 (0.61%) Mac OS
9 53 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 45 (0.47%) Solaris
11 43 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
12 32 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
13 31 (0.33%) Kali Linux
13 31 (0.33%) Windows 7
14 27 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
15 24 (0.25%) AIX
15 24 (0.25%) Windows 8
16 23 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 20 (0.21%) CentOS
18 16 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,842 (50.79%) Problem-Solving
2 2,293 (24.05%) Agile
3 1,563 (16.40%) Decision-Making
4 1,340 (14.06%) Mentoring
5 1,305 (13.69%) Project Management
6 1,173 (12.30%) Analytics
7 1,120 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,036 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
9 930 (9.76%) Customer Service
10 905 (9.49%) Actionable Insight
11 878 (9.21%) Computer Science
12 834 (8.75%) Data Analysis
13 720 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
14 712 (7.47%) DevOps
15 692 (7.26%) Mathematics
16 676 (7.09%) Visualisation
17 644 (6.76%) Data Modelling
18 624 (6.55%) CRM
19 615 (6.45%) Business Case
20 600 (6.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,663 (17.44%) SQL
2 1,075 (11.28%) Python
3 431 (4.52%) C#
4 400 (4.20%) Java
5 368 (3.86%) JavaScript
6 333 (3.49%) Bash
7 235 (2.47%) R
8 216 (2.27%) PowerShell
9 204 (2.14%) C++
10 198 (2.08%) C
11 136 (1.43%) T-SQL
12 111 (1.16%) PL/SQL
13 96 (1.01%) TypeScript
14 80 (0.84%) Scala
15 75 (0.79%) VBA
16 73 (0.77%) MATLAB
17 68 (0.71%) PHP
18 67 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 56 (0.59%) VB
20 52 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2,920 (30.63%) Degree
2 484 (5.08%) ACCA
3 478 (5.01%) DBS Check
4 465 (4.88%) CIMA
5 447 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 418 (4.38%) Security Cleared
7 309 (3.24%) Master's Degree
8 248 (2.60%) SC Cleared
9 161 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 147 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
11 127 (1.33%) PMI Certification
12 117 (1.23%) CISSP
13 105 (1.10%) Azure Certification
14 91 (0.95%) CCNA
15 88 (0.92%) PhD
16 79 (0.83%) DV Cleared
17 77 (0.81%) HND
18 74 (0.78%) MBA
19 63 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
19 63 (0.66%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 526 (5.52%) QA
2 464 (4.87%) GDPR
3 412 (4.32%) Data Quality
4 330 (3.46%) SLA
5 207 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 130 (1.36%) Accessibility
7 106 (1.11%) NIST
8 87 (0.91%) PMO
9 77 (0.81%) IFRS
10 61 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 56 (0.59%) IFRS 9
12 44 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 40 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 39 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 39 (0.41%) PCI DSS
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
1 724 (7.59%) Active Directory
2 185 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (1.46%) Docker
4 96 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 80 (0.84%) Firmware
6 50 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
7 44 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
8 42 (0.44%) vSphere
9 34 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
10 23 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
11 14 (0.15%) XenApp
12 13 (0.14%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
13 8 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
13 8 (0.084%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.052%) HDFS
14 5 (0.052%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.042%) NFS
15 4 (0.042%) pfSense
16 3 (0.031%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 270 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 215 (2.26%) Jamf Pro
3 145 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 75 (0.79%) Terraform
5 63 (0.66%) SCCM
6 62 (0.65%) Ansible
7 50 (0.52%) Data Guard
8 49 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 46 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
10 30 (0.31%) Puppet
11 27 (0.28%) OpenSSO
12 20 (0.21%) Nagios
12 20 (0.21%) vCenter Server
13 19 (0.20%) Grafana
13 19 (0.20%) Progress Chef
14 18 (0.19%) Graphite
15 15 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
16 13 (0.14%) HAProxy
17 8 (0.084%) Icinga
17 8 (0.084%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2,376 (24.92%) Microsoft
2 642 (6.73%) Google
3 407 (4.27%) Oracle
4 337 (3.54%) SAP
5 279 (2.93%) VMware
6 229 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 216 (2.27%) Databricks
8 210 (2.20%) CyberArk
8 210 (2.20%) Tanium
9 173 (1.81%) Cisco
10 100 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 93 (0.98%) Alteryx
11 93 (0.98%) IBM
11 93 (0.98%) Remedy
12 90 (0.94%) Dell
13 77 (0.81%) Adobe
14 72 (0.76%) HP
15 67 (0.70%) Juniper
16 55 (0.58%) Fortinet
17 54 (0.57%) Splunk