Analyst Jobs in the North West

Analyst
England > North West

The median Analyst salary in the North West is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 929 863 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.44% 11.02% 11.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.98% 12.39% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 743 664 848
10th Percentile £23,800 £24,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,918 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,250 £41,374
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +2.12% +10.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,950 £60,150
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,310 6,965 8,974
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 88.96% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,147 4,048 5,399
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Manchester +2 434 £45,000 +5.88% 88
Cheshire +11 194 £37,500 -2.60% 34
Merseyside +9 184 £35,000 -12.50% 16
Lancashire -4 91 £35,000 -22.22% 20
Cumbria -8 21 £30,500 -20.78% 1
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 254 (27.34%) Social Skills
2 201 (21.64%) Finance
3 198 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 194 (20.88%) Microsoft
5 176 (18.95%) SQL
6 173 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
7 145 (15.61%) Decision-Making
8 138 (14.85%) Power Platform
9 128 (13.78%) Agile
9 128 (13.78%) Power BI
10 124 (13.35%) Microsoft 365
11 122 (13.13%) Microsoft Excel
12 120 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
13 111 (11.95%) Customer Service
14 109 (11.73%) Active Directory
15 104 (11.19%) Analytics
16 103 (11.09%) Degree
17 100 (10.76%) Legal
18 96 (10.33%) ITIL
19 93 (10.01%) Azure
20 90 (9.69%) Retail
21 85 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
22 83 (8.93%) Windows
23 80 (8.61%) Business Analysis
24 78 (8.40%) Visualisation
25 77 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
26 73 (7.86%) Law
27 71 (7.64%) ERP
27 71 (7.64%) Coaching
28 69 (7.43%) Requirements Gathering

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.61%) Confluence
3 9 (0.97%) SAS
4 8 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.32%) IIS
6 3 (0.32%) Moodle
Applications
1 122 (13.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.43%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.40%) Epicor Tropos
1 13 (1.40%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (1.40%) iTrent
2 10 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.22%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 138 (14.85%) Power Platform
2 124 (13.35%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (10.01%) Azure
4 46 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (3.23%) SaaS
6 23 (2.48%) AWS
7 22 (2.37%) Entra ID
8 8 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (0.86%) Google Analytics
9 6 (0.65%) Google Workspace
9 6 (0.65%) OCI
10 5 (0.54%) BrowserStack
10 5 (0.54%) Google Sheets
11 4 (0.43%) Canva
11 4 (0.43%) Google Data Studio
11 4 (0.43%) Miro
11 4 (0.43%) PaaS
11 4 (0.43%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.32%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (0.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.69%) DNS
2 23 (2.48%) Internet
3 19 (2.05%) Firewall
4 15 (1.61%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.29%) DKIM
5 12 (1.29%) DMARC
6 11 (1.18%) Broadband
7 10 (1.08%) LAN
7 10 (1.08%) WAN
8 9 (0.97%) DHCP
8 9 (0.97%) Network Security
9 5 (0.54%) VoIP
9 5 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.54%) Wireless
10 4 (0.43%) SMS
11 3 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.22%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.22%) Skype
12 2 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (13.78%) Power BI
2 33 (3.55%) Tableau
3 32 (3.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 31 (3.34%) SQL Server
5 26 (2.80%) BigQuery
6 17 (1.83%) BusinessObjects
7 16 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.61%) Data Mining
9 14 (1.51%) Power Query
10 10 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.65%) Looker
11 6 (0.65%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon QuickSight
14 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (3.44%) JIRA
2 7 (0.75%) JMeter
2 7 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (0.54%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.43%) Postman
5 2 (0.22%) Selenium
5 2 (0.22%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.22%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.11%) Git
6 1 (0.11%) Redmine
6 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 254 (27.34%) Social Skills
2 201 (21.64%) Finance
3 198 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (10.76%) Legal
5 90 (9.69%) Retail
6 73 (7.86%) Law
7 46 (4.95%) Marketing
8 40 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (3.01%) Public Sector
10 27 (2.91%) Banking
11 20 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.05%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.51%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.08%) Games
17 8 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.75%) Health Technology
19 5 (0.54%) Retail Finance
19 5 (0.54%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.72%) OLE
2 11 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (1.18%) XML
3 9 (0.97%) .NET
4 8 (0.86%) JSON
4 8 (0.86%) REST
4 8 (0.86%) SOAP
5 7 (0.75%) HTML
5 7 (0.75%) Web Services
6 4 (0.43%) CSS
6 4 (0.43%) PySpark
6 4 (0.43%) RESTful
7 2 (0.22%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.22%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.22%) Playwright
8 1 (0.11%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.11%) EDI
8 1 (0.11%) Flash
8 1 (0.11%) Middleware
8 1 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.12%) Management Information System
1 29 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (2.91%) Smartphone
3 19 (2.05%) Onboarding
4 16 (1.72%) Cyberattack
5 14 (1.51%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 9 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (0.97%) Mobile App
9 7 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.65%) CCTV
10 6 (0.65%) e-Learning
10 6 (0.65%) Life Science
10 6 (0.65%) NHS
10 6 (0.65%) Pricing Data
10 6 (0.65%) Social Media
11 5 (0.54%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.54%) PMI
11 5 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 83 (8.93%) Windows
2 21 (2.26%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.15%) Windows 10
4 14 (1.51%) Linux
5 10 (1.08%) Android
5 10 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.97%) Windows Vista
7 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.43%) Unix
8 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (15.61%) Decision-Making
3 128 (13.78%) Agile
4 120 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
5 111 (11.95%) Customer Service
6 104 (11.19%) Analytics
7 96 (10.33%) ITIL
8 80 (8.61%) Business Analysis
9 78 (8.40%) Visualisation
10 77 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (7.64%) Coaching
11 71 (7.64%) ERP
12 69 (7.43%) Requirements Gathering
13 63 (6.78%) Mentoring
14 59 (6.35%) Cybersecurity
15 58 (6.24%) Information Security
16 55 (5.92%) Roadmaps
17 54 (5.81%) Project Management
18 52 (5.60%) Data Analysis
18 52 (5.60%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 176 (18.95%) SQL
2 41 (4.41%) Python
3 34 (3.66%) T-SQL
4 28 (3.01%) C#
5 23 (2.48%) R
6 19 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (0.65%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.65%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.54%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.32%) VBA
10 2 (0.22%) Bash
10 2 (0.22%) Java
10 2 (0.22%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.11%) ABAP
11 1 (0.11%) RPG
11 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (11.09%) Degree
2 25 (2.69%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (1.72%) CIMA
4 16 (1.72%) SC Cleared
5 14 (1.51%) A+ Certification
6 12 (1.29%) DBS Check
7 9 (0.97%) AAT
7 9 (0.97%) ACCA
7 9 (0.97%) CISSP
8 8 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.54%) CEH
11 5 (0.54%) CFA
11 5 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.54%) HND
11 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.31%) SLA
2 34 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.80%) QA
4 21 (2.26%) GDPR
5 20 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.72%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.29%) GRC
7 12 (1.29%) NIST
8 11 (1.18%) PMO
9 9 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.86%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.54%) ITGC
12 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.43%) NCSC
13 3 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.22%) EMIR
14 2 (0.22%) MiFID
14 2 (0.22%) TickIT
15 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 109 (11.73%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.22%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.11%) Snort
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.08%) CASB
3 6 (0.65%) SCCM
3 6 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 5 (0.54%) Grafana
4 5 (0.54%) Kibana
5 4 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 194 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.09%) SAP
3 23 (2.48%) Oracle
3 23 (2.48%) ServiceNow
4 19 (2.05%) Google
5 13 (1.40%) Adobe
5 13 (1.40%) Epicor
5 13 (1.40%) Infor
6 11 (1.18%) Virgin Media
6 11 (1.18%) VMware
7 9 (0.97%) Apple
7 9 (0.97%) Citrix
7 9 (0.97%) F5
7 9 (0.97%) iManage
8 8 (0.86%) YouTube
9 7 (0.75%) Rapid7
9 7 (0.75%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.75%) Veeam
10 6 (0.65%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.65%) Civica