Analytical Skills Job Trends in Durham

Analytical Skills
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 9 20
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 9 42 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 4.52% 19.53% 5.03%
As % of the General category 7.20% 29.58% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 9
10th Percentile - £25,281 £27,795
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,452 £33,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £59,430 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% +48.58% +8.06%
75th Percentile £44,000 £62,500 £45,719
90th Percentile - £66,250 £52,750
North East median annual salary £41,000 £44,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -10.45%

All General Skills
Durham

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 in Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 125 142 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 62.81% 66.05% 58.10%
Number of salaries quoted 36 39 85
10th Percentile £25,044 £29,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,309 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.39% +5.91% +26.28%
75th Percentile £50,000 £62,433 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,144 £61,445
North East median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.00% +5.26% -3.23%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Durham

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Durham region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Darlington -1 1 - -
Analytical Skills
North East

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Visio
2 3 (33.33%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) BGP
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Nexus
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Wireless
1 4 (44.44%) EIGRP
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
1 4 (44.44%) OSPF
1 4 (44.44%) SNMP
1 4 (44.44%) VLAN
1 4 (44.44%) VPN
1 4 (44.44%) WAAS
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
1 4 (44.44%) Wireless
1 4 (44.44%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (33.33%) GIS
1 3 (33.33%) Metadata
1 3 (33.33%) QGIS
1 3 (33.33%) Spatial Data
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) TestRail
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Legal
3 3 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Network Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) GIS Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) GIS Technician
2 3 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Operations Technician
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 3 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Thinking
2 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Kalman Filter
2 4 (44.44%) Load Balancing
2 4 (44.44%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (44.44%) WAN Optimisation
3 3 (33.33%) Data Management
3 3 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
4 1 (11.11%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Software Licensing
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Test Management
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Python
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) CCIE
2 4 (44.44%) CCNP
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) PMO
1 4 (44.44%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) ServiceNow
2 4 (44.44%) Blue Coat
2 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) F5
2 4 (44.44%) Infoblox
2 4 (44.44%) Motorola
2 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds
3 3 (33.33%) ESRI
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Snow