Data Analytics Job Trends in Lancashire

Data Analytics
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 44 40
Rank change year-on-year -16 -4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 3 31 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.26% 3.89% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 4.27% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £30,000 £37,250
25th Percentile - £31,563 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,000 £37,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.94% -17.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £42,875 £48,125
90th Percentile - £50,875 £49,250
North West median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,293
% change year-on-year -11.11% +1.60% -0.47%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Data Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 964 726 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.71% 91.09% 77.75%
Number of salaries quoted 280 436 301
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,055 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +8.81% +2.22%
75th Percentile £54,795 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,525 £66,570 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Data Analytics
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Data Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Preston -7 2 - - 3
Lancaster - 1 £22,000 -
Data Analytics
North West

Data Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (33.33%) AI
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) Def Stans
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) NIST 800