Analyst Job Trends in the North of England

Analyst
England > North of England

The median Analyst salary in the North of England is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,632 739 1,612
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.87% 11.46% 9.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.80% 12.50% 10.48%
Number of salaries quoted 844 436 1,270
10th Percentile £28,250 £24,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £26,750 £28,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £39,634
Median % change year-on-year - +0.92% -0.92%
75th Percentile £53,750 £49,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £48,894 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.96% +8.65% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 15,111 5,911 15,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 91.67% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9,823 3,786 12,345
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Yorkshire +13 734 £40,000 +31.15% 160
North West -11 712 £42,000 +5.00% 172
North East +18 186 £45,000 +15.09% 55
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 April 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 796 (48.77%) Microsoft
2 606 (37.13%) Azure
3 544 (33.33%) Azure Certification
4 440 (26.96%) SQL
5 434 (26.59%) Microsoft Excel
6 411 (25.18%) Business Intelligence
7 391 (23.96%) Power Platform
8 384 (23.53%) Power BI
9 373 (22.86%) Tableau
10 356 (21.81%) Python
11 345 (21.14%) Mentoring
12 325 (19.91%) Cybersecurity
13 304 (18.63%) AI
14 279 (17.10%) CompTIA Security+
15 273 (16.73%) CompTIA CySA+
16 271 (16.61%) Azure AI
16 271 (16.61%) ForeScout
17 230 (14.09%) Business Analysis
18 169 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
18 169 (10.36%) Project Management
19 166 (10.17%) Analytics
20 129 (7.90%) Data Analysis
20 129 (7.90%) Degree
21 101 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
22 98 (6.00%) Agile
23 97 (5.94%) Data Analytics
24 93 (5.70%) Decision-Making
25 82 (5.02%) Windows
26 80 (4.90%) Change Management
27 78 (4.78%) Microsoft 365

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.55%) Confluence
4 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.061%) CMS
6 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.061%) SAS
6 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 434 (26.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.86%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.061%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.67%) NEC Housing
2 8 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.43%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.18%) Cloudability
6 3 (0.18%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.061%) Global One
8 1 (0.061%) iTrent
8 1 (0.061%) Magento
8 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.061%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.061%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 606 (37.13%) Azure
2 391 (23.96%) Power Platform
3 271 (16.61%) Azure AI
4 78 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (2.27%) AWS
6 17 (1.04%) Power Automate
7 15 (0.92%) SaaS
8 13 (0.80%) GCP
9 11 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (0.67%) Entra ID
10 10 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (0.61%) Boomi
11 9 (0.55%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.49%) Snowflake
13 7 (0.43%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.37%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.37%) SuccessFactors
15 5 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.10%) Network Security
2 15 (0.92%) DHCP
2 15 (0.92%) DNS
3 9 (0.55%) Firewall
3 9 (0.55%) LAN
3 9 (0.55%) WAN
4 4 (0.25%) Internet
4 4 (0.25%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.18%) VPN
6 1 (0.061%) 4G
6 1 (0.061%) ADSL
6 1 (0.061%) ATM
6 1 (0.061%) BGP
6 1 (0.061%) Broadband
6 1 (0.061%) MPLS
6 1 (0.061%) SAN
6 1 (0.061%) VLAN
6 1 (0.061%) VoIP
6 1 (0.061%) Wireless
6 1 (0.061%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 384 (23.53%) Power BI
2 373 (22.86%) Tableau
3 73 (4.47%) Data Mining
4 16 (0.98%) SQL Server
5 14 (0.86%) Power Query
6 11 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (0.61%) BigQuery
8 9 (0.55%) Looker
9 7 (0.43%) PowerPivot
10 6 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.37%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.25%) GIS
13 3 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.18%) Metadata
13 3 (0.18%) MySQL
14 2 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.12%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.12%) Data Vault
14 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (1.41%) JIRA
2 4 (0.25%) Git
3 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 787 (48.22%) Social Skills
2 304 (18.63%) Finance
3 245 (15.01%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (3.98%) Law
5 59 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
7 44 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 43 (2.63%) Legal
9 41 (2.51%) Manufacturing
10 33 (2.02%) Telecoms
11 30 (1.84%) Retail
12 23 (1.41%) Military
13 16 (0.98%) Marketing
14 12 (0.74%) Automotive
15 11 (0.67%) Back Office
15 11 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.61%) Advertising
16 10 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.55%) Banking
17 9 (0.55%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.55%) EDI
2 7 (0.43%) REST
3 6 (0.37%) Middleware
4 5 (0.31%) Web Services
5 3 (0.18%) .NET
5 3 (0.18%) FHIR
5 3 (0.18%) XML
6 2 (0.12%) JSON
6 2 (0.12%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.12%) SAP PI
6 2 (0.12%) Swagger
7 1 (0.061%) ADO
7 1 (0.061%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.061%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.061%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.55%) Management Information System
2 42 (2.57%) Onboarding
3 18 (1.10%) Product Ownership
4 15 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
5 14 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (0.67%) Data Structures
6 11 (0.67%) Driving Licence
7 9 (0.55%) Public Cloud
8 8 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (0.49%) Operational Technology
8 8 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (0.49%) Social Media
9 5 (0.31%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.18%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (0.18%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.18%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.18%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.18%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 82 (5.02%) Windows
2 28 (1.72%) Windows 10
3 17 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.61%) Android
5 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.43%) Linux
7 1 (0.061%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (25.18%) Business Intelligence
2 345 (21.14%) Mentoring
3 325 (19.91%) Cybersecurity
4 304 (18.63%) AI
5 230 (14.09%) Business Analysis
6 169 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
6 169 (10.36%) Project Management
7 166 (10.17%) Analytics
8 129 (7.90%) Data Analysis
9 101 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 98 (6.00%) Agile
11 97 (5.94%) Data Analytics
12 93 (5.70%) Decision-Making
13 80 (4.90%) Change Management
14 76 (4.66%) Stakeholder Management
15 69 (4.23%) Customer Service
16 61 (3.74%) ITIL
17 58 (3.55%) Process Improvement
18 57 (3.49%) Coaching
18 57 (3.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 440 (26.96%) SQL
2 356 (21.81%) Python
3 11 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
5 7 (0.43%) C#
6 5 (0.31%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.25%) R
8 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.18%) VBA
9 1 (0.061%) Bicep
9 1 (0.061%) C
Qualifications
1 544 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 279 (17.10%) CompTIA Security+
3 273 (16.73%) CompTIA CySA+
4 129 (7.90%) Degree
5 40 (2.45%) Security Cleared
6 27 (1.65%) DBS Check
7 19 (1.16%) ACCA
7 19 (1.16%) AWS Certification
7 19 (1.16%) CIMA
7 19 (1.16%) SC Cleared
8 12 (0.74%) CISSP
9 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.61%) CISM
10 7 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.43%) IIBA
11 6 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.37%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.31%) ISEB
12 5 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (2.76%) Data Quality
2 25 (1.53%) QA
3 23 (1.41%) GDPR
4 21 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.04%) PMO
6 15 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.86%) GMP
7 14 (0.86%) SLA
8 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.55%) NIST
10 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.31%) GRC
12 4 (0.25%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.25%) TickIT
13 3 (0.18%) IFRS
14 2 (0.12%) HL7
14 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.061%) DICOM
15 1 (0.061%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 59 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.061%) Docker
4 1 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (0.98%) SCCM
2 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.18%) Control-M
4 3 (0.18%) Grafana
4 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.12%) Terraform
6 1 (0.061%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.061%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 796 (48.77%) Microsoft
2 271 (16.61%) ForeScout
3 32 (1.96%) Salesforce
4 25 (1.53%) Cisco
5 24 (1.47%) SAP
6 21 (1.29%) Workday
7 17 (1.04%) Apple
8 16 (0.98%) ServiceNow
9 14 (0.86%) Adobe
9 14 (0.86%) HubSpot
10 12 (0.74%) Northgate
11 11 (0.67%) Google
12 8 (0.49%) Aderant
12 8 (0.49%) Databricks
12 8 (0.49%) iManage
13 6 (0.37%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.37%) Intapp
13 6 (0.37%) VMware
14 5 (0.31%) IFS
15 4 (0.25%) Planon