Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Analyst
England > North of England

The median Analyst salary in the North of England is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -27 -2 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 735 1,656 2,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.35% 9.15% 14.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.96% 9.62% 16.34%
Number of salaries quoted 455 1,260 1,236
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,313 £28,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £39,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £48,250 £47,772 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +4.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,559 17,213 14,859
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 95.07% 89.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,449 13,282 8,075
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Analyst 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 28 May 2025.

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 28 May 2025. 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
North West -31 478 £40,748 +1.87% 685
Yorkshire -9 220 £29,500 -21.33% 547
North East -20 37 £35,000 - 168
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 of England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 334 (45.44%) Social Skills
2 269 (36.60%) Finance
3 228 (31.02%) Degree
4 175 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (22.31%) Agile
6 154 (20.95%) Analytical Skills
7 145 (19.73%) Analytics
8 142 (19.32%) Windows
9 133 (18.10%) SQL
10 125 (17.01%) Microsoft
10 125 (17.01%) Power BI
10 125 (17.01%) Power Platform
11 120 (16.33%) Data Analytics
12 119 (16.19%) Business Intelligence
13 105 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
14 102 (13.88%) Process Improvement
15 95 (12.93%) Active Directory
16 86 (11.70%) Microsoft Excel
17 84 (11.43%) ERP
17 84 (11.43%) Data Analysis
18 82 (11.16%) Customer Service
19 75 (10.20%) Decision-Making
20 73 (9.93%) Law
21 72 (9.80%) Visualisation
22 71 (9.66%) SAP
23 70 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
24 69 (9.39%) Data Quality
25 66 (8.98%) Management Information System
26 64 (8.71%) SharePoint
27 63 (8.57%) Banking

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 64 (8.71%) SharePoint
2 33 (4.49%) Confluence
3 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.95%) SAS
5 5 (0.68%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Moodle
7 1 (0.14%) Totara
Applications
1 86 (11.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.36%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.82%) SPSS
6 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.54%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.41%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.41%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.27%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.27%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.14%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 125 (17.01%) Power Platform
2 105 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (7.21%) Azure
4 18 (2.45%) AWS
5 9 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (0.95%) Entra ID
7 7 (0.95%) Snowflake
8 6 (0.82%) Boomi
8 6 (0.82%) Google Analytics
8 6 (0.82%) OneDrive
9 5 (0.68%) Mimecast
9 5 (0.68%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 5 (0.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 4 (0.54%) GCP
11 3 (0.41%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.41%) SaaS
12 2 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.27%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.40%) VoIP
2 21 (2.86%) Firewall
3 19 (2.59%) Cisco IOS
4 14 (1.90%) Wireless
5 13 (1.77%) LAN
6 12 (1.63%) WAN
7 10 (1.36%) DNS
8 8 (1.09%) DHCP
8 8 (1.09%) VPN
9 5 (0.68%) Intranet
10 4 (0.54%) SAN
11 3 (0.41%) Broadband
11 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.27%) HTTP
12 2 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.27%) SMTP
13 1 (0.14%) 5G
13 1 (0.14%) NAS
13 1 (0.14%) Network Security
13 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (17.01%) Power BI
2 33 (4.49%) Tableau
3 19 (2.59%) Big Data
4 15 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.22%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.95%) MySQL
7 5 (0.68%) Dremio
7 5 (0.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (0.68%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.54%) Power Query
9 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.41%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.27%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.27%) GIS
11 1 (0.14%) Looker
11 1 (0.14%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 60 (8.16%) JIRA
2 21 (2.86%) eggPlant
3 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.27%) Git
4 2 (0.27%) Postman
5 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.14%) GitLab
5 1 (0.14%) RStudio
5 1 (0.14%) Subversion
5 1 (0.14%) TestRail
5 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.14%) YouTrack
General
1 334 (45.44%) Social Skills
2 269 (36.60%) Finance
3 154 (20.95%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.93%) Law
5 70 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 63 (8.57%) Banking
7 54 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (5.58%) Manufacturing
9 39 (5.31%) Retail
10 34 (4.63%) Legal
11 26 (3.54%) Marketing
12 21 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 20 (2.72%) Telecoms
14 19 (2.59%) Public Sector
15 17 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.82%) Financial Institution
19 5 (0.68%) Digital Healthcare
20 4 (0.54%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.95%) JSON
1 7 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (0.82%) EDI
3 5 (0.68%) FHIR
4 4 (0.54%) REST
4 4 (0.54%) SOAP
5 2 (0.27%) ADO
5 2 (0.27%) XML
6 1 (0.14%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.14%) Matplotlib
6 1 (0.14%) OAuth
6 1 (0.14%) OpenID
6 1 (0.14%) PySpark
6 1 (0.14%) SAML
6 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.98%) Management Information System
2 21 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 19 (2.59%) Social Media
4 18 (2.45%) Product Ownership
5 13 (1.77%) EPoS
5 13 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.50%) FMCG
7 8 (1.09%) Security Posture
8 7 (0.95%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 6 (0.82%) Life Science
10 5 (0.68%) LIMS
10 5 (0.68%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.41%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.41%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.41%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.41%) Equities
12 3 (0.41%) NHS
12 3 (0.41%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 142 (19.32%) Windows
2 54 (7.35%) Windows Server
3 47 (6.39%) Windows 10
4 35 (4.76%) Linux
5 19 (2.59%) Mac OS X
6 13 (1.77%) Mac OS
7 9 (1.22%) Windows Vista
8 8 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.68%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.68%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.27%) Android
10 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.14%) Unix
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (22.31%) Agile
3 145 (19.73%) Analytics
4 120 (16.33%) Data Analytics
5 119 (16.19%) Business Intelligence
6 102 (13.88%) Process Improvement
7 84 (11.43%) Data Analysis
7 84 (11.43%) ERP
8 82 (11.16%) Customer Service
9 75 (10.20%) Decision-Making
10 72 (9.80%) Visualisation
11 63 (8.57%) Time Management
12 62 (8.44%) Artificial Intelligence
12 62 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (8.16%) Project Delivery
14 57 (7.76%) ITIL
15 54 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
16 50 (6.80%) Technology Transformation
17 48 (6.53%) ITSM
18 46 (6.26%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 133 (18.10%) SQL
2 53 (7.21%) Python
3 19 (2.59%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (1.22%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.95%) C-shell
5 7 (0.95%) Korn
5 7 (0.95%) PL/SQL
5 7 (0.95%) R
5 7 (0.95%) Shell Script
6 4 (0.54%) VBA
7 3 (0.41%) Bash
7 3 (0.41%) VB
8 1 (0.14%) Java
8 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 228 (31.02%) Degree
2 44 (5.99%) BPSS Clearance
3 36 (4.90%) DBS Check
4 28 (3.81%) ACCA
4 28 (3.81%) CIMA
5 20 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.31%) PhD
7 15 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.50%) MCSA
10 10 (1.36%) CCNP
11 7 (0.95%) MOS
12 6 (0.82%) CISSP
12 6 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.68%) A+ Certification
13 5 (0.68%) AAT
13 5 (0.68%) CISM
13 5 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.80%) SLA
3 25 (3.40%) QA
4 18 (2.45%) EMIR
4 18 (2.45%) MiFID
5 10 (1.36%) NIST
6 9 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.09%) PMO
8 6 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.68%) GRC
9 5 (0.68%) HL7
10 4 (0.54%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.41%) GDPR
11 3 (0.41%) ITGC
12 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.14%) NCSC
13 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 95 (12.93%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.22%) SCCM
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.27%) Ansible
3 2 (0.27%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.14%) Nessus
4 1 (0.14%) Puppet
4 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 125 (17.01%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.66%) SAP
3 48 (6.53%) Alteryx
4 29 (3.95%) Cisco
5 28 (3.81%) Oracle
6 21 (2.86%) Keysight
7 20 (2.72%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.72%) VMware
8 13 (1.77%) iManage
8 13 (1.77%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.50%) Google
10 10 (1.36%) PayPal
11 6 (0.82%) Bloomberg
11 6 (0.82%) Citrix
11 6 (0.82%) Dell
12 5 (0.68%) Broadcom
12 5 (0.68%) Databricks
12 5 (0.68%) Freshdesk
12 5 (0.68%) Sophos
12 5 (0.68%) Symantec