Analytical Skills Job Trends in the North of England

Analytical Skills
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 18 20
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,177 926 718
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 11.98% 7.48% 9.29%
As % of the General category 19.89% 12.89% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 373 412 516
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £26,710
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,063 £66,250
90th Percentile £71,164 £71,991 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

All General Skills
North of England

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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,917 7,186 5,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.22% 58.08% 65.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,032 2,991 3,732
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £27,696
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £38,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,900 £78,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
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 Analytical Skills within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 +9 725 £45,000 -14.29% 531
Yorkshire +8 341 £40,000 -23.81% 236
North East +15 111 £42,000 +0.27% 114
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
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 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 20 (1.70%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.27%) Confluence
3 8 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.59%) Apache
5 4 (0.34%) Camunda
5 4 (0.34%) CMS
6 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.25%) SAS
7 2 (0.17%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.17%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.17%) IIS
7 2 (0.17%) nginx
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.17%) WinCC
8 1 (0.085%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.085%) WordPress
Applications
1 282 (23.96%) Chatbot
2 145 (12.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 56 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
4 29 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.93%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.68%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
8 6 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) Revit
10 1 (0.085%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (0.76%) Shopify
2 8 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.51%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.25%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.17%) Primavera
6 2 (0.17%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.085%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.085%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.085%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 82 (6.97%) Power Platform
2 76 (6.46%) Azure
3 58 (4.93%) AWS
4 43 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (1.87%) Entra ID
6 20 (1.70%) SaaS
7 18 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (1.44%) GCP
9 12 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (0.76%) GitHub
12 9 (0.76%) Google Analytics
13 8 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.51%) Adobe Analytics
14 6 (0.51%) dbt
14 6 (0.51%) Figma
14 6 (0.51%) Serverless
14 6 (0.51%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.42%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 253 (21.50%) VPN
2 251 (21.33%) Cisco IOS
3 27 (2.29%) Firewall
4 8 (0.68%) DHCP
4 8 (0.68%) DNS
4 8 (0.68%) LAN
4 8 (0.68%) Network Security
4 8 (0.68%) WAN
4 8 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.51%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (0.51%) PSTN
5 6 (0.51%) VLAN
5 6 (0.51%) VoIP
6 4 (0.34%) Intranet
6 4 (0.34%) SMS
7 3 (0.25%) Broadband
7 3 (0.25%) Internet
7 3 (0.25%) WPA
8 2 (0.17%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.80%) Power BI
2 56 (4.76%) Tableau
3 37 (3.14%) Data Mining
4 31 (2.63%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.85%) Looker
10 9 (0.76%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.68%) GIS
11 8 (0.68%) Metadata
12 5 (0.42%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.34%) MySQL
13 4 (0.34%) Spatial Data
14 3 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (1.53%) JIRA
2 9 (0.76%) GitLab
3 8 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.59%) Git
5 5 (0.42%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.42%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.25%) Selenium
6 3 (0.25%) WaveMaker
7 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.085%) Appium
8 1 (0.085%) Gatling
8 1 (0.085%) JMeter
8 1 (0.085%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.085%) Postman
8 1 (0.085%) REST Assured
General
1 378 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 297 (25.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 234 (19.88%) Finance
4 55 (4.67%) Manufacturing
5 50 (4.25%) Retail
6 48 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (3.48%) Legal
7 41 (3.48%) Marketing
8 33 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (2.21%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.12%) Banking
11 24 (2.04%) Law
12 23 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 20 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.36%) Advertising
15 11 (0.93%) Electronics
16 10 (0.85%) Billing
16 10 (0.85%) General Ledger
17 9 (0.76%) Local Government
18 7 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 293 (24.89%) Trainer
2 252 (21.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 194 (16.48%) Analyst
4 70 (5.95%) Senior
5 59 (5.01%) Data Analyst
6 39 (3.31%) PLC Engineer
7 31 (2.63%) Trainee
8 29 (2.46%) Support Engineer
8 29 (2.46%) Trainee Analyst
8 29 (2.46%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 28 (2.38%) Lead
10 27 (2.29%) Business Analyst
10 27 (2.29%) Developer
11 25 (2.12%) Applications Support
12 23 (1.95%) Support Analyst
13 21 (1.78%) Lecturer
14 20 (1.70%) Financial Analyst
15 18 (1.53%) Architect
16 17 (1.44%) IT Support
16 17 (1.44%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (21.41%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (1.10%) CSS
3 9 (0.76%) React
4 8 (0.68%) HTML
5 7 (0.59%) REST
6 6 (0.51%) FreeSWITCH
6 6 (0.51%) Software Packaging
6 6 (0.51%) Spring
6 6 (0.51%) Spring Boot
6 6 (0.51%) XML
7 5 (0.42%) Flutter
7 5 (0.42%) JSON
8 4 (0.34%) .NET
8 4 (0.34%) Flash
8 4 (0.34%) RESTful
8 4 (0.34%) Web Services
9 3 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.25%) Pandas
9 3 (0.25%) PySpark
10 2 (0.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 290 (24.64%) Cyberattack
2 74 (6.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 46 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (3.82%) Renewable Energy
5 34 (2.89%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 26 (2.21%) Social Media
9 13 (1.10%) Robotics
10 11 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 10 (0.85%) Cloud Native
11 10 (0.85%) Mobile App
11 10 (0.85%) NHS
12 9 (0.76%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.68%) Life Science
13 8 (0.68%) SCADA
14 7 (0.59%) Product Ownership
15 6 (0.51%) EPoS
15 6 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 287 (24.38%) Windows
2 255 (21.67%) Linux
3 254 (21.58%) Android
4 9 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.42%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 595 (50.55%) Problem-Solving
2 350 (29.74%) AI
3 295 (25.06%) Chemistry
4 286 (24.30%) DevOps
5 282 (23.96%) Conversational UI
6 274 (23.28%) Risk Management
7 271 (23.02%) Task Automation
8 265 (22.51%) Mathematics
9 261 (22.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 259 (22.01%) Line Management
11 251 (21.33%) Platform Engineering
11 251 (21.33%) Storage Management
12 147 (12.49%) Decision-Making
13 126 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 106 (9.01%) Agile
15 104 (8.84%) Project Management
16 99 (8.41%) Analytics
17 94 (7.99%) Business Intelligence
18 85 (7.22%) Data Analysis
19 71 (6.03%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 325 (27.61%) Python
2 264 (22.43%) PowerShell
3 257 (21.84%) Bash
4 140 (11.89%) SQL
5 21 (1.78%) Java
6 10 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (0.76%) T-SQL
7 9 (0.76%) VBA
8 7 (0.59%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.42%) C#
9 5 (0.42%) R
9 5 (0.42%) Scala
10 4 (0.34%) Go
10 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.17%) C++
11 2 (0.17%) PHP
12 1 (0.085%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 453 (38.49%) Degree
2 317 (26.93%) Master's Degree
3 280 (23.79%) PhD
4 40 (3.40%) HND
5 32 (2.72%) DBS Check
6 18 (1.53%) ACCA
6 18 (1.53%) CIMA
6 18 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 11 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (0.93%) PMP
9 7 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.51%) CCNP
10 6 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.42%) CISSP
11 5 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 4 (0.34%) HNC
12 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.97%) QA
2 22 (1.87%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.53%) Data Quality
5 16 (1.36%) PMO
6 15 (1.27%) GDPR
7 7 (0.59%) SLA
8 6 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.51%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.42%) GLBA
9 5 (0.42%) NIST
10 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.34%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.34%) SEPA
10 4 (0.34%) TARGET2
11 3 (0.25%) COBIT
12 2 (0.17%) P3O
12 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 262 (22.26%) Docker
2 261 (22.18%) Hyper-V
3 251 (21.33%) VMware NSX
3 251 (21.33%) vSphere
4 33 (2.80%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 256 (21.75%) Terraform
2 252 (21.41%) Ansible
3 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.42%) Grafana
4 5 (0.42%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.17%) AssetCenter
6 2 (0.17%) SCCM
7 1 (0.085%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.085%) SCOM
7 1 (0.085%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 280 (23.79%) PayPal
2 263 (22.34%) Cisco
3 256 (21.75%) Splunk
4 252 (21.41%) Juniper
5 251 (21.33%) 3PAR
6 174 (14.78%) Microsoft
7 45 (3.82%) Google
8 32 (2.72%) SAP
9 21 (1.78%) Adobe
10 18 (1.53%) Databricks
11 16 (1.36%) ServiceNow
12 13 (1.10%) Oracle
13 9 (0.76%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.76%) VMware
14 8 (0.68%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.59%) HP
15 7 (0.59%) Workday
16 6 (0.51%) iManage
16 6 (0.51%) Qualtrics
17 5 (0.42%) AppDynamics