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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 788 958 657
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.49% 10.12% 8.79%
As % of the General category 12.08% 15.19% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 374 416 474
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,433
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

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 general skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,523 6,307 4,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 62.00% 66.62% 61.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,076 2,603 3,534
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,125 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,158 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,100 £84,056
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

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 30 December 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 30 December 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 -12 416 £43,000 -18.10% 767
Yorkshire +1 267 £40,000 -20.00% 562
North East +9 105 £41,000 -2.38% 97
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 29 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.27%) Confluence
5 7 (0.89%) Apache
6 4 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.51%) Camunda
7 3 (0.38%) CMS
8 2 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.25%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.25%) IIS
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.25%) WinCC
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 192 (24.37%) Chatbot
2 153 (19.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.40%) AutoCAD
7 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.76%) SOLIDWORKS
9 4 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.25%) Revit
11 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (1.14%) Shopify
2 8 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.38%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.25%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.13%) C-CURE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) Primavera
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 100 (12.69%) Power Platform
2 73 (9.26%) Azure
3 54 (6.85%) AWS
4 38 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (3.93%) Entra ID
6 29 (3.68%) SaaS
7 21 (2.66%) Microsoft Copilot
8 18 (2.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 15 (1.90%) GCP
10 12 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.14%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.02%) dbt
13 8 (1.02%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.02%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.89%) GitHub
14 7 (0.89%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.79%) Firewall
2 13 (1.65%) Network Security
3 9 (1.14%) WAN
4 8 (1.02%) LAN
5 6 (0.76%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (0.76%) PSTN
5 6 (0.76%) VoIP
5 6 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.63%) Internet
7 4 (0.51%) DHCP
7 4 (0.51%) DNS
7 4 (0.51%) SMS
7 4 (0.51%) VPN
8 3 (0.38%) Broadband
8 3 (0.38%) VLAN
8 3 (0.38%) WPA
9 2 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.25%) WAAS
9 2 (0.25%) Wireless
9 2 (0.25%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (11.42%) Power BI
2 86 (10.91%) Tableau
3 63 (7.99%) Data Mining
4 35 (4.44%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.65%) Metadata
7 12 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.02%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.89%) GIS
10 7 (0.89%) Looker
11 6 (0.76%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.63%) Power Query
13 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.51%) Data Vault
13 4 (0.51%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (1.52%) JIRA
2 8 (1.02%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.76%) GitLab
4 5 (0.63%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.63%) Git
4 5 (0.63%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.13%) Appium
5 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.13%) Gatling
5 1 (0.13%) JMeter
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
5 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.13%) Postman
5 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.13%) Selenium
5 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 306 (38.83%) Social Skills
2 236 (29.95%) Finance
3 53 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
6 37 (4.70%) Marketing
7 34 (4.31%) Legal
8 25 (3.17%) Law
9 24 (3.05%) Manufacturing
10 23 (2.92%) Public Sector
10 23 (2.92%) Telecoms
11 21 (2.66%) Banking
12 20 (2.54%) Retail
13 13 (1.65%) Electronics
14 12 (1.52%) Games
14 12 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.40%) Advertising
16 8 (1.02%) General Ledger
17 7 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 196 (24.87%) Analyst
2 192 (24.37%) Trainer
3 83 (10.53%) Data Analyst
4 79 (10.03%) Senior
5 57 (7.23%) Trainee
6 55 (6.98%) Trainee Analyst
6 55 (6.98%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 32 (4.06%) Architect
8 29 (3.68%) Support Engineer
9 26 (3.30%) Lead
10 24 (3.05%) Business Analyst
11 22 (2.79%) Developer
12 20 (2.54%) Applications Support
12 20 (2.54%) Support Analyst
13 19 (2.41%) IT Support
13 19 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
14 16 (2.03%) CRM Executive
15 15 (1.90%) Consultant
15 15 (1.90%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (1.78%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.65%) CSS
2 12 (1.52%) React
3 9 (1.14%) REST
4 7 (0.89%) HTML
5 6 (0.76%) .NET
5 6 (0.76%) Flutter
5 6 (0.76%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (0.63%) JSON
6 5 (0.63%) XML
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.51%) Pandas
7 4 (0.51%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.25%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.25%) Flask
8 2 (0.25%) Laravel
8 2 (0.25%) Node.js
8 2 (0.25%) PySpark
8 2 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.25%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 42 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (4.57%) Management Information System
3 36 (4.57%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.16%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.16%) Social Media
5 15 (1.90%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.65%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.14%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.14%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.02%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.02%) NHS
10 7 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (0.89%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.76%) Life Science
11 6 (0.76%) SCADA
12 4 (0.51%) FMCG
12 4 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.81%) Windows
2 7 (0.89%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.51%) Android
3 4 (0.51%) Linux
3 4 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (34.52%) AI
2 268 (34.01%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (24.62%) Chemistry
4 192 (24.37%) Conversational UI
5 143 (18.15%) Decision-Making
6 137 (17.39%) Project Management
7 129 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 119 (15.10%) Analytics
9 108 (13.71%) Agile
10 102 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
11 100 (12.69%) Data Analysis
12 92 (11.68%) Business Analysis
13 79 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
14 69 (8.76%) Data Analytics
15 54 (6.85%) Actionable Insight
16 53 (6.73%) Customer Service
17 50 (6.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 49 (6.22%) Process Improvement
19 48 (6.09%) Visualisation
20 47 (5.96%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 151 (19.16%) SQL
2 102 (12.94%) Python
3 20 (2.54%) Java
4 14 (1.78%) T-SQL
5 13 (1.65%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (1.27%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.89%) C#
8 7 (0.89%) Scala
9 6 (0.76%) Bash
9 6 (0.76%) Go
9 6 (0.76%) VBA
10 5 (0.63%) R
11 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.25%) Bicep
12 2 (0.25%) C++
12 2 (0.25%) PHP
13 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 336 (42.64%) Degree
2 218 (27.66%) Master's Degree
3 193 (24.49%) PhD
4 24 (3.05%) DBS Check
5 19 (2.41%) ACCA
5 19 (2.41%) CIMA
6 16 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.03%) PMI Certification
7 15 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.90%) PMP
8 10 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.02%) CCNP
9 8 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (0.76%) CIPD
10 6 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (0.76%) Security Cleared
11 5 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.63%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 4 (0.51%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.68%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.43%) QA
3 21 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.41%) GDPR
5 16 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.03%) PMO
6 11 (1.40%) NIST
7 10 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.89%) SLA
9 6 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.76%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.63%) GLBA
10 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.51%) GMP
11 4 (0.51%) SEPA
11 4 (0.51%) TARGET2
12 3 (0.38%) GAAP
12 3 (0.38%) IFRS
System Software
1 30 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.14%) Docker
3 5 (0.63%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.25%) ProxySG
4 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.65%) Terraform
3 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.63%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.25%) AssetCenter
5 2 (0.25%) SCCM
6 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 192 (24.37%) PayPal
2 187 (23.73%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.66%) Salesforce
4 20 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 19 (2.41%) Google
6 18 (2.28%) SAP
7 15 (1.90%) Oracle
8 12 (1.52%) Cisco
9 10 (1.27%) Anaplan
9 10 (1.27%) Genesys
9 10 (1.27%) Splunk
10 9 (1.14%) Verint
11 8 (1.02%) Adobe
11 8 (1.02%) New Relic
12 7 (0.89%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.89%) Workday
13 6 (0.76%) iManage
13 6 (0.76%) Qualtrics
14 5 (0.63%) Databricks
14 5 (0.63%) Guidewire