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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 21
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,006 1,524 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.68% 16.00% 7.55%
As % of the General category 11.10% 23.31% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 761 389 770
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,000 £27,466
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +6.80% -6.36%

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 9,066 6,538 8,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.21% 68.64% 54.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,059 2,901 5,536
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,267 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 31 July 2026.

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 31 July 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
North West -17 608 £47,275 +0.59% 246
Yorkshire -10 284 £47,500 +6.26% 154
North East -22 114 £55,000 +37.50% 67
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 41 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (3.48%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.09%) Confluence
5 10 (0.99%) Apache
6 7 (0.70%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.30%) JBoss
8 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) WordPress
10 1 (0.099%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.099%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.099%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.099%) WebSphere
Applications
1 143 (14.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.08%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.20%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.099%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.099%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.89%) SAP PM
3 15 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (1.39%) SAP ERP
5 10 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.50%) Magento
6 5 (0.50%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.30%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.099%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.099%) Odoo
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.099%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.099%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.099%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.099%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.099%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.099%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 140 (13.92%) Azure
2 137 (13.62%) Power Platform
3 111 (11.03%) AWS
4 65 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (5.17%) GCP
6 38 (3.78%) SaaS
7 28 (2.78%) Amazon S3
8 27 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (2.58%) GitHub
10 25 (2.49%) PowerApps
11 24 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (2.39%) Serverless
12 19 (1.89%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.79%) Boomi
14 17 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (1.69%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.59%) Google Analytics
16 15 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
16 15 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
16 15 (1.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.39%) Firewall
2 19 (1.89%) Wireless
3 18 (1.79%) DNS
3 18 (1.79%) VPN
4 17 (1.69%) DHCP
5 16 (1.59%) WAN
6 13 (1.29%) LAN
7 10 (0.99%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.89%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (0.89%) Network Security
9 8 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.80%) Internet
9 8 (0.80%) SNMP
10 7 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.60%) IP Telephony
12 5 (0.50%) HTTP
12 5 (0.50%) SMS
13 4 (0.40%) ATM
13 4 (0.40%) OSPF
13 4 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (11.13%) Power BI
2 82 (8.15%) Tableau
3 43 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (2.88%) Data Mining
5 25 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (1.99%) Big Data
7 19 (1.89%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.79%) SQL Server
9 15 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.19%) Metadata
11 10 (0.99%) Looker
12 9 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.80%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.80%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.80%) MySQL
13 8 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.70%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 41 (4.08%) JIRA
2 28 (2.78%) Git
3 12 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.99%) GitLab
5 5 (0.50%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.40%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.40%) Selenium
7 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.30%) Maven
7 3 (0.30%) Postman
7 3 (0.30%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.20%) MLflow
8 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.099%) JMeter
9 1 (0.099%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.099%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.099%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio
General
1 429 (42.64%) Social Skills
2 303 (30.12%) Finance
3 97 (9.64%) Law
4 89 (8.85%) Marketing
5 83 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.67%) Legal
7 50 (4.97%) Manufacturing
7 50 (4.97%) Retail
8 48 (4.77%) Telecoms
9 45 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 39 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
12 37 (3.68%) Military
13 32 (3.18%) Back Office
14 18 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.49%) Banking
17 14 (1.39%) Local Government
18 10 (0.99%) Advertising
19 9 (0.89%) Games
Job Titles
1 295 (29.32%) Analyst
2 108 (10.74%) Senior
3 103 (10.24%) Data Analyst
4 75 (7.46%) Lead
5 66 (6.56%) Business Analyst
6 61 (6.06%) Developer
7 43 (4.27%) Architect
7 43 (4.27%) Systems Analyst
8 41 (4.08%) Data Manager
9 40 (3.98%) Systems Manager
10 39 (3.88%) Data Engineer
11 30 (2.98%) Head of QA
11 30 (2.98%) HR Manager
12 27 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
12 27 (2.68%) Trainee
12 27 (2.68%) Trainee Analyst
12 27 (2.68%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 25 (2.49%) Technical Analyst
14 24 (2.39%) HR Analyst
14 24 (2.39%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.78%) REST
2 27 (2.68%) Middleware
3 22 (2.19%) .NET
4 20 (1.99%) HTML
5 19 (1.89%) Node.js
6 18 (1.79%) XML
7 16 (1.59%) CSS
7 16 (1.59%) EDI
7 16 (1.59%) SOAP
8 13 (1.29%) JSON
9 12 (1.19%) React
10 9 (0.89%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.89%) Flutter
11 7 (0.70%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.60%) Kafka
12 6 (0.60%) PySpark
12 6 (0.60%) Web Services
13 5 (0.50%) Pandas
14 4 (0.40%) Entity Framework
14 4 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 48 (4.77%) Product Ownership
3 42 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.79%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
8 12 (1.19%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.19%) Driving Licence
8 12 (1.19%) Social Media
9 11 (1.09%) Data Structures
10 10 (0.99%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.89%) Credit Risk
11 9 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.80%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.70%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.70%) EMV
13 7 (0.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.16%) Windows
2 41 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (1.59%) Linux
5 12 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.30%) CentOS
7 3 (0.30%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.099%) Android
9 1 (0.099%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (39.56%) Problem-Solving
2 320 (31.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 260 (25.84%) Decision-Making
4 232 (23.06%) Analytics
5 226 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 156 (15.51%) Agile
7 132 (13.12%) AI
8 114 (11.33%) Business Intelligence
9 107 (10.64%) Actionable Insight
9 107 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 105 (10.44%) ERP
11 102 (10.14%) Mentoring
12 100 (9.94%) Data Analysis
12 100 (9.94%) Data Governance
13 99 (9.84%) CRM
14 98 (9.74%) Data Modelling
15 93 (9.24%) Roadmaps
16 91 (9.05%) Project Management
17 88 (8.75%) Validation
18 81 (8.05%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 220 (21.87%) SQL
2 172 (17.10%) Python
3 36 (3.58%) JavaScript
4 35 (3.48%) Java
5 33 (3.28%) C#
6 16 (1.59%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.39%) Bash
7 14 (1.39%) R
8 10 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (0.99%) Scala
9 9 (0.89%) Go
10 8 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.70%) C++
11 7 (0.70%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.60%) PHP
13 5 (0.50%) C
14 4 (0.40%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.30%) Groovy
15 3 (0.30%) SOQL
15 3 (0.30%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 111 (11.03%) Degree
2 71 (7.06%) DBS Check
3 57 (5.67%) Security Cleared
4 41 (4.08%) SC Cleared
5 38 (3.78%) ACCA
6 34 (3.38%) CIMA
7 31 (3.08%) IRCA
8 17 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.09%) HNC
12 10 (0.99%) CCNA
13 9 (0.89%) CCNP
14 8 (0.80%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.80%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.70%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.70%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.50%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (15.90%) Data Quality
2 86 (8.55%) QA
3 69 (6.86%) GDPR
4 35 (3.48%) ISO 9001
5 24 (2.39%) SLA
6 18 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.69%) TickIT
8 16 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.39%) PMO
10 12 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.80%) GMP
12 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.40%) GRC
14 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 14443
14 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 7816
14 4 (0.40%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.30%) ISO 8583
15 3 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 59 (5.86%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.58%) Docker
3 9 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.40%) ProxySG
4 4 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.30%) Ceph
5 3 (0.30%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.099%) NFS
7 1 (0.099%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (2.29%) Terraform
2 13 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.09%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.50%) Ansible
5 3 (0.30%) Argo
5 3 (0.30%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.30%) Grafana
5 3 (0.30%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.30%) Istio
5 3 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.30%) Podman
5 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.30%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.20%) Nessus
7 1 (0.099%) Autotask
7 1 (0.099%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 243 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.06%) SAP
3 59 (5.86%) Workday
4 35 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.38%) Google
6 17 (1.69%) Cisco
6 17 (1.69%) iManage
6 17 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.59%) Databricks
8 14 (1.39%) Adobe
8 14 (1.39%) Oracle
9 11 (1.09%) VMware
10 9 (0.89%) Aderant
10 9 (0.89%) Intapp
11 8 (0.80%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.80%) HP
11 8 (0.80%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.70%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.70%) Veeam
13 5 (0.50%) Sage