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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 20
Rank change year-on-year -19 +14 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 971 1,524 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.61% 16.12% 7.74%
As % of the General category 10.85% 23.41% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 740 390 842
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,156 £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,460 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,875 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,241 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.38% +10.00% -8.90%

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 8,948 6,511 8,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.44% 68.88% 53.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5,944 2,885 5,961
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £69,391 £63,750 £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 24 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 24 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 -18 577 £47,500 +1.06% 266
Yorkshire -12 286 £48,000 +7.02% 158
North East -22 108 £55,000 +37.50% 65
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 37 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.03%) Apache
4 10 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.03%) Confluence
5 7 (0.72%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.31%) JBoss
7 3 (0.31%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) CMS
8 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 143 (14.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.09%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.21%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.96%) SAP PM
3 16 (1.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (1.44%) SAP ERP
5 10 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.51%) Magento
6 5 (0.51%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.31%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.10%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.10%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 135 (13.90%) Power Platform
2 132 (13.59%) Azure
3 103 (10.61%) AWS
4 61 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (4.84%) GCP
6 36 (3.71%) SaaS
7 25 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (2.57%) GitHub
8 24 (2.47%) Amazon S3
8 24 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (2.47%) PowerApps
9 21 (2.16%) Serverless
10 20 (2.06%) Entra ID
10 20 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
11 18 (1.85%) Boomi
11 18 (1.85%) Snowflake
12 17 (1.75%) Google Analytics
13 14 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.34%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.30%) Firewall
2 19 (1.96%) Wireless
3 16 (1.65%) VPN
4 13 (1.34%) WAN
5 12 (1.24%) DNS
6 11 (1.13%) DHCP
7 10 (1.03%) LAN
8 9 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (0.93%) Network Security
8 9 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.82%) SNMP
10 7 (0.72%) Internet
11 6 (0.62%) IP Telephony
11 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.51%) SMS
13 4 (0.41%) ATM
13 4 (0.41%) HTTP
13 4 (0.41%) VLAN
13 4 (0.41%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (11.43%) Power BI
2 87 (8.96%) Tableau
3 41 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (3.50%) Data Mining
5 25 (2.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (2.06%) Big Data
7 16 (1.65%) SQL Server
8 15 (1.54%) BigQuery
9 13 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.24%) Metadata
11 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.82%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.82%) Looker
12 8 (0.82%) MySQL
13 7 (0.72%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.62%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.62%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 39 (4.02%) JIRA
2 19 (1.96%) Git
3 11 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.03%) GitLab
5 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.41%) Selenium
7 3 (0.31%) Maven
7 3 (0.31%) Postman
7 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.21%) MLflow
8 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.10%) JMeter
9 1 (0.10%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 418 (43.05%) Social Skills
2 300 (30.90%) Finance
3 92 (9.47%) Law
4 91 (9.37%) Marketing
5 86 (8.86%) Public Sector
6 55 (5.66%) Legal
7 47 (4.84%) Telecoms
8 46 (4.74%) Manufacturing
8 46 (4.74%) Retail
9 41 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (3.60%) Military
10 35 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (3.30%) Back Office
13 18 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.44%) Local Government
16 13 (1.34%) Banking
17 11 (1.13%) Advertising
18 7 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 286 (29.45%) Analyst
2 102 (10.50%) Data Analyst
3 100 (10.30%) Senior
4 81 (8.34%) Lead
5 65 (6.69%) Business Analyst
6 58 (5.97%) Developer
7 43 (4.43%) Architect
8 42 (4.33%) Systems Analyst
9 41 (4.22%) Data Manager
9 41 (4.22%) Systems Manager
10 37 (3.81%) Data Engineer
11 32 (3.30%) Trainee
11 32 (3.30%) Trainee Analyst
11 32 (3.30%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 30 (3.09%) Head of QA
12 30 (3.09%) HR Manager
13 25 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (2.47%) HR Analyst
14 24 (2.47%) HR Data Analyst
14 24 (2.47%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.68%) Middleware
1 26 (2.68%) REST
2 20 (2.06%) .NET
3 19 (1.96%) HTML
3 19 (1.96%) Node.js
4 18 (1.85%) XML
5 15 (1.54%) CSS
5 15 (1.54%) EDI
5 15 (1.54%) SOAP
6 13 (1.34%) JSON
7 12 (1.24%) React
8 9 (0.93%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.82%) Flutter
10 7 (0.72%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.62%) Kafka
11 6 (0.62%) PySpark
11 6 (0.62%) Web Services
12 5 (0.51%) Pandas
12 5 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
13 4 (0.41%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 98 (10.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 47 (4.84%) Product Ownership
3 43 (4.43%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 18 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (1.34%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.24%) Social Media
10 11 (1.13%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.03%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.93%) Credit Risk
12 9 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (0.82%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (0.72%) EMV
15 6 (0.62%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.77%) Windows
2 36 (3.71%) Windows Server
3 14 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (1.03%) Linux
5 9 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.62%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.10%) Android
8 1 (0.10%) CentOS
8 1 (0.10%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (38.21%) Problem-Solving
2 312 (32.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 261 (26.88%) Decision-Making
4 234 (24.10%) Analytics
5 224 (23.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 148 (15.24%) Agile
7 127 (13.08%) AI
8 109 (11.23%) Actionable Insight
8 109 (11.23%) Business Intelligence
9 106 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 103 (10.61%) Mentoring
11 100 (10.30%) Data Governance
12 99 (10.20%) CRM
12 99 (10.20%) Data Analysis
13 97 (9.99%) ERP
14 94 (9.68%) Data Modelling
15 93 (9.58%) Project Management
16 92 (9.47%) Roadmaps
17 81 (8.34%) Root Cause Analysis
18 80 (8.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 215 (22.14%) SQL
2 166 (17.10%) Python
3 35 (3.60%) Java
4 33 (3.40%) C#
4 33 (3.40%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.44%) R
6 13 (1.34%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.03%) Bash
7 10 (1.03%) Scala
8 9 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.93%) Go
8 9 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.72%) C++
9 7 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.62%) PHP
11 4 (0.41%) C
12 3 (0.31%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.31%) COBOL
12 3 (0.31%) Groovy
12 3 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 108 (11.12%) Degree
2 71 (7.31%) DBS Check
3 50 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 38 (3.91%) ACCA
5 37 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 34 (3.50%) CIMA
7 30 (3.09%) IRCA
8 16 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.03%) CCNA
11 10 (1.03%) HNC
12 9 (0.93%) CCNP
13 8 (0.82%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.82%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.62%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.51%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (15.96%) Data Quality
2 81 (8.34%) QA
3 74 (7.62%) GDPR
4 34 (3.50%) ISO 9001
5 24 (2.47%) SLA
6 22 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.75%) TickIT
9 15 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (1.54%) PMO
10 9 (0.93%) NIST
11 8 (0.82%) GMP
12 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.41%) GRC
14 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 14443
14 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 7816
14 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.31%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 53 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.06%) Docker
3 9 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.41%) ProxySG
5 3 (0.31%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.21%) Ceph
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (2.27%) Terraform
2 12 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.62%) Ansible
5 3 (0.31%) Grafana
5 3 (0.31%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.21%) Argo
6 2 (0.21%) Check_MK
6 2 (0.21%) Istio
6 2 (0.21%) Podman
6 2 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.10%) Autotask
7 1 (0.10%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.10%) Nessus
7 1 (0.10%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 245 (25.23%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.08%) Workday
3 58 (5.97%) SAP
4 38 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 31 (3.19%) Google
6 17 (1.75%) iManage
7 16 (1.65%) Cisco
7 16 (1.65%) Databricks
8 14 (1.44%) Adobe
8 14 (1.44%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.24%) Oracle
10 9 (0.93%) Aderant
10 9 (0.93%) Intapp
11 8 (0.82%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.82%) HP
11 8 (0.82%) VMware
12 7 (0.72%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.72%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.72%) Veeam
13 6 (0.62%) Aruba