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 9 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 10 20
Rank change year-on-year -18 +10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 820 917 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.75% 11.21% 8.24%
As % of the General category 11.44% 16.44% 14.04%
Number of salaries quoted 435 378 772
10th Percentile £29,850 £32,500 £26,978
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £70,225
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -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 7,167 5,578 7,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 58.97% 68.20% 58.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,499 2,375 5,787
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £32,931
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -8.57%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -16 417 £42,500 -19.05% 195
Yorkshire -2 298 £45,000 -5.26% 97
North East 0 105 £40,000 +0.34% 35
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 17 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.22%) Confluence
5 6 (0.73%) Apache
6 4 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
7 3 (0.37%) WordPress
8 2 (0.24%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.24%) SAS
8 2 (0.24%) WinCC
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 171 (20.85%) Chatbot
2 163 (19.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.95%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.34%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.73%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.24%) Revit
8 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 18 (2.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 8 (0.98%) Shopify
3 7 (0.85%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.12%) C-CURE
9 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.12%) Magento
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
9 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 101 (12.32%) Power Platform
2 83 (10.12%) Azure
3 71 (8.66%) AWS
4 39 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 30 (3.66%) SaaS
6 29 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (3.54%) Microsoft Purview
7 16 (1.95%) GCP
7 16 (1.95%) OCI
8 12 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (1.22%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.10%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.10%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.98%) Adobe Analytics
12 8 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (0.98%) Google Ads
12 8 (0.98%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.07%) Firewall
2 15 (1.83%) Network Security
2 15 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (1.46%) NGFW
3 12 (1.46%) VXLAN
3 12 (1.46%) Wireshark
4 9 (1.10%) WAN
5 8 (0.98%) LAN
6 7 (0.85%) VPN
7 6 (0.73%) Asterisk PBX
7 6 (0.73%) PSTN
7 6 (0.73%) VLAN
7 6 (0.73%) VoIP
8 5 (0.61%) BGP
8 5 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (0.61%) EIGRP
8 5 (0.61%) OSPF
8 5 (0.61%) SNMP
8 5 (0.61%) WAAS
8 5 (0.61%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (12.07%) Tableau
2 93 (11.34%) Power BI
3 73 (8.90%) Data Mining
4 37 (4.51%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.95%) Metadata
6 15 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.85%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.85%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.85%) GIS
10 7 (0.85%) Looker
10 7 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.73%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.61%) Power Query
13 4 (0.49%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.37%) Big Data
14 3 (0.37%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 12 (1.46%) JIRA
2 5 (0.61%) Git
3 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.12%) GitLab
4 1 (0.12%) JUnit
4 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 329 (40.12%) Social Skills
2 240 (29.27%) Finance
3 54 (6.59%) Marketing
4 49 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (5.24%) Public Sector
7 40 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (4.39%) Legal
9 24 (2.93%) Law
10 22 (2.68%) Telecoms
11 21 (2.56%) Retail
12 20 (2.44%) Banking
12 20 (2.44%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.83%) Advertising
14 14 (1.71%) Games
15 12 (1.46%) Electronics
16 10 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.85%) French Language
18 5 (0.61%) Billing
18 5 (0.61%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 213 (25.98%) Analyst
2 171 (20.85%) Trainer
3 100 (12.20%) Data Analyst
4 85 (10.37%) Senior
5 69 (8.41%) Trainee
6 67 (8.17%) Trainee Analyst
6 67 (8.17%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 49 (5.98%) Lead
8 33 (4.02%) Architect
9 27 (3.29%) Support Engineer
10 26 (3.17%) Business Analyst
11 25 (3.05%) CRM Executive
12 24 (2.93%) Systems Analyst
13 23 (2.80%) IT Support
14 20 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (2.44%) Senior Manager
15 18 (2.20%) Applications Support
15 18 (2.20%) Salesforce Executive
15 18 (2.20%) Support Analyst
16 17 (2.07%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.32%) CSS
2 14 (1.71%) React
3 13 (1.59%) HTML
4 7 (0.85%) .NET
4 7 (0.85%) Flutter
5 6 (0.73%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (0.61%) JSON
6 5 (0.61%) REST
6 5 (0.61%) XML
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.37%) Node.js
8 3 (0.37%) Pandas
9 2 (0.24%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.24%) Flask
9 2 (0.24%) Laravel
9 2 (0.24%) MACH
9 2 (0.24%) PySpark
9 2 (0.24%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 49 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (5.37%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 25 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.56%) Data Centre
7 20 (2.44%) Driving Licence
7 20 (2.44%) Social Media
8 14 (1.71%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.46%) PKI
10 12 (1.46%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.22%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.10%) Operational Technology
13 8 (0.98%) Algorithms
14 7 (0.85%) Life Science
15 6 (0.73%) Mobile App
15 6 (0.73%) SCADA
16 5 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.39%) Windows
2 8 (0.98%) Android
2 8 (0.98%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.61%) Linux
4 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (35.61%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (30.85%) AI
3 173 (21.10%) Chemistry
3 173 (21.10%) Decision-Making
4 171 (20.85%) Conversational UI
5 159 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 154 (18.78%) Analytics
7 147 (17.93%) Project Management
8 115 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 113 (13.78%) Data Analysis
10 106 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
11 105 (12.80%) Agile
12 100 (12.20%) Business Analysis
13 88 (10.73%) Data Analytics
14 62 (7.56%) Actionable Insight
15 57 (6.95%) CRM
16 56 (6.83%) Process Improvement
16 56 (6.83%) Visualisation
17 54 (6.59%) Cybersecurity
18 53 (6.46%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 167 (20.37%) SQL
2 134 (16.34%) Python
3 15 (1.83%) Java
3 15 (1.83%) JavaScript
3 15 (1.83%) T-SQL
4 14 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (1.10%) Go
6 7 (0.85%) C#
6 7 (0.85%) Scala
7 6 (0.73%) Bash
7 6 (0.73%) R
8 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.61%) VBA
9 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.24%) Bicep
10 2 (0.24%) PHP
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 314 (38.29%) Degree
2 193 (23.54%) Master's Degree
3 172 (20.98%) PhD
4 29 (3.54%) DBS Check
5 22 (2.68%) ACCA
5 22 (2.68%) CIMA
6 20 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.71%) PMI Certification
9 13 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.59%) PMP
10 11 (1.34%) CCNP
11 8 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.73%) CIPD
12 6 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (0.73%) Security Cleared
13 5 (0.61%) CCIE
13 5 (0.61%) SC Cleared
13 5 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.37%) Data Quality
1 44 (5.37%) GDPR
2 41 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (3.90%) NIST
5 24 (2.93%) QA
6 20 (2.44%) PMO
7 15 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.73%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.61%) GLBA
10 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.49%) GAAP
10 4 (0.49%) GMP
10 4 (0.49%) IFRS
10 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.49%) SEPA
10 4 (0.49%) SLA
10 4 (0.49%) TARGET2
System Software
1 28 (3.41%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.98%) Docker
3 5 (0.61%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.61%) ProxySG
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (3.29%) Terraform
2 16 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.46%) Ansible
4 8 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.85%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.24%) AssetCenter
6 2 (0.24%) SCCM
7 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 195 (23.78%) Microsoft
2 171 (20.85%) PayPal
3 36 (4.39%) Salesforce
4 19 (2.32%) Google
5 18 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.95%) Oracle
7 14 (1.71%) Cisco
7 14 (1.71%) SAP
8 12 (1.46%) Arista
8 12 (1.46%) Aruba
8 12 (1.46%) NetScout
9 11 (1.34%) Anaplan
9 11 (1.34%) HubSpot
10 10 (1.22%) Adobe
10 10 (1.22%) Genesys
10 10 (1.22%) Splunk
11 9 (1.10%) Verint
11 9 (1.10%) Workday
12 8 (0.98%) New Relic
13 7 (0.85%) Qualtrics