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

6 months to
5 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 814 937 975
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.80% 11.15% 8.10%
As % of the General category 11.50% 16.35% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 430 393 763
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,850 £26,980
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,850
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 7,079 5,730 7,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 59.15% 68.16% 58.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,468 2,410 5,672
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,000 £47,779
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.84% -8.99%
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 5 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 5 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 -15 417 £42,500 -19.05% 229
Yorkshire +1 294 £45,000 -10.00% 112
North East -3 103 £40,000 - 33
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 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.23%) Confluence
5 6 (0.74%) Apache
6 4 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
7 3 (0.37%) WordPress
8 2 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
8 2 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.25%) WinCC
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 171 (21.01%) Chatbot
2 164 (20.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.84%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.35%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.74%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.25%) Revit
10 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.21%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (1.23%) Shopify
3 8 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.86%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.74%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.12%) C-CURE
10 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.12%) Magento
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
10 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 104 (12.78%) Power Platform
2 83 (10.20%) Azure
3 69 (8.48%) AWS
4 39 (4.79%) Entra ID
5 29 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (3.56%) Microsoft Purview
5 29 (3.56%) SaaS
6 16 (1.97%) OCI
7 15 (1.84%) GCP
8 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.23%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.11%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.11%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.98%) Adobe Analytics
12 8 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (0.98%) Snowflake
13 7 (0.86%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 57 (7.00%) Firewall
2 15 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (1.72%) Network Security
4 12 (1.47%) NGFW
4 12 (1.47%) VXLAN
4 12 (1.47%) Wireshark
5 8 (0.98%) WAN
6 7 (0.86%) LAN
7 6 (0.74%) Asterisk PBX
7 6 (0.74%) PSTN
7 6 (0.74%) VoIP
7 6 (0.74%) VPN
8 5 (0.61%) Internet
8 5 (0.61%) VLAN
9 4 (0.49%) BGP
9 4 (0.49%) DNS
9 4 (0.49%) EIGRP
9 4 (0.49%) OSPF
9 4 (0.49%) WAAS
9 4 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (12.04%) Tableau
2 96 (11.79%) Power BI
3 75 (9.21%) Data Mining
4 37 (4.55%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.97%) Metadata
6 15 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.86%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.86%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.86%) GIS
10 7 (0.86%) Looker
10 7 (0.86%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.74%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.61%) Power Query
13 4 (0.49%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.37%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.37%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (1.47%) JIRA
2 5 (0.61%) Git
3 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.12%) Gatling
4 1 (0.12%) GitLab
4 1 (0.12%) JMeter
4 1 (0.12%) JUnit
4 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 325 (39.93%) Social Skills
2 241 (29.61%) Finance
3 51 (6.27%) Marketing
4 49 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
5 43 (5.28%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (4.30%) Legal
8 23 (2.83%) Law
8 23 (2.83%) Telecoms
9 22 (2.70%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.58%) Retail
11 20 (2.46%) Banking
12 14 (1.72%) Games
13 12 (1.47%) Advertising
13 12 (1.47%) Electronics
14 9 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.61%) Billing
15 5 (0.61%) French Language
16 4 (0.49%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 214 (26.29%) Analyst
2 171 (21.01%) Trainer
3 99 (12.16%) Data Analyst
4 83 (10.20%) Senior
5 69 (8.48%) Trainee
6 67 (8.23%) Trainee Analyst
6 67 (8.23%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 47 (5.77%) Lead
8 33 (4.05%) Architect
9 27 (3.32%) Support Engineer
10 26 (3.19%) Business Analyst
11 25 (3.07%) CRM Executive
12 23 (2.83%) IT Support
12 23 (2.83%) Systems Analyst
13 20 (2.46%) Senior Manager
14 19 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (2.21%) Applications Support
15 18 (2.21%) Salesforce Executive
15 18 (2.21%) Support Analyst
16 17 (2.09%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.21%) CSS
2 14 (1.72%) React
3 12 (1.47%) HTML
4 7 (0.86%) .NET
4 7 (0.86%) Flutter
5 6 (0.74%) 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 (0.25%) Django
9 2 (0.25%) Flask
9 2 (0.25%) jQuery
9 2 (0.25%) Laravel
9 2 (0.25%) PySpark
9 2 (0.25%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.99%) Analytical Mindset
2 46 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (5.28%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (2.95%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 20 (2.46%) Driving Licence
7 19 (2.33%) Social Media
8 16 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.47%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.47%) PKI
9 12 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.23%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.11%) Operational Technology
12 8 (0.98%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.86%) Life Science
14 6 (0.74%) Mobile App
14 6 (0.74%) SCADA
15 5 (0.61%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.42%) 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
1 289 (35.50%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (31.08%) AI
3 173 (21.25%) Chemistry
4 171 (21.01%) Conversational UI
5 170 (20.88%) Decision-Making
6 158 (19.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 151 (18.55%) Analytics
8 147 (18.06%) Project Management
9 114 (14.00%) Data Analysis
10 113 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 109 (13.39%) Business Intelligence
12 106 (13.02%) Agile
13 101 (12.41%) Business Analysis
14 87 (10.69%) Data Analytics
15 63 (7.74%) Actionable Insight
16 56 (6.88%) CRM
17 55 (6.76%) Process Improvement
17 55 (6.76%) Visualisation
18 54 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
19 53 (6.51%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 164 (20.15%) SQL
2 132 (16.22%) Python
3 15 (1.84%) Java
4 14 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (1.72%) JavaScript
4 14 (1.72%) T-SQL
5 8 (0.98%) Go
6 7 (0.86%) Scala
6 7 (0.86%) VBA
7 6 (0.74%) Bash
7 6 (0.74%) C#
7 6 (0.74%) R
8 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.25%) Bicep
10 2 (0.25%) PHP
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 310 (38.08%) Degree
2 193 (23.71%) Master's Degree
3 172 (21.13%) PhD
4 30 (3.69%) DBS Check
5 22 (2.70%) ACCA
5 22 (2.70%) CIMA
6 19 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.72%) PMI Certification
9 13 (1.60%) PMP
10 12 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.23%) CCNP
12 8 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.86%) Security Cleared
14 6 (0.74%) CIPD
14 6 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.74%) SC Cleared
15 5 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 4 (0.49%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.41%) Data Quality
1 44 (5.41%) GDPR
2 41 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (3.93%) NIST
5 27 (3.32%) QA
6 19 (2.33%) PMO
7 17 (2.09%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.74%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.61%) GLBA
11 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.49%) GAAP
11 4 (0.49%) GMP
11 4 (0.49%) IFRS
11 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.49%) SEPA
11 4 (0.49%) SLA
11 4 (0.49%) TARGET2
System Software
1 28 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.98%) Docker
3 5 (0.61%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.49%) ProxySG
5 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (3.19%) Terraform
2 16 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.47%) Ansible
4 8 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.74%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.25%) AssetCenter
6 2 (0.25%) SCCM
7 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 198 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 171 (21.01%) PayPal
3 35 (4.30%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.09%) Google
4 17 (2.09%) ServiceNow
5 16 (1.97%) Oracle
6 15 (1.84%) SAP
7 13 (1.60%) Cisco
8 12 (1.47%) Arista
8 12 (1.47%) Aruba
8 12 (1.47%) NetScout
9 11 (1.35%) Anaplan
10 10 (1.23%) Adobe
10 10 (1.23%) Genesys
10 10 (1.23%) HubSpot
10 10 (1.23%) Splunk
11 9 (1.11%) Verint
11 9 (1.11%) Workday
12 8 (0.98%) New Relic
13 7 (0.86%) Qualtrics