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 27 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 16
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,165 1,564 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.84% 16.37% 7.59%
As % of the General category 11.83% 25.36% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 791 340 512
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -11.00% +4.38%
75th Percentile £60,723 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,456 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -5.91% -3.68%

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 9,851 6,168 7,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.96% 64.56% 56.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,421 2,662 3,570
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -16 706 £46,500 +3.33% 572
Yorkshire -9 317 £47,000 +17.50% 339
North East -20 148 £50,500 +26.25% 100
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 52 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.55%) Confluence
4 14 (1.20%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.12%) Apache
6 11 (0.94%) Jupyter
7 10 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.52%) CMS
9 5 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.17%) nginx
12 1 (0.086%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.086%) CICS
12 1 (0.086%) IIS
12 1 (0.086%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.086%) SAS
12 1 (0.086%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.086%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.086%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.086%) WordPress
Applications
1 164 (14.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 88 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.66%) MS Visio
4 24 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.17%) CATIA
8 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.17%) LaTeX
8 2 (0.17%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.086%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.69%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.52%) Exchequer
4 6 (0.52%) Magento
4 6 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.52%) Shopify
5 5 (0.43%) Odoo
6 4 (0.34%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.34%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.34%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.26%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.26%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.17%) iTrent
8 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 167 (14.33%) Azure
2 154 (13.22%) Power Platform
3 139 (11.93%) AWS
4 78 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
5 65 (5.58%) GCP
6 40 (3.43%) Serverless
7 39 (3.35%) SaaS
8 37 (3.18%) Amazon S3
9 36 (3.09%) Entra ID
10 32 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
10 32 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (2.66%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (2.58%) PowerApps
13 26 (2.23%) Google Analytics
14 25 (2.15%) GitHub
15 22 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 22 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
17 19 (1.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.58%) DNS
2 29 (2.49%) DHCP
3 24 (2.06%) Internet
4 21 (1.80%) Firewall
5 18 (1.55%) Wireless
6 16 (1.37%) VPN
7 14 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.12%) WAN
9 8 (0.69%) LAN
10 7 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.52%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.52%) SNMP
12 5 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.43%) HTTP
12 5 (0.43%) Network Security
13 4 (0.34%) ATM
13 4 (0.34%) SMS
13 4 (0.34%) SSL
13 4 (0.34%) VLAN
13 4 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (10.90%) Power BI
2 45 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (3.43%) Tableau
4 27 (2.32%) Metadata
4 27 (2.32%) SQL Server
5 26 (2.23%) BigQuery
6 25 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (1.72%) Big Data
8 17 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (1.20%) Looker
9 14 (1.20%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.12%) Power Query
11 12 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (0.94%) MySQL
13 9 (0.77%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.77%) Spark SQL
13 9 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 55 (4.72%) JIRA
2 48 (4.12%) Git
3 15 (1.29%) GitLab
4 7 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.34%) Postman
6 3 (0.26%) Appium
6 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.26%) RStudio
6 3 (0.26%) Selenium
6 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.17%) JMeter
7 2 (0.17%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.086%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.086%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.086%) Maven
8 1 (0.086%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.086%) Visual Studio
General
1 521 (44.72%) Social Skills
2 317 (27.21%) Finance
3 113 (9.70%) Marketing
4 110 (9.44%) Law
5 108 (9.27%) Organisational Skills
6 102 (8.76%) Public Sector
7 88 (7.55%) Legal
8 83 (7.12%) Retail
9 76 (6.52%) Manufacturing
10 62 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
11 56 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 39 (3.35%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (2.32%) Military
15 26 (2.23%) Banking
16 24 (2.06%) Back Office
17 19 (1.63%) Automotive
18 18 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
18 18 (1.55%) Local Government
19 17 (1.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 332 (28.50%) Analyst
2 128 (10.99%) Senior
3 82 (7.04%) Business Analyst
4 74 (6.35%) Data Analyst
4 74 (6.35%) Developer
5 70 (6.01%) Lead
6 55 (4.72%) Architect
7 48 (4.12%) Data Engineer
8 43 (3.69%) Systems Analyst
9 38 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
10 31 (2.66%) Senior Manager
11 30 (2.58%) Junior
11 30 (2.58%) Technical Analyst
12 29 (2.49%) Support Analyst
13 27 (2.32%) Support Engineer
14 26 (2.23%) IT Support
15 25 (2.15%) Consultant
16 24 (2.06%) HR Analyst
16 24 (2.06%) HR Data Analyst
17 23 (1.97%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.26%) REST
2 32 (2.75%) Terraform
3 29 (2.49%) .NET
4 27 (2.32%) Middleware
5 26 (2.23%) HTML
6 23 (1.97%) CSS
7 20 (1.72%) EDI
7 20 (1.72%) PySpark
7 20 (1.72%) SOAP
8 19 (1.63%) JSON
8 19 (1.63%) Node.js
9 17 (1.46%) XML
10 8 (0.69%) Kafka
10 8 (0.69%) React
11 7 (0.60%) Web Services
12 6 (0.52%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.43%) Pandas
14 4 (0.34%) Entity Framework
14 4 (0.34%) Spring
14 4 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 65 (5.58%) Analytical Mindset
2 64 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 62 (5.32%) Onboarding
4 49 (4.21%) Product Ownership
5 28 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.15%) Driving Licence
6 25 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
7 24 (2.06%) Social Media
8 23 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.63%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.12%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.94%) Credit Risk
13 11 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.94%) NHS
14 10 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.77%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 70 (6.01%) Windows
2 42 (3.61%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.58%) Linux
4 19 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.34%) Unix
9 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.26%) CentOS
9 3 (0.26%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.086%) Android
10 1 (0.086%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (45.75%) Problem-Solving
2 388 (33.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 293 (25.15%) Decision-Making
4 263 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 229 (19.66%) Analytics
6 198 (17.00%) Agile
7 191 (16.39%) AI
8 152 (13.05%) Mentoring
9 147 (12.62%) Business Intelligence
10 132 (11.33%) ERP
11 126 (10.82%) CRM
12 119 (10.21%) Validation
13 111 (9.53%) CI/CD
14 110 (9.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 105 (9.01%) Data Modelling
16 103 (8.84%) Customer Service
17 100 (8.58%) Coaching
18 99 (8.50%) Project Delivery
19 98 (8.41%) DevOps
20 96 (8.24%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 227 (19.48%) SQL
2 155 (13.30%) Python
3 50 (4.29%) JavaScript
4 41 (3.52%) Java
5 36 (3.09%) C#
6 28 (2.40%) PowerShell
7 23 (1.97%) Bash
8 16 (1.37%) C++
8 16 (1.37%) R
8 16 (1.37%) Shell Script
9 11 (0.94%) Scala
10 10 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.69%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.52%) C
13 6 (0.52%) PHP
14 4 (0.34%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.34%) COBOL
14 4 (0.34%) XPath
15 3 (0.26%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 173 (14.85%) Degree
2 89 (7.64%) Security Cleared
3 66 (5.67%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.12%) ACCA
5 44 (3.78%) DBS Check
6 42 (3.61%) CIMA
7 21 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.94%) HNC
11 10 (0.86%) CCNA
11 10 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.52%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.52%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.52%) PMP
14 6 (0.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (15.02%) Data Quality
2 69 (5.92%) QA
3 57 (4.89%) GDPR
4 30 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.46%) PMO
5 17 (1.46%) SLA
5 17 (1.46%) TickIT
6 16 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.52%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.43%) GRC
10 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 14443
11 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 4 (0.34%) NEBOSH
11 4 (0.34%) NIST
11 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 65 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 47 (4.03%) Docker
3 8 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.26%) Ceph
4 3 (0.26%) DFS Replication
4 3 (0.26%) Firmware
4 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.086%) NFS
5 1 (0.086%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.52%) Ansible
4 5 (0.43%) Grafana
4 5 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.26%) Argo
6 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.26%) Istio
6 3 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (0.26%) Podman
6 3 (0.26%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.17%) Nessus
8 1 (0.086%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 297 (25.49%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.84%) Google
3 45 (3.86%) SAP
4 31 (2.66%) Workday
4 31 (2.66%) YouTube
5 30 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.63%) Oracle
7 18 (1.55%) Databricks
8 17 (1.46%) VMware
9 16 (1.37%) iManage
10 14 (1.20%) Cisco
11 13 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.03%) Adobe
13 10 (0.86%) Aderant
14 8 (0.69%) HP
14 8 (0.69%) HubSpot
14 8 (0.69%) Intapp
15 7 (0.60%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.60%) Sage
15 7 (0.60%) Veeam