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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 5 16
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,125 1,508 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.74% 16.02% 7.56%
As % of the General category 11.54% 24.70% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 787 341 558
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £36,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,723 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £54,967
% change year-on-year - -4.49% -0.06%

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 9,750 6,105 7,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 41.06% 64.85% 55.05%
Number of salaries quoted 6,346 2,675 3,787
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £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 18 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 18 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 -15 683 £46,500 +3.33% 583
Yorkshire -9 308 £47,500 +18.75% 277
North East -23 137 £50,500 +26.25% 106
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 53 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.51%) Confluence
4 14 (1.24%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.07%) Apache
6 11 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.89%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.44%) CMS
9 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.089%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.089%) CICS
10 1 (0.089%) IIS
10 1 (0.089%) JBoss
10 1 (0.089%) nginx
10 1 (0.089%) SAS
10 1 (0.089%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.089%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.089%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.089%) WordPress
Applications
1 161 (14.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 29 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.18%) CATIA
8 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.18%) LaTeX
8 2 (0.18%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.80%) SAP PM
4 8 (0.71%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.53%) Exchequer
6 6 (0.53%) Magento
7 5 (0.44%) Shopify
8 4 (0.36%) Odoo
8 4 (0.36%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.27%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.18%) SAP CRM
11 1 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.089%) SAP MDM
11 1 (0.089%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 158 (14.04%) Power Platform
2 157 (13.96%) Azure
3 132 (11.73%) AWS
4 83 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (5.16%) GCP
6 42 (3.73%) Serverless
7 40 (3.56%) SaaS
8 38 (3.38%) Amazon S3
9 34 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
10 33 (2.93%) Entra ID
11 32 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (2.67%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (2.67%) PowerApps
13 25 (2.22%) GitHub
13 25 (2.22%) Google Analytics
14 22 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (1.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
17 19 (1.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.58%) DNS
2 28 (2.49%) DHCP
3 21 (1.87%) Firewall
4 19 (1.69%) Wireless
5 18 (1.60%) VPN
6 15 (1.33%) Internet
7 14 (1.24%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.16%) WAN
9 8 (0.71%) LAN
10 6 (0.53%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.53%) SNMP
10 6 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.44%) HTTP
11 5 (0.44%) Network Security
12 4 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.36%) SMS
12 4 (0.36%) SSL
12 4 (0.36%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (11.64%) Power BI
2 47 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (3.82%) Tableau
4 26 (2.31%) BigQuery
4 26 (2.31%) Metadata
4 26 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.22%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.96%) Big Data
7 17 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (1.42%) Looker
9 13 (1.16%) Power Query
10 12 (1.07%) Relational Database
11 11 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (0.89%) MySQL
12 10 (0.89%) Spark SQL
13 9 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.71%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 54 (4.80%) JIRA
2 37 (3.29%) Git
3 13 (1.16%) GitLab
4 8 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.27%) Postman
5 3 (0.27%) RStudio
5 3 (0.27%) Selenium
5 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.18%) Appium
6 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.18%) JMeter
6 2 (0.18%) Maven
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.089%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.089%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.089%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.089%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.089%) Visual Studio
General
1 499 (44.36%) Social Skills
2 310 (27.56%) Finance
3 112 (9.96%) Law
4 107 (9.51%) Marketing
5 97 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
6 96 (8.53%) Public Sector
7 82 (7.29%) Legal
8 77 (6.84%) Retail
9 68 (6.04%) Manufacturing
10 61 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
11 56 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 42 (3.73%) Telecoms
13 30 (2.67%) Military
14 26 (2.31%) Banking
15 24 (2.13%) Back Office
16 23 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.60%) Automotive
18 17 (1.51%) Games
19 16 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 318 (28.27%) Analyst
2 120 (10.67%) Senior
3 80 (7.11%) Business Analyst
4 76 (6.76%) Data Analyst
5 75 (6.67%) Lead
6 71 (6.31%) Developer
7 54 (4.80%) Architect
8 51 (4.53%) Data Engineer
9 43 (3.82%) Systems Analyst
10 34 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (2.76%) Senior Manager
12 29 (2.58%) Junior
13 28 (2.49%) IT Support
13 28 (2.49%) Support Engineer
13 28 (2.49%) Technical Analyst
14 26 (2.31%) Support Analyst
15 24 (2.13%) HR Analyst
15 24 (2.13%) HR Data Analyst
16 23 (2.04%) Administrator
17 22 (1.96%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.29%) REST
2 30 (2.67%) Terraform
3 29 (2.58%) .NET
4 27 (2.40%) Middleware
5 26 (2.31%) HTML
6 22 (1.96%) CSS
7 20 (1.78%) EDI
7 20 (1.78%) SOAP
8 19 (1.69%) JSON
8 19 (1.69%) Node.js
8 19 (1.69%) PySpark
8 19 (1.69%) XML
9 9 (0.80%) Web Services
10 7 (0.62%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.62%) Kafka
10 7 (0.62%) React
11 6 (0.53%) Pandas
12 5 (0.44%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.44%) scikit-learn
13 4 (0.36%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 58 (5.16%) Onboarding
3 57 (5.07%) Management Information System
4 49 (4.36%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.04%) Driving Licence
6 23 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (1.96%) Social Media
8 19 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
11 14 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.16%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.89%) Credit Risk
15 10 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.89%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.80%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 73 (6.49%) Windows
2 43 (3.82%) Windows Server
3 20 (1.78%) Linux
4 19 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.53%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.27%) CentOS
9 3 (0.27%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.27%) Unix
10 1 (0.089%) Android
10 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (45.07%) Problem-Solving
2 366 (32.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 289 (25.69%) Decision-Making
4 246 (21.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 229 (20.36%) Analytics
6 196 (17.42%) Agile
7 188 (16.71%) AI
8 148 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
9 136 (12.09%) Mentoring
10 127 (11.29%) ERP
11 120 (10.67%) Validation
12 119 (10.58%) CRM
13 106 (9.42%) Data Modelling
14 102 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 101 (8.98%) Actionable Insight
16 99 (8.80%) Customer Service
16 99 (8.80%) Data Governance
17 96 (8.53%) CI/CD
18 94 (8.36%) Coaching
19 93 (8.27%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 225 (20.00%) SQL
2 156 (13.87%) Python
3 49 (4.36%) JavaScript
4 43 (3.82%) Java
5 36 (3.20%) C#
6 27 (2.40%) PowerShell
7 23 (2.04%) Bash
8 17 (1.51%) C++
9 15 (1.33%) R
10 11 (0.98%) Scala
11 10 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.80%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.62%) C
13 7 (0.62%) PHP
13 7 (0.62%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.53%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.36%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.36%) COBOL
15 4 (0.36%) XPath
16 3 (0.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 157 (13.96%) Degree
2 85 (7.56%) Security Cleared
3 62 (5.51%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.44%) ACCA
5 49 (4.36%) DBS Check
6 43 (3.82%) CIMA
7 21 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.89%) CCNA
11 10 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.80%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.71%) HNC
14 7 (0.62%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (0.53%) IRCA
15 6 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.53%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (15.64%) Data Quality
2 76 (6.76%) QA
3 57 (5.07%) GDPR
4 29 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.69%) SLA
6 17 (1.51%) TickIT
7 16 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (1.16%) PMO
9 12 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.98%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.44%) GRC
12 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.36%) NIST
13 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.27%) COSO
14 3 (0.27%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 66 (5.87%) Active Directory
2 38 (3.38%) Docker
3 8 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.27%) Ceph
4 3 (0.27%) DFS Replication
4 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.089%) NFS
6 1 (0.089%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.44%) Ansible
4 4 (0.36%) Grafana
4 4 (0.36%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.27%) Argo
5 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.27%) Istio
5 3 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.27%) Podman
5 3 (0.27%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.18%) Nessus
7 1 (0.089%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.089%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 282 (25.07%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.07%) Google
3 47 (4.18%) SAP
4 37 (3.29%) Workday
5 29 (2.58%) Salesforce
5 29 (2.58%) YouTube
6 19 (1.69%) Databricks
7 17 (1.51%) Oracle
8 16 (1.42%) iManage
8 16 (1.42%) VMware
9 14 (1.24%) Cisco
10 13 (1.16%) Adobe
10 13 (1.16%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.80%) Aderant
12 8 (0.71%) HP
12 8 (0.71%) Intapp
13 7 (0.62%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.62%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.62%) Sage
13 7 (0.62%) Veeam