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 28 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 6 21
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 958 1,529 1,463
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.71% 17.44% 7.62%
As % of the General category 10.82% 23.97% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 749 370 1,035
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,001 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,350 £47,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -0.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,945 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,647 £80,000 £73,112
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

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 8,851 6,379 10,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 43.53% 72.75% 53.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,841 2,736 7,421
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,284 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -8.28%
75th Percentile £67,625 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,745 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +8.09% -12.50%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -19 558 £47,500 -5.00% 174
Yorkshire -9 297 £50,000 +11.48% 100
North East -25 103 £55,000 +41.75% 40
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 39 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.57%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.15%) Apache
4 11 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.94%) Confluence
6 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.42%) WordPress
8 3 (0.31%) CMS
8 3 (0.31%) JBoss
9 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 139 (14.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.82%) MS Visio
4 17 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (2.40%) Salesforce CRM
3 15 (1.57%) SAP PM
4 14 (1.46%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.73%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.63%) Magento
8 5 (0.52%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.31%) SAP QM
11 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
12 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
12 1 (0.10%) SAP ECC
12 1 (0.10%) SAP MDM
12 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 132 (13.78%) Azure
2 128 (13.36%) Power Platform
3 104 (10.86%) AWS
4 58 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (4.18%) GCP
6 32 (3.34%) Entra ID
6 32 (3.34%) SaaS
7 31 (3.24%) Microsoft Purview
8 25 (2.61%) GitHub
9 24 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.19%) PowerApps
12 19 (1.98%) Amazon S3
12 19 (1.98%) Boomi
13 17 (1.77%) Google Analytics
13 17 (1.77%) Serverless
14 16 (1.67%) Power Automate
15 13 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.25%) OCI
17 10 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (6.16%) Firewall
2 20 (2.09%) Wireless
3 19 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (1.57%) VPN
5 14 (1.46%) WAN
5 14 (1.46%) Wireshark
6 12 (1.25%) NGFW
6 12 (1.25%) VXLAN
7 11 (1.15%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (1.15%) LAN
7 11 (1.15%) Network Security
8 10 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (1.04%) SNMP
9 9 (0.94%) DNS
10 8 (0.84%) DHCP
11 6 (0.63%) BGP
11 6 (0.63%) EIGRP
11 6 (0.63%) OSPF
11 6 (0.63%) WAAS
11 6 (0.63%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (11.38%) Power BI
2 84 (8.77%) Tableau
3 37 (3.86%) Data Mining
4 36 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (2.09%) Big Data
7 15 (1.57%) Metadata
7 15 (1.57%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.25%) BigQuery
8 12 (1.25%) DynamoDB
9 10 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (0.84%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.73%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.73%) Looker
12 7 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.63%) MySQL
13 6 (0.63%) Power Query
13 6 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 35 (3.65%) JIRA
2 14 (1.46%) Git
3 10 (1.04%) GitLab
4 9 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.42%) Selenium
7 3 (0.31%) Maven
7 3 (0.31%) Postman
7 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.21%) MLflow
8 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
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)
General
1 425 (44.36%) Social Skills
2 277 (28.91%) Finance
3 98 (10.23%) Marketing
3 98 (10.23%) Public Sector
4 81 (8.46%) Law
5 52 (5.43%) Legal
6 45 (4.70%) Retail
7 43 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 43 (4.49%) Telecoms
8 36 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (3.13%) Military
12 26 (2.71%) Back Office
13 19 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.36%) Banking
16 12 (1.25%) Advertising
17 11 (1.15%) Local Government
18 8 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 273 (28.50%) Analyst
2 105 (10.96%) Data Analyst
3 100 (10.44%) Senior
4 94 (9.81%) Lead
5 57 (5.95%) Business Analyst
6 56 (5.85%) Developer
7 48 (5.01%) Data Manager
7 48 (5.01%) Systems Analyst
8 43 (4.49%) Architect
8 43 (4.49%) Systems Manager
9 36 (3.76%) Data Engineer
10 34 (3.55%) Trainee
10 34 (3.55%) Trainee Analyst
10 34 (3.55%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 30 (3.13%) Head of QA
11 30 (3.13%) HR Analyst
11 30 (3.13%) HR Data Analyst
11 30 (3.13%) HR Manager
12 26 (2.71%) CRM Executive
13 24 (2.51%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.82%) Middleware
2 26 (2.71%) REST
3 21 (2.19%) HTML
4 20 (2.09%) .NET
5 17 (1.77%) CSS
5 17 (1.77%) Node.js
5 17 (1.77%) XML
6 15 (1.57%) SOAP
7 13 (1.36%) EDI
7 13 (1.36%) JSON
8 12 (1.25%) React
9 9 (0.94%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.84%) Flutter
11 7 (0.73%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.63%) PySpark
12 6 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
12 6 (0.63%) Web Services
13 5 (0.52%) Pandas
14 4 (0.42%) Jest
14 4 (0.42%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 46 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 42 (4.38%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 27 (2.82%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.77%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.36%) Driving Licence
9 13 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
10 12 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.25%) PKI
11 10 (1.04%) Credit Risk
11 10 (1.04%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.04%) Social Media
11 10 (1.04%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.73%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
14 6 (0.63%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.53%) Windows
2 34 (3.55%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.52%) Android
7 4 (0.42%) Linux
7 4 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (38.41%) Problem-Solving
2 304 (31.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 266 (27.77%) Decision-Making
4 239 (24.95%) Analytics
5 223 (23.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 130 (13.57%) Agile
7 112 (11.69%) AI
7 112 (11.69%) Mentoring
8 106 (11.06%) Actionable Insight
9 105 (10.96%) CRM
10 104 (10.86%) Data Governance
11 103 (10.75%) Business Intelligence
12 100 (10.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 98 (10.23%) Data Analysis
14 95 (9.92%) Data Modelling
15 91 (9.50%) Project Management
16 90 (9.39%) ERP
17 82 (8.56%) Roadmaps
18 76 (7.93%) Root Cause Analysis
19 72 (7.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 204 (21.29%) SQL
2 162 (16.91%) Python
3 32 (3.34%) C#
3 32 (3.34%) Java
3 32 (3.34%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.36%) R
5 11 (1.15%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.04%) T-SQL
7 9 (0.94%) Go
7 9 (0.94%) Scala
8 8 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.73%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.63%) Bash
10 6 (0.63%) C++
10 6 (0.63%) PHP
11 3 (0.31%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.31%) C
11 3 (0.31%) Groovy
11 3 (0.31%) SOQL
11 3 (0.31%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 108 (11.27%) Degree
2 80 (8.35%) DBS Check
3 44 (4.59%) Security Cleared
4 38 (3.97%) ACCA
5 34 (3.55%) CIMA
6 32 (3.34%) SC Cleared
7 30 (3.13%) IRCA
8 17 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.15%) CCNP
13 10 (1.04%) CCNA
13 10 (1.04%) HNC
14 8 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.73%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.63%) CCIE
17 5 (0.52%) AWS Certification
17 5 (0.52%) Master's Degree
17 5 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (16.81%) Data Quality
2 85 (8.87%) GDPR
3 76 (7.93%) QA
4 38 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 36 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (3.55%) ISO 9001
7 24 (2.51%) NIST
7 24 (2.51%) SLA
8 18 (1.88%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.77%) TickIT
10 16 (1.67%) Accessibility
10 16 (1.67%) PMO
11 8 (0.84%) GMP
12 6 (0.63%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.42%) GRC
14 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 14443
14 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 7816
14 4 (0.42%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.21%) IFRS
System Software
1 47 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.36%) Docker
3 9 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.63%) ProxySG
5 3 (0.31%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (2.92%) Terraform
2 13 (1.36%) Ansible
3 11 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.63%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.31%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.10%) Autotask
Vendors
1 240 (25.05%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.47%) Workday
3 54 (5.64%) SAP
4 49 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 30 (3.13%) Google
6 17 (1.77%) Cisco
6 17 (1.77%) iManage
7 16 (1.67%) Aruba
7 16 (1.67%) Databricks
8 15 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.46%) Adobe
10 13 (1.36%) Arista
10 13 (1.36%) NetScout
10 13 (1.36%) Oracle
11 10 (1.04%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.94%) Aderant
12 9 (0.94%) Intapp
12 9 (0.94%) SolarWinds
13 8 (0.84%) HubSpot
13 8 (0.84%) IFS