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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,064 1,484 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.65% 15.64% 7.59%
As % of the General category 11.42% 23.89% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 770 349 648
10th Percentile £30,750 £25,950 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,556 £33,125 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,291 £79,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 9,315 6,211 8,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.68% 65.47% 54.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6,207 2,816 4,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,925 £31,000 £35,940
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 £62,194 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 2 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 2 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 -15 653 £46,500 +3.33% 556
Yorkshire -13 284 £47,000 +17.50% 281
North East -17 127 £51,500 +25.61% 91
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 51 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (4.51%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.60%) Confluence
4 14 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.03%) Apache
5 11 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.85%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.47%) CMS
8 3 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.094%) CICS
9 1 (0.094%) IIS
9 1 (0.094%) JBoss
9 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.094%) SAS
9 1 (0.094%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.094%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.094%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.094%) WordPress
Applications
1 133 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.01%) MS Visio
4 22 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.19%) LaTeX
7 2 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.094%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.094%) CATIA
8 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.32%) SAP PM
3 12 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
5 10 (0.94%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.56%) Exchequer
6 6 (0.56%) Magento
7 4 (0.38%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.38%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.28%) Odoo
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.28%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.28%) Shopify
9 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.094%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.094%) SAP ECC
10 1 (0.094%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 147 (13.82%) Azure
2 146 (13.72%) Power Platform
3 129 (12.12%) AWS
4 78 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.36%) GCP
6 43 (4.04%) SaaS
7 40 (3.76%) Serverless
8 37 (3.48%) Amazon S3
9 33 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
10 30 (2.82%) PowerApps
11 29 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (2.73%) Entra ID
12 28 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
13 25 (2.35%) GitHub
13 25 (2.35%) Google Analytics
14 20 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 20 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
16 18 (1.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.54%) DNS
2 26 (2.44%) DHCP
3 22 (2.07%) Firewall
4 21 (1.97%) VPN
4 21 (1.97%) Wireless
5 14 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.22%) WAN
7 12 (1.13%) Internet
8 10 (0.94%) LAN
9 7 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (0.66%) Network Security
10 6 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.56%) IP Telephony
10 6 (0.56%) SNMP
10 6 (0.56%) VLAN
10 6 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.47%) HTTP
11 5 (0.47%) SMS
12 4 (0.38%) ATM
12 4 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (11.09%) Power BI
2 54 (5.08%) Tableau
3 46 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.35%) BigQuery
6 22 (2.07%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.97%) Big Data
7 21 (1.97%) Metadata
8 17 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.60%) Looker
9 16 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (0.94%) MySQL
10 10 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.94%) Power Query
10 10 (0.94%) Spark SQL
11 9 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
11 9 (0.85%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.75%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.66%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 55 (5.17%) JIRA
2 31 (2.91%) Git
3 10 (0.94%) GitLab
4 9 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Postman
5 3 (0.28%) RStudio
5 3 (0.28%) Selenium
5 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.19%) Maven
6 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.094%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.094%) JMeter
7 1 (0.094%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.094%) MLflow
7 1 (0.094%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.094%) Visual Studio
General
1 464 (43.61%) Social Skills
2 290 (27.26%) Finance
3 111 (10.43%) Law
4 100 (9.40%) Marketing
5 91 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 71 (6.67%) Legal
7 67 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
8 64 (6.02%) Retail
9 57 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
10 54 (5.08%) Manufacturing
11 52 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 41 (3.85%) Telecoms
13 33 (3.10%) Military
14 29 (2.73%) Back Office
15 21 (1.97%) Banking
16 20 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.41%) Games
18 15 (1.41%) Local Government
19 11 (1.03%) Billing
Job Titles
1 299 (28.10%) Analyst
2 110 (10.34%) Senior
3 77 (7.24%) Data Analyst
4 74 (6.95%) Business Analyst
4 74 (6.95%) Lead
5 64 (6.02%) Developer
6 48 (4.51%) Architect
7 47 (4.42%) Data Engineer
8 43 (4.04%) Systems Analyst
9 32 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
10 29 (2.73%) IT Support
10 29 (2.73%) Senior Manager
11 28 (2.63%) Data Manager
12 27 (2.54%) Systems Manager
13 26 (2.44%) Support Engineer
14 25 (2.35%) Technical Analyst
15 24 (2.26%) HR Analyst
15 24 (2.26%) HR Data Analyst
16 23 (2.16%) Junior
17 21 (1.97%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.01%) REST
2 30 (2.82%) .NET
3 28 (2.63%) Terraform
4 27 (2.54%) Middleware
5 24 (2.26%) HTML
6 20 (1.88%) CSS
7 19 (1.79%) EDI
8 18 (1.69%) Node.js
8 18 (1.69%) SOAP
8 18 (1.69%) XML
9 15 (1.41%) JSON
9 15 (1.41%) PySpark
10 8 (0.75%) Web Services
11 7 (0.66%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.66%) Kafka
12 6 (0.56%) ASP.NET
12 6 (0.56%) Pandas
12 6 (0.56%) React
12 6 (0.56%) scikit-learn
13 5 (0.47%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 49 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 48 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 42 (3.95%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (1.97%) Driving Licence
7 21 (1.97%) Social Media
8 18 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.41%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.94%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.85%) Credit Risk
15 9 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
15 9 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (0.75%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 73 (6.86%) Windows
2 44 (4.14%) Windows Server
3 18 (1.69%) Linux
4 17 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.28%) CentOS
8 3 (0.28%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.28%) Unix
9 1 (0.094%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (42.58%) Problem-Solving
2 336 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 280 (26.32%) Decision-Making
4 231 (21.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 223 (20.96%) Analytics
6 185 (17.39%) Agile
7 165 (15.51%) AI
8 131 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
9 116 (10.90%) Mentoring
10 114 (10.71%) ERP
11 108 (10.15%) CRM
12 106 (9.96%) Validation
13 103 (9.68%) Data Modelling
14 100 (9.40%) Actionable Insight
14 100 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 98 (9.21%) Data Governance
16 94 (8.83%) Roadmaps
17 87 (8.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 86 (8.08%) Customer Service
19 85 (7.99%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 218 (20.49%) SQL
2 157 (14.76%) Python
3 47 (4.42%) JavaScript
4 44 (4.14%) Java
5 39 (3.67%) C#
6 25 (2.35%) PowerShell
7 22 (2.07%) Bash
8 16 (1.50%) C++
9 15 (1.41%) R
10 11 (1.03%) Scala
11 9 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.75%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.66%) PHP
14 6 (0.56%) C
14 6 (0.56%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.47%) Go
16 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.38%) COBOL
17 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 127 (11.94%) Degree
2 74 (6.95%) Security Cleared
3 59 (5.55%) DBS Check
4 51 (4.79%) SC Cleared
5 37 (3.48%) ACCA
6 32 (3.01%) CIMA
7 22 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.50%) IRCA
9 14 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.94%) CCNA
12 9 (0.85%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.85%) HNC
12 9 (0.85%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.66%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.66%) CCNP
14 7 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (15.70%) Data Quality
2 82 (7.71%) QA
3 62 (5.83%) GDPR
4 23 (2.16%) SLA
5 21 (1.97%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.88%) ISO 9001
7 17 (1.60%) TickIT
8 14 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (1.13%) PMO
10 10 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.47%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.38%) GRC
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.28%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.28%) ISO 8583
14 3 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.29%) Docker
3 9 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.28%) Ceph
5 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.094%) Firmware
7 1 (0.094%) NFS
7 1 (0.094%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.03%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.47%) Ansible
4 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.28%) Argo
5 3 (0.28%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.28%) Grafana
5 3 (0.28%) Istio
5 3 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.28%) Podman
5 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.28%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.19%) Nessus
7 1 (0.094%) Autotask
7 1 (0.094%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.094%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 246 (23.12%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.98%) SAP
3 50 (4.70%) Google
4 49 (4.61%) Workday
5 32 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.16%) YouTube
7 18 (1.69%) Oracle
8 16 (1.50%) Cisco
8 16 (1.50%) Databricks
8 16 (1.50%) iManage
9 15 (1.41%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.41%) VMware
10 14 (1.32%) Adobe
11 9 (0.85%) Aderant
12 8 (0.75%) HP
12 8 (0.75%) Intapp
13 7 (0.66%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.66%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.66%) Veeam
14 6 (0.56%) SolarWinds