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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 15 17
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 838 1,014 692
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.90% 8.44% 9.44%
As % of the General category 14.77% 13.84% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 379 463 517
10th Percentile £29,170 £31,250 £27,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,787
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.97% +10.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,777 £72,460
England median annual salary £50,458 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.26% -4.35% +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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,673 7,327 4,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.23% 61.01% 65.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,024 3,064 3,576
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,716 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,600 £84,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 -9 422 £45,000 -14.29% 255
Yorkshire +5 301 £40,000 -23.81% 136
North East +16 115 £42,000 +2.44% 63
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 23 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.67%) Confluence
4 9 (1.07%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.84%) Apache
6 4 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.48%) Camunda
6 4 (0.48%) CMS
7 2 (0.24%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.24%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) nginx
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.24%) SAS
7 2 (0.24%) WinCC
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 244 (29.12%) Chatbot
2 142 (16.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
4 27 (3.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.31%) AutoCAD
7 10 (1.19%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.72%) SOLIDWORKS
9 4 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.24%) Revit
11 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (1.07%) Shopify
2 7 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.72%) SAP WM
4 5 (0.60%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.24%) Primavera
5 2 (0.24%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 88 (10.50%) Power Platform
2 78 (9.31%) Azure
3 54 (6.44%) AWS
4 43 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.22%) Entra ID
6 24 (2.86%) SaaS
7 19 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 15 (1.79%) GCP
9 13 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (0.84%) dbt
12 7 (0.84%) Serverless
12 7 (0.84%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.72%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (0.72%) Figma
13 6 (0.72%) GitHub
14 5 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.48%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.34%) Firewall
2 9 (1.07%) LAN
2 9 (1.07%) Network Security
2 9 (1.07%) WAN
3 8 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (0.84%) DHCP
4 7 (0.84%) DNS
5 6 (0.72%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (0.72%) PSTN
5 6 (0.72%) VoIP
6 5 (0.60%) Internet
7 4 (0.48%) Intranet
7 4 (0.48%) SMS
7 4 (0.48%) VLAN
8 3 (0.36%) Broadband
8 3 (0.36%) WPA
9 2 (0.24%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (9.90%) Power BI
2 61 (7.28%) Tableau
3 46 (5.49%) Data Mining
4 31 (3.70%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.19%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.07%) Looker
9 9 (1.07%) Metadata
10 8 (0.95%) GIS
11 7 (0.84%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.72%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (0.48%) Data Vault
14 4 (0.48%) Spatial Data
15 3 (0.36%) MySQL
15 3 (0.36%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 16 (1.91%) JIRA
2 8 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.84%) GitLab
4 6 (0.72%) Git
5 5 (0.60%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.60%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.24%) WaveMaker
7 1 (0.12%) Appium
7 1 (0.12%) Gatling
7 1 (0.12%) JMeter
7 1 (0.12%) JUnit
7 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 341 (40.69%) Social Skills
2 236 (28.16%) Finance
3 49 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (4.53%) Legal
6 31 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (3.58%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.46%) Marketing
9 28 (3.34%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.98%) Retail
11 24 (2.86%) Banking
11 24 (2.86%) Law
12 23 (2.74%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.67%) Advertising
15 13 (1.55%) Electronics
16 9 (1.07%) Billing
16 9 (1.07%) General Ledger
17 7 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 243 (29.00%) Trainer
2 188 (22.43%) Analyst
3 73 (8.71%) Senior
4 67 (8.00%) Data Analyst
5 41 (4.89%) Trainee
6 39 (4.65%) Trainee Analyst
6 39 (4.65%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 29 (3.46%) Support Engineer
8 26 (3.10%) Business Analyst
8 26 (3.10%) Lead
9 23 (2.74%) Developer
10 22 (2.63%) Support Analyst
11 21 (2.51%) Applications Support
11 21 (2.51%) Architect
12 20 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
13 19 (2.27%) Lecturer
14 18 (2.15%) PLC Engineer
14 18 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.03%) Financial Analyst
15 17 (2.03%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.55%) CSS
2 10 (1.19%) React
3 8 (0.95%) HTML
3 8 (0.95%) REST
4 6 (0.72%) FreeSWITCH
4 6 (0.72%) Software Packaging
4 6 (0.72%) XML
5 5 (0.60%) .NET
5 5 (0.60%) Flutter
5 5 (0.60%) JSON
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.36%) Flash
7 3 (0.36%) Pandas
7 3 (0.36%) Spring
7 3 (0.36%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.24%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.24%) Flask
8 2 (0.24%) Laravel
8 2 (0.24%) PySpark
8 2 (0.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 48 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (4.18%) Management Information System
4 34 (4.06%) Onboarding
5 27 (3.22%) Driving Licence
6 23 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
7 20 (2.39%) Cyberattack
7 20 (2.39%) Social Media
8 13 (1.55%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.31%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.19%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.19%) NHS
11 8 (0.95%) Mobile App
11 8 (0.95%) Product Ownership
12 7 (0.84%) Life Science
12 7 (0.84%) SCADA
13 6 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.60%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.18%) Windows
2 9 (1.07%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.36%) Android
3 3 (0.36%) Linux
3 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (36.99%) AI
2 296 (35.32%) Problem-Solving
3 245 (29.24%) Chemistry
4 244 (29.12%) Conversational UI
5 145 (17.30%) Decision-Making
6 129 (15.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 119 (14.20%) Project Management
8 107 (12.77%) Agile
8 107 (12.77%) Analytics
9 96 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
10 89 (10.62%) Data Analysis
11 80 (9.55%) Business Analysis
12 65 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 61 (7.28%) Customer Service
14 59 (7.04%) Actionable Insight
15 55 (6.56%) Data Analytics
16 50 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
17 49 (5.85%) Project Delivery
18 48 (5.73%) Process Improvement
19 46 (5.49%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 141 (16.83%) SQL
2 81 (9.67%) Python
3 17 (2.03%) Java
4 13 (1.55%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.31%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.95%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.72%) Bash
8 6 (0.72%) C#
8 6 (0.72%) VBA
9 5 (0.60%) R
9 5 (0.60%) Scala
10 4 (0.48%) Go
10 4 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.24%) Bicep
11 2 (0.24%) C++
11 2 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 387 (46.18%) Degree
2 276 (32.94%) Master's Degree
3 243 (29.00%) PhD
4 27 (3.22%) DBS Check
5 20 (2.39%) ACCA
5 20 (2.39%) CIMA
6 19 (2.27%) HND
7 15 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.43%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.19%) PMP
10 8 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (0.72%) CCNP
12 6 (0.72%) CISSP
13 5 (0.60%) CIPD
13 5 (0.60%) Security Cleared
13 5 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 5 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.22%) QA
2 24 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.15%) GDPR
5 16 (1.91%) PMO
6 7 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.84%) NIST
6 7 (0.84%) SLA
7 6 (0.72%) IEC 61131
8 5 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.60%) GLBA
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.48%) SEPA
9 4 (0.48%) TARGET2
10 3 (0.36%) COBIT
10 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS
System Software
1 36 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.07%) Docker
2 9 (1.07%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.07%) Terraform
3 3 (0.36%) Grafana
3 3 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.24%) AssetCenter
4 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.24%) SCCM
5 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 243 (29.00%) PayPal
2 177 (21.12%) Microsoft
3 25 (2.98%) SAP
4 23 (2.74%) Google
5 13 (1.55%) Oracle
5 13 (1.55%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.31%) Cisco
7 8 (0.95%) Adobe
7 8 (0.95%) Salesforce
8 7 (0.84%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.84%) Workday
9 6 (0.72%) HP
9 6 (0.72%) iManage
9 6 (0.72%) Qualtrics
9 6 (0.72%) Splunk
9 6 (0.72%) VMware
10 5 (0.60%) ESRI
10 5 (0.60%) Guidewire
10 5 (0.60%) JDA
10 5 (0.60%) RedPrairie