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

6 months to
19 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 1,136 1,508 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.75% 16.02% 7.56%
As % of the General category 11.58% 24.70% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 791 341 558
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 £60,196 £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 9,813 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 6,385 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 19 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 19 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 -16 687 £46,500 +3.33% 592
Yorkshire -8 312 £47,500 +18.75% 292
North East -20 140 £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 53 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (4.40%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.58%) Confluence
4 14 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.06%) Apache
6 11 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.88%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.44%) CMS
9 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.088%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.088%) CICS
10 1 (0.088%) IIS
10 1 (0.088%) nginx
10 1 (0.088%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.088%) SAS
10 1 (0.088%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.088%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.088%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.088%) WordPress
Applications
1 161 (14.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (7.57%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.73%) MS Visio
4 29 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.26%) 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 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.79%) SAP PM
4 8 (0.70%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.62%) Magento
5 7 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.53%) Exchequer
6 6 (0.53%) Shopify
7 4 (0.35%) Odoo
7 4 (0.35%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.35%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.26%) SAP QM
9 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.18%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.088%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.088%) iTrent
10 1 (0.088%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 159 (14.00%) Power Platform
2 158 (13.91%) Azure
3 134 (11.80%) AWS
4 84 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (5.19%) GCP
6 43 (3.79%) Serverless
7 40 (3.52%) SaaS
8 38 (3.35%) Amazon S3
9 34 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
10 33 (2.90%) Entra ID
11 32 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (2.64%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (2.64%) PowerApps
13 25 (2.20%) GitHub
13 25 (2.20%) Google Analytics
14 22 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (1.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.55%) DNS
2 28 (2.46%) DHCP
3 21 (1.85%) Firewall
4 19 (1.67%) Wireless
5 18 (1.58%) VPN
6 16 (1.41%) Internet
7 14 (1.23%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.14%) WAN
9 8 (0.70%) 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 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.35%) IP Telephony
12 4 (0.35%) SSL
12 4 (0.35%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (11.62%) Power BI
2 47 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (3.79%) Tableau
4 27 (2.38%) Metadata
5 26 (2.29%) BigQuery
5 26 (2.29%) SQL Server
5 26 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (1.94%) Big Data
7 17 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (1.41%) Looker
9 13 (1.14%) Power Query
10 12 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.06%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.88%) MySQL
11 10 (0.88%) Spark SQL
12 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.70%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 55 (4.84%) JIRA
2 38 (3.35%) Git
3 13 (1.14%) GitLab
4 8 (0.70%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.35%) Selenium
6 3 (0.26%) Appium
6 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.26%) JMeter
6 3 (0.26%) Postman
6 3 (0.26%) RStudio
6 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.18%) Maven
7 2 (0.18%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.088%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.088%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.088%) Visual Studio
General
1 504 (44.37%) Social Skills
2 315 (27.73%) Finance
3 112 (9.86%) Law
4 108 (9.51%) Marketing
5 98 (8.63%) Organisational Skills
6 97 (8.54%) Public Sector
7 82 (7.22%) Legal
8 79 (6.95%) Retail
9 70 (6.16%) Manufacturing
10 61 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
11 56 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 42 (3.70%) Telecoms
13 30 (2.64%) Military
14 27 (2.38%) Banking
15 24 (2.11%) Back Office
16 23 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.58%) Automotive
18 17 (1.50%) Games
18 17 (1.50%) Local Government
19 16 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 320 (28.17%) Analyst
2 120 (10.56%) Senior
3 80 (7.04%) Business Analyst
4 76 (6.69%) Data Analyst
5 75 (6.60%) Lead
6 71 (6.25%) Developer
7 54 (4.75%) Architect
8 51 (4.49%) Data Engineer
9 43 (3.79%) Systems Analyst
10 34 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (2.73%) Senior Manager
12 29 (2.55%) Junior
13 28 (2.46%) IT Support
13 28 (2.46%) Support Engineer
13 28 (2.46%) Technical Analyst
14 26 (2.29%) Support Analyst
15 24 (2.11%) HR Analyst
15 24 (2.11%) HR Data Analyst
16 23 (2.02%) Administrator
17 22 (1.94%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.26%) REST
2 30 (2.64%) Terraform
3 29 (2.55%) .NET
4 27 (2.38%) Middleware
5 26 (2.29%) HTML
6 22 (1.94%) CSS
7 20 (1.76%) EDI
7 20 (1.76%) PySpark
7 20 (1.76%) SOAP
8 19 (1.67%) JSON
8 19 (1.67%) Node.js
8 19 (1.67%) XML
9 9 (0.79%) 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 (0.35%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 58 (5.11%) Management Information System
2 58 (5.11%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.40%) Product Ownership
4 26 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.02%) Driving Licence
5 23 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (1.94%) Social Media
7 19 (1.67%) Cloud Native
8 17 (1.50%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
9 14 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
10 13 (1.14%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (0.88%) Credit Risk
12 10 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
12 10 (0.88%) NHS
12 10 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.79%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 73 (6.43%) Windows
2 43 (3.79%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.85%) Linux
4 19 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.53%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.26%) CentOS
9 3 (0.26%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.26%) Unix
10 1 (0.088%) Android
10 1 (0.088%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 511 (44.98%) Problem-Solving
2 371 (32.66%) Continuous Improvement
3 292 (25.70%) Decision-Making
4 249 (21.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 231 (20.33%) Analytics
6 198 (17.43%) Agile
7 188 (16.55%) AI
8 151 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
9 138 (12.15%) Mentoring
10 127 (11.18%) ERP
11 121 (10.65%) Validation
12 120 (10.56%) CRM
13 106 (9.33%) Data Modelling
14 103 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 102 (8.98%) Actionable Insight
16 101 (8.89%) Customer Service
17 100 (8.80%) Data Governance
18 98 (8.63%) CI/CD
19 96 (8.45%) Coaching
20 94 (8.27%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 226 (19.89%) SQL
2 157 (13.82%) Python
3 49 (4.31%) JavaScript
4 43 (3.79%) Java
5 36 (3.17%) C#
6 27 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 23 (2.02%) Bash
8 17 (1.50%) C++
9 15 (1.32%) R
10 11 (0.97%) Scala
11 10 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.79%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.62%) C
13 7 (0.62%) PHP
13 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.62%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.35%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.35%) COBOL
14 4 (0.35%) XPath
15 3 (0.26%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 160 (14.08%) Degree
2 85 (7.48%) Security Cleared
3 62 (5.46%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.40%) ACCA
4 50 (4.40%) DBS Check
5 43 (3.79%) CIMA
6 21 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.88%) CCNA
10 10 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (0.79%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.79%) HNC
12 7 (0.62%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.53%) IRCA
13 6 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.53%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (15.58%) Data Quality
2 77 (6.78%) QA
3 58 (5.11%) GDPR
4 29 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.67%) SLA
6 17 (1.50%) TickIT
7 16 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 13 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (1.14%) PMO
9 11 (0.97%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.44%) GRC
11 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 14443
12 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 7816
12 4 (0.35%) NIST
12 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.26%) COSO
13 3 (0.26%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 66 (5.81%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.43%) Docker
3 8 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.26%) Ceph
4 3 (0.26%) DFS Replication
4 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.088%) NFS
6 1 (0.088%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.44%) Ansible
4 4 (0.35%) Grafana
4 4 (0.35%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.26%) Argo
5 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.26%) Istio
5 3 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.26%) Podman
5 3 (0.26%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.18%) Nessus
7 1 (0.088%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.088%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 285 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.11%) Google
3 48 (4.23%) SAP
4 37 (3.26%) Workday
5 29 (2.55%) Salesforce
5 29 (2.55%) YouTube
6 19 (1.67%) Databricks
7 17 (1.50%) Oracle
8 16 (1.41%) iManage
8 16 (1.41%) VMware
9 14 (1.23%) Cisco
10 13 (1.14%) Adobe
10 13 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.79%) Aderant
12 8 (0.70%) HP
12 8 (0.70%) Intapp
13 7 (0.62%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.62%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.62%) Sage
13 7 (0.62%) Veeam