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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,103 1,478 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.71% 15.74% 7.54%
As % of the General category 11.57% 24.23% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 781 344 572
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,125 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% -10.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,196 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,459 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £54,995
% change year-on-year - -4.54% -0.01%

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 9,537 6,101 7,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.70% 64.98% 54.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6,277 2,698 3,890
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,409 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,688 £63,110
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,300 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -3.51% -5.00%

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 12 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 12 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 -16 674 £46,500 +3.33% 367
Yorkshire -11 297 £47,000 +17.50% 228
North East -16 132 £50,500 +26.25% 69
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 52 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.54%) Confluence
4 14 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.00%) Apache
5 11 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.82%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.45%) CMS
8 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.091%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.091%) CICS
9 1 (0.091%) IIS
9 1 (0.091%) JBoss
9 1 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.091%) SAS
9 1 (0.091%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.091%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.091%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.091%) WordPress
Applications
1 149 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.81%) MS Visio
4 27 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.18%) CATIA
8 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.18%) LaTeX
8 2 (0.18%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 22 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.82%) SAP PM
5 8 (0.73%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.63%) Magento
7 6 (0.54%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.45%) Shopify
9 4 (0.36%) Odoo
9 4 (0.36%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.27%) SAP QM
11 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
12 1 (0.091%) Elite 3E
12 1 (0.091%) SAP CRM
12 1 (0.091%) SAP ECC
12 1 (0.091%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 158 (14.32%) Power Platform
2 156 (14.14%) Azure
3 131 (11.88%) AWS
4 83 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.17%) GCP
6 43 (3.90%) Serverless
7 39 (3.54%) Amazon S3
7 39 (3.54%) SaaS
8 35 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (2.90%) Entra ID
10 30 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
10 30 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (2.72%) PowerApps
11 25 (2.27%) GitHub
11 25 (2.27%) Google Analytics
12 21 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 21 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
14 18 (1.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.63%) DNS
2 28 (2.54%) DHCP
3 22 (1.99%) Firewall
4 21 (1.90%) VPN
5 20 (1.81%) Wireless
6 14 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.09%) Internet
7 12 (1.09%) WAN
8 9 (0.82%) LAN
9 6 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.54%) IP Telephony
9 6 (0.54%) Network Security
9 6 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (0.45%) HTTP
10 5 (0.45%) SNMP
10 5 (0.45%) VLAN
11 4 (0.36%) SMS
11 4 (0.36%) SSL
11 4 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (11.88%) Power BI
2 47 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (4.08%) Tableau
4 27 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.27%) BigQuery
5 25 (2.27%) SQL Server
6 24 (2.18%) Metadata
7 22 (1.99%) Big Data
8 18 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.54%) Looker
10 12 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (1.00%) Power Query
11 11 (1.00%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.91%) MySQL
12 10 (0.91%) Spark SQL
13 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.73%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.73%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 54 (4.90%) JIRA
2 33 (2.99%) Git
3 10 (0.91%) GitLab
4 9 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.36%) Selenium
6 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.27%) Postman
6 3 (0.27%) RStudio
6 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.18%) JMeter
7 2 (0.18%) Maven
7 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.091%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.091%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.091%) MLflow
8 1 (0.091%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.091%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 483 (43.79%) Social Skills
2 300 (27.20%) Finance
3 111 (10.06%) Law
4 104 (9.43%) Marketing
5 88 (7.98%) Organisational Skills
5 88 (7.98%) Public Sector
6 78 (7.07%) Legal
7 72 (6.53%) Retail
8 64 (5.80%) Manufacturing
9 58 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
10 53 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 37 (3.35%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.63%) Military
13 24 (2.18%) Back Office
13 24 (2.18%) Banking
14 20 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.54%) Automotive
15 17 (1.54%) Games
16 16 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 309 (28.01%) Analyst
2 114 (10.34%) Senior
3 78 (7.07%) Business Analyst
4 75 (6.80%) Lead
5 74 (6.71%) Data Analyst
6 65 (5.89%) Developer
7 53 (4.81%) Architect
8 50 (4.53%) Data Engineer
9 44 (3.99%) Systems Analyst
10 33 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
11 29 (2.63%) IT Support
11 29 (2.63%) Junior
11 29 (2.63%) Senior Manager
12 27 (2.45%) Support Engineer
12 27 (2.45%) Technical Analyst
13 25 (2.27%) Support Analyst
14 24 (2.18%) HR Analyst
14 24 (2.18%) HR Data Analyst
15 23 (2.09%) Administrator
16 22 (1.99%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.08%) REST
2 30 (2.72%) .NET
3 28 (2.54%) Terraform
4 27 (2.45%) Middleware
5 24 (2.18%) HTML
6 20 (1.81%) CSS
6 20 (1.81%) EDI
6 20 (1.81%) SOAP
6 20 (1.81%) XML
7 19 (1.72%) JSON
8 18 (1.63%) Node.js
8 18 (1.63%) PySpark
9 10 (0.91%) Web Services
10 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.63%) Kafka
11 6 (0.54%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.54%) Pandas
11 6 (0.54%) React
11 6 (0.54%) scikit-learn
12 4 (0.36%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 76 (6.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 52 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 51 (4.62%) Management Information System
4 49 (4.44%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (1.99%) Driving Licence
8 21 (1.90%) Social Media
9 20 (1.81%) Cloud Native
10 16 (1.45%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.27%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.91%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.82%) Credit Risk
16 9 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (0.82%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.98%) Windows
2 46 (4.17%) Windows Server
3 19 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (1.63%) Linux
5 14 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.27%) CentOS
8 3 (0.27%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.27%) Unix
9 1 (0.091%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (43.97%) Problem-Solving
2 357 (32.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 282 (25.57%) Decision-Making
4 241 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 230 (20.85%) Analytics
6 190 (17.23%) Agile
7 185 (16.77%) AI
8 145 (13.15%) Business Intelligence
9 128 (11.60%) Mentoring
10 124 (11.24%) ERP
11 117 (10.61%) CRM
11 117 (10.61%) Validation
12 107 (9.70%) Data Modelling
13 102 (9.25%) Actionable Insight
13 102 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 99 (8.98%) Customer Service
15 97 (8.79%) Data Governance
16 93 (8.43%) Roadmaps
17 90 (8.16%) Coaching
18 88 (7.98%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 221 (20.04%) SQL
2 156 (14.14%) Python
3 47 (4.26%) JavaScript
4 45 (4.08%) Java
5 38 (3.45%) C#
6 26 (2.36%) PowerShell
7 22 (1.99%) Bash
8 17 (1.54%) C++
9 15 (1.36%) R
10 11 (1.00%) Scala
11 9 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.73%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.63%) C
13 7 (0.63%) PHP
13 7 (0.63%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.36%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.36%) COBOL
14 4 (0.36%) Go
14 4 (0.36%) XPath
15 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 148 (13.42%) Degree
2 79 (7.16%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.90%) DBS Check
5 44 (3.99%) ACCA
6 37 (3.35%) CIMA
7 22 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.00%) IRCA
12 10 (0.91%) CCNA
13 9 (0.82%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.73%) HNC
15 7 (0.63%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (0.63%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.54%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (15.87%) Data Quality
2 78 (7.07%) QA
3 63 (5.71%) GDPR
4 28 (2.54%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.99%) SLA
6 17 (1.54%) TickIT
7 15 (1.36%) ISO 9001
7 15 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (1.09%) PMO
10 8 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.36%) GRC
12 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 14443
12 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 7816
12 4 (0.36%) NIST
12 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.27%) COSO
13 3 (0.27%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 69 (6.26%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.17%) Docker
3 9 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Ceph
5 3 (0.27%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.091%) NFS
7 1 (0.091%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.00%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.45%) Ansible
4 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.27%) Argo
5 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.27%) Grafana
5 3 (0.27%) Istio
5 3 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.27%) Podman
5 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.27%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.18%) Nessus
7 1 (0.091%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.091%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 271 (24.57%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.71%) Google
3 46 (4.17%) SAP
4 43 (3.90%) Workday
5 30 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.63%) YouTube
7 18 (1.63%) Databricks
8 17 (1.54%) Oracle
8 17 (1.54%) VMware
9 16 (1.45%) iManage
10 15 (1.36%) Cisco
11 14 (1.27%) Adobe
11 14 (1.27%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.82%) Aderant
13 8 (0.73%) HP
13 8 (0.73%) Intapp
14 7 (0.63%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.63%) Veeam
15 6 (0.54%) HubSpot
15 6 (0.54%) Sage