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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 21
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 988 1,522 1,188
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.62% 15.99% 7.59%
As % of the General category 10.95% 23.28% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 747 388 771
10th Percentile £32,800 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -5.21% +6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +6.80% -6.36%

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 9,023 6,537 8,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.20% 68.69% 53.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,010 2,898 5,525
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,267 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -17 595 £46,500 -1.06% 246
Yorkshire -11 280 £47,500 +6.26% 162
North East -23 113 £55,000 +37.50% 68
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 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.11%) Confluence
5 10 (1.01%) Apache
6 7 (0.71%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.30%) JBoss
8 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.30%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 141 (14.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.24%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.20%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (2.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.92%) SAP PM
3 15 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (1.42%) SAP ERP
5 10 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.51%) Magento
6 5 (0.51%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.30%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.10%) Odoo
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.10%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.10%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 137 (13.87%) Azure
2 136 (13.77%) Power Platform
3 111 (11.23%) AWS
4 64 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (5.26%) GCP
6 37 (3.74%) SaaS
7 28 (2.83%) Amazon S3
8 26 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (2.63%) GitHub
9 24 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.43%) PowerApps
9 24 (2.43%) Serverless
10 19 (1.92%) Snowflake
11 18 (1.82%) Boomi
12 17 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (1.72%) Google Analytics
13 16 (1.62%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
15 14 (1.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.43%) Firewall
2 19 (1.92%) Wireless
3 18 (1.82%) VPN
4 17 (1.72%) DNS
5 16 (1.62%) DHCP
5 16 (1.62%) WAN
6 13 (1.32%) LAN
7 10 (1.01%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (0.91%) Network Security
9 8 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.81%) Internet
9 8 (0.81%) SNMP
10 7 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.61%) IP Telephony
12 5 (0.51%) HTTP
12 5 (0.51%) SMS
13 4 (0.40%) ATM
13 4 (0.40%) BGP
13 4 (0.40%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (11.34%) Power BI
2 82 (8.30%) Tableau
3 43 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (2.94%) Data Mining
5 25 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (2.02%) Big Data
7 19 (1.92%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.72%) SQL Server
9 15 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (1.32%) Metadata
11 10 (1.01%) Looker
12 9 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.81%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.81%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.81%) MySQL
13 8 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.71%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.71%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 41 (4.15%) JIRA
2 26 (2.63%) Git
3 12 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.01%) GitLab
5 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.40%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.40%) Selenium
7 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.30%) Maven
7 3 (0.30%) Postman
7 3 (0.30%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.20%) MLflow
8 2 (0.20%) 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)
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 422 (42.71%) Social Skills
2 300 (30.36%) Finance
3 96 (9.72%) Law
4 87 (8.81%) Marketing
5 85 (8.60%) Public Sector
6 56 (5.67%) Legal
7 48 (4.86%) Retail
8 47 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 47 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 43 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 41 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (3.54%) Military
13 32 (3.24%) Back Office
14 18 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.52%) Banking
17 14 (1.42%) Local Government
18 10 (1.01%) Advertising
19 8 (0.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 293 (29.66%) Analyst
2 105 (10.63%) Senior
3 102 (10.32%) Data Analyst
4 75 (7.59%) Lead
5 66 (6.68%) Business Analyst
6 59 (5.97%) Developer
7 43 (4.35%) Architect
7 43 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
8 41 (4.15%) Data Manager
9 40 (4.05%) Systems Manager
10 39 (3.95%) Data Engineer
11 30 (3.04%) Head of QA
11 30 (3.04%) HR Manager
12 27 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
12 27 (2.73%) Trainee
12 27 (2.73%) Trainee Analyst
12 27 (2.73%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 26 (2.63%) Technical Analyst
14 24 (2.43%) HR Analyst
14 24 (2.43%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.63%) Middleware
1 26 (2.63%) REST
2 21 (2.13%) .NET
3 19 (1.92%) HTML
3 19 (1.92%) Node.js
4 18 (1.82%) XML
5 16 (1.62%) EDI
6 15 (1.52%) CSS
6 15 (1.52%) SOAP
7 13 (1.32%) JSON
8 12 (1.21%) React
9 9 (0.91%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.81%) Flutter
11 7 (0.71%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.61%) Kafka
12 6 (0.61%) PySpark
12 6 (0.61%) Web Services
13 5 (0.51%) Pandas
14 4 (0.40%) SAP Core Interface
14 4 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.92%) Analytical Mindset
2 48 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 42 (4.25%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.24%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.82%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
8 12 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.21%) Driving Licence
8 12 (1.21%) Social Media
9 10 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.01%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.91%) Credit Risk
10 9 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (0.81%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.71%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.71%) EMV
12 7 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (6.17%) Windows
2 40 (4.05%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (1.52%) Linux
5 12 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.30%) CentOS
7 3 (0.30%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.10%) Android
9 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (39.17%) Problem-Solving
2 313 (31.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 258 (26.11%) Decision-Making
4 230 (23.28%) Analytics
5 224 (22.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 155 (15.69%) Agile
7 131 (13.26%) AI
8 113 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
9 106 (10.73%) Actionable Insight
9 106 (10.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 103 (10.43%) ERP
11 101 (10.22%) Mentoring
12 99 (10.02%) Data Governance
13 98 (9.92%) Data Analysis
14 97 (9.82%) CRM
15 96 (9.72%) Data Modelling
16 93 (9.41%) Roadmaps
17 89 (9.01%) Project Management
18 87 (8.81%) Validation
19 80 (8.10%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 218 (22.06%) SQL
2 170 (17.21%) Python
3 35 (3.54%) Java
3 35 (3.54%) JavaScript
4 33 (3.34%) C#
5 16 (1.62%) PowerShell
6 14 (1.42%) Bash
6 14 (1.42%) R
7 10 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (1.01%) Scala
8 9 (0.91%) Go
9 8 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.71%) C++
10 7 (0.71%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.61%) PHP
12 4 (0.40%) C
13 3 (0.30%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.30%) COBOL
13 3 (0.30%) Groovy
13 3 (0.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 111 (11.23%) Degree
2 70 (7.09%) DBS Check
3 53 (5.36%) Security Cleared
4 38 (3.85%) ACCA
4 38 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 34 (3.44%) CIMA
6 30 (3.04%) IRCA
7 17 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.11%) HNC
12 10 (1.01%) CCNA
13 9 (0.91%) CCNP
14 8 (0.81%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.81%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.61%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.51%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (16.19%) Data Quality
2 84 (8.50%) QA
3 68 (6.88%) GDPR
4 34 (3.44%) ISO 9001
5 24 (2.43%) SLA
6 18 (1.82%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.72%) TickIT
8 16 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.52%) PMO
10 14 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 12 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.81%) GMP
13 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.40%) GRC
15 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 14443
15 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 7816
15 4 (0.40%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.30%) ISO 8583
16 3 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 58 (5.87%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.63%) Docker
3 9 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.40%) ProxySG
4 4 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.30%) Ceph
5 3 (0.30%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (2.33%) Terraform
2 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.11%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.51%) Ansible
5 3 (0.30%) Argo
5 3 (0.30%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.30%) Grafana
5 3 (0.30%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.30%) Istio
5 3 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.30%) Podman
5 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.30%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.20%) Nessus
7 1 (0.10%) Autotask
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 236 (23.89%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.97%) SAP
2 59 (5.97%) Workday
3 34 (3.44%) Google
3 34 (3.44%) Salesforce
4 17 (1.72%) iManage
5 16 (1.62%) Cisco
5 16 (1.62%) Databricks
6 15 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.42%) Adobe
8 13 (1.32%) Oracle
9 9 (0.91%) Aderant
9 9 (0.91%) Intapp
9 9 (0.91%) VMware
10 8 (0.81%) CheckPoint
10 8 (0.81%) HP
11 7 (0.71%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.71%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.71%) Veeam
12 5 (0.51%) HubSpot