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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 5 16
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,119 1,509 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.71% 16.08% 7.49%
As % of the General category 11.51% 24.78% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 781 341 553
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £36,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -14.00% +4.38%
75th Percentile £60,196 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,461 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% 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 9,726 6,089 7,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.98% 64.89% 54.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 2,656 3,764
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £27,750
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% -1.96%
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 17 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 17 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 -16 684 £46,500 +3.33% 758
Yorkshire -10 303 £47,000 +17.50% 378
North East -20 132 £50,500 +26.25% 122
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 (4.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.52%) Confluence
4 13 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.98%) Apache
6 10 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.80%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.45%) CMS
9 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.089%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.089%) CICS
10 1 (0.089%) IIS
10 1 (0.089%) JBoss
10 1 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.089%) SAS
10 1 (0.089%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.089%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.089%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.089%) WordPress
Applications
1 157 (14.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.77%) MS Visio
4 28 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.27%) 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 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.80%) SAP PM
4 8 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.71%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.54%) Exchequer
5 6 (0.54%) Magento
6 5 (0.45%) Shopify
7 4 (0.36%) Odoo
7 4 (0.36%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.27%) SAP QM
9 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.18%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.089%) SAP MDM
10 1 (0.089%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 160 (14.30%) Power Platform
2 155 (13.85%) Azure
3 131 (11.71%) AWS
4 84 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.09%) GCP
6 43 (3.84%) Serverless
7 40 (3.57%) SaaS
8 39 (3.49%) Amazon S3
9 35 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
10 33 (2.95%) Entra ID
11 32 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (2.68%) PowerApps
13 25 (2.23%) GitHub
13 25 (2.23%) Google Analytics
14 22 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 19 (1.70%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (1.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.59%) DNS
2 28 (2.50%) DHCP
3 21 (1.88%) Firewall
4 19 (1.70%) Wireless
5 18 (1.61%) VPN
6 14 (1.25%) Internet
6 14 (1.25%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.16%) WAN
8 8 (0.71%) LAN
9 6 (0.54%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.54%) SNMP
9 6 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.45%) HTTP
10 5 (0.45%) Network Security
11 4 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.36%) SMS
11 4 (0.36%) SSL
11 4 (0.36%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (11.89%) Power BI
2 47 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (3.93%) Tableau
4 26 (2.32%) BigQuery
4 26 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.23%) Metadata
5 25 (2.23%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.97%) Big Data
7 17 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (1.43%) Looker
9 13 (1.16%) Power Query
10 12 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.98%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.89%) MySQL
12 10 (0.89%) Spark SQL
13 9 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.71%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 53 (4.74%) JIRA
2 36 (3.22%) Git
3 10 (0.89%) GitLab
4 8 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.27%) Postman
5 3 (0.27%) RStudio
5 3 (0.27%) Selenium
5 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.18%) Appium
6 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.18%) JMeter
6 2 (0.18%) Maven
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.089%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.089%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.089%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.089%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.089%) Visual Studio
General
1 496 (44.33%) Social Skills
2 311 (27.79%) Finance
3 112 (10.01%) Law
4 108 (9.65%) Marketing
5 94 (8.40%) Organisational Skills
6 92 (8.22%) Public Sector
7 81 (7.24%) Legal
8 77 (6.88%) Retail
9 68 (6.08%) Manufacturing
10 60 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
11 56 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 42 (3.75%) Telecoms
13 30 (2.68%) Military
14 27 (2.41%) Banking
15 24 (2.14%) Back Office
15 24 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.61%) Automotive
17 17 (1.52%) Games
18 16 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (1.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 314 (28.06%) Analyst
2 122 (10.90%) Senior
3 79 (7.06%) Business Analyst
4 77 (6.88%) Lead
5 75 (6.70%) Data Analyst
6 69 (6.17%) Developer
7 53 (4.74%) Architect
8 51 (4.56%) Data Engineer
9 44 (3.93%) Systems Analyst
10 34 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (2.77%) Senior Manager
12 29 (2.59%) Junior
13 28 (2.50%) IT Support
13 28 (2.50%) Support Engineer
14 27 (2.41%) Technical Analyst
15 25 (2.23%) Support Analyst
16 24 (2.14%) HR Analyst
16 24 (2.14%) HR Data Analyst
17 23 (2.06%) Administrator
18 22 (1.97%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.31%) REST
2 30 (2.68%) .NET
3 28 (2.50%) Terraform
4 27 (2.41%) Middleware
5 25 (2.23%) HTML
6 21 (1.88%) CSS
7 20 (1.79%) EDI
7 20 (1.79%) SOAP
8 19 (1.70%) JSON
8 19 (1.70%) PySpark
8 19 (1.70%) XML
9 18 (1.61%) Node.js
10 9 (0.80%) Web Services
11 8 (0.71%) React
12 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.63%) Pandas
13 6 (0.54%) Kafka
13 6 (0.54%) scikit-learn
14 5 (0.45%) ASP.NET
15 4 (0.36%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 71 (6.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 58 (5.18%) Onboarding
3 56 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 49 (4.38%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.06%) Driving Licence
6 23 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (1.97%) Social Media
8 19 (1.70%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
11 14 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.16%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.89%) Credit Risk
15 10 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.89%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.80%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 75 (6.70%) Windows
2 44 (3.93%) Windows Server
3 20 (1.79%) Linux
4 19 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.27%) CentOS
9 3 (0.27%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.27%) Unix
10 1 (0.089%) Android
10 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (44.59%) Problem-Solving
2 358 (31.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 289 (25.83%) Decision-Making
4 243 (21.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 229 (20.46%) Analytics
6 192 (17.16%) Agile
7 187 (16.71%) AI
8 149 (13.32%) Business Intelligence
9 134 (11.97%) Mentoring
10 126 (11.26%) ERP
11 118 (10.55%) CRM
11 118 (10.55%) Validation
12 105 (9.38%) Data Modelling
13 101 (9.03%) Actionable Insight
13 101 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 99 (8.85%) Customer Service
15 98 (8.76%) Data Governance
16 94 (8.40%) Coaching
16 94 (8.40%) Roadmaps
17 92 (8.22%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 227 (20.29%) SQL
2 158 (14.12%) Python
3 48 (4.29%) JavaScript
4 44 (3.93%) Java
5 37 (3.31%) C#
6 27 (2.41%) PowerShell
7 22 (1.97%) Bash
8 17 (1.52%) C++
9 15 (1.34%) R
10 11 (0.98%) Scala
11 10 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.80%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.63%) C
13 7 (0.63%) PHP
13 7 (0.63%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.45%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.36%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.36%) COBOL
15 4 (0.36%) Go
15 4 (0.36%) XPath
Qualifications
1 157 (14.03%) Degree
2 80 (7.15%) Security Cleared
3 57 (5.09%) SC Cleared
4 49 (4.38%) ACCA
4 49 (4.38%) DBS Check
5 42 (3.75%) CIMA
6 22 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.89%) CCNA
10 10 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.71%) HNC
13 7 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.54%) IRCA
14 6 (0.54%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.45%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (15.64%) Data Quality
2 75 (6.70%) QA
3 57 (5.09%) GDPR
4 29 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.79%) SLA
6 17 (1.52%) TickIT
7 16 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (1.07%) PMO
10 10 (0.89%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.36%) GRC
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.36%) NIST
13 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.27%) COSO
14 3 (0.27%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 67 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.31%) Docker
3 9 (0.80%) 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 (0.089%) NFS
7 1 (0.089%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.98%) 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 (0.089%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.089%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 278 (24.84%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.00%) Google
3 47 (4.20%) SAP
4 37 (3.31%) Workday
5 30 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.59%) YouTube
7 18 (1.61%) Databricks
8 17 (1.52%) Oracle
8 17 (1.52%) VMware
9 16 (1.43%) iManage
10 14 (1.25%) Cisco
11 13 (1.16%) Adobe
11 13 (1.16%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.80%) Aderant
13 8 (0.71%) HP
13 8 (0.71%) Intapp
14 7 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.63%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.63%) Sage
14 7 (0.63%) Veeam