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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 12 21
Rank change year-on-year -15 +9 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 773 947 699
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.27% 10.38% 8.18%
As % of the General category 11.88% 15.40% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 373 402 501
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,433
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 6,508 6,151 5,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 61.22% 67.43% 59.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,093 2,496 3,928
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,729 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,742 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,389 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,550 £82,548
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - -4.00%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -13 408 £42,500 -19.05% 250
Yorkshire +2 266 £40,000 -20.00% 218
North East +4 99 £41,000 -6.82% 72
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 26 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.29%) Confluence
5 7 (0.91%) Apache
6 4 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.52%) Camunda
7 2 (0.26%) CMS
7 2 (0.26%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.26%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.26%) SAS
7 2 (0.26%) WinCC
8 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 182 (23.54%) Chatbot
2 151 (19.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.68%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.42%) AutoCAD
7 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
9 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.26%) Revit
11 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (1.42%) Salesforce CRM
2 9 (1.16%) Shopify
3 7 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.39%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) C-CURE
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.13%) Primavera
7 1 (0.13%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.13%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 100 (12.94%) Power Platform
2 69 (8.93%) Azure
3 56 (7.24%) AWS
4 35 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (3.88%) SaaS
6 27 (3.49%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 16 (2.07%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (1.68%) GCP
10 12 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.29%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.16%) OneDrive
13 9 (1.16%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (1.03%) dbt
14 8 (1.03%) Snowflake
15 7 (0.91%) GitHub
15 7 (0.91%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.10%) Firewall
2 14 (1.81%) Network Security
3 9 (1.16%) WAN
4 8 (1.03%) LAN
5 6 (0.78%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (0.78%) Internet
5 6 (0.78%) PSTN
5 6 (0.78%) VoIP
6 5 (0.65%) VPN
6 5 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.52%) Broadband
7 4 (0.52%) DHCP
7 4 (0.52%) DNS
7 4 (0.52%) SMS
7 4 (0.52%) VLAN
8 3 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.39%) SNMP
8 3 (0.39%) Wireless
8 3 (0.39%) Wireless Security
8 3 (0.39%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.90%) Power BI
2 87 (11.25%) Tableau
3 64 (8.28%) Data Mining
4 37 (4.79%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (2.07%) Metadata
7 12 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.03%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.91%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.91%) GIS
10 7 (0.91%) Looker
10 7 (0.91%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.78%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.65%) Power Query
13 4 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.52%) Data Vault
13 4 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (1.55%) JIRA
2 8 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.78%) GitLab
4 5 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.65%) Git
4 5 (0.65%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.13%) Appium
5 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.13%) Gatling
5 1 (0.13%) JMeter
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
5 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.13%) Postman
5 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.13%) Selenium
5 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 299 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 234 (30.27%) Finance
3 51 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 45 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
5 40 (5.17%) Marketing
6 39 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (4.27%) Legal
8 24 (3.10%) Manufacturing
9 23 (2.98%) Public Sector
9 23 (2.98%) Telecoms
10 22 (2.85%) Law
11 21 (2.72%) Banking
12 19 (2.46%) Retail
13 13 (1.68%) Electronics
14 12 (1.55%) Games
15 10 (1.29%) Advertising
15 10 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.78%) General Ledger
18 5 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 199 (25.74%) Analyst
2 182 (23.54%) Trainer
3 84 (10.87%) Data Analyst
4 79 (10.22%) Senior
5 58 (7.50%) Trainee
6 56 (7.24%) Trainee Analyst
6 56 (7.24%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 33 (4.27%) Architect
8 29 (3.75%) Support Engineer
9 25 (3.23%) Business Analyst
10 24 (3.10%) Lead
11 21 (2.72%) CRM Executive
11 21 (2.72%) Developer
11 21 (2.72%) IT Support
12 19 (2.46%) Applications Support
12 19 (2.46%) Support Analyst
13 18 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
14 16 (2.07%) Consultant
15 15 (1.94%) 1st Line Support
16 13 (1.68%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.68%) CSS
2 12 (1.55%) React
3 9 (1.16%) REST
4 7 (0.91%) HTML
5 6 (0.78%) .NET
5 6 (0.78%) Flutter
5 6 (0.78%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (0.65%) JSON
6 5 (0.65%) XML
7 4 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.52%) Pandas
8 3 (0.39%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.26%) Django
9 2 (0.26%) jQuery
9 2 (0.26%) Laravel
9 2 (0.26%) Node.js
9 2 (0.26%) Spring
9 2 (0.26%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 43 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (4.66%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.01%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.20%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.94%) Social Media
8 13 (1.68%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.29%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.16%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.03%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.91%) NHS
13 6 (0.78%) Life Science
14 5 (0.65%) SCADA
15 4 (0.52%) FMCG
15 4 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 4 (0.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.01%) Windows
2 7 (0.91%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.65%) Android
4 4 (0.52%) Linux
4 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (34.28%) Problem-Solving
2 257 (33.25%) AI
3 184 (23.80%) Chemistry
4 182 (23.54%) Conversational UI
5 146 (18.89%) Decision-Making
6 136 (17.59%) Project Management
7 129 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 121 (15.65%) Analytics
9 109 (14.10%) Agile
10 105 (13.58%) Business Intelligence
11 101 (13.07%) Data Analysis
12 92 (11.90%) Business Analysis
13 84 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 70 (9.06%) Data Analytics
15 56 (7.24%) Actionable Insight
16 53 (6.86%) Customer Service
17 50 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 50 (6.47%) Visualisation
18 49 (6.34%) Process Improvement
19 48 (6.21%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 155 (20.05%) SQL
2 104 (13.45%) Python
3 20 (2.59%) Java
4 14 (1.81%) T-SQL
5 12 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (1.42%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.29%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.03%) VBA
9 7 (0.91%) C#
9 7 (0.91%) Scala
10 6 (0.78%) Bash
10 6 (0.78%) Go
11 5 (0.65%) R
12 4 (0.52%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.26%) Bicep
13 2 (0.26%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) PHP
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 323 (41.79%) Degree
2 206 (26.65%) Master's Degree
3 183 (23.67%) PhD
4 24 (3.10%) DBS Check
5 20 (2.59%) ACCA
5 20 (2.59%) CIMA
6 18 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.94%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.81%) PMP
9 11 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.16%) CCNP
11 8 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.91%) Security Cleared
13 6 (0.78%) CIPD
13 6 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.78%) SC Cleared
14 5 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 4 (0.52%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.40%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.49%) QA
3 22 (2.85%) GDPR
4 21 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.20%) PMO
6 16 (2.07%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.55%) NIST
8 8 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.91%) SLA
10 6 (0.78%) IEC 61131
11 5 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.65%) GLBA
11 5 (0.65%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.52%) GAAP
12 4 (0.52%) GMP
12 4 (0.52%) IFRS
12 4 (0.52%) SEPA
12 4 (0.52%) TARGET2
System Software
1 29 (3.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.16%) Docker
3 5 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.39%) ProxySG
5 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.68%) Terraform
3 8 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.65%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.26%) AssetCenter
5 2 (0.26%) SCCM
6 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 182 (23.54%) PayPal
2 180 (23.29%) Microsoft
3 27 (3.49%) Salesforce
4 18 (2.33%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.20%) SAP
6 16 (2.07%) Oracle
7 15 (1.94%) Google
8 13 (1.68%) Cisco
9 11 (1.42%) Anaplan
10 10 (1.29%) Genesys
10 10 (1.29%) Splunk
11 9 (1.16%) Verint
12 8 (1.03%) Adobe
12 8 (1.03%) New Relic
13 7 (0.91%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.78%) iManage
14 6 (0.78%) Qualtrics
15 5 (0.65%) Databricks
15 5 (0.65%) Guidewire
15 5 (0.65%) Zoho