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 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 18
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,187 1,453 936
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.94% 15.41% 7.22%
As % of the General category 12.08% 24.08% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 768 343 428
10th Percentile £30,925 £26,300 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,991
England median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% -3.51%

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 9,828 6,033 7,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.90% 63.98% 57.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,417 2,682 3,197
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £29,295
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £69,000 £62,406 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -10.42% -

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -15 700 £46,500 +3.33% 316
Yorkshire -8 330 £47,000 +17.50% 205
North East -22 166 £51,962 +29.91% 66
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 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.60%) Apache Spark
3 19 (1.60%) Confluence
4 15 (1.26%) Apache
5 13 (1.10%) Jupyter
6 12 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.42%) CMS
7 5 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.25%) nginx
8 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
10 1 (0.084%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.084%) CICS
10 1 (0.084%) SAS
10 1 (0.084%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 176 (14.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (2.19%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.17%) CATIA
8 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.17%) LaTeX
8 2 (0.17%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.084%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.084%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.084%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.59%) Odoo
2 7 (0.59%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.51%) Exchequer
3 6 (0.51%) Shopify
4 4 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.34%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.34%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.25%) Magento
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.25%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.17%) iTrent
6 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.17%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.084%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.084%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 177 (14.91%) Azure
2 145 (12.22%) Power Platform
3 141 (11.88%) AWS
4 88 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (5.64%) GCP
6 47 (3.96%) Entra ID
7 44 (3.71%) SaaS
8 39 (3.29%) Serverless
9 38 (3.20%) Amazon S3
10 33 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (2.11%) Google Analytics
13 24 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (2.02%) PowerApps
14 23 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (1.94%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (1.43%) Amazon EMR
16 17 (1.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.20%) DNS
2 37 (3.12%) DHCP
3 26 (2.19%) Internet
4 23 (1.94%) Firewall
5 18 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.52%) VPN
5 18 (1.52%) Wireless
6 15 (1.26%) WAN
7 10 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.76%) LAN
9 8 (0.67%) SNMP
10 7 (0.59%) Network Security
10 7 (0.59%) SSL
10 7 (0.59%) VLAN
11 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.42%) HTTP
12 5 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.34%) SMS
13 4 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (9.94%) Power BI
2 49 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (2.86%) Metadata
4 31 (2.61%) Tableau
5 28 (2.36%) BigQuery
6 27 (2.27%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.77%) Big Data
8 19 (1.60%) Power Query
9 17 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.35%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.10%) Looker
12 12 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (1.01%) Spark SQL
13 11 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (0.93%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.93%) MySQL
14 10 (0.84%) Star Schema
15 8 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 52 (4.38%) Git
2 48 (4.04%) JIRA
3 21 (1.77%) GitLab
4 7 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.34%) Postman
6 3 (0.25%) Appium
6 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.25%) RStudio
6 3 (0.25%) Selenium
6 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.17%) JMeter
7 2 (0.17%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.084%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.084%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.084%) Maven
8 1 (0.084%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.084%) Visual Studio
General
1 527 (44.40%) Social Skills
2 323 (27.21%) Finance
3 111 (9.35%) Organisational Skills
4 108 (9.10%) Law
4 108 (9.10%) Marketing
5 106 (8.93%) Legal
6 104 (8.76%) Public Sector
7 86 (7.25%) Manufacturing
8 81 (6.82%) Retail
9 65 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 60 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
11 42 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.36%) Telecoms
13 24 (2.02%) Banking
14 23 (1.94%) Automotive
15 21 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.60%) Electronics
17 18 (1.52%) Local Government
18 17 (1.43%) Games
18 17 (1.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 305 (25.70%) Analyst
2 125 (10.53%) Senior
3 69 (5.81%) Business Analyst
3 69 (5.81%) Lead
4 67 (5.64%) Developer
5 65 (5.48%) Data Analyst
6 57 (4.80%) Data Engineer
7 55 (4.63%) Architect
8 40 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
9 33 (2.78%) Junior
10 32 (2.70%) Systems Analyst
11 31 (2.61%) IT Support
11 31 (2.61%) Support Engineer
12 29 (2.44%) Support Analyst
13 28 (2.36%) Senior Manager
14 25 (2.11%) Technical Analyst
15 22 (1.85%) Administrator
15 22 (1.85%) Consultant
15 22 (1.85%) Data Architect
15 22 (1.85%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.29%) Terraform
2 28 (2.36%) .NET
2 28 (2.36%) HTML
3 26 (2.19%) REST
4 25 (2.11%) CSS
4 25 (2.11%) PySpark
5 21 (1.77%) Node.js
6 13 (1.10%) Middleware
6 13 (1.10%) SOAP
7 12 (1.01%) EDI
7 12 (1.01%) JSON
8 10 (0.84%) Kafka
8 10 (0.84%) XML
9 7 (0.59%) React
9 7 (0.59%) Web Services
10 6 (0.51%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.42%) SAML
12 4 (0.34%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.34%) WSDL
12 4 (0.34%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.32%) Management Information System
2 70 (5.90%) Onboarding
3 57 (4.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 48 (4.04%) Product Ownership
5 36 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 33 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (2.19%) Social Media
8 25 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
9 21 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (1.68%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.52%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.52%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.01%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.93%) Credit Risk
15 10 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.84%) NHS
15 10 (0.84%) Taxonomies
15 10 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (6.23%) Windows
2 47 (3.96%) Windows Server
3 32 (2.70%) Linux
4 22 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.59%) macOS
8 4 (0.34%) Unix
9 3 (0.25%) CentOS
9 3 (0.25%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.084%) Android
10 1 (0.084%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (47.94%) Problem-Solving
2 406 (34.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 292 (24.60%) Decision-Making
4 256 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 244 (20.56%) Analytics
6 220 (18.53%) AI
7 201 (16.93%) Agile
8 151 (12.72%) Mentoring
9 146 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
10 128 (10.78%) Validation
11 122 (10.28%) ERP
12 121 (10.19%) CI/CD
12 121 (10.19%) CRM
13 111 (9.35%) Data Modelling
14 108 (9.10%) Coaching
15 106 (8.93%) Customer Service
15 106 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 105 (8.85%) Project Delivery
17 103 (8.68%) Data Analysis
18 97 (8.17%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 227 (19.12%) SQL
2 171 (14.41%) Python
3 51 (4.30%) JavaScript
4 40 (3.37%) Java
5 34 (2.86%) C#
5 34 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 26 (2.19%) Bash
7 21 (1.77%) R
8 16 (1.35%) C++
8 16 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 11 (0.93%) Scala
10 10 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.67%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.51%) C
12 6 (0.51%) PHP
13 4 (0.34%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.34%) COBOL
13 4 (0.34%) Go
13 4 (0.34%) XPath
Qualifications
1 198 (16.68%) Degree
2 103 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 80 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.71%) ACCA
5 39 (3.29%) CIMA
5 39 (3.29%) DBS Check
6 23 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 18 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.35%) HNC
10 15 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.93%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.84%) CCNA
12 10 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.76%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.76%) Postgraduate
14 8 (0.67%) HND
15 7 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (14.32%) Data Quality
2 72 (6.07%) QA
3 56 (4.72%) GDPR
4 30 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.43%) SLA
6 16 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (1.26%) PMO
8 13 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.67%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.51%) TickIT
11 5 (0.42%) NIST
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 14443
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 7816
12 4 (0.34%) NEBOSH
13 3 (0.25%) COSO
13 3 (0.25%) GRC
13 3 (0.25%) ISO 8583
13 3 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 49 (4.13%) Docker
3 8 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.42%) DFS Replication
5 5 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.34%) Firmware
7 3 (0.25%) Ceph
8 1 (0.084%) NFS
8 1 (0.084%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.59%) Ansible
5 6 (0.51%) Grafana
5 6 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.34%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.25%) Argo
7 3 (0.25%) Autotask
7 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
7 3 (0.25%) Istio
7 3 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (0.25%) Podman
7 3 (0.25%) SCVMM
8 2 (0.17%) Nessus
8 2 (0.17%) SCCM
9 1 (0.084%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 302 (25.44%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.73%) Google
3 39 (3.29%) SAP
3 39 (3.29%) YouTube
4 28 (2.36%) Salesforce
5 21 (1.77%) VMware
6 20 (1.68%) Databricks
7 19 (1.60%) Oracle
7 19 (1.60%) Workday
8 14 (1.18%) Cisco
8 14 (1.18%) TikTok
9 13 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.93%) iManage
11 10 (0.84%) Adobe
12 8 (0.67%) Aruba
12 8 (0.67%) HP
12 8 (0.67%) HubSpot
12 8 (0.67%) Sage
13 7 (0.59%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.59%) Veeam