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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,051 1,488 1,126
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.59% 15.65% 7.58%
As % of the General category 11.33% 23.88% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 761 351 648
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £33,125 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,196 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £79,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% 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 9,276 6,232 8,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.53% 65.54% 54.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6,176 2,827 4,449
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,000 £35,920
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 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £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 1 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 1 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 -16 647 £46,500 +3.33% 555
Yorkshire -13 279 £47,000 +17.50% 276
North East -16 125 £55,000 +34.15% 93
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 51 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (4.57%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.62%) Confluence
4 14 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.05%) Apache
5 11 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.86%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.48%) CMS
8 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.095%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.095%) IIS
9 1 (0.095%) JBoss
9 1 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.095%) SAS
9 1 (0.095%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.095%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.095%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.095%) WordPress
Applications
1 132 (12.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.04%) MS Visio
4 22 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.19%) LaTeX
6 2 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.095%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.095%) CATIA
7 1 (0.095%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.33%) SAP PM
3 12 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
5 10 (0.95%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.57%) Exchequer
7 5 (0.48%) Magento
8 4 (0.38%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.38%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.29%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.19%) Odoo
10 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.19%) Shopify
11 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
11 1 (0.095%) SAP CRM
11 1 (0.095%) SAP ECC
11 1 (0.095%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 145 (13.80%) Azure
1 145 (13.80%) Power Platform
2 124 (11.80%) AWS
3 78 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (5.42%) GCP
5 43 (4.09%) SaaS
6 36 (3.43%) Amazon S3
6 36 (3.43%) Serverless
7 30 (2.85%) PowerApps
8 29 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (2.66%) Entra ID
10 26 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
11 25 (2.38%) GitHub
11 25 (2.38%) Google Analytics
12 20 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
14 18 (1.71%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.47%) DNS
2 25 (2.38%) DHCP
3 22 (2.09%) Firewall
4 21 (2.00%) VPN
4 21 (2.00%) Wireless
5 14 (1.33%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.24%) WAN
7 12 (1.14%) Internet
8 10 (0.95%) LAN
9 7 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (0.67%) Network Security
10 6 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.57%) IP Telephony
10 6 (0.57%) SNMP
10 6 (0.57%) VLAN
10 6 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.48%) HTTP
11 5 (0.48%) SMS
12 4 (0.38%) ATM
12 4 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (11.13%) Power BI
2 54 (5.14%) Tableau
3 46 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.38%) BigQuery
6 22 (2.09%) SQL Server
7 21 (2.00%) Big Data
7 21 (2.00%) Metadata
8 17 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.62%) Looker
9 16 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.95%) Power Query
11 9 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
11 9 (0.86%) MySQL
11 9 (0.86%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.76%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.67%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 55 (5.23%) JIRA
2 30 (2.85%) Git
3 9 (0.86%) GitLab
4 8 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.29%) Postman
5 3 (0.29%) RStudio
5 3 (0.29%) Selenium
5 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.095%) JMeter
7 1 (0.095%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.095%) Maven
7 1 (0.095%) MLflow
7 1 (0.095%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.095%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.095%) Visual Studio
General
1 461 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 289 (27.50%) Finance
3 110 (10.47%) Law
4 99 (9.42%) Marketing
5 85 (8.09%) Public Sector
6 71 (6.76%) Legal
7 66 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (5.90%) Retail
9 57 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
10 54 (5.14%) Manufacturing
11 52 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 41 (3.90%) Telecoms
13 33 (3.14%) Military
14 29 (2.76%) Back Office
15 21 (2.00%) Banking
16 20 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.43%) Games
18 15 (1.43%) Local Government
19 11 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 296 (28.16%) Analyst
2 108 (10.28%) Senior
3 77 (7.33%) Data Analyst
4 73 (6.95%) Business Analyst
4 73 (6.95%) Lead
5 62 (5.90%) Developer
6 48 (4.57%) Architect
7 43 (4.09%) Data Engineer
7 43 (4.09%) Systems Analyst
8 31 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
9 29 (2.76%) IT Support
9 29 (2.76%) Senior Manager
10 28 (2.66%) Data Manager
11 27 (2.57%) Systems Manager
12 26 (2.47%) Support Engineer
13 25 (2.38%) Technical Analyst
14 24 (2.28%) HR Analyst
14 24 (2.28%) HR Data Analyst
15 23 (2.19%) Junior
16 21 (2.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.95%) REST
2 28 (2.66%) Terraform
3 27 (2.57%) Middleware
4 26 (2.47%) .NET
5 23 (2.19%) HTML
6 19 (1.81%) CSS
6 19 (1.81%) EDI
7 18 (1.71%) SOAP
7 18 (1.71%) XML
8 17 (1.62%) Node.js
9 15 (1.43%) JSON
10 11 (1.05%) PySpark
11 8 (0.76%) Web Services
12 7 (0.67%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.57%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.57%) Kafka
13 6 (0.57%) Pandas
13 6 (0.57%) scikit-learn
14 5 (0.48%) Flutter
14 5 (0.48%) React
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 49 (4.66%) Onboarding
3 47 (4.47%) Product Ownership
4 42 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.00%) Social Media
6 20 (1.90%) Driving Licence
7 19 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.62%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.43%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
12 13 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.95%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.86%) Credit Risk
15 9 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (0.76%) Life Science
16 8 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.85%) Windows
2 43 (4.09%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.62%) Linux
3 17 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.29%) CentOS
7 3 (0.29%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (42.53%) Problem-Solving
2 332 (31.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 274 (26.07%) Decision-Making
4 227 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 218 (20.74%) Analytics
6 178 (16.94%) Agile
7 162 (15.41%) AI
8 126 (11.99%) Business Intelligence
9 113 (10.75%) ERP
10 110 (10.47%) Mentoring
11 106 (10.09%) CRM
12 105 (9.99%) Validation
13 103 (9.80%) Data Modelling
14 99 (9.42%) Actionable Insight
14 99 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 98 (9.32%) Data Governance
16 93 (8.85%) Roadmaps
17 87 (8.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 83 (7.90%) Customer Service
18 83 (7.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 212 (20.17%) SQL
2 157 (14.94%) Python
3 41 (3.90%) JavaScript
4 39 (3.71%) Java
5 35 (3.33%) C#
6 25 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 22 (2.09%) Bash
8 15 (1.43%) R
9 12 (1.14%) C++
10 11 (1.05%) Scala
11 9 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.67%) PHP
12 7 (0.67%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.57%) C
13 6 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.48%) Go
15 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.29%) COBOL
16 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 124 (11.80%) Degree
2 73 (6.95%) Security Cleared
3 59 (5.61%) DBS Check
4 50 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 37 (3.52%) ACCA
6 32 (3.04%) CIMA
7 22 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.52%) IRCA
9 14 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.95%) CCNA
12 9 (0.86%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.86%) HNC
12 9 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.67%) CCNP
14 7 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (15.51%) Data Quality
2 81 (7.71%) QA
3 62 (5.90%) GDPR
4 23 (2.19%) SLA
5 21 (2.00%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.90%) ISO 9001
7 17 (1.62%) TickIT
8 14 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (1.14%) PMO
10 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.38%) GRC
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.29%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.29%) ISO 8583
14 3 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (6.28%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.24%) Docker
3 9 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.29%) Ceph
5 3 (0.29%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.095%) Firmware
7 1 (0.095%) NFS
7 1 (0.095%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.48%) Ansible
4 3 (0.29%) Argo
4 3 (0.29%) Check_MK
4 3 (0.29%) Grafana
4 3 (0.29%) Istio
4 3 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (0.29%) Podman
4 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.29%) SCVMM
4 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.19%) Nessus
6 1 (0.095%) Autotask
6 1 (0.095%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.095%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 245 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.04%) SAP
3 50 (4.76%) Google
4 49 (4.66%) Workday
5 32 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.00%) YouTube
7 17 (1.62%) Oracle
8 16 (1.52%) Cisco
8 16 (1.52%) Databricks
8 16 (1.52%) iManage
9 15 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.33%) Adobe
10 14 (1.33%) VMware
11 9 (0.86%) Aderant
12 8 (0.76%) HP
12 8 (0.76%) Intapp
13 7 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.67%) Veeam
14 6 (0.57%) SolarWinds