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 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 865 1,006 689
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.14% 8.24% 9.33%
As % of the General category 15.18% 13.66% 14.25%
Number of salaries quoted 385 459 511
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £26,419
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,698 7,366 4,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.19% 60.33% 65.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,023 3,074 3,584
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 -9 436 £45,000 -14.29% 313
Yorkshire +7 313 £40,000 -23.81% 214
North East +19 116 £45,000 +9.76% 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 24 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.62%) Confluence
4 8 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.81%) Apache
6 4 (0.46%) Camunda
6 4 (0.46%) CMS
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.35%) SAS
8 2 (0.23%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.23%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.23%) IIS
8 2 (0.23%) nginx
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.23%) WinCC
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 251 (29.02%) Chatbot
2 143 (16.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
4 27 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.27%) AutoCAD
7 10 (1.16%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.69%) SOLIDWORKS
9 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.23%) Revit
11 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (1.04%) Shopify
2 8 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.69%) SAP WM
4 5 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.35%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.35%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.23%) Primavera
6 2 (0.23%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 87 (10.06%) Power Platform
2 77 (8.90%) Azure
3 53 (6.13%) AWS
4 43 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (3.01%) Entra ID
6 24 (2.77%) SaaS
7 18 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
8 15 (1.73%) GCP
9 13 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.69%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (0.69%) dbt
13 6 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.69%) Figma
13 6 (0.69%) GitHub
13 6 (0.69%) Serverless
13 6 (0.69%) Snowflake
14 5 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.35%) Firewall
2 9 (1.04%) LAN
2 9 (1.04%) Network Security
2 9 (1.04%) WAN
3 8 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (0.81%) DHCP
4 7 (0.81%) DNS
5 6 (0.69%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (0.69%) PSTN
5 6 (0.69%) VoIP
6 5 (0.58%) Internet
7 4 (0.46%) Intranet
7 4 (0.46%) SMS
7 4 (0.46%) VLAN
8 3 (0.35%) Broadband
8 3 (0.35%) WPA
9 2 (0.23%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.48%) Power BI
2 59 (6.82%) Tableau
3 45 (5.20%) Data Mining
4 31 (3.58%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.04%) Looker
10 8 (0.92%) GIS
10 8 (0.92%) Metadata
11 6 (0.69%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.58%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.46%) MySQL
13 4 (0.46%) Power Query
13 4 (0.46%) Spatial Data
14 3 (0.35%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 17 (1.97%) JIRA
2 7 (0.81%) GitLab
2 7 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.58%) Bitbucket
3 5 (0.58%) Git
3 5 (0.58%) SonarQube
3 5 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.23%) WaveMaker
5 1 (0.12%) Appium
5 1 (0.12%) Gatling
5 1 (0.12%) JMeter
5 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.12%) Postman
5 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 360 (41.62%) Social Skills
2 236 (27.28%) Finance
3 47 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 45 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
5 40 (4.62%) Legal
6 32 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 32 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (3.47%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.35%) Marketing
9 25 (2.89%) Retail
10 24 (2.77%) Banking
10 24 (2.77%) Law
11 23 (2.66%) Telecoms
12 18 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.62%) Advertising
14 13 (1.50%) Electronics
15 10 (1.16%) General Ledger
16 9 (1.04%) Billing
17 8 (0.92%) Local Government
18 7 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 249 (28.79%) Trainer
2 199 (23.01%) Analyst
3 72 (8.32%) Senior
4 69 (7.98%) Data Analyst
5 40 (4.62%) Trainee
6 38 (4.39%) Trainee Analyst
6 38 (4.39%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 30 (3.47%) PLC Engineer
8 29 (3.35%) Support Engineer
9 28 (3.24%) Business Analyst
10 26 (3.01%) Lead
11 22 (2.54%) Architect
11 22 (2.54%) Developer
11 22 (2.54%) Support Analyst
12 21 (2.43%) Applications Support
13 20 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (2.20%) Lecturer
14 19 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (2.08%) Financial Analyst
16 17 (1.97%) Commercial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.50%) CSS
2 9 (1.04%) React
3 8 (0.92%) HTML
4 7 (0.81%) REST
5 6 (0.69%) FreeSWITCH
5 6 (0.69%) Software Packaging
5 6 (0.69%) XML
6 5 (0.58%) Flutter
6 5 (0.58%) JSON
7 4 (0.46%) .NET
7 4 (0.46%) Flash
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.35%) Pandas
9 2 (0.23%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.23%) Flask
9 2 (0.23%) Laravel
9 2 (0.23%) PySpark
9 2 (0.23%) RESTful
9 2 (0.23%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 48 (5.55%) Self-Motivation
3 37 (4.28%) Management Information System
4 35 (4.05%) Renewable Energy
5 33 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 32 (3.70%) Cyberattack
7 27 (3.12%) Driving Licence
8 20 (2.31%) Social Media
9 14 (1.62%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.27%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.16%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.16%) NHS
12 9 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.04%) Product Ownership
13 8 (0.92%) SCADA
14 7 (0.81%) Life Science
15 6 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 5 (0.58%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.28%) Windows
2 10 (1.16%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.46%) Linux
4 3 (0.35%) Android
4 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (36.53%) Problem-Solving
2 314 (36.30%) AI
3 251 (29.02%) Chemistry
3 251 (29.02%) Conversational UI
4 145 (16.76%) Decision-Making
5 132 (15.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 120 (13.87%) Project Management
7 107 (12.37%) Analytics
8 105 (12.14%) Agile
9 95 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
10 89 (10.29%) Data Analysis
11 79 (9.13%) Business Analysis
12 65 (7.51%) Stakeholder Management
13 63 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
14 62 (7.17%) Customer Service
14 62 (7.17%) Project Delivery
15 61 (7.05%) Actionable Insight
16 55 (6.36%) Data Analytics
17 48 (5.55%) Visualisation
18 47 (5.43%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 144 (16.65%) SQL
2 81 (9.36%) Python
3 16 (1.85%) Java
4 13 (1.50%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.27%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.92%) VBA
8 7 (0.81%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.69%) Bash
10 5 (0.58%) C#
10 5 (0.58%) R
10 5 (0.58%) Scala
11 4 (0.46%) Go
11 4 (0.46%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.23%) Bicep
12 2 (0.23%) C++
12 2 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 397 (45.90%) Degree
2 284 (32.83%) Master's Degree
3 249 (28.79%) PhD
4 31 (3.58%) HND
5 27 (3.12%) DBS Check
6 19 (2.20%) ACCA
6 19 (2.20%) CIMA
7 16 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.39%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.16%) PMP
11 8 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.69%) CCNP
13 6 (0.69%) CISSP
13 6 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.58%) CIPD
14 5 (0.58%) Security Cleared
14 5 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.58%) QA
2 24 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.20%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.97%) GDPR
5 17 (1.97%) PMO
6 7 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.81%) NIST
6 7 (0.81%) SLA
7 6 (0.69%) IEC 61131
8 5 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.58%) GLBA
9 4 (0.46%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.46%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.46%) SEPA
9 4 (0.46%) TARGET2
10 3 (0.35%) COBIT
10 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (4.16%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.04%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.92%) Docker
4 4 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.04%) Terraform
3 3 (0.35%) Grafana
3 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.23%) AssetCenter
4 2 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.23%) SCCM
5 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 249 (28.79%) PayPal
2 175 (20.23%) Microsoft
3 27 (3.12%) SAP
4 25 (2.89%) Google
5 15 (1.73%) Oracle
6 14 (1.62%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.27%) Cisco
8 9 (1.04%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.92%) Adobe
10 7 (0.81%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.81%) Workday
11 6 (0.69%) HP
11 6 (0.69%) iManage
11 6 (0.69%) Qualtrics
11 6 (0.69%) Splunk
11 6 (0.69%) VMware
12 5 (0.58%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.58%) ESRI
12 5 (0.58%) JDA
12 5 (0.58%) RedPrairie