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 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 +11
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,042 1,488 1,149
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.56% 15.65% 7.50%
As % of the General category 11.20% 23.76% 13.80%
Number of salaries quoted 762 344 688
10th Percentile £31,000 £25,825 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,722 £33,031 £37,500
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 £73,063 £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 9,307 6,263 8,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.74% 65.87% 54.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,191 2,829 4,735
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,925 £31,250 £35,332
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -3.88%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -17 639 £46,500 +3.33% 519
Yorkshire -12 282 £47,000 +17.50% 290
North East -13 121 £53,750 +2.38% 98
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 50 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (4.51%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.63%) Confluence
4 14 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.06%) Apache
5 11 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.86%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.38%) CMS
9 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.096%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.096%) IIS
10 1 (0.096%) JBoss
10 1 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.096%) SAS
10 1 (0.096%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.096%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.096%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.096%) WordPress
Applications
1 131 (12.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.07%) MS Visio
4 22 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.19%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.096%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.096%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 26 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.34%) SAP PM
3 12 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 11 (1.06%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.48%) Magento
6 4 (0.38%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.29%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.19%) Exchequer
8 2 (0.19%) Odoo
8 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.096%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.096%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.096%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.096%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.096%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (13.92%) Azure
2 142 (13.63%) Power Platform
3 123 (11.80%) AWS
4 76 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (5.57%) GCP
6 41 (3.93%) SaaS
7 36 (3.45%) Amazon S3
7 36 (3.45%) Serverless
8 29 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
8 29 (2.78%) PowerApps
9 27 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (2.59%) Entra ID
10 26 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
11 25 (2.40%) GitHub
11 25 (2.40%) Google Analytics
12 20 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 19 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
13 19 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
14 18 (1.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.50%) DNS
2 25 (2.40%) DHCP
3 22 (2.11%) Firewall
4 21 (2.02%) VPN
4 21 (2.02%) Wireless
5 14 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.25%) WAN
7 12 (1.15%) Internet
8 10 (0.96%) LAN
9 7 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (0.67%) Network Security
10 6 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.58%) IP Telephony
10 6 (0.58%) SNMP
10 6 (0.58%) VLAN
10 6 (0.58%) 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
1 114 (10.94%) Power BI
2 53 (5.09%) Tableau
3 46 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.40%) BigQuery
6 22 (2.11%) SQL Server
7 21 (2.02%) Big Data
8 20 (1.92%) Metadata
9 17 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.63%) Looker
10 16 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (0.86%) MySQL
12 9 (0.86%) Power Query
12 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.77%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.67%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 54 (5.18%) JIRA
2 30 (2.88%) Git
3 9 (0.86%) GitLab
4 8 (0.77%) 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 (0.096%) JMeter
7 1 (0.096%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.096%) Maven
7 1 (0.096%) MLflow
7 1 (0.096%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.096%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.096%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.096%) Visual Studio
General
1 458 (43.95%) Social Skills
2 285 (27.35%) Finance
3 105 (10.08%) Law
4 94 (9.02%) Marketing
5 86 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 67 (6.43%) Legal
7 63 (6.05%) Organisational Skills
8 59 (5.66%) Retail
9 55 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
10 52 (4.99%) Manufacturing
11 50 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 41 (3.93%) Telecoms
13 33 (3.17%) Military
14 29 (2.78%) Back Office
15 21 (2.02%) Banking
16 17 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.44%) Games
18 15 (1.44%) Local Government
19 10 (0.96%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 297 (28.50%) Analyst
2 107 (10.27%) Senior
3 78 (7.49%) Data Analyst
4 74 (7.10%) Lead
5 72 (6.91%) Business Analyst
6 62 (5.95%) Developer
7 47 (4.51%) Architect
8 44 (4.22%) Systems Analyst
9 43 (4.13%) Data Engineer
10 31 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
11 29 (2.78%) IT Support
12 28 (2.69%) Data Manager
13 27 (2.59%) Senior Manager
13 27 (2.59%) Systems Manager
14 25 (2.40%) Support Engineer
14 25 (2.40%) Technical Analyst
15 24 (2.30%) HR Analyst
15 24 (2.30%) HR Data Analyst
16 23 (2.21%) Junior
17 21 (2.02%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.98%) REST
2 28 (2.69%) Terraform
3 27 (2.59%) Middleware
4 26 (2.50%) .NET
5 23 (2.21%) HTML
6 19 (1.82%) CSS
6 19 (1.82%) EDI
7 18 (1.73%) Node.js
7 18 (1.73%) SOAP
7 18 (1.73%) XML
8 15 (1.44%) JSON
9 11 (1.06%) PySpark
10 8 (0.77%) Web Services
11 7 (0.67%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.67%) React
12 6 (0.58%) ASP.NET
12 6 (0.58%) Flutter
12 6 (0.58%) Kafka
12 6 (0.58%) Pandas
12 6 (0.58%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 87 (8.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 47 (4.51%) Product Ownership
3 46 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 39 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 20 (1.92%) Driving Licence
5 20 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (1.92%) Social Media
6 19 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (1.63%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.34%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
10 13 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
12 10 (0.96%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.86%) Credit Risk
13 9 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.77%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.77%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.91%) Windows
2 43 (4.13%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.63%) Linux
3 17 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.58%) 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
1 441 (42.32%) Problem-Solving
2 330 (31.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 270 (25.91%) Decision-Making
4 224 (21.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 221 (21.21%) Analytics
6 176 (16.89%) Agile
7 157 (15.07%) AI
8 122 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
9 111 (10.65%) ERP
10 109 (10.46%) Mentoring
11 105 (10.08%) Validation
12 104 (9.98%) Actionable Insight
12 104 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 103 (9.88%) Data Modelling
14 102 (9.79%) CRM
15 98 (9.40%) Data Governance
16 94 (9.02%) Roadmaps
17 88 (8.45%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 83 (7.97%) Project Delivery
19 80 (7.68%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 209 (20.06%) SQL
2 158 (15.16%) Python
3 42 (4.03%) JavaScript
4 40 (3.84%) Java
5 36 (3.45%) C#
6 24 (2.30%) PowerShell
7 22 (2.11%) Bash
8 15 (1.44%) R
9 12 (1.15%) C++
10 11 (1.06%) Scala
11 9 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.67%) PHP
12 7 (0.67%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.58%) C
13 6 (0.58%) Go
13 6 (0.58%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.29%) COBOL
15 3 (0.29%) SOQL
15 3 (0.29%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 123 (11.80%) Degree
2 73 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 60 (5.76%) DBS Check
4 50 (4.80%) SC Cleared
5 36 (3.45%) ACCA
6 31 (2.98%) CIMA
7 22 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (2.02%) IRCA
9 15 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (0.96%) CCNA
12 10 (0.96%) HNC
13 9 (0.86%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.77%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.67%) CCNP
15 7 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (15.55%) Data Quality
2 88 (8.45%) QA
3 66 (6.33%) GDPR
4 25 (2.40%) ISO 9001
5 23 (2.21%) SLA
6 19 (1.82%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.63%) TickIT
8 14 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (1.15%) PMO
10 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.38%) GMP
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%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.26%) 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 (0.096%) Firmware
7 1 (0.096%) NFS
7 1 (0.096%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.96%) 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 (0.096%) Autotask
6 1 (0.096%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.096%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 241 (23.13%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.09%) SAP
3 49 (4.70%) Workday
4 48 (4.61%) Google
5 31 (2.98%) Salesforce
6 18 (1.73%) YouTube
7 17 (1.63%) Oracle
8 16 (1.54%) Cisco
8 16 (1.54%) Databricks
8 16 (1.54%) iManage
9 15 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.34%) Adobe
10 14 (1.34%) VMware
11 8 (0.77%) Aderant
11 8 (0.77%) HP
11 8 (0.77%) Intapp
12 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.67%) Veeam
13 6 (0.58%) Sage
13 6 (0.58%) SolarWinds