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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,108 1,478 1,075
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.72% 15.71% 7.56%
As % of the General category 11.58% 24.16% 13.85%
Number of salaries quoted 787 344 575
10th Percentile £30,650 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £36,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,459 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £54,967
% change year-on-year - -4.49% -0.06%

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 9,568 6,117 7,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.79% 65.03% 54.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,326 2,708 3,904
10th Percentile £29,342 £25,409 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £36,250
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 £61,250 £63,156
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -3.51% -5.00%

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 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 11 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 -16 676 £46,500 +3.33% 358
Yorkshire -9 299 £47,250 +18.13% 228
North East -11 133 £50,500 +26.25% 69
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 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.53%) Confluence
4 14 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.99%) Apache
5 11 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.81%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.45%) CMS
8 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.090%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.090%) CICS
9 1 (0.090%) IIS
9 1 (0.090%) JBoss
9 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.090%) SAS
9 1 (0.090%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.090%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.090%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.090%) WordPress
Applications
1 149 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.80%) MS Visio
4 26 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.18%) CATIA
8 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.18%) LaTeX
8 2 (0.18%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.090%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 23 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.81%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.81%) SAP PM
5 7 (0.63%) Magento
6 6 (0.54%) Exchequer
7 5 (0.45%) Shopify
8 4 (0.36%) Odoo
8 4 (0.36%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.27%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.090%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.090%) SAP CRM
11 1 (0.090%) SAP ECC
11 1 (0.090%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 157 (14.17%) Power Platform
2 156 (14.08%) Azure
3 131 (11.82%) AWS
4 83 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.14%) GCP
6 43 (3.88%) Serverless
7 42 (3.79%) SaaS
8 39 (3.52%) Amazon S3
9 35 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
10 32 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (2.89%) Entra ID
11 30 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
11 30 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (2.71%) PowerApps
12 26 (2.35%) Google Analytics
13 25 (2.26%) GitHub
14 21 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
16 18 (1.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.62%) DNS
2 28 (2.53%) DHCP
3 22 (1.99%) Firewall
4 21 (1.90%) VPN
5 20 (1.81%) Wireless
6 14 (1.26%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.08%) Internet
7 12 (1.08%) WAN
8 9 (0.81%) LAN
9 6 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.54%) IP Telephony
9 6 (0.54%) Network Security
9 6 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (0.45%) HTTP
10 5 (0.45%) SMS
10 5 (0.45%) SNMP
10 5 (0.45%) VLAN
11 4 (0.36%) ATM
11 4 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (11.73%) Power BI
2 49 (4.42%) Tableau
3 47 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.26%) BigQuery
5 25 (2.26%) SQL Server
6 24 (2.17%) Metadata
7 22 (1.99%) Big Data
8 18 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.53%) Looker
10 12 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.99%) Power Query
11 11 (0.99%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.90%) MySQL
12 10 (0.90%) Spark SQL
13 9 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.72%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 55 (4.96%) JIRA
2 33 (2.98%) Git
3 10 (0.90%) GitLab
4 9 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.36%) Selenium
6 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.27%) Postman
6 3 (0.27%) RStudio
6 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.18%) JMeter
7 2 (0.18%) Maven
7 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.090%) Appium
8 1 (0.090%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.090%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.090%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.090%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.090%) Visual Studio
General
1 482 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 304 (27.44%) Finance
3 111 (10.02%) Law
4 106 (9.57%) Marketing
5 91 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 86 (7.76%) Organisational Skills
7 78 (7.04%) Legal
8 71 (6.41%) Retail
9 64 (5.78%) Manufacturing
10 59 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
11 53 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (3.34%) Telecoms
13 29 (2.62%) Military
14 24 (2.17%) Back Office
14 24 (2.17%) Banking
15 20 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (1.53%) Games
17 16 (1.44%) Automotive
17 16 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 311 (28.07%) Analyst
2 113 (10.20%) Senior
3 78 (7.04%) Data Analyst
4 76 (6.86%) Business Analyst
4 76 (6.86%) Lead
5 65 (5.87%) Developer
6 53 (4.78%) Architect
7 49 (4.42%) Data Engineer
8 44 (3.97%) Systems Analyst
9 33 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
10 29 (2.62%) IT Support
10 29 (2.62%) Senior Manager
11 27 (2.44%) Junior
11 27 (2.44%) Support Engineer
11 27 (2.44%) Technical Analyst
12 25 (2.26%) Support Analyst
13 24 (2.17%) Administrator
13 24 (2.17%) HR Analyst
13 24 (2.17%) HR Data Analyst
14 22 (1.99%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.07%) REST
2 30 (2.71%) .NET
3 28 (2.53%) Terraform
4 27 (2.44%) Middleware
5 24 (2.17%) HTML
6 20 (1.81%) CSS
6 20 (1.81%) EDI
6 20 (1.81%) SOAP
6 20 (1.81%) XML
7 19 (1.71%) JSON
8 18 (1.62%) Node.js
8 18 (1.62%) PySpark
9 10 (0.90%) Web Services
10 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.63%) Kafka
11 6 (0.54%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.54%) Pandas
11 6 (0.54%) React
11 6 (0.54%) scikit-learn
12 4 (0.36%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 52 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.51%) Management Information System
4 49 (4.42%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (1.90%) Driving Licence
7 21 (1.90%) Social Media
8 20 (1.81%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.44%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.26%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
11 13 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.90%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.81%) Credit Risk
15 9 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (0.81%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.95%) Windows
2 46 (4.15%) Windows Server
3 19 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (1.62%) Linux
5 14 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.27%) CentOS
8 3 (0.27%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.27%) Unix
9 1 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 483 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
2 353 (31.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 288 (25.99%) Decision-Making
4 241 (21.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 236 (21.30%) Analytics
6 189 (17.06%) Agile
7 184 (16.61%) AI
8 144 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
9 126 (11.37%) Mentoring
10 123 (11.10%) ERP
11 117 (10.56%) CRM
12 116 (10.47%) Validation
13 107 (9.66%) Data Modelling
14 102 (9.21%) Actionable Insight
15 101 (9.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 100 (9.03%) Customer Service
17 98 (8.84%) Data Governance
18 93 (8.39%) Roadmaps
19 92 (8.30%) Coaching
20 89 (8.03%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 225 (20.31%) SQL
2 160 (14.44%) Python
3 47 (4.24%) JavaScript
4 45 (4.06%) Java
5 38 (3.43%) C#
6 26 (2.35%) PowerShell
7 22 (1.99%) Bash
8 17 (1.53%) C++
9 15 (1.35%) R
10 11 (0.99%) Scala
11 9 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.72%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.63%) C
13 7 (0.63%) PHP
13 7 (0.63%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.36%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.36%) COBOL
14 4 (0.36%) Go
14 4 (0.36%) XPath
15 3 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 148 (13.36%) Degree
2 78 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 55 (4.96%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.87%) DBS Check
5 43 (3.88%) ACCA
6 36 (3.25%) CIMA
7 22 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (0.99%) IRCA
10 11 (0.99%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.90%) CCNA
12 9 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.81%) HNC
13 8 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.63%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.63%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.54%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (15.79%) Data Quality
2 78 (7.04%) QA
3 62 (5.60%) GDPR
4 27 (2.44%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.08%) SLA
6 17 (1.53%) TickIT
7 15 (1.35%) ISO 9001
7 15 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.17%) PMO
10 11 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.36%) GRC
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.36%) NIST
13 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.27%) COSO
14 3 (0.27%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 69 (6.23%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.16%) Docker
3 9 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Ceph
5 3 (0.27%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.090%) NFS
7 1 (0.090%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.45%) Ansible
4 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.27%) Argo
5 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.27%) Grafana
5 3 (0.27%) Istio
5 3 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.27%) Podman
5 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.27%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.18%) Nessus
7 1 (0.090%) Autotask
7 1 (0.090%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.090%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 272 (24.55%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.69%) Google
3 47 (4.24%) SAP
4 43 (3.88%) Workday
5 31 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.62%) YouTube
7 18 (1.62%) Databricks
7 18 (1.62%) Oracle
8 17 (1.53%) VMware
9 16 (1.44%) iManage
10 15 (1.35%) Cisco
11 14 (1.26%) Adobe
11 14 (1.26%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.81%) Aderant
13 8 (0.72%) HP
13 8 (0.72%) Intapp
14 7 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.63%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.63%) Veeam
15 6 (0.54%) Sage