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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,099 1,475 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.70% 15.70% 7.49%
As % of the General category 11.56% 24.17% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 781 342 572
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £36,900
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 £71,460 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £54,750
% change year-on-year - -4.11% -0.45%

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 9,510 6,103 7,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.71% 64.98% 54.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6,296 2,703 3,900
10th Percentile £29,438 £25,409 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -2.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,625 £63,110
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,988
% change year-on-year - -3.49% -5.02%

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 10 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 10 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 -16 673 £46,500 +3.33% 506
Yorkshire -9 295 £47,000 +17.50% 269
North East -16 131 £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 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.46%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.55%) Confluence
4 14 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.00%) Apache
5 11 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.82%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.45%) CMS
8 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.091%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.091%) CICS
9 1 (0.091%) IIS
9 1 (0.091%) JBoss
9 1 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.091%) SAS
9 1 (0.091%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.091%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.091%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.091%) WordPress
Applications
1 149 (13.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.82%) MS Visio
4 26 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.18%) LaTeX
7 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.091%) CATIA
8 1 (0.091%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.82%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.82%) SAP PM
5 6 (0.55%) Exchequer
5 6 (0.55%) Magento
6 4 (0.36%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.27%) Odoo
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.27%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.27%) Shopify
8 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.091%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.091%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.091%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 157 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 154 (14.01%) Azure
3 130 (11.83%) AWS
4 83 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.19%) GCP
6 42 (3.82%) SaaS
6 42 (3.82%) Serverless
7 38 (3.46%) Amazon S3
8 34 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (2.91%) Entra ID
10 30 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
10 30 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (2.73%) PowerApps
11 26 (2.37%) Google Analytics
12 25 (2.27%) GitHub
13 21 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
14 20 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 19 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (1.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.64%) DNS
2 28 (2.55%) DHCP
3 22 (2.00%) Firewall
4 21 (1.91%) VPN
5 20 (1.82%) Wireless
6 14 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.09%) Internet
7 12 (1.09%) WAN
8 9 (0.82%) LAN
9 6 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.55%) IP Telephony
9 6 (0.55%) Network Security
9 6 (0.55%) 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 (11.83%) Power BI
2 49 (4.46%) Tableau
3 47 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.27%) BigQuery
6 24 (2.18%) SQL Server
7 23 (2.09%) Metadata
8 22 (2.00%) Big Data
9 17 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (1.55%) Looker
10 11 (1.00%) Power Query
11 10 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (0.91%) MySQL
11 10 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.91%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.91%) Spark SQL
12 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.73%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.64%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 56 (5.10%) JIRA
2 32 (2.91%) Git
3 10 (0.91%) GitLab
4 9 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.27%) Postman
5 3 (0.27%) RStudio
5 3 (0.27%) Selenium
5 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.18%) Maven
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.091%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.091%) JMeter
7 1 (0.091%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.091%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.091%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.091%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 482 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 304 (27.66%) Finance
3 111 (10.10%) Law
4 104 (9.46%) Marketing
5 91 (8.28%) Public Sector
6 86 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
7 77 (7.01%) Legal
8 68 (6.19%) Retail
9 61 (5.55%) Manufacturing
10 59 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
11 53 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (3.37%) Telecoms
13 29 (2.64%) Military
14 24 (2.18%) Back Office
15 23 (2.09%) Banking
16 20 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (1.55%) Games
18 16 (1.46%) Automotive
18 16 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (1.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 309 (28.12%) Analyst
2 112 (10.19%) Senior
3 78 (7.10%) Data Analyst
4 76 (6.92%) Business Analyst
4 76 (6.92%) Lead
5 65 (5.91%) Developer
6 52 (4.73%) Architect
7 48 (4.37%) Data Engineer
8 44 (4.00%) Systems Analyst
9 33 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
10 29 (2.64%) IT Support
10 29 (2.64%) Senior Manager
11 27 (2.46%) Support Engineer
11 27 (2.46%) Technical Analyst
12 26 (2.37%) Junior
13 24 (2.18%) Administrator
13 24 (2.18%) HR Analyst
13 24 (2.18%) HR Data Analyst
13 24 (2.18%) Support Analyst
14 22 (2.00%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.09%) REST
2 30 (2.73%) .NET
3 28 (2.55%) Terraform
4 27 (2.46%) Middleware
5 24 (2.18%) HTML
6 20 (1.82%) CSS
6 20 (1.82%) EDI
6 20 (1.82%) SOAP
6 20 (1.82%) XML
7 18 (1.64%) JSON
7 18 (1.64%) Node.js
8 16 (1.46%) PySpark
9 10 (0.91%) Web Services
10 7 (0.64%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.64%) Kafka
11 6 (0.55%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.55%) Pandas
11 6 (0.55%) React
11 6 (0.55%) scikit-learn
12 4 (0.36%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 79 (7.19%) Analytical Mindset
2 52 (4.73%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 49 (4.46%) Product Ownership
5 23 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (1.91%) Driving Licence
6 21 (1.91%) Social Media
7 19 (1.73%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.46%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.27%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
10 13 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
13 10 (0.91%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.82%) Credit Risk
14 9 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (0.82%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 77 (7.01%) Windows
2 46 (4.19%) Windows Server
3 19 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (1.64%) Linux
5 14 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.64%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.55%) 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 (0.091%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (31.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 288 (26.21%) Decision-Making
4 239 (21.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 232 (21.11%) Analytics
6 187 (17.02%) Agile
7 184 (16.74%) AI
8 143 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
9 124 (11.28%) Mentoring
10 119 (10.83%) ERP
11 114 (10.37%) CRM
11 114 (10.37%) Validation
12 106 (9.65%) Data Modelling
13 102 (9.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 101 (9.19%) Actionable Insight
15 98 (8.92%) Customer Service
16 97 (8.83%) Data Governance
17 93 (8.46%) Roadmaps
18 92 (8.37%) Coaching
19 89 (8.10%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 224 (20.38%) SQL
2 159 (14.47%) Python
3 47 (4.28%) JavaScript
4 44 (4.00%) Java
5 38 (3.46%) C#
6 26 (2.37%) PowerShell
7 22 (2.00%) Bash
8 17 (1.55%) C++
9 15 (1.36%) R
10 11 (1.00%) Scala
11 9 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.73%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.64%) C
13 7 (0.64%) PHP
13 7 (0.64%) 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
1 144 (13.10%) Degree
2 77 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 54 (4.91%) DBS Check
3 54 (4.91%) SC Cleared
4 43 (3.91%) ACCA
5 36 (3.28%) CIMA
6 22 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.00%) IRCA
10 10 (0.91%) CCNA
10 10 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.82%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.73%) HNC
12 8 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.64%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (0.64%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.55%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (15.92%) Data Quality
2 78 (7.10%) QA
3 62 (5.64%) GDPR
4 26 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.09%) SLA
6 17 (1.55%) TickIT
7 15 (1.36%) ISO 9001
7 15 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.18%) PMO
10 10 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.73%) 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 (6.28%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.18%) Docker
3 9 (0.82%) 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 (0.091%) NFS
7 1 (0.091%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.00%) 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 (0.091%) Autotask
7 1 (0.091%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.091%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 271 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.73%) Google
3 46 (4.19%) SAP
4 43 (3.91%) Workday
5 31 (2.82%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.64%) YouTube
7 18 (1.64%) Oracle
8 17 (1.55%) Databricks
8 17 (1.55%) VMware
9 16 (1.46%) iManage
10 15 (1.36%) Cisco
11 14 (1.27%) Adobe
11 14 (1.27%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.82%) Aderant
13 8 (0.73%) HP
13 8 (0.73%) Intapp
14 7 (0.64%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.64%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.64%) Veeam
15 6 (0.55%) Sage