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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 17
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,182 1,591 1,019
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.90% 16.55% 7.53%
As % of the General category 12.00% 25.70% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 787 345 483
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,000 £27,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £37,574
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60,098 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,459 £77,500
England median annual salary £51,438 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.88% -9.09% -4.35%

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 9,851 6,191 7,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.81% 64.40% 56.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,417 2,657 3,457
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £69,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -15 716 £46,250 +2.78% 720
Yorkshire -10 317 £47,000 +17.50% 512
North East -22 158 £52,231 +30.58% 188
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 49 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
1 49 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.61%) Confluence
3 16 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.18%) Apache
5 12 (1.02%) Jupyter
6 11 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.51%) CMS
8 5 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.25%) nginx
9 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.085%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.085%) CICS
11 1 (0.085%) IIS
11 1 (0.085%) SAS
11 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.085%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.085%) WordPress
Applications
1 169 (14.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.54%) MS Visio
4 27 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.17%) CATIA
8 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.17%) LaTeX
8 2 (0.17%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.085%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.085%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 22 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.68%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.51%) Exchequer
3 6 (0.51%) Odoo
3 6 (0.51%) Shopify
4 5 (0.42%) Magento
4 5 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.34%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.34%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.25%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.25%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.25%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.17%) iTrent
7 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 170 (14.38%) Azure
2 145 (12.27%) Power Platform
3 141 (11.93%) AWS
4 82 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (5.67%) GCP
6 42 (3.55%) SaaS
7 40 (3.38%) Serverless
8 39 (3.30%) Entra ID
9 38 (3.21%) Amazon S3
10 32 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
10 32 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
11 28 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (2.20%) PowerApps
13 25 (2.12%) Google Analytics
14 22 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (1.86%) Amazon ECS
14 22 (1.86%) GitHub
14 22 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (1.35%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.88%) DNS
2 33 (2.79%) DHCP
3 24 (2.03%) Internet
4 23 (1.95%) Firewall
5 19 (1.61%) Wireless
6 17 (1.44%) VPN
7 16 (1.35%) TCP/IP
8 15 (1.27%) WAN
9 10 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.76%) LAN
11 7 (0.59%) Network Security
12 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.51%) SNMP
13 5 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (0.42%) HTTP
13 5 (0.42%) SSL
13 5 (0.42%) VLAN
14 4 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (10.07%) Power BI
2 44 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (2.88%) Tableau
4 30 (2.54%) Metadata
5 27 (2.28%) BigQuery
5 27 (2.28%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (1.61%) Big Data
8 17 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (1.27%) Power Query
9 15 (1.27%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.10%) Looker
11 12 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (0.93%) MySQL
12 11 (0.93%) Spark SQL
13 10 (0.85%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.76%) Star Schema
15 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 52 (4.40%) JIRA
2 51 (4.31%) Git
3 19 (1.61%) GitLab
4 7 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.34%) Postman
6 3 (0.25%) Appium
6 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.25%) RStudio
6 3 (0.25%) Selenium
6 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.17%) JMeter
7 2 (0.17%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.085%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.085%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.085%) Maven
8 1 (0.085%) Visual Studio
General
1 525 (44.42%) Social Skills
2 320 (27.07%) Finance
3 113 (9.56%) Marketing
4 111 (9.39%) Organisational Skills
5 108 (9.14%) Law
6 104 (8.80%) Public Sector
7 98 (8.29%) Legal
8 81 (6.85%) Retail
9 80 (6.77%) Manufacturing
10 62 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 62 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (2.88%) Telecoms
13 25 (2.12%) Banking
14 22 (1.86%) Automotive
14 22 (1.86%) Military
15 19 (1.61%) Local Government
16 18 (1.52%) Back Office
16 18 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.52%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 326 (27.58%) Analyst
2 128 (10.83%) Senior
3 76 (6.43%) Business Analyst
4 75 (6.35%) Data Analyst
5 71 (6.01%) Developer
6 68 (5.75%) Lead
7 53 (4.48%) Architect
8 50 (4.23%) Data Engineer
9 43 (3.64%) Systems Analyst
10 39 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (2.71%) Junior
12 30 (2.54%) Senior Manager
12 30 (2.54%) Support Analyst
13 28 (2.37%) IT Support
13 28 (2.37%) Support Engineer
13 28 (2.37%) Technical Analyst
14 24 (2.03%) Consultant
14 24 (2.03%) HR Analyst
14 24 (2.03%) HR Data Analyst
15 23 (1.95%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.05%) Terraform
2 31 (2.62%) REST
3 29 (2.45%) .NET
4 27 (2.28%) HTML
5 24 (2.03%) CSS
6 22 (1.86%) PySpark
7 20 (1.69%) Middleware
7 20 (1.69%) Node.js
8 17 (1.44%) EDI
8 17 (1.44%) SOAP
9 16 (1.35%) JSON
10 14 (1.18%) XML
11 9 (0.76%) Kafka
12 7 (0.59%) React
12 7 (0.59%) Web Services
13 6 (0.51%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.42%) Pandas
15 4 (0.34%) Entity Framework
15 4 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
15 4 (0.34%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.84%) Management Information System
2 67 (5.67%) Onboarding
3 63 (5.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 49 (4.15%) Product Ownership
5 28 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.12%) Driving Licence
6 25 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
7 24 (2.03%) Social Media
8 23 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.61%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.44%) Data Structures
11 16 (1.35%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.93%) Credit Risk
13 11 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.85%) Algorithms
14 10 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
14 10 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.85%) NHS
14 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.09%) Windows
2 44 (3.72%) Windows Server
3 31 (2.62%) Linux
4 20 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.34%) Unix
9 3 (0.25%) CentOS
9 3 (0.25%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.085%) Android
11 1 (0.085%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (46.36%) Problem-Solving
2 402 (34.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 293 (24.79%) Decision-Making
4 260 (22.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 232 (19.63%) Analytics
6 206 (17.43%) AI
7 197 (16.67%) Agile
8 150 (12.69%) Mentoring
9 144 (12.18%) Business Intelligence
10 129 (10.91%) ERP
11 126 (10.66%) CRM
12 118 (9.98%) Validation
13 117 (9.90%) CI/CD
14 110 (9.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 106 (8.97%) Customer Service
15 106 (8.97%) Data Modelling
16 105 (8.88%) Coaching
17 101 (8.54%) Project Delivery
18 100 (8.46%) DevOps
19 98 (8.29%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 224 (18.95%) SQL
2 161 (13.62%) Python
3 51 (4.31%) JavaScript
4 40 (3.38%) Java
5 35 (2.96%) C#
6 30 (2.54%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.12%) Bash
8 17 (1.44%) C++
8 17 (1.44%) R
9 16 (1.35%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.93%) Scala
11 10 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.68%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.59%) C
13 7 (0.59%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.51%) PHP
15 4 (0.34%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.34%) COBOL
15 4 (0.34%) XPath
16 3 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 185 (15.65%) Degree
2 97 (8.21%) Security Cleared
3 74 (6.26%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.06%) DBS Check
5 46 (3.89%) ACCA
6 41 (3.47%) CIMA
7 22 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.52%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.18%) HNC
12 10 (0.85%) CCNA
12 10 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.76%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.59%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.59%) Postgraduate
15 6 (0.51%) HND
15 6 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 69 (5.84%) QA
3 57 (4.82%) GDPR
4 29 (2.45%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.44%) SLA
6 14 (1.18%) PMO
7 13 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.93%) TickIT
10 9 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.59%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.42%) GRC
12 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.34%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.34%) NIST
13 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.25%) COSO
System Software
1 67 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 48 (4.06%) Docker
3 8 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.25%) Ceph
4 3 (0.25%) DFS Replication
4 3 (0.25%) Firmware
4 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.085%) NFS
5 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.59%) Ansible
4 6 (0.51%) Grafana
4 6 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.25%) Argo
6 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.25%) Istio
6 3 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (0.25%) Podman
6 3 (0.25%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.17%) Nessus
8 1 (0.085%) Autotask
8 1 (0.085%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.085%) SCCM
Vendors
1 295 (24.96%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.75%) Google
3 42 (3.55%) SAP
4 36 (3.05%) YouTube
5 31 (2.62%) Workday
6 28 (2.37%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.61%) Databricks
7 19 (1.61%) Oracle
7 19 (1.61%) VMware
8 14 (1.18%) Cisco
8 14 (1.18%) iManage
8 14 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 11 (0.93%) Adobe
9 11 (0.93%) TikTok
10 8 (0.68%) Aderant
10 8 (0.68%) HP
10 8 (0.68%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.59%) Sage
11 7 (0.59%) Veeam