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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 20
Rank change year-on-year -19 +14 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 984 1,524 1,234
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.65% 16.04% 7.74%
As % of the General category 10.97% 23.32% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 747 388 817
10th Percentile £32,800 £26,000 £27,364
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,219 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,150 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.55% +10.00% -8.90%

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 8,966 6,536 8,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.37% 68.78% 53.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,962 2,902 5,744
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -18 588 £46,750 -0.53% 237
Yorkshire -12 284 £47,500 +5.56% 147
North East -24 112 £55,000 +37.50% 65
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 38 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.12%) Confluence
5 10 (1.02%) Apache
5 10 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.71%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.30%) JBoss
8 3 (0.30%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 146 (14.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.25%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.20%) LaTeX
8 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.93%) SAP PM
3 16 (1.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (1.42%) SAP ERP
5 11 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.51%) Magento
6 5 (0.51%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.30%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.10%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.10%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 135 (13.72%) Power Platform
2 133 (13.52%) Azure
3 107 (10.87%) AWS
4 62 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (4.98%) GCP
6 36 (3.66%) SaaS
7 26 (2.64%) Amazon S3
7 26 (2.64%) GitHub
8 25 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.44%) PowerApps
10 23 (2.34%) Serverless
11 18 (1.83%) Boomi
11 18 (1.83%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.83%) Snowflake
12 17 (1.73%) Entra ID
12 17 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
14 14 (1.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.85%) Firewall
2 19 (1.93%) Wireless
3 17 (1.73%) VPN
4 16 (1.63%) WAN
5 15 (1.52%) DNS
6 14 (1.42%) DHCP
7 13 (1.32%) LAN
8 9 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (0.91%) Network Security
8 9 (0.91%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.81%) Internet
9 8 (0.81%) SNMP
9 8 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.61%) IP Telephony
11 5 (0.51%) HTTP
11 5 (0.51%) SMS
12 4 (0.41%) ATM
12 4 (0.41%) BGP
12 4 (0.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (11.28%) Power BI
2 87 (8.84%) Tableau
3 42 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (3.46%) Data Mining
5 25 (2.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (2.03%) Big Data
7 16 (1.63%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.63%) SQL Server
8 14 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (1.32%) Metadata
10 9 (0.91%) Looker
10 9 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (0.81%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.81%) MySQL
12 7 (0.71%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.61%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (4.17%) JIRA
2 22 (2.24%) Git
3 11 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.02%) GitLab
5 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.41%) Selenium
7 3 (0.30%) Maven
7 3 (0.30%) Postman
7 3 (0.30%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.20%) MLflow
8 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.10%) JMeter
9 1 (0.10%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 421 (42.78%) Social Skills
2 305 (31.00%) Finance
3 94 (9.55%) Law
4 91 (9.25%) Marketing
5 86 (8.74%) Public Sector
6 56 (5.69%) Legal
7 47 (4.78%) Telecoms
8 46 (4.67%) Manufacturing
8 46 (4.67%) Retail
9 42 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (3.56%) Military
12 32 (3.25%) Back Office
13 18 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.42%) Banking
15 14 (1.42%) Local Government
16 11 (1.12%) Advertising
17 7 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 293 (29.78%) Analyst
2 105 (10.67%) Data Analyst
3 103 (10.47%) Senior
4 79 (8.03%) Lead
5 66 (6.71%) Business Analyst
6 58 (5.89%) Developer
7 43 (4.37%) Architect
8 42 (4.27%) Systems Analyst
9 41 (4.17%) Data Manager
9 41 (4.17%) Systems Manager
10 37 (3.76%) Data Engineer
11 32 (3.25%) Trainee
11 32 (3.25%) Trainee Analyst
11 32 (3.25%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 30 (3.05%) Head of QA
12 30 (3.05%) HR Manager
13 27 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (2.64%) Technical Analyst
15 24 (2.44%) HR Analyst
15 24 (2.44%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.64%) Middleware
1 26 (2.64%) REST
2 20 (2.03%) .NET
3 19 (1.93%) HTML
3 19 (1.93%) Node.js
4 18 (1.83%) XML
5 15 (1.52%) CSS
5 15 (1.52%) EDI
5 15 (1.52%) SOAP
6 13 (1.32%) JSON
7 12 (1.22%) React
8 9 (0.91%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.81%) Flutter
10 7 (0.71%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.61%) Kafka
11 6 (0.61%) PySpark
11 6 (0.61%) Web Services
12 5 (0.51%) Pandas
12 5 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
13 4 (0.41%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.96%) Analytical Mindset
2 48 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 43 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.25%) Onboarding
5 18 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.73%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (1.32%) Social Media
9 12 (1.22%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.22%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.02%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.02%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.91%) Credit Risk
11 9 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.81%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.71%) EMV
14 6 (0.61%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.89%) Windows
2 39 (3.96%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (1.32%) Linux
5 11 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.30%) CentOS
8 3 (0.30%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.10%) Android
9 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (38.52%) Problem-Solving
2 314 (31.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 261 (26.52%) Decision-Making
4 236 (23.98%) Analytics
5 225 (22.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 152 (15.45%) Agile
7 128 (13.01%) AI
8 110 (11.18%) Actionable Insight
8 110 (11.18%) Business Intelligence
9 107 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 104 (10.57%) Mentoring
11 102 (10.37%) CRM
11 102 (10.37%) Data Analysis
12 101 (10.26%) ERP
13 100 (10.16%) Data Governance
14 95 (9.65%) Data Modelling
15 94 (9.55%) Project Management
16 92 (9.35%) Roadmaps
17 82 (8.33%) Validation
18 81 (8.23%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 218 (22.15%) SQL
2 170 (17.28%) Python
3 35 (3.56%) Java
4 34 (3.46%) JavaScript
5 33 (3.35%) C#
6 15 (1.52%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.42%) R
8 13 (1.32%) Bash
9 10 (1.02%) Scala
10 9 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.91%) Go
10 9 (0.91%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.71%) C++
11 7 (0.71%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.61%) PHP
13 4 (0.41%) C
14 3 (0.30%) COBOL
14 3 (0.30%) Groovy
14 3 (0.30%) SOQL
14 3 (0.30%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 110 (11.18%) Degree
2 70 (7.11%) DBS Check
3 52 (5.28%) Security Cleared
4 38 (3.86%) ACCA
4 38 (3.86%) SC Cleared
5 34 (3.46%) CIMA
6 30 (3.05%) IRCA
7 16 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.02%) CCNA
9 10 (1.02%) HNC
10 9 (0.91%) CCNP
11 8 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.81%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.61%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.51%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (15.96%) Data Quality
2 83 (8.43%) QA
3 72 (7.32%) GDPR
4 34 (3.46%) ISO 9001
5 24 (2.44%) SLA
6 19 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.73%) TickIT
8 15 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (1.52%) PMO
9 8 (0.81%) GMP
10 6 (0.61%) NIST
10 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.41%) GRC
12 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 14443
12 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 7816
12 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.30%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 56 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.13%) Docker
3 9 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.41%) ProxySG
5 3 (0.30%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.20%) Ceph
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (2.24%) Terraform
2 12 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.91%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.51%) Ansible
5 3 (0.30%) Grafana
5 3 (0.30%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.30%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.20%) Argo
6 2 (0.20%) Check_MK
6 2 (0.20%) Istio
6 2 (0.20%) Podman
6 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.10%) Autotask
7 1 (0.10%) Nessus
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 244 (24.80%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.00%) SAP
2 59 (6.00%) Workday
3 38 (3.86%) Salesforce
4 33 (3.35%) Google
5 17 (1.73%) iManage
6 16 (1.63%) Cisco
6 16 (1.63%) Databricks
7 14 (1.42%) Adobe
7 14 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.32%) Oracle
9 9 (0.91%) Aderant
9 9 (0.91%) Intapp
10 8 (0.81%) CheckPoint
10 8 (0.81%) HP
10 8 (0.81%) VMware
11 7 (0.71%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.71%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.71%) Veeam
12 6 (0.61%) Red Hat