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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 21
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 957 1,531 1,477
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.72% 18.08% 7.51%
As % of the General category 10.81% 24.39% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 750 369 1,037
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,755 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £62,313 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,600
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

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 8,850 6,276 10,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 43.65% 74.11% 53.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,843 2,693 7,563
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -7.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,435 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.24% +9.40% -12.50%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -18 561 £46,500 -7.00% 161
Yorkshire -14 295 £50,000 +11.11% 105
North East -28 101 £55,000 +41.75% 46
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 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.15%) Apache
4 11 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.84%) Confluence
6 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.42%) WordPress
8 3 (0.31%) CMS
8 3 (0.31%) JBoss
9 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 139 (14.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.72%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.82%) Salesforce CRM
3 15 (1.57%) SAP PM
4 14 (1.46%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.73%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.63%) Magento
8 5 (0.52%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.31%) SAP QM
11 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
12 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
12 1 (0.10%) SAP ECC
12 1 (0.10%) SAP MDM
12 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 130 (13.58%) Azure
2 129 (13.48%) Power Platform
3 102 (10.66%) AWS
4 59 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (4.08%) GCP
6 33 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 33 (3.45%) SaaS
7 32 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
8 24 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (2.40%) GitHub
10 21 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.19%) PowerApps
11 19 (1.99%) Amazon S3
11 19 (1.99%) Boomi
12 17 (1.78%) Google Analytics
12 17 (1.78%) Serverless
13 16 (1.67%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.25%) OCI
16 10 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.06%) Firewall
2 19 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (1.99%) Wireless
3 15 (1.57%) VPN
4 14 (1.46%) Wireshark
5 13 (1.36%) WAN
6 12 (1.25%) NGFW
6 12 (1.25%) VXLAN
7 11 (1.15%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (1.04%) LAN
8 10 (1.04%) Network Security
8 10 (1.04%) SNMP
9 9 (0.94%) DNS
10 8 (0.84%) DHCP
11 6 (0.63%) BGP
11 6 (0.63%) EIGRP
11 6 (0.63%) OSPF
11 6 (0.63%) VLAN
11 6 (0.63%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (11.39%) Power BI
2 87 (9.09%) Tableau
3 40 (4.18%) Data Mining
4 35 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (2.09%) Big Data
7 15 (1.57%) Metadata
8 14 (1.46%) SQL Server
9 12 (1.25%) BigQuery
9 12 (1.25%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.84%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.73%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.73%) Looker
13 7 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.63%) MySQL
14 6 (0.63%) Power Query
14 6 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 34 (3.55%) JIRA
2 14 (1.46%) Git
3 10 (1.04%) GitLab
4 7 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.42%) Selenium
7 3 (0.31%) Maven
7 3 (0.31%) Postman
7 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.21%) MLflow
8 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
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)
General
1 423 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 280 (29.26%) Finance
3 104 (10.87%) Marketing
4 95 (9.93%) Public Sector
5 80 (8.36%) Law
6 51 (5.33%) Legal
7 45 (4.70%) Retail
8 43 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 43 (4.49%) Telecoms
9 36 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
10 33 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (3.13%) Military
12 26 (2.72%) Back Office
13 19 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.36%) Banking
16 12 (1.25%) Advertising
17 10 (1.04%) Local Government
18 8 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 274 (28.63%) Analyst
2 108 (11.29%) Data Analyst
3 99 (10.34%) Senior
4 93 (9.72%) Lead
5 56 (5.85%) Business Analyst
6 54 (5.64%) Developer
7 49 (5.12%) Systems Analyst
8 48 (5.02%) Data Manager
9 43 (4.49%) Systems Manager
10 42 (4.39%) Architect
11 37 (3.87%) Trainee
11 37 (3.87%) Trainee Analyst
11 37 (3.87%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 35 (3.66%) Data Engineer
13 32 (3.34%) CRM Executive
14 30 (3.13%) Head of QA
14 30 (3.13%) HR Analyst
14 30 (3.13%) HR Data Analyst
14 30 (3.13%) HR Manager
15 27 (2.82%) Salesforce Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.82%) Middleware
2 26 (2.72%) REST
3 20 (2.09%) .NET
4 19 (1.99%) HTML
5 17 (1.78%) XML
6 16 (1.67%) CSS
6 16 (1.67%) Node.js
7 15 (1.57%) SOAP
8 13 (1.36%) EDI
8 13 (1.36%) JSON
9 12 (1.25%) React
10 9 (0.94%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.84%) Flutter
12 7 (0.73%) scikit-learn
13 6 (0.63%) PySpark
13 6 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
14 5 (0.52%) Pandas
14 5 (0.52%) Web Services
15 4 (0.42%) Entity Framework
15 4 (0.42%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 94 (9.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 46 (4.81%) Product Ownership
3 43 (4.49%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 27 (2.82%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.57%) Cloud Native
7 15 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.36%) Driving Licence
8 13 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
9 12 (1.25%) PKI
10 10 (1.04%) Credit Risk
10 10 (1.04%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.04%) Social Media
10 10 (1.04%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.73%) Algorithms
11 7 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.63%) e-Learning
12 6 (0.63%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.43%) Windows
2 34 (3.55%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.52%) Android
7 4 (0.42%) Linux
7 4 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (37.72%) Problem-Solving
2 304 (31.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 267 (27.90%) Decision-Making
4 239 (24.97%) Analytics
5 222 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 129 (13.48%) Agile
7 110 (11.49%) AI
7 110 (11.49%) Mentoring
8 109 (11.39%) CRM
9 107 (11.18%) Actionable Insight
10 103 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
10 103 (10.76%) Data Governance
11 101 (10.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 100 (10.45%) Data Analysis
13 94 (9.82%) Project Management
14 92 (9.61%) Data Modelling
15 90 (9.40%) ERP
16 82 (8.57%) Roadmaps
17 75 (7.84%) Root Cause Analysis
18 71 (7.42%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 205 (21.42%) SQL
2 163 (17.03%) Python
3 33 (3.45%) Java
4 32 (3.34%) C#
5 29 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.36%) R
7 11 (1.15%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.04%) Scala
8 10 (1.04%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.73%) Go
10 7 (0.73%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.63%) Bash
11 6 (0.63%) C++
12 5 (0.52%) PHP
13 3 (0.31%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.31%) C
13 3 (0.31%) Groovy
13 3 (0.31%) SOQL
13 3 (0.31%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 107 (11.18%) Degree
2 78 (8.15%) DBS Check
3 41 (4.28%) Security Cleared
4 39 (4.08%) ACCA
5 35 (3.66%) CIMA
6 30 (3.13%) IRCA
6 30 (3.13%) SC Cleared
7 18 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.04%) CCNP
10 10 (1.04%) HNC
11 9 (0.94%) CCNA
12 8 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.73%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.63%) CCIE
15 5 (0.52%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.52%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (16.82%) Data Quality
2 86 (8.99%) GDPR
3 74 (7.73%) QA
4 39 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 36 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (3.55%) ISO 9001
7 24 (2.51%) NIST
7 24 (2.51%) SLA
8 19 (1.99%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.78%) TickIT
10 16 (1.67%) Accessibility
11 15 (1.57%) PMO
12 8 (0.84%) GMP
13 6 (0.63%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.42%) GRC
15 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 14443
15 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 7816
15 4 (0.42%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.31%) IFRS
System Software
1 47 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.36%) Docker
3 9 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.63%) ProxySG
5 3 (0.31%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (2.82%) Terraform
2 13 (1.36%) Ansible
3 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.42%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.31%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.10%) Autotask
6 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 241 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.48%) Workday
3 54 (5.64%) Salesforce
3 54 (5.64%) SAP
4 30 (3.13%) Google
5 17 (1.78%) iManage
6 16 (1.67%) Aruba
6 16 (1.67%) Cisco
7 15 (1.57%) Databricks
8 14 (1.46%) Adobe
9 13 (1.36%) Arista
9 13 (1.36%) NetScout
9 13 (1.36%) Oracle
10 12 (1.25%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.04%) CheckPoint
12 9 (0.94%) Aderant
12 9 (0.94%) Intapp
12 9 (0.94%) SolarWinds
13 8 (0.84%) HubSpot
13 8 (0.84%) IFS