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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 17
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,187 1,584 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.92% 16.63% 7.56%
As % of the General category 12.00% 25.84% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 800 332 498
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,031 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +4.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,460 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -5.91% -3.51%

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 9,888 6,130 7,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.99% 64.35% 56.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,426 2,602 3,481
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,000 £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 £70,000 £61,250 £63,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 30 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 30 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 -15 721 £46,500 +2.23% 606
Yorkshire -7 321 £47,000 +17.50% 368
North East -18 151 £50,500 +26.25% 105
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 53 (4.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.60%) Confluence
4 15 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.10%) Apache
6 11 (0.93%) Jupyter
7 10 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.51%) CMS
9 5 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.17%) nginx
12 1 (0.084%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.084%) CICS
12 1 (0.084%) IIS
12 1 (0.084%) SAS
12 1 (0.084%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.084%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.084%) WordPress
Applications
1 169 (14.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 26 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.84%) 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 (0.084%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.67%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.51%) Exchequer
4 6 (0.51%) Odoo
4 6 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.51%) Shopify
5 5 (0.42%) Magento
6 4 (0.34%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.34%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.34%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.25%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.17%) iTrent
8 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 173 (14.57%) Azure
2 155 (13.06%) Power Platform
3 142 (11.96%) AWS
4 81 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (5.64%) GCP
6 40 (3.37%) Serverless
7 39 (3.29%) SaaS
8 38 (3.20%) Entra ID
9 37 (3.12%) Amazon S3
10 32 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
10 32 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (2.53%) PowerApps
13 25 (2.11%) GitHub
13 25 (2.11%) Google Analytics
14 22 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (1.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.70%) DNS
2 31 (2.61%) DHCP
3 24 (2.02%) Internet
4 22 (1.85%) Firewall
5 18 (1.52%) Wireless
6 17 (1.43%) VPN
7 15 (1.26%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.26%) WAN
8 9 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.67%) LAN
10 7 (0.59%) Network Security
11 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.51%) SNMP
12 5 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.42%) HTTP
12 5 (0.42%) SSL
12 5 (0.42%) VLAN
13 4 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (10.78%) Power BI
2 45 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (3.37%) Tableau
4 29 (2.44%) Metadata
5 27 (2.27%) SQL Server
6 26 (2.19%) BigQuery
7 25 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (1.68%) Big Data
9 17 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 15 (1.26%) Power Query
11 14 (1.18%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.10%) Looker
13 12 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (0.93%) MySQL
14 11 (0.93%) Spark SQL
15 9 (0.76%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.67%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 56 (4.72%) JIRA
2 50 (4.21%) Git
3 16 (1.35%) 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 (0.084%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.084%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.084%) Maven
8 1 (0.084%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.084%) Visual Studio
General
1 531 (44.73%) Social Skills
2 321 (27.04%) Finance
3 112 (9.44%) Law
3 112 (9.44%) Marketing
4 108 (9.10%) Organisational Skills
5 102 (8.59%) Public Sector
6 91 (7.67%) Legal
7 84 (7.08%) Retail
8 77 (6.49%) Manufacturing
9 65 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
10 56 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 39 (3.29%) Telecoms
12 33 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (2.27%) Military
14 25 (2.11%) Banking
15 24 (2.02%) Back Office
16 20 (1.68%) Automotive
17 18 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.52%) Local Government
18 17 (1.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 336 (28.31%) Analyst
2 129 (10.87%) Senior
3 82 (6.91%) Business Analyst
4 76 (6.40%) Data Analyst
5 73 (6.15%) Developer
6 72 (6.07%) Lead
7 55 (4.63%) Architect
8 52 (4.38%) Data Engineer
9 43 (3.62%) Systems Analyst
10 38 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (2.61%) Junior
11 31 (2.61%) Senior Manager
11 31 (2.61%) Technical Analyst
12 30 (2.53%) Support Analyst
13 28 (2.36%) Support Engineer
14 27 (2.27%) IT Support
15 25 (2.11%) Consultant
16 24 (2.02%) HR Analyst
16 24 (2.02%) HR Data Analyst
17 23 (1.94%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.20%) REST
2 33 (2.78%) Terraform
3 29 (2.44%) .NET
4 27 (2.27%) Middleware
5 26 (2.19%) HTML
6 23 (1.94%) CSS
7 22 (1.85%) PySpark
8 20 (1.68%) EDI
8 20 (1.68%) SOAP
9 19 (1.60%) JSON
9 19 (1.60%) Node.js
10 17 (1.43%) XML
11 8 (0.67%) Kafka
11 8 (0.67%) React
12 7 (0.59%) Web Services
13 6 (0.51%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.42%) Pandas
15 4 (0.34%) SAP Core Interface
15 4 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
15 4 (0.34%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.64%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 63 (5.31%) Onboarding
4 49 (4.13%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (2.19%) Driving Licence
7 25 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
8 24 (2.02%) Social Media
9 23 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.60%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.43%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.26%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
13 14 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.93%) Credit Risk
14 11 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (0.93%) NHS
15 10 (0.84%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.07%) Windows
2 44 (3.71%) Windows Server
3 31 (2.61%) Linux
4 19 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.34%) Unix
9 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.25%) CentOS
9 3 (0.25%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.084%) Android
10 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (45.75%) Problem-Solving
2 397 (33.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 297 (25.02%) Decision-Making
4 268 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 232 (19.55%) Analytics
6 201 (16.93%) AI
7 199 (16.76%) Agile
8 154 (12.97%) Mentoring
9 147 (12.38%) Business Intelligence
10 136 (11.46%) ERP
11 126 (10.61%) CRM
12 121 (10.19%) Validation
13 114 (9.60%) CI/CD
14 110 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 108 (9.10%) Customer Service
16 107 (9.01%) Data Modelling
17 106 (8.93%) Coaching
18 100 (8.42%) Project Delivery
19 99 (8.34%) DevOps
20 98 (8.26%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 231 (19.46%) SQL
2 159 (13.40%) Python
3 50 (4.21%) JavaScript
4 41 (3.45%) Java
5 36 (3.03%) C#
6 29 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 24 (2.02%) Bash
8 16 (1.35%) C++
8 16 (1.35%) R
8 16 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 11 (0.93%) Scala
10 10 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.67%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.59%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.51%) C
13 6 (0.51%) PHP
14 4 (0.34%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.34%) COBOL
14 4 (0.34%) Go
14 4 (0.34%) XPath
Qualifications
1 177 (14.91%) Degree
2 93 (7.83%) Security Cleared
3 70 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.04%) ACCA
5 45 (3.79%) DBS Check
6 42 (3.54%) CIMA
7 21 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.01%) HNC
12 10 (0.84%) CCNA
12 10 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.76%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.59%) Postgraduate
15 6 (0.51%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.51%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (14.91%) Data Quality
2 69 (5.81%) QA
3 57 (4.80%) GDPR
4 30 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.52%) SLA
6 17 (1.43%) PMO
6 17 (1.43%) TickIT
7 16 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
8 13 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.51%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.42%) GRC
11 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 14443
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 7816
12 4 (0.34%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.34%) NIST
12 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.25%) IFRS
System Software
1 67 (5.64%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.96%) Docker
3 8 (0.67%) 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 (0.084%) NFS
5 1 (0.084%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.51%) Ansible
4 5 (0.42%) Grafana
4 5 (0.42%) 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 (0.084%) Autotask
8 1 (0.084%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.084%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 303 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.64%) Google
3 44 (3.71%) SAP
4 36 (3.03%) YouTube
5 31 (2.61%) Workday
6 30 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.60%) Oracle
8 18 (1.52%) Databricks
8 18 (1.52%) VMware
9 16 (1.35%) iManage
10 14 (1.18%) Cisco
10 14 (1.18%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.93%) Adobe
12 10 (0.84%) Aderant
13 8 (0.67%) HP
13 8 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 8 (0.67%) Intapp
14 7 (0.59%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.59%) Sage
14 7 (0.59%) Veeam