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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 826 1,007 669
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.25% 9.26% 9.39%
As % of the General category 13.06% 14.76% 14.46%
Number of salaries quoted 374 466 499
10th Percentile £29,325 £31,625 £26,864
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% +7.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £74,625 £77,500 £72,433
England median annual salary £50,915 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.43% -4.35% +4.55%

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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,326 6,822 4,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 63.20% 62.71% 64.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,942 2,903 3,518
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,570
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,409
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -0.83%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 -11 414 £45,000 -14.29% 1,262
Yorkshire -1 298 £40,000 -20.00% 1,079
North East +14 114 £41,500 +3.75% 194
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 24 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.45%) Confluence
4 10 (1.21%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.85%) Apache
6 4 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.48%) Camunda
6 4 (0.48%) CMS
7 2 (0.24%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.24%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) nginx
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.24%) SAS
7 2 (0.24%) WinCC
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 228 (27.60%) Chatbot
2 144 (17.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
4 27 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.33%) AutoCAD
5 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (1.21%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.73%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.24%) Revit
10 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (1.09%) Shopify
2 7 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.73%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.24%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Primavera
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 93 (11.26%) Power Platform
2 72 (8.72%) Azure
3 49 (5.93%) AWS
4 39 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 25 (3.03%) SaaS
7 19 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
8 14 (1.69%) GCP
8 14 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 12 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (0.85%) dbt
11 7 (0.85%) Serverless
11 7 (0.85%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.73%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (0.73%) Figma
12 6 (0.73%) GitHub
13 5 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.03%) Firewall
2 10 (1.21%) Network Security
3 8 (0.97%) LAN
3 8 (0.97%) WAN
3 8 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.73%) Asterisk PBX
4 6 (0.73%) PSTN
4 6 (0.73%) VoIP
5 5 (0.61%) DHCP
5 5 (0.61%) DNS
5 5 (0.61%) Internet
6 4 (0.48%) SMS
7 3 (0.36%) Broadband
7 3 (0.36%) Intranet
7 3 (0.36%) WPA
8 2 (0.24%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.24%) VLAN
9 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (10.53%) Power BI
2 70 (8.47%) Tableau
3 51 (6.17%) Data Mining
4 32 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.09%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.09%) Metadata
10 8 (0.97%) GIS
10 8 (0.97%) Looker
11 6 (0.73%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.61%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.48%) Data Vault
13 4 (0.48%) Spatial Data
14 3 (0.36%) Power Query
14 3 (0.36%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 15 (1.82%) JIRA
2 7 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.73%) GitLab
4 5 (0.61%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.61%) Git
4 5 (0.61%) SonarQube
4 5 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.12%) Appium
5 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.12%) Gatling
5 1 (0.12%) JMeter
5 1 (0.12%) JUnit
5 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.12%) Postman
5 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.12%) Selenium
5 1 (0.12%) TestRail
5 1 (0.12%) WaveMaker
General
1 339 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 234 (28.33%) Finance
3 49 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
5 37 (4.48%) Legal
5 37 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
6 28 (3.39%) Marketing
6 28 (3.39%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.15%) Law
7 26 (3.15%) Manufacturing
8 24 (2.91%) Retail
9 23 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 22 (2.66%) Banking
11 16 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.57%) Advertising
12 13 (1.57%) Electronics
13 9 (1.09%) General Ledger
14 8 (0.97%) Games
15 7 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 228 (27.60%) Trainer
2 191 (23.12%) Analyst
3 79 (9.56%) Senior
4 71 (8.60%) Data Analyst
5 45 (5.45%) Trainee
6 43 (5.21%) Trainee Analyst
6 43 (5.21%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 29 (3.51%) Support Engineer
8 27 (3.27%) Business Analyst
9 26 (3.15%) Lead
10 25 (3.03%) Architect
11 21 (2.54%) Developer
11 21 (2.54%) Support Analyst
12 20 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
13 19 (2.30%) Applications Support
14 18 (2.18%) Lecturer
14 18 (2.18%) PLC Engineer
15 17 (2.06%) Financial Analyst
15 17 (2.06%) IT Support
15 17 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.57%) CSS
2 10 (1.21%) React
3 9 (1.09%) REST
4 8 (0.97%) HTML
5 6 (0.73%) FreeSWITCH
5 6 (0.73%) Software Packaging
5 6 (0.73%) XML
6 5 (0.61%) .NET
6 5 (0.61%) Flutter
6 5 (0.61%) JSON
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.48%) Pandas
8 2 (0.24%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.24%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (0.24%) Django
8 2 (0.24%) Flash
8 2 (0.24%) Flask
8 2 (0.24%) jQuery
8 2 (0.24%) Spring
8 2 (0.24%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 45 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (4.36%) Management Information System
4 35 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.91%) Driving Licence
6 22 (2.66%) Renewable Energy
7 20 (2.42%) Cyberattack
7 20 (2.42%) Social Media
8 13 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.21%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.21%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.21%) NHS
10 9 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.09%) Operational Technology
11 8 (0.97%) Product Ownership
11 8 (0.97%) SCADA
12 7 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.73%) Life Science
13 6 (0.73%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.00%) Windows
2 10 (1.21%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.48%) Linux
4 3 (0.36%) Android
4 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (35.84%) AI
2 293 (35.47%) Problem-Solving
3 230 (27.85%) Chemistry
4 228 (27.60%) Conversational UI
5 147 (17.80%) Decision-Making
6 135 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 129 (15.62%) Project Management
8 110 (13.32%) Analytics
9 108 (13.08%) Agile
10 100 (12.11%) Business Intelligence
11 92 (11.14%) Data Analysis
12 86 (10.41%) Business Analysis
13 71 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 61 (7.38%) Customer Service
15 58 (7.02%) Data Analytics
16 56 (6.78%) Actionable Insight
17 52 (6.30%) Cybersecurity
18 51 (6.17%) Process Improvement
19 50 (6.05%) Project Delivery
20 46 (5.57%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (17.31%) SQL
2 85 (10.29%) Python
3 16 (1.94%) Java
4 13 (1.57%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.45%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.97%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.73%) Bash
8 6 (0.73%) C#
8 6 (0.73%) R
9 5 (0.61%) Scala
9 5 (0.61%) VBA
10 4 (0.48%) Go
10 4 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.24%) Bicep
11 2 (0.24%) C++
11 2 (0.24%) PHP
12 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 372 (45.04%) Degree
2 260 (31.48%) Master's Degree
3 229 (27.72%) PhD
4 27 (3.27%) DBS Check
5 21 (2.54%) ACCA
5 21 (2.54%) CIMA
6 19 (2.30%) HND
7 18 (2.18%) PMI Certification
8 16 (1.94%) PMP
9 15 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.73%) CCNP
12 6 (0.73%) CISSP
12 6 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (0.61%) CIPD
13 5 (0.61%) Security Cleared
13 5 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 4 (0.48%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.39%) QA
2 25 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.18%) GDPR
6 17 (2.06%) PMO
7 9 (1.09%) NIST
8 8 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.85%) SLA
10 6 (0.73%) IEC 61131
11 5 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.61%) GLBA
12 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.48%) SEPA
12 4 (0.48%) TARGET2
13 3 (0.36%) COBIT
13 3 (0.36%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 32 (3.87%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.97%) Docker
2 8 (0.97%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.21%) Terraform
3 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.24%) AssetCenter
4 2 (0.24%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.24%) SCCM
5 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
5 1 (0.12%) Grafana
5 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 228 (27.60%) PayPal
2 180 (21.79%) Microsoft
3 24 (2.91%) SAP
4 22 (2.66%) Google
5 16 (1.94%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.69%) Oracle
7 10 (1.21%) Cisco
8 9 (1.09%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.97%) Adobe
10 7 (0.85%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.85%) Workday
11 6 (0.73%) Anaplan
11 6 (0.73%) Genesys
11 6 (0.73%) HP
11 6 (0.73%) iManage
11 6 (0.73%) Qualtrics
11 6 (0.73%) Splunk
12 5 (0.61%) ESRI
12 5 (0.61%) JDA
12 5 (0.61%) VMware