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 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 6 19
Rank change year-on-year -30 +13 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 869 1,200 1,426
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.71% 16.17% 8.48%
As % of the General category 9.25% 21.70% 15.13%
Number of salaries quoted 642 404 1,022
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,653 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +4.63% +8.14%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,710
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 9,391 5,530 9,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 50.95% 74.50% 56.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,042 2,688 7,284
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £33,598
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -8.65%
75th Percentile £65,640 £69,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.85% -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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -30 493 £45,000 -10.00% 221
Yorkshire -13 288 £52,500 +16.67% 112
North East -25 88 £50,000 +31.58% 41
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 28 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.92%) Confluence
5 7 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.46%) WordPress
7 3 (0.35%) Apache
7 3 (0.35%) CMS
7 3 (0.35%) JBoss
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 140 (16.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.92%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 31 (3.57%) Salesforce CRM
2 30 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (1.73%) SAP PM
4 14 (1.61%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.81%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.69%) Magento
8 5 (0.58%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
11 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
11 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
11 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 121 (13.92%) Power Platform
2 114 (13.12%) Azure
3 87 (10.01%) AWS
4 60 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (4.49%) Entra ID
6 37 (4.26%) SaaS
7 33 (3.80%) Microsoft Purview
8 28 (3.22%) GCP
9 22 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (2.42%) Power Automate
11 19 (2.19%) Boomi
11 19 (2.19%) GitHub
11 19 (2.19%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.38%) Google Analytics
12 12 (1.38%) OCI
12 12 (1.38%) Serverless
12 12 (1.38%) Snowflake
13 10 (1.15%) dbt
13 10 (1.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.75%) Firewall
2 16 (1.84%) Wireless
3 15 (1.73%) VPN
4 14 (1.61%) Network Security
4 14 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (1.50%) Wireshark
6 12 (1.38%) NGFW
6 12 (1.38%) VXLAN
7 10 (1.15%) WAN
8 9 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (1.04%) LAN
8 9 (1.04%) VLAN
9 8 (0.92%) BGP
9 8 (0.92%) Cisco Wireless
9 8 (0.92%) EIGRP
9 8 (0.92%) OSPF
9 8 (0.92%) SNMP
9 8 (0.92%) WAAS
9 8 (0.92%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (12.31%) Tableau
2 105 (12.08%) Power BI
3 64 (7.36%) Data Mining
4 22 (2.53%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (1.50%) Metadata
6 12 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.15%) DynamoDB
8 8 (0.92%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.81%) Big Data
9 7 (0.81%) Looker
10 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.58%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.58%) Power Query
11 5 (0.58%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.35%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 31 (3.57%) JIRA
2 9 (1.04%) Git
3 8 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.46%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.46%) Selenium
5 3 (0.35%) GitLab
5 3 (0.35%) Maven
5 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.23%) MLflow
6 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) JMeter
7 1 (0.12%) JUnit
7 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 394 (45.34%) Social Skills
2 261 (30.03%) Finance
3 96 (11.05%) Marketing
4 71 (8.17%) Public Sector
5 52 (5.98%) Law
6 39 (4.49%) Retail
7 38 (4.37%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (3.80%) Legal
10 32 (3.68%) Telecoms
11 29 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (2.99%) Military
13 21 (2.42%) Back Office
13 21 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.38%) Advertising
16 11 (1.27%) Banking
16 11 (1.27%) Games
17 9 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.81%) French Language
Job Titles
1 266 (30.61%) Analyst
2 122 (14.04%) Data Analyst
3 101 (11.62%) Senior
4 75 (8.63%) Lead
5 60 (6.90%) Trainee
5 60 (6.90%) Trainee Analyst
5 60 (6.90%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 52 (5.98%) Data Manager
7 48 (5.52%) Systems Analyst
8 46 (5.29%) Business Analyst
9 43 (4.95%) Architect
9 43 (4.95%) Systems Manager
10 38 (4.37%) CRM Executive
11 35 (4.03%) Developer
12 31 (3.57%) Salesforce Executive
13 30 (3.45%) Head of QA
13 30 (3.45%) HR Analyst
13 30 (3.45%) HR Data Analyst
13 30 (3.45%) HR Manager
14 23 (2.65%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.88%) Middleware
2 21 (2.42%) REST
3 17 (1.96%) .NET
3 17 (1.96%) XML
4 13 (1.50%) EDI
4 13 (1.50%) React
4 13 (1.50%) SOAP
5 12 (1.38%) JSON
6 10 (1.15%) HTML
6 10 (1.15%) Node.js
7 9 (1.04%) CSS
7 9 (1.04%) Flutter
8 8 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
9 6 (0.69%) scikit-learn
10 5 (0.58%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.46%) Pandas
11 4 (0.46%) SAP Core Interface
11 4 (0.46%) Spring Boot
12 3 (0.35%) Gherkin
12 3 (0.35%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 49 (5.64%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 26 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.88%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.50%) Enterprise Cloud
9 12 (1.38%) PKI
9 12 (1.38%) Social Media
10 10 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.04%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.81%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.69%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.29%) Windows
2 22 (2.53%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.92%) Android
5 6 (0.69%) Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 268 (30.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 227 (26.12%) Decision-Making
4 219 (25.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 215 (24.74%) Analytics
6 123 (14.15%) Project Management
7 108 (12.43%) Agile
8 105 (12.08%) AI
9 101 (11.62%) Actionable Insight
9 101 (11.62%) Data Analysis
10 97 (11.16%) Business Intelligence
11 96 (11.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 95 (10.93%) CRM
12 95 (10.93%) Data Governance
13 85 (9.78%) Business Analysis
14 84 (9.67%) Data Analytics
15 81 (9.32%) Mentoring
16 74 (8.52%) Root Cause Analysis
17 73 (8.40%) ERP
18 69 (7.94%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 176 (20.25%) SQL
2 147 (16.92%) Python
3 26 (2.99%) C#
4 25 (2.88%) Java
5 19 (2.19%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.73%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.04%) Go
8 8 (0.92%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.81%) R
10 6 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.69%) Scala
11 4 (0.46%) C++
12 3 (0.35%) Bash
12 3 (0.35%) Bicep
12 3 (0.35%) C
12 3 (0.35%) Groovy
12 3 (0.35%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.35%) VBA
13 2 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 110 (12.66%) Degree
2 72 (8.29%) DBS Check
3 30 (3.45%) IRCA
4 27 (3.11%) ACCA
5 24 (2.76%) CIMA
6 18 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.07%) Security Cleared
7 15 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.38%) PMP
11 11 (1.27%) SC Cleared
12 10 (1.15%) HNC
13 9 (1.04%) CCNP
13 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.04%) PhD
14 8 (0.92%) CCIE
15 7 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (14.15%) Data Quality
2 81 (9.32%) GDPR
3 67 (7.71%) QA
4 36 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 31 (3.57%) ISO 9001
7 28 (3.22%) NIST
8 20 (2.30%) PMO
9 17 (1.96%) TickIT
10 16 (1.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (1.84%) SLA
11 12 (1.38%) GMP
12 10 (1.15%) Accessibility
13 9 (1.04%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.58%) GRC
14 5 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.58%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.35%) GAAP
15 3 (0.35%) IFRS
System Software
1 42 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.92%) ProxySG
4 6 (0.69%) Docker
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.23%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (3.22%) Terraform
2 18 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.50%) Ansible
4 8 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.81%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.12%) Autotask
7 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 243 (27.96%) Microsoft
2 62 (7.13%) Workday
3 57 (6.56%) Salesforce
4 48 (5.52%) SAP
5 22 (2.53%) Google
6 20 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.50%) Aruba
8 12 (1.38%) Arista
8 12 (1.38%) iManage
8 12 (1.38%) NetScout
8 12 (1.38%) Oracle
9 11 (1.27%) Databricks
10 10 (1.15%) Anaplan
11 9 (1.04%) Aderant
11 9 (1.04%) Cisco
11 9 (1.04%) Genesys
11 9 (1.04%) IFS
11 9 (1.04%) Intapp
11 9 (1.04%) Splunk
11 9 (1.04%) Verint