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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 6 20
Rank change year-on-year -21 +14 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 929 1,484 1,428
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.68% 18.69% 7.77%
As % of the General category 10.02% 25.08% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 709 347 1,021
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,306 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% +7.35% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
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 9,267 5,916 9,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 46.71% 74.49% 54.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,544 2,549 7,481
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,313 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,306 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +1.70% -7.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 4 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 4 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 -28 544 £46,500 -7.00% 245
Yorkshire -14 290 £50,000 +11.11% 138
North East -25 95 £50,000 +28.87% 54
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 34 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.44%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.97%) Apache
6 6 (0.65%) Confluence
7 5 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.54%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.43%) WordPress
9 3 (0.32%) CMS
9 3 (0.32%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 139 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.58%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (3.34%) Salesforce CRM
2 29 (3.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (1.61%) SAP PM
4 14 (1.51%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.75%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.65%) Magento
8 5 (0.54%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.22%) SAP QM
11 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
11 1 (0.11%) SAP MDM
11 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 135 (14.53%) Power Platform
2 128 (13.78%) Azure
3 103 (11.09%) AWS
4 65 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (4.20%) Entra ID
6 38 (4.09%) SaaS
7 35 (3.77%) GCP
8 34 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (2.48%) PowerApps
10 22 (2.37%) GitHub
11 20 (2.15%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.05%) Boomi
13 16 (1.72%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.51%) Google Analytics
14 14 (1.51%) Serverless
15 12 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.29%) OCI
16 11 (1.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.24%) Firewall
2 19 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.94%) Wireless
4 15 (1.61%) VPN
5 14 (1.51%) Network Security
6 13 (1.40%) Wireshark
7 12 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (1.29%) Cisco Nexus
7 12 (1.29%) NGFW
7 12 (1.29%) VXLAN
7 12 (1.29%) WAN
8 11 (1.18%) SNMP
9 9 (0.97%) LAN
9 9 (0.97%) VLAN
10 8 (0.86%) BGP
10 8 (0.86%) Cisco Wireless
10 8 (0.86%) EIGRP
10 8 (0.86%) OSPF
10 8 (0.86%) WAAS
10 8 (0.86%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (12.16%) Power BI
2 97 (10.44%) Tableau
3 49 (5.27%) Data Mining
4 27 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (1.94%) Big Data
7 17 (1.83%) SQL Server
8 15 (1.61%) Metadata
9 13 (1.40%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.08%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.75%) Power Query
14 6 (0.65%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.65%) Looker
15 5 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
16 4 (0.43%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (3.23%) JIRA
2 11 (1.18%) Git
3 10 (1.08%) GitLab
4 8 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.54%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.43%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.43%) Selenium
7 3 (0.32%) Maven
7 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.22%) MLflow
8 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) JMeter
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 403 (43.38%) Social Skills
2 263 (28.31%) Finance
3 106 (11.41%) Marketing
4 85 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 65 (7.00%) Law
6 45 (4.84%) Legal
7 42 (4.52%) Manufacturing
8 41 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (4.41%) Retail
9 35 (3.77%) Telecoms
10 31 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (2.69%) Military
14 21 (2.26%) Back Office
15 14 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.40%) Banking
17 12 (1.29%) Games
18 10 (1.08%) Advertising
19 8 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 264 (28.42%) Analyst
2 113 (12.16%) Data Analyst
3 108 (11.63%) Senior
4 84 (9.04%) Lead
5 51 (5.49%) Business Analyst
5 51 (5.49%) Data Manager
6 49 (5.27%) Architect
6 49 (5.27%) Developer
6 49 (5.27%) Systems Analyst
7 46 (4.95%) Trainee
7 46 (4.95%) Trainee Analyst
7 46 (4.95%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 43 (4.63%) Systems Manager
9 38 (4.09%) CRM Executive
10 31 (3.34%) Salesforce Executive
11 30 (3.23%) Head of QA
11 30 (3.23%) HR Analyst
11 30 (3.23%) HR Data Analyst
11 30 (3.23%) HR Manager
12 28 (3.01%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.91%) Middleware
2 24 (2.58%) REST
3 17 (1.83%) .NET
3 17 (1.83%) XML
4 16 (1.72%) HTML
5 15 (1.61%) CSS
5 15 (1.61%) SOAP
6 14 (1.51%) Node.js
7 13 (1.40%) EDI
7 13 (1.40%) JSON
8 12 (1.29%) React
9 9 (0.97%) AngularJS
9 9 (0.97%) Flutter
10 7 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
11 6 (0.65%) scikit-learn
12 4 (0.43%) Entity Framework
12 4 (0.43%) Jest
12 4 (0.43%) PySpark
12 4 (0.43%) SAP Core Interface
13 3 (0.32%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 94 (10.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 45 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 41 (4.41%) Product Ownership
4 33 (3.55%) Onboarding
5 30 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.51%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
10 12 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.29%) PKI
11 11 (1.18%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.08%) Social Media
12 10 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.75%) Credit Risk
14 7 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.65%) FMCG
16 5 (0.54%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.17%) Windows
2 29 (3.12%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.65%) Android
7 4 (0.43%) Linux
8 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (38.21%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (31.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 254 (27.34%) Decision-Making
4 230 (24.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 228 (24.54%) Analytics
6 119 (12.81%) Agile
7 112 (12.06%) Project Management
8 106 (11.41%) Business Intelligence
9 105 (11.30%) CRM
10 104 (11.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 103 (11.09%) Actionable Insight
12 102 (10.98%) AI
13 100 (10.76%) Data Analysis
13 100 (10.76%) Mentoring
14 99 (10.66%) Data Governance
15 85 (9.15%) Data Modelling
16 81 (8.72%) Root Cause Analysis
17 80 (8.61%) ERP
18 75 (8.07%) Business Analysis
19 74 (7.97%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 193 (20.78%) SQL
2 163 (17.55%) Python
3 33 (3.55%) Java
4 31 (3.34%) C#
5 28 (3.01%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.29%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.29%) T-SQL
7 10 (1.08%) R
8 9 (0.97%) Go
8 9 (0.97%) Scala
9 8 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.65%) Bash
10 6 (0.65%) C++
11 5 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.32%) C
12 3 (0.32%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.32%) PHP
12 3 (0.32%) SOQL
12 3 (0.32%) SOSL
12 3 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 111 (11.95%) Degree
2 75 (8.07%) DBS Check
3 34 (3.66%) Security Cleared
4 30 (3.23%) IRCA
5 29 (3.12%) ACCA
6 26 (2.80%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.69%) CIMA
8 19 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.29%) CCNP
11 12 (1.29%) PMI Certification
12 11 (1.18%) PMP
13 10 (1.08%) HNC
14 9 (0.97%) CCNA
15 8 (0.86%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.86%) CCIE
15 8 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.65%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (15.93%) Data Quality
2 84 (9.04%) GDPR
3 70 (7.53%) QA
4 38 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 34 (3.66%) ISO 9001
5 34 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (2.69%) NIST
7 20 (2.15%) SLA
8 19 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.83%) PMO
9 17 (1.83%) TickIT
10 13 (1.40%) Accessibility
11 11 (1.18%) GMP
12 7 (0.75%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.43%) GRC
14 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 14443
14 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 7816
14 4 (0.43%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.32%) IFRS
System Software
1 46 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.29%) Docker
3 10 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.86%) ProxySG
5 3 (0.32%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (3.12%) Terraform
2 17 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.40%) Ansible
4 7 (0.75%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.32%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.11%) Autotask
7 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 248 (26.70%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.67%) Workday
3 58 (6.24%) Salesforce
4 50 (5.38%) SAP
5 25 (2.69%) Google
6 21 (2.26%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.72%) Aruba
8 15 (1.61%) Cisco
8 15 (1.61%) iManage
9 13 (1.40%) Databricks
10 12 (1.29%) Adobe
10 12 (1.29%) Arista
10 12 (1.29%) NetScout
11 11 (1.18%) Oracle
11 11 (1.18%) SolarWinds
12 10 (1.08%) Anaplan
12 10 (1.08%) CheckPoint
13 9 (0.97%) Aderant
13 9 (0.97%) Intapp
13 9 (0.97%) Verint