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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 17
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,175 1,591 1,019
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.88% 16.58% 7.52%
As % of the General category 11.95% 25.76% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 782 345 479
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,000 £27,900
25th Percentile £37,125 £32,750 £37,789
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +2.10%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,459 £77,500
England median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% -9.09% -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 9,829 6,177 7,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.78% 64.37% 56.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,386 2,651 3,444
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,500 £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 £68,750 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,560
% change year-on-year - -4.45% -4.07%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -16 711 £45,144 +0.32% 679
Yorkshire -11 315 £47,000 +17.50% 459
North East -19 158 £51,231 +28.08% 164
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 49 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 47 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.53%) Confluence
4 16 (1.36%) Apache Spark
5 14 (1.19%) Apache
6 12 (1.02%) Jupyter
7 11 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.51%) CMS
9 5 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.085%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.085%) CICS
12 1 (0.085%) IIS
12 1 (0.085%) SAS
12 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.085%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.085%) WordPress
Applications
1 168 (14.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 88 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (2.47%) MS Visio
4 27 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.17%) CATIA
8 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.17%) LaTeX
8 2 (0.17%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.085%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.085%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.68%) SAP ERP
3 7 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.51%) Exchequer
4 6 (0.51%) Odoo
4 6 (0.51%) Shopify
5 5 (0.43%) Magento
5 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.34%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.34%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.26%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.26%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.26%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.17%) iTrent
8 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.085%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 167 (14.21%) Azure
2 142 (12.09%) Power Platform
3 140 (11.91%) AWS
4 82 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (5.62%) GCP
6 42 (3.57%) SaaS
7 40 (3.40%) Serverless
8 39 (3.32%) Entra ID
9 38 (3.23%) Amazon S3
10 32 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
10 32 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (2.13%) Google Analytics
12 25 (2.13%) PowerApps
13 24 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
14 22 (1.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (1.87%) Amazon ECS
14 22 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (1.70%) GitHub
16 16 (1.36%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.81%) DNS
2 32 (2.72%) DHCP
3 24 (2.04%) Internet
4 22 (1.87%) Firewall
5 19 (1.62%) Wireless
6 17 (1.45%) VPN
7 16 (1.36%) TCP/IP
8 15 (1.28%) WAN
9 10 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.77%) LAN
11 7 (0.60%) Network Security
12 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.51%) SNMP
13 5 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (0.43%) HTTP
13 5 (0.43%) SSL
13 5 (0.43%) VLAN
14 4 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (0.34%) SMS
14 4 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (9.87%) Power BI
2 43 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (2.89%) Tableau
4 29 (2.47%) Metadata
5 27 (2.30%) BigQuery
5 27 (2.30%) SQL Server
6 21 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (1.62%) Big Data
8 17 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (1.28%) Power Query
9 15 (1.28%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.11%) Looker
11 12 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (0.94%) MySQL
12 11 (0.94%) Spark SQL
13 10 (0.85%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.77%) Star Schema
15 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (4.34%) Git
2 50 (4.26%) JIRA
3 19 (1.62%) GitLab
4 7 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.34%) Postman
6 3 (0.26%) Appium
6 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.26%) RStudio
6 3 (0.26%) Selenium
6 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.17%) JMeter
7 2 (0.17%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.085%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.085%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.085%) Maven
8 1 (0.085%) Visual Studio
General
1 522 (44.43%) Social Skills
2 318 (27.06%) Finance
3 111 (9.45%) Marketing
3 111 (9.45%) Organisational Skills
4 109 (9.28%) Law
5 103 (8.77%) Public Sector
6 99 (8.43%) Legal
7 80 (6.81%) Manufacturing
8 79 (6.72%) Retail
9 62 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 61 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (2.89%) Telecoms
13 25 (2.13%) Banking
14 22 (1.87%) Automotive
14 22 (1.87%) Military
15 18 (1.53%) Back Office
15 18 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.53%) Electronics
15 18 (1.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 323 (27.49%) Analyst
2 125 (10.64%) Senior
3 74 (6.30%) Business Analyst
3 74 (6.30%) Data Analyst
4 69 (5.87%) Developer
5 68 (5.79%) Lead
6 52 (4.43%) Architect
7 50 (4.26%) Data Engineer
8 43 (3.66%) Systems Analyst
9 38 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
10 32 (2.72%) Junior
11 30 (2.55%) Senior Manager
11 30 (2.55%) Support Analyst
12 29 (2.47%) Support Engineer
13 28 (2.38%) IT Support
13 28 (2.38%) Technical Analyst
14 24 (2.04%) Consultant
14 24 (2.04%) HR Analyst
14 24 (2.04%) HR Data Analyst
15 22 (1.87%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.06%) Terraform
2 29 (2.47%) .NET
2 29 (2.47%) REST
3 27 (2.30%) HTML
4 24 (2.04%) CSS
5 22 (1.87%) PySpark
6 20 (1.70%) Node.js
7 17 (1.45%) Middleware
8 16 (1.36%) EDI
8 16 (1.36%) SOAP
9 15 (1.28%) JSON
10 13 (1.11%) XML
11 9 (0.77%) Kafka
12 7 (0.60%) React
12 7 (0.60%) Web Services
13 6 (0.51%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.43%) Pandas
15 4 (0.34%) Entity Framework
15 4 (0.34%) scikit-learn
15 4 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.87%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 62 (5.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 49 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 28 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (2.21%) Driving Licence
7 25 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
8 24 (2.04%) Social Media
9 22 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.62%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.45%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.36%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.94%) Credit Risk
14 11 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.85%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.85%) NHS
15 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.77%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 71 (6.04%) Windows
2 43 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 31 (2.64%) Linux
4 20 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.34%) Unix
9 3 (0.26%) CentOS
9 3 (0.26%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.085%) Android
11 1 (0.085%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (46.55%) Problem-Solving
2 400 (34.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 291 (24.77%) Decision-Making
4 259 (22.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 231 (19.66%) Analytics
6 206 (17.53%) AI
7 197 (16.77%) Agile
8 148 (12.60%) Mentoring
9 141 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
10 126 (10.72%) ERP
11 124 (10.55%) CRM
12 117 (9.96%) CI/CD
12 117 (9.96%) Validation
13 108 (9.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 105 (8.94%) Customer Service
15 104 (8.85%) Coaching
15 104 (8.85%) Data Modelling
16 101 (8.60%) Project Delivery
17 99 (8.43%) DevOps
18 98 (8.34%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 220 (18.72%) SQL
2 159 (13.53%) Python
3 51 (4.34%) JavaScript
4 40 (3.40%) Java
5 35 (2.98%) C#
6 29 (2.47%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.13%) Bash
8 17 (1.45%) C++
8 17 (1.45%) R
9 16 (1.36%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.94%) Scala
11 9 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.68%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.60%) C
13 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.51%) PHP
15 4 (0.34%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.34%) COBOL
15 4 (0.34%) XPath
16 3 (0.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 184 (15.66%) Degree
2 97 (8.26%) Security Cleared
3 74 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.09%) DBS Check
5 46 (3.91%) ACCA
6 41 (3.49%) CIMA
7 22 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.53%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.19%) HNC
12 10 (0.85%) CCNA
12 10 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.77%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.60%) Postgraduate
15 6 (0.51%) HND
15 6 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (14.72%) Data Quality
2 69 (5.87%) QA
3 56 (4.77%) GDPR
4 29 (2.47%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.45%) SLA
6 13 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.11%) PMO
7 12 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.77%) TickIT
9 7 (0.60%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.43%) GRC
10 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 14443
11 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 4 (0.34%) NEBOSH
11 4 (0.34%) NIST
11 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.26%) COSO
System Software
1 66 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 48 (4.09%) Docker
3 8 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.26%) Ceph
4 3 (0.26%) DFS Replication
4 3 (0.26%) Firmware
4 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.085%) NFS
6 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.60%) Ansible
4 6 (0.51%) Grafana
4 6 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.26%) Argo
6 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.26%) Istio
6 3 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (0.26%) Podman
6 3 (0.26%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.17%) Nessus
8 1 (0.085%) Autotask
8 1 (0.085%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.085%) SCCM
Vendors
1 291 (24.77%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.70%) Google
3 41 (3.49%) SAP
4 36 (3.06%) YouTube
5 31 (2.64%) Workday
6 28 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.62%) Databricks
7 19 (1.62%) Oracle
8 18 (1.53%) VMware
9 14 (1.19%) Cisco
9 14 (1.19%) iManage
9 14 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.94%) Adobe
10 11 (0.94%) TikTok
11 8 (0.68%) Aderant
11 8 (0.68%) HP
11 8 (0.68%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.60%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.60%) Sage
12 7 (0.60%) Veeam