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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,088 1,475 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.67% 15.72% 7.48%
As % of the General category 11.46% 24.17% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 775 340 570
10th Percentile £30,750 £25,975 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,125 £36,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,146 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%

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 9,497 6,102 7,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.76% 65.03% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6,281 2,703 3,890
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,332 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,550 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -2.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,375 £63,110
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year - -2.67% -5.82%

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 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 9 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 -16 667 £46,500 +3.33% 533
Yorkshire -10 290 £47,000 +17.50% 264
North East -18 131 £50,500 +26.25% 70
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 52 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.56%) Confluence
4 14 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.01%) Apache
5 11 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.83%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.46%) CMS
8 3 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.092%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.092%) CICS
9 1 (0.092%) IIS
9 1 (0.092%) JBoss
9 1 (0.092%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.092%) SAS
9 1 (0.092%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.092%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.092%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 143 (13.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (6.62%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.85%) MS Visio
4 25 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.18%) LaTeX
6 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.092%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.092%) CATIA
7 1 (0.092%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.83%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.83%) SAP PM
5 6 (0.55%) Exchequer
5 6 (0.55%) Magento
6 4 (0.37%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.37%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.28%) Odoo
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.28%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.28%) Shopify
8 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.092%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.092%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.092%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.092%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.092%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 153 (14.06%) Power Platform
2 152 (13.97%) Azure
3 130 (11.95%) AWS
4 82 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.24%) GCP
6 42 (3.86%) SaaS
6 42 (3.86%) Serverless
7 38 (3.49%) Amazon S3
8 34 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (2.94%) Entra ID
10 31 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
11 30 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
11 30 (2.76%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (2.39%) Google Analytics
14 25 (2.30%) GitHub
15 21 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 19 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
18 18 (1.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.67%) DNS
2 28 (2.57%) DHCP
3 21 (1.93%) Firewall
4 20 (1.84%) VPN
4 20 (1.84%) Wireless
5 14 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.10%) Internet
6 12 (1.10%) WAN
7 9 (0.83%) LAN
8 6 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.55%) IP Telephony
8 6 (0.55%) Network Security
8 6 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.46%) HTTP
9 5 (0.46%) SMS
9 5 (0.46%) SNMP
9 5 (0.46%) VLAN
10 4 (0.37%) ATM
10 4 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (11.58%) Power BI
2 49 (4.50%) Tableau
3 46 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.30%) BigQuery
6 23 (2.11%) Metadata
6 23 (2.11%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.93%) Big Data
8 17 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (1.56%) Looker
9 11 (1.01%) Power Query
10 10 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (0.92%) MySQL
10 10 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.92%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.92%) Spark SQL
11 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.74%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.64%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 55 (5.06%) JIRA
2 32 (2.94%) Git
3 10 (0.92%) GitLab
4 9 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Postman
5 3 (0.28%) RStudio
5 3 (0.28%) Selenium
5 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.18%) Maven
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.092%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.092%) JMeter
7 1 (0.092%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.092%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.092%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.092%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.092%) Visual Studio
General
1 477 (43.84%) Social Skills
2 303 (27.85%) Finance
3 110 (10.11%) Law
4 103 (9.47%) Marketing
5 91 (8.36%) Public Sector
6 80 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
7 76 (6.99%) Legal
8 67 (6.16%) Retail
9 58 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
9 58 (5.33%) Manufacturing
10 52 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 37 (3.40%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.67%) Military
13 24 (2.21%) Back Office
14 22 (2.02%) Banking
15 20 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.47%) Games
17 15 (1.38%) Automotive
17 15 (1.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 307 (28.22%) Analyst
2 111 (10.20%) Senior
3 77 (7.08%) Data Analyst
4 75 (6.89%) Business Analyst
4 75 (6.89%) Lead
5 64 (5.88%) Developer
6 51 (4.69%) Architect
7 48 (4.41%) Data Engineer
8 43 (3.95%) Systems Analyst
9 33 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
10 29 (2.67%) IT Support
10 29 (2.67%) Senior Manager
11 27 (2.48%) Support Engineer
11 27 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
12 25 (2.30%) Junior
13 24 (2.21%) HR Analyst
13 24 (2.21%) HR Data Analyst
13 24 (2.21%) Support Analyst
14 22 (2.02%) Data Manager
15 21 (1.93%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.13%) REST
2 29 (2.67%) .NET
3 28 (2.57%) Terraform
4 27 (2.48%) Middleware
5 24 (2.21%) HTML
6 20 (1.84%) CSS
6 20 (1.84%) EDI
6 20 (1.84%) SOAP
6 20 (1.84%) XML
7 18 (1.65%) JSON
7 18 (1.65%) Node.js
8 16 (1.47%) PySpark
9 10 (0.92%) Web Services
10 7 (0.64%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.64%) Kafka
11 6 (0.55%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.55%) Pandas
11 6 (0.55%) scikit-learn
12 5 (0.46%) React
13 4 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 83 (7.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 52 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 49 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 47 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (1.93%) Driving Licence
6 21 (1.93%) Social Media
7 19 (1.75%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.29%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
10 13 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
12 10 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.83%) Credit Risk
13 9 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (0.83%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 76 (6.99%) Windows
2 46 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 19 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (1.65%) Linux
5 14 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.64%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.28%) CentOS
8 3 (0.28%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.28%) Unix
9 1 (0.092%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (43.38%) Problem-Solving
2 350 (32.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 284 (26.10%) Decision-Making
4 234 (21.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 233 (21.42%) Analytics
6 186 (17.10%) Agile
7 177 (16.27%) AI
8 140 (12.87%) Business Intelligence
9 122 (11.21%) Mentoring
10 117 (10.75%) ERP
11 111 (10.20%) CRM
11 111 (10.20%) Validation
12 106 (9.74%) Data Modelling
13 105 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 104 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
15 96 (8.82%) Customer Service
15 96 (8.82%) Data Governance
16 93 (8.55%) Roadmaps
17 90 (8.27%) Coaching
18 87 (8.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 223 (20.50%) SQL
2 158 (14.52%) Python
3 46 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 44 (4.04%) Java
5 37 (3.40%) C#
6 26 (2.39%) PowerShell
7 22 (2.02%) Bash
8 17 (1.56%) C++
9 15 (1.38%) R
10 11 (1.01%) Scala
11 9 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.74%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.64%) C
13 7 (0.64%) PHP
14 6 (0.55%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.37%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.37%) COBOL
15 4 (0.37%) Go
15 4 (0.37%) XPath
16 3 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 136 (12.50%) Degree
2 76 (6.99%) Security Cleared
3 54 (4.96%) SC Cleared
4 53 (4.87%) DBS Check
5 40 (3.68%) ACCA
6 34 (3.13%) CIMA
7 22 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.47%) IRCA
9 13 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.92%) CCNA
12 9 (0.83%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.83%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.74%) HNC
13 8 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.64%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.64%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.55%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (15.72%) Data Quality
2 83 (7.63%) QA
3 65 (5.97%) GDPR
4 24 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.11%) SLA
6 20 (1.84%) ISO 9001
7 17 (1.56%) TickIT
8 14 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (1.19%) PMO
10 10 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.37%) GRC
13 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.28%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.28%) ISO 8583
14 3 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 69 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.22%) Docker
3 9 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.28%) Ceph
5 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.092%) NFS
7 1 (0.092%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.092%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.46%) Ansible
4 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.28%) Argo
5 3 (0.28%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.28%) Grafana
5 3 (0.28%) Istio
5 3 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.28%) Podman
5 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.28%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.18%) Nessus
7 1 (0.092%) Autotask
7 1 (0.092%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.092%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 264 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.78%) Google
3 46 (4.23%) SAP
4 43 (3.95%) Workday
5 31 (2.85%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.57%) YouTube
7 18 (1.65%) Oracle
8 17 (1.56%) Databricks
8 17 (1.56%) VMware
9 16 (1.47%) iManage
10 15 (1.38%) Cisco
11 14 (1.29%) Adobe
11 14 (1.29%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.83%) Aderant
13 8 (0.74%) HP
13 8 (0.74%) Intapp
14 7 (0.64%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.64%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.64%) Veeam
15 6 (0.55%) Sage