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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 11 22
Rank change year-on-year -16 +11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 784 958 807
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.99% 10.59% 8.14%
As % of the General category 11.66% 15.56% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 397 406 597
10th Percentile £29,900 £33,000 £26,825
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% +2.60%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,706 £63,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,433
England median annual salary £52,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

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 6,724 6,157 5,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 59.91% 68.03% 58.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,222 2,518 4,573
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,695 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,309 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +0.62% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,400 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,914
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.42% -8.94%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -14 409 £42,500 -19.05% 202
Yorkshire +3 274 £45,000 -10.00% 164
North East +1 101 £42,000 - 60
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 22 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.40%) Confluence
5 7 (0.89%) Apache
6 4 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.38%) Camunda
7 3 (0.38%) CMS
8 2 (0.26%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.26%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.26%) IIS
8 2 (0.26%) nginx
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.26%) WinCC
8 2 (0.26%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 171 (21.81%) Chatbot
2 155 (19.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.91%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.40%) AutoCAD
7 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.26%) Revit
9 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.91%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (1.28%) Shopify
3 7 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.77%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.77%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.38%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 100 (12.76%) Power Platform
2 76 (9.69%) Azure
3 62 (7.91%) AWS
4 34 (4.34%) Entra ID
5 32 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (3.83%) SaaS
7 23 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
9 13 (1.66%) GCP
10 12 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.28%) OCI
12 10 (1.28%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.15%) OneDrive
13 9 (1.15%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (1.02%) dbt
14 8 (1.02%) Snowflake
15 7 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.23%) Firewall
2 15 (1.91%) Network Security
3 9 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (1.02%) WAN
5 7 (0.89%) LAN
6 6 (0.77%) Asterisk PBX
6 6 (0.77%) Internet
6 6 (0.77%) NGFW
6 6 (0.77%) PSTN
6 6 (0.77%) VoIP
6 6 (0.77%) VPN
6 6 (0.77%) VXLAN
6 6 (0.77%) Wireshark
7 5 (0.64%) VLAN
8 4 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (0.51%) Cisco Wireless
8 4 (0.51%) DNS
8 4 (0.51%) WAAS
8 4 (0.51%) Wireless
8 4 (0.51%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.73%) Power BI
2 87 (11.10%) Tableau
3 65 (8.29%) Data Mining
4 38 (4.85%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.17%) Metadata
5 17 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.02%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.89%) DynamoDB
9 7 (0.89%) GIS
9 7 (0.89%) Looker
9 7 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.77%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.64%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.51%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.51%) Power Query
12 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (1.79%) JIRA
2 6 (0.77%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.64%) Git
3 5 (0.64%) GitLab
4 4 (0.51%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.51%) SonarQube
4 4 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.13%) Gatling
5 1 (0.13%) JMeter
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
5 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 314 (40.05%) Social Skills
2 226 (28.83%) Finance
3 49 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 45 (5.74%) Marketing
4 45 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
5 39 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
6 34 (4.34%) Legal
7 33 (4.21%) Public Sector
8 24 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 22 (2.81%) Law
9 22 (2.81%) Telecoms
10 21 (2.68%) Retail
11 19 (2.42%) Banking
12 13 (1.66%) Electronics
12 13 (1.66%) Games
13 9 (1.15%) Advertising
14 8 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.64%) Billing
15 5 (0.64%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 203 (25.89%) Analyst
2 171 (21.81%) Trainer
3 90 (11.48%) Data Analyst
4 87 (11.10%) Senior
5 59 (7.53%) Trainee
6 57 (7.27%) Trainee Analyst
6 57 (7.27%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 33 (4.21%) Architect
7 33 (4.21%) Lead
8 28 (3.57%) Support Engineer
9 26 (3.32%) Business Analyst
10 25 (3.19%) CRM Executive
11 22 (2.81%) IT Support
12 20 (2.55%) Developer
12 20 (2.55%) Systems Analyst
13 19 (2.42%) Applications Support
13 19 (2.42%) Senior Manager
14 18 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (2.30%) Support Analyst
15 15 (1.91%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.04%) CSS
2 12 (1.53%) React
3 10 (1.28%) HTML
4 8 (1.02%) .NET
4 8 (1.02%) REST
5 6 (0.77%) Flutter
5 6 (0.77%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (0.64%) JSON
6 5 (0.64%) XML
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.51%) Pandas
8 3 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.26%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.26%) Flask
9 2 (0.26%) Node.js
9 2 (0.26%) PySpark
9 2 (0.26%) Spring
9 2 (0.26%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 43 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
3 37 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.42%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.79%) Social Media
8 13 (1.66%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.66%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.28%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.28%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.15%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.77%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.77%) Life Science
12 6 (0.77%) PKI
12 6 (0.77%) SCADA
13 5 (0.64%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.34%) Windows
2 8 (1.02%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.89%) Android
4 5 (0.64%) Linux
5 4 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (35.97%) Problem-Solving
2 249 (31.76%) AI
3 173 (22.07%) Chemistry
4 171 (21.81%) Conversational UI
5 156 (19.90%) Decision-Making
6 141 (17.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 136 (17.35%) Project Management
8 134 (17.09%) Analytics
9 106 (13.52%) Business Intelligence
10 105 (13.39%) Agile
11 103 (13.14%) Data Analysis
12 96 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
13 91 (11.61%) Business Analysis
14 74 (9.44%) Data Analytics
15 55 (7.02%) Actionable Insight
16 52 (6.63%) CRM
17 51 (6.51%) Customer Service
17 51 (6.51%) Visualisation
18 50 (6.38%) Process Improvement
19 49 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 157 (20.03%) SQL
2 112 (14.29%) Python
3 18 (2.30%) Java
4 15 (1.91%) T-SQL
5 12 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (1.40%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.15%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.02%) VBA
9 7 (0.89%) Scala
10 6 (0.77%) Bash
10 6 (0.77%) C#
10 6 (0.77%) Go
11 5 (0.64%) R
12 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.26%) Bicep
13 2 (0.26%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) PHP
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 308 (39.29%) Degree
2 194 (24.74%) Master's Degree
3 172 (21.94%) PhD
4 32 (4.08%) DBS Check
5 19 (2.42%) ACCA
5 19 (2.42%) CIMA
5 19 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.79%) PMI Certification
8 13 (1.66%) PMP
9 12 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.28%) CCNP
11 8 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.89%) Security Cleared
13 6 (0.77%) CIPD
13 6 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.77%) SC Cleared
14 5 (0.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 4 (0.51%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.34%) GDPR
3 33 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (3.44%) QA
5 22 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (2.81%) NIST
6 18 (2.30%) PMO
7 16 (2.04%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.77%) IEC 61131
9 6 (0.77%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.64%) GLBA
10 5 (0.64%) SLA
11 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.51%) GAAP
11 4 (0.51%) GMP
11 4 (0.51%) IFRS
11 4 (0.51%) SEPA
11 4 (0.51%) TARGET2
System Software
1 29 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.15%) Docker
3 5 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.51%) ProxySG
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.42%) Terraform
2 16 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.77%) Ansible
5 5 (0.64%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.26%) AssetCenter
6 2 (0.26%) SCCM
7 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 183 (23.34%) Microsoft
2 171 (21.81%) PayPal
3 32 (4.08%) Salesforce
4 18 (2.30%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.04%) Oracle
6 15 (1.91%) SAP
7 14 (1.79%) Cisco
7 14 (1.79%) Google
8 11 (1.40%) Anaplan
9 10 (1.28%) Genesys
9 10 (1.28%) Splunk
10 9 (1.15%) Verint
10 9 (1.15%) Workday
11 8 (1.02%) Adobe
11 8 (1.02%) HubSpot
11 8 (1.02%) New Relic
12 6 (0.77%) Arista
12 6 (0.77%) Aruba
12 6 (0.77%) iManage
12 6 (0.77%) NetScout