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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 6 19
Rank change year-on-year -31 +13 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 857 1,187 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.81% 16.95% 8.73%
As % of the General category 8.97% 23.21% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 613 419 1,027
10th Percentile - £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £32,646
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £75,250 £80,000 £72,991
England median annual salary £54,292 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.29% +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 9,549 5,115 9,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 53.63% 73.03% 56.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,930 2,669 7,231
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £33,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.87%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -27 483 £45,000 -10.00% 192
Yorkshire -11 281 £50,000 +11.11% 94
North East -19 93 £48,445 +25.83% 53
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 27 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.17%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.17%) Confluence
4 6 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.47%) WordPress
6 3 (0.35%) Apache
6 3 (0.35%) CMS
6 3 (0.35%) JBoss
7 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 163 (19.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.57%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.93%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 31 (3.62%) Salesforce CRM
2 24 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (1.75%) SAP PM
4 10 (1.17%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.82%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.70%) Magento
8 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.47%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.35%) ResourceLink
10 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.12%) Shopify
10 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (14.47%) Power Platform
2 113 (13.19%) Azure
3 82 (9.57%) AWS
4 51 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (4.43%) Entra ID
6 36 (4.20%) SaaS
7 29 (3.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 26 (3.03%) GCP
9 22 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.45%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (2.10%) Boomi
12 18 (2.10%) GitHub
13 17 (1.98%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (1.63%) OCI
17 13 (1.52%) Serverless
18 12 (1.40%) Google Analytics
19 11 (1.28%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.18%) Firewall
2 16 (1.87%) VPN
2 16 (1.87%) Wireless
3 15 (1.75%) Network Security
4 14 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (1.52%) Wireshark
6 12 (1.40%) NGFW
6 12 (1.40%) VXLAN
6 12 (1.40%) WAN
7 11 (1.28%) LAN
8 9 (1.05%) VLAN
9 8 (0.93%) BGP
9 8 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (0.93%) Cisco Wireless
9 8 (0.93%) EIGRP
9 8 (0.93%) OSPF
9 8 (0.93%) SNMP
9 8 (0.93%) WAAS
9 8 (0.93%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (13.54%) Tableau
2 111 (12.95%) Power BI
3 78 (9.10%) Data Mining
4 31 (3.62%) SQL Server
5 27 (3.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (1.87%) Metadata
7 12 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.17%) DynamoDB
9 7 (0.82%) Looker
9 7 (0.82%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.70%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.58%) Big Data
11 5 (0.58%) Power Query
12 4 (0.47%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.47%) Data Vault
13 3 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.35%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 29 (3.38%) JIRA
2 8 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.82%) Git
4 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.47%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.47%) GitLab
4 4 (0.47%) Selenium
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
1 411 (47.96%) Social Skills
2 269 (31.39%) Finance
3 94 (10.97%) Marketing
4 65 (7.58%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.13%) Law
6 38 (4.43%) Retail
7 35 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (4.08%) Telecoms
8 32 (3.73%) Manufacturing
8 32 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.50%) Legal
10 29 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (3.15%) Military
12 21 (2.45%) Back Office
13 15 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.63%) Advertising
15 11 (1.28%) Banking
15 11 (1.28%) Games
16 8 (0.93%) Billing
17 7 (0.82%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 272 (31.74%) Analyst
2 134 (15.64%) Data Analyst
3 99 (11.55%) Senior
4 73 (8.52%) Trainee
4 73 (8.52%) Trainee Analyst
4 73 (8.52%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 68 (7.93%) Lead
6 50 (5.83%) Data Manager
7 48 (5.60%) Systems Analyst
8 41 (4.78%) Business Analyst
8 41 (4.78%) Systems Manager
9 38 (4.43%) Architect
9 38 (4.43%) CRM Executive
10 31 (3.62%) Salesforce Executive
11 30 (3.50%) Head of QA
11 30 (3.50%) HR Analyst
11 30 (3.50%) HR Data Analyst
11 30 (3.50%) HR Manager
12 29 (3.38%) Developer
13 22 (2.57%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.45%) Middleware
2 19 (2.22%) REST
3 17 (1.98%) XML
4 16 (1.87%) .NET
5 14 (1.63%) React
6 12 (1.40%) EDI
6 12 (1.40%) JSON
7 11 (1.28%) SOAP
8 10 (1.17%) HTML
9 9 (1.05%) CSS
9 9 (1.05%) Flutter
10 8 (0.93%) Node.js
11 7 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
12 6 (0.70%) scikit-learn
13 5 (0.58%) Pandas
14 4 (0.47%) Spring Boot
15 3 (0.35%) Jest
15 3 (0.35%) PyTorch
15 3 (0.35%) SAP Core Interface
15 3 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 104 (12.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 51 (5.95%) Management Information System
3 32 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
5 23 (2.68%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.68%) Product Ownership
6 15 (1.75%) Social Media
7 12 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
7 12 (1.40%) PKI
8 11 (1.28%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.28%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.17%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.93%) Driving Licence
12 7 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.70%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.37%) Windows
2 21 (2.45%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.05%) Android
3 9 (1.05%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.82%) Linux
5 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (35.94%) Problem-Solving
2 272 (31.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 250 (29.17%) Decision-Making
4 219 (25.55%) Analytics
5 215 (25.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 142 (16.57%) Project Management
7 126 (14.70%) Data Analysis
8 112 (13.07%) Business Intelligence
9 107 (12.49%) Actionable Insight
9 107 (12.49%) AI
10 102 (11.90%) Agile
11 98 (11.44%) Business Analysis
11 98 (11.44%) Data Analytics
12 90 (10.50%) CRM
12 90 (10.50%) Data Governance
13 87 (10.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 75 (8.75%) Mentoring
15 69 (8.05%) Change Management
16 66 (7.70%) System Testing
16 66 (7.70%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 189 (22.05%) SQL
2 154 (17.97%) Python
3 23 (2.68%) C#
4 19 (2.22%) Java
4 19 (2.22%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 14 (1.63%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.05%) Go
8 7 (0.82%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.82%) R
9 4 (0.47%) Bicep
10 3 (0.35%) Bash
10 3 (0.35%) C
10 3 (0.35%) Groovy
10 3 (0.35%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.35%) Scala
10 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.35%) VBA
11 2 (0.23%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 115 (13.42%) Degree
2 70 (8.17%) DBS Check
3 30 (3.50%) IRCA
4 27 (3.15%) ACCA
5 25 (2.92%) CIMA
6 17 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.98%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.52%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.40%) PMP
8 12 (1.40%) Security Cleared
9 10 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.05%) PhD
11 8 (0.93%) CCIE
11 8 (0.93%) CCNP
11 8 (0.93%) HNC
12 6 (0.70%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.70%) SC Cleared
13 5 (0.58%) CIPD
13 5 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (13.65%) Data Quality
2 77 (8.98%) GDPR
3 70 (8.17%) QA
4 37 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 30 (3.50%) ISO 9001
7 29 (3.38%) NIST
8 23 (2.68%) PMO
9 20 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (1.87%) TickIT
11 12 (1.40%) GMP
11 12 (1.40%) SLA
12 10 (1.17%) Accessibility
13 9 (1.05%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.70%) GRC
14 6 (0.70%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.47%) GAAP
15 4 (0.47%) IFRS
16 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.93%) Docker
2 8 (0.93%) ProxySG
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (3.50%) Terraform
2 17 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.52%) Ansible
4 8 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.12%) Autotask
6 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 240 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 62 (7.23%) Workday
3 53 (6.18%) Salesforce
4 42 (4.90%) SAP
5 23 (2.68%) Google
6 20 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.40%) Arista
7 12 (1.40%) Aruba
7 12 (1.40%) NetScout
8 10 (1.17%) Anaplan
8 10 (1.17%) Genesys
8 10 (1.17%) iManage
8 10 (1.17%) Oracle
8 10 (1.17%) Splunk
9 9 (1.05%) Databricks
9 9 (1.05%) IFS
9 9 (1.05%) Verint
10 8 (0.93%) Aderant
10 8 (0.93%) Intapp
10 8 (0.93%) PayPal