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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	7	18
Rank change year-on-year	-16	+11	+5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	1,192	1,237	924
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	4.96%	13.56%	7.17%
As % of the General category	12.16%	21.61%	12.49%
Number of salaries quoted	769	341	421
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£26,250	£29,000
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£33,125	£39,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£77,500	£73,750	£71,991
England median annual salary	£51,500	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+3.00%	-9.09%	-4.35%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	9,806	5,723	7,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	40.79%	62.73%	57.37%
Number of salaries quoted	6,443	2,690	3,166
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£25,750	£29,750
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£30,500	£36,625
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-10.00%	-2.91%
75^th Percentile	£69,390	£62,000	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£78,750	£78,500
England median annual salary	£55,000	£53,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+3.77%	-11.67%	-

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 Salary Trend in the North of England

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 16 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 16 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	-13	700	£46,500	+3.33%	322
Yorkshire	-7	334	£47,000	+17.50%	216
North East	-23	167	£52,231	+30.58%	70
Analytical Skills England

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region with a requirement for Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	48.4%	577
2	Continuous Improvement	33.9%	404
3	Microsoft	25.6%	305
4	Decision-Making	24.1%	287
5	Stakeholder Management	21.3%	254
6	Analytics	20.6%	246
7	SQL	19.5%	233
8	AI	18.6%	222
9	Agile	17.2%	205
10	Degree	16.7%	199
11	Azure	15.0%	179
12	Microsoft Excel	14.8%	177
13	Python	14.7%	175
14	Data Quality	14.0%	167
15	Mentoring	12.6%	150
16	Business Intelligence	12.3%	147
17	Power Platform	12.2%	145
18	AWS	11.8%	141
19	Validation	10.7%	128
20	CI/CD	10.5%	125
21	ERP	10.2%	121
22	Power BI	9.9%	118
23	CRM	9.8%	117
24	Data Modelling	9.5%	113
25	Stakeholder Engagement	9.1%	108
26	Security Cleared	9.0%	107
27	Coaching	8.9%	106
27	Project Delivery	8.9%	106
29	Customer Service	8.8%	105
29	Data Analysis	8.8%	105

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	44.8%	534
2	Finance	27.1%	323
3	Organisational Skills	9.3%	111
4	Public Sector	9.1%	109
5	Law	9.1%	108
6	Legal	9.0%	107
6	Marketing	9.0%	107
8	Manufacturing	7.3%	87
9	Retail	6.6%	79
10	Inclusion and Diversity	5.5%	66
11	Influencing Skills	4.9%	59
12	Presentation Skills	3.5%	42
13	Telecoms	2.3%	28
14	Banking	2.0%	24
15	Automotive	1.9%	23
16	Documentation Skills	1.8%	21
17	Electronics	1.6%	19
18	Local Government	1.5%	18
19	Games	1.4%	17
19	Military	1.4%	17