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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 10 21
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 823 912 1,054
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.42% 11.69% 8.47%
As % of the General category 10.93% 17.04% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 460 385 785
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,915
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £67,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £71,106 £80,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

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 7,528 5,352 7,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 58.75% 68.62% 58.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,779 2,389 5,810
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,625 £40,000 £33,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +9.34% -9.42%
75th Percentile £64,625 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,050 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -18 418 £42,500 -19.05% 206
Yorkshire -3 296 £45,000 -7.69% 101
North East -3 109 £40,000 +0.34% 38
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 18 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.46%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.09%) Confluence
4 7 (0.85%) Apache
5 5 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
7 3 (0.36%) WordPress
8 2 (0.24%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.24%) SAS
8 2 (0.24%) WinCC
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 175 (21.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (17.74%) Chatbot
3 19 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.19%) MS Visio
5 17 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (1.34%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.73%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.24%) Revit
9 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 20 (2.43%) Salesforce CRM
2 8 (0.97%) Shopify
3 7 (0.85%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.73%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.36%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.12%) C-CURE
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 102 (12.39%) Power Platform
2 86 (10.45%) Azure
3 71 (8.63%) AWS
4 39 (4.74%) Entra ID
5 31 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (3.65%) SaaS
7 29 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (2.07%) GCP
9 16 (1.94%) OCI
10 13 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (1.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (1.34%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.22%) PowerApps
14 9 (1.09%) OneDrive
15 8 (0.97%) Adobe Analytics
15 8 (0.97%) Google Ads
15 8 (0.97%) Google Analytics
15 8 (0.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.05%) Firewall
2 16 (1.94%) Network Security
2 16 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (1.46%) NGFW
3 12 (1.46%) VXLAN
3 12 (1.46%) Wireshark
4 10 (1.22%) WAN
5 9 (1.09%) LAN
6 8 (0.97%) VPN
7 7 (0.85%) VLAN
8 6 (0.73%) Asterisk PBX
8 6 (0.73%) BGP
8 6 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.73%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (0.73%) EIGRP
8 6 (0.73%) OSPF
8 6 (0.73%) SNMP
8 6 (0.73%) WAAS
8 6 (0.73%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (13.61%) Tableau
2 94 (11.42%) Power BI
3 85 (10.33%) Data Mining
4 37 (4.50%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.94%) Metadata
6 15 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.97%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.85%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.85%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.85%) GIS
10 7 (0.85%) Looker
10 7 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.61%) Power Query
12 3 (0.36%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.36%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (1.34%) JIRA
2 5 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.49%) Git
4 2 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.12%) JUnit
5 1 (0.12%) Maven
5 1 (0.12%) Selenium
5 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 334 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 256 (31.11%) Finance
3 57 (6.93%) Marketing
4 49 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (5.83%) Public Sector
6 46 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (4.50%) Legal
9 24 (2.92%) Law
9 24 (2.92%) Retail
10 22 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 19 (2.31%) Banking
12 15 (1.82%) Advertising
13 14 (1.70%) Games
14 11 (1.34%) Electronics
15 10 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.85%) French Language
17 6 (0.73%) General Ledger
18 5 (0.61%) Billing
Job Titles
1 226 (27.46%) Analyst
2 146 (17.74%) Trainer
3 111 (13.49%) Data Analyst
4 90 (10.94%) Senior
5 81 (9.84%) Trainee
6 79 (9.60%) Trainee Analyst
6 79 (9.60%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 49 (5.95%) Lead
8 34 (4.13%) Architect
9 27 (3.28%) CRM Executive
9 27 (3.28%) Support Engineer
10 26 (3.16%) Business Analyst
11 25 (3.04%) Systems Analyst
12 23 (2.79%) IT Support
13 20 (2.43%) Salesforce Executive
13 20 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
13 20 (2.43%) Senior Manager
14 19 (2.31%) Support Analyst
15 18 (2.19%) Applications Support
15 18 (2.19%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.31%) CSS
2 13 (1.58%) HTML
2 13 (1.58%) React
3 8 (0.97%) .NET
4 6 (0.73%) Flutter
4 6 (0.73%) FreeSWITCH
4 6 (0.73%) XML
5 5 (0.61%) JSON
5 5 (0.61%) REST
6 4 (0.49%) Node.js
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.36%) Pandas
8 2 (0.24%) Django
8 2 (0.24%) Flask
8 2 (0.24%) jQuery
8 2 (0.24%) Laravel
8 2 (0.24%) Model Context Protocol
8 2 (0.24%) PySpark
8 2 (0.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 47 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (5.47%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
4 26 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.67%) Data Centre
6 20 (2.43%) Social Media
7 19 (2.31%) Driving Licence
8 14 (1.70%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.46%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.46%) PKI
9 12 (1.46%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.97%) Algorithms
11 8 (0.97%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.85%) Life Science
13 6 (0.73%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.73%) SCADA
14 5 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.50%) Windows
2 9 (1.09%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.97%) Android
4 6 (0.73%) Linux
5 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
2 226 (27.46%) AI
3 175 (21.26%) Decision-Making
4 173 (21.02%) Analytics
5 169 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (19.56%) Project Management
7 148 (17.98%) Chemistry
8 146 (17.74%) Conversational UI
9 124 (15.07%) Data Analysis
10 123 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 114 (13.85%) Business Analysis
12 107 (13.00%) Agile
12 107 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
13 101 (12.27%) Data Analytics
14 68 (8.26%) Actionable Insight
15 62 (7.53%) CRM
16 58 (7.05%) Process Improvement
17 57 (6.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 57 (6.93%) Visualisation
18 54 (6.56%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 183 (22.24%) SQL
2 151 (18.35%) Python
3 16 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.82%) T-SQL
5 14 (1.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (1.70%) Java
6 9 (1.09%) C#
6 9 (1.09%) R
7 7 (0.85%) Bash
7 7 (0.85%) Go
8 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.61%) Scala
8 5 (0.61%) VBA
9 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.24%) Bicep
10 2 (0.24%) PHP
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) Groovy
11 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 292 (35.48%) Degree
2 167 (20.29%) Master's Degree
3 147 (17.86%) PhD
4 29 (3.52%) DBS Check
5 23 (2.79%) ACCA
5 23 (2.79%) CIMA
6 19 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.70%) PMI Certification
9 13 (1.58%) PMP
10 12 (1.46%) CCNP
11 8 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.73%) CCIE
13 6 (0.73%) CIPD
13 6 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.73%) Security Cleared
14 5 (0.61%) HNC
14 5 (0.61%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (5.83%) GDPR
2 46 (5.59%) Data Quality
3 41 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 32 (3.89%) NIST
6 31 (3.77%) QA
7 21 (2.55%) PMO
8 16 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (1.82%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.73%) IEC 61131
11 5 (0.61%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.49%) GAAP
12 4 (0.49%) GLBA
12 4 (0.49%) GMP
12 4 (0.49%) IFRS
12 4 (0.49%) SEPA
12 4 (0.49%) SLA
12 4 (0.49%) TARGET2
System Software
1 27 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.09%) Docker
3 6 (0.73%) ProxySG
4 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (3.40%) Terraform
2 15 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.46%) Ansible
4 8 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.85%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.24%) AssetCenter
6 2 (0.24%) SCCM
7 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 208 (25.27%) Microsoft
2 146 (17.74%) PayPal
3 39 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 20 (2.43%) Google
5 19 (2.31%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.94%) Oracle
7 15 (1.82%) Cisco
7 15 (1.82%) SAP
8 12 (1.46%) Arista
8 12 (1.46%) Aruba
8 12 (1.46%) HubSpot
8 12 (1.46%) NetScout
9 11 (1.34%) Anaplan
10 10 (1.22%) Adobe
10 10 (1.22%) Genesys
11 9 (1.09%) Splunk
11 9 (1.09%) Verint
11 9 (1.09%) Workday
12 8 (0.97%) New Relic
13 7 (0.85%) Qualtrics