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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 20
Rank change year-on-year -19 +14 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 964 1,526 1,307
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.58% 16.18% 7.76%
As % of the General category 10.76% 23.44% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 744 389 877
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,191 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.47% +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 8,955 6,510 9,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.52% 69.03% 54.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,972 2,876 6,199
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £69,390 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,150
% change year-on-year - +1.57% -9.75%

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 July 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 July 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 -19 575 £47,500 +1.06% 266
Yorkshire -13 282 £48,445 +7.65% 158
North East -28 107 £55,000 +37.50% 59
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 38 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.04%) Apache
4 10 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.93%) Confluence
6 7 (0.73%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.31%) JBoss
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 144 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (3.01%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.21%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (3.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.97%) SAP PM
3 16 (1.66%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (1.45%) SAP ERP
5 10 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.52%) Magento
6 5 (0.52%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.31%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.10%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.10%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 134 (13.90%) Azure
1 134 (13.90%) Power Platform
2 102 (10.58%) AWS
3 62 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (4.67%) GCP
5 36 (3.73%) SaaS
6 25 (2.59%) GitHub
7 24 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (2.49%) Entra ID
7 24 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (2.49%) PowerApps
8 23 (2.39%) Amazon S3
9 20 (2.07%) Serverless
10 18 (1.87%) Boomi
11 17 (1.76%) Google Analytics
12 16 (1.66%) Snowflake
13 14 (1.45%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.15%) Firewall
2 19 (1.97%) Wireless
3 16 (1.66%) VPN
4 13 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (1.24%) WAN
6 11 (1.14%) DNS
7 10 (1.04%) DHCP
8 9 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (0.93%) LAN
8 9 (0.93%) Network Security
9 8 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.83%) SNMP
9 8 (0.83%) Wireshark
10 7 (0.73%) Internet
11 6 (0.62%) IP Telephony
11 6 (0.62%) NGFW
11 6 (0.62%) VXLAN
12 5 (0.52%) SMS
12 5 (0.52%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (11.41%) Power BI
2 86 (8.92%) Tableau
3 40 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (3.63%) Data Mining
5 25 (2.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (2.07%) Big Data
7 15 (1.56%) SQL Server
8 14 (1.45%) BigQuery
9 12 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.14%) Metadata
11 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.83%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.83%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.83%) Looker
13 7 (0.73%) MySQL
13 7 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.62%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.62%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.62%) Power Query
14 6 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 37 (3.84%) JIRA
2 15 (1.56%) Git
3 10 (1.04%) GitLab
3 10 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.41%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.41%) Selenium
6 3 (0.31%) Maven
6 3 (0.31%) Postman
6 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.21%) MLflow
7 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.10%) JMeter
8 1 (0.10%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 418 (43.36%) Social Skills
2 298 (30.91%) Finance
3 91 (9.44%) Law
4 90 (9.34%) Marketing
4 90 (9.34%) Public Sector
5 55 (5.71%) Legal
6 47 (4.88%) Telecoms
7 46 (4.77%) Manufacturing
7 46 (4.77%) Retail
8 39 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (3.63%) Military
10 33 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 31 (3.22%) Back Office
12 18 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.45%) Local Government
14 13 (1.35%) Banking
15 11 (1.14%) Advertising
16 7 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 274 (28.42%) Analyst
2 99 (10.27%) Data Analyst
3 96 (9.96%) Senior
4 86 (8.92%) Lead
5 59 (6.12%) Business Analyst
5 59 (6.12%) Developer
6 42 (4.36%) Architect
6 42 (4.36%) Data Manager
7 41 (4.25%) Systems Analyst
7 41 (4.25%) Systems Manager
8 36 (3.73%) Data Engineer
9 32 (3.32%) Trainee
9 32 (3.32%) Trainee Analyst
9 32 (3.32%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 30 (3.11%) Head of QA
10 30 (3.11%) HR Manager
11 24 (2.49%) HR Analyst
11 24 (2.49%) HR Data Analyst
11 24 (2.49%) IT Support
12 23 (2.39%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.70%) Middleware
1 26 (2.70%) REST
2 21 (2.18%) .NET
3 19 (1.97%) HTML
4 18 (1.87%) Node.js
4 18 (1.87%) XML
5 15 (1.56%) CSS
5 15 (1.56%) EDI
5 15 (1.56%) SOAP
6 13 (1.35%) JSON
7 12 (1.24%) React
8 9 (0.93%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.83%) Flutter
10 7 (0.73%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.62%) Kafka
11 6 (0.62%) PySpark
11 6 (0.62%) Web Services
12 5 (0.52%) Pandas
12 5 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
13 4 (0.41%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 97 (10.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 48 (4.98%) Product Ownership
3 42 (4.36%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.32%) Onboarding
5 18 (1.87%) Cloud Native
5 18 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 17 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
8 12 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.04%) Credit Risk
9 10 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.93%) Data Structures
10 9 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (0.83%) AI Agents
11 8 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.83%) Social Media
12 6 (0.62%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.81%) Windows
2 35 (3.63%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (0.73%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.73%) Linux
6 5 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.21%) Android
8 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (38.69%) Problem-Solving
2 311 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 261 (27.07%) Decision-Making
4 232 (24.07%) Analytics
5 223 (23.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 139 (14.42%) Agile
7 122 (12.66%) AI
8 108 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
9 107 (11.10%) Mentoring
10 106 (11.00%) Actionable Insight
11 104 (10.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 99 (10.27%) Data Analysis
13 97 (10.06%) CRM
14 96 (9.96%) Data Governance
14 96 (9.96%) ERP
15 93 (9.65%) Project Management
16 91 (9.44%) Roadmaps
17 90 (9.34%) Data Modelling
18 79 (8.20%) Root Cause Analysis
19 77 (7.99%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 211 (21.89%) SQL
2 165 (17.12%) Python
3 35 (3.63%) Java
4 33 (3.42%) C#
4 33 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.45%) R
6 12 (1.24%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.04%) Scala
8 9 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.93%) Go
8 9 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.83%) Bash
10 7 (0.73%) C++
10 7 (0.73%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.62%) PHP
12 4 (0.41%) C
13 3 (0.31%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.31%) Groovy
13 3 (0.31%) SOQL
13 3 (0.31%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 111 (11.51%) Degree
2 72 (7.47%) DBS Check
3 48 (4.98%) Security Cleared
4 39 (4.05%) ACCA
5 35 (3.63%) CIMA
5 35 (3.63%) SC Cleared
6 30 (3.11%) IRCA
7 16 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.04%) CCNA
10 10 (1.04%) HNC
11 9 (0.93%) CCNP
12 8 (0.83%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.83%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.62%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.52%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (15.87%) Data Quality
2 80 (8.30%) QA
3 77 (7.99%) GDPR
4 34 (3.53%) ISO 9001
5 26 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (2.49%) SLA
7 17 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.76%) TickIT
8 15 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 14 (1.45%) PMO
10 13 (1.35%) NIST
11 8 (0.83%) GMP
12 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.41%) GRC
14 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 14443
14 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 7816
14 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.21%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 52 (5.39%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.66%) Docker
3 9 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.41%) ProxySG
5 3 (0.31%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (2.59%) Terraform
2 12 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.83%) Ansible
4 7 (0.73%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.31%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.21%) Grafana
7 1 (0.10%) Autotask
7 1 (0.10%) Nessus
Vendors
1 247 (25.62%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.02%) SAP
2 58 (6.02%) Workday
3 38 (3.94%) Salesforce
4 30 (3.11%) Google
5 17 (1.76%) iManage
6 16 (1.66%) Adobe
6 16 (1.66%) Databricks
7 15 (1.56%) Cisco
8 14 (1.45%) Oracle
8 14 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.04%) Aruba
10 9 (0.93%) Aderant
10 9 (0.93%) Intapp
11 8 (0.83%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.83%) VMware
12 7 (0.73%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.73%) NetScout
12 7 (0.73%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.73%) Veeam