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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 16
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,192 1,585 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.94% 16.55% 7.63%
As % of the General category 12.11% 25.75% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 797 336 504
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,000 £27,575
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +3.63%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,458 £77,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £51,208 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.57% -6.90% -3.51%

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 9,840 6,155 7,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.81% 64.28% 56.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6,423 2,624 3,500
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £69,390 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,891 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 2 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 2 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 -15 725 £46,500 +2.23% 679
Yorkshire -6 320 £47,000 +17.50% 443
North East -19 156 £53,750 +34.38% 123
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 52 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.59%) Confluence
4 16 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 14 (1.17%) Apache
6 12 (1.01%) Jupyter
7 11 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.50%) CMS
9 5 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.25%) nginx
10 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.084%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.084%) CICS
11 1 (0.084%) IIS
11 1 (0.084%) SAS
11 1 (0.084%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.084%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.084%) WordPress
Applications
1 169 (14.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.60%) MS Visio
4 27 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.17%) CATIA
8 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.17%) LaTeX
8 2 (0.17%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.084%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.084%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.67%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.50%) Exchequer
4 6 (0.50%) Odoo
4 6 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.50%) Shopify
5 5 (0.42%) Magento
6 4 (0.34%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.34%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.34%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.25%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.17%) iTrent
8 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.084%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 174 (14.60%) Azure
2 149 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 144 (12.08%) AWS
4 81 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (5.62%) GCP
6 42 (3.52%) SaaS
7 40 (3.36%) Serverless
8 39 (3.27%) Entra ID
9 38 (3.19%) Amazon S3
10 32 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
10 32 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
11 30 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
13 27 (2.27%) PowerApps
14 25 (2.10%) Google Analytics
15 24 (2.01%) GitHub
16 22 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
16 22 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (1.34%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.77%) DNS
2 32 (2.68%) DHCP
3 24 (2.01%) Internet
4 22 (1.85%) Firewall
5 18 (1.51%) Wireless
6 16 (1.34%) VPN
7 15 (1.26%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.26%) WAN
8 9 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.67%) LAN
10 7 (0.59%) Network Security
11 6 (0.50%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.50%) SNMP
12 5 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.42%) HTTP
12 5 (0.42%) SSL
12 5 (0.42%) VLAN
13 4 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.34%) SMS
13 4 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (10.32%) Power BI
2 44 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (3.36%) Tableau
4 29 (2.43%) Metadata
5 27 (2.27%) SQL Server
6 26 (2.18%) BigQuery
7 24 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (1.68%) Big Data
9 17 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 15 (1.26%) Power Query
11 14 (1.17%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.09%) Looker
13 12 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (0.92%) MySQL
14 11 (0.92%) Spark SQL
15 10 (0.84%) Data Lake
16 8 (0.67%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.67%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 56 (4.70%) JIRA
2 51 (4.28%) Git
3 19 (1.59%) GitLab
4 7 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.34%) Postman
6 3 (0.25%) Appium
6 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.25%) RStudio
6 3 (0.25%) Selenium
6 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.17%) JMeter
7 2 (0.17%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.084%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.084%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.084%) Maven
8 1 (0.084%) Visual Studio
General
1 535 (44.88%) Social Skills
2 323 (27.10%) Finance
3 114 (9.56%) Marketing
4 112 (9.40%) Law
5 111 (9.31%) Organisational Skills
6 104 (8.72%) Public Sector
7 96 (8.05%) Legal
8 85 (7.13%) Retail
9 81 (6.80%) Manufacturing
10 63 (5.29%) Influencing Skills
11 61 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 39 (3.27%) Telecoms
13 38 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (2.27%) Military
15 25 (2.10%) Banking
16 23 (1.93%) Back Office
17 22 (1.85%) Automotive
18 18 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
18 18 (1.51%) Local Government
19 17 (1.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 334 (28.02%) Analyst
2 129 (10.82%) Senior
3 78 (6.54%) Business Analyst
4 76 (6.38%) Data Analyst
5 73 (6.12%) Developer
6 71 (5.96%) Lead
7 53 (4.45%) Architect
8 52 (4.36%) Data Engineer
9 43 (3.61%) Systems Analyst
10 38 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (2.68%) Junior
12 31 (2.60%) Senior Manager
12 31 (2.60%) Support Analyst
13 30 (2.52%) Technical Analyst
14 28 (2.35%) Support Engineer
15 26 (2.18%) IT Support
16 25 (2.10%) Consultant
17 24 (2.01%) HR Analyst
17 24 (2.01%) HR Data Analyst
18 23 (1.93%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.02%) Terraform
2 35 (2.94%) REST
3 29 (2.43%) .NET
4 26 (2.18%) HTML
5 24 (2.01%) Middleware
6 23 (1.93%) CSS
7 22 (1.85%) PySpark
8 19 (1.59%) EDI
8 19 (1.59%) Node.js
8 19 (1.59%) SOAP
9 18 (1.51%) JSON
10 16 (1.34%) XML
11 9 (0.76%) Kafka
12 7 (0.59%) React
12 7 (0.59%) Web Services
13 6 (0.50%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.42%) Pandas
15 4 (0.34%) Entity Framework
15 4 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
15 4 (0.34%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 68 (5.70%) Management Information System
1 68 (5.70%) Onboarding
2 64 (5.37%) Analytical Mindset
3 49 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 28 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.18%) Driving Licence
6 25 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
7 24 (2.01%) Social Media
8 23 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 16 (1.34%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
14 11 (0.92%) Credit Risk
14 11 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (0.92%) NHS
15 10 (0.84%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.04%) Windows
2 44 (3.69%) Windows Server
3 31 (2.60%) Linux
4 20 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.50%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.34%) Unix
9 3 (0.25%) CentOS
9 3 (0.25%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.084%) Android
11 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (46.31%) Problem-Solving
2 402 (33.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 294 (24.66%) Decision-Making
4 264 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 232 (19.46%) Analytics
6 205 (17.20%) AI
7 198 (16.61%) Agile
8 149 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 144 (12.08%) Business Intelligence
10 133 (11.16%) ERP
11 129 (10.82%) CRM
12 119 (9.98%) Validation
13 116 (9.73%) CI/CD
14 109 (9.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 107 (8.98%) Customer Service
15 107 (8.98%) Data Modelling
16 105 (8.81%) Coaching
17 102 (8.56%) DevOps
18 101 (8.47%) Project Delivery
19 98 (8.22%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 227 (19.04%) SQL
2 160 (13.42%) Python
3 50 (4.19%) JavaScript
4 40 (3.36%) Java
5 35 (2.94%) C#
6 30 (2.52%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.10%) Bash
8 17 (1.43%) C++
9 16 (1.34%) R
9 16 (1.34%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.92%) Scala
11 10 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.67%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.59%) C
13 7 (0.59%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.50%) PHP
15 4 (0.34%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.34%) COBOL
15 4 (0.34%) XPath
16 3 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 184 (15.44%) Degree
2 96 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 73 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.86%) ACCA
4 46 (3.86%) DBS Check
5 41 (3.44%) CIMA
6 21 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (1.51%) Master's Degree
9 16 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.17%) HNC
11 10 (0.84%) CCNA
11 10 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.76%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.59%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (0.59%) Postgraduate
14 6 (0.50%) HND
14 6 (0.50%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (14.85%) Data Quality
2 67 (5.62%) QA
3 57 (4.78%) GDPR
4 30 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.43%) SLA
6 16 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.26%) PMO
8 14 (1.17%) TickIT
9 13 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.50%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.42%) GRC
13 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 14443
14 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 7816
14 4 (0.34%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.34%) NIST
14 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.25%) COSO
System Software
1 67 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 48 (4.03%) Docker
3 8 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.25%) Ceph
4 3 (0.25%) DFS Replication
4 3 (0.25%) Firmware
4 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.084%) NFS
5 1 (0.084%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.59%) Ansible
4 6 (0.50%) Grafana
4 6 (0.50%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.25%) Argo
6 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.25%) Istio
6 3 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (0.25%) Podman
6 3 (0.25%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.17%) Nessus
8 1 (0.084%) Autotask
8 1 (0.084%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.084%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 299 (25.08%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.54%) Google
3 44 (3.69%) SAP
4 36 (3.02%) YouTube
5 31 (2.60%) Workday
6 29 (2.43%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.59%) Databricks
7 19 (1.59%) Oracle
7 19 (1.59%) VMware
8 14 (1.17%) Cisco
8 14 (1.17%) iManage
8 14 (1.17%) ServiceNow
9 11 (0.92%) Adobe
9 11 (0.92%) TikTok
10 8 (0.67%) Aderant
10 8 (0.67%) HP
10 8 (0.67%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.59%) Sage
11 7 (0.59%) Veeam