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

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	8	18
Rank change year-on-year	-15	+10	+4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	1,203	1,156	925
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	4.98%	12.71%	7.27%
As % of the General category	12.23%	20.40%	12.62%
Number of salaries quoted	756	341	419
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£28,000	£29,800
25^th Percentile	£37,000	£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	£60,313	£60,000	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£76,875	£71,461	£71,991
England median annual salary	£51,500	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+3.00%	-9.09%	-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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	9,833	5,668	7,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	40.69%	62.30%	57.60%
Number of salaries quoted	6,472	2,723	3,118
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£25,775	£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	£61,750	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£78,750	£78,575
England median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-12.50%	-

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 22 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 22 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	-11	698	£46,750	+3.89%	123
Yorkshire	-6	336	£47,000	+17.50%	78
North East	-22	178	£53,350	+31.73%	50
Analytical Skills England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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	49.2%	592
2	Continuous Improvement	34.1%	410
3	Microsoft	25.0%	301
4	Decision-Making	24.1%	290
5	Analytics	21.3%	256
6	Stakeholder Management	20.8%	250
7	SQL	19.5%	235
8	AI	19.0%	229
9	Agile	17.5%	211
10	Degree	17.1%	206
11	Python	15.2%	183
12	Azure	14.9%	179
13	Microsoft Excel	14.7%	177
14	Data Quality	13.9%	167
15	Mentoring	12.7%	153
16	Business Intelligence	12.4%	149
17	AWS	11.8%	142
18	Power Platform	11.7%	141
19	Validation	11.5%	138
20	CI/CD	10.6%	128
21	CRM	10.0%	120
22	ERP	9.6%	116
23	Data Modelling	9.6%	115
23	Power BI	9.6%	115
25	Stakeholder Engagement	9.5%	114
26	Security Cleared	9.4%	113
27	Coaching	8.9%	107
27	Data Analysis	8.9%	107
29	Project Delivery	8.6%	104
30	Customer Service	8.6%	103

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	44.7%	538
2	Finance	27.3%	329
3	Marketing	9.3%	112
3	Organisational Skills	9.3%	112
5	Public Sector	9.1%	110
6	Legal	9.1%	109
7	Law	8.9%	107
8	Manufacturing	7.6%	91
9	Retail	6.9%	83
10	Inclusion and Diversity	6.0%	72
11	Influencing Skills	5.0%	60
12	Presentation Skills	3.9%	47
13	Telecoms	2.2%	27
14	Automotive	2.1%	25
15	Banking	2.0%	24
16	Electronics	1.9%	23
17	Documentation Skills	1.8%	22
18	Local Government	1.5%	18
19	Games	1.4%	17
19	Military	1.4%	17