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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 6 18
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 +12
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,044 1,501 1,138
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.73% 15.65% 7.49%
As % of the General category 11.38% 23.06% 13.68%
Number of salaries quoted 779 369 725
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,750 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,340 £75,500 £78,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 9,178 6,508 8,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 41.57% 67.88% 54.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6,144 2,881 4,996
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,438 £31,250 £35,372
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -16 630 £47,000 +4.44% 518
Yorkshire -8 293 £46,800 +16.01% 276
North East -16 121 £55,000 +35.80% 92
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 45 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.93%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.53%) Confluence
4 14 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.96%) Apache
7 7 (0.67%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.29%) CMS
9 3 (0.29%) JBoss
9 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.19%) WordPress
11 1 (0.096%) IIS
11 1 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.096%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.096%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.096%) WebSphere
Applications
1 138 (13.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.07%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.19%) LaTeX
8 1 (0.096%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.096%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.82%) SAP PM
3 14 (1.34%) Salesforce CRM
3 14 (1.34%) SAP ERP
4 11 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.48%) Magento
5 5 (0.48%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.29%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.29%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.096%) Odoo
7 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.096%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.096%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.096%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.096%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.096%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.096%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 144 (13.79%) Azure
2 137 (13.12%) Power Platform
3 116 (11.11%) AWS
4 70 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (5.56%) GCP
6 39 (3.74%) SaaS
7 33 (3.16%) Amazon S3
8 28 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (2.68%) Serverless
9 25 (2.39%) GitHub
9 25 (2.39%) PowerApps
10 24 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (2.20%) Entra ID
12 22 (2.11%) Google Analytics
13 21 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (1.92%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.72%) Boomi
16 16 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
16 16 (1.53%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.20%) DNS
1 23 (2.20%) Firewall
2 22 (2.11%) DHCP
3 20 (1.92%) VPN
3 20 (1.92%) Wireless
4 15 (1.44%) WAN
5 13 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.15%) LAN
7 10 (0.96%) Internet
8 8 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (0.77%) Network Security
9 7 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (0.67%) SNMP
10 6 (0.57%) IP Telephony
10 6 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.48%) HTTP
11 5 (0.48%) SMS
11 5 (0.48%) VLAN
12 4 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (10.63%) Power BI
2 76 (7.28%) Tableau
3 45 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.39%) BigQuery
4 25 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (2.11%) Data Mining
6 20 (1.92%) Big Data
6 20 (1.92%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.72%) Metadata
8 17 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (1.53%) Looker
10 11 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.77%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.77%) MySQL
13 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.67%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 49 (4.69%) JIRA
2 30 (2.87%) Git
3 10 (0.96%) GitLab
3 10 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.48%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.38%) Selenium
6 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.29%) Maven
6 3 (0.29%) Postman
6 3 (0.29%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.19%) MLflow
7 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.096%) JMeter
8 1 (0.096%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.096%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.096%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.096%) Visual Studio
General
1 449 (43.01%) Social Skills
2 303 (29.02%) Finance
3 98 (9.39%) Law
4 89 (8.52%) Marketing
5 86 (8.24%) Public Sector
6 59 (5.65%) Legal
7 56 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
8 54 (5.17%) Retail
9 51 (4.89%) Manufacturing
10 49 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 47 (4.50%) Telecoms
12 46 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
13 37 (3.54%) Military
14 34 (3.26%) Back Office
15 21 (2.01%) Banking
16 16 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.34%) Games
17 14 (1.34%) Local Government
18 11 (1.05%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 309 (29.60%) Analyst
2 115 (11.02%) Senior
3 98 (9.39%) Data Analyst
4 74 (7.09%) Business Analyst
5 72 (6.90%) Lead
6 61 (5.84%) Developer
7 46 (4.41%) Architect
8 44 (4.21%) Systems Analyst
9 40 (3.83%) Data Engineer
9 40 (3.83%) Data Manager
9 40 (3.83%) Systems Manager
10 31 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
11 30 (2.87%) Head of QA
11 30 (2.87%) HR Manager
12 27 (2.59%) IT Support
13 25 (2.39%) Senior Manager
14 24 (2.30%) HR Analyst
14 24 (2.30%) HR Data Analyst
14 24 (2.30%) Technical Analyst
15 23 (2.20%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.68%) REST
2 27 (2.59%) Middleware
3 22 (2.11%) .NET
4 21 (2.01%) HTML
5 19 (1.82%) Node.js
6 18 (1.72%) EDI
6 18 (1.72%) XML
7 17 (1.63%) CSS
8 16 (1.53%) SOAP
9 13 (1.25%) JSON
10 9 (0.86%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.86%) React
11 7 (0.67%) Flutter
11 7 (0.67%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.57%) Kafka
12 6 (0.57%) PySpark
12 6 (0.57%) Web Services
13 5 (0.48%) Pandas
14 4 (0.38%) Jest
14 4 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 50 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.83%) Management Information System
4 38 (3.64%) Onboarding
5 19 (1.82%) Driving Licence
6 18 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (1.63%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.34%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.34%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
8 14 (1.34%) Social Media
9 10 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (0.96%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (0.77%) Algorithms
11 8 (0.77%) Credit Risk
11 8 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (0.67%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 68 (6.51%) Windows
2 42 (4.02%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (1.53%) Linux
5 12 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.57%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.29%) CentOS
9 3 (0.29%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.096%) Android
10 1 (0.096%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (40.52%) Problem-Solving
2 334 (31.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 270 (25.86%) Decision-Making
4 241 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 234 (22.41%) Analytics
6 169 (16.19%) Agile
7 135 (12.93%) AI
8 114 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
9 111 (10.63%) Actionable Insight
10 109 (10.44%) ERP
10 109 (10.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 106 (10.15%) Mentoring
12 104 (9.96%) Data Governance
13 101 (9.67%) Data Modelling
14 98 (9.39%) CRM
14 98 (9.39%) Roadmaps
15 97 (9.29%) Data Analysis
16 95 (9.10%) Validation
17 89 (8.52%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 88 (8.43%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 218 (20.88%) SQL
2 168 (16.09%) Python
3 37 (3.54%) JavaScript
4 34 (3.26%) Java
5 31 (2.97%) C#
6 20 (1.92%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.53%) Bash
8 13 (1.25%) R
9 10 (0.96%) Scala
10 9 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.77%) C++
11 8 (0.77%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.67%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.57%) Go
13 6 (0.57%) PHP
14 5 (0.48%) C
15 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.29%) COBOL
16 3 (0.29%) Groovy
16 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 119 (11.40%) Degree
2 72 (6.90%) DBS Check
3 66 (6.32%) Security Cleared
4 46 (4.41%) SC Cleared
5 36 (3.45%) ACCA
6 32 (3.07%) CIMA
7 31 (2.97%) IRCA
8 20 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.25%) HNC
12 10 (0.96%) CCNA
13 9 (0.86%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.77%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.77%) CCNP
14 8 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.77%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.67%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.57%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (15.71%) Data Quality
2 88 (8.43%) QA
3 73 (6.99%) GDPR
4 35 (3.35%) ISO 9001
5 24 (2.30%) SLA
6 18 (1.72%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.63%) TickIT
8 15 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (1.25%) PMO
10 10 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.86%) GMP
12 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.38%) GRC
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.29%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.78%) Docker
3 9 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.29%) Ceph
5 3 (0.29%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.29%) ProxySG
5 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.096%) NFS
7 1 (0.096%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (2.20%) Terraform
2 16 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.48%) Ansible
5 3 (0.29%) Argo
5 3 (0.29%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.29%) Grafana
5 3 (0.29%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.29%) Istio
5 3 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.29%) Podman
5 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.29%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.19%) Nessus
7 1 (0.096%) Autotask
7 1 (0.096%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.096%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 246 (23.56%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.84%) SAP
3 60 (5.75%) Workday
4 46 (4.41%) Google
5 31 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.53%) Cisco
6 16 (1.53%) Databricks
6 16 (1.53%) iManage
6 16 (1.53%) Oracle
6 16 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.34%) Adobe
8 13 (1.25%) VMware
9 8 (0.77%) Aderant
9 8 (0.77%) HP
9 8 (0.77%) Intapp
10 7 (0.67%) CheckPoint
10 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.67%) SolarWinds
10 7 (0.67%) Veeam
11 5 (0.48%) Sage