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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 21
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 983 1,525 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.62% 16.03% 7.68%
As % of the General category 10.95% 23.31% 14.27%
Number of salaries quoted 745 389 797
10th Percentile £32,041 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +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 8,980 6,543 8,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.19% 68.79% 53.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5,970 2,909 5,650
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,749 £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 28 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 28 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 -18 588 £46,500 -1.06% 244
Yorkshire -11 283 £47,500 +5.56% 160
North East -25 112 £55,000 +37.50% 66
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 39 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.12%) Confluence
5 10 (1.02%) Apache
6 7 (0.71%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.31%) JBoss
8 3 (0.31%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.31%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 144 (14.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.26%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.20%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.93%) SAP PM
3 15 (1.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (1.42%) SAP ERP
5 11 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.51%) Magento
6 5 (0.51%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.31%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.10%) 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
1 137 (13.94%) Azure
2 136 (13.84%) Power Platform
3 109 (11.09%) AWS
4 63 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (5.09%) GCP
6 37 (3.76%) SaaS
7 27 (2.75%) Amazon S3
8 26 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (2.64%) GitHub
9 24 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.44%) PowerApps
10 23 (2.34%) Serverless
11 18 (1.83%) Boomi
11 18 (1.83%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.83%) Snowflake
12 16 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (1.63%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
13 14 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 14 (1.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.54%) Firewall
2 19 (1.93%) Wireless
3 18 (1.83%) VPN
4 17 (1.73%) DNS
5 16 (1.63%) DHCP
5 16 (1.63%) WAN
6 13 (1.32%) LAN
7 10 (1.02%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (0.92%) Network Security
9 8 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.81%) Internet
9 8 (0.81%) SNMP
9 8 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.61%) IP Telephony
11 5 (0.51%) HTTP
11 5 (0.51%) SMS
12 4 (0.41%) ATM
12 4 (0.41%) EIGRP
12 4 (0.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (11.39%) Power BI
2 84 (8.55%) Tableau
3 42 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (3.15%) Data Mining
5 25 (2.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (2.03%) Big Data
7 17 (1.73%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.63%) SQL Server
9 14 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (1.32%) Metadata
11 9 (0.92%) Looker
11 9 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.81%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.81%) MySQL
12 8 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.71%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.71%) Power Query
14 6 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (4.17%) JIRA
2 25 (2.54%) Git
3 11 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.02%) GitLab
5 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.41%) Selenium
7 3 (0.31%) Maven
7 3 (0.31%) Postman
7 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.20%) MLflow
8 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.10%) JMeter
9 1 (0.10%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 418 (42.52%) Social Skills
2 301 (30.62%) Finance
3 94 (9.56%) Law
4 89 (9.05%) Marketing
5 86 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 55 (5.60%) Legal
7 47 (4.78%) Telecoms
8 46 (4.68%) Manufacturing
8 46 (4.68%) Retail
9 42 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.56%) Military
12 32 (3.26%) Back Office
13 18 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.53%) Banking
16 14 (1.42%) Local Government
17 11 (1.12%) Advertising
18 7 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 292 (29.70%) Analyst
2 104 (10.58%) Data Analyst
3 103 (10.48%) Senior
4 75 (7.63%) Lead
5 66 (6.71%) Business Analyst
6 59 (6.00%) Developer
7 43 (4.37%) Architect
8 42 (4.27%) Systems Analyst
9 41 (4.17%) Data Manager
10 40 (4.07%) Systems Manager
11 38 (3.87%) Data Engineer
12 30 (3.05%) Head of QA
12 30 (3.05%) HR Manager
13 29 (2.95%) Trainee
13 29 (2.95%) Trainee Analyst
13 29 (2.95%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 26 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (2.64%) Technical Analyst
15 24 (2.44%) HR Analyst
15 24 (2.44%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.64%) Middleware
1 26 (2.64%) REST
2 21 (2.14%) .NET
3 20 (2.03%) HTML
4 19 (1.93%) Node.js
5 18 (1.83%) XML
6 16 (1.63%) CSS
6 16 (1.63%) EDI
7 15 (1.53%) SOAP
8 13 (1.32%) JSON
9 12 (1.22%) React
10 9 (0.92%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.81%) Flutter
12 7 (0.71%) scikit-learn
13 6 (0.61%) Kafka
13 6 (0.61%) PySpark
13 6 (0.61%) Web Services
14 5 (0.51%) Pandas
15 4 (0.41%) SAP Core Interface
15 4 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.97%) Analytical Mindset
2 48 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 42 (4.27%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 18 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 18 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
6 14 (1.42%) Social Media
7 13 (1.32%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.22%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.02%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.92%) Credit Risk
10 9 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (0.81%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.71%) EMV
13 6 (0.61%) e-Learning
13 6 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.10%) Windows
2 40 (4.07%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
4 14 (1.42%) Linux
5 12 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.31%) CentOS
7 3 (0.31%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.10%) Android
8 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (38.56%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (31.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 256 (26.04%) Decision-Making
4 233 (23.70%) Analytics
5 222 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 154 (15.67%) Agile
7 128 (13.02%) AI
8 112 (11.39%) Business Intelligence
9 107 (10.89%) Actionable Insight
10 105 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 102 (10.38%) ERP
11 102 (10.38%) Mentoring
12 101 (10.27%) Data Analysis
13 100 (10.17%) CRM
14 99 (10.07%) Data Governance
15 95 (9.66%) Data Modelling
16 92 (9.36%) Roadmaps
17 91 (9.26%) Project Management
18 85 (8.65%) Validation
19 80 (8.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 218 (22.18%) SQL
2 170 (17.29%) Python
3 35 (3.56%) Java
3 35 (3.56%) JavaScript
4 33 (3.36%) C#
5 16 (1.63%) PowerShell
6 14 (1.42%) R
7 13 (1.32%) Bash
8 10 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.02%) Scala
9 9 (0.92%) Go
9 9 (0.92%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.71%) C++
10 7 (0.71%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.61%) PHP
12 4 (0.41%) C
13 3 (0.31%) COBOL
13 3 (0.31%) Groovy
13 3 (0.31%) SOQL
13 3 (0.31%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 112 (11.39%) Degree
2 70 (7.12%) DBS Check
3 52 (5.29%) Security Cleared
4 38 (3.87%) ACCA
4 38 (3.87%) SC Cleared
5 34 (3.46%) CIMA
6 30 (3.05%) IRCA
7 16 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.02%) CCNA
10 10 (1.02%) HNC
11 9 (0.92%) CCNP
12 8 (0.81%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.81%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.61%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.51%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (16.07%) Data Quality
2 83 (8.44%) QA
3 68 (6.92%) GDPR
4 34 (3.46%) ISO 9001
5 24 (2.44%) SLA
6 17 (1.73%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.73%) TickIT
7 16 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (1.53%) PMO
9 14 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 14 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.81%) GMP
11 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.41%) GRC
13 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 14443
13 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 7816
13 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.31%) ISO 8583
14 3 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 58 (5.90%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.44%) Docker
3 9 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.41%) ProxySG
4 4 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.31%) Ceph
5 3 (0.31%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (2.34%) Terraform
2 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.61%) Ansible
5 3 (0.31%) Argo
5 3 (0.31%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.31%) Grafana
5 3 (0.31%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.31%) Istio
5 3 (0.31%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.31%) Podman
5 3 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.31%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.10%) Autotask
6 1 (0.10%) Nessus
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 240 (24.42%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.90%) SAP
2 58 (5.90%) Workday
3 36 (3.66%) Salesforce
4 34 (3.46%) Google
5 17 (1.73%) iManage
6 16 (1.63%) Cisco
6 16 (1.63%) Databricks
7 14 (1.42%) Adobe
7 14 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.32%) Oracle
9 9 (0.92%) Aderant
9 9 (0.92%) Intapp
9 9 (0.92%) VMware
10 8 (0.81%) CheckPoint
10 8 (0.81%) HP
11 7 (0.71%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.71%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.71%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.71%) Veeam