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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 19
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 +11
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,051 1,517 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.74% 15.71% 7.46%
As % of the General category 11.42% 23.22% 13.65%
Number of salaries quoted 778 370 719
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 £61,250 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,250 £77,750
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 9,202 6,532 8,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 41.53% 67.65% 54.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,141 2,891 4,952
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £27,255
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,100 £35,092
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 14 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 14 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 -16 635 £47,250 +5.00% 375
Yorkshire -8 293 £47,000 +16.05% 215
North East -20 123 £55,000 +35.80% 72
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 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.71%) Confluence
4 14 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.95%) Apache
7 8 (0.76%) 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 (0.095%) IIS
11 1 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.095%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.095%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.095%) WebSphere
Applications
1 133 (12.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.14%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.90%) 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 (0.095%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.095%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.81%) SAP PM
3 14 (1.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 14 (1.33%) 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 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.095%) Odoo
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.095%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.095%) SAP ECC
8 1 (0.095%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.095%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.095%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (13.80%) Azure
2 136 (12.94%) Power Platform
3 119 (11.32%) AWS
4 72 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.42%) GCP
6 39 (3.71%) SaaS
7 36 (3.43%) Amazon S3
8 29 (2.76%) Serverless
9 27 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (2.47%) PowerApps
11 25 (2.38%) GitHub
12 23 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (2.09%) Entra ID
13 22 (2.09%) Google Analytics
14 20 (1.90%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 18 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (1.71%) Boomi
16 17 (1.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.19%) DNS
1 23 (2.19%) Firewall
2 22 (2.09%) DHCP
3 20 (1.90%) VPN
3 20 (1.90%) Wireless
4 15 (1.43%) WAN
5 13 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.14%) LAN
7 10 (0.95%) Internet
8 8 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (0.76%) 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%) ATM
12 4 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (10.28%) Power BI
2 70 (6.66%) Tableau
3 44 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (2.28%) BigQuery
6 21 (2.00%) Big Data
6 21 (2.00%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.71%) Data Mining
7 18 (1.71%) Metadata
8 16 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (1.52%) Looker
9 13 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (0.86%) DynamoDB
10 9 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.76%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.76%) MySQL
12 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 53 (5.04%) JIRA
2 31 (2.95%) Git
3 11 (1.05%) GitLab
4 10 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.48%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.38%) Selenium
7 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.29%) Maven
7 3 (0.29%) Postman
7 3 (0.29%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.19%) MLflow
8 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.095%) JMeter
9 1 (0.095%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.095%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.095%) Visual Studio
General
1 453 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 299 (28.45%) Finance
3 100 (9.51%) Law
4 89 (8.47%) Marketing
5 84 (7.99%) Public Sector
6 59 (5.61%) Legal
7 56 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
8 54 (5.14%) Retail
9 52 (4.95%) Manufacturing
10 49 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 48 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (4.47%) Telecoms
13 37 (3.52%) Military
14 34 (3.24%) Back Office
15 22 (2.09%) Banking
16 16 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.33%) Games
17 14 (1.33%) Local Government
18 10 (0.95%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 305 (29.02%) Analyst
2 113 (10.75%) Senior
3 93 (8.85%) Data Analyst
4 74 (7.04%) Business Analyst
5 73 (6.95%) Lead
6 61 (5.80%) Developer
7 46 (4.38%) Architect
8 43 (4.09%) Systems Analyst
9 40 (3.81%) Data Manager
9 40 (3.81%) Systems Manager
10 39 (3.71%) Data Engineer
11 31 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
12 30 (2.85%) Head of QA
12 30 (2.85%) HR Manager
13 27 (2.57%) IT Support
14 26 (2.47%) Senior Manager
15 24 (2.28%) HR Analyst
15 24 (2.28%) HR Data Analyst
16 23 (2.19%) Support Engineer
16 23 (2.19%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.76%) REST
2 27 (2.57%) Middleware
3 23 (2.19%) .NET
3 23 (2.19%) HTML
4 20 (1.90%) Node.js
5 19 (1.81%) CSS
6 18 (1.71%) EDI
6 18 (1.71%) XML
7 16 (1.52%) SOAP
8 13 (1.24%) JSON
9 9 (0.86%) AngularJS
9 9 (0.86%) React
10 8 (0.76%) Flutter
11 7 (0.67%) PySpark
11 7 (0.67%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.57%) Kafka
12 6 (0.57%) Web Services
13 5 (0.48%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.48%) Pandas
14 4 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 50 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 39 (3.71%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.52%) Onboarding
5 19 (1.81%) Cloud Native
5 19 (1.81%) Driving Licence
6 18 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.52%) Social Media
8 15 (1.43%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.33%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
10 12 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (0.95%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.86%) Credit Risk
13 9 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
14 8 (0.76%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.76%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 69 (6.57%) Windows
2 42 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.62%) Linux
3 17 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.29%) CentOS
8 3 (0.29%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.19%) Unix
10 1 (0.095%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 342 (32.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 273 (25.98%) Decision-Making
4 239 (22.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 229 (21.79%) Analytics
6 171 (16.27%) Agile
7 139 (13.23%) AI
8 111 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
9 110 (10.47%) Actionable Insight
9 110 (10.47%) ERP
10 109 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 104 (9.90%) Mentoring
12 103 (9.80%) Data Governance
13 102 (9.71%) Data Modelling
14 100 (9.51%) Validation
15 99 (9.42%) Roadmaps
16 97 (9.23%) CRM
17 92 (8.75%) Data Analysis
18 90 (8.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
19 85 (8.09%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 211 (20.08%) SQL
2 165 (15.70%) Python
3 39 (3.71%) JavaScript
4 35 (3.33%) Java
5 31 (2.95%) C#
6 20 (1.90%) Bash
6 20 (1.90%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.05%) Scala
8 10 (0.95%) R
9 9 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.76%) C++
10 8 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.67%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.57%) C
12 6 (0.57%) Go
12 6 (0.57%) PHP
13 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.29%) Groovy
14 3 (0.29%) SOQL
14 3 (0.29%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 118 (11.23%) Degree
2 72 (6.85%) DBS Check
3 71 (6.76%) Security Cleared
4 49 (4.66%) SC Cleared
5 36 (3.43%) ACCA
6 32 (3.04%) CIMA
7 31 (2.95%) IRCA
8 20 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.24%) HNC
12 10 (0.95%) CCNA
13 9 (0.86%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.76%) CCNP
14 8 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.76%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.67%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (15.60%) Data Quality
2 93 (8.85%) QA
3 73 (6.95%) GDPR
4 35 (3.33%) ISO 9001
5 24 (2.28%) SLA
6 18 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.62%) TickIT
8 15 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (1.24%) PMO
10 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.86%) GMP
11 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.38%) GRC
12 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 14443
12 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 7816
12 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.29%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.04%) 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 (0.095%) NFS
7 1 (0.095%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (2.47%) Terraform
2 16 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.95%) 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 (0.095%) Autotask
7 1 (0.095%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.095%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 245 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.80%) SAP
3 60 (5.71%) Workday
4 45 (4.28%) Google
5 31 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.62%) Cisco
7 16 (1.52%) Databricks
7 16 (1.52%) iManage
7 16 (1.52%) Oracle
7 16 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.33%) Adobe
9 13 (1.24%) VMware
10 8 (0.76%) Aderant
10 8 (0.76%) HP
10 8 (0.76%) Intapp
11 7 (0.67%) CheckPoint
11 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.67%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.67%) Veeam
12 6 (0.57%) Sage