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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 19
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,024 1,529 1,126
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.74% 15.95% 7.48%
As % of the General category 11.22% 23.31% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 771 392 718
10th Percentile £31,735 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.16% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -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 9,123 6,560 8,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.25% 68.43% 53.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6,090 2,918 5,127
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
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 2 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 2 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 -17 618 £46,750 -0.53% 320
Yorkshire -13 285 £47,500 +5.91% 182
North East -21 121 £53,750 +34.38% 76
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 42 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.37%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.37%) Confluence
4 11 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (0.98%) Apache
6 7 (0.68%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.29%) JBoss
8 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) WordPress
10 1 (0.098%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.098%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.098%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.098%) WebSphere
Applications
1 146 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.22%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.20%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.098%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.098%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.86%) SAP PM
3 15 (1.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (1.37%) SAP ERP
5 10 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.49%) Magento
6 5 (0.49%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.29%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.098%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.098%) Odoo
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.098%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.098%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.098%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.098%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.098%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.098%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 142 (13.87%) Azure
2 138 (13.48%) Power Platform
3 115 (11.23%) AWS
4 66 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (5.27%) GCP
6 38 (3.71%) SaaS
7 30 (2.93%) Amazon S3
8 28 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (2.64%) GitHub
10 25 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (2.44%) PowerApps
10 25 (2.44%) Serverless
11 19 (1.86%) Snowflake
12 18 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (1.76%) Boomi
12 18 (1.76%) Entra ID
13 17 (1.66%) Google Analytics
14 16 (1.56%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
15 15 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.34%) Firewall
2 20 (1.95%) Wireless
3 19 (1.86%) DNS
3 19 (1.86%) VPN
4 18 (1.76%) DHCP
5 16 (1.56%) WAN
6 13 (1.27%) LAN
7 11 (1.07%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (0.88%) Internet
8 9 (0.88%) Network Security
9 8 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (0.78%) SNMP
10 7 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.59%) IP Telephony
12 5 (0.49%) HTTP
12 5 (0.49%) SMS
12 5 (0.49%) VLAN
13 4 (0.39%) ATM
13 4 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (10.94%) Power BI
2 83 (8.11%) Tableau
3 44 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (2.83%) Data Mining
5 25 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (1.95%) Big Data
6 20 (1.95%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.76%) SQL Server
8 16 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (1.37%) Metadata
10 11 (1.07%) Looker
11 9 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.78%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.78%) MySQL
13 7 (0.68%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.68%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 44 (4.30%) JIRA
2 30 (2.93%) Git
3 12 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.98%) GitLab
5 5 (0.49%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.39%) 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 (0.20%) MLflow
8 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.098%) JMeter
9 1 (0.098%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.098%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.098%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio
General
1 439 (42.87%) Social Skills
2 306 (29.88%) Finance
3 98 (9.57%) Law
4 91 (8.89%) Marketing
5 85 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 58 (5.66%) Legal
7 50 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 49 (4.79%) Retail
9 48 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
9 48 (4.69%) Telecoms
10 46 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 39 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
12 37 (3.61%) Military
13 32 (3.13%) Back Office
14 18 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.66%) Banking
16 16 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (1.37%) Local Government
18 11 (1.07%) Advertising
19 9 (0.88%) Games
Job Titles
1 302 (29.49%) Analyst
2 110 (10.74%) Senior
3 104 (10.16%) Data Analyst
4 76 (7.42%) Lead
5 70 (6.84%) Business Analyst
6 62 (6.05%) Developer
7 44 (4.30%) Architect
8 43 (4.20%) Systems Analyst
9 41 (4.00%) Data Manager
10 40 (3.91%) Systems Manager
11 39 (3.81%) Data Engineer
12 30 (2.93%) Head of QA
12 30 (2.93%) HR Manager
13 29 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (2.64%) Trainee
14 27 (2.64%) Trainee Analyst
14 27 (2.64%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 26 (2.54%) Technical Analyst
16 25 (2.44%) IT Support
17 24 (2.34%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.73%) REST
2 27 (2.64%) Middleware
3 23 (2.25%) .NET
4 22 (2.15%) HTML
5 20 (1.95%) Node.js
6 18 (1.76%) CSS
6 18 (1.76%) XML
7 16 (1.56%) EDI
7 16 (1.56%) SOAP
8 13 (1.27%) JSON
9 12 (1.17%) React
10 9 (0.88%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.88%) Flutter
11 7 (0.68%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.59%) Kafka
12 6 (0.59%) PySpark
12 6 (0.59%) Web Services
13 5 (0.49%) Pandas
14 4 (0.39%) Entity Framework
14 4 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 49 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 43 (4.20%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (1.86%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (1.27%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.17%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.17%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.17%) Social Media
10 10 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.78%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.78%) Credit Risk
13 7 (0.68%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.68%) EMV
13 7 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.15%) Windows
2 41 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (1.56%) Linux
5 12 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.29%) CentOS
7 3 (0.29%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.098%) Android
8 1 (0.098%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (39.84%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (31.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 264 (25.78%) Decision-Making
4 234 (22.85%) Analytics
5 230 (22.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 164 (16.02%) Agile
7 136 (13.28%) AI
8 114 (11.13%) Business Intelligence
9 109 (10.64%) Actionable Insight
9 109 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 105 (10.25%) Mentoring
11 104 (10.16%) ERP
12 102 (9.96%) Data Analysis
12 102 (9.96%) Data Governance
13 99 (9.67%) CRM
13 99 (9.67%) Data Modelling
14 95 (9.28%) Roadmaps
15 92 (8.98%) Validation
16 91 (8.89%) Project Management
17 82 (8.01%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 224 (21.88%) SQL
2 176 (17.19%) Python
3 40 (3.91%) JavaScript
4 35 (3.42%) Java
5 34 (3.32%) C#
6 17 (1.66%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.37%) Bash
7 14 (1.37%) R
8 10 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (0.98%) Scala
9 9 (0.88%) Go
10 8 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.78%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.68%) C++
12 6 (0.59%) PHP
13 5 (0.49%) C
14 4 (0.39%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.29%) Groovy
15 3 (0.29%) SOQL
15 3 (0.29%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 116 (11.33%) Degree
2 71 (6.93%) DBS Check
3 62 (6.05%) Security Cleared
4 44 (4.30%) SC Cleared
5 38 (3.71%) ACCA
6 34 (3.32%) CIMA
7 31 (3.03%) IRCA
8 18 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.07%) HNC
12 10 (0.98%) CCNA
13 9 (0.88%) CCNP
14 8 (0.78%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.78%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.78%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.68%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.59%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (15.72%) Data Quality
2 89 (8.69%) QA
3 70 (6.84%) GDPR
4 35 (3.42%) ISO 9001
5 24 (2.34%) SLA
6 18 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.66%) TickIT
8 16 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.37%) PMO
10 12 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.78%) GMP
12 6 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.39%) GRC
14 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 14443
14 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 7816
14 4 (0.39%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.29%) ISO 8583
15 3 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 59 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.64%) Docker
3 9 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.39%) ProxySG
4 4 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.29%) Ceph
5 3 (0.29%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.098%) NFS
7 1 (0.098%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (2.25%) Terraform
2 14 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.17%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.49%) 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 (0.20%) Nessus
7 1 (0.098%) Autotask
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 246 (24.02%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.96%) SAP
3 59 (5.76%) Workday
4 38 (3.71%) Google
5 35 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.66%) Cisco
6 17 (1.66%) iManage
6 17 (1.66%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.56%) Databricks
8 14 (1.37%) Adobe
8 14 (1.37%) Oracle
9 11 (1.07%) VMware
10 9 (0.88%) Aderant
10 9 (0.88%) Intapp
11 8 (0.78%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.78%) HP
11 8 (0.78%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.68%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.68%) Veeam
13 5 (0.49%) Sage