Analytics Job Trends in the North of England

Analytics
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 71 34
Rank change year-on-year +42 -37 -11
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 913 403 864
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.42% 4.30% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.28% 4.74% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 717 201 614
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £31,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £88,375
England median annual salary £67,500 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% +7.50% -8.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,542 8,504 14,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.36% 90.72% 79.74%
Number of salaries quoted 10,884 4,187 10,927
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,814 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,063 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Analytics job vacancy trend in the North of England

Analytics
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the North of England

Analytics
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 Analytics within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 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 +39 543 £60,000 +14.29% 163
Yorkshire +19 248 £61,500 +1.25% 91
North East +24 122 £50,000 -3.85% 47
Analytics
England

Analytics
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 20 (2.19%) Apache Spark
2 17 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (1.75%) Apache
4 15 (1.64%) CMS
5 13 (1.42%) WordPress
6 10 (1.10%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.99%) Confluence
8 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.55%) SAS
10 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 83 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.20%) Chatbot
2 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.22%) SPSS
5 2 (0.22%) Trello
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.77%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 7 (0.77%) Magento
3 5 (0.55%) SAP PM
3 5 (0.55%) Shopify
4 4 (0.44%) SAP GTS
4 4 (0.44%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.44%) SAP Travel Management
5 2 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.22%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 170 (18.62%) Azure
2 156 (17.09%) Power Platform
3 110 (12.05%) AWS
4 58 (6.35%) SaaS
5 52 (5.70%) GCP
6 44 (4.82%) Google Analytics
7 39 (4.27%) Snowflake
8 34 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (2.96%) GitHub
10 26 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
11 25 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (2.19%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.97%) Serverless
14 17 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.42%) dbt
17 12 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
18 11 (1.20%) Figma
18 11 (1.20%) Firebase
18 11 (1.20%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.10%) DNS
1 10 (1.10%) Unified Communications
2 8 (0.88%) CTI
2 8 (0.88%) DHCP
2 8 (0.88%) VoIP
3 5 (0.55%) SMS
4 3 (0.33%) HTTP
4 3 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.22%) BGP
5 2 (0.22%) Broadband
5 2 (0.22%) IPFIX
5 2 (0.22%) OSPF
5 2 (0.22%) SNMP
5 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.22%) VLAN
5 2 (0.22%) WPA
6 1 (0.11%) Intranet
6 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (16.76%) Power BI
2 80 (8.76%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (7.78%) Tableau
4 40 (4.38%) SQL Server
5 37 (4.05%) Data Mining
6 26 (2.85%) BigQuery
7 25 (2.74%) Metadata
8 24 (2.63%) Looker
9 23 (2.52%) Data Lake
10 22 (2.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 22 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 21 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (2.30%) Big Data
12 19 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.86%) MongoDB
14 15 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
15 14 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (1.53%) Power Query
15 14 (1.53%) Star Schema
16 12 (1.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (1.75%) JIRA
2 14 (1.53%) Git
3 13 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.20%) fastlane
5 7 (0.77%) Xcode
6 6 (0.66%) Gradle
7 5 (0.55%) Android Studio
7 5 (0.55%) Crashlytics
8 4 (0.44%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.33%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.33%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.33%) MLflow
9 3 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.33%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.33%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.22%) GitLab
10 2 (0.22%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 252 (27.60%) Finance
2 240 (26.29%) Analytical Skills
3 180 (19.72%) Social Skills
4 119 (13.03%) Marketing
5 99 (10.84%) Public Sector
6 52 (5.70%) Retail
7 51 (5.59%) Law
8 45 (4.93%) Legal
9 40 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (3.50%) Advertising
11 32 (3.50%) Manufacturing
12 23 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.31%) Games
13 12 (1.31%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.10%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.10%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.77%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 177 (19.39%) Senior
2 144 (15.77%) Analyst
3 119 (13.03%) Data Engineer
4 117 (12.81%) Lead
5 79 (8.65%) Data Analyst
6 74 (8.11%) Developer
7 68 (7.45%) Architect
8 46 (5.04%) Senior Data Engineer
9 39 (4.27%) Analytics Manager
9 39 (4.27%) Trainee
9 39 (4.27%) Trainee Analyst
9 39 (4.27%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 33 (3.61%) Data Manager
11 30 (3.29%) Head of QA
12 29 (3.18%) Data Architect
13 28 (3.07%) Business Manager
14 27 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
15 23 (2.52%) CRM Manager
15 23 (2.52%) Data Scientist
15 23 (2.52%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.52%) .NET
2 22 (2.41%) CSS
2 22 (2.41%) HTML
2 22 (2.41%) PySpark
3 13 (1.42%) AngularJS
4 12 (1.31%) .NET Core
4 12 (1.31%) ASP.NET
4 12 (1.31%) ASP.NET Core
5 11 (1.20%) RESTful
6 8 (0.88%) Kafka
7 7 (0.77%) SubSonic
7 7 (0.77%) Vue
8 6 (0.66%) Core Data
8 6 (0.66%) iOS SDK
8 6 (0.66%) Middleware
8 6 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (0.66%) SwiftUI
8 6 (0.66%) UIKit
9 5 (0.55%) Entity Framework
9 5 (0.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 40 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.50%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.07%) Cloud Native
5 26 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.30%) Marketing Technology
8 15 (1.64%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.31%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.20%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.99%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.88%) IVR
13 8 (0.88%) Operational Technology
13 8 (0.88%) Social Media
14 6 (0.66%) Blog
14 6 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.66%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.99%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.88%) Android
2 8 (0.88%) Linux
3 6 (0.66%) Windows
4 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (23.11%) Decision-Making
2 200 (21.91%) Business Intelligence
3 198 (21.69%) AI
4 153 (16.76%) Data Analytics
5 152 (16.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 149 (16.32%) Problem-Solving
7 128 (14.02%) Data Engineering
8 125 (13.69%) Agile
9 122 (13.36%) Data Modelling
10 111 (12.16%) Mentoring
11 107 (11.72%) Actionable Insight
12 103 (11.28%) Roadmaps
13 102 (11.17%) Data Pipeline
13 102 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 92 (10.08%) Data Governance
15 88 (9.64%) Data Analysis
16 85 (9.31%) User Experience
17 82 (8.98%) CI/CD
18 81 (8.87%) Machine Learning
19 78 (8.54%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 264 (28.92%) SQL
2 198 (21.69%) Python
3 21 (2.30%) C#
4 17 (1.86%) Java
5 14 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (1.53%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.53%) R
5 14 (1.53%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.20%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.99%) Bash
7 9 (0.99%) Scala
8 8 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.66%) Swift
10 5 (0.55%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.44%) Bicep
12 3 (0.33%) ABAP
12 3 (0.33%) Perl
13 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.22%) Ruby
13 2 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (8.76%) Degree
2 38 (4.16%) Security Cleared
3 30 (3.29%) IRCA
4 28 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 14 (1.53%) ACCA
5 14 (1.53%) CIMA
5 14 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.53%) DBS Check
6 9 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 7 (0.77%) Postgraduate
8 6 (0.66%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.55%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.44%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.22%) AAT
11 2 (0.22%) HND
11 2 (0.22%) ICAEW
11 2 (0.22%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (15.99%) Data Quality
2 60 (6.57%) GDPR
3 58 (6.35%) Accessibility
3 58 (6.35%) QA
4 30 (3.29%) ISO 9001
5 20 (2.19%) WCAG
6 7 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.44%) SLA
9 3 (0.33%) GRC
9 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (2.30%) Docker
2 18 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.44%) vSphere
5 3 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (3.61%) Terraform
2 23 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.77%) Grafana
4 5 (0.55%) Ansible
5 3 (0.33%) Control-M
5 3 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.22%) Nagios
7 1 (0.11%) Argo
7 1 (0.11%) Istio
7 1 (0.11%) linkerd
7 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 175 (19.17%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.68%) Google
3 60 (6.57%) Databricks
4 38 (4.16%) HubSpot
5 34 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.18%) SAP
7 20 (2.19%) Adobe
8 12 (1.31%) Cisco
9 11 (1.20%) Dynatrace
10 8 (0.88%) Avaya
10 8 (0.88%) Genesys
10 8 (0.88%) Oracle
11 7 (0.77%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.77%) Cognos
11 7 (0.77%) IBM
12 6 (0.66%) Apple
12 6 (0.66%) Hotjar
12 6 (0.66%) VMware
13 4 (0.44%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.33%) OpenText