Data Analysis Expressions Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 268 234
Rank change year-on-year +28 -34 +157
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 19 19 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.18% 0.21% 0.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.06% 0.75% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 23
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,300
25th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £58,125 £53,125 £68,125
90th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.20% -6.82% -

All Programming Languages
North of England

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,793 2,547 3,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.74% 28.07% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 1,374 2,513
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,600 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Analysis Expressions
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in the North of England

Data Analysis Expressions
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 Data Analysis Expressions within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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 +29 10 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Yorkshire -11 5 £54,000 +20.00% 2
North East +7 4 - - 3
Data Analysis Expressions
England

Data Analysis Expressions
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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (52.63%) Azure
2 10 (52.63%) Azure Data Factory
2 10 (52.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (10.53%) AWS
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (10.53%) Power Automate
3 2 (10.53%) PowerApps
3 2 (10.53%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) Power BI
2 15 (78.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (63.16%) SQL Server
4 10 (52.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (15.79%) Power Query
5 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
General
1 17 (89.47%) Finance
2 12 (63.16%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
4 5 (26.32%) Billing
4 5 (26.32%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Banking
5 2 (10.53%) Games
6 1 (5.26%) Law
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Insight Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Business Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Commercial Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Insight Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Power BI Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Data Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Games Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (26.32%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (10.53%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (73.68%) Decision-Making
2 14 (73.68%) Visualisation
3 12 (63.16%) Actionable Insight
3 12 (63.16%) Analytics
4 11 (57.89%) Data Analysis
5 10 (52.63%) Data Modelling
5 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (52.63%) Process Improvement
5 10 (52.63%) Visual Analytics
5 10 (52.63%) WFM
6 8 (42.11%) AI
7 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (26.32%) Customer Insight
8 5 (26.32%) Data Analytics
8 5 (26.32%) ETL
8 5 (26.32%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (26.32%) Proactive Monitoring
8 5 (26.32%) Six Sigma
8 5 (26.32%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (94.74%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
3 2 (10.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
1 5 (26.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Data Quality
2 5 (26.32%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft