Data Analysis Job Trends in the North of England

Data Analysis
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 96 126
Rank change year-on-year -34 +30 -13
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 159 222 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.48% 2.44% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.69% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 120 100 129
10th Percentile - £29,189 £27,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £51,467 £59,081 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,550 £74,247 £85,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Data Analysis 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 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the North of England

Data Analysis
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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 -12 82 £40,500 -10.00% 63
Yorkshire -27 58 £40,000 -20.00% 48
North East +4 19 £40,000 -38.46% 11
Data Analysis
England

Data Analysis
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 (1.26%) SAS
2 1 (0.63%) Confluence
2 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 103 (64.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.26%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.89%) ResourceLink
2 2 (1.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 43 (27.04%) Power Platform
2 28 (17.61%) Azure
3 20 (12.58%) AWS
4 13 (8.18%) Serverless
5 12 (7.55%) GitHub
6 10 (6.29%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (6.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (3.14%) GCP
9 4 (2.52%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.89%) Google Ads
10 3 (1.89%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.26%) Intacct
11 2 (1.26%) MailChimp
11 2 (1.26%) Workato
12 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.63%) Firebase
12 1 (0.63%) SaaS
12 1 (0.63%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) DNS
1 1 (0.63%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (44.03%) Tableau
2 63 (39.62%) Data Mining
3 43 (27.04%) Power BI
4 15 (9.43%) SQL Server
5 11 (6.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (6.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (2.52%) BigQuery
6 4 (2.52%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (2.52%) Looker
6 4 (2.52%) Power Query
7 2 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.26%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.63%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.63%) Big Data
8 1 (0.63%) GIS
8 1 (0.63%) Impala
8 1 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Git
General
1 102 (64.15%) Analytical Skills
2 96 (60.38%) Finance
3 44 (27.67%) Social Skills
4 12 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (7.55%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.66%) Marketing
5 9 (5.66%) Retail
6 5 (3.14%) Billing
6 5 (3.14%) Legal
6 5 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.52%) Law
8 3 (1.89%) Advertising
8 3 (1.89%) Back Office
8 3 (1.89%) Electronics
8 3 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.89%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.26%) Automotive
9 2 (1.26%) Banking
9 2 (1.26%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 97 (61.01%) Analyst
2 75 (47.17%) Data Analyst
3 59 (37.11%) Trainee
4 57 (35.85%) Trainee Analyst
4 57 (35.85%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 18 (11.32%) Developer
6 15 (9.43%) Senior
7 13 (8.18%) Python Developer
8 7 (4.40%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.14%) Business Manager
9 5 (3.14%) Commercial Analyst
9 5 (3.14%) Insight Analyst
9 5 (3.14%) Insight Manager
9 5 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.14%) Senior Data Analyst
10 4 (2.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 4 (2.52%) Technologist
11 3 (1.89%) MIS Manager
11 3 (1.89%) Report Analyst
11 3 (1.89%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.81%) React
2 13 (8.18%) CSS
2 13 (8.18%) Django
2 13 (8.18%) FastAPI
2 13 (8.18%) Flask
2 13 (8.18%) HTML
3 12 (7.55%) Vue
4 2 (1.26%) .NET
4 2 (1.26%) Middleware
5 1 (0.63%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (0.63%) EDI
5 1 (0.63%) OAuth
5 1 (0.63%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.63%) OpenID
5 1 (0.63%) React Native
5 1 (0.63%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.06%) Data Structures
2 15 (9.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.26%) Blog
7 2 (1.26%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.26%) FMCG
7 2 (1.26%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.63%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.63%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.63%) Robotics
8 1 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.26%) Linux
1 2 (1.26%) Mac OS
1 2 (1.26%) Windows
2 1 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (50.94%) Analytics
2 71 (44.65%) Project Management
3 68 (42.77%) Data Analytics
4 66 (41.51%) Business Analysis
5 44 (27.67%) Business Intelligence
6 41 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (23.90%) Decision-Making
8 30 (18.87%) Visualisation
9 29 (18.24%) Actionable Insight
10 28 (17.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (16.98%) Agile
12 19 (11.95%) Process Improvement
13 18 (11.32%) AI
13 18 (11.32%) Mentoring
14 15 (9.43%) Data Visualisation
15 14 (8.81%) CI/CD
15 14 (8.81%) WFM
16 13 (8.18%) Design Patterns
16 13 (8.18%) Infrastructure as Code
17 12 (7.55%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 103 (64.78%) SQL
2 83 (52.20%) Python
3 11 (6.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 11 (6.92%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.14%) VBA
5 2 (1.26%) Bash
5 2 (1.26%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.63%) C#
6 1 (0.63%) C++
6 1 (0.63%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.63%) R
6 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.63%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (16.98%) Degree
2 6 (3.77%) Master's Degree
2 6 (3.77%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (3.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 4 (2.52%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.89%) CIPD
6 2 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.26%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.63%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.63%) PhD
7 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.63%) PMP
7 1 (0.63%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.66%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.03%) QA
3 5 (3.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.89%) GDPR
5 2 (1.26%) PMO
6 1 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (8.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (8.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (53.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.03%) HubSpot
3 7 (4.40%) Google
4 4 (2.52%) Facebook
4 4 (2.52%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.89%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.89%) SAP
5 3 (1.89%) Siemens
5 3 (1.89%) UiPath
6 2 (1.26%) Concur
6 2 (1.26%) Databricks
6 2 (1.26%) Nexthink
6 2 (1.26%) Sage
6 2 (1.26%) Zoho
7 1 (0.63%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.63%) Foundry
7 1 (0.63%) Informatica
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle
7 1 (0.63%) Pega
7 1 (0.63%) YouTube