Data Analyst Job Trends in the North of England

Data Analyst
England > North of England

The median Data Analyst salary in the North of England is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 219 203
Rank change year-on-year +104 -16 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 187 62 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.74% 0.68% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 0.72% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 99 46 57
10th Percentile £34,400 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% +6.43% -7.26%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £59,326 £55,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 9,556 8,552 8,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.69% 94.06% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,571 4,030 6,496
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,309 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +0.62% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the North of England

Data Analyst
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 Analyst 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
Yorkshire +44 90 £40,000 +35.59% 9
North West +66 74 £40,000 +7.38% 23
North East +27 23 £40,000 -42.86% 5
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 164 (87.70%) SQL
2 153 (81.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 150 (80.21%) Tableau
4 142 (75.94%) Python
5 135 (72.19%) Microsoft
6 105 (56.15%) Business Intelligence
6 105 (56.15%) Power BI
6 105 (56.15%) Power Platform
7 79 (42.25%) AI
7 79 (42.25%) Azure
8 75 (40.11%) Azure AI
8 75 (40.11%) Azure Certification
8 75 (40.11%) Data Analysis
9 71 (37.97%) Analytics
10 62 (33.16%) Data Analytics
11 59 (31.55%) Business Analysis
12 58 (31.02%) Project Management
13 57 (30.48%) Data Mining
14 27 (14.44%) Decision-Making
15 18 (9.63%) Actionable Insight
15 18 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
15 18 (9.63%) Visualisation
16 15 (8.02%) Data Governance
17 14 (7.49%) Degree
18 13 (6.95%) Data Visualisation
19 12 (6.42%) Dashboard Development
19 12 (6.42%) Data Quality
20 10 (5.35%) Data Management
21 9 (4.81%) Business Strategy
21 9 (4.81%) Data Science

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 153 (81.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 105 (56.15%) Power Platform
2 79 (42.25%) Azure
3 75 (40.11%) Azure AI
4 6 (3.21%) AWS
5 4 (2.14%) GCP
5 4 (2.14%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.53%) Alation
7 1 (0.53%) Collibra
7 1 (0.53%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (80.21%) Tableau
2 105 (56.15%) Power BI
3 57 (30.48%) Data Mining
4 6 (3.21%) BigQuery
5 4 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (2.14%) Looker
5 4 (2.14%) Metadata
5 4 (2.14%) Power Query
6 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
General
1 99 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 85 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (39.04%) Finance
4 4 (2.14%) Legal
4 4 (2.14%) Marketing
4 4 (2.14%) Retail
5 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.07%) Banking
6 2 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.07%) Law
6 2 (1.07%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.53%) Advertising
7 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.53%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (2.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.07%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.07%) Smart Meter
3 2 (1.07%) Social Media
4 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (56.15%) Business Intelligence
2 79 (42.25%) AI
3 75 (40.11%) Data Analysis
4 71 (37.97%) Analytics
5 62 (33.16%) Data Analytics
6 59 (31.55%) Business Analysis
7 58 (31.02%) Project Management
8 27 (14.44%) Decision-Making
9 18 (9.63%) Actionable Insight
9 18 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (9.63%) Visualisation
10 15 (8.02%) Data Governance
11 13 (6.95%) Data Visualisation
12 12 (6.42%) Dashboard Development
13 10 (5.35%) Data Management
14 9 (4.81%) Business Strategy
14 9 (4.81%) Data Science
14 9 (4.81%) Statistics
15 8 (4.28%) Collaborative Working
15 8 (4.28%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 164 (87.70%) SQL
2 142 (75.94%) Python
3 2 (1.07%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (40.11%) Azure Certification
2 14 (7.49%) Degree
3 7 (3.74%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.60%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.07%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.07%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.53%) CISM
6 1 (0.53%) CISSP
6 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.42%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.67%) GDPR
3 3 (1.60%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.60%) QA
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) NIST
Vendors
1 135 (72.19%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.67%) Google
3 4 (2.14%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.60%) Databricks
5 2 (1.07%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.53%) Informatica
6 1 (0.53%) Salesforce