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 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 248 179
Rank change year-on-year +133 -69 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 183 48 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.75% 0.48% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 0.51% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 94 33 55
10th Percentile £32,900 £27,850 £24,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -7.26%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £56,600 £55,000 £57,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 9,119 9,449 6,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.42% 94.68% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,076 4,665 5,121
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,640 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 +50 91 £40,000 -3.03% 75
North West +75 71 £40,000 - 98
North East +16 21 £40,000 -33.33% 26
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, 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.

1 165 (90.16%) SQL
2 146 (79.78%) Tableau
3 145 (79.23%) Python
4 139 (75.96%) Microsoft Excel
5 124 (67.76%) Microsoft
6 108 (59.02%) Business Intelligence
7 105 (57.38%) Power BI
7 105 (57.38%) Power Platform
8 83 (45.36%) AI
9 77 (42.08%) Azure
10 75 (40.98%) Azure AI
10 75 (40.98%) Azure Certification
11 65 (35.52%) Analytics
12 63 (34.43%) Data Analysis
13 53 (28.96%) Data Analytics
14 50 (27.32%) Business Analysis
15 49 (26.78%) Project Management
16 47 (25.68%) Data Mining
17 28 (15.30%) Decision-Making
18 24 (13.11%) Visualisation
19 19 (10.38%) Data Visualisation
20 17 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
21 16 (8.74%) Data Quality
22 15 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
23 14 (7.65%) Data Governance
23 14 (7.65%) Degree
24 13 (7.10%) Validation
25 12 (6.56%) Dashboard Development
26 11 (6.01%) Data Management
26 11 (6.01%) Migration

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 (0.55%) SAS
Applications
1 139 (75.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 105 (57.38%) Power Platform
2 77 (42.08%) Azure
3 75 (40.98%) Azure AI
4 4 (2.19%) AWS
4 4 (2.19%) GCP
4 4 (2.19%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.55%) Alation
6 1 (0.55%) Collibra
6 1 (0.55%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.55%) SaaS
6 1 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (79.78%) Tableau
2 105 (57.38%) Power BI
3 47 (25.68%) Data Mining
4 10 (5.46%) BigQuery
5 5 (2.73%) Looker
6 4 (2.19%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.64%) Metadata
8 2 (1.09%) Power Query
9 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
General
1 97 (53.01%) Social Skills
2 75 (40.98%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (35.52%) Finance
4 8 (4.37%) Retail
5 7 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.28%) Marketing
7 5 (2.73%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.64%) Law
9 2 (1.09%) Banking
9 2 (1.09%) Legal
10 1 (0.55%) Advertising
10 1 (0.55%) Local Government
10 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.64%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.64%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.09%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.09%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.09%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.55%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.55%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (59.02%) Business Intelligence
2 83 (45.36%) AI
3 65 (35.52%) Analytics
4 63 (34.43%) Data Analysis
5 53 (28.96%) Data Analytics
6 50 (27.32%) Business Analysis
7 49 (26.78%) Project Management
8 28 (15.30%) Decision-Making
9 24 (13.11%) Visualisation
10 19 (10.38%) Data Visualisation
11 17 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
13 14 (7.65%) Data Governance
14 13 (7.10%) Validation
15 12 (6.56%) Dashboard Development
16 11 (6.01%) Data Management
16 11 (6.01%) Migration
17 10 (5.46%) Data Cleansing
18 9 (4.92%) Data Science
18 9 (4.92%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 165 (90.16%) SQL
2 145 (79.23%) Python
3 2 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (40.98%) Azure Certification
2 14 (7.65%) Degree
3 8 (4.37%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.55%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.74%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.19%) GDPR
3 3 (1.64%) QA
4 2 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 124 (67.76%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.73%) Google
3 4 (2.19%) Databricks
3 4 (2.19%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.55%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.55%) Informatica