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 £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 229 188
Rank change year-on-year +30 -41 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 90 76 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.98% 0.61% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 0.64% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74 54 62
10th Percentile £30,750 - £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £24,960 £29,550
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £30,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.07% -12.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £53,563 £43,563 £42,500
90th Percentile £58,375 £50,000 £47,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -

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 8,124 11,927 7,809
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.64% 95.04% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,555 6,370 5,938
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,781
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,065 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.71% -4.17% -

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 26 October 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 26 October 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
North West +24 46 £42,500 +7.59% 81
Yorkshire +27 36 £41,625 +11.00% 42
North East -1 8 £40,000 +60.26% 16
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 October 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 66 (73.33%) SQL
2 48 (53.33%) Python
3 46 (51.11%) Tableau
4 41 (45.56%) Analytics
4 41 (45.56%) Data Analysis
5 37 (41.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 31 (34.44%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (34.44%) Data Analytics
7 30 (33.33%) Visualisation
8 28 (31.11%) Power BI
8 28 (31.11%) Power Platform
9 26 (28.89%) Microsoft
10 24 (26.67%) Business Analysis
11 23 (25.56%) Project Management
12 22 (24.44%) Data Quality
12 22 (24.44%) Decision-Making
13 21 (23.33%) Data Mining
13 21 (23.33%) Data Visualisation
14 16 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
15 15 (16.67%) Degree
16 13 (14.44%) Data Cleansing
16 13 (14.44%) Migration
16 13 (14.44%) Validation
17 12 (13.33%) Dashboard Development
18 11 (12.22%) Statistics
19 10 (11.11%) BigQuery
19 10 (11.11%) Data Science
20 8 (8.89%) Data Management
20 8 (8.89%) Master's Degree

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 (1.11%) SAS
1 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (41.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (31.11%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.67%) Snowflake
3 4 (4.44%) AWS
3 4 (4.44%) GCP
4 2 (2.22%) Azure
4 2 (2.22%) Collibra
4 2 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.22%) SaaS
5 1 (1.11%) Alation
5 1 (1.11%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.11%) Google Drive
5 1 (1.11%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (51.11%) Tableau
2 28 (31.11%) Power BI
3 21 (23.33%) Data Mining
4 10 (11.11%) BigQuery
5 5 (5.56%) Looker
6 4 (4.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (3.33%) Metadata
8 2 (2.22%) Big Data
9 1 (1.11%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (2.22%) JIRA
2 1 (1.11%) RStudio
General
1 48 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
2 43 (47.78%) Finance
3 25 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 10 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (6.67%) Law
5 6 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.67%) Marketing
5 6 (6.67%) Retail
6 2 (2.22%) Banking
6 2 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.11%) Advertising
7 1 (1.11%) Electronics
7 1 (1.11%) Local Government
7 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.33%) Pandas
2 1 (1.11%) Matplotlib
2 1 (1.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.78%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.33%) Smart Meter
4 2 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.11%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.11%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.11%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.11%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (45.56%) Analytics
1 41 (45.56%) Data Analysis
2 31 (34.44%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (34.44%) Data Analytics
3 30 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 24 (26.67%) Business Analysis
5 23 (25.56%) Project Management
6 22 (24.44%) Decision-Making
7 21 (23.33%) Data Visualisation
8 16 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
10 13 (14.44%) Data Cleansing
10 13 (14.44%) Migration
10 13 (14.44%) Validation
11 12 (13.33%) Dashboard Development
12 11 (12.22%) Statistics
13 10 (11.11%) Data Science
14 8 (8.89%) Data Management
14 8 (8.89%) Predictive Modelling
15 7 (7.78%) AI
Programming Languages
1 66 (73.33%) SQL
2 48 (53.33%) Python
3 2 (2.22%) R
4 1 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (16.67%) Degree
2 8 (8.89%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.11%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.11%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (24.44%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.33%) QA
3 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.11%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 26 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.67%) Google
3 5 (5.56%) HubSpot
4 4 (4.44%) Databricks
4 4 (4.44%) Informatica
5 3 (3.33%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.22%) SAP
7 1 (1.11%) Epicor
7 1 (1.11%) Oracle