Data Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Data Analyst
England > North of England

The median Data Analyst salary in the North of England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 263 260
Rank change year-on-year +24 -3 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 101 121 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.77% 0.64% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.68% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 58 98 67
10th Percentile £28,175 £24,960 £24,600
25th Percentile £35,813 £24,970 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £45,469 £43,750
90th Percentile £64,990 £51,625 £52,500
England median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -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 11,406 17,885 12,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.47% 95.17% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 6,081 13,131 7,769
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,333
Median % change year-on-year - -7.97% +8.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,501 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the North of England

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for Data Analyst 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 July 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 14 July 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 65 £42,500 +11.84% 76
Yorkshire +46 31 £42,500 +21.43% 36
North East +14 5 £47,750 +91.31% 11
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 July 2025, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 54 (53.47%) Power BI
1 54 (53.47%) Power Platform
2 53 (52.48%) Analytics
3 52 (51.49%) Finance
4 50 (49.50%) Visualisation
5 49 (48.51%) Social Skills
6 47 (46.53%) Data Quality
7 45 (44.55%) Degree
8 43 (42.57%) SQL
9 41 (40.59%) Data Analysis
10 40 (39.60%) Microsoft Excel
11 39 (38.61%) Data Analytics
12 33 (32.67%) Business Intelligence
13 32 (31.68%) SAP
13 32 (31.68%) Data Management
14 31 (30.69%) Process Improvement
15 29 (28.71%) ERP
15 29 (28.71%) Management Information System
16 26 (25.74%) Economics
16 26 (25.74%) Indirect Procurement
16 26 (25.74%) Source to Pay
17 20 (19.80%) Tableau
17 20 (19.80%) Python
18 16 (15.84%) Migration
18 16 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
19 14 (13.86%) Decision-Making
19 14 (13.86%) Mathematics
20 13 (12.87%) Data Cleansing
20 13 (12.87%) Validation
21 12 (11.88%) Data Visualisation

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.99%) Jupyter
Applications
1 40 (39.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.95%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.99%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.99%) iTrent
1 1 (0.99%) NEC Housing
1 1 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 54 (53.47%) Power Platform
2 7 (6.93%) Snowflake
3 2 (1.98%) AWS
3 2 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.98%) Google Analytics
3 2 (1.98%) SaaS
4 1 (0.99%) Collibra
4 1 (0.99%) GCP
4 1 (0.99%) Google Drive
4 1 (0.99%) Google Sheets
4 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (53.47%) Power BI
2 20 (19.80%) Tableau
3 6 (5.94%) Big Data
4 5 (4.95%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.96%) BigQuery
6 3 (2.97%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.98%) GIS
7 2 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.99%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.99%) Dremio
8 1 (0.99%) Looker
8 1 (0.99%) MySQL
8 1 (0.99%) Power Query
8 1 (0.99%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.99%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (1.98%) JIRA
1 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.99%) Git
2 1 (0.99%) RStudio
2 1 (0.99%) Subversion
2 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (51.49%) Finance
2 49 (48.51%) Social Skills
3 16 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.92%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (7.92%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.92%) Marketing
5 6 (5.94%) Retail
6 5 (4.95%) Banking
6 5 (4.95%) Law
7 2 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.98%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.99%) Electronics
8 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.99%) Legal
8 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) Pandas
2 1 (0.99%) Matplotlib
2 1 (0.99%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 29 (28.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.99%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.99%) Hedge funds
3 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.99%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (52.48%) Analytics
2 50 (49.50%) Visualisation
3 41 (40.59%) Data Analysis
4 39 (38.61%) Data Analytics
5 33 (32.67%) Business Intelligence
6 32 (31.68%) Data Management
7 31 (30.69%) Process Improvement
8 29 (28.71%) ERP
9 26 (25.74%) Economics
9 26 (25.74%) Indirect Procurement
9 26 (25.74%) Source to Pay
10 16 (15.84%) Migration
11 14 (13.86%) Decision-Making
11 14 (13.86%) Mathematics
12 13 (12.87%) Data Cleansing
12 13 (12.87%) Validation
13 12 (11.88%) Data Visualisation
13 12 (11.88%) Statistics
14 11 (10.89%) Actionable Insight
14 11 (10.89%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 43 (42.57%) SQL
2 20 (19.80%) Python
3 2 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.98%) VBA
4 1 (0.99%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (44.55%) Degree
2 6 (5.94%) Master's Degree
3 5 (4.95%) PhD
4 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (46.53%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.99%) GDPR
2 1 (0.99%) QA
Vendors
1 32 (31.68%) SAP
2 6 (5.94%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.95%) Alteryx
3 5 (4.95%) PayPal
4 3 (2.97%) Google
4 3 (2.97%) Informatica
5 2 (1.98%) Databricks
6 1 (0.99%) Epicor
6 1 (0.99%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.99%) NEC
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle