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 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 200 275
Rank change year-on-year +138 +75 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 518 96 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.65% 1.24% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.85% 1.38% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 174 54 88
10th Percentile £31,735 £25,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +16.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £45,625
90th Percentile £55,000 £72,934 £52,500
England median annual salary £43,500 £47,171 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% +4.82% -5.26%

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 18,197 6,938 16,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 89.66% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,507 3,465 13,079
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,445 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% +4.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,550
England median annual salary £55,250 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -3.91% +8.49% -12.83%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 +81 256 £40,000 +56.10% 30
North West +95 203 £42,500 +3.03% 30
North East +9 59 £40,000 -40.74% 11
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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.

1 371 (71.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 370 (71.43%) SQL
3 355 (68.53%) Microsoft
4 347 (66.99%) Python
5 346 (66.80%) Tableau
6 340 (65.64%) Business Intelligence
7 332 (64.09%) Power BI
7 332 (64.09%) Power Platform
8 293 (56.56%) AI
8 293 (56.56%) Azure
9 288 (55.60%) Azure Certification
10 286 (55.21%) Azure AI
11 91 (17.57%) Analytics
12 80 (15.44%) Data Analysis
13 60 (11.58%) Decision-Making
14 57 (11.00%) Data Analytics
15 52 (10.04%) Project Management
16 51 (9.85%) Business Analysis
16 51 (9.85%) Data Mining
17 42 (8.11%) Data Quality
18 41 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
19 34 (6.56%) Dashboard Development
19 34 (6.56%) DBS Check
20 31 (5.98%) Stakeholder Management
21 30 (5.79%) Workday
22 26 (5.02%) Problem-Solving
22 26 (5.02%) Visualisation
23 24 (4.63%) System Testing
24 22 (4.25%) Actionable Insight
25 18 (3.47%) Data Modelling

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 4 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.39%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.19%) IIS
3 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 371 (71.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.16%) Workday HCM
2 3 (0.58%) iTrent
2 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 332 (64.09%) Power Platform
2 293 (56.56%) Azure
3 286 (55.21%) Azure AI
4 11 (2.12%) Snowflake
5 6 (1.16%) AWS
6 5 (0.97%) GCP
7 4 (0.77%) dbt
8 3 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.39%) Cloud Composer
9 2 (0.39%) Dagster
9 2 (0.39%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.39%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.39%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.39%) SaaS
10 1 (0.19%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.19%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 346 (66.80%) Tableau
2 332 (64.09%) Power BI
3 51 (9.85%) Data Mining
4 10 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.16%) Looker
7 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.58%) Power Query
9 2 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.39%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.39%) Metadata
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.19%) Big Data
10 1 (0.19%) GIS
10 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.19%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.77%) JIRA
General
1 323 (62.36%) Social Skills
2 116 (22.39%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (14.86%) Finance
4 17 (3.28%) Retail
5 10 (1.93%) Public Sector
6 9 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (1.35%) Legal
8 7 (1.35%) Marketing
9 3 (0.58%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.39%) Billing
10 2 (0.39%) Law
10 2 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.19%) Advertising
11 1 (0.19%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.19%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.05%) Management Information System
2 3 (0.58%) Data Structures
2 3 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.19%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.19%) NHS
3 1 (0.19%) PMI
3 1 (0.19%) Public Cloud
3 1 (0.19%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (65.64%) Business Intelligence
2 293 (56.56%) AI
3 91 (17.57%) Analytics
4 80 (15.44%) Data Analysis
5 60 (11.58%) Decision-Making
6 57 (11.00%) Data Analytics
7 52 (10.04%) Project Management
8 51 (9.85%) Business Analysis
9 41 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (6.56%) Dashboard Development
11 31 (5.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (5.02%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (5.02%) Visualisation
13 24 (4.63%) System Testing
14 22 (4.25%) Actionable Insight
15 18 (3.47%) Data Modelling
16 13 (2.51%) Data Visualisation
16 13 (2.51%) Validation
17 11 (2.12%) Disruptive Innovation
18 10 (1.93%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 370 (71.43%) SQL
2 347 (66.99%) Python
3 3 (0.58%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.39%) R
5 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 288 (55.60%) Azure Certification
2 34 (6.56%) DBS Check
3 10 (1.93%) Degree
4 4 (0.77%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.58%) CISM
5 3 (0.58%) CISSP
5 3 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.58%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.19%) CBAP
7 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.12%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.93%) GDPR
4 8 (1.54%) GMP
5 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.58%) NIST
5 3 (0.58%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 355 (68.53%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.79%) Workday
3 6 (1.16%) Databricks
4 3 (0.58%) Alteryx
4 3 (0.58%) Google
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle
4 3 (0.58%) SAP
5 2 (0.39%) Informatica
5 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.39%) Vertica
6 1 (0.19%) Cloudera
6 1 (0.19%) Dataiku
6 1 (0.19%) Foundry
6 1 (0.19%) Palantir
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.19%) Splunk
6 1 (0.19%) TOWER Software