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 £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 222 242
Rank change year-on-year +100 +20 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 318 84 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.33% 0.89% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.02% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 197 69 55
10th Percentile £33,900 £30,250 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,750 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% +34.68% -11.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £54,500 £43,375
90th Percentile - £59,000 £50,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +10.00%

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 22,167 8,224 12,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 87.25% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 16,148 4,341 6,699
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £59,522 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +8.22% -2.65% -5.83%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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
North West +72 167 £50,000 +17.65% 38
Yorkshire +42 121 £65,000 +55.69% 26
North East -46 30 £40,000 - 11
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 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.

1 105 (33.02%) Data Analysis
2 88 (27.67%) Business Intelligence
3 83 (26.10%) Power BI
3 83 (26.10%) Power Platform
4 74 (23.27%) SQL
5 65 (20.44%) Microsoft Excel
6 54 (16.98%) Decision-Making
7 53 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 49 (15.41%) Analytics
9 48 (15.09%) Python
10 47 (14.78%) AI
11 40 (12.58%) Tableau
12 39 (12.26%) Azure
13 35 (11.01%) Data Quality
14 32 (10.06%) Azure Certification
15 31 (9.75%) Azure AI
16 30 (9.43%) Visualisation
17 28 (8.81%) Actionable Insight
18 27 (8.49%) Dashboard Development
19 25 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
20 24 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
21 22 (6.92%) Data Modelling
22 21 (6.60%) Problem-Solving
23 15 (4.72%) DBS Check
24 14 (4.40%) Data Visualisation
25 12 (3.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
25 12 (3.77%) Disruptive Innovation
25 12 (3.77%) System Testing
25 12 (3.77%) Workday
26 11 (3.46%) Business Strategy

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 2 (0.63%) IIS
2 1 (0.31%) Apache
2 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.31%) Apache Superset
2 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
Applications
1 65 (20.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.31%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) iTrent
1 3 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (26.10%) Power Platform
2 39 (12.26%) Azure
3 31 (9.75%) Azure AI
4 8 (2.52%) Snowflake
5 5 (1.57%) GCP
6 4 (1.26%) dbt
7 3 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (0.94%) SaaS
7 3 (0.94%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.63%) Alation
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.63%) AWS
8 2 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Composer
9 1 (0.31%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.31%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.31%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (26.10%) Power BI
2 40 (12.58%) Tableau
3 8 (2.52%) Power Query
3 8 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.89%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.57%) Looker
6 5 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.26%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.63%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.31%) Metadata
9 1 (0.31%) OLAP
9 1 (0.31%) OLAP Cube
9 1 (0.31%) OLTP
9 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.31%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 65 (20.44%) Analytical Skills
2 58 (18.24%) Social Skills
3 44 (13.84%) Finance
4 16 (5.03%) Retail
5 15 (4.72%) Legal
6 10 (3.14%) Marketing
7 8 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.89%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.57%) Law
10 4 (1.26%) Banking
11 3 (0.94%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.94%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Local Government
13 1 (0.31%) Advertising
13 1 (0.31%) Back Office
13 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.31%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.31%) NumPy
1 1 (0.31%) Pandas
1 1 (0.31%) pgvector
1 1 (0.31%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.09%) Management Information System
2 4 (1.26%) Algorithms
2 4 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
4 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
4 2 (0.63%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.31%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.31%) NHS
5 1 (0.31%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.31%) SystemC
5 1 (0.31%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.63%) Windows
1 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (33.02%) Data Analysis
2 88 (27.67%) Business Intelligence
3 54 (16.98%) Decision-Making
4 49 (15.41%) Analytics
5 47 (14.78%) AI
6 30 (9.43%) Visualisation
7 28 (8.81%) Actionable Insight
8 27 (8.49%) Dashboard Development
9 25 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (6.92%) Data Modelling
12 21 (6.60%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (4.40%) Data Visualisation
14 12 (3.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 12 (3.77%) Disruptive Innovation
14 12 (3.77%) System Testing
15 11 (3.46%) Business Strategy
15 11 (3.46%) Data Analytics
15 11 (3.46%) Validation
16 9 (2.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 74 (23.27%) SQL
2 48 (15.09%) Python
3 6 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (0.94%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.63%) R
5 2 (0.63%) VBA
6 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (10.06%) Azure Certification
2 15 (4.72%) DBS Check
3 6 (1.89%) Degree
4 3 (0.94%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.94%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.01%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.20%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.20%) QA
3 4 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.63%) GRC
5 1 (0.31%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 53 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.77%) Workday
3 10 (3.14%) SAP
4 6 (1.89%) Google
5 3 (0.94%) Ariba
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle
6 2 (0.63%) Dataiku
6 2 (0.63%) Informatica
6 2 (0.63%) Sage
7 1 (0.31%) Databricks
7 1 (0.31%) Foundry
7 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.31%) Trend Micro