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 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 245 191
Rank change year-on-year +67 -54 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 100 64 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 0.52% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 0.55% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 83 52 57
10th Percentile £30,750 - £24,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £24,960 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £46,250 £43,188 £42,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £49,750 £51,950
England median annual salary £42,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.30% +8.00% -

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 8,562 11,690 7,513
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.20% 94.89% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,021 6,137 5,688
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,289
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +0.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,760 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -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 9 November 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 9 November 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 +44 47 £40,000 +2.56% 115
Yorkshire +41 43 £41,500 +14.48% 50
North East -3 10 £40,000 +60.26% 22
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 November 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 77 (77.00%) SQL
2 54 (54.00%) Python
2 54 (54.00%) Tableau
3 49 (49.00%) Analytics
4 48 (48.00%) Data Analysis
5 45 (45.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 38 (38.00%) Data Analytics
7 34 (34.00%) Microsoft
8 32 (32.00%) Business Analysis
8 32 (32.00%) Business Intelligence
9 31 (31.00%) Project Management
10 30 (30.00%) Power BI
10 30 (30.00%) Power Platform
11 29 (29.00%) Data Mining
11 29 (29.00%) Visualisation
12 25 (25.00%) Decision-Making
13 22 (22.00%) Data Quality
14 21 (21.00%) Data Visualisation
15 18 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (17.00%) Actionable Insight
17 15 (15.00%) Degree
18 14 (14.00%) Validation
19 13 (13.00%) Migration
20 12 (12.00%) Data Cleansing
21 11 (11.00%) Data Science
21 11 (11.00%) Statistics
22 10 (10.00%) BigQuery
22 10 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
22 10 (10.00%) Data Governance
22 10 (10.00%) Data Management

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 (1.00%) SAS
1 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 45 (45.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (30.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.00%) AWS
2 4 (4.00%) GCP
2 4 (4.00%) Snowflake
3 2 (2.00%) Azure
3 2 (2.00%) Collibra
3 2 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.00%) SaaS
4 1 (1.00%) Alation
4 1 (1.00%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.00%) Google Drive
4 1 (1.00%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (54.00%) Tableau
2 30 (30.00%) Power BI
3 29 (29.00%) Data Mining
4 10 (10.00%) BigQuery
5 5 (5.00%) Looker
6 4 (4.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (3.00%) Metadata
8 2 (2.00%) Big Data
8 2 (2.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (2.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.00%) RStudio
General
1 59 (59.00%) Analytical Skills
2 49 (49.00%) Finance
3 27 (27.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (6.00%) Law
5 6 (6.00%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.00%) Marketing
5 6 (6.00%) Retail
6 2 (2.00%) Banking
7 1 (1.00%) Advertising
7 1 (1.00%) Electronics
7 1 (1.00%) Legal
7 1 (1.00%) Local Government
7 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.00%) Pandas
2 1 (1.00%) Matplotlib
2 1 (1.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (6.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.00%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.00%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.00%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (49.00%) Analytics
2 48 (48.00%) Data Analysis
3 38 (38.00%) Data Analytics
4 32 (32.00%) Business Analysis
4 32 (32.00%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (31.00%) Project Management
6 29 (29.00%) Visualisation
7 25 (25.00%) Decision-Making
8 21 (21.00%) Data Visualisation
9 18 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (17.00%) Actionable Insight
11 14 (14.00%) Validation
12 13 (13.00%) Migration
13 12 (12.00%) Data Cleansing
14 11 (11.00%) Data Science
14 11 (11.00%) Statistics
15 10 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
15 10 (10.00%) Data Governance
15 10 (10.00%) Data Management
16 8 (8.00%) AI
Programming Languages
1 77 (77.00%) SQL
2 54 (54.00%) Python
3 2 (2.00%) R
4 1 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (15.00%) Degree
2 8 (8.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (22.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.00%) QA
3 2 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.00%) GDPR
4 1 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 34 (34.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.00%) Google
3 5 (5.00%) HubSpot
4 4 (4.00%) Databricks
4 4 (4.00%) Informatica
5 2 (2.00%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.00%) Epicor
6 1 (1.00%) Oracle
6 1 (1.00%) SAP