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 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 251 178
Rank change year-on-year +120 -73 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 146 47 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.56% 0.40% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 0.43% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 87 34 56
10th Percentile £33,800 £27,238 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,125 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year - +7.38% -6.88%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,875
90th Percentile £57,500 £52,997 £56,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% -

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 8,231 11,013 6,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.92% 94.40% 96.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,950 5,696 5,370
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,842
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 1 December 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 1 December 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
Yorkshire +55 69 £40,000 +10.34% 40
North West +83 60 £40,000 - 72
North East +25 17 £40,000 -13.04% 20
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 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.

1 127 (86.99%) SQL
2 107 (73.29%) Python
2 107 (73.29%) Tableau
3 99 (67.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 86 (58.90%) Microsoft
5 76 (52.05%) Business Intelligence
6 73 (50.00%) Power BI
6 73 (50.00%) Power Platform
7 57 (39.04%) Analytics
8 55 (37.67%) Data Analysis
9 53 (36.30%) AI
10 47 (32.19%) Azure
11 46 (31.51%) Data Analytics
12 45 (30.82%) Azure AI
12 45 (30.82%) Azure Certification
13 42 (28.77%) Business Analysis
14 41 (28.08%) Project Management
15 39 (26.71%) Data Mining
16 27 (18.49%) Decision-Making
17 24 (16.44%) Visualisation
18 19 (13.01%) Data Visualisation
19 17 (11.64%) Data Quality
19 17 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
20 15 (10.27%) Actionable Insight
21 13 (8.90%) Data Governance
21 13 (8.90%) Degree
21 13 (8.90%) Validation
22 12 (8.22%) Data Management
22 12 (8.22%) Migration
23 11 (7.53%) Dashboard Development

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 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 99 (67.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 73 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 47 (32.19%) Azure
3 45 (30.82%) Azure AI
4 4 (2.74%) AWS
4 4 (2.74%) GCP
4 4 (2.74%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.68%) Alation
6 1 (0.68%) Collibra
6 1 (0.68%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.68%) SaaS
6 1 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (73.29%) Tableau
2 73 (50.00%) Power BI
3 39 (26.71%) Data Mining
4 10 (6.85%) BigQuery
5 5 (3.42%) Looker
6 4 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (2.05%) Metadata
8 2 (1.37%) Power Query
9 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 69 (47.26%) Social Skills
2 67 (45.89%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (39.04%) Finance
4 8 (5.48%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.79%) Retail
6 5 (3.42%) Marketing
7 4 (2.74%) Law
7 4 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.37%) Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Advertising
9 1 (0.68%) Legal
9 1 (0.68%) Local Government
9 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.05%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (3.42%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.37%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.37%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.37%) Smart Meter
4 1 (0.68%) Hedge funds
4 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.68%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (52.05%) Business Intelligence
2 57 (39.04%) Analytics
3 55 (37.67%) Data Analysis
4 53 (36.30%) AI
5 46 (31.51%) Data Analytics
6 42 (28.77%) Business Analysis
7 41 (28.08%) Project Management
8 27 (18.49%) Decision-Making
9 24 (16.44%) Visualisation
10 19 (13.01%) Data Visualisation
11 17 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (10.27%) Actionable Insight
13 13 (8.90%) Data Governance
13 13 (8.90%) Validation
14 12 (8.22%) Data Management
14 12 (8.22%) Migration
15 11 (7.53%) Dashboard Development
15 11 (7.53%) Data Cleansing
16 10 (6.85%) Data Science
17 9 (6.16%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 127 (86.99%) SQL
2 107 (73.29%) Python
3 2 (1.37%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (30.82%) Azure Certification
2 13 (8.90%) Degree
3 8 (5.48%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.64%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.05%) QA
3 2 (1.37%) GDPR
4 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 86 (58.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.42%) Google
3 4 (2.74%) Databricks
3 4 (2.74%) HubSpot
4 2 (1.37%) Informatica
5 1 (0.68%) Alteryx