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 £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 250 235
Rank change year-on-year +35 -15 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 78 81 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.83% 0.58% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.61% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 65 59 56
10th Percentile £30,750 - £23,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £24,960 £30,488
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -12.75% -6.88%
75th Percentile £54,500 £42,935 £42,500
90th Percentile £59,500 £50,248 £44,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,709
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.04% -4.58%

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 8,173 13,337 8,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.10% 94.99% 93.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,379 7,948 6,358
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £38,734 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +1.80%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +22 41 £42,750 +14.00% 83
Yorkshire +24 31 £42,500 +13.33% 32
North East +2 6 £35,250 +41.23% 13
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 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 53 (67.95%) SQL
2 35 (44.87%) Python
3 33 (42.31%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (42.31%) Finance
3 33 (42.31%) Tableau
4 31 (39.74%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (38.46%) Power BI
5 30 (38.46%) Analytics
5 30 (38.46%) Power Platform
6 27 (34.62%) Visualisation
6 27 (34.62%) Data Analysis
7 26 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
8 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
9 22 (28.21%) Data Quality
10 20 (25.64%) Decision-Making
11 19 (24.36%) Data Visualisation
11 19 (24.36%) Data Analytics
12 16 (20.51%) Microsoft
13 15 (19.23%) Actionable Insight
14 14 (17.95%) Validation
14 14 (17.95%) Migration
14 14 (17.95%) Data Cleansing
15 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (15.38%) Degree
16 12 (15.38%) Business Analysis
16 12 (15.38%) Project Management
17 11 (14.10%) Dashboard Development
18 10 (12.82%) Data Mining
18 10 (12.82%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (11.54%) Statistics

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 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) NEC Housing
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (38.46%) Power Platform
2 8 (10.26%) Snowflake
3 3 (3.85%) AWS
3 3 (3.85%) GCP
4 2 (2.56%) Collibra
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.56%) SaaS
5 1 (1.28%) Alation
5 1 (1.28%) Google Drive
5 1 (1.28%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (42.31%) Tableau
2 30 (38.46%) Power BI
3 10 (12.82%) Data Mining
4 9 (11.54%) BigQuery
5 4 (5.13%) Looker
6 3 (3.85%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (3.85%) Metadata
7 2 (2.56%) Big Data
7 2 (2.56%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.28%) GIS
8 1 (1.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) RStudio
General
1 33 (42.31%) Finance
2 31 (39.74%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
4 10 (12.82%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (8.97%) Law
6 6 (7.69%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.41%) Marketing
7 5 (6.41%) Retail
8 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.28%) Banking
9 1 (1.28%) Electronics
9 1 (1.28%) Local Government
9 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) Pandas
2 1 (1.28%) Matplotlib
2 1 (1.28%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.28%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.28%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.31%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (38.46%) Analytics
3 27 (34.62%) Data Analysis
3 27 (34.62%) Visualisation
4 20 (25.64%) Decision-Making
5 19 (24.36%) Data Analytics
5 19 (24.36%) Data Visualisation
6 15 (19.23%) Actionable Insight
7 14 (17.95%) Data Cleansing
7 14 (17.95%) Migration
7 14 (17.95%) Validation
8 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (15.38%) Business Analysis
9 12 (15.38%) Project Management
10 11 (14.10%) Dashboard Development
11 9 (11.54%) Statistics
12 8 (10.26%) Data Governance
12 8 (10.26%) Data Management
12 8 (10.26%) Data Migration
12 8 (10.26%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 53 (67.95%) SQL
2 35 (44.87%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.28%) R
3 1 (1.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (15.38%) Degree
2 5 (6.41%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (28.21%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.85%) QA
3 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.28%) GDPR
Vendors
1 16 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.41%) Alteryx
3 4 (5.13%) Google
3 4 (5.13%) HubSpot
3 4 (5.13%) Informatica
3 4 (5.13%) SAP
4 1 (1.28%) Databricks
4 1 (1.28%) Epicor
4 1 (1.28%) NEC
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle