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 £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 223 262
Rank change year-on-year +161 +39 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 509 96 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.40% 1.01% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% 1.14% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 202 54 76
10th Percentile £33,775 £30,750 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £46,563
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,775 £52,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,671 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.58% -6.66% +11.11%

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 20,128 8,425 15,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 88.49% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,647 4,555 10,929
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +96 241 £40,000 -5.88% 23
North West +97 207 £45,000 +5.88% 28
North East +4 61 £40,000 -16.23% 12
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 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.

1 298 (58.55%) SQL
2 288 (56.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 287 (56.39%) Business Intelligence
4 282 (55.40%) Microsoft
5 278 (54.62%) Power BI
5 278 (54.62%) Power Platform
6 273 (53.63%) Python
7 268 (52.65%) Tableau
8 236 (46.37%) AI
9 234 (45.97%) Azure
10 229 (44.99%) Azure Certification
11 227 (44.60%) Azure AI
12 92 (18.07%) Data Analysis
13 82 (16.11%) Analytics
14 64 (12.57%) Decision-Making
15 47 (9.23%) Data Quality
16 45 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
17 43 (8.45%) Data Analytics
18 37 (7.27%) Dashboard Development
19 34 (6.68%) Project Management
20 33 (6.48%) Business Analysis
21 32 (6.29%) Data Mining
21 32 (6.29%) Visualisation
22 31 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
23 27 (5.30%) Actionable Insight
24 26 (5.11%) DBS Check
24 26 (5.11%) Problem-Solving
25 24 (4.72%) System Testing
25 24 (4.72%) Workday
26 16 (3.14%) 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 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.39%) Confluence
2 2 (0.39%) IIS
3 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 288 (56.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.79%) iTrent
1 4 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 278 (54.62%) Power Platform
2 234 (45.97%) Azure
3 227 (44.60%) Azure AI
4 12 (2.36%) Snowflake
5 6 (1.18%) GCP
6 5 (0.98%) AWS
6 5 (0.98%) dbt
7 4 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (0.59%) SaaS
9 2 (0.39%) Amazon S3
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%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.20%) Alation
10 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.20%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (54.62%) Power BI
2 268 (52.65%) Tableau
3 32 (6.29%) Data Mining
4 11 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.38%) Looker
7 6 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.98%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.79%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.79%) Power Query
10 2 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.39%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.20%) Big Data
11 1 (0.20%) GIS
11 1 (0.20%) Metadata
11 1 (0.20%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 263 (51.67%) Social Skills
2 105 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (13.95%) Finance
4 16 (3.14%) Legal
4 16 (3.14%) Retail
5 12 (2.36%) Marketing
6 9 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.38%) Public Sector
8 4 (0.79%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.59%) Banking
9 3 (0.59%) Law
9 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.39%) Advertising
10 2 (0.39%) Billing
10 2 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.20%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.20%) Back Office
11 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.20%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.20%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.13%) Management Information System
2 4 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (0.59%) Algorithms
3 3 (0.59%) Data Structures
4 2 (0.39%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.20%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.20%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.20%) NHS
5 1 (0.20%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.20%) PMI
5 1 (0.20%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.20%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.20%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.39%) Windows
1 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (56.39%) Business Intelligence
2 236 (46.37%) AI
3 92 (18.07%) Data Analysis
4 82 (16.11%) Analytics
5 64 (12.57%) Decision-Making
6 45 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (8.45%) Data Analytics
8 37 (7.27%) Dashboard Development
9 34 (6.68%) Project Management
10 33 (6.48%) Business Analysis
11 32 (6.29%) Visualisation
12 31 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 27 (5.30%) Actionable Insight
14 26 (5.11%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (4.72%) System Testing
16 16 (3.14%) Data Modelling
16 16 (3.14%) Data Visualisation
17 12 (2.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 12 (2.36%) Disruptive Innovation
17 12 (2.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 298 (58.55%) SQL
2 273 (53.63%) Python
3 5 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.39%) R
6 1 (0.20%) C
6 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 229 (44.99%) Azure Certification
2 26 (5.11%) DBS Check
3 10 (1.96%) Degree
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.39%) CISM
5 2 (0.39%) CISSP
5 2 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.39%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.20%) CBAP
6 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.23%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.16%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.57%) GMP
4 5 (0.98%) GDPR
5 3 (0.59%) QA
6 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) GRC
7 1 (0.20%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 282 (55.40%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.72%) Workday
3 6 (1.18%) Databricks
4 5 (0.98%) Google
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle
5 4 (0.79%) SAP
6 3 (0.59%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.39%) Dataiku
7 2 (0.39%) Foundry
7 2 (0.39%) Informatica
7 2 (0.39%) Vertica
8 1 (0.20%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir
8 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.20%) Splunk
8 1 (0.20%) TOWER Software