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 26 March 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 152 244
Rank change year-on-year +89 +92 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 411 92 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.74% 1.44% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 1.56% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 140 50 98
10th Percentile £32,000 £25,000 £24,675
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,813 £46,906
90th Percentile £50,000 £69,552 £54,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,001
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.55% -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 13,646 5,896 14,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 92.37% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8,655 3,692 11,782
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.76%
75th Percentile £67,563 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £79,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 +68 222 £40,000 +39.13% 32
North West +44 133 £40,000 +2.56% 24
North East +19 56 £40,000 -40.74% 14
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 March 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.

1 345 (83.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 342 (83.21%) SQL
3 334 (81.27%) Microsoft
4 331 (80.54%) Tableau
5 324 (78.83%) Python
6 279 (67.88%) Business Intelligence
7 272 (66.18%) Power BI
7 272 (66.18%) Power Platform
8 248 (60.34%) Azure
9 244 (59.37%) AI
10 242 (58.88%) Azure Certification
11 241 (58.64%) Azure AI
12 104 (25.30%) Analytics
13 98 (23.84%) Data Analysis
14 86 (20.92%) Data Analytics
15 80 (19.46%) Business Analysis
15 80 (19.46%) Project Management
16 79 (19.22%) Data Mining
17 25 (6.08%) Decision-Making
18 24 (5.84%) Problem-Solving
19 20 (4.87%) Visualisation
20 16 (3.89%) Actionable Insight
21 15 (3.65%) Continuous Improvement
22 14 (3.41%) Data Governance
23 11 (2.68%) GDPR
23 11 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
24 10 (2.43%) Data Modelling
24 10 (2.43%) Data Quality
24 10 (2.43%) Data Visualisation
25 9 (2.19%) 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 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.24%) Confluence
2 1 (0.24%) SAS
2 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 345 (83.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 272 (66.18%) Power Platform
2 248 (60.34%) Azure
3 241 (58.64%) Azure AI
4 4 (0.97%) AWS
4 4 (0.97%) GCP
4 4 (0.97%) Snowflake
5 2 (0.49%) dbt
5 2 (0.49%) Google Analytics
5 2 (0.49%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.49%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.24%) Cloud Composer
6 1 (0.24%) Dagster
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.24%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.24%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.24%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 331 (80.54%) Tableau
2 272 (66.18%) Power BI
3 79 (19.22%) Data Mining
4 5 (1.22%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.22%) Power Query
5 4 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.73%) Looker
7 2 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.49%) Metadata
8 1 (0.24%) Big Data
8 1 (0.24%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.24%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 277 (67.40%) Social Skills
2 113 (27.49%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (22.38%) Finance
4 9 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (2.19%) Public Sector
4 9 (2.19%) Retail
5 8 (1.95%) Legal
5 8 (1.95%) Marketing
6 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.49%) Advertising
7 2 (0.49%) Billing
7 2 (0.49%) Law
8 1 (0.24%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (0.49%) Data Structures
2 2 (0.49%) Reinsurance
2 2 (0.49%) Social Media
3 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.24%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.24%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (67.88%) Business Intelligence
2 244 (59.37%) AI
3 104 (25.30%) Analytics
4 98 (23.84%) Data Analysis
5 86 (20.92%) Data Analytics
6 80 (19.46%) Business Analysis
6 80 (19.46%) Project Management
7 25 (6.08%) Decision-Making
8 24 (5.84%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (4.87%) Visualisation
10 16 (3.89%) Actionable Insight
11 15 (3.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (3.41%) Data Governance
13 10 (2.43%) Data Modelling
13 10 (2.43%) Data Visualisation
14 9 (2.19%) Dashboard Development
14 9 (2.19%) Validation
15 8 (1.95%) Change Management
15 8 (1.95%) Coaching
15 8 (1.95%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 342 (83.21%) SQL
2 324 (78.83%) Python
3 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.49%) R
4 1 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 242 (58.88%) Azure Certification
2 9 (2.19%) DBS Check
3 8 (1.95%) Degree
4 4 (0.97%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.73%) CISM
5 3 (0.73%) CISSP
5 3 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.73%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.68%) GDPR
2 10 (2.43%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.95%) GMP
4 7 (1.70%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.73%) NIST
6 2 (0.49%) QA
7 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 334 (81.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.46%) Databricks
2 6 (1.46%) Workday
3 3 (0.73%) Alteryx
3 3 (0.73%) Google
4 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow
4 2 (0.49%) Vertica
5 1 (0.24%) Cloudera
5 1 (0.24%) Dataiku
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.24%) Splunk
5 1 (0.24%) TOWER Software