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 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 170 276
Rank change year-on-year +110 +106 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 528 93 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.87% 1.30% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.12% 1.45% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 172 52 90
10th Percentile £32,000 £25,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +12.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £46,250
90th Percentile £53,375 £74,311 £53,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -5.26%

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 16,922 6,392 15,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 89.56% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10,961 3,826 12,642
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,725
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +77 272 £40,000 +56.10% 28
North West +76 190 £42,500 +7.59% 39
North East +16 66 £40,000 -40.74% 11
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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.

1 411 (77.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 411 (77.84%) SQL
2 395 (74.81%) Microsoft
3 391 (74.05%) Tableau
4 388 (73.48%) Python
5 364 (68.94%) Business Intelligence
6 356 (67.42%) Power BI
6 356 (67.42%) Power Platform
7 322 (60.98%) AI
7 322 (60.98%) Azure
8 317 (60.04%) Azure Certification
9 316 (59.85%) Azure AI
10 100 (18.94%) Analytics
11 87 (16.48%) Data Analysis
12 71 (13.45%) Data Analytics
13 66 (12.50%) Project Management
14 65 (12.31%) Business Analysis
14 65 (12.31%) Data Mining
15 54 (10.23%) Decision-Making
16 41 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (7.77%) Data Quality
17 34 (6.44%) Dashboard Development
18 32 (6.06%) DBS Check
19 31 (5.87%) Stakeholder Management
20 30 (5.68%) Workday
21 28 (5.30%) Problem-Solving
22 24 (4.55%) System Testing
23 22 (4.17%) Visualisation
24 19 (3.60%) Actionable Insight
25 14 (2.65%) Data Governance

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 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 411 (77.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Workday HCM
2 3 (0.57%) iTrent
2 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 356 (67.42%) Power Platform
2 322 (60.98%) Azure
3 316 (59.85%) Azure AI
4 10 (1.89%) Snowflake
5 5 (0.95%) AWS
6 4 (0.76%) GCP
7 3 (0.57%) dbt
7 3 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.38%) Dagster
8 2 (0.38%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.38%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (0.38%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.38%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Composer
9 1 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.19%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.19%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.19%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (74.05%) Tableau
2 356 (67.42%) Power BI
3 65 (12.31%) Data Mining
4 9 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.95%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.95%) Power Query
5 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.76%) Looker
7 2 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.38%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.38%) Metadata
7 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.19%) Big Data
8 1 (0.19%) GIS
8 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.19%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 355 (67.23%) Social Skills
2 126 (23.86%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (16.10%) Finance
4 12 (2.27%) Retail
5 10 (1.89%) Public Sector
6 8 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (1.33%) Legal
7 7 (1.33%) Marketing
8 6 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.57%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.38%) Billing
10 2 (0.38%) Law
10 2 (0.38%) Local Government
11 1 (0.19%) Advertising
11 1 (0.19%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.19%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.84%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.38%) Data Structures
2 2 (0.38%) Reinsurance
2 2 (0.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.19%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.19%) NHS
3 1 (0.19%) PMI
3 1 (0.19%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (68.94%) Business Intelligence
2 322 (60.98%) AI
3 100 (18.94%) Analytics
4 87 (16.48%) Data Analysis
5 71 (13.45%) Data Analytics
6 66 (12.50%) Project Management
7 65 (12.31%) Business Analysis
8 54 (10.23%) Decision-Making
9 41 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (6.44%) Dashboard Development
11 31 (5.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (5.30%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (4.55%) System Testing
14 22 (4.17%) Visualisation
15 19 (3.60%) Actionable Insight
16 14 (2.65%) Data Governance
16 14 (2.65%) Data Modelling
17 13 (2.46%) Validation
18 11 (2.08%) Data Visualisation
19 9 (1.70%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 411 (77.84%) SQL
2 388 (73.48%) Python
3 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.38%) R
3 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 317 (60.04%) Azure Certification
2 32 (6.06%) DBS Check
3 10 (1.89%) Degree
4 4 (0.76%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.57%) CISM
5 3 (0.57%) CISSP
5 3 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.57%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.19%) CBAP
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.77%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.89%) GDPR
3 8 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.52%) GMP
4 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.57%) NIST
4 3 (0.57%) QA
Vendors
1 395 (74.81%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.68%) Workday
3 6 (1.14%) Databricks
4 3 (0.57%) Alteryx
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle
4 3 (0.57%) SAP
5 2 (0.38%) Google
5 2 (0.38%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.38%) Vertica
6 1 (0.19%) Cloudera
6 1 (0.19%) Dataiku
6 1 (0.19%) Foundry
6 1 (0.19%) Palantir
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.19%) Splunk
6 1 (0.19%) TOWER Software