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 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 208 212
Rank change year-on-year +133 +4 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 304 69 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.36% 0.88% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 0.95% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 129 52 85
10th Percentile - £25,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% +3.08% -13.33%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,625
90th Percentile £53,750 £63,652 £55,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% - -5.00%

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 11,537 7,246 11,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 92.71% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 3,596 9,803
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +56 151 £40,000 +39.13% 20
North West +75 113 £40,000 +7.38% 27
North East +22 40 £40,000 -42.86% 8
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 February 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.

1 262 (86.18%) SQL
2 260 (85.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 250 (82.24%) Tableau
4 242 (79.61%) Python
5 237 (77.96%) Microsoft
6 183 (60.20%) Business Intelligence
7 180 (59.21%) Power BI
7 180 (59.21%) Power Platform
8 156 (51.32%) Azure
9 153 (50.33%) AI
10 151 (49.67%) Azure AI
10 151 (49.67%) Azure Certification
11 102 (33.55%) Analytics
12 97 (31.91%) Data Analysis
13 88 (28.95%) Data Analytics
14 84 (27.63%) Business Analysis
15 83 (27.30%) Data Mining
15 83 (27.30%) Project Management
16 32 (10.53%) Decision-Making
17 22 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
18 21 (6.91%) Actionable Insight
19 19 (6.25%) Visualisation
20 15 (4.93%) Degree
21 13 (4.28%) Data Governance
21 13 (4.28%) Data Visualisation
22 12 (3.95%) Dashboard Development
23 10 (3.29%) Business Strategy
24 9 (2.96%) Computer Science
24 9 (2.96%) Data Modelling
24 9 (2.96%) DBS Check

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 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 260 (85.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.97%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 180 (59.21%) Power Platform
2 156 (51.32%) Azure
3 151 (49.67%) Azure AI
4 6 (1.97%) AWS
5 5 (1.64%) GCP
6 4 (1.32%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.33%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.33%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.33%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (82.24%) Tableau
2 180 (59.21%) Power BI
3 83 (27.30%) Data Mining
4 5 (1.64%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.64%) Looker
5 4 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.32%) Power Query
6 1 (0.33%) Metadata
6 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
General
1 179 (58.88%) Social Skills
2 114 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (33.55%) Finance
4 9 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (2.63%) Legal
5 8 (2.63%) Marketing
5 8 (2.63%) Retail
6 6 (1.97%) Public Sector
7 3 (0.99%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.33%) Advertising
9 1 (0.33%) Banking
9 1 (0.33%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (0.66%) Reinsurance
4 2 (0.66%) Smart Meter
4 2 (0.66%) Social Media
5 1 (0.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (60.20%) Business Intelligence
2 153 (50.33%) AI
3 102 (33.55%) Analytics
4 97 (31.91%) Data Analysis
5 88 (28.95%) Data Analytics
6 84 (27.63%) Business Analysis
7 83 (27.30%) Project Management
8 32 (10.53%) Decision-Making
9 22 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (6.91%) Actionable Insight
11 19 (6.25%) Visualisation
12 13 (4.28%) Data Governance
12 13 (4.28%) Data Visualisation
13 12 (3.95%) Dashboard Development
14 10 (3.29%) Business Strategy
15 9 (2.96%) Computer Science
15 9 (2.96%) Data Modelling
15 9 (2.96%) Statistics
16 8 (2.63%) Data Science
17 7 (2.30%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 262 (86.18%) SQL
2 242 (79.61%) Python
3 3 (0.99%) R
4 1 (0.33%) C
4 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 151 (49.67%) Azure Certification
2 15 (4.93%) Degree
3 9 (2.96%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.97%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.99%) CISM
5 3 (0.99%) CISSP
5 3 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.66%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.66%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.96%) GDPR
2 6 (1.97%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.97%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.99%) NIST
4 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.33%) QA
Vendors
1 237 (77.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.97%) Google
2 6 (1.97%) Workday
3 4 (1.32%) HubSpot
4 3 (0.99%) Databricks
5 2 (0.66%) Alteryx
5 2 (0.66%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.33%) Salesforce