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 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 201 261
Rank change year-on-year +132 +60 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 511 106 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.55% 1.34% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 1.49% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 180 62 106
10th Percentile £31,636 £25,000 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,750 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +27.34% -14.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,750 £68,236 £50,000
England median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -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 18,661 7,105 16,979
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 89.78% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,933 3,566 13,458
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,445 £50,890 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% +1.78% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 31 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 31 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 +78 249 £40,000 +42.86% 18
North West +94 204 £42,500 +3.03% 19
North East +1 58 £40,000 -38.46% 11
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 357 (69.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 356 (69.67%) SQL
3 341 (66.73%) Microsoft
4 333 (65.17%) Python
5 330 (64.58%) Tableau
6 327 (63.99%) Business Intelligence
7 319 (62.43%) Power BI
7 319 (62.43%) Power Platform
8 280 (54.79%) AI
9 279 (54.60%) Azure
10 274 (53.62%) Azure Certification
11 271 (53.03%) Azure AI
12 92 (18.00%) Analytics
13 85 (16.63%) Data Analysis
14 62 (12.13%) Decision-Making
15 57 (11.15%) Data Analytics
16 51 (9.98%) Project Management
17 50 (9.78%) Business Analysis
17 50 (9.78%) Data Mining
18 43 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
18 43 (8.41%) Data Quality
19 34 (6.65%) DBS Check
20 33 (6.46%) Dashboard Development
21 31 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
22 30 (5.87%) Workday
23 29 (5.68%) Visualisation
24 26 (5.09%) Problem-Solving
25 25 (4.89%) Actionable Insight
26 24 (4.70%) System Testing
27 18 (3.52%) 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 (0.78%) 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
1 357 (69.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.17%) Workday HCM
2 4 (0.78%) iTrent
2 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 319 (62.43%) Power Platform
2 279 (54.60%) Azure
3 271 (53.03%) Azure AI
4 11 (2.15%) Snowflake
5 6 (1.17%) AWS
6 5 (0.98%) GCP
7 4 (0.78%) dbt
7 4 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.39%) Cloud Composer
8 2 (0.39%) Dagster
8 2 (0.39%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.39%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.39%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.39%) SaaS
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.20%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 330 (64.58%) Tableau
2 319 (62.43%) Power BI
3 50 (9.78%) Data Mining
4 10 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.37%) Looker
7 6 (1.17%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.78%) Power Query
9 4 (0.78%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.39%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.39%) Metadata
11 1 (0.20%) Big Data
11 1 (0.20%) GIS
11 1 (0.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 310 (60.67%) Social Skills
2 117 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (15.66%) Finance
4 16 (3.13%) Retail
5 10 (1.96%) Public Sector
6 9 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (1.37%) Legal
7 7 (1.37%) Marketing
8 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.39%) Billing
9 2 (0.39%) Law
9 2 (0.39%) Local Government
10 1 (0.20%) Advertising
10 1 (0.20%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.20%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (0.39%) Data Structures
3 2 (0.39%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.20%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.20%) NHS
4 1 (0.20%) PMI
4 1 (0.20%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.59%) Windows
2 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (63.99%) Business Intelligence
2 280 (54.79%) AI
3 92 (18.00%) Analytics
4 85 (16.63%) Data Analysis
5 62 (12.13%) Decision-Making
6 57 (11.15%) Data Analytics
7 51 (9.98%) Project Management
8 50 (9.78%) Business Analysis
9 43 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 33 (6.46%) Dashboard Development
11 31 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (5.68%) Visualisation
13 26 (5.09%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (4.89%) Actionable Insight
15 24 (4.70%) System Testing
16 18 (3.52%) Data Modelling
17 16 (3.13%) Data Visualisation
18 13 (2.54%) Validation
19 11 (2.15%) Agile
19 11 (2.15%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 356 (69.67%) SQL
2 333 (65.17%) Python
3 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.39%) R
5 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 274 (53.62%) Azure Certification
2 34 (6.65%) DBS Check
3 10 (1.96%) Degree
4 4 (0.78%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.59%) CISM
5 3 (0.59%) CISSP
5 3 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.59%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.20%) CBAP
6 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.41%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.54%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.76%) GDPR
4 8 (1.57%) GMP
5 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.59%) NIST
5 3 (0.59%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 341 (66.73%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.87%) Workday
3 6 (1.17%) Databricks
4 4 (0.78%) Google
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle
4 4 (0.78%) SAP
5 3 (0.59%) Alteryx
6 2 (0.39%) Informatica
6 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.39%) Vertica
7 1 (0.20%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.20%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.20%) Foundry
7 1 (0.20%) Palantir
7 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.20%) Splunk
7 1 (0.20%) TOWER Software