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 £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 196 263
Rank change year-on-year +135 +67 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 492 95 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.41% 1.08% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 1.24% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 181 53 104
10th Percentile £31,735 £25,063 £24,960
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £24,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +29.69% -14.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £50,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -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 19,298 7,680 18,255
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 87.59% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,063 3,992 13,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +92 233 £40,000 -3.61% 17
North West +102 202 £45,000 +5.88% 40
North East +3 57 £40,000 +31.15% 11
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 June 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.

1 311 (63.21%) SQL
2 310 (63.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 298 (60.57%) Business Intelligence
4 295 (59.96%) Microsoft
5 290 (58.94%) Power BI
5 290 (58.94%) Power Platform
6 288 (58.54%) Python
7 283 (57.52%) Tableau
8 251 (51.02%) AI
9 250 (50.81%) Azure
10 244 (49.59%) Azure Certification
11 242 (49.19%) Azure AI
12 81 (16.46%) Data Analysis
13 79 (16.06%) Analytics
14 65 (13.21%) Decision-Making
15 43 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
16 42 (8.54%) Data Quality
17 41 (8.33%) Data Analytics
18 35 (7.11%) Project Management
19 34 (6.91%) Business Analysis
19 34 (6.91%) Dashboard Development
19 34 (6.91%) Data Mining
20 33 (6.71%) DBS Check
21 30 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
21 30 (6.10%) Workday
22 29 (5.89%) Visualisation
23 27 (5.49%) Problem-Solving
24 24 (4.88%) System Testing
25 23 (4.67%) Actionable Insight
26 20 (4.07%) 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 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.41%) Confluence
2 2 (0.41%) IIS
3 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 310 (63.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.22%) Workday HCM
2 4 (0.81%) iTrent
2 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 290 (58.94%) Power Platform
2 250 (50.81%) Azure
3 242 (49.19%) Azure AI
4 11 (2.24%) Snowflake
5 5 (1.02%) AWS
5 5 (1.02%) GCP
6 4 (0.81%) dbt
6 4 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.41%) Cloud Composer
7 2 (0.41%) Dagster
7 2 (0.41%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.41%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.41%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.41%) SaaS
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.20%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.20%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 290 (58.94%) Power BI
2 283 (57.52%) Tableau
3 34 (6.91%) Data Mining
4 11 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.42%) Looker
7 6 (1.22%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.02%) Power Query
8 5 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.81%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.41%) 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 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 281 (57.11%) Social Skills
2 105 (21.34%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (13.21%) Finance
4 18 (3.66%) Retail
5 10 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (2.03%) Marketing
6 9 (1.83%) Legal
6 9 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (1.63%) Public Sector
8 3 (0.61%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.41%) Advertising
9 2 (0.41%) Billing
9 2 (0.41%) Law
9 2 (0.41%) Local Government
9 2 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.20%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.20%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.27%) Management Information System
2 4 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.41%) Data Structures
4 2 (0.41%) 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
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.41%) Windows
1 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (60.57%) Business Intelligence
2 251 (51.02%) AI
3 81 (16.46%) Data Analysis
4 79 (16.06%) Analytics
5 65 (13.21%) Decision-Making
6 43 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (8.33%) Data Analytics
8 35 (7.11%) Project Management
9 34 (6.91%) Business Analysis
9 34 (6.91%) Dashboard Development
10 30 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (5.89%) Visualisation
12 27 (5.49%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (4.88%) System Testing
14 23 (4.67%) Actionable Insight
15 20 (4.07%) Data Modelling
16 16 (3.25%) Data Visualisation
17 14 (2.85%) Disruptive Innovation
18 11 (2.24%) Agile
18 11 (2.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 311 (63.21%) SQL
2 288 (58.54%) Python
3 4 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.41%) R
6 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 244 (49.59%) Azure Certification
2 33 (6.71%) DBS Check
3 9 (1.83%) Degree
4 3 (0.61%) CISM
4 3 (0.61%) CISSP
4 3 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (0.61%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.41%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.20%) CBAP
6 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.63%) GMP
4 6 (1.22%) GDPR
5 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.61%) NIST
5 3 (0.61%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 295 (59.96%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.10%) Workday
3 6 (1.22%) Databricks
4 4 (0.81%) Google
4 4 (0.81%) Oracle
4 4 (0.81%) SAP
5 3 (0.61%) Alteryx
6 2 (0.41%) Foundry
6 2 (0.41%) Informatica
6 2 (0.41%) Vertica
7 1 (0.20%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.20%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.20%) Palantir
7 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.20%) Splunk
7 1 (0.20%) TOWER Software