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 6 February 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 199 195
Rank change year-on-year +112 -4 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 250 65 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.08% 0.77% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 0.83% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 111 48 83
10th Percentile - £25,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -4.62% -13.88%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £44,375
90th Percentile £53,750 £63,652 £52,500
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 10,714 7,830 11,556
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.15% 93.27% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,406 3,770 9,520
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £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 £65,640 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 6 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 6 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 +56 121 £40,000 +56.10% 23
North West +76 97 £40,000 +6.67% 39
North East +16 32 £40,000 -42.86% 10
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 214 (85.60%) SQL
2 213 (85.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 202 (80.80%) Tableau
4 196 (78.40%) Python
5 190 (76.00%) Microsoft
6 149 (59.60%) Business Intelligence
7 148 (59.20%) Power BI
7 148 (59.20%) Power Platform
8 125 (50.00%) Azure
9 124 (49.60%) AI
10 121 (48.40%) Azure AI
10 121 (48.40%) Azure Certification
11 82 (32.80%) Data Analysis
12 81 (32.40%) Analytics
13 70 (28.00%) Data Analytics
14 68 (27.20%) Business Analysis
15 67 (26.80%) Data Mining
15 67 (26.80%) Project Management
16 30 (12.00%) Decision-Making
17 22 (8.80%) Problem-Solving
18 19 (7.60%) Actionable Insight
19 15 (6.00%) Visualisation
20 13 (5.20%) Degree
21 11 (4.40%) Data Governance
21 11 (4.40%) Data Visualisation
22 9 (3.60%) Business Strategy
22 9 (3.60%) Dashboard Development
22 9 (3.60%) Data Modelling
22 9 (3.60%) Data Science
22 9 (3.60%) 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 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 213 (85.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 148 (59.20%) Power Platform
2 125 (50.00%) Azure
3 121 (48.40%) Azure AI
4 6 (2.40%) AWS
5 4 (1.60%) GCP
5 4 (1.60%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (80.80%) Tableau
2 148 (59.20%) Power BI
3 67 (26.80%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.60%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.60%) Looker
4 4 (1.60%) Power Query
5 1 (0.40%) Metadata
5 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
General
1 147 (58.80%) Social Skills
2 99 (39.60%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (32.80%) Finance
4 8 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (2.80%) Marketing
5 7 (2.80%) Retail
6 6 (2.40%) Legal
7 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Advertising
9 1 (0.40%) Banking
9 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.40%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.80%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (0.80%) Reinsurance
4 2 (0.80%) Smart Meter
4 2 (0.80%) Social Media
5 1 (0.40%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (59.60%) Business Intelligence
2 124 (49.60%) AI
3 82 (32.80%) Data Analysis
4 81 (32.40%) Analytics
5 70 (28.00%) Data Analytics
6 68 (27.20%) Business Analysis
7 67 (26.80%) Project Management
8 30 (12.00%) Decision-Making
9 22 (8.80%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (7.60%) Actionable Insight
11 15 (6.00%) Visualisation
12 11 (4.40%) Data Governance
12 11 (4.40%) Data Visualisation
13 9 (3.60%) Business Strategy
13 9 (3.60%) Dashboard Development
13 9 (3.60%) Data Modelling
13 9 (3.60%) Data Science
14 8 (3.20%) Statistics
15 7 (2.80%) Collaborative Working
16 6 (2.40%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 214 (85.60%) SQL
2 196 (78.40%) Python
3 3 (1.20%) R
4 1 (0.40%) C
4 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 121 (48.40%) Azure Certification
2 13 (5.20%) Degree
3 9 (3.60%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.40%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.80%) CISM
5 2 (0.80%) CISSP
5 2 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.80%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.80%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.40%) GDPR
2 4 (1.60%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.60%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.80%) NIST
3 2 (0.80%) QA
4 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 190 (76.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.40%) Workday
3 5 (2.00%) Google
4 4 (1.60%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.20%) Databricks
6 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.40%) Salesforce