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 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 198 219
Rank change year-on-year +124 +21 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 329 75 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.50% 0.99% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.78% 1.07% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 134 51 87
10th Percentile - £25,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,375
90th Percentile £53,750 £68,114 £57,900
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 11,819 7,024 12,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 92.87% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 7,271 3,548 9,890
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £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% -10.57%

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 27 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 27 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 +62 169 £40,000 +47.13% 12
North West +69 118 £40,000 +8.11% 15
North East +24 42 £40,000 -40.74% 4
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 277 (84.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 277 (84.19%) SQL
2 265 (80.55%) Tableau
3 259 (78.72%) Microsoft
4 258 (78.42%) Python
5 200 (60.79%) Business Intelligence
6 196 (59.57%) Power BI
6 196 (59.57%) Power Platform
7 171 (51.98%) Azure
8 168 (51.06%) AI
9 166 (50.46%) Azure AI
9 166 (50.46%) Azure Certification
10 104 (31.61%) Analytics
10 104 (31.61%) Data Analysis
11 90 (27.36%) Data Analytics
12 85 (25.84%) Business Analysis
12 85 (25.84%) Project Management
13 84 (25.53%) Data Mining
14 31 (9.42%) Decision-Making
15 28 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
16 21 (6.38%) Actionable Insight
16 21 (6.38%) Visualisation
17 15 (4.56%) Degree
18 14 (4.26%) Data Visualisation
19 13 (3.95%) Data Governance
20 12 (3.65%) Continuous Improvement
20 12 (3.65%) Dashboard Development
21 10 (3.04%) Business Strategy
22 9 (2.74%) Computer Science
22 9 (2.74%) 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 1 (0.30%) SAS
1 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 277 (84.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 196 (59.57%) Power Platform
2 171 (51.98%) Azure
3 166 (50.46%) Azure AI
4 6 (1.82%) AWS
5 5 (1.52%) GCP
6 4 (1.22%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.30%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.30%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.30%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.30%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.30%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (80.55%) Tableau
2 196 (59.57%) Power BI
3 84 (25.53%) Data Mining
4 5 (1.52%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.52%) Looker
5 4 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.22%) Power Query
6 1 (0.30%) Metadata
6 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
General
1 199 (60.49%) Social Skills
2 120 (36.47%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (31.31%) Finance
4 9 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (2.43%) Legal
5 8 (2.43%) Marketing
5 8 (2.43%) Retail
6 6 (1.82%) Public Sector
7 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.61%) Advertising
8 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.30%) Banking
9 1 (0.30%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 4 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (0.61%) Reinsurance
3 2 (0.61%) Smart Meter
3 2 (0.61%) Social Media
4 1 (0.30%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (60.79%) Business Intelligence
2 168 (51.06%) AI
3 104 (31.61%) Analytics
3 104 (31.61%) Data Analysis
4 90 (27.36%) Data Analytics
5 85 (25.84%) Business Analysis
5 85 (25.84%) Project Management
6 31 (9.42%) Decision-Making
7 28 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (6.38%) Actionable Insight
8 21 (6.38%) Visualisation
9 14 (4.26%) Data Visualisation
10 13 (3.95%) Data Governance
11 12 (3.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (3.65%) Dashboard Development
12 10 (3.04%) Business Strategy
13 9 (2.74%) Computer Science
13 9 (2.74%) Data Modelling
13 9 (2.74%) Statistics
14 8 (2.43%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 277 (84.19%) SQL
2 258 (78.42%) Python
3 3 (0.91%) R
4 1 (0.30%) C
4 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 166 (50.46%) Azure Certification
2 15 (4.56%) Degree
3 9 (2.74%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.82%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.91%) CISM
5 3 (0.91%) CISSP
5 3 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.61%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.61%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.74%) GDPR
2 7 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.52%) GMP
5 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.91%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.30%) QA
Vendors
1 259 (78.72%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.82%) Google
2 6 (1.82%) Workday
3 4 (1.22%) HubSpot
4 3 (0.91%) Databricks
5 2 (0.61%) Alteryx
5 2 (0.61%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.30%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.30%) TOWER Software