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 £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 206 255
Rank change year-on-year +136 +49 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 467 96 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.09% 0.99% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 1.12% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 206 55 69
10th Percentile £32,742 £29,250 -
25th Percentile £37,097 £37,125 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £54,125 £46,250
90th Percentile - £61,000 £51,242
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +16.67%

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 21,110 8,539 14,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 88.34% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,396 4,601 9,748
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +97 214 £45,000 +5.88% 27
North West +88 201 £45,000 +5.88% 34
North East -16 52 £40,000 +31.15% 10
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 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.

1 241 (51.61%) Business Intelligence
2 237 (50.75%) SQL
3 232 (49.68%) Power BI
3 232 (49.68%) Power Platform
4 223 (47.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 221 (47.32%) Microsoft
6 210 (44.97%) Python
7 205 (43.90%) Tableau
8 192 (41.11%) AI
9 188 (40.26%) Azure
10 183 (39.19%) Azure Certification
11 181 (38.76%) Azure AI
12 89 (19.06%) Data Analysis
13 68 (14.56%) Analytics
14 63 (13.49%) Decision-Making
15 48 (10.28%) Data Quality
16 46 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
17 36 (7.71%) Dashboard Development
18 33 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
19 31 (6.64%) Visualisation
20 28 (6.00%) Data Analytics
21 26 (5.57%) DBS Check
22 25 (5.35%) Actionable Insight
23 24 (5.14%) Problem-Solving
23 24 (5.14%) System Testing
23 24 (5.14%) Workday
24 19 (4.07%) Data Modelling
25 17 (3.64%) Project Management
26 16 (3.43%) Business Analysis
27 15 (3.21%) Data Mining

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 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.43%) Confluence
2 2 (0.43%) IIS
3 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 223 (47.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.86%) iTrent
1 4 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 232 (49.68%) Power Platform
2 188 (40.26%) Azure
3 181 (38.76%) Azure AI
4 13 (2.78%) Snowflake
5 6 (1.28%) dbt
5 6 (1.28%) GCP
6 5 (1.07%) AWS
7 4 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (0.64%) SaaS
9 2 (0.43%) Alation
9 2 (0.43%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.43%) Cloud Composer
9 2 (0.43%) Dagster
9 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.43%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (49.68%) Power BI
2 205 (43.90%) Tableau
3 15 (3.21%) Data Mining
4 11 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.28%) Looker
6 6 (1.28%) Power Query
6 6 (1.28%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.07%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.86%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.43%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.43%) Metadata
10 1 (0.21%) Big Data
10 1 (0.21%) GIS
10 1 (0.21%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 215 (46.04%) Social Skills
2 93 (19.91%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (11.56%) Finance
4 15 (3.21%) Legal
4 15 (3.21%) Retail
5 9 (1.93%) Marketing
6 8 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.28%) Law
8 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.07%) Public Sector
9 4 (0.86%) Banking
10 2 (0.43%) Advertising
10 2 (0.43%) Billing
10 2 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.43%) Local Government
10 2 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.21%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.21%) Back Office
11 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.21%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.21%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.28%) Management Information System
2 4 (0.86%) Algorithms
2 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (0.64%) Data Structures
4 2 (0.43%) Public Cloud
4 2 (0.43%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.21%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.21%) NHS
5 1 (0.21%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.21%) PMI
5 1 (0.21%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.21%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.43%) Windows
1 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (51.61%) Business Intelligence
2 192 (41.11%) AI
3 89 (19.06%) Data Analysis
4 68 (14.56%) Analytics
5 63 (13.49%) Decision-Making
6 46 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (7.71%) Dashboard Development
8 33 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 31 (6.64%) Visualisation
10 28 (6.00%) Data Analytics
11 25 (5.35%) Actionable Insight
12 24 (5.14%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (5.14%) System Testing
13 19 (4.07%) Data Modelling
14 17 (3.64%) Project Management
15 16 (3.43%) Business Analysis
16 15 (3.21%) Data Visualisation
17 13 (2.78%) Validation
18 12 (2.57%) Disruptive Innovation
19 11 (2.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 237 (50.75%) SQL
2 210 (44.97%) Python
3 6 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.21%) R
5 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 183 (39.19%) Azure Certification
2 26 (5.57%) DBS Check
3 6 (1.28%) Degree
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.43%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.21%) CBAP
6 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.21%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.28%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.71%) GMP
4 4 (0.86%) GDPR
5 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.43%) GRC
5 2 (0.43%) QA
6 1 (0.21%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 221 (47.32%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.14%) Workday
3 6 (1.28%) Databricks
3 6 (1.28%) SAP
4 5 (1.07%) Google
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle
6 3 (0.64%) Dataiku
7 2 (0.43%) Ariba
7 2 (0.43%) Foundry
7 2 (0.43%) Informatica
7 2 (0.43%) Vertica
8 1 (0.21%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.21%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.21%) Palantir
8 1 (0.21%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.21%) Splunk
8 1 (0.21%) TOWER Software