Analyst Jobs in the North West

Analyst
England > North West

The median Analyst salary in the North West is £40,748 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 14 16
Rank change year-on-year -29 +2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 482 947 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.18% 9.15% 11.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.71% 9.66% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 261 748 659
10th Percentile £24,655 £23,710 £24,200
25th Percentile £31,750 £29,433 £31,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,748 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £53,000 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £67,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +4.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,184 9,803 6,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 94.75% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,825 7,500 4,002
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,014
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,370
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,500 £80,725
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Manchester +5 275 £44,500 -1.11% 312
Lancashire -73 79 £28,149 -20.71% 83
Merseyside -10 52 £45,000 +28.57% 90
Cumbria -54 41 £45,748 +49.99% 2
Cheshire -54 35 £40,000 +14.29% 179
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 234 (48.55%) Social Skills
2 204 (42.32%) Finance
3 156 (32.37%) Degree
4 131 (27.18%) Agile
5 123 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
6 121 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
7 105 (21.78%) Analytics
8 104 (21.58%) Power BI
8 104 (21.58%) Power Platform
9 97 (20.12%) Business Intelligence
10 86 (17.84%) Process Improvement
11 85 (17.63%) Data Analytics
12 77 (15.98%) Microsoft Excel
13 73 (15.15%) Microsoft
14 68 (14.11%) Data Analysis
15 67 (13.90%) Windows
16 66 (13.69%) Management Information System
16 66 (13.69%) ERP
17 63 (13.07%) Organisational Skills
18 62 (12.86%) Decision-Making
19 61 (12.66%) SAP
20 60 (12.45%) Data Quality
20 60 (12.45%) Time Management
20 60 (12.45%) SQL
21 59 (12.24%) Customer Service
22 56 (11.62%) Project Delivery
23 55 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
24 52 (10.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 51 (10.58%) Artificial Intelligence
26 48 (9.96%) Visualisation

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 45 (9.34%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.90%) Confluence
3 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.04%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) Moodle
5 1 (0.21%) Totara
Applications
1 77 (15.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.83%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.62%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.41%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.21%) iTrent
5 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 104 (21.58%) Power Platform
2 46 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (2.90%) Azure
4 12 (2.49%) AWS
5 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (1.45%) Snowflake
7 6 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.24%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.04%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.41%) GCP
10 2 (0.41%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.41%) SaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.21%) Boomi
11 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.21%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.21%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.21%) PaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.28%) Firewall
2 8 (1.66%) DNS
3 7 (1.45%) LAN
3 7 (1.45%) WAN
4 6 (1.24%) DHCP
4 6 (1.24%) VPN
5 5 (1.04%) Intranet
6 2 (0.41%) HTTP
6 2 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.41%) SMTP
6 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.41%) VoIP
6 2 (0.41%) Wireless
7 1 (0.21%) Broadband
7 1 (0.21%) FTP
7 1 (0.21%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (21.58%) Power BI
2 18 (3.73%) Tableau
3 7 (1.45%) MySQL
3 7 (1.45%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.04%) Big Data
4 5 (1.04%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.41%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.41%) GIS
7 2 (0.41%) Looker
7 2 (0.41%) Power Query
8 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.21%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 38 (7.88%) JIRA
2 21 (4.36%) eggPlant
3 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.41%) Git
4 2 (0.41%) Postman
5 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.21%) GitLab
5 1 (0.21%) RStudio
5 1 (0.21%) Subversion
5 1 (0.21%) TestRail
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) YouTrack
General
1 234 (48.55%) Social Skills
2 204 (42.32%) Finance
3 121 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (13.07%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (10.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (8.92%) Banking
7 30 (6.22%) Manufacturing
8 29 (6.02%) Legal
9 21 (4.36%) Law
9 21 (4.36%) Retail
10 20 (4.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.70%) Marketing
13 6 (1.24%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.24%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.04%) Digital Healthcare
15 4 (0.83%) Arabic Language
15 4 (0.83%) German Language
15 4 (0.83%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.45%) JSON
2 6 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.04%) FHIR
4 2 (0.41%) REST
4 2 (0.41%) SOAP
4 2 (0.41%) XML
5 1 (0.21%) EDI
5 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (13.69%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 19 (3.94%) Social Media
4 14 (2.90%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.70%) EPoS
6 12 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.07%) FMCG
7 10 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 7 (1.45%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.04%) LIMS
10 4 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.83%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.62%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.62%) Life Science
12 2 (0.41%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.41%) Interest Rate Derivative
12 2 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.90%) Windows
2 13 (2.70%) Windows 10
2 13 (2.70%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.28%) Mac OS
4 10 (2.07%) Linux
5 9 (1.87%) Windows Vista
6 8 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.04%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.04%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.21%) Android
8 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.21%) Unix
8 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (27.18%) Agile
2 123 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (21.78%) Analytics
4 97 (20.12%) Business Intelligence
5 86 (17.84%) Process Improvement
6 85 (17.63%) Data Analytics
7 68 (14.11%) Data Analysis
8 66 (13.69%) ERP
9 62 (12.86%) Decision-Making
10 60 (12.45%) Time Management
11 59 (12.24%) Customer Service
12 56 (11.62%) Project Delivery
13 55 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (10.58%) Artificial Intelligence
15 48 (9.96%) Visualisation
16 44 (9.13%) Technology Transformation
17 43 (8.92%) Digital Strategy
18 39 (8.09%) ITIL
19 32 (6.64%) Data Management
19 32 (6.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (12.45%) SQL
2 22 (4.56%) Python
3 19 (3.94%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.45%) C-shell
4 7 (1.45%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.45%) Korn
4 7 (1.45%) PL/SQL
4 7 (1.45%) Shell Script
5 5 (1.04%) VBA
6 4 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.83%) R
7 3 (0.62%) Bash
8 1 (0.21%) Java
8 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 156 (32.37%) Degree
2 44 (9.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 33 (6.85%) DBS Check
4 30 (6.22%) ACCA
4 30 (6.22%) CIMA
5 12 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.66%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.45%) MOS
7 7 (1.45%) PhD
8 5 (1.04%) AAT
8 5 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.83%) CBAP
10 3 (0.62%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.41%) CEH
11 2 (0.41%) CISM
11 2 (0.41%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.21%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.45%) Data Quality
2 31 (6.43%) SLA
3 22 (4.56%) QA
4 7 (1.45%) PMO
5 6 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.04%) HL7
6 5 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.04%) NIST
7 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.62%) ITGC
8 2 (0.41%) GDPR
9 1 (0.21%) GRC
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.21%) SEPA
9 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.87%) SCCM
2 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 73 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 61 (12.66%) SAP
3 47 (9.75%) Alteryx
4 23 (4.77%) Oracle
5 21 (4.36%) Keysight
6 16 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.28%) iManage
8 10 (2.07%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.24%) VMware
10 5 (1.04%) Freshdesk
10 5 (1.04%) Sophos
11 4 (0.83%) Cognos
11 4 (0.83%) Concur
11 4 (0.83%) Google
11 4 (0.83%) Hyperion
12 3 (0.62%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.62%) IBM
12 3 (0.62%) Sage
13 2 (0.41%) Adobe
13 2 (0.41%) Informatica