Analyst Job Trends in the North West

Analyst
England > North West

The median Analyst salary in the North West is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 378 601 504
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.93% 11.89% 11.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.90% 12.90% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 257 269 399
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,700 £23,750
25th Percentile £32,875 £33,250 £29,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,250 £53,500
90th Percentile £61,000 £58,900 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 5,478 4,660 4,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 92.20% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 2,452 3,359
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,113 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies 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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
Manchester -16 183 £42,000 +2.44% 61
Merseyside +5 86 £40,000 -5.88% 11
Lancashire -14 55 £45,000 - 44
Cheshire -15 44 £40,000 - 36
Cumbria +13 8 £35,854 -21.42% 3
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 139 (36.77%) Microsoft
2 99 (26.19%) SQL
3 90 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 85 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
6 79 (20.90%) Azure
7 75 (19.84%) Power Platform
8 73 (19.31%) Business Analysis
8 73 (19.31%) Power BI
9 63 (16.67%) Tableau
10 57 (15.08%) Project Management
11 55 (14.55%) Degree
11 55 (14.55%) Mentoring
11 55 (14.55%) Python
12 54 (14.29%) Analytics
13 52 (13.76%) Data Analysis
14 48 (12.70%) Decision-Making
15 47 (12.43%) Windows
16 44 (11.64%) Customer Service
17 40 (10.58%) Azure Certification
18 37 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
19 36 (9.52%) Agile
20 35 (9.26%) Active Directory
20 35 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
20 35 (9.26%) ITIL
21 33 (8.73%) Actionable Insight
21 33 (8.73%) AI
22 30 (7.94%) Coaching
22 30 (7.94%) Data Analytics
23 28 (7.41%) Change Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 17 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.53%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (0.53%) WinCC
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) Confluence
4 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 90 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.65%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.26%) Global One
4 1 (0.26%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (20.90%) Azure
2 75 (19.84%) Power Platform
3 37 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.08%) AWS
5 20 (5.29%) Azure AI
6 7 (1.85%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.59%) GCP
7 6 (1.59%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.06%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.06%) SaaS
8 4 (1.06%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.53%) Boomi
9 2 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.53%) PaaS
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.26%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.91%) DHCP
1 11 (2.91%) DNS
2 8 (2.12%) LAN
3 7 (1.85%) WAN
4 4 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.79%) Firewall
5 3 (0.79%) VPN
6 2 (0.53%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.53%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) 4G
7 1 (0.26%) ATM
7 1 (0.26%) FTP
7 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.26%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (19.31%) Power BI
2 63 (16.67%) Tableau
3 28 (7.41%) Data Mining
4 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.06%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.06%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.06%) Looker
5 4 (1.06%) MySQL
5 4 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.06%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.79%) Power Query
6 3 (0.79%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.53%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.53%) Metadata
7 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 141 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 123 (32.54%) Finance
3 109 (28.84%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (3.97%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.17%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.65%) Law
8 9 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.12%) Marketing
9 8 (2.12%) Retail
10 7 (1.85%) Military
10 7 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.59%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.06%) Legal
12 4 (1.06%) Police
13 3 (0.79%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.79%) Automotive
14 2 (0.53%) Banking
14 2 (0.53%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.59%) JSON
1 6 (1.59%) REST
2 4 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.79%) FHIR
3 3 (0.79%) XML
4 1 (0.26%) HTML
4 1 (0.26%) SOAP
4 1 (0.26%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.03%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.65%) Social Media
6 9 (2.38%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.12%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.06%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.79%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.79%) Smart Meter
12 2 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.53%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.53%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.53%) SCADA
12 2 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.53%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.26%) Life Science
13 1 (0.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.43%) Windows
2 11 (2.91%) Android
2 11 (2.91%) Windows 10
2 11 (2.91%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.65%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.59%) Mac OS X
5 3 (0.79%) Linux
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 73 (19.31%) Business Analysis
4 57 (15.08%) Project Management
5 55 (14.55%) Mentoring
6 54 (14.29%) Analytics
7 52 (13.76%) Data Analysis
8 48 (12.70%) Decision-Making
9 44 (11.64%) Customer Service
10 36 (9.52%) Agile
11 35 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
11 35 (9.26%) ITIL
12 33 (8.73%) Actionable Insight
12 33 (8.73%) AI
13 30 (7.94%) Coaching
13 30 (7.94%) Data Analytics
14 28 (7.41%) Change Management
15 20 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (5.03%) Service Delivery
17 18 (4.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 99 (26.19%) SQL
2 55 (14.55%) Python
3 5 (1.32%) VBA
4 3 (0.79%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.53%) C#
5 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 55 (14.55%) Degree
2 40 (10.58%) Azure Certification
3 20 (5.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 20 (5.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 20 (5.29%) Security Cleared
4 14 (3.70%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.65%) ACCA
5 10 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.65%) CIMA
6 9 (2.38%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.32%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.06%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.06%) HNC
9 4 (1.06%) NVQ Level 4
10 3 (0.79%) AAT
10 3 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.53%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.53%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.12%) QA
3 5 (1.32%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.32%) PMO
3 5 (1.32%) SLA
4 4 (1.06%) GMP
5 3 (0.79%) GRC
5 3 (0.79%) HL7
5 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.53%) IFRS
6 2 (0.53%) NIST
6 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.26%) GAAP
7 1 (0.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 35 (9.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.65%) SCCM
2 6 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.53%) AssetCenter
4 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 139 (36.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.29%) ForeScout
3 17 (4.50%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.97%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.44%) Cisco
6 11 (2.91%) Northgate
6 11 (2.91%) SAP
7 10 (2.65%) Adobe
7 10 (2.65%) Apple
8 8 (2.12%) Oracle
9 7 (1.85%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.59%) Sophos
11 5 (1.32%) Google
11 5 (1.32%) Guidewire
12 4 (1.06%) Databricks
12 4 (1.06%) EXASOL
12 4 (1.06%) Facebook
12 4 (1.06%) SnapLogic
12 4 (1.06%) VMware
13 3 (0.79%) Citrix