Data Analyst Jobs in the North West

Data Analyst
England > North West

The median Data Analyst salary in the North West is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 236 227
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 56 60 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.69% 0.60% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.64% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 23 46 37
10th Percentile £25,313 £23,125 £24,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £34,155
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.47% -9.28%
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £56,750 £52,500 £50,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -

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 7,414 9,439 6,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 94.61% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,019 7,252 4,030
10th Percentile £26,481 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
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 £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the North West

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the North West

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the North West

Data 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 Data Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 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 +70 40 £37,000 -22.11% 24
Merseyside +26 6 £52,500 +69.35% 9
Cheshire -4 6 £43,750 +84.21% 7
Lancashire -75 4 £39,750 +24.22% 17
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Data 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 Data Analyst in the job title.

1 42 (75.00%) Finance
2 41 (73.21%) Analytics
3 40 (71.43%) Power BI
3 40 (71.43%) Power Platform
4 38 (67.86%) Social Skills
5 37 (66.07%) Visualisation
5 37 (66.07%) Degree
6 35 (62.50%) Data Analytics
7 34 (60.71%) Data Analysis
7 34 (60.71%) Microsoft Excel
8 33 (58.93%) Data Quality
9 31 (55.36%) SAP
10 30 (53.57%) Data Management
11 29 (51.79%) Process Improvement
12 28 (50.00%) Management Information System
13 27 (48.21%) ERP
14 26 (46.43%) Economics
14 26 (46.43%) Indirect Procurement
14 26 (46.43%) Source to Pay
15 18 (32.14%) SQL
16 17 (30.36%) Business Intelligence
17 9 (16.07%) Tableau
18 8 (14.29%) Mathematics
19 7 (12.50%) Data Extraction
19 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
19 7 (12.50%) Snowflake
20 6 (10.71%) Dashboard Development
20 6 (10.71%) Decision-Making
20 6 (10.71%) Python
20 6 (10.71%) Migration

Data 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 1 (1.79%) SAS
1 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (60.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.79%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (1.79%) iTrent
1 1 (1.79%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 40 (71.43%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.50%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.57%) AWS
3 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (71.43%) Power BI
2 9 (16.07%) Tableau
3 5 (8.93%) SQL Server
4 4 (7.14%) Big Data
5 3 (5.36%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (5.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (3.57%) GIS
6 2 (3.57%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.79%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (1.79%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.79%) MySQL
7 1 (1.79%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (1.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.79%) Git
2 1 (1.79%) Subversion
2 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 42 (75.00%) Finance
2 38 (67.86%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Banking
5 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Retail
6 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.79%) Marketing
6 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 28 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (73.21%) Analytics
2 37 (66.07%) Visualisation
3 35 (62.50%) Data Analytics
4 34 (60.71%) Data Analysis
5 30 (53.57%) Data Management
6 29 (51.79%) Process Improvement
7 27 (48.21%) ERP
8 26 (46.43%) Economics
8 26 (46.43%) Indirect Procurement
8 26 (46.43%) Source to Pay
9 17 (30.36%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (14.29%) Mathematics
11 7 (12.50%) Data Extraction
12 6 (10.71%) Dashboard Development
12 6 (10.71%) Decision-Making
12 6 (10.71%) Migration
13 5 (8.93%) Data Migration
13 5 (8.93%) Predictive Modelling
13 5 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (8.93%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.14%) SQL
2 6 (10.71%) Python
3 1 (1.79%) Bash
3 1 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.79%) R
3 1 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (66.07%) Degree
2 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.79%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (58.93%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.79%) QA
Vendors
1 31 (55.36%) SAP
2 3 (5.36%) Alteryx
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.79%) NEC