Technical Analyst Job Trends in the North West

Technical Analyst
England > North West

The median Technical Analyst salary in the North West is £44,490 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 172 171 177
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +98
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 14 34 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.22% 0.67% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.73% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 14 23 21
10th Percentile £31,500 £39,200 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,964 £44,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,490 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% +16.67% +1.12%
75th Percentile £48,979 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £55,813 £59,750 £65,750
England median annual salary £41,222 £45,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year -8.40% -17.12% -1.28%

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%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Technical Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Technical Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Technical Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Analyst in the North West

Technical 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 Technical 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
Cheshire -15 8 £48,979 +22.45% 3
Manchester +15 6 £33,000 -33.33%
Technical Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Technical 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 Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Windows
3 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (28.57%) Android
3 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 4 (28.57%) DHCP
3 4 (28.57%) DNS
3 4 (28.57%) EXASOL
3 4 (28.57%) HNC
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) LAN
3 4 (28.57%) NVQ Level 4
3 4 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) Tableau
3 4 (28.57%) WAN
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) AI
5 2 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (7.14%) ATM
6 1 (7.14%) Azure

Technical 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 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.14%) IaaS
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) PaaS
1 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) DHCP
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
1 4 (28.57%) LAN
1 4 (28.57%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Electronics
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Android
2 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) AI
5 2 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
6 1 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
6 1 (7.14%) Lean Software Development
6 1 (7.14%) Technology Transformation
6 1 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) HNC
1 4 (28.57%) NVQ Level 4
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) EXASOL
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Splunk