Analyst Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Analyst
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Analyst salary in West Yorkshire is £45,959 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 27 19
Rank change year-on-year +20 -8 -12
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 366 114 256
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 10.22% 8.33% 8.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.88% 9.35% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 234 97 164
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,188 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,959 £30,500 £39,817
Median % change year-on-year +50.69% -23.40% -6.31%
75th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £44,500 £29,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year +49.58% -20.67% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,364 1,219 3,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 89.11% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,464 682 2,271
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,813 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +12.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,142 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,625 £93,778 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £48,507 £48,750
% change year-on-year +3.08% -0.50% -7.14%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Analyst
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Analyst
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in West Yorkshire

Analyst
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Leeds +13 255 £55,000 +80.33% 45
Bradford +18 74 £40,000 -44.83% 4
Wakefield +4 12 £35,000 -15.66% 3
Pontefract +10 10 £31,735 -
Huddersfield -3 9 £42,500 +3.03% 1
Batley - 5 £28,000 -
Dewsbury -3 1 £30,500 -12.86% 1
Keighley - 1 £28,250 -
Analyst
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 116 (31.69%) Microsoft
2 73 (19.95%) Azure
3 71 (19.40%) Business Analysis
4 64 (17.49%) Azure Certification
5 62 (16.94%) Microsoft Excel
6 61 (16.67%) SQL
7 60 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
8 52 (14.21%) Mentoring
8 52 (14.21%) Power BI
8 52 (14.21%) Power Platform
9 45 (12.30%) Tableau
10 44 (12.02%) Cybersecurity
11 40 (10.93%) Project Management
12 39 (10.66%) Python
13 38 (10.38%) CompTIA Security+
14 37 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (9.84%) AI
15 36 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (9.56%) Requirements Gathering
17 34 (9.29%) Agile
18 33 (9.02%) Analytics
19 32 (8.74%) Azure AI
19 32 (8.74%) CompTIA CySA+
19 32 (8.74%) Data Analysis
19 32 (8.74%) ForeScout
20 29 (7.92%) Systems Analysis
21 26 (7.10%) Coaching
21 26 (7.10%) Windows
22 25 (6.83%) Active Directory
23 24 (6.56%) Degree

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.27%) CICS
3 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 62 (16.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.09%) iTrent
1 4 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.09%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 73 (19.95%) Azure
2 52 (14.21%) Power Platform
3 32 (8.74%) Azure AI
4 24 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.37%) AWS
6 9 (2.46%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (1.37%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.09%) Boomi
8 4 (1.09%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.09%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.09%) SaaS
8 4 (1.09%) Workato
9 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (0.82%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.55%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.55%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.55%) GCP
10 2 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.09%) Firewall
2 3 (0.82%) DHCP
2 3 (0.82%) DNS
2 3 (0.82%) Wireless
3 2 (0.55%) HTTP
3 2 (0.55%) Internet
3 2 (0.55%) LAN
3 2 (0.55%) SSL
3 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.55%) VPN
3 2 (0.55%) WAN
3 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (14.21%) Power BI
2 45 (12.30%) Tableau
3 7 (1.91%) Data Mining
3 7 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.82%) Looker
6 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.27%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 5 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 135 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (13.66%) Finance
4 23 (6.28%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (4.92%) Legal
7 13 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (2.73%) Retail
9 9 (2.46%) Spanish Language
10 7 (1.91%) Law
10 7 (1.91%) Mandarin Language
11 6 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.64%) Portuguese Language
12 5 (1.37%) Banking
12 5 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.37%) Marketing
13 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Advertising
14 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.09%) Web Services
2 2 (0.55%) OpenAPI
2 2 (0.55%) Swagger
3 1 (0.27%) FHIR
3 1 (0.27%) ISPF
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.56%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.37%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.19%) Data Structures
3 8 (2.19%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.55%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.27%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.27%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.27%) NHS
5 1 (0.27%) PMI
5 1 (0.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.10%) Windows
2 15 (4.10%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (19.40%) Business Analysis
2 60 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
3 52 (14.21%) Mentoring
4 44 (12.02%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (10.93%) Project Management
6 37 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (9.84%) AI
7 36 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (9.56%) Requirements Gathering
9 34 (9.29%) Agile
10 33 (9.02%) Analytics
11 32 (8.74%) Data Analysis
12 29 (7.92%) Systems Analysis
13 26 (7.10%) Coaching
14 23 (6.28%) Decision-Making
14 23 (6.28%) Project Delivery
15 22 (6.01%) Information Security
16 21 (5.74%) Change Management
17 20 (5.46%) Data Modelling
17 20 (5.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (16.67%) SQL
2 39 (10.66%) Python
3 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.27%) CLIST
4 1 (0.27%) JCL
4 1 (0.27%) REXX
Qualifications
1 64 (17.49%) Azure Certification
2 38 (10.38%) CompTIA Security+
3 32 (8.74%) CompTIA CySA+
4 24 (6.56%) Degree
5 10 (2.73%) CISM
5 10 (2.73%) CISSP
6 9 (2.46%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.64%) IIBA
7 6 (1.64%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.09%) CBAP
9 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.27%) CIPD
11 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
1 16 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.46%) GDPR
4 8 (2.19%) GMP
5 7 (1.91%) QA
6 6 (1.64%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.64%) SLA
7 4 (1.09%) NIST
8 3 (0.82%) PMO
9 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.09%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 12 (3.28%) SCCM
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 116 (31.69%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.74%) ForeScout
3 14 (3.83%) SAP
4 9 (2.46%) Cisco
5 7 (1.91%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.64%) TOWER Software
7 5 (1.37%) Meraki
7 5 (1.37%) Oracle
8 4 (1.09%) Freshdesk
8 4 (1.09%) iManage
8 4 (1.09%) Planon
9 3 (0.82%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.82%) Google
10 2 (0.55%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.55%) Databricks
10 2 (0.55%) IFS
10 2 (0.55%) Informatica
11 1 (0.27%) Concur
11 1 (0.27%) Foundry
11 1 (0.27%) Palantir