Analyst Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Analyst
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Analyst salary in West Yorkshire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 18 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 -8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 131 124 276
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 7.28% 8.18% 14.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.75% 8.46% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 80 73 195
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,813 £26,000 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £50,938 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% -11.76% +1.19%

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 1,691 1,466 1,879
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 96.70% 97.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 738 1,434
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,600 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,233 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £86,175
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £51,498
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% -1.91%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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
Leeds 0 106 £40,000 +6.67% 58
Bradford -4 19 £38,000 -5.00% 34
Wakefield -3 3 £35,000 - 22
Castleford - 1 £27,000 -
Ossett - 1 - -
Analyst
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 58 (44.27%) Microsoft
2 38 (29.01%) Business Analysis
3 37 (28.24%) SQL
4 32 (24.43%) Microsoft Excel
5 30 (22.90%) Project Management
5 30 (22.90%) Tableau
6 29 (22.14%) Python
7 27 (20.61%) Analytics
7 27 (20.61%) Azure
8 25 (19.08%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (17.56%) Mentoring
10 22 (16.79%) Degree
10 22 (16.79%) Power Platform
11 21 (16.03%) Power BI
12 20 (15.27%) Azure Certification
12 20 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (14.50%) Agile
14 18 (13.74%) Change Management
15 15 (11.45%) Customer Service
15 15 (11.45%) Data Analysis
16 14 (10.69%) Validation
17 13 (9.92%) Data Analytics
18 12 (9.16%) Actionable Insight
18 12 (9.16%) AI
18 12 (9.16%) Data Mining
18 12 (9.16%) Process Improvement
19 11 (8.40%) Coaching
19 11 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
19 11 (8.40%) Decision-Making
19 11 (8.40%) DevOps

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 6 (4.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (24.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.05%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.53%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.61%) Azure
2 22 (16.79%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.63%) Azure AI
3 10 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.76%) Alation
5 1 (0.76%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (0.76%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.76%) AWS
5 1 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.76%) Collibra
5 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.76%) Firewall
1 1 (0.76%) LAN
1 1 (0.76%) VPN
1 1 (0.76%) WAN
1 1 (0.76%) Wireless
1 1 (0.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (22.90%) Tableau
2 21 (16.03%) Power BI
3 12 (9.16%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.29%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.29%) OLAP
4 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.76%) GIS
5 1 (0.76%) Metadata
5 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (7.63%) JIRA
General
1 46 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 45 (34.35%) Finance
3 32 (24.43%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (7.63%) Legal
6 8 (6.11%) Law
7 6 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.05%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.05%) Retail
9 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Billing
10 1 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.76%) Local Government
10 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.76%) OpenAPI
1 1 (0.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.11%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.29%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.53%) NHS
3 2 (1.53%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.76%) FMCG
4 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.63%) Windows
2 8 (6.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.76%) Android
3 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.01%) Business Analysis
2 30 (22.90%) Project Management
3 27 (20.61%) Analytics
4 25 (19.08%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (17.56%) Mentoring
6 20 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (14.50%) Agile
8 18 (13.74%) Change Management
9 15 (11.45%) Customer Service
9 15 (11.45%) Data Analysis
10 14 (10.69%) Validation
11 13 (9.92%) Data Analytics
12 12 (9.16%) Actionable Insight
12 12 (9.16%) AI
12 12 (9.16%) Process Improvement
13 11 (8.40%) Coaching
13 11 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (8.40%) Decision-Making
13 11 (8.40%) DevOps
14 10 (7.63%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 37 (28.24%) SQL
2 29 (22.14%) Python
3 3 (2.29%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 22 (16.79%) Degree
2 20 (15.27%) Azure Certification
3 10 (7.63%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (7.63%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (4.58%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.76%) City & Guilds
6 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.76%) IIBA
6 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.87%) Data Quality
1 9 (6.87%) SLA
2 5 (3.82%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.29%) GDPR
4 2 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.76%) GRC
5 1 (0.76%) PMO
5 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 58 (44.27%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.63%) ForeScout
3 9 (6.87%) Cisco
3 9 (6.87%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.29%) SAP
5 2 (1.53%) Qualtrics
6 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.76%) ESRI
6 1 (0.76%) Google
6 1 (0.76%) iManage
6 1 (0.76%) Informatica
6 1 (0.76%) Intapp
6 1 (0.76%) Qualys
6 1 (0.76%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.76%) TOWER Software