Analyst Jobs in the North West

Analyst
England > North West

The median Analyst salary in the North West is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 17 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 918 881 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.44% 11.10% 12.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.97% 12.47% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 741 674 862
10th Percentile £23,800 £24,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,156 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £41,374
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +2.72% +10.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £61,175
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 9,209 7,066 9,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.06% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,068 4,119 5,473
10th Percentile £27,175 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,575 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Analyst 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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 0 436 £45,000 +5.88% 84
Cheshire +10 187 £37,051 -3.76% 34
Merseyside +11 181 £35,000 -12.50% 20
Lancashire -4 89 £35,000 -24.32% 21
Cumbria -9 20 £30,500 -20.78% 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 254 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 197 (21.46%) Analytical Skills
3 193 (21.02%) Finance
4 188 (20.48%) Microsoft
5 172 (18.74%) SQL
5 172 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (15.80%) Decision-Making
7 136 (14.81%) Power Platform
8 129 (14.05%) Agile
9 126 (13.73%) Power BI
10 124 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
11 118 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
12 115 (12.53%) Microsoft Excel
13 109 (11.87%) Active Directory
13 109 (11.87%) Customer Service
14 104 (11.33%) Analytics
14 104 (11.33%) Degree
15 96 (10.46%) ITIL
16 93 (10.13%) Azure
17 92 (10.02%) Legal
18 85 (9.26%) Windows
19 84 (9.15%) Retail
20 82 (8.93%) Business Analysis
21 79 (8.61%) Microsoft Office
22 76 (8.28%) Visualisation
22 76 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
23 72 (7.84%) Law
24 71 (7.73%) Coaching
25 70 (7.63%) ERP
26 69 (7.52%) Requirements Gathering

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 18 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.63%) Confluence
3 9 (0.98%) SAS
4 8 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.44%) CMS
6 3 (0.33%) IIS
6 3 (0.33%) Moodle
Applications
1 115 (12.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (8.61%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.44%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.42%) Epicor Tropos
1 13 (1.42%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (1.42%) iTrent
2 10 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.22%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 136 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 124 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (10.13%) Azure
4 45 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (3.27%) SaaS
6 23 (2.51%) AWS
7 22 (2.40%) Entra ID
8 8 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (0.87%) Google Analytics
9 6 (0.65%) Google Workspace
9 6 (0.65%) OCI
10 5 (0.54%) BrowserStack
10 5 (0.54%) Google Sheets
11 4 (0.44%) Canva
11 4 (0.44%) Google Data Studio
11 4 (0.44%) Miro
11 4 (0.44%) PaaS
11 4 (0.44%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.33%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.72%) DNS
2 23 (2.51%) Internet
3 20 (2.18%) Firewall
4 14 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.31%) DKIM
5 12 (1.31%) DMARC
6 11 (1.20%) Broadband
7 10 (1.09%) LAN
7 10 (1.09%) WAN
8 9 (0.98%) DHCP
8 9 (0.98%) Network Security
9 5 (0.54%) VoIP
9 5 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.54%) Wireless
10 4 (0.44%) SMS
11 3 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.22%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.22%) Skype
12 2 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (13.73%) Power BI
2 32 (3.49%) Tableau
3 31 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 31 (3.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 26 (2.83%) BigQuery
5 17 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
6 16 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.63%) Data Mining
8 13 (1.42%) Power Query
9 10 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.65%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.54%) Looker
11 5 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.22%) GIS
13 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (3.49%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) JMeter
2 7 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (0.54%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.44%) Postman
5 2 (0.22%) Selenium
5 2 (0.22%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.22%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.11%) Git
6 1 (0.11%) Redmine
6 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 254 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 197 (21.46%) Analytical Skills
3 193 (21.02%) Finance
4 92 (10.02%) Legal
5 84 (9.15%) Retail
6 72 (7.84%) Law
7 45 (4.90%) Marketing
8 40 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (3.27%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.72%) Banking
11 21 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.96%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.09%) Games
16 8 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.76%) Health Technology
18 5 (0.54%) Retail Finance
18 5 (0.54%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.74%) OLE
2 11 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (1.20%) XML
3 8 (0.87%) .NET
3 8 (0.87%) JSON
3 8 (0.87%) REST
3 8 (0.87%) SOAP
4 7 (0.76%) HTML
4 7 (0.76%) Web Services
5 4 (0.44%) CSS
5 4 (0.44%) PySpark
5 4 (0.44%) RESTful
6 2 (0.22%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.22%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.22%) Playwright
7 1 (0.11%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.11%) EDI
7 1 (0.11%) Flash
7 1 (0.11%) Middleware
7 1 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (3.27%) Management Information System
1 30 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (2.94%) Smartphone
3 19 (2.07%) Onboarding
4 16 (1.74%) Cyberattack
5 14 (1.53%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (1.20%) Driving Licence
8 9 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (0.98%) Mobile App
9 7 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.65%) CCTV
10 6 (0.65%) e-Learning
10 6 (0.65%) Life Science
10 6 (0.65%) NHS
10 6 (0.65%) Pricing Data
10 6 (0.65%) Social Media
11 5 (0.54%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.54%) PMI
11 5 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 85 (9.26%) Windows
2 21 (2.29%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.18%) Windows 10
4 15 (1.63%) Linux
5 10 (1.09%) Android
5 10 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.98%) Windows Vista
7 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.44%) Unix
8 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (15.80%) Decision-Making
3 129 (14.05%) Agile
4 118 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
5 109 (11.87%) Customer Service
6 104 (11.33%) Analytics
7 96 (10.46%) ITIL
8 82 (8.93%) Business Analysis
9 76 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 76 (8.28%) Visualisation
10 71 (7.73%) Coaching
11 70 (7.63%) ERP
12 69 (7.52%) Requirements Gathering
13 63 (6.86%) Mentoring
14 60 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
14 60 (6.54%) Information Security
15 55 (5.99%) Roadmaps
16 53 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
17 52 (5.66%) Project Management
17 52 (5.66%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 172 (18.74%) SQL
2 41 (4.47%) Python
3 34 (3.70%) T-SQL
4 26 (2.83%) C#
5 23 (2.51%) R
6 18 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (0.65%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.65%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.54%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.33%) VBA
10 2 (0.22%) Bash
10 2 (0.22%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.11%) ABAP
11 1 (0.11%) Java
11 1 (0.11%) RPG
11 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (11.33%) Degree
2 25 (2.72%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (1.74%) SC Cleared
5 14 (1.53%) A+ Certification
6 12 (1.31%) DBS Check
7 10 (1.09%) CIMA
8 9 (0.98%) ACCA
8 9 (0.98%) CISSP
9 8 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.54%) CEH
12 5 (0.54%) CFA
12 5 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.54%) HND
12 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.44%) CISM
13 4 (0.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.36%) SLA
2 36 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.83%) QA
4 21 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (2.07%) GDPR
6 16 (1.74%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.42%) NIST
8 12 (1.31%) GRC
9 10 (1.09%) PMO
10 9 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.98%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.54%) ITGC
12 4 (0.44%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.44%) NCSC
13 2 (0.22%) EMIR
13 2 (0.22%) MiFID
13 2 (0.22%) TickIT
14 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 109 (11.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.22%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.11%) Snort
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.20%) CASB
3 6 (0.65%) SCCM
3 6 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 5 (0.54%) Grafana
4 5 (0.54%) Kibana
5 4 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) WSUS
8 1 (0.11%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 188 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.14%) SAP
3 23 (2.51%) Oracle
3 23 (2.51%) ServiceNow
4 19 (2.07%) Google
5 13 (1.42%) Adobe
5 13 (1.42%) Epicor
5 13 (1.42%) Infor
6 11 (1.20%) Virgin Media
6 11 (1.20%) VMware
7 9 (0.98%) Apple
7 9 (0.98%) Citrix
7 9 (0.98%) F5
7 9 (0.98%) iManage
8 8 (0.87%) YouTube
9 7 (0.76%) Rapid7
9 7 (0.76%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.76%) Veeam
10 6 (0.65%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.65%) Civica