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 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 17 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 929 850 1,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.31% 11.00% 12.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.84% 12.28% 12.70%
Number of salaries quoted 737 661 841
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,484 £31,125 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,310
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +5.43% +7.49%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £66,250 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% +4.97% +0.56%

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 9,439 6,920 9,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.53% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,250 4,044 5,351
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +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 19 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 19 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 +3 437 £45,000 +5.88% 94
Cheshire +12 193 £35,000 -9.09% 49
Merseyside +12 181 £35,000 -12.50% 28
Lancashire -7 92 £35,000 -17.65% 29
Cumbria -7 21 £30,500 -20.78% 3
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 246 (26.48%) Social Skills
2 202 (21.74%) Finance
3 199 (21.42%) Microsoft
4 198 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
5 175 (18.84%) SQL
6 174 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
7 144 (15.50%) Decision-Making
8 135 (14.53%) Power Platform
9 126 (13.56%) Agile
10 125 (13.46%) Power BI
11 121 (13.02%) Microsoft Excel
11 121 (13.02%) Microsoft 365
12 116 (12.49%) Business Intelligence
13 112 (12.06%) Customer Service
14 111 (11.95%) Active Directory
15 105 (11.30%) Legal
16 101 (10.87%) Degree
17 99 (10.66%) Analytics
18 94 (10.12%) ITIL
19 90 (9.69%) Retail
19 90 (9.69%) Azure
20 84 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
21 80 (8.61%) Windows
22 78 (8.40%) Visualisation
23 76 (8.18%) Business Analysis
24 73 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
24 73 (7.86%) Coaching
25 72 (7.75%) Law
26 68 (7.32%) ERP
27 65 (7.00%) 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 17 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.61%) Confluence
3 9 (0.97%) SAS
3 9 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.43%) CMS
5 3 (0.32%) IIS
5 3 (0.32%) Moodle
Applications
1 121 (13.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.43%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.40%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (1.40%) iTrent
2 11 (1.18%) Epicor Tropos
3 10 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 135 (14.53%) Power Platform
2 121 (13.02%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (9.69%) Azure
4 46 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
5 28 (3.01%) Entra ID
5 28 (3.01%) SaaS
6 24 (2.58%) AWS
7 8 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (0.86%) Google Analytics
8 6 (0.65%) Google Workspace
8 6 (0.65%) OCI
9 5 (0.54%) BrowserStack
9 5 (0.54%) Google Sheets
10 4 (0.43%) Canva
10 4 (0.43%) Google Data Studio
10 4 (0.43%) Miro
10 4 (0.43%) PaaS
10 4 (0.43%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.32%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.58%) DNS
1 24 (2.58%) Internet
2 18 (1.94%) Firewall
3 14 (1.51%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.29%) DKIM
4 12 (1.29%) DMARC
5 11 (1.18%) Broadband
6 10 (1.08%) LAN
6 10 (1.08%) WAN
7 9 (0.97%) DHCP
7 9 (0.97%) Network Security
8 5 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.54%) Wireless
9 4 (0.43%) SMS
10 3 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.32%) VoIP
11 2 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.22%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.22%) Skype
11 2 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (13.46%) Power BI
2 34 (3.66%) Tableau
3 30 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 29 (3.12%) SQL Server
5 25 (2.69%) BigQuery
6 17 (1.83%) BusinessObjects
7 16 (1.72%) Data Mining
7 16 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.51%) Power Query
9 10 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.75%) Looker
11 6 (0.65%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon QuickSight
14 2 (0.22%) GIS
15 1 (0.11%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 32 (3.44%) JIRA
2 8 (0.86%) JMeter
3 7 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.54%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.43%) Postman
6 3 (0.32%) Selenium
7 2 (0.22%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.22%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.11%) Git
8 1 (0.11%) JUnit
8 1 (0.11%) Redmine
8 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 246 (26.48%) Social Skills
2 202 (21.74%) Finance
3 198 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (11.30%) Legal
5 90 (9.69%) Retail
6 72 (7.75%) Law
7 48 (5.17%) Marketing
8 39 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (3.34%) Banking
10 26 (2.80%) Public Sector
11 20 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.51%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.08%) Games
16 8 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.75%) Health Technology
18 6 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
19 5 (0.54%) Retail Finance
19 5 (0.54%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.72%) OLE
2 11 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (1.18%) XML
3 9 (0.97%) .NET
4 8 (0.86%) JSON
4 8 (0.86%) REST
4 8 (0.86%) SOAP
5 7 (0.75%) HTML
5 7 (0.75%) Web Services
6 4 (0.43%) CSS
6 4 (0.43%) PySpark
6 4 (0.43%) RESTful
7 2 (0.22%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.22%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.22%) Playwright
8 1 (0.11%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.11%) EDI
8 1 (0.11%) Flash
8 1 (0.11%) Middleware
8 1 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (3.34%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (2.91%) Smartphone
4 18 (1.94%) Onboarding
5 16 (1.72%) Cyberattack
6 14 (1.51%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (0.97%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.65%) CCTV
11 6 (0.65%) e-Learning
11 6 (0.65%) Life Science
11 6 (0.65%) NHS
11 6 (0.65%) Pricing Data
11 6 (0.65%) Social Media
12 5 (0.54%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.54%) PMI
12 5 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 80 (8.61%) Windows
2 21 (2.26%) Windows 10
3 19 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.51%) Linux
5 11 (1.18%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.08%) Android
7 9 (0.97%) Windows Vista
8 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.43%) Unix
10 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (15.50%) Decision-Making
3 126 (13.56%) Agile
4 116 (12.49%) Business Intelligence
5 112 (12.06%) Customer Service
6 99 (10.66%) Analytics
7 94 (10.12%) ITIL
8 78 (8.40%) Visualisation
9 76 (8.18%) Business Analysis
10 73 (7.86%) Coaching
10 73 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 68 (7.32%) ERP
12 65 (7.00%) Requirements Gathering
13 61 (6.57%) Information Security
14 59 (6.35%) Mentoring
14 59 (6.35%) Roadmaps
15 58 (6.24%) Cybersecurity
16 52 (5.60%) Project Management
17 50 (5.38%) Dashboard Development
17 50 (5.38%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 175 (18.84%) SQL
2 42 (4.52%) Python
3 31 (3.34%) T-SQL
4 27 (2.91%) C#
5 23 (2.48%) R
6 19 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.65%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.32%) Java
10 3 (0.32%) RPG
10 3 (0.32%) VBA
11 2 (0.22%) Bash
11 2 (0.22%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.11%) ABAP
12 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (10.87%) Degree
2 24 (2.58%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (1.83%) CIMA
5 16 (1.72%) SC Cleared
6 14 (1.51%) A+ Certification
7 12 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.08%) AAT
9 9 (0.97%) ACCA
9 9 (0.97%) CISSP
10 8 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.75%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.54%) CEH
13 5 (0.54%) CFA
13 5 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.43%) CISM
14 4 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.09%) SLA
2 34 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (2.37%) GDPR
3 22 (2.37%) QA
4 20 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.40%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.29%) GRC
6 12 (1.29%) PMO
7 11 (1.18%) NIST
8 8 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.54%) ITGC
10 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.43%) NCSC
11 3 (0.32%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.22%) EMIR
12 2 (0.22%) MiFID
12 2 (0.22%) TickIT
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 111 (11.95%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.43%) RACF
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 15 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.08%) CASB
3 6 (0.65%) SCCM
4 5 (0.54%) Grafana
4 5 (0.54%) Kibana
4 5 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 199 (21.42%) Microsoft
2 37 (3.98%) SAP
3 23 (2.48%) Oracle
4 22 (2.37%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.94%) Google
6 13 (1.40%) Adobe
6 13 (1.40%) Infor
7 11 (1.18%) Epicor
7 11 (1.18%) Virgin Media
8 10 (1.08%) VMware
9 9 (0.97%) Apple
9 9 (0.97%) Citrix
9 9 (0.97%) F5
9 9 (0.97%) iManage
10 8 (0.86%) YouTube
11 7 (0.75%) Rapid7
11 7 (0.75%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.75%) Veeam
12 6 (0.65%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.65%) Civica