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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 16 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 968 848 1,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.04% 11.50% 12.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.52% 12.85% 12.57%
Number of salaries quoted 763 662 835
10th Percentile £23,800 £24,750 £23,275
25th Percentile £29,617 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £68,625 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £46,085
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.07% +2.41%

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 10,164 6,599 9,230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.53% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,697 4,001 5,389
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,351 £40,834 £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 £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -3 458 £45,000 +5.88% 106
Cheshire +8 203 £35,000 -9.09% 45
Merseyside +9 179 £35,000 -12.50% 27
Lancashire -8 102 £36,000 -10.00% 35
Cumbria -6 21 £30,500 -20.78% 8
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 241 (24.90%) Social Skills
2 223 (23.04%) Finance
3 209 (21.59%) Microsoft
4 204 (21.07%) Analytical Skills
5 180 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
6 177 (18.29%) SQL
7 145 (14.98%) Decision-Making
8 137 (14.15%) Power Platform
9 134 (13.84%) Agile
10 128 (13.22%) Microsoft Excel
11 127 (13.12%) Power BI
12 123 (12.71%) Business Intelligence
13 119 (12.29%) Microsoft 365
14 114 (11.78%) Active Directory
14 114 (11.78%) Legal
15 110 (11.36%) Customer Service
16 102 (10.54%) Analytics
17 101 (10.43%) Degree
18 95 (9.81%) ITIL
19 92 (9.50%) Microsoft Office
20 88 (9.09%) Retail
21 85 (8.78%) Windows
21 85 (8.78%) Azure
22 78 (8.06%) Visualisation
23 77 (7.95%) Coaching
24 72 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
24 72 (7.44%) Business Analysis
25 70 (7.23%) Law
26 65 (6.71%) Information Security
27 63 (6.51%) 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 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.65%) Confluence
3 11 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.93%) SAS
5 4 (0.41%) CMS
6 3 (0.31%) Moodle
7 1 (0.10%) IIS
Applications
1 128 (13.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (9.50%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.41%) Trello
7 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.10%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.45%) iTrent
2 13 (1.34%) Infor SunSystems
3 11 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.83%) Epicor Tropos
5 6 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.10%) BambooHR
8 1 (0.10%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.10%) Primavera
8 1 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 137 (14.15%) Power Platform
2 119 (12.29%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (8.78%) Azure
4 49 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
5 35 (3.62%) Entra ID
6 24 (2.48%) SaaS
7 22 (2.27%) AWS
8 8 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.72%) Google Analytics
10 6 (0.62%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.52%) BrowserStack
11 5 (0.52%) Google Data Studio
11 5 (0.52%) Google Sheets
11 5 (0.52%) OCI
12 4 (0.41%) Adobe Analytics
12 4 (0.41%) Canva
12 4 (0.41%) Miro
12 4 (0.41%) PaaS
12 4 (0.41%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.31%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.58%) Internet
2 23 (2.38%) DNS
3 20 (2.07%) Firewall
4 14 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.14%) Broadband
5 11 (1.14%) DKIM
5 11 (1.14%) DMARC
6 10 (1.03%) LAN
7 9 (0.93%) Network Security
7 9 (0.93%) WAN
8 8 (0.83%) DHCP
9 5 (0.52%) Wireless
10 4 (0.41%) SMS
11 3 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.31%) Skype
11 3 (0.31%) VoIP
11 3 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.21%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (13.12%) Power BI
2 34 (3.51%) Tableau
3 27 (2.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (2.58%) BigQuery
5 24 (2.48%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
7 16 (1.65%) Data Mining
7 16 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.45%) Power Query
9 10 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.62%) Looker
10 6 (0.62%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
12 4 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.21%) Amazon QuickSight
14 2 (0.21%) Big Data
14 2 (0.21%) GIS
Development Applications
1 33 (3.41%) JIRA
2 9 (0.93%) JMeter
3 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.52%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.41%) Postman
5 4 (0.41%) Selenium
6 3 (0.31%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.31%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.31%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.10%) Git
7 1 (0.10%) JUnit
7 1 (0.10%) Redmine
7 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.10%) TestNG
General
1 241 (24.90%) Social Skills
2 223 (23.04%) Finance
3 204 (21.07%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (11.78%) Legal
5 88 (9.09%) Retail
6 70 (7.23%) Law
7 49 (5.06%) Marketing
8 39 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (3.82%) Banking
10 26 (2.69%) Public Sector
11 20 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.45%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.03%) Games
16 8 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.72%) Health Technology
18 6 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
19 5 (0.52%) Retail Finance
19 5 (0.52%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.65%) OLE
2 12 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (1.14%) XML
4 9 (0.93%) .NET
5 8 (0.83%) HTML
5 8 (0.83%) JSON
5 8 (0.83%) REST
5 8 (0.83%) SOAP
6 7 (0.72%) Web Services
7 5 (0.52%) CSS
8 4 (0.41%) PySpark
8 4 (0.41%) RESTful
9 3 (0.31%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.21%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.21%) Playwright
11 1 (0.10%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 1 (0.10%) EDI
11 1 (0.10%) Flash
11 1 (0.10%) Middleware
11 1 (0.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.62%) Management Information System
2 29 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (2.79%) Smartphone
4 17 (1.76%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.55%) Cyberattack
6 14 (1.45%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.24%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (0.93%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.72%) Social Media
11 6 (0.62%) e-Learning
11 6 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.62%) NHS
11 6 (0.62%) Pricing Data
12 5 (0.52%) AS400
12 5 (0.52%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.52%) Life Science
12 5 (0.52%) PMI
12 5 (0.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 85 (8.78%) Windows
2 25 (2.58%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 14 (1.45%) Linux
5 13 (1.34%) Windows Vista
6 12 (1.24%) Android
7 7 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.41%) Unix
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (14.98%) Decision-Making
3 134 (13.84%) Agile
4 123 (12.71%) Business Intelligence
5 110 (11.36%) Customer Service
6 102 (10.54%) Analytics
7 95 (9.81%) ITIL
8 78 (8.06%) Visualisation
9 77 (7.95%) Coaching
10 72 (7.44%) Business Analysis
10 72 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 65 (6.71%) Information Security
12 63 (6.51%) Requirements Gathering
13 62 (6.40%) Roadmaps
14 60 (6.20%) Cybersecurity
14 60 (6.20%) ERP
15 57 (5.89%) Mentoring
16 52 (5.37%) Project Management
17 51 (5.27%) Data Analysis
18 50 (5.17%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 177 (18.29%) SQL
2 41 (4.24%) Python
3 29 (3.00%) T-SQL
4 27 (2.79%) C#
5 23 (2.38%) R
6 19 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (1.76%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.83%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.52%) Java
9 5 (0.52%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.52%) RPG
10 3 (0.31%) VBA
11 2 (0.21%) Bash
11 2 (0.21%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.10%) ABAP
12 1 (0.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (10.43%) Degree
2 24 (2.48%) Security Cleared
3 21 (2.17%) CIMA
4 19 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (1.76%) SC Cleared
6 14 (1.45%) A+ Certification
7 13 (1.34%) ACCA
7 13 (1.34%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.14%) CISSP
9 10 (1.03%) AAT
10 9 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.62%) CEH
12 6 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.52%) CFA
13 5 (0.52%) CISM
13 5 (0.52%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.41%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 37 (3.82%) SLA
2 24 (2.48%) GDPR
3 23 (2.38%) QA
4 20 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.24%) GRC
5 12 (1.24%) PMO
6 11 (1.14%) NIST
7 8 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.52%) ITGC
10 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.41%) NCSC
11 3 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.21%) EMIR
12 2 (0.21%) MiFID
12 2 (0.21%) TickIT
13 1 (0.10%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.10%) P3O
System Software
1 114 (11.78%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.03%) RACF
3 7 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.21%) vSphere
6 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.10%) Snort
6 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.10%) XenApp
6 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.93%) CASB
3 6 (0.62%) SCCM
4 5 (0.52%) Grafana
4 5 (0.52%) Kibana
4 5 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 209 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 38 (3.93%) SAP
3 22 (2.27%) Oracle
4 21 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.86%) Google
6 13 (1.34%) Infor
7 11 (1.14%) Adobe
7 11 (1.14%) iManage
7 11 (1.14%) Virgin Media
8 10 (1.03%) Citrix
8 10 (1.03%) CyberArk
9 9 (0.93%) F5
9 9 (0.93%) VMware
10 8 (0.83%) Epicor
10 8 (0.83%) YouTube
11 7 (0.72%) Rapid7
11 7 (0.72%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.72%) Veeam
11 7 (0.72%) Workday
12 6 (0.62%) Apple