Analytical Skills Job Trends in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 91 48 161
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 5.58% 11.40% 11.78%
As % of the General category 8.50% 14.59% 20.77%
Number of salaries quoted 78 21 83
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,755 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +10.53% +26.67%
75th Percentile £48,979 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 -
North West median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% +6.35%

All General Skills
Cheshire

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,070 329 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 65.60% 78.15% 56.69%
Number of salaries quoted 452 174 520
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,504 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,438 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +11.76% -3.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,728
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Crewe +12 45 £35,000 -39.13% 4
Warrington -7 9 £48,979 +1.39% 7
Knutsford -8 8 £36,750 -47.50% 5
Northwich -3 5 £65,000 +87.02%
Macclesfield -5 3 £32,000 - 1
Chester - 3 £47,000 - 5
Runcorn - 3 £82,500 - 2
Wilmslow -10 1 £37,500 -44.44%
Alderley Edge - 1 - - 1
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.30%) Confluence
3 1 (1.10%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (29.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.30%) ResourceLink
3 2 (2.20%) Magento
4 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.10%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.99%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.79%) Azure
3 4 (4.40%) AWS
3 4 (4.40%) GCP
4 3 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (2.20%) Azure AI
5 2 (2.20%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 2 (2.20%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.20%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.20%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.20%) SaaS
6 1 (1.10%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.10%) IaaS
6 1 (1.10%) OCI
6 1 (1.10%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.30%) DHCP
1 3 (3.30%) DNS
1 3 (3.30%) LAN
1 3 (3.30%) WAN
2 1 (1.10%) Firewall
2 1 (1.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.99%) Power BI
2 7 (7.69%) Tableau
3 2 (2.20%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.20%) Looker
3 2 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.10%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.10%) GitLab
2 1 (1.10%) JMeter
2 1 (1.10%) LoadRunner
General
1 41 (45.05%) Marketing
2 34 (37.36%) Social Skills
3 23 (25.27%) Finance
4 8 (8.79%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.30%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.30%) Automotive
6 3 (3.30%) Digital Economy
6 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.30%) Legal
7 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Electronics
8 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (37.36%) CRM Executive
2 27 (29.67%) Salesforce Executive
3 13 (14.29%) Analyst
4 8 (8.79%) IT Support
5 7 (7.69%) Lead
6 5 (5.49%) Help Desk Manager
6 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (5.49%) IT Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (5.49%) IT Manager
6 5 (5.49%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Data Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) IT Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.30%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (3.30%) Cloud Administrator
8 3 (3.30%) Lead DevOps
8 3 (3.30%) Marketing Administrator
8 3 (3.30%) Salesforce Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) .NET
1 3 (3.30%) CSS
1 3 (3.30%) HTML
2 2 (2.20%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (1.10%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.99%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 6 (6.59%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.49%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.20%) Life Science
5 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.10%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.10%) FMCG
6 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.10%) Robotics
6 1 (1.10%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Windows
1 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (42.86%) CRM
2 36 (39.56%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (29.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (20.88%) Decision-Making
5 17 (18.68%) Actionable Insight
6 14 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (12.09%) Data Protection
8 10 (10.99%) Data Governance
8 10 (10.99%) User Experience
9 9 (9.89%) Analytics
9 9 (9.89%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (9.89%) Data Analysis
9 9 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (7.69%) Coaching
10 7 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
10 7 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
10 7 (7.69%) Project Management
10 7 (7.69%) Software Engineering
11 6 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.79%) SQL
2 4 (4.40%) Python
3 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.20%) C#
5 1 (1.10%) C
5 1 (1.10%) C++
5 1 (1.10%) Java
5 1 (1.10%) R
5 1 (1.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (12.09%) Degree
2 4 (4.40%) ACCA
2 4 (4.40%) CIMA
3 3 (3.30%) CIPD
3 3 (3.30%) HNC
3 3 (3.30%) NVQ Level 4
4 2 (2.20%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.10%) CISM
5 1 (1.10%) CISSP
5 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) GDPR
2 8 (8.79%) Data Quality
3 7 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (4.40%) GAAP
4 4 (4.40%) IFRS
5 1 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.10%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (4.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) Fluentd
1 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (41.76%) Salesforce
2 20 (21.98%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.30%) Adobe
3 3 (3.30%) EXASOL
3 3 (3.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (2.20%) Google
4 2 (2.20%) HubSpot
4 2 (2.20%) Oracle
5 1 (1.10%) Cribl.io
5 1 (1.10%) Databricks
5 1 (1.10%) Epicor
5 1 (1.10%) IFS
5 1 (1.10%) Pega
5 1 (1.10%) Sage
5 1 (1.10%) SAP
5 1 (1.10%) Splunk