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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 19 10
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +20
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 125 81 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 16.45% 7.20% 14.77%
As % of the General category 24.80% 14.89% 20.90%
Number of salaries quoted 27 33 59
10th Percentile £32,875 £27,500 £23,550
25th Percentile £36,555 £32,750 £23,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £30,221
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +65.45% -39.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £48,221
90th Percentile £71,500 £78,750 £66,778
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

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 common skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 504 544 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 66.32% 48.36% 70.66%
Number of salaries quoted 183 291 248
10th Percentile £26,987 £26,250 £22,640
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,116 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% -9.23% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,302 £66,851
90th Percentile £77,000 £68,484 £78,225
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.21% +2.43%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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
Warrington +9 38 £39,055 -8.11% 36
Chester +11 22 £58,750 -27.69% 19
Nantwich - 6 £62,500 -
Knutsford +5 5 £64,250 - 13
Lymm +3 3 - -
Wilmslow +1 2 - - 2
Northwich - 2 £34,755 -
Runcorn -1 1 - - 3
Neston - 1 - -
Congleton - 1 £35,000 -
Frodsham - 1 - -
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Widnes - 1 - - 1
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 5 (4.00%) SAS
2 4 (3.20%) Camunda
3 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.80%) SAP WM
2 2 (1.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.80%) Primavera
3 1 (0.80%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.60%) Power Platform
2 5 (4.00%) AWS
3 3 (2.40%) Azure
3 3 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.60%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.80%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.80%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.80%) GCP
5 1 (0.80%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.80%) Google Gemini
5 1 (0.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (52.80%) VPN
2 39 (31.20%) Cisco IOS
3 27 (21.60%) DNS
4 1 (0.80%) ADSL
4 1 (0.80%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.60%) Power BI
2 5 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.60%) Data Mart
3 2 (1.60%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.60%) GIS
3 2 (1.60%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.80%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (5.60%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.80%) GitLab
3 5 (4.00%) Bitbucket
3 5 (4.00%) SonarQube
3 5 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.80%) CircleCI
General
1 70 (56.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 42 (33.60%) Finance
3 37 (29.60%) Social Skills
4 13 (10.40%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.00%) Legal
6 4 (3.20%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.40%) Banking
7 3 (2.40%) Law
7 3 (2.40%) Retail
8 2 (1.60%) Military
8 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.80%) Advertising
9 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Marketing
9 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (31.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (25.60%) Developer
2 32 (25.60%) Software Developer
3 8 (6.40%) Analyst
3 8 (6.40%) QA Manager
3 8 (6.40%) Quality Manager
4 5 (4.00%) Data Manager
4 5 (4.00%) Data Warehouse Manager
4 5 (4.00%) Lead
5 4 (3.20%) Backend Developer
5 4 (3.20%) Business Analyst
5 4 (3.20%) Data Scientist
6 3 (2.40%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (2.40%) Payments Business Analyst
7 2 (1.60%) Accountant
7 2 (1.60%) Cloud Engineer
7 2 (1.60%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.60%) GIS Team Leader
7 2 (1.60%) Insight Analyst
7 2 (1.60%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (31.20%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (3.20%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 66 (52.80%) Cyberattack
2 4 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (3.20%) Life Science
3 3 (2.40%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.80%) CCTV
5 1 (0.80%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.80%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.80%) PMI
5 1 (0.80%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 71 (56.80%) Linux
2 66 (52.80%) Android
3 46 (36.80%) Windows
4 2 (1.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (64.80%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (56.00%) Mathematics
3 67 (53.60%) Line Management
4 48 (38.40%) DevOps
5 45 (36.00%) Risk Management
6 40 (32.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (31.20%) Platform Engineering
7 39 (31.20%) Storage Management
7 39 (31.20%) Task Automation
8 34 (27.20%) Agile
9 27 (21.60%) Android Development
9 27 (21.60%) Design Patterns
9 27 (21.60%) OO
9 27 (21.60%) OOP
10 19 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (12.80%) Analytical Thinking
11 16 (12.80%) Logistics
12 14 (11.20%) Analytics
12 14 (11.20%) Decision-Making
13 13 (10.40%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (58.40%) Python
2 39 (31.20%) Bash
2 39 (31.20%) PowerShell
3 32 (25.60%) Java
4 27 (21.60%) C++
4 27 (21.60%) Go
5 9 (7.20%) SQL
6 2 (1.60%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (21.60%) DV Cleared
1 27 (21.60%) Security Cleared
2 26 (20.80%) Degree
3 7 (5.60%) PMI Certification
4 6 (4.80%) DBS Check
4 6 (4.80%) Master's Degree
4 6 (4.80%) PMP
5 5 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.60%) MCSA
6 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.80%) ACCA
7 1 (0.80%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.80%) CBAP
7 1 (0.80%) CCAB
7 1 (0.80%) CIMA
7 1 (0.80%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.80%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.80%) QA
2 6 (4.80%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.40%) SEPA
3 3 (2.40%) TARGET2
4 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (53.60%) Docker
2 39 (31.20%) Hyper-V
2 39 (31.20%) VMware NSX
2 39 (31.20%) vSphere
3 2 (1.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 66 (52.80%) Ansible
2 41 (32.80%) Terraform
3 1 (0.80%) Grafana
3 1 (0.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 39 (31.20%) 3PAR
1 39 (31.20%) Cisco
1 39 (31.20%) Juniper
1 39 (31.20%) Splunk
2 8 (6.40%) SAP
3 6 (4.80%) Oracle
4 2 (1.60%) Google
4 2 (1.60%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.60%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.80%) Adobe
5 1 (0.80%) Apple
5 1 (0.80%) Databricks
5 1 (0.80%) WooCommerce