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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 94 126 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 5.10% 15.91% 7.92%
As % of the General category 11.48% 24.37% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 63 30 33
10th Percentile £29,148 £32,725 £32,750
25th Percentile £39,861 £36,083 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,240 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +6.48% +71.76%
75th Percentile £70,625 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,500 £78,750
North West median annual salary £46,500 £45,974 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.14% -8.05% +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 general skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 819 517 521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 44.46% 65.28% 51.58%
Number of salaries quoted 526 188 259
10th Percentile £28,661 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,298 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +2.20%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £75,000 £67,697
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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
Warrington -20 26 £55,000 +19.63% 23
Chester -8 11 £47,500 -20.83% 22
Crewe - 11 £45,000 - 6
Alderley Edge -3 9 £73,500 - 1
Knutsford +2 7 £85,000 +120.78% 18
Neston -2 6 - -
Runcorn -7 3 £37,500 - 3
Northwich - 3 £39,722 - 3
Congleton -7 2 £55,000 +57.14% 3
Winsford - 2 - - 6
Nantwich -3 1 £56,500 -9.60%
Lymm -5 1 £55,000 -
Macclesfield - 1 £35,000 - 3
Ellesmere Port - 1 £42,500 - 2
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 12 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 10 (10.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.26%) CMS
4 2 (2.13%) Confluence
5 1 (1.06%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.06%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.06%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (2.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (27.66%) Power Platform
2 19 (20.21%) Azure
3 15 (15.96%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (12.77%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (12.77%) PowerApps
4 12 (12.77%) SaaS
5 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (8.51%) Boomi
7 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (7.45%) GitHub
8 2 (2.13%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.13%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.06%) AWS
9 1 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.06%) GCP
9 1 (1.06%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.26%) Wireless
2 3 (3.19%) SD-WAN
2 3 (3.19%) SNMP
2 3 (3.19%) WAN
3 1 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.06%) DNS
3 1 (1.06%) Firewall
3 1 (1.06%) WebEx
3 1 (1.06%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.89%) Power BI
2 8 (8.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.19%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.06%) Data Mart
4 1 (1.06%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (10.64%) JIRA
General
1 48 (51.06%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.66%) Finance
3 17 (18.09%) Retail
4 16 (17.02%) Marketing
5 13 (13.83%) Manufacturing
6 12 (12.77%) Law
7 11 (11.70%) Legal
8 8 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (7.45%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (6.38%) Automotive
11 3 (3.19%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (2.13%) Banking
12 2 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (2.13%) Public Sector
13 1 (1.06%) Aerospace
13 1 (1.06%) Electronics
13 1 (1.06%) Games
13 1 (1.06%) Military
13 1 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (27.66%) Analyst
2 21 (22.34%) Senior
3 11 (11.70%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 11 (11.70%) Report Analyst
4 10 (10.64%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (9.57%) Developer
6 7 (7.45%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (7.45%) Senior Developer
7 6 (6.38%) E-Commerce Executive
8 5 (5.32%) Applications Manager
8 5 (5.32%) Data Analyst
8 5 (5.32%) Project Analyst
8 5 (5.32%) Senior Data Analyst
8 5 (5.32%) Senior Reporting Analyst
8 5 (5.32%) Support Analyst
9 4 (4.26%) IT Support
9 4 (4.26%) ITSM Analyst
10 3 (3.19%) E-Commerce Support
10 3 (3.19%) Platform Manager
10 3 (3.19%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) Middleware
1 8 (8.51%) REST
2 7 (7.45%) EDI
2 7 (7.45%) JSON
2 7 (7.45%) SOAP
2 7 (7.45%) XML
3 1 (1.06%) Node.js
3 1 (1.06%) OAuth
3 1 (1.06%) OpenID
3 1 (1.06%) RESTful
3 1 (1.06%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.02%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.45%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.38%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.26%) Social Media
5 3 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.13%) Life Science
6 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.06%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (60.64%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (38.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (31.91%) CRM
4 24 (25.53%) Customer Service
5 23 (24.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (23.40%) User Acceptance Testing
7 21 (22.34%) Mentoring
8 18 (19.15%) ERP
8 18 (19.15%) Roadmaps
9 17 (18.09%) Decision-Making
9 17 (18.09%) Supplier Management
9 17 (18.09%) User Experience
10 15 (15.96%) ITIL
10 15 (15.96%) Logistics
11 14 (14.89%) Performance Management
11 14 (14.89%) Project Management
12 13 (13.83%) Customer Experience
12 13 (13.83%) Line Management
13 12 (12.77%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (12.77%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.89%) SQL
2 3 (3.19%) Python
3 1 (1.06%) Bash
3 1 (1.06%) C#
3 1 (1.06%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.06%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (1.06%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.06%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (11.70%) Degree
2 4 (4.26%) ACCA
2 4 (4.26%) CIMA
3 3 (3.19%) DBS Check
3 3 (3.19%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.06%) HNC
5 1 (1.06%) HND
5 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.06%) PhD
5 1 (1.06%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.02%) GDPR
2 9 (9.57%) QA
3 8 (8.51%) TickIT
4 5 (5.32%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (2.13%) GAAP
6 1 (1.06%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (1.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 37 (39.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.32%) Salesforce
3 4 (4.26%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.19%) Splunk
5 2 (2.13%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.13%) Cisco
6 1 (1.06%) Arista
6 1 (1.06%) Avaya
6 1 (1.06%) Genesys
6 1 (1.06%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.06%) IBM
6 1 (1.06%) NetScout
6 1 (1.06%) Oracle
6 1 (1.06%) SevOne
6 1 (1.06%) Siemens
6 1 (1.06%) VMware