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 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 100 125 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 5.43% 16.62% 7.02%
As % of the General category 12.79% 25.00% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 79 28 32
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,938 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,458 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +17.95% +57.97%
75th Percentile £75,250 £63,750 £54,063
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,500 £78,750
North West median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -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 general skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 782 500 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 42.50% 66.49% 48.31%
Number of salaries quoted 553 180 290
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,936 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,939 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +1.18% -10.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,566
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,484
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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -17 26 £55,000 +40.83% 23
Crewe - 19 £40,000 - 9
Alderley Edge -1 18 £71,750 - 2
Knutsford +2 7 £82,500 +28.40% 21
Chester -16 6 £47,500 -19.15% 38
Runcorn -4 4 £37,500 - 2
Northwich +4 3 £39,722 +14.29% 2
Nantwich -4 1 £56,500 -9.60%
Lymm -5 1 £55,000 -
Neston -5 1 - - 2
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 17 (17.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (12.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.00%) CMS
4 1 (1.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (6.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (3.00%) Magento
3 3 (3.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 36 (36.00%) Power Platform
2 25 (25.00%) Azure
3 21 (21.00%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (17.00%) Boomi
5 16 (16.00%) PowerApps
6 15 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (12.00%) GitHub
7 12 (12.00%) SaaS
8 11 (11.00%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (6.00%) Power Automate
10 3 (3.00%) Google Analytics
11 1 (1.00%) AWS
11 1 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.00%) GCP
11 1 (1.00%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.00%) Wireless
2 1 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.00%) DNS
2 1 (1.00%) Firewall
2 1 (1.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.00%) SNMP
2 1 (1.00%) WAN
2 1 (1.00%) WebEx
2 1 (1.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (24.00%) Power BI
2 13 (13.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.00%) Looker
3 3 (3.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.00%) Data Mart
4 1 (1.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (13.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.00%) JMeter
2 1 (1.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 42 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 27 (27.00%) Marketing
3 26 (26.00%) Finance
3 26 (26.00%) Retail
4 12 (12.00%) Law
5 11 (11.00%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (11.00%) Legal
5 11 (11.00%) Manufacturing
6 7 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.00%) Automotive
7 3 (3.00%) Banking
7 3 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.00%) Electronics
8 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.00%) Publishing
9 1 (1.00%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.00%) Games
9 1 (1.00%) Police
9 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (27.00%) Analyst
2 24 (24.00%) Senior
3 13 (13.00%) Developer
3 13 (13.00%) Report Analyst
4 12 (12.00%) Senior Developer
5 11 (11.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 8 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (7.00%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (6.00%) Business Analyst
8 6 (6.00%) CRM Executive
8 6 (6.00%) Data Analyst
8 6 (6.00%) E-Commerce Specialist
8 6 (6.00%) Project Analyst
8 6 (6.00%) Salesforce Executive
8 6 (6.00%) Senior Data Analyst
8 6 (6.00%) Senior Reporting Analyst
9 5 (5.00%) Applications Manager
9 5 (5.00%) E-Commerce Executive
10 4 (4.00%) IT Support
10 4 (4.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (17.00%) Middleware
1 17 (17.00%) REST
2 12 (12.00%) EDI
2 12 (12.00%) JSON
2 12 (12.00%) SOAP
2 12 (12.00%) XML
3 2 (2.00%) .NET
4 1 (1.00%) Node.js
4 1 (1.00%) OAuth
4 1 (1.00%) OpenID
4 1 (1.00%) RESTful
4 1 (1.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.00%) Product Ownership
2 13 (13.00%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.00%) Social Media
5 2 (2.00%) Life Science
5 2 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.00%) Robotics
6 1 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.00%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (61.00%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (46.00%) CRM
3 29 (29.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (28.00%) Customer Service
5 26 (26.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 23 (23.00%) ERP
6 23 (23.00%) Mentoring
6 23 (23.00%) Roadmaps
7 22 (22.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (17.00%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (17.00%) User Experience
9 14 (14.00%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (14.00%) Customer Experience
10 13 (13.00%) Customer Insight
10 13 (13.00%) Line Management
10 13 (13.00%) Performance Management
10 13 (13.00%) Release Management
10 13 (13.00%) Supplier Management
11 12 (12.00%) API Integration
11 12 (12.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.00%) SQL
2 3 (3.00%) Python
3 2 (2.00%) C
3 2 (2.00%) C++
4 1 (1.00%) Bash
4 1 (1.00%) C#
4 1 (1.00%) Java
4 1 (1.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (9.00%) Degree
2 4 (4.00%) ACCA
2 4 (4.00%) CIMA
3 3 (3.00%) DBS Check
3 3 (3.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.00%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.00%) HNC
5 1 (1.00%) HND
5 1 (1.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.00%) TickIT
2 16 (16.00%) GDPR
3 8 (8.00%) QA
4 5 (5.00%) PMO
5 4 (4.00%) Data Quality
6 2 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (2.00%) GAAP
System Software
1 4 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (1.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 44 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.00%) Salesforce
3 5 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.00%) Adobe
4 3 (3.00%) Google
5 2 (2.00%) Cisco
6 1 (1.00%) Arista
6 1 (1.00%) Avaya
6 1 (1.00%) Genesys
6 1 (1.00%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.00%) IBM
6 1 (1.00%) NetScout
6 1 (1.00%) Oracle
6 1 (1.00%) SevOne
6 1 (1.00%) Splunk
6 1 (1.00%) VMware