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 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 14 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 92 54 159
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 5.76% 11.74% 12.55%
As % of the General category 8.65% 15.25% 21.37%
Number of salaries quoted 75 23 87
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,125 £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 £67,000 -
North West median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% +6.74%

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 1,063 354 744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 66.56% 76.96% 58.72%
Number of salaries quoted 437 179 504
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,504 £22,825
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,875 £27,500
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 £72,480
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 14 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 14 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 +10 40 £35,000 -39.13% 4
Warrington -9 14 £48,979 +1.39% 6
Knutsford -7 8 £33,500 -52.14% 12
Chester -8 5 £47,000 +17.50% 7
Northwich - 5 £65,000 -
Macclesfield -5 3 £32,000 - 2
Runcorn - 3 £82,500 - 2
Wilmslow -10 1 £37,500 -44.44%
Alderley Edge - 1 - - 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 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.26%) Confluence
3 1 (1.09%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.26%) ResourceLink
3 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.09%) Magento
3 1 (1.09%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.96%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.78%) Azure
3 4 (4.35%) AWS
3 4 (4.35%) GCP
4 3 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (2.17%) Azure AI
5 2 (2.17%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 2 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.17%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.17%) SaaS
6 1 (1.09%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.09%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.09%) IaaS
6 1 (1.09%) OCI
6 1 (1.09%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.26%) DHCP
1 3 (3.26%) DNS
1 3 (3.26%) LAN
1 3 (3.26%) WAN
2 1 (1.09%) Firewall
2 1 (1.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.96%) Power BI
2 9 (9.78%) Tableau
3 2 (2.17%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.17%) GIS
3 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.09%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.09%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) GitLab
General
1 40 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 36 (39.13%) Marketing
3 26 (28.26%) Finance
4 9 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.61%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.35%) Legal
7 3 (3.26%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.26%) Automotive
7 3 (3.26%) Digital Economy
7 3 (3.26%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.17%) Banking
8 2 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (32.61%) CRM Executive
2 23 (25.00%) Salesforce Executive
3 16 (17.39%) Analyst
4 8 (8.70%) IT Support
4 8 (8.70%) Lead
5 5 (5.43%) Data Analyst
5 5 (5.43%) Help Desk Manager
5 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Manager
5 5 (5.43%) IT Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 5 (5.43%) IT Manager
5 5 (5.43%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Senior
5 5 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (5.43%) Support Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (4.35%) IT Analyst
6 4 (4.35%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.26%) Cloud Administrator
7 3 (3.26%) Marketing Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.26%) CSS
1 3 (3.26%) HTML
2 2 (2.17%) .NET
2 2 (2.17%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (1.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (9.78%) Driving Licence
3 7 (7.61%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.61%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.26%) Life Science
5 2 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.17%) Smart Meter
5 2 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.09%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.09%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.09%) FMCG
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.26%) Windows
1 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (41.30%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (36.96%) CRM
3 29 (31.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (21.74%) Decision-Making
5 18 (19.57%) Actionable Insight
6 14 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (10.87%) Analytics
8 10 (10.87%) Coaching
8 10 (10.87%) Data Analysis
8 10 (10.87%) Data Governance
8 10 (10.87%) Data Protection
8 10 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (9.78%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (9.78%) Project Management
10 8 (8.70%) Customer Service
10 8 (8.70%) Performance Metrics
10 8 (8.70%) User Experience
11 7 (7.61%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (7.61%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.87%) SQL
2 3 (3.26%) Python
2 3 (3.26%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.17%) C#
4 1 (1.09%) R
4 1 (1.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (14.13%) Degree
2 4 (4.35%) ACCA
2 4 (4.35%) CIMA
2 4 (4.35%) HNC
2 4 (4.35%) NVQ Level 4
3 3 (3.26%) CIPD
3 3 (3.26%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.17%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.09%) CISM
5 1 (1.09%) CISSP
5 1 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.87%) GDPR
2 9 (9.78%) Data Quality
3 7 (7.61%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (4.35%) GAAP
4 4 (4.35%) IFRS
5 2 (2.17%) SEPA
5 2 (2.17%) TARGET2
6 1 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.09%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) Fluentd
1 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (36.96%) Salesforce
2 20 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.35%) EXASOL
4 3 (3.26%) Databricks
4 3 (3.26%) HubSpot
4 3 (3.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (2.17%) Adobe
5 2 (2.17%) Oracle
6 1 (1.09%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.09%) Cribl.io
6 1 (1.09%) Epicor
6 1 (1.09%) Google
6 1 (1.09%) IFS
6 1 (1.09%) Pega
6 1 (1.09%) Sage
6 1 (1.09%) SAP
6 1 (1.09%) Splunk