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 11 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 11 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +22
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 110 85 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 11.66% 9.17% 16.14%
As % of the General category 18.03% 16.73% 22.69%
Number of salaries quoted 46 31 59
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £35,153 £41,250 £23,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £50,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +81.82% -38.20%
75th Percentile £63,125 £68,750 £45,191
90th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £66,778
North West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +11.11%

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 610 508 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 64.69% 54.80% 71.13%
Number of salaries quoted 244 233 244
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,487 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% - +7.07%
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,000 £67,178
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,287 £75,700
North West median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.00% -9.09% +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 11 November 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 11 November 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 +4 29 £45,974 -8.05% 12
Chester +4 20 £57,500 -14.81% 10
Knutsford +5 10 £38,500 - 4
Nantwich - 6 £62,500 -
Wilmslow -2 3 £37,500 -47.37%
Macclesfield -3 3 £32,000 - 5
Lymm -1 2 - -
Runcorn -5 2 - - 1
Congleton - 1 £35,000 -
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Neston - 1 - -
Northwich - 1 £65,000 - 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 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.64%) Camunda
3 2 (1.82%) SAS
3 2 (1.82%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.45%) SAP WM
2 2 (1.82%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.82%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.91%) Primavera
3 1 (0.91%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 9 (8.18%) Azure
3 7 (6.36%) AWS
4 4 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (3.64%) GCP
4 4 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.82%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.91%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.91%) Azure AI
6 1 (0.91%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (0.91%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.91%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.91%) Google Gemini
6 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.91%) OCI
6 1 (0.91%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.91%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.91%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (32.73%) VPN
2 35 (31.82%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (2.73%) DHCP
3 3 (2.73%) DNS
3 3 (2.73%) LAN
3 3 (2.73%) WAN
4 1 (0.91%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.09%) Power BI
2 7 (6.36%) Tableau
3 3 (2.73%) GIS
4 2 (1.82%) Data Mart
4 2 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.82%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.91%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.91%) Power Query
5 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.36%) GitLab
2 6 (5.45%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.55%) Bitbucket
3 5 (4.55%) SonarQube
3 5 (4.55%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.91%) JIRA
General
1 51 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 46 (41.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (20.00%) Finance
4 13 (11.82%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.64%) Banking
5 4 (3.64%) Legal
5 4 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.73%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.73%) Automotive
6 3 (2.73%) Law
6 3 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.73%) Retail
6 3 (2.73%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.82%) Military
7 2 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.91%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (16.36%) Analyst
3 7 (6.36%) Lead
4 6 (5.45%) Business Analyst
4 6 (5.45%) Senior
5 5 (4.55%) Developer
5 5 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (4.55%) Software Developer
6 4 (3.64%) Backend Developer
6 4 (3.64%) Data Analyst
6 4 (3.64%) Data Scientist
6 4 (3.64%) Help Desk Manager
6 4 (3.64%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (3.64%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (3.64%) IT Manager
6 4 (3.64%) Payments Business Analyst
6 4 (3.64%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 4 (3.64%) Support Analyst
6 4 (3.64%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (2.73%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (31.82%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (3.64%) REST
3 1 (0.91%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 35 (31.82%) Cyberattack
2 9 (8.18%) Driving Licence
3 7 (6.36%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.45%) Life Science
5 4 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.82%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.91%) CCTV
8 1 (0.91%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.91%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.91%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.91%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.91%) PMI
8 1 (0.91%) Robotics
8 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (38.18%) Windows
2 37 (33.64%) Linux
3 35 (31.82%) Android
4 5 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (77.27%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (40.91%) DevOps
3 41 (37.27%) Risk Management
4 39 (35.45%) Mathematics
5 37 (33.64%) Line Management
6 36 (32.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 35 (31.82%) Platform Engineering
7 35 (31.82%) Storage Management
7 35 (31.82%) Task Automation
8 30 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (16.36%) Decision-Making
10 16 (14.55%) Project Management
11 14 (12.73%) Analytical Thinking
11 14 (12.73%) Analytics
11 14 (12.73%) Customer Service
12 12 (10.91%) ERP
13 11 (10.00%) ITIL
13 11 (10.00%) Logistics
13 11 (10.00%) Service Delivery
14 10 (9.09%) AI
Programming Languages
1 40 (36.36%) Python
2 35 (31.82%) Bash
2 35 (31.82%) PowerShell
3 12 (10.91%) SQL
4 5 (4.55%) Java
5 2 (1.82%) VBA
6 1 (0.91%) C#
6 1 (0.91%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (24.55%) Degree
2 8 (7.27%) Master's Degree
3 7 (6.36%) PMI Certification
4 6 (5.45%) PMP
5 5 (4.55%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.64%) HNC
6 4 (3.64%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (1.82%) CIPD
7 2 (1.82%) MCSA
7 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.91%) ACCA
8 1 (0.91%) CBAP
8 1 (0.91%) CIMA
8 1 (0.91%) CISM
8 1 (0.91%) CISSP
8 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.91%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.64%) Data Quality
1 4 (3.64%) SEPA
1 4 (3.64%) TARGET2
2 3 (2.73%) QA
3 2 (1.82%) GDPR
4 1 (0.91%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.91%) GAAP
4 1 (0.91%) IFRS
4 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.91%) NIST
4 1 (0.91%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (32.73%) Docker
2 35 (31.82%) Hyper-V
2 35 (31.82%) VMware NSX
2 35 (31.82%) vSphere
3 5 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 37 (33.64%) Terraform
2 35 (31.82%) Ansible
3 2 (1.82%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.91%) Fluentd
4 1 (0.91%) Grafana
Vendors
1 36 (32.73%) Splunk
2 35 (31.82%) 3PAR
2 35 (31.82%) Cisco
2 35 (31.82%) Juniper
3 11 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (7.27%) SAP
5 4 (3.64%) Databricks
5 4 (3.64%) EXASOL
6 2 (1.82%) Google
6 2 (1.82%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.82%) Oracle
7 1 (0.91%) Adobe
7 1 (0.91%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.91%) Cribl.io
7 1 (0.91%) Pega
7 1 (0.91%) WooCommerce