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 29 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +13
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 92 70 100
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 6.72% 12.68% 12.08%
As % of the General category 9.55% 17.77% 20.53%
Number of salaries quoted 69 29 69
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,750 £23,850
25th Percentile - £41,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £39,634
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +32.46% -6.19%
75th Percentile £48,979 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 -
North West median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -

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 963 394 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 70.34% 71.38% 58.82%
Number of salaries quoted 338 174 373
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £22,832
25th Percentile £32,125 £35,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +9.20% -1.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,433
North West median annual salary £48,450 £52,000 £49,501
% change year-on-year -6.83% +5.05% -5.71%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +3 29 £35,000 -39.13% 12
Warrington -1 20 £45,974 -8.79% 9
Chester -4 11 £47,000 -12.56% 14
Knutsford -4 8 £36,750 -47.50% 3
Northwich - 5 £65,000 - 3
Macclesfield -7 3 £32,000 - 2
Runcorn - 2 - -
Wilmslow -9 1 £37,500 -44.44%
Congleton - 1 £35,000 -
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 2 (2.17%) Confluence
3 1 (1.09%) Camunda
3 1 (1.09%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (17.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.26%) ResourceLink
3 2 (2.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.09%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.09%) Primavera
4 1 (1.09%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.04%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.70%) Azure
3 4 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.26%) AWS
4 3 (3.26%) GCP
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
6 1 (1.09%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.09%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.09%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.09%) IaaS
6 1 (1.09%) OCI
6 1 (1.09%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.09%) PaaS
6 1 (1.09%) SaaS
6 1 (1.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
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 12 (13.04%) Power BI
2 8 (8.70%) Tableau
3 3 (3.26%) GIS
4 2 (2.17%) Data Mart
4 2 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.09%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) GitLab
2 2 (2.17%) Bitbucket
2 2 (2.17%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.17%) JIRA
2 2 (2.17%) SonarQube
2 2 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 50 (54.35%) Social Skills
2 27 (29.35%) Finance
3 25 (27.17%) Marketing
4 12 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.52%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.35%) Banking
6 4 (4.35%) Legal
6 4 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
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
7 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.17%) Law
8 2 (2.17%) Military
8 2 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (23.91%) CRM Executive
2 18 (19.57%) Analyst
3 16 (17.39%) Salesforce Executive
4 9 (9.78%) Lead
5 8 (8.70%) IT Support
6 6 (6.52%) Senior
7 5 (5.43%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.43%) Help Desk Manager
7 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (5.43%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (5.43%) IT Manager
7 5 (5.43%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (5.43%) Support Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Data Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Data Scientist
8 4 (4.35%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Senior Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.17%) .NET
2 1 (1.09%) CSS
2 1 (1.09%) HTML
2 1 (1.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (9.78%) Driving Licence
3 8 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 7 (7.61%) Onboarding
5 6 (6.52%) Life Science
6 4 (4.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.17%) Smart Meter
8 1 (1.09%) Credit Risk
8 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.09%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.09%) FMCG
8 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.35%) Windows
2 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (45.65%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (31.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (26.09%) Decision-Making
4 23 (25.00%) CRM
5 14 (15.22%) Actionable Insight
6 12 (13.04%) Analytics
6 12 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (11.96%) Coaching
7 11 (11.96%) Project Management
8 10 (10.87%) Data Analysis
8 10 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (9.78%) Customer Service
9 9 (9.78%) Data Protection
10 8 (8.70%) Agile
10 8 (8.70%) Customer-Centricity
10 8 (8.70%) Data Governance
10 8 (8.70%) Performance Metrics
10 8 (8.70%) User Experience
11 7 (7.61%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.70%) SQL
2 2 (2.17%) C#
2 2 (2.17%) Java
2 2 (2.17%) Python
3 1 (1.09%) R
3 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (18.48%) Degree
2 6 (6.52%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.35%) ACCA
3 4 (4.35%) CIMA
3 4 (4.35%) HNC
3 4 (4.35%) NVQ Level 4
4 3 (3.26%) CIPD
5 2 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.09%) CISM
6 1 (1.09%) CISSP
6 1 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.78%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.70%) GDPR
3 5 (5.43%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (4.35%) GAAP
4 4 (4.35%) IFRS
4 4 (4.35%) SEPA
4 4 (4.35%) TARGET2
5 1 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.09%) NIST
5 1 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) Fluentd
1 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (26.09%) Salesforce
2 18 (19.57%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.35%) EXASOL
4 3 (3.26%) Databricks
5 2 (2.17%) HubSpot
5 2 (2.17%) Oracle
6 1 (1.09%) Adobe
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%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) SAP
6 1 (1.09%) Splunk
6 1 (1.09%) WooCommerce