Analytical Skills Job Trends in Dorset

Analytical Skills
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 27 29
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 24 23 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 5.25% 5.99% 5.42%
As % of the General category 10.13% 11.33% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 16
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,200 £19,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £31,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £62,575 £56,250 £54,875
90th Percentile £64,560 £57,500 £60,625
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,211 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.13% +13.80% -

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 237 203 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 51.86% 52.86% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 187 104 115
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,813 £27,000
25th Percentile £27,707 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £78,250
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Dorset

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Dorset over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in Dorset

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bournemouth +9 17 £40,000 -27.27% 43
Weymouth - 2 £60,850 - 1
Analytical Skills
South West

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (50.00%) Chatbot
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Google Analytics
2 1 (4.17%) GCP
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (8.33%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (8.33%) Metadata
1 2 (8.33%) Metadata Repository
1 2 (8.33%) Tableau
2 1 (4.17%) Airbyte
2 1 (4.17%) BigQuery
2 1 (4.17%) Couchbase
2 1 (4.17%) MySQL
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Banking
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Marketing
3 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (8.33%) Law
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.33%) Retail
4 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Trainer
2 2 (8.33%) Analyst
2 2 (8.33%) Applications Support
2 2 (8.33%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (8.33%) Architect
2 2 (8.33%) Data Architect
2 2 (8.33%) E-Commerce Specialist
2 2 (8.33%) ITSM Analyst
2 2 (8.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (4.17%) Account Manager
3 1 (4.17%) Administrator
3 1 (4.17%) Analytics Manager
3 1 (4.17%) DBA
3 1 (4.17%) Lead
3 1 (4.17%) Senior
3 1 (4.17%) Senior DBA
3 1 (4.17%) Technical Leader
3 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Laravel
1 1 (4.17%) NumPy
1 1 (4.17%) Pandas
1 1 (4.17%) PyTorch
1 1 (4.17%) scikit-learn
1 1 (4.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Reference Data
2 1 (4.17%) AI Agents
2 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) AI
2 12 (50.00%) Chemistry
2 12 (50.00%) Conversational UI
3 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.83%) Analytics
5 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Data Governance
6 3 (12.50%) Data Management
6 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 2 (8.33%) Agile
7 2 (8.33%) Data Modelling
7 2 (8.33%) E-Commerce
7 2 (8.33%) ITSM
7 2 (8.33%) Programme Management
7 2 (8.33%) SEO
7 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Degree
2 12 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 12 (50.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) PayPal
2 3 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) New Relic
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) TikTok