Analytical Skills Job Trends in Merseyside

Analytical Skills
North West > Merseyside

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +11
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 86 93 78
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 6.79% 17.38% 8.84%
As % of the General category 15.58% 25.20% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 72 7 48
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £32,025
25th Percentile £37,188 £43,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £55,275 £58,750 £61,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £61,500 £68,750
North West median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% +5.26%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 552 369 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 43.57% 68.97% 49.77%
Number of salaries quoted 323 150 304
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +8.43% -7.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,938 £61,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,625 £76,825
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

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

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in Merseyside

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Liverpool -9 71 £45,250 -14.62% 34
Birkenhead -1 6 £57,500 - 3
St Helens - 2 £37,500 - 1
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (29.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (19.77%) MS Visio
3 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.65%) SAP PP
1 4 (4.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) Power Platform
2 14 (16.28%) Azure
3 8 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.98%) SaaS
5 5 (5.81%) GCP
5 5 (5.81%) Google Analytics
6 4 (4.65%) Snowflake
7 3 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (2.33%) AWS
8 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.33%) IaaS
8 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.16%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.65%) DHCP
1 4 (4.65%) DNS
2 3 (3.49%) SD-WAN
2 3 (3.49%) WAN
3 2 (2.33%) SNMP
4 1 (1.16%) Firewall
4 1 (1.16%) LAN
4 1 (1.16%) Network Security
4 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (30.23%) Power BI
2 7 (8.14%) Tableau
3 5 (5.81%) BigQuery
3 5 (5.81%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (5.81%) Looker
3 5 (5.81%) Power Query
4 4 (4.65%) Data Mining
4 4 (4.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (3.49%) OLAP
5 3 (3.49%) PowerPivot
5 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.16%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (5.81%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) MLflow
2 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 42 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.09%) Finance
3 12 (13.95%) Legal
4 9 (10.47%) Law
5 7 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (6.98%) Retail
7 5 (5.81%) Marketing
8 4 (4.65%) Legal Technology
8 4 (4.65%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.33%) Automotive
9 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.16%) Advertising
10 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (47.67%) Analyst
2 15 (17.44%) Business Analyst
3 14 (16.28%) Technical Analyst
4 11 (12.79%) Technical Business Analyst
5 8 (9.30%) Consultant
5 8 (9.30%) Support Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 7 (8.14%) Data Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Developer
6 7 (8.14%) Junior
6 7 (8.14%) Junior Analyst
7 6 (6.98%) Head of QA
8 5 (5.81%) Applications Support
8 5 (5.81%) Applications Support Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) Digital Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) Junior Applications Support
8 5 (5.81%) Junior Support Analyst
9 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (4.65%) Operations Manager
9 4 (4.65%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) SAP Core Interface
1 4 (4.65%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.16%) JSON
2 1 (1.16%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.16%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.16%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.16%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.16%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.79%) Windows
2 4 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (61.63%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (33.72%) Analytics
3 27 (31.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (25.58%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (24.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (22.09%) Project Management
7 18 (20.93%) Actionable Insight
7 18 (20.93%) Data Analysis
8 16 (18.60%) Service Delivery
9 15 (17.44%) User Stories
9 15 (17.44%) Workshop Facilitation
10 14 (16.28%) Data Mapping
10 14 (16.28%) Decision-Making
10 14 (16.28%) GAP Analysis
10 14 (16.28%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (16.28%) Wireframes
11 12 (13.95%) CRM
12 10 (11.63%) E-Commerce
12 10 (11.63%) ERP
12 10 (11.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (36.05%) SQL
2 12 (13.95%) Python
3 4 (4.65%) R
4 3 (3.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.33%) C
5 2 (2.33%) C++
5 2 (2.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (6.98%) Degree
1 6 (6.98%) IRCA
2 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) ACCA
3 2 (2.33%) CIMA
3 2 (2.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.16%) CCNA
4 1 (1.16%) CCNP
4 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.16%) CISSP
4 1 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.16%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.28%) QA
2 11 (12.79%) GDPR
3 6 (6.98%) Data Quality
3 6 (6.98%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.16%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (9.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) DFS Replication
3 1 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (37.21%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.30%) Aderant
2 8 (9.30%) iManage
2 8 (9.30%) Intapp
3 7 (8.14%) SAP
4 6 (6.98%) Google
5 4 (4.65%) VMware
6 2 (2.33%) Adaptive Insights
6 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.33%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.33%) Workday
7 1 (1.16%) Ahrefs
7 1 (1.16%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.16%) Cisco
7 1 (1.16%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.16%) IFS
7 1 (1.16%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.16%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (1.16%) TOWER Software