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 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 14 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +30
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 100 53 52
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 16.45% 7.21% 11.11%
As % of the General category 26.25% 13.45% 18.51%
Number of salaries quoted 18 22 35
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,800 £31,550
25th Percentile £41,000 £32,063 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £43,750 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.14% +6.71% -13.68%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £64,125 £65,725 £66,860
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

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 common skills in Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 381 394 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 62.66% 53.61% 60.04%
Number of salaries quoted 152 210 195
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £41,500 £49,183
Median % change year-on-year +17.40% -15.62% +3.54%
75th Percentile £60,625 £62,500 £58,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +3.45%

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 17 October 2025.

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 17 October 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
Liverpool +6 88 £53,000 +16.48% 29
Southport - 1 - - 2
Prenton - 1 - -
Bootle - 1 - -
Birkenhead - 1 - - 4
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 1 (1.00%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (1.00%) WinCC
Applications
1 57 (57.00%) Chatbot
2 14 (14.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.00%) AWS
3 4 (4.00%) GCP
3 4 (4.00%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.00%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.00%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Advertising
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.00%) VPN
2 5 (5.00%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (3.00%) DNS
4 1 (1.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.00%) Power BI
1 7 (7.00%) Tableau
2 4 (4.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (4.00%) BigQuery
2 4 (4.00%) Looker
3 3 (3.00%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.00%) Metadata
5 1 (1.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 17 (17.00%) Finance
2 16 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (9.00%) Manufacturing
4 8 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.00%) Retail
7 3 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.00%) Law
8 2 (2.00%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.00%) Advertising
9 1 (1.00%) Banking
9 1 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (60.00%) Trainer
2 17 (17.00%) Analyst
3 10 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 7 (7.00%) Senior
4 7 (7.00%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (6.00%) Lecturer
6 5 (5.00%) HR Specialist
6 5 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.00%) QA Manager
6 5 (5.00%) Quality Manager
6 5 (5.00%) Senior Data Analyst
7 3 (3.00%) Developer
7 3 (3.00%) Software Developer
7 3 (3.00%) Trainee
7 3 (3.00%) Trainee Analyst
7 3 (3.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 2 (2.00%) Business Analyst
9 1 (1.00%) Applications Support
9 1 (1.00%) Senior Business Analyst
9 1 (1.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) Cyberattack
2 6 (6.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (3.00%) Robotics
5 1 (1.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.00%) SCADA
5 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.00%) Android
1 8 (8.00%) Linux
2 6 (6.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (65.00%) AI
2 60 (60.00%) Chemistry
3 57 (57.00%) Conversational UI
4 24 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (9.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 8 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (8.00%) Data Analysis
6 8 (8.00%) Line Management
6 8 (8.00%) Mathematics
7 7 (7.00%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (6.00%) Coaching
8 6 (6.00%) Dashboard Development
8 6 (6.00%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (6.00%) Decision-Making
8 6 (6.00%) Innovative Thinking
8 6 (6.00%) Logistics
8 6 (6.00%) Risk Management
8 6 (6.00%) Visualisation
9 5 (5.00%) Data Science
9 5 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.00%) Python
2 12 (12.00%) SQL
3 5 (5.00%) Bash
3 5 (5.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.00%) C++
4 3 (3.00%) Go
4 3 (3.00%) Java
5 1 (1.00%) R
Qualifications
1 80 (80.00%) Degree
2 61 (61.00%) Master's Degree
3 57 (57.00%) PhD
4 3 (3.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.00%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.00%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.00%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.00%) QA
2 3 (3.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.00%) GRC
3 1 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.00%) NIST
3 1 (1.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (8.00%) Docker
2 5 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (5.00%) VMware NSX
2 5 (5.00%) vSphere
3 1 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (8.00%) Ansible
2 5 (5.00%) Terraform
3 1 (1.00%) AssetCenter
3 1 (1.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (57.00%) PayPal
2 13 (13.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (8.00%) Google
4 6 (6.00%) Cisco
4 6 (6.00%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.00%) 3PAR
5 5 (5.00%) Adobe
5 5 (5.00%) Juniper
5 5 (5.00%) Splunk
5 5 (5.00%) Workday
6 4 (4.00%) HubSpot
7 3 (3.00%) Databricks
7 3 (3.00%) SAP
8 2 (2.00%) Oracle
9 1 (1.00%) Civica
9 1 (1.00%) Northgate
9 1 (1.00%) Orchard
9 1 (1.00%) Rockwell
9 1 (1.00%) Siemens
9 1 (1.00%) VMware