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 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	13	8	15
Rank change year-on-year	-5	+7	-2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	102	99	54
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside	7.63%	16.34%	7.30%
As % of the General category	19.17%	26.12%	13.71%
Number of salaries quoted	66	17	23
10^th Percentile	£26,250	£35,000	£30,850
25^th Percentile	£32,438	£42,500	£31,875
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£43,250	£53,000	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	-18.40%	+24.71%	+4.94%
75^th Percentile	£47,594	£57,500	£57,500
90^th Percentile	£59,375	£64,250	£65,200
North West median annual salary	£46,500	£45,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+3.33%	-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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	532	379	394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside	39.79%	62.54%	53.24%
Number of salaries quoted	335	150	210
10^th Percentile	£28,200	£26,425	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£33,500	£33,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,101	£48,720	£41,500
Median % change year-on-year	+2.83%	+17.40%	-15.03%
75^th Percentile	£66,000	£60,000	£62,188
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£75,000	£70,000
North West median annual salary	£50,000	£47,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%	-4.76%

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 Salary Trend in Merseyside

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 16 October 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 16 October 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	-6	73	£45,000	-15.09%	35
St Helens	-	11	£37,500	-
Birkenhead	0	3	£30,000	-	1
Wirral	-	1	£70,000	-
Analytical Skills North West

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Merseyside region with a requirement for Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	72.5%	74
2	Microsoft	45.1%	46
3	Continuous Improvement	39.2%	40
4	Stakeholder Management	31.4%	32
5	Microsoft Excel	24.5%	25
6	Analytics	22.5%	23
7	E-Commerce	21.6%	22
8	SQL	20.6%	21
9	Azure	19.6%	20
9	ERP	19.6%	20
11	Business Intelligence	18.6%	19
11	Power BI	18.6%	19
11	Power Platform	18.6%	19
11	Project Delivery	18.6%	19
15	CRM	17.6%	18
16	User Acceptance Testing	15.7%	16
17	Decision-Making	14.7%	15
18	Windows	13.7%	14
19	Mentoring	12.7%	13
20	Active Directory	11.8%	12
20	Disaster Recovery	11.8%	12
20	Microsoft 365	11.8%	12
23	DHCP	10.8%	11
23	DNS	10.8%	11
23	Google	10.8%	11
23	Infrastructure Engineering	10.8%	11
23	MS Visio	10.8%	11
23	Project Management	10.8%	11
23	Service Delivery	10.8%	11
23	VMware	10.8%	11

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	44.1%	45
2	Finance	16.7%	17
3	Retail	14.7%	15
4	Organisational Skills	13.7%	14
5	Legal	9.8%	10
6	Law	6.9%	7
6	Marketing	6.9%	7
8	Influencing Skills	5.9%	6
9	Manufacturing	2.9%	3
10	Automotive	2.0%	2
10	Public Sector	2.0%	2
12	Legal Technology	1.0%	1