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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 7 14
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 101 125 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 7.35% 19.72% 7.46%
As % of the General category 18.23% 30.71% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 69 17 24
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £31,325
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £53,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +25.44% +4.32%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £61,750 £64,250 £64,675
North West median annual salary £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% -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 554 407 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 40.29% 64.20% 52.21%
Number of salaries quoted 333 149 225
10th Percentile £28,100 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £33,500 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,720 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +20.30% -18.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £74,150
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 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 4 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 4 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 -10 75 £45,000 -15.09% 74
St Helens - 11 £37,500 - 3
Birkenhead -2 2 £30,000 - 5
Wirral - 1 £70,000 - 2
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 3 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (26.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (13.86%) MS Visio
3 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.97%) SAP PP
1 3 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (21.78%) Power Platform
2 19 (18.81%) Azure
3 11 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (9.90%) GCP
5 7 (6.93%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.94%) AWS
6 6 (5.94%) Google Analytics
7 4 (3.96%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.98%) IaaS
9 2 (1.98%) SaaS
9 2 (1.98%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.91%) DHCP
1 9 (8.91%) DNS
2 4 (3.96%) Internet
3 3 (2.97%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.97%) WAN
4 2 (1.98%) SNMP
5 1 (0.99%) Firewall
5 1 (0.99%) LAN
5 1 (0.99%) Network Security
5 1 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (21.78%) Power BI
2 7 (6.93%) BigQuery
3 6 (5.94%) Looker
4 5 (4.95%) Power Query
5 4 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.97%) OLAP
6 3 (2.97%) PowerPivot
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.97%) Tableau
7 1 (0.99%) Big Data
7 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Git
1 5 (4.95%) JIRA
General
1 46 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.84%) Finance
3 14 (13.86%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (11.88%) Retail
5 10 (9.90%) Legal
6 8 (7.92%) Law
7 7 (6.93%) Marketing
8 6 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.97%) Legal Technology
9 3 (2.97%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.98%) Automotive
10 2 (1.98%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (43.56%) Analyst
2 12 (11.88%) Business Analyst
2 12 (11.88%) Junior
2 12 (11.88%) Junior Analyst
2 12 (11.88%) Support Analyst
3 11 (10.89%) Technical Analyst
4 10 (9.90%) Applications Support
4 10 (9.90%) Applications Support Analyst
4 10 (9.90%) Junior Applications Support
4 10 (9.90%) Junior Support Analyst
5 9 (8.91%) Consultant
5 9 (8.91%) Technical Business Analyst
6 8 (7.92%) Developer
6 8 (7.92%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 7 (6.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 6 (5.94%) Associate Consultant
8 6 (5.94%) Digital Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Head of Finance
9 5 (4.95%) Head of Support
10 4 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) SAP Core Interface
1 3 (2.97%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.99%) CSS
2 1 (0.99%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.99%) HTML
2 1 (0.99%) JSON
2 1 (0.99%) NestJS
2 1 (0.99%) Next.js
2 1 (0.99%) Node.js
2 1 (0.99%) React
2 1 (0.99%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.96%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (2.97%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.97%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.98%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.99%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.87%) Windows
2 9 (8.91%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.94%) Linux
3 6 (5.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (5.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (70.30%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (37.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (35.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (22.77%) Analytics
5 21 (20.79%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (20.79%) E-Commerce
6 19 (18.81%) ERP
7 18 (17.82%) CRM
8 17 (16.83%) Project Delivery
8 17 (16.83%) User Acceptance Testing
9 14 (13.86%) Project Management
10 12 (11.88%) Decision-Making
10 12 (11.88%) Mentoring
10 12 (11.88%) User Stories
10 12 (11.88%) Workshop Facilitation
11 11 (10.89%) Data Analysis
11 11 (10.89%) Data Mapping
11 11 (10.89%) GAP Analysis
11 11 (10.89%) Wireframes
12 10 (9.90%) AI
Programming Languages
1 24 (23.76%) SQL
2 7 (6.93%) Python
3 6 (5.94%) Shell Script
4 4 (3.96%) R
5 3 (2.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.98%) C
6 2 (1.98%) C++
7 1 (0.99%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (8.91%) Degree
2 7 (6.93%) ACCA
2 7 (6.93%) CIMA
3 4 (3.96%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.96%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.98%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.99%) CCNA
5 1 (0.99%) CCNP
5 1 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.99%) CISSP
5 1 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.99%) GIAC
5 1 (0.99%) HNC
5 1 (0.99%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.90%) Data Quality
1 10 (9.90%) GDPR
2 7 (6.93%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.94%) QA
4 3 (2.97%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (10.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.96%) Docker
3 2 (1.98%) DFS Replication
4 1 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (43.56%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.89%) Google
3 9 (8.91%) VMware
4 6 (5.94%) Aderant
4 6 (5.94%) iManage
4 6 (5.94%) Intapp
4 6 (5.94%) SAP
5 2 (1.98%) Adaptive Insights
5 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.98%) SolarWinds
5 2 (1.98%) Workday
6 1 (0.99%) Ahrefs
6 1 (0.99%) Cisco
6 1 (0.99%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.99%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.99%) Screaming Frog