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 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 6 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 99 116 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 7.18% 19.53% 7.35%
As % of the General category 18.03% 29.97% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 73 16 25
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £49,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +29.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,000 £60,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £64,375 £67,750
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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 549 387 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 39.81% 65.15% 49.94%
Number of salaries quoted 326 148 224
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,625 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,360 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +22.63% -18.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,250
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 24 September 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 24 September 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 77 £45,000 -18.18% 59
St Helens - 8 £37,500 - 4
Birkenhead -2 2 £30,000 - 3
Wirral - 1 £70,000 -
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 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (26.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (17.17%) MS Visio
3 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.04%) SAP PP
1 4 (4.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (26.26%) Power Platform
2 20 (20.20%) Azure
3 12 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (10.10%) GCP
5 6 (6.06%) AWS
5 6 (6.06%) Google Analytics
6 5 (5.05%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.02%) IaaS
9 2 (2.02%) SaaS
9 2 (2.02%) Snowflake
10 1 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.01%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.07%) DHCP
1 7 (7.07%) DNS
2 4 (4.04%) Internet
3 3 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.03%) WAN
4 2 (2.02%) SNMP
5 1 (1.01%) Firewall
5 1 (1.01%) LAN
5 1 (1.01%) Network Security
5 1 (1.01%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (25.25%) Power BI
2 7 (7.07%) BigQuery
3 6 (6.06%) Looker
4 5 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (5.05%) Power Query
5 4 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (3.03%) OLAP
6 3 (3.03%) PowerPivot
6 3 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (3.03%) Tableau
7 1 (1.01%) Big Data
7 1 (1.01%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Git
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 48 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.13%) Finance
2 13 (13.13%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (12.12%) Legal
4 11 (11.11%) Retail
5 9 (9.09%) Law
6 7 (7.07%) Marketing
7 5 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.04%) Legal Technology
8 4 (4.04%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.02%) Automotive
9 2 (2.02%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (43.43%) Analyst
2 15 (15.15%) Business Analyst
3 14 (14.14%) Technical Analyst
4 11 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 11 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
5 10 (10.10%) Junior
5 10 (10.10%) Junior Analyst
6 9 (9.09%) Consultant
7 8 (8.08%) Applications Support
7 8 (8.08%) Applications Support Analyst
7 8 (8.08%) Developer
7 8 (8.08%) Junior Applications Support
7 8 (8.08%) Junior Support Analyst
8 7 (7.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 6 (6.06%) Digital Analyst
9 6 (6.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (5.05%) Associate Consultant
11 4 (4.04%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (4.04%) Head of Finance
11 4 (4.04%) Head of Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.04%) SAP Core Interface
1 4 (4.04%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.01%) CSS
2 1 (1.01%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.01%) HTML
2 1 (1.01%) JSON
2 1 (1.01%) NestJS
2 1 (1.01%) Next.js
2 1 (1.01%) Node.js
2 1 (1.01%) React
2 1 (1.01%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.04%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.02%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.02%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.01%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.01%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.14%) Windows
2 7 (7.07%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.06%) Linux
4 5 (5.05%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (5.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (34.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (32.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (24.24%) Analytics
5 22 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (18.18%) E-Commerce
7 16 (16.16%) CRM
7 16 (16.16%) ERP
8 15 (15.15%) Project Management
8 15 (15.15%) User Stories
8 15 (15.15%) Workshop Facilitation
9 14 (14.14%) Data Mapping
9 14 (14.14%) GAP Analysis
9 14 (14.14%) Project Delivery
9 14 (14.14%) User Acceptance Testing
9 14 (14.14%) Wireframes
10 13 (13.13%) Data Analysis
10 13 (13.13%) Decision-Making
11 12 (12.12%) Mentoring
12 11 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (28.28%) SQL
2 7 (7.07%) Python
3 6 (6.06%) Shell Script
4 4 (4.04%) R
5 3 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.02%) C
6 2 (2.02%) C++
7 1 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (8.08%) Degree
2 6 (6.06%) ACCA
2 6 (6.06%) CIMA
3 4 (4.04%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.04%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.02%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.01%) CCNA
5 1 (1.01%) CCNP
5 1 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.01%) CISSP
5 1 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.01%) GIAC
5 1 (1.01%) HNC
5 1 (1.01%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.10%) Data Quality
1 10 (10.10%) GDPR
2 8 (8.08%) QA
3 7 (7.07%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.02%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.04%) Docker
3 2 (2.02%) DFS Replication
4 1 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.11%) Google
3 8 (8.08%) Aderant
3 8 (8.08%) iManage
3 8 (8.08%) Intapp
4 7 (7.07%) SAP
4 7 (7.07%) VMware
5 2 (2.02%) Adaptive Insights
5 2 (2.02%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.02%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.02%) Workday
6 1 (1.01%) Ahrefs
6 1 (1.01%) Cisco
6 1 (1.01%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.01%) IFS
6 1 (1.01%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.01%) Screaming Frog