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 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 24 32
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 +25
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 71 33 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 10.58% 6.26% 4.71%
As % of the General category 19.19% 8.23% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 28 11 29
10th Percentile - £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.35% +8.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £55,625 £66,875 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,125 £68,750 £57,000
North West median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -

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 370 401 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 55.14% 76.09% 53.47%
Number of salaries quoted 228 136 342
10th Percentile - £30,875 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% +2.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,890 £67,500
North West median annual salary £48,445 £52,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -6.84% +8.33% -8.57%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +13 70 £40,500 -35.20% 14
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 (1.41%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (1.41%) WinCC
Applications
1 28 (39.44%) Chatbot
2 21 (29.58%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.49%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.04%) AWS
3 4 (5.63%) GCP
3 4 (5.63%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.82%) Azure
4 2 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.41%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.41%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Advertising
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Firewall
2 1 (1.41%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (26.76%) Tableau
2 13 (18.31%) Data Mining
3 11 (15.49%) Power BI
4 4 (5.63%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (5.63%) BigQuery
4 4 (5.63%) Looker
5 3 (4.23%) SQL Server
5 3 (4.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 28 (39.44%) Finance
2 15 (21.13%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.82%) Games
5 2 (2.82%) Law
5 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Advertising
6 1 (1.41%) Billing
6 1 (1.41%) Legal
6 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.41%) Retail
6 1 (1.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 29 (40.85%) Analyst
2 28 (39.44%) Trainer
3 19 (26.76%) Data Analyst
4 13 (18.31%) Trainee
4 13 (18.31%) Trainee Analyst
4 13 (18.31%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 8 (11.27%) Senior
6 6 (8.45%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (7.04%) Senior Data Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Architect
8 4 (5.63%) Lead
8 4 (5.63%) QC Analyst
9 2 (2.82%) Business Analyst
9 2 (2.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Senior Architect
9 2 (2.82%) Senior Manager
9 2 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.41%) Agile Business Analyst
10 1 (1.41%) Insight Analyst
10 1 (1.41%) Strategy Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.41%) SCADA
4 1 (1.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (43.66%) AI
2 28 (39.44%) Chemistry
2 28 (39.44%) Conversational UI
3 24 (33.80%) Project Management
4 20 (28.17%) Data Analysis
5 19 (26.76%) Analytics
6 18 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (21.13%) Data Analytics
8 14 (19.72%) Business Analysis
9 12 (16.90%) Decision-Making
10 11 (15.49%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (11.27%) Visualisation
13 7 (9.86%) Actionable Insight
13 7 (9.86%) Agile
13 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
14 6 (8.45%) Data Visualisation
14 6 (8.45%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 6 (8.45%) Scrum
15 5 (7.04%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.99%) SQL
2 18 (25.35%) Python
3 2 (2.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.41%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (53.52%) Degree
2 32 (45.07%) Master's Degree
3 28 (39.44%) PhD
4 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.82%) PMP
5 1 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) GMP
1 4 (5.63%) QA
2 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.41%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) AssetCenter
1 1 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (39.44%) PayPal
2 17 (23.94%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.04%) Google
4 4 (5.63%) HubSpot
5 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.82%) Adobe
6 2 (2.82%) Anaplan
6 2 (2.82%) Genesys
6 2 (2.82%) Oracle
6 2 (2.82%) Verint
7 1 (1.41%) Cisco
7 1 (1.41%) Civica
7 1 (1.41%) iManage
7 1 (1.41%) Kepware
7 1 (1.41%) Northgate
7 1 (1.41%) Orchard
7 1 (1.41%) Rockwell
7 1 (1.41%) Siemens
7 1 (1.41%) VMware