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 6 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 27 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 +24
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 62 21 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 7.46% 5.53% 5.90%
As % of the General category 13.87% 6.62% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 40 9 49
10th Percentile - £31,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £49,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.35% +2.08% +11.63%
75th Percentile £49,294 £63,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,500 £68,750
North West median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +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 general skills in Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 447 317 584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 53.79% 83.42% 54.68%
Number of salaries quoted 275 141 462
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £25,525
25th Percentile £29,125 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 56 £40,000 -34.69% 22
Birkenhead - 5 £85,000 - 1
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 (1.61%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (41.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) SAP PP
1 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.19%) Power Platform
2 6 (9.68%) Azure
3 4 (6.45%) SaaS
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.23%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.23%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.61%) AWS
6 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (29.03%) Tableau
2 16 (25.81%) Data Mining
3 14 (22.58%) Power BI
4 3 (4.84%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) MLflow
1 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 35 (56.45%) Finance
2 29 (46.77%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Legal
4 5 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.45%) Marketing
6 3 (4.84%) Law
6 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.23%) Games
8 1 (1.61%) Advertising
8 1 (1.61%) Billing
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 32 (51.61%) Analyst
2 18 (29.03%) Data Analyst
3 16 (25.81%) Trainee
3 16 (25.81%) Trainee Analyst
3 16 (25.81%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Head of QA
4 6 (9.68%) Lead
5 5 (8.06%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Architect
6 4 (6.45%) Operations Manager
6 4 (6.45%) QC Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Senior
6 4 (6.45%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Senior Architect
7 2 (3.23%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.61%) Data Business Analyst
8 1 (1.61%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.61%) SAP Core Interface
1 1 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.61%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.61%) TensorFlow
1 1 (1.61%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.23%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (53.23%) Project Management
2 29 (46.77%) Analytics
3 23 (37.10%) Data Analysis
4 22 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (29.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (27.42%) Business Analysis
7 17 (27.42%) Data Analytics
8 14 (22.58%) Actionable Insight
9 12 (19.35%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (17.74%) Decision-Making
11 10 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (14.52%) Agile
13 8 (12.90%) Customer Experience
13 8 (12.90%) Scrum
13 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
13 8 (12.90%) Strategic Thinking
14 7 (11.29%) Change Control
14 7 (11.29%) Change Management
14 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 27 (43.55%) SQL
2 17 (27.42%) Python
3 2 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (9.68%) IRCA
2 3 (4.84%) Degree
3 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.23%) PMP
4 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (27.42%) QA
2 6 (9.68%) GDPR
2 6 (9.68%) ISO 9001
3 4 (6.45%) GMP
4 3 (4.84%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.61%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.68%) iManage
3 5 (8.06%) Aderant
3 5 (8.06%) Intapp
4 2 (3.23%) Anaplan
4 2 (3.23%) Genesys
4 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.23%) Verint
5 1 (1.61%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.61%) Civica
5 1 (1.61%) IFS
5 1 (1.61%) Northgate
5 1 (1.61%) Orchard
5 1 (1.61%) SAP
5 1 (1.61%) TOWER Software