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 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 20
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +12
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 71 66 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 6.77% 14.77% 6.51%
As % of the General category 13.27% 17.69% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 50 8 53
10th Percentile - £33,500 £31,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £57,500 £46,066
Median % change year-on-year -19.13% +24.82% +5.90%
75th Percentile £60,313 £64,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £70,500 £68,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,066
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.54% +2.37%

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 535 373 598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 51.00% 83.45% 52.59%
Number of salaries quoted 293 137 481
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £69,250 £68,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.11% +5.38% -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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -7 65 £45,000 -21.74% 20
Birkenhead +2 5 £85,000 - 3
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%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (35.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (16.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) SAP PP
1 4 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) Power Platform
2 8 (11.27%) Azure
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.63%) SaaS
5 2 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.82%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.82%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.41%) AWS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.41%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (25.35%) Power BI
2 16 (22.54%) Tableau
3 12 (16.90%) Data Mining
4 3 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.82%) OLAP
5 2 (2.82%) Power Query
5 2 (2.82%) PowerPivot
5 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) MLflow
1 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 31 (43.66%) Social Skills
2 27 (38.03%) Finance
3 9 (12.68%) Legal
4 5 (7.04%) Law
5 4 (5.63%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.63%) Marketing
6 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.82%) Games
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Advertising
8 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (49.30%) Analyst
2 14 (19.72%) Data Analyst
3 13 (18.31%) Business Analyst
4 12 (16.90%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (16.90%) Trainee
4 12 (16.90%) Trainee Analyst
4 12 (16.90%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 9 (12.68%) Technical Business Analyst
6 7 (9.86%) Consultant
7 6 (8.45%) Head of QA
8 5 (7.04%) Lead
9 4 (5.63%) Architect
9 4 (5.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 4 (5.63%) Developer
9 4 (5.63%) Operations Manager
9 4 (5.63%) QC Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) Senior
10 3 (4.23%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) SAP Core Interface
1 4 (5.63%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.41%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.41%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.41%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.41%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (40.85%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (39.44%) Project Management
3 26 (36.62%) Analytics
4 24 (33.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (29.58%) Data Analysis
6 15 (21.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (21.13%) Root Cause Analysis
7 14 (19.72%) Business Analysis
7 14 (19.72%) Data Analytics
8 13 (18.31%) GAP Analysis
8 13 (18.31%) User Stories
8 13 (18.31%) Workshop Facilitation
9 12 (16.90%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (16.90%) Data Mapping
9 12 (16.90%) Wireframes
10 11 (15.49%) Actionable Insight
10 11 (15.49%) Service Delivery
11 9 (12.68%) Change Control
12 8 (11.27%) Business Process Mapping
13 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 28 (39.44%) SQL
2 15 (21.13%) Python
3 2 (2.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (2.82%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (8.45%) IRCA
2 2 (2.82%) Degree
2 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.82%) PMP
2 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (28.17%) QA
2 6 (8.45%) GDPR
2 6 (8.45%) ISO 9001
3 4 (5.63%) GMP
4 3 (4.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (39.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.68%) Aderant
2 9 (12.68%) iManage
2 9 (12.68%) Intapp
3 6 (8.45%) SAP
4 2 (2.82%) Anaplan
4 2 (2.82%) Genesys
4 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.82%) Verint
5 1 (1.41%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.41%) IFS
5 1 (1.41%) TOWER Software