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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 16 14
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +29
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 111 58 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 19.14% 7.13% 11.21%
As % of the General category 29.37% 14.36% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 15 24 43
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,325 £27,200
25th Percentile £47,000 £36,188 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.18% -6.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,875 £56,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £64,500 £66,425 £67,480
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -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 common skills in Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 378 404 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 65.17% 49.69% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 143 229 208
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £29,175
25th Percentile £34,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,000 £48,237
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -15.00% +1.02%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £57,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,250 £66,625
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +1.94%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 +8 82 £55,000 +30.18% 30
Southport - 4 - - 2
Prenton - 1 - -
Birkenhead - 1 - - 7
Bootle - 1 - -
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.90%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (0.90%) WinCC
Applications
1 49 (44.14%) Chatbot
2 11 (9.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.41%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.60%) AWS
3 3 (2.70%) GCP
3 3 (2.70%) Snowflake
4 2 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.90%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.90%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Advertising
Communications & Networking
1 25 (22.52%) VPN
2 20 (18.02%) DNS
3 5 (4.50%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.90%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.41%) Power BI
2 4 (3.60%) Tableau
3 3 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (2.70%) BigQuery
3 3 (2.70%) Looker
4 2 (1.80%) Metadata
5 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
General
1 35 (31.53%) Finance
2 26 (23.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (14.41%) Social Skills
4 13 (11.71%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.60%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (3.60%) Retail
6 3 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.80%) Banking
8 1 (0.90%) Advertising
8 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (46.85%) Trainer
2 20 (18.02%) Developer
2 20 (18.02%) Software Developer
3 15 (13.51%) Analyst
4 9 (8.11%) QA Manager
4 9 (8.11%) Quality Manager
5 7 (6.31%) Data Analyst
5 7 (6.31%) Lecturer
5 7 (6.31%) Senior
5 7 (6.31%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (4.50%) HR Specialist
6 5 (4.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.60%) Senior Data Analyst
8 3 (2.70%) Business Analyst
9 2 (1.80%) Applications Support
9 2 (1.80%) Applications Support Analyst
9 2 (1.80%) Banking Analyst
9 2 (1.80%) Senior Business Analyst
9 2 (1.80%) Support Analyst
9 2 (1.80%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.50%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.52%) Cyberattack
2 7 (6.31%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.50%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.70%) Robotics
5 1 (0.90%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.90%) SCADA
5 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.52%) Android
1 25 (22.52%) Linux
2 6 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (51.35%) Artificial Intelligence
2 52 (46.85%) Chemistry
3 49 (44.14%) Conversational UI
4 30 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (22.52%) Line Management
5 25 (22.52%) Mathematics
6 22 (19.82%) Agile
7 20 (18.02%) Android Development
7 20 (18.02%) Design Patterns
7 20 (18.02%) OO
7 20 (18.02%) OOP
8 14 (12.61%) Analytical Thinking
9 10 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (9.01%) Innovative Thinking
9 10 (9.01%) Logistics
10 6 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (5.41%) Coaching
10 6 (5.41%) Risk Management
11 5 (4.50%) Dashboard Development
11 5 (4.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.03%) Python
2 20 (18.02%) C++
2 20 (18.02%) Go
2 20 (18.02%) Java
3 8 (7.21%) SQL
4 5 (4.50%) Bash
4 5 (4.50%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.90%) R
Qualifications
1 74 (66.67%) Degree
2 52 (46.85%) Master's Degree
3 49 (44.14%) PhD
4 20 (18.02%) DV Cleared
4 20 (18.02%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.80%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.80%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.11%) QA
2 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.80%) SLA
3 1 (0.90%) GRC
3 1 (0.90%) IFRS
3 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.90%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (22.52%) Docker
2 5 (4.50%) Hyper-V
2 5 (4.50%) VMware NSX
2 5 (4.50%) vSphere
3 1 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (22.52%) Ansible
2 5 (4.50%) Terraform
3 1 (0.90%) AssetCenter
3 1 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (44.14%) PayPal
2 10 (9.01%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.31%) Google
4 6 (5.41%) Cisco
4 6 (5.41%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.50%) 3PAR
5 5 (4.50%) Juniper
5 5 (4.50%) Splunk
5 5 (4.50%) Workday
6 4 (3.60%) SAP
7 3 (2.70%) Adobe
7 3 (2.70%) Databricks
7 3 (2.70%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.90%) Kepware
8 1 (0.90%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.90%) Siemens
8 1 (0.90%) VMware