Analytical Skills Job Trends in the North West

Analytical Skills
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 10 21
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 +25
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 407 596 324
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 6.39% 11.79% 7.24%
As % of the General category 10.18% 17.67% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 215 281 225
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,000 £25,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,200 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,915 £55,000 £55,850
% change year-on-year -7.43% -1.52% +1.55%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4,000 3,372 2,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 62.78% 66.72% 55.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 1,508 1,889
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £51,369 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +2.74% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,526 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the North West

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester -16 203 £42,750 -14.50% 116
Cheshire -14 86 £35,610 -32.17% 51
Merseyside +12 76 £42,500 -6.59% 20
Lancashire -26 27 £40,000 -23.81% 52
Cumbria +13 14 £46,000 -16.36% 3
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 17 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.47%) Confluence
4 4 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.98%) Camunda
5 2 (0.49%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.49%) nginx
5 2 (0.49%) SAS
5 2 (0.49%) WinCC
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 76 (18.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (16.22%) Chatbot
3 13 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.49%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.49%) Revit
6 1 (0.25%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (2.95%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.74%) ResourceLink
3 3 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) Primavera
5 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.25%) Shopify
5 1 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (15.97%) Power Platform
2 39 (9.58%) Azure
3 25 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (5.65%) AWS
5 22 (5.41%) Entra ID
6 17 (4.18%) SaaS
7 14 (3.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (2.21%) GCP
8 9 (2.21%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
10 6 (1.47%) Figma
10 6 (1.47%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.74%) OCI
12 3 (0.74%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.49%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.95%) Firewall
2 4 (0.98%) DHCP
2 4 (0.98%) DNS
2 4 (0.98%) WAN
3 3 (0.74%) LAN
4 2 (0.49%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.49%) Internet
4 2 (0.49%) Network Security
4 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.49%) VPN
5 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.25%) SMS
5 1 (0.25%) TCAP
5 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.00%) Power BI
2 46 (11.30%) Tableau
3 29 (7.13%) Data Mining
4 9 (2.21%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.47%) Looker
7 5 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.98%) Metadata
9 3 (0.74%) Big Data
9 3 (0.74%) GIS
9 3 (0.74%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.49%) Data Mart
10 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.49%) MySQL
10 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.47%) GitLab
1 6 (1.47%) JIRA
2 5 (1.23%) Bitbucket
2 5 (1.23%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.23%) SonarQube
2 5 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.74%) Git
4 1 (0.25%) Gatling
4 1 (0.25%) JMeter
4 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
General
1 171 (42.01%) Social Skills
2 143 (35.14%) Finance
3 42 (10.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (6.88%) Marketing
5 22 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (4.91%) Legal
7 17 (4.18%) Banking
7 17 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (3.93%) Retail
9 14 (3.44%) Law
10 13 (3.19%) Electronics
11 12 (2.95%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.70%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.46%) Public Sector
14 8 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.23%) Games
16 5 (1.23%) Military
17 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.74%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 109 (26.78%) Analyst
2 66 (16.22%) Trainer
3 48 (11.79%) Data Analyst
4 42 (10.32%) Senior
5 24 (5.90%) Trainee
5 24 (5.90%) Trainee Analyst
5 24 (5.90%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 19 (4.67%) CRM Executive
7 18 (4.42%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.18%) Lead
9 14 (3.44%) Architect
9 14 (3.44%) Consultant
10 13 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (2.95%) IT Support
11 12 (2.95%) Salesforce Executive
12 11 (2.70%) Financial Analyst
13 10 (2.46%) Business Analyst
13 10 (2.46%) Senior Electrical Engineer
14 9 (2.21%) Alliance Manager
14 9 (2.21%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.72%) REST
2 4 (0.98%) CSS
2 4 (0.98%) HTML
3 3 (0.74%) .NET
3 3 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (0.74%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.49%) jQuery
4 2 (0.49%) Laravel
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.49%) PySpark
4 2 (0.49%) React
5 1 (0.25%) Pandas
5 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.25%) RESTful
5 1 (0.25%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.25%) Spring
5 1 (0.25%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (4.18%) Driving Licence
3 17 (4.18%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.70%) Social Media
6 10 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.72%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.47%) Life Science
9 5 (1.23%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.98%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.98%) FMCG
10 4 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.74%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.74%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.74%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.91%) Windows
2 5 (1.23%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.98%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (40.79%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (29.24%) AI
3 100 (24.57%) Decision-Making
4 75 (18.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 68 (16.71%) Chemistry
6 66 (16.22%) Conversational UI
7 63 (15.48%) Project Management
8 61 (14.99%) Analytics
9 59 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
10 56 (13.76%) Data Analysis
11 55 (13.51%) Agile
12 46 (11.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 43 (10.57%) Business Analysis
14 38 (9.34%) Actionable Insight
15 33 (8.11%) Data Analytics
16 30 (7.37%) Business Strategy
17 29 (7.13%) Visualisation
18 27 (6.63%) CRM
19 26 (6.39%) Coaching
19 26 (6.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 79 (19.41%) SQL
2 42 (10.32%) Python
3 10 (2.46%) Java
4 9 (2.21%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.47%) VBA
6 4 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.98%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.98%) R
7 3 (0.74%) Scala
8 2 (0.49%) C#
8 2 (0.49%) PHP
9 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 157 (38.57%) Degree
2 86 (21.13%) Master's Degree
3 67 (16.46%) PhD
4 21 (5.16%) DBS Check
5 16 (3.93%) ACCA
5 16 (3.93%) CIMA
6 15 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.23%) PMP
8 4 (0.98%) CISSP
8 4 (0.98%) HNC
8 4 (0.98%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.74%) CIPD
9 3 (0.74%) CISA
9 3 (0.74%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.49%) MBA
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.69%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.95%) GDPR
3 9 (2.21%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.97%) QA
5 6 (1.47%) PMO
6 5 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.23%) GLBA
7 4 (0.98%) GAAP
7 4 (0.98%) GMP
7 4 (0.98%) IFRS
7 4 (0.98%) SEPA
7 4 (0.98%) TARGET2
8 2 (0.49%) COBIT
8 2 (0.49%) FINRA
8 2 (0.49%) ITGC
8 2 (0.49%) NIST
8 2 (0.49%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) SOX 404
System Software
1 23 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.74%) Docker
4 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (1.97%) Terraform
3 3 (0.74%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.49%) AssetCenter
4 2 (0.49%) SCCM
5 1 (0.25%) Fluentd
5 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 93 (22.85%) Microsoft
2 66 (16.22%) PayPal
3 22 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.93%) SAP
5 10 (2.46%) Google
5 10 (2.46%) Splunk
6 9 (2.21%) Oracle
7 8 (1.97%) Adobe
7 8 (1.97%) New Relic
8 7 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.47%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.47%) iManage
9 6 (1.47%) Qualtrics
10 5 (1.23%) Anaplan
10 5 (1.23%) Databricks
10 5 (1.23%) Genesys
10 5 (1.23%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.98%) EXASOL
11 4 (0.98%) Facebook
11 4 (0.98%) Verint