Analyst Jobs in Manchester

Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Analyst salary in Manchester is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 21 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 281 436 526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 13.19% 8.53% 10.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.57% 9.00% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 111 352 395
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,275 £23,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £34,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,259 £56,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £68,750
North West median annual salary £41,416 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.54% -5.88% +2.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,928 4,842 4,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.70% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 3,750 2,671
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,143 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,164 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Manchester

Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Manchester.

Salary trend for Analyst in Manchester

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Manchester

Analyst
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bolton -5 28 £40,000 -33.33% 11
Stockport +11 7 £34,000 -1.81% 8
Salford +17 5 £42,500 -26.09% 3
Bury +7 5 - - 5
Cheadle +2 5 £75,000 +66.67%
Wigan -2 1 £39,000 -15.68%
Oldham - 1 £31,500 - 5
Analyst
North West

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 146 (51.96%) Social Skills
2 131 (46.62%) Finance
3 122 (43.42%) Degree
4 89 (31.67%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (29.89%) Analytics
6 77 (27.40%) Agile
7 76 (27.05%) Power BI
7 76 (27.05%) Power Platform
8 65 (23.13%) Business Intelligence
9 61 (21.71%) Microsoft Excel
9 61 (21.71%) Data Analytics
10 53 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (18.51%) Organisational Skills
12 49 (17.44%) Process Improvement
12 49 (17.44%) Data Analysis
13 44 (15.66%) SQL
13 44 (15.66%) Microsoft
14 41 (14.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 39 (13.88%) Customer Service
16 37 (13.17%) Banking
17 36 (12.81%) Project Delivery
18 35 (12.46%) Decision-Making
19 34 (12.10%) Artificial Intelligence
20 33 (11.74%) Visualisation
21 32 (11.39%) Management Information System
21 32 (11.39%) Windows
21 32 (11.39%) Data Quality
22 31 (11.03%) Digital Strategy
22 31 (11.03%) Technology Transformation
22 31 (11.03%) Time Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 9 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.85%) Confluence
2 8 (2.85%) SAS
3 6 (2.14%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.36%) Moodle
4 1 (0.36%) Mule
4 1 (0.36%) Totara
Applications
1 61 (21.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (9.61%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Siebel CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 76 (27.05%) Power Platform
2 14 (4.98%) AWS
2 14 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (3.91%) Azure
4 5 (1.78%) GCP
5 4 (1.42%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.07%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.71%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.71%) PaaS
7 2 (0.71%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.36%) Boomi
8 1 (0.36%) IaaS
8 1 (0.36%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.78%) DNS
2 3 (1.07%) DHCP
3 2 (0.71%) Firewall
3 2 (0.71%) HTTP
3 2 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.71%) SMTP
3 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.36%) FTP
4 1 (0.36%) PBX
4 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (27.05%) Power BI
2 13 (4.63%) Tableau
3 6 (2.14%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.42%) Big Data
5 4 (1.42%) MySQL
5 4 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.42%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.42%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.07%) Power Query
7 2 (0.71%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.71%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.36%) GIS
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.20%) JIRA
2 4 (1.42%) Postman
3 3 (1.07%) TestRail
4 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.36%) GitLab
4 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.36%) YouTrack
General
1 146 (51.96%) Social Skills
2 131 (46.62%) Finance
3 89 (31.67%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (18.51%) Organisational Skills
5 41 (14.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (13.17%) Banking
7 19 (6.76%) Retail
8 17 (6.05%) Legal
8 17 (6.05%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (5.69%) Law
10 10 (3.56%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.49%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.49%) Marketing
12 6 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.78%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.42%) Digital Healthcare
14 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.42%) Wholesale Banking
15 3 (1.07%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.78%) JSON
3 4 (1.42%) FHIR
4 1 (0.36%) EDI
4 1 (0.36%) REST
4 1 (0.36%) SOAP
4 1 (0.36%) Web Services
4 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.39%) Management Information System
2 22 (7.83%) Social Media
3 16 (5.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (4.63%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.20%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 9 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.78%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.42%) LIMS
7 4 (1.42%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.07%) Replication
9 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.71%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.71%) FMCG
9 2 (0.71%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.71%) NHS
9 2 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.39%) Windows
2 20 (7.12%) Windows Vista
3 8 (2.85%) Linux
4 5 (1.78%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.71%) Android
6 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.36%) Unix
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (29.89%) Analytics
2 77 (27.40%) Agile
3 65 (23.13%) Business Intelligence
4 61 (21.71%) Data Analytics
5 53 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (17.44%) Data Analysis
6 49 (17.44%) Process Improvement
7 39 (13.88%) Customer Service
8 36 (12.81%) Project Delivery
9 35 (12.46%) Decision-Making
10 34 (12.10%) Artificial Intelligence
11 33 (11.74%) Visualisation
12 31 (11.03%) Digital Strategy
12 31 (11.03%) Technology Transformation
12 31 (11.03%) Time Management
13 30 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (9.96%) Mathematics
14 28 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (9.61%) Data Management
16 25 (8.90%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.66%) SQL
2 15 (5.34%) Python
3 9 (3.20%) C-shell
3 9 (3.20%) Korn
3 9 (3.20%) Shell Script
4 8 (2.85%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.49%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.78%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.42%) Java
8 3 (1.07%) R
9 2 (0.71%) C#
9 2 (0.71%) C++
9 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.71%) Go
10 1 (0.36%) VB
10 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 122 (43.42%) Degree
2 23 (8.19%) DBS Check
3 15 (5.34%) ACCA
3 15 (5.34%) CIMA
4 14 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.56%) AAT
6 9 (3.20%) PhD
7 4 (1.42%) CBAP
7 4 (1.42%) CISSP
8 2 (0.71%) CEH
8 2 (0.71%) CISM
8 2 (0.71%) CSSLP
8 2 (0.71%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.36%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.39%) Data Quality
2 20 (7.12%) QA
3 14 (4.98%) SLA
4 8 (2.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.78%) NIST
6 4 (1.42%) HL7
7 3 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.71%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.71%) ITGC
8 2 (0.71%) SEPA
9 1 (0.36%) GDPR
9 1 (0.36%) PMO
9 1 (0.36%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.07%) DFS Replication
3 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.68%) Alteryx
3 23 (8.19%) SAP
4 19 (6.76%) Oracle
5 9 (3.20%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.78%) Concur
6 5 (1.78%) Google
6 5 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.42%) Cognos
8 3 (1.07%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.07%) IBM
8 3 (1.07%) VMware
9 2 (0.71%) Adobe
9 2 (0.71%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.71%) Siebel
10 1 (0.36%) Dell
10 1 (0.36%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.36%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.36%) Qualys
10 1 (0.36%) Rapid7