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 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 22 22
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 283 438 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.49% 8.43% 10.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.83% 8.94% 11.48%
Number of salaries quoted 111 350 389
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,475 £23,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £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 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £68,750
North West median annual salary £40,748 £40,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year +1.87% -5.33% +2.42%

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 2,046 4,900 4,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.34% 92.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 3,783 2,624
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,063 £41,179 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,335 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,101 £82,500
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 15 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 15 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 -8 23 £40,000 -33.33% 9
Stockport +5 7 £34,000 -1.81% 7
Cheadle -1 6 £75,000 +66.67%
Salford +15 5 £42,500 -26.09% 6
Bury +3 5 - - 5
Wigan -3 1 £39,000 -17.89%
Oldham - 1 £31,500 - 3
Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 152 (53.71%) Social Skills
2 140 (49.47%) Finance
3 113 (39.93%) Degree
4 85 (30.04%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (26.86%) Analytics
6 75 (26.50%) Power BI
6 75 (26.50%) Power Platform
6 75 (26.50%) Agile
7 68 (24.03%) Business Intelligence
8 59 (20.85%) Data Analytics
9 55 (19.43%) Process Improvement
9 55 (19.43%) Microsoft Excel
10 54 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
11 48 (16.96%) Data Analysis
12 45 (15.90%) Organisational Skills
13 41 (14.49%) SQL
14 39 (13.78%) Banking
15 38 (13.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 36 (12.72%) Management Information System
16 36 (12.72%) Microsoft
17 35 (12.37%) Visualisation
17 35 (12.37%) Decision-Making
18 33 (11.66%) Project Delivery
19 32 (11.31%) Customer Service
19 32 (11.31%) Windows
20 31 (10.95%) Artificial Intelligence
21 30 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
21 30 (10.60%) Data Quality
21 30 (10.60%) ERP
22 28 (9.89%) 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 10 (3.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.47%) Confluence
3 6 (2.12%) SAS
4 2 (0.71%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.35%) Moodle
5 1 (0.35%) Totara
Applications
1 55 (19.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Siebel CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.35%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 75 (26.50%) Power Platform
2 19 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (4.95%) AWS
4 8 (2.83%) Azure
5 4 (1.41%) GCP
5 4 (1.41%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.06%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.71%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.35%) Boomi
8 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.35%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.06%) DNS
1 3 (1.06%) VoIP
2 2 (0.71%) Firewall
2 2 (0.71%) HTTP
2 2 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.71%) SMTP
2 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.35%) DHCP
3 1 (0.35%) FTP
3 1 (0.35%) Intranet
3 1 (0.35%) PBX
3 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (26.50%) Power BI
2 15 (5.30%) Tableau
3 5 (1.77%) MySQL
3 5 (1.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 5 (1.77%) RDBMS
3 5 (1.77%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.41%) Big Data
4 4 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.71%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.71%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.71%) Power Query
5 2 (0.71%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.35%) GIS
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.83%) JIRA
2 4 (1.41%) Postman
3 3 (1.06%) TestRail
4 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) YouTrack
General
1 152 (53.71%) Social Skills
2 140 (49.47%) Finance
3 85 (30.04%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (15.90%) Organisational Skills
5 39 (13.78%) Banking
6 38 (13.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (7.07%) Legal
8 18 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (6.01%) Law
9 17 (6.01%) Retail
10 11 (3.89%) Manufacturing
11 10 (3.53%) Marketing
12 7 (2.47%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.77%) Digital Healthcare
13 5 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.41%) Arabic Language
14 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.41%) German Language
14 4 (1.41%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.12%) JSON
1 6 (2.12%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.77%) FHIR
3 1 (0.35%) EDI
3 1 (0.35%) REST
3 1 (0.35%) SOAP
3 1 (0.35%) Web Services
3 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.72%) Management Information System
2 25 (8.83%) Social Media
3 19 (6.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (4.59%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 8 (2.83%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.77%) LIMS
7 5 (1.77%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.41%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.71%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.71%) FMCG
10 2 (0.71%) NHS
10 2 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.35%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.35%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.31%) Windows
2 15 (5.30%) Windows Vista
3 8 (2.83%) Linux
3 8 (2.83%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.41%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.71%) Android
5 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (26.86%) Analytics
2 75 (26.50%) Agile
3 68 (24.03%) Business Intelligence
4 59 (20.85%) Data Analytics
5 55 (19.43%) Process Improvement
6 54 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (16.96%) Data Analysis
8 35 (12.37%) Decision-Making
8 35 (12.37%) Visualisation
9 33 (11.66%) Project Delivery
10 32 (11.31%) Customer Service
11 31 (10.95%) Artificial Intelligence
12 30 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (10.60%) ERP
13 28 (9.89%) Digital Strategy
13 28 (9.89%) Technology Transformation
13 28 (9.89%) Time Management
14 27 (9.54%) Data Management
15 26 (9.19%) Economics
16 24 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.49%) SQL
2 17 (6.01%) Python
3 9 (3.18%) C-shell
3 9 (3.18%) Korn
3 9 (3.18%) Shell Script
4 8 (2.83%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.47%) PL/SQL
6 6 (2.12%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.06%) R
8 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.71%) Java
9 1 (0.35%) C#
9 1 (0.35%) C++
9 1 (0.35%) Go
9 1 (0.35%) VB
9 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 113 (39.93%) Degree
2 26 (9.19%) DBS Check
3 15 (5.30%) ACCA
3 15 (5.30%) CIMA
4 14 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.18%) PhD
6 6 (2.12%) AAT
7 4 (1.41%) CBAP
7 4 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.41%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.06%) CISSP
9 2 (0.71%) CEH
9 2 (0.71%) CISM
9 2 (0.71%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.35%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CSSLP
10 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.35%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.60%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.71%) QA
2 19 (6.71%) SLA
3 5 (1.77%) HL7
3 5 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.06%) NIST
5 2 (0.71%) ITGC
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.35%) PMO
6 1 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) DFS Replication
2 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.89%) Alteryx
3 24 (8.48%) SAP
4 19 (6.71%) Oracle
5 7 (2.47%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.77%) Concur
6 5 (1.77%) Google
6 5 (1.77%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.41%) Cognos
7 4 (1.41%) Freshdesk
8 3 (1.06%) Adobe
8 3 (1.06%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.06%) IBM
9 2 (0.71%) Siebel
10 1 (0.35%) Dell
10 1 (0.35%) Informatica
10 1 (0.35%) Intapp
10 1 (0.35%) NEC
10 1 (0.35%) Qualys
10 1 (0.35%) VMware