Analytical Skills Job Trends in Manchester

Analytical Skills
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 +20
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 405 339 362
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.39% 14.44% 8.92%
As % of the General category 13.27% 21.59% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 249 135 164
10th Percentile £31,016 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £40,741
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.84% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £67,500 £84,964
North West median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,053 1,570 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 40.66% 66.87% 55.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,033 799 1,041
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Manchester

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in Manchester

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Salford -11 21 £37,500 -5.66% 13
Stockport -2 12 £45,000 -22.25% 4
Bolton -4 11 £37,500 -21.05% 12
Wigan +3 8 £37,500 -
Altrincham +8 1 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Sale +2 1 £42,500 - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne -1 1 £51,000 - 3
Oldham -3 1 £69,928 +23.76% 6
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 18 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.74%) Apache
4 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.25%) SAS
6 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (12.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.22%) SAP PM
2 8 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.73%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.23%) Shopify
5 4 (0.99%) Magento
5 4 (0.99%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.74%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.25%) Odoo
8 1 (0.25%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 58 (14.32%) Azure
2 48 (11.85%) AWS
3 46 (11.36%) Power Platform
4 32 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (4.20%) GCP
6 16 (3.95%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
7 11 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 11 (2.72%) Serverless
8 10 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.22%) GitHub
10 8 (1.98%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.98%) SaaS
10 8 (1.98%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.73%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.48%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.23%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.46%) DHCP
1 14 (3.46%) DNS
2 13 (3.21%) Internet
3 7 (1.73%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.48%) Firewall
5 4 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (0.99%) Network Security
5 4 (0.99%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.99%) VLAN
5 4 (0.99%) VoIP
5 4 (0.99%) VPN
5 4 (0.99%) Wireless
6 3 (0.74%) LAN
6 3 (0.74%) SAN
6 3 (0.74%) VSAN
6 3 (0.74%) WAN
7 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.25%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (10.86%) Power BI
2 26 (6.42%) Tableau
3 14 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.48%) Big Data
6 6 (1.48%) Metadata
6 6 (1.48%) Power Query
7 5 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.99%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.74%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.74%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.49%) KNIME
10 2 (0.49%) MS Access
10 2 (0.49%) MySQL
10 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (5.93%) Git
2 10 (2.47%) JIRA
3 4 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.74%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.74%) RStudio
4 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.25%) GitLab
5 1 (0.25%) Maven
5 1 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 190 (46.91%) Social Skills
2 121 (29.88%) Finance
3 59 (14.57%) Law
4 49 (12.10%) Marketing
5 38 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
6 30 (7.41%) Telecoms
7 28 (6.91%) Military
8 27 (6.67%) Legal
9 24 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (5.43%) Retail
11 20 (4.94%) Back Office
12 15 (3.70%) Public Sector
13 12 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.72%) Manufacturing
15 9 (2.22%) Banking
16 8 (1.98%) Advertising
16 8 (1.98%) Local Government
17 7 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (1.23%) Games
Job Titles
1 98 (24.20%) Analyst
2 35 (8.64%) Senior
3 30 (7.41%) Lead
4 23 (5.68%) Data Analyst
5 20 (4.94%) Development Manager
6 19 (4.69%) Developer
7 18 (4.44%) Business Development Manager
7 18 (4.44%) Business Manager
8 16 (3.95%) Data Engineer
9 15 (3.70%) Architect
9 15 (3.70%) Performance Analyst
10 13 (3.21%) Administrator
10 13 (3.21%) Junior
11 10 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.22%) Accountant
12 9 (2.22%) Business Analyst
12 9 (2.22%) Change Analyst
12 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Engineer
12 9 (2.22%) Systems Accountant
13 8 (1.98%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.21%) HTML
2 9 (2.22%) CSS
3 7 (1.73%) .NET
4 6 (1.48%) REST
5 5 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.23%) Kafka
5 5 (1.23%) Node.js
5 5 (1.23%) Web Services
6 4 (0.99%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.99%) Middleware
6 4 (0.99%) Pandas
6 4 (0.99%) scikit-learn
6 4 (0.99%) SOAP
6 4 (0.99%) Visualforce
7 3 (0.74%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.74%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.74%) LDAP
7 3 (0.74%) NumPy
7 3 (0.74%) PySpark
7 3 (0.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (4.20%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.20%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.72%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.22%) Marketing Technology
7 8 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (1.98%) Social Media
8 7 (1.73%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.48%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.23%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.23%) NHS
10 5 (1.23%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.99%) FMCG
11 4 (0.99%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.16%) Windows
2 15 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.96%) Linux
4 6 (1.48%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.74%) CentOS
5 3 (0.74%) CoreOS
5 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.74%) Unix
5 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (27.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 108 (26.67%) Decision-Making
4 95 (23.46%) AI
5 90 (22.22%) Analytics
6 70 (17.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 59 (14.57%) Agile
8 54 (13.33%) Customer Service
8 54 (13.33%) Validation
9 53 (13.09%) Business Intelligence
10 52 (12.84%) Visualisation
11 44 (10.86%) Actionable Insight
11 44 (10.86%) Data Governance
12 43 (10.62%) Collaborative Culture
13 42 (10.37%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 41 (10.12%) Coaching
14 41 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 40 (9.88%) Data Analysis
16 34 (8.40%) Customer Experience
16 34 (8.40%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 78 (19.26%) SQL
2 65 (16.05%) Python
3 18 (4.44%) JavaScript
4 17 (4.20%) PowerShell
5 13 (3.21%) Java
6 11 (2.72%) R
7 8 (1.98%) C#
8 7 (1.73%) PHP
9 4 (0.99%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.74%) Bash
10 3 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.74%) SOQL
10 3 (0.74%) SOSL
11 2 (0.49%) Bicep
11 2 (0.49%) Scala
11 2 (0.49%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 59 (14.57%) Degree
2 25 (6.17%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.95%) ACCA
4 13 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (3.21%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.72%) CIMA
6 8 (1.98%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.23%) HNC
8 5 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.99%) CCNA
9 4 (0.99%) CCNP
9 4 (0.99%) CIPD
9 4 (0.99%) CISA
9 4 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.99%) MBA
10 3 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.74%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.58%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.43%) QA
3 14 (3.46%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.21%) SLA
5 4 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.99%) GRC
5 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.99%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.74%) COSO
6 3 (0.74%) GDPR
7 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.49%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.49%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) IFRS
8 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 25 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.98%) Docker
2 8 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.74%) Ceph
3 3 (0.74%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (0.99%) Ansible
1 4 (0.99%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.74%) Argo
2 3 (0.74%) Check_MK
2 3 (0.74%) Istio
2 3 (0.74%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (0.74%) Podman
2 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.74%) SCVMM
3 2 (0.49%) Nessus
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 95 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.42%) YouTube
3 23 (5.68%) SAP
4 18 (4.44%) Google
5 14 (3.46%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.47%) Adobe
7 7 (1.73%) Databricks
7 7 (1.73%) VMware
8 6 (1.48%) Oracle
8 6 (1.48%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.23%) Cisco
9 5 (1.23%) HP
9 5 (1.23%) Sage
9 5 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.99%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.99%) Aruba
10 4 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.99%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.99%) OneTrust
10 4 (0.99%) Workday