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 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 11 18
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 +15
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 399 347 343
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.42% 14.56% 8.46%
As % of the General category 13.45% 21.77% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 250 137 164
10th Percentile £31,020 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -17.87% +0.49%
75th Percentile £65,563 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,145 £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 2,967 1,594 2,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 40.34% 66.86% 54.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 816 1,054
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,325
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,219 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -9.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,700 £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 14 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 14 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 20 £37,500 -5.66% 13
Stockport -1 12 £45,000 -22.25% 11
Bolton -5 10 £37,500 -25.00% 10
Wigan +1 8 £37,500 - 2
Altrincham +7 2 £47,500 -5.00% 2
Sale +1 1 £42,500 - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne -1 1 £51,000 - 5
Oldham -2 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 19 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.75%) Apache
4 3 (0.75%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.50%) 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 50 (12.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.26%) SAP PM
2 8 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.75%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.00%) Shopify
4 4 (1.00%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.75%) Magento
5 3 (0.75%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.25%) Odoo
7 1 (0.25%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 59 (14.79%) Azure
2 49 (12.28%) AWS
3 47 (11.78%) Power Platform
4 32 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.01%) Entra ID
5 16 (4.01%) GCP
6 12 (3.01%) Serverless
7 11 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 11 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.26%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.26%) GitHub
10 8 (2.01%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.01%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.75%) SaaS
12 6 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.50%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.25%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.51%) DHCP
1 14 (3.51%) DNS
2 12 (3.01%) Internet
3 7 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.50%) Firewall
5 4 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.00%) Network Security
5 4 (1.00%) Unified Communications
5 4 (1.00%) VLAN
5 4 (1.00%) VoIP
5 4 (1.00%) VPN
5 4 (1.00%) Wireless
6 3 (0.75%) LAN
6 3 (0.75%) SAN
6 3 (0.75%) VSAN
6 3 (0.75%) WAN
7 1 (0.25%) 5G
7 1 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.28%) Power BI
2 27 (6.77%) Tableau
3 14 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.51%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.50%) Big Data
6 6 (1.50%) Power Query
7 5 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.25%) Metadata
8 3 (0.75%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.75%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.75%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.50%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.50%) KNIME
9 2 (0.50%) MySQL
9 2 (0.50%) Parquet
9 2 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (6.02%) Git
2 10 (2.51%) JIRA
3 4 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.75%) RStudio
4 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.25%) GitLab
5 1 (0.25%) Maven
5 1 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 187 (46.87%) Social Skills
2 119 (29.82%) Finance
3 58 (14.54%) Law
4 46 (11.53%) Marketing
5 35 (8.77%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (7.27%) Telecoms
7 27 (6.77%) Military
8 25 (6.27%) Legal
9 23 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (5.01%) Back Office
12 19 (4.76%) Retail
13 15 (3.76%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.76%) Manufacturing
15 10 (2.51%) Banking
15 10 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.75%) Local Government
17 6 (1.50%) Advertising
18 5 (1.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 96 (24.06%) Analyst
2 36 (9.02%) Senior
3 34 (8.52%) Lead
4 23 (5.76%) Data Analyst
5 20 (5.01%) Development Manager
6 19 (4.76%) Developer
7 18 (4.51%) Business Development Manager
7 18 (4.51%) Business Manager
8 16 (4.01%) Data Engineer
9 15 (3.76%) Architect
9 15 (3.76%) Performance Analyst
10 13 (3.26%) Administrator
10 13 (3.26%) Junior
11 10 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.26%) Accountant
12 9 (2.26%) Change Analyst
12 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Engineer
12 9 (2.26%) Systems Accountant
13 8 (2.01%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.01%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.26%) HTML
2 9 (2.26%) CSS
3 8 (2.01%) .NET
4 6 (1.50%) REST
4 6 (1.50%) Web Services
5 5 (1.25%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.25%) Kafka
5 5 (1.25%) Node.js
5 5 (1.25%) Pandas
5 5 (1.25%) scikit-learn
6 4 (1.00%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.00%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (1.00%) Middleware
6 4 (1.00%) NumPy
6 4 (1.00%) SOAP
6 4 (1.00%) Visualforce
7 3 (0.75%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (0.75%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.75%) LDAP
7 3 (0.75%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.02%) Onboarding
2 25 (6.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.76%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.26%) Marketing Technology
8 8 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.75%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.75%) Social Media
10 5 (1.25%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.25%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.25%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.25%) NHS
11 4 (1.00%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.00%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.00%) FMCG
11 4 (1.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.77%) Windows
2 16 (4.01%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.01%) Linux
4 6 (1.50%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.75%) CentOS
5 3 (0.75%) CoreOS
5 3 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.75%) Unix
5 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (37.09%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (27.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 105 (26.32%) Decision-Making
4 95 (23.81%) AI
5 89 (22.31%) Analytics
6 66 (16.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 60 (15.04%) Agile
8 54 (13.53%) Validation
9 53 (13.28%) Business Intelligence
9 53 (13.28%) Customer Service
9 53 (13.28%) Visualisation
10 42 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
10 42 (10.53%) Data Governance
10 42 (10.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 41 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 39 (9.77%) Coaching
12 39 (9.77%) Data Analysis
13 38 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
14 36 (9.02%) Data Modelling
15 31 (7.77%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 80 (20.05%) SQL
2 69 (17.29%) Python
3 18 (4.51%) JavaScript
4 17 (4.26%) PowerShell
5 13 (3.26%) Java
6 11 (2.76%) R
7 9 (2.26%) C#
8 7 (1.75%) PHP
9 5 (1.25%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.00%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.75%) Bash
11 3 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.75%) SOQL
11 3 (0.75%) SOSL
12 2 (0.50%) Bicep
12 2 (0.50%) Scala
12 2 (0.50%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (14.54%) Degree
2 25 (6.27%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.01%) ACCA
4 14 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (3.26%) SC Cleared
6 11 (2.76%) CIMA
7 8 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.25%) HNC
10 4 (1.00%) CCNA
10 4 (1.00%) CCNP
10 4 (1.00%) CISA
10 4 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.00%) MBA
11 3 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.75%) CIPD
11 3 (0.75%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.75%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (13.03%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.51%) QA
3 14 (3.51%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.51%) SLA
4 4 (1.00%) GDPR
4 4 (1.00%) GRC
4 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.00%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.00%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.75%) COSO
5 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.50%) PMO
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS
7 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 26 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (2.01%) Docker
4 3 (0.75%) Ceph
4 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) NFS
5 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.25%) Ansible
1 5 (1.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.75%) Argo
3 3 (0.75%) Check_MK
3 3 (0.75%) Istio
3 3 (0.75%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (0.75%) Podman
3 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.75%) SCVMM
4 2 (0.50%) Nessus
5 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 94 (23.56%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.52%) YouTube
3 23 (5.76%) SAP
4 14 (3.51%) Google
5 12 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.51%) Adobe
7 8 (2.01%) Databricks
7 8 (2.01%) VMware
8 6 (1.50%) Oracle
8 6 (1.50%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.25%) Cisco
9 5 (1.25%) HP
9 5 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.00%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.00%) Aruba
10 4 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.00%) OneTrust
10 4 (1.00%) Sage
10 4 (1.00%) Workday
11 3 (0.75%) McAfee