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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 15 30
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 231 383 183
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.72% 10.37% 7.89%
As % of the General category 15.58% 17.23% 13.07%
Number of salaries quoted 106 153 144
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £37,907
25th Percentile £33,156 £41,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -16.04% +32.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £67,500 £79,500 £72,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +11.11%

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 common skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,483 2,223 1,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 62.42% 60.16% 60.34%
Number of salaries quoted 869 892 1,075
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.85% +8.28%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 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
Salford +7 19 £39,750 -33.11% 6
Stockport +5 8 £57,875 +18.72% 18
Bury 0 4 - - 9
Bolton -9 3 £45,000 +5.88% 14
Altrincham - 2 £38,750 - 9
Oldham +7 1 - - 4
Cheadle -5 1 £200,000 - 1
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 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.03%) Confluence
4 2 (0.87%) CMS
4 2 (0.87%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.43%) SAS
5 1 (0.43%) WinCC
Applications
1 52 (22.51%) Chatbot
2 42 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.87%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.87%) Revit
6 1 (0.43%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (13.85%) Azure
1 32 (13.85%) Power Platform
2 26 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 20 (8.66%) AWS
5 12 (5.19%) Microsoft Purview
6 11 (4.76%) SaaS
7 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.60%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (2.60%) Figma
8 6 (2.60%) GCP
9 3 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.87%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.87%) Google Docs
10 2 (0.87%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.87%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.49%) Firewall
2 4 (1.73%) DHCP
2 4 (1.73%) DNS
2 4 (1.73%) VLAN
3 3 (1.30%) Network Security
4 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.43%) LAN
4 1 (0.43%) SMS
4 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.43%) VPN
4 1 (0.43%) WAN
4 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.99%) Power BI
2 13 (5.63%) Tableau
3 10 (4.33%) Data Mining
4 6 (2.60%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.73%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.73%) Looker
5 4 (1.73%) MySQL
6 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.30%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.43%) Big Data
8 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.43%) Power Query
8 1 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 7 (3.03%) JIRA
2 5 (2.16%) Git
3 2 (0.87%) WaveMaker
4 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.43%) Gatling
4 1 (0.43%) JMeter
4 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
General
1 108 (46.75%) Social Skills
2 85 (36.80%) Finance
3 14 (6.06%) Banking
4 13 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (5.19%) Legal
5 12 (5.19%) Marketing
5 12 (5.19%) Retail
6 11 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.33%) Law
8 8 (3.46%) Local Government
9 7 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.60%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.60%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.16%) Police
12 3 (1.30%) Electronics
12 3 (1.30%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.87%) Advertising
13 2 (0.87%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (27.71%) Analyst
2 52 (22.51%) Trainer
3 19 (8.23%) Support Engineer
4 18 (7.79%) Financial Analyst
5 15 (6.49%) Data Analyst
6 13 (5.63%) Commercial Analyst
6 13 (5.63%) Senior
7 11 (4.76%) Architect
8 10 (4.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Engineer
8 10 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (3.90%) Lead
9 9 (3.90%) Technical Engineer
9 9 (3.90%) Technical Support
9 9 (3.90%) Technical Support Engineer
10 8 (3.46%) Applications Support
11 7 (3.03%) Azure Architect
12 6 (2.60%) Payments Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.60%) TOGAF Architect
12 6 (2.60%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.60%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.87%) CSS
2 2 (0.87%) HTML
2 2 (0.87%) jQuery
2 2 (0.87%) Laravel
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.87%) PySpark
2 2 (0.87%) React
2 2 (0.87%) REST
2 2 (0.87%) RESTful
2 2 (0.87%) Spring
2 2 (0.87%) Spring Boot
2 2 (0.87%) Web Services
3 1 (0.43%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (8.66%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (5.63%) Driving Licence
4 12 (5.19%) Social Media
5 11 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.33%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.90%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.16%) NHS
10 4 (1.73%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.30%) Derivative
11 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.30%) EPoS
11 3 (1.30%) Equities
11 3 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.87%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.87%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.76%) Windows
2 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
2 3 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (38.53%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (34.63%) AI
3 55 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 52 (22.51%) Chemistry
4 52 (22.51%) Conversational UI
5 40 (17.32%) Agile
6 36 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (11.69%) Analytics
9 25 (10.82%) Actionable Insight
10 23 (9.96%) Data Analysis
11 22 (9.52%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 22 (9.52%) ERP
11 22 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (8.66%) Business Strategy
13 19 (8.23%) Business Analysis
14 17 (7.36%) Business Case
14 17 (7.36%) Visualisation
15 16 (6.93%) Change Management
15 16 (6.93%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 42 (18.18%) SQL
2 12 (5.19%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.76%) Python
4 6 (2.60%) VBA
5 3 (1.30%) Java
6 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.87%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.87%) PHP
7 1 (0.43%) R
7 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 98 (42.42%) Degree
2 56 (24.24%) Master's Degree
3 52 (22.51%) PhD
4 14 (6.06%) DBS Check
5 12 (5.19%) ACCA
5 12 (5.19%) CIMA
6 6 (2.60%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.30%) AAT
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.87%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.43%) CISA
10 1 (0.43%) CISSP
10 1 (0.43%) HND
10 1 (0.43%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.43%) MBA
10 1 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.03%) GDPR
2 7 (3.03%) QA
3 5 (2.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 5 (2.16%) GLBA
4 3 (1.30%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.87%) FINRA
5 2 (0.87%) P3O
6 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.43%) COBIT
6 1 (0.43%) ITGC
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (6.93%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.90%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.87%) Docker
5 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.87%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) AssetCenter
3 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (25.54%) Microsoft
2 52 (22.51%) PayPal
3 11 (4.76%) Google
4 10 (4.33%) SAP
5 6 (2.60%) Adobe
5 6 (2.60%) Qualtrics
6 5 (2.16%) Guidewire
6 5 (2.16%) iManage
6 5 (2.16%) Oracle
6 5 (2.16%) VMware
7 4 (1.73%) Facebook
7 4 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.73%) Splunk
8 3 (1.30%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.30%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.30%) Cisco
8 3 (1.30%) MobileIron
8 3 (1.30%) Veeam
9 2 (0.87%) IBM
9 2 (0.87%) Siemens