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 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -30 +8 +24
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 214 341 455
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.03% 15.97% 9.22%
As % of the General category 8.17% 22.66% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 136 184 336
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,900 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +2.56%
75th Percentile £63,938 £75,000 £61,123
90th Percentile £75,000 £94,633 £76,875
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.95% +4.28%

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 2,619 1,505 2,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 49.28% 70.49% 55.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 875 2,109
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,507
Median % change year-on-year - +8.90% -8.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,945 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.85% +7.25% -9.52%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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
Bolton -2 13 £41,250 -17.50% 9
Salford - 7 £40,000 - 9
Wigan -4 5 £40,000 -
Stockport 0 4 £45,000 - 5
Altrincham - 4 £27,500 - 2
Oldham -1 1 £78,237 +148.37% 3
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 11 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 34 (15.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (8.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (7.01%) SAP PM
3 13 (6.07%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.93%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.47%) Magento
5 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.89%) Power Platform
2 29 (13.55%) Azure
3 26 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (8.41%) AWS
5 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (4.21%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.21%) OneDrive
6 9 (4.21%) SaaS
7 8 (3.74%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.27%) Serverless
9 6 (2.80%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.87%) GCP
11 3 (1.40%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.40%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.93%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.93%) GitHub
12 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.93%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.40%) DHCP
1 3 (1.40%) DNS
1 3 (1.40%) Firewall
2 2 (0.93%) SAN
3 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.47%) Network Security
3 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.47%) TCAP
3 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.47%) VLAN
3 1 (0.47%) VPN
3 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (17.29%) Tableau
2 25 (11.68%) Power BI
3 16 (7.48%) Data Mining
4 5 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.40%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.93%) Big Data
7 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.47%) DB2
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.47%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Postman
2 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
2 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 110 (51.40%) Social Skills
2 69 (32.24%) Finance
3 34 (15.89%) Law
4 25 (11.68%) Military
4 25 (11.68%) Telecoms
5 24 (11.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (9.35%) Back Office
7 15 (7.01%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.67%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.74%) Legal
10 7 (3.27%) Banking
10 7 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.87%) Marketing
12 3 (1.40%) French Language
12 3 (1.40%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.40%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.40%) Retail
12 3 (1.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 58 (27.10%) Analyst
2 19 (8.88%) Lead
2 19 (8.88%) Senior
3 18 (8.41%) Data Analyst
4 13 (6.07%) Consultant
4 13 (6.07%) Planning Manager
4 13 (6.07%) SAP Manager
4 13 (6.07%) Trainee
4 13 (6.07%) Trainee Analyst
4 13 (6.07%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 10 (4.67%) Performance Analyst
5 10 (4.67%) Performance Manager
6 9 (4.21%) Alliance Manager
6 9 (4.21%) Data Manager
7 8 (3.74%) Developer
7 8 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (3.27%) Service Manager
8 7 (3.27%) Technology Consultant
9 6 (2.80%) Analytics Manager
9 6 (2.80%) Data Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.80%) .NET
2 4 (1.87%) HTML
2 4 (1.87%) Pandas
2 4 (1.87%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.40%) CSS
3 3 (1.40%) NumPy
3 3 (1.40%) scikit-learn
3 3 (1.40%) Web Services
4 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.93%) XML
5 1 (0.47%) ADO
5 1 (0.47%) EDI
5 1 (0.47%) Playwright
5 1 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (4.67%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.34%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.34%) FMCG
5 5 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.34%) Social Media
6 4 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.87%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.40%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.93%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.47%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.47%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.88%) Windows
2 7 (3.27%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.40%) Android
3 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (37.85%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (26.17%) Analytics
3 51 (23.83%) AI
4 50 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (22.43%) Decision-Making
6 39 (18.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (17.76%) Visualisation
8 33 (15.42%) Project Management
9 32 (14.95%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 30 (14.02%) Agile
10 30 (14.02%) Data Governance
11 29 (13.55%) Business Intelligence
12 28 (13.08%) Data Analysis
12 28 (13.08%) Data Analytics
13 25 (11.68%) Data Development
14 24 (11.21%) Business Analysis
15 23 (10.75%) Roadmaps
15 23 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 22 (10.28%) ERP
17 19 (8.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 47 (21.96%) SQL
2 42 (19.63%) Python
3 9 (4.21%) C#
4 5 (2.34%) Java
4 5 (2.34%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.87%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.93%) Bicep
7 2 (0.93%) R
7 2 (0.93%) Scala
8 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.47%) PHP
8 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (15.42%) Degree
2 9 (4.21%) HNC
3 8 (3.74%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.80%) IRCA
4 6 (2.80%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.34%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.34%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.87%) ACCA
6 4 (1.87%) PhD
6 4 (1.87%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.87%) PMP
7 3 (1.40%) CCA
7 3 (1.40%) CIMA
8 2 (0.93%) CISA
8 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.47%) CRISC
9 1 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.01%) QA
2 13 (6.07%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.67%) GDPR
4 6 (2.80%) ISO 9001
4 6 (2.80%) SLA
5 5 (2.34%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.87%) GRC
6 4 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.87%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.40%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.47%) SOX 404
System Software
1 20 (9.35%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.93%) Docker
5 1 (0.47%) Firmware
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.21%) Terraform
3 8 (3.74%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.40%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.47%) Ansible
5 1 (0.47%) Autotask
5 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 56 (26.17%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.89%) SAP
3 8 (3.74%) New Relic
3 8 (3.74%) Splunk
4 4 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.40%) Databricks
5 3 (1.40%) iManage
5 3 (1.40%) PayPal
5 3 (1.40%) VMware
6 2 (0.93%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.93%) Apple
6 2 (0.93%) Genesys
6 2 (0.93%) IFS
6 2 (0.93%) OneLogin
6 2 (0.93%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle
6 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.93%) Verint
7 1 (0.47%) Adyen
7 1 (0.47%) Qualtrics