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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 8 18
Rank change year-on-year -33 +10 +25
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 210 336 452
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.18% 16.35% 9.36%
As % of the General category 8.35% 22.86% 16.95%
Number of salaries quoted 127 182 332
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,375 £27,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,188 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £75,000 £94,878 £76,250
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +6.56%

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 2,514 1,470 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 50.09% 71.53% 55.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,474 864 2,081
10th Percentile £29,103 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,364
Median % change year-on-year - +7.08% -6.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -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 21 April 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 April 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 -4 11 £41,250 -17.50% 8
Salford -8 7 £40,000 -32.69% 4
Wigan -4 5 £40,000 - 3
Altrincham - 4 £27,500 - 1
Stockport +1 3 £45,000 - 4
Oldham -4 1 £78,237 +148.37% 4
Bury -6 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 11 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.43%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.48%) Confluence
3 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
Applications
1 35 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.43%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.48%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.48%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (7.14%) SAP PM
1 15 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (4.76%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.43%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.48%) Magento
5 1 (0.48%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (15.71%) Power Platform
2 27 (12.86%) Azure
3 22 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.10%) AWS
5 11 (5.24%) SaaS
6 9 (4.29%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.29%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.86%) Amazon S3
8 6 (2.86%) Serverless
9 4 (1.90%) GCP
10 3 (1.43%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.95%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.95%) Figma
11 2 (0.95%) OCI
11 2 (0.95%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.43%) DHCP
1 3 (1.43%) DNS
1 3 (1.43%) Firewall
2 2 (0.95%) SAN
3 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.48%) Network Security
3 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.48%) TCAP
3 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.48%) VLAN
3 1 (0.48%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (18.57%) Tableau
2 24 (11.43%) Power BI
3 17 (8.10%) Data Mining
4 6 (2.86%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.43%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.95%) Big Data
7 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.48%) DB2
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Git
2 2 (0.95%) JIRA
3 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.48%) Postman
3 1 (0.48%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.48%) Selenium
General
1 113 (53.81%) Social Skills
2 75 (35.71%) Finance
3 32 (15.24%) Law
4 26 (12.38%) Telecoms
5 25 (11.90%) Military
6 22 (10.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (9.52%) Back Office
8 13 (6.19%) Manufacturing
8 13 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (5.24%) Public Sector
10 9 (4.29%) Banking
11 8 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.81%) Legal
12 6 (2.86%) Marketing
12 6 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.90%) Retail
14 3 (1.43%) French Language
14 3 (1.43%) Italian Language
14 3 (1.43%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (1.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 54 (25.71%) Analyst
2 20 (9.52%) Senior
3 17 (8.10%) Data Analyst
3 17 (8.10%) Lead
4 14 (6.67%) Consultant
4 14 (6.67%) Trainee
4 14 (6.67%) Trainee Analyst
4 14 (6.67%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 10 (4.76%) Performance Analyst
5 10 (4.76%) Performance Manager
5 10 (4.76%) Planning Manager
5 10 (4.76%) SAP Manager
6 9 (4.29%) Alliance Manager
6 9 (4.29%) Developer
7 8 (3.81%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (3.33%) Architect
8 7 (3.33%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.33%) Data Manager
8 7 (3.33%) Service Manager
8 7 (3.33%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.86%) .NET
2 4 (1.90%) HTML
2 4 (1.90%) Pandas
2 4 (1.90%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.43%) CSS
3 3 (1.43%) NumPy
3 3 (1.43%) scikit-learn
3 3 (1.43%) Web Services
4 2 (0.95%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.95%) XML
5 1 (0.48%) ADO
5 1 (0.48%) EDI
5 1 (0.48%) Playwright
5 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.19%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.38%) FMCG
4 5 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.38%) Social Media
5 4 (1.90%) Credit Risk
5 4 (1.90%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.43%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.95%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.48%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.48%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.48%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.14%) Windows
2 5 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.43%) Android
3 3 (1.43%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (26.19%) Analytics
3 52 (24.76%) AI
4 49 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 49 (23.33%) Decision-Making
5 42 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (18.57%) Visualisation
7 37 (17.62%) Project Management
8 30 (14.29%) Agile
8 30 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (14.29%) Data Analysis
9 29 (13.81%) Data Analytics
9 29 (13.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 28 (13.33%) Data Governance
11 27 (12.86%) Business Analysis
12 25 (11.90%) Data Development
13 22 (10.48%) Roadmaps
14 21 (10.00%) ERP
15 20 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 18 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.90%) SQL
2 41 (19.52%) Python
3 8 (3.81%) C#
4 5 (2.38%) Java
4 5 (2.38%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.43%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.43%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.95%) Bicep
6 2 (0.95%) R
6 2 (0.95%) Scala
7 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.48%) PHP
7 1 (0.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (15.71%) Degree
2 8 (3.81%) DBS Check
2 8 (3.81%) HNC
3 7 (3.33%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.86%) IRCA
5 5 (2.38%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.90%) PhD
6 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.90%) PMP
7 3 (1.43%) ACCA
7 3 (1.43%) CCA
7 3 (1.43%) CIMA
8 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.48%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.62%) QA
2 11 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.76%) GDPR
4 6 (2.86%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.90%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.90%) SLA
6 3 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.43%) GRC
6 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.43%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.95%) FINRA
8 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.48%) SOX 404
System Software
1 16 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.95%) Docker
5 1 (0.48%) Firmware
5 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.29%) Terraform
3 8 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.43%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.48%) Ansible
5 1 (0.48%) Autotask
5 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 53 (25.24%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.24%) SAP
3 8 (3.81%) New Relic
3 8 (3.81%) Splunk
4 4 (1.90%) Oracle
5 3 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.43%) Databricks
5 3 (1.43%) Genesys
5 3 (1.43%) Guidewire
5 3 (1.43%) PayPal
5 3 (1.43%) VMware
6 2 (0.95%) Adobe
6 2 (0.95%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.95%) Apple
6 2 (0.95%) IFS
6 2 (0.95%) OneLogin
6 2 (0.95%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.95%) Qualtrics
6 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.95%) Verint