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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -30 +7 +25
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 225 336 458
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.22% 15.52% 9.23%
As % of the General category 8.75% 21.69% 16.64%
Number of salaries quoted 145 180 339
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +2.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £93,900 £76,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +3.33%

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 2,571 1,549 2,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 48.25% 71.55% 55.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,567 871 2,115
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £66,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -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 8 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 8 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 -1 13 £41,250 -17.50% 10
Salford - 9 £41,250 - 5
Wigan -4 5 £40,000 - 1
Stockport +1 4 £45,000 - 6
Altrincham - 4 £27,500 - 1
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 (4.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.33%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
Applications
1 33 (14.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (8.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (6.67%) SAP PM
3 13 (5.78%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.44%) Magento
5 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 37 (16.44%) Power Platform
2 31 (13.78%) Azure
3 27 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (8.44%) AWS
5 10 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (4.00%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.00%) OneDrive
6 9 (4.00%) SaaS
7 8 (3.56%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.11%) Serverless
9 6 (2.67%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.78%) GCP
10 4 (1.78%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.33%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.33%) GitHub
12 2 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.78%) Firewall
2 3 (1.33%) DHCP
2 3 (1.33%) DNS
3 2 (0.89%) Network Security
3 2 (0.89%) SAN
4 1 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.44%) TCAP
4 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.44%) VLAN
4 1 (0.44%) VPN
4 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (16.89%) Tableau
2 28 (12.44%) Power BI
3 15 (6.67%) Data Mining
4 6 (2.67%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.33%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.89%) Big Data
7 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.44%) DB2
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 6 (2.67%) Git
2 2 (0.89%) JIRA
3 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.44%) Postman
3 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 114 (50.67%) Social Skills
2 74 (32.89%) Finance
3 34 (15.11%) Law
4 25 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (11.11%) Military
4 25 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 20 (8.89%) Back Office
6 15 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.89%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.56%) Banking
9 8 (3.56%) Legal
10 7 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.22%) Marketing
12 4 (1.78%) Retail
13 3 (1.33%) French Language
13 3 (1.33%) Italian Language
13 3 (1.33%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (1.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 59 (26.22%) Analyst
2 23 (10.22%) Senior
3 22 (9.78%) Lead
4 18 (8.00%) Data Analyst
5 13 (5.78%) Consultant
5 13 (5.78%) Planning Manager
5 13 (5.78%) SAP Manager
6 12 (5.33%) Trainee
6 12 (5.33%) Trainee Analyst
6 12 (5.33%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 10 (4.44%) Performance Analyst
7 10 (4.44%) Performance Manager
8 9 (4.00%) Alliance Manager
8 9 (4.00%) Data Manager
8 9 (4.00%) Developer
9 8 (3.56%) Architect
9 8 (3.56%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.11%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.11%) Service Manager
10 7 (3.11%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.67%) .NET
2 5 (2.22%) HTML
3 4 (1.78%) CSS
3 4 (1.78%) Pandas
3 4 (1.78%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.33%) NumPy
4 3 (1.33%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.33%) Web Services
5 2 (0.89%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.89%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (0.89%) REST
5 2 (0.89%) XML
6 1 (0.44%) ADO
6 1 (0.44%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.44%) EDI
6 1 (0.44%) Middleware
6 1 (0.44%) Node.js
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.44%) SOAP
6 1 (0.44%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (4.89%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.67%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.22%) FMCG
5 5 (2.22%) Social Media
6 4 (1.78%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.33%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.33%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.33%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.89%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.44%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.89%) Windows
2 8 (3.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.33%) Android
3 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (38.67%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (26.22%) Analytics
3 54 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (23.56%) AI
5 52 (23.11%) Decision-Making
6 41 (18.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (17.33%) Visualisation
8 34 (15.11%) Agile
9 33 (14.67%) Project Management
10 32 (14.22%) Business Intelligence
10 32 (14.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 31 (13.78%) Data Governance
12 27 (12.00%) Data Analysis
12 27 (12.00%) Data Analytics
13 25 (11.11%) Data Development
14 24 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (10.22%) Business Analysis
15 23 (10.22%) ERP
15 23 (10.22%) Roadmaps
16 20 (8.89%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.33%) SQL
2 43 (19.11%) Python
3 9 (4.00%) C#
4 6 (2.67%) Java
4 6 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.22%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.33%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.89%) Bicep
7 2 (0.89%) R
7 2 (0.89%) Scala
8 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.44%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.44%) PHP
8 1 (0.44%) SOQL
8 1 (0.44%) SOSL
8 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (14.67%) Degree
2 9 (4.00%) HNC
3 8 (3.56%) DBS Check
4 7 (3.11%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.67%) IRCA
5 6 (2.67%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.22%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.78%) ACCA
7 4 (1.78%) PhD
7 4 (1.78%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.78%) PMP
8 3 (1.33%) CCA
8 3 (1.33%) CIMA
9 2 (0.89%) CISA
9 2 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.44%) APMG
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.44%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.67%) QA
2 14 (6.22%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.44%) GDPR
4 8 (3.56%) SLA
5 6 (2.67%) ISO 9001
6 5 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.78%) GRC
7 4 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.78%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.33%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.44%) SOX 404
System Software
1 21 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.89%) Docker
5 1 (0.44%) Firmware
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.00%) Terraform
3 8 (3.56%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.33%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.44%) Ansible
5 1 (0.44%) Autotask
5 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 59 (26.22%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.11%) SAP
3 8 (3.56%) New Relic
3 8 (3.56%) Splunk
4 5 (2.22%) Databricks
5 4 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.33%) iManage
6 3 (1.33%) Oracle
6 3 (1.33%) PayPal
6 3 (1.33%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.33%) VMware
7 2 (0.89%) Adobe
7 2 (0.89%) Anaplan
7 2 (0.89%) Apple
7 2 (0.89%) Genesys
7 2 (0.89%) IFS
7 2 (0.89%) OneLogin
7 2 (0.89%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.89%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.89%) Verint