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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 9 18
Rank change year-on-year -34 +9 +27
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 221 338 453
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.27% 16.17% 9.22%
As % of the General category 8.56% 22.62% 16.66%
Number of salaries quoted 137 182 334
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,800 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,188 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £76,875 £61,123
90th Percentile £75,000 £94,878 £77,125
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.95% +4.97%

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 2,581 1,494 2,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 49.88% 71.48% 55.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,520 869 2,108
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £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 £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 27 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 27 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 -3 12 £41,250 -17.50% 11
Salford - 7 £40,000 - 4
Wigan -4 5 £40,000 -
Stockport -1 4 £45,000 - 3
Altrincham - 4 £27,500 -
Oldham -3 1 £78,237 +148.37% 4
Bury -5 1 - - 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 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.36%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
Applications
1 36 (16.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.36%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.45%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (6.79%) SAP PM
3 12 (5.43%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.36%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.45%) Magento
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.45%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (15.84%) Power Platform
2 30 (13.57%) Azure
3 25 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (7.69%) AWS
5 10 (4.52%) SaaS
6 9 (4.07%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.07%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.62%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.62%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.71%) Amazon S3
8 6 (2.71%) Serverless
9 4 (1.81%) GCP
10 3 (1.36%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.36%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.90%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (0.90%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.90%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.36%) DHCP
1 3 (1.36%) DNS
1 3 (1.36%) Firewall
2 2 (0.90%) SAN
3 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.45%) Network Security
3 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.45%) TCAP
3 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.45%) VLAN
3 1 (0.45%) VPN
3 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (17.19%) Tableau
2 26 (11.76%) Power BI
3 16 (7.24%) Data Mining
4 7 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (2.71%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.36%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.90%) Big Data
7 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.45%) DB2
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (2.26%) Git
2 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Postman
2 1 (0.45%) REST Assured
2 1 (0.45%) Selenium
General
1 120 (54.30%) Social Skills
2 76 (34.39%) Finance
3 34 (15.38%) Law
4 26 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 25 (11.31%) Military
6 23 (10.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (9.05%) Back Office
8 15 (6.79%) Manufacturing
9 13 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (4.98%) Public Sector
11 10 (4.52%) Legal
12 8 (3.62%) Banking
12 8 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (2.26%) Marketing
15 4 (1.81%) Retail
16 3 (1.36%) French Language
16 3 (1.36%) Italian Language
16 3 (1.36%) Portuguese Language
16 3 (1.36%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 61 (27.60%) Analyst
2 21 (9.50%) Senior
3 18 (8.14%) Data Analyst
3 18 (8.14%) Lead
4 14 (6.33%) Consultant
5 13 (5.88%) Trainee
5 13 (5.88%) Trainee Analyst
5 13 (5.88%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 12 (5.43%) Planning Manager
6 12 (5.43%) SAP Manager
7 10 (4.52%) Performance Analyst
7 10 (4.52%) Performance Manager
8 9 (4.07%) Alliance Manager
8 9 (4.07%) Developer
9 8 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.17%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.17%) Data Manager
10 7 (3.17%) Service Manager
10 7 (3.17%) Technology Consultant
11 6 (2.71%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.71%) .NET
2 4 (1.81%) HTML
2 4 (1.81%) Pandas
2 4 (1.81%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.36%) CSS
3 3 (1.36%) NumPy
3 3 (1.36%) scikit-learn
3 3 (1.36%) Web Services
4 2 (0.90%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.90%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.90%) XML
5 1 (0.45%) ADO
5 1 (0.45%) EDI
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.45%) Playwright
5 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (4.52%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.26%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.26%) FMCG
6 5 (2.26%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.26%) Social Media
7 4 (1.81%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.36%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.45%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.14%) Windows
2 6 (2.71%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.36%) Android
3 3 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (38.01%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (25.34%) Analytics
3 53 (23.98%) AI
3 53 (23.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (23.53%) Decision-Making
5 42 (19.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (18.10%) Visualisation
7 34 (15.38%) Project Management
8 32 (14.48%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (14.48%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 30 (13.57%) Agile
9 30 (13.57%) Data Analysis
10 28 (12.67%) Data Governance
11 27 (12.22%) Data Analytics
12 26 (11.76%) Business Analysis
13 25 (11.31%) Data Development
14 23 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (9.95%) ERP
15 22 (9.95%) Roadmaps
16 21 (9.50%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.72%) SQL
2 42 (19.00%) Python
3 9 (4.07%) C#
4 5 (2.26%) Java
4 5 (2.26%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.81%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.36%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.36%) R
7 2 (0.90%) Bicep
7 2 (0.90%) Scala
8 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.45%) PHP
8 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (15.38%) Degree
2 9 (4.07%) HNC
3 8 (3.62%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.71%) IRCA
4 6 (2.71%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.71%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.81%) ACCA
6 4 (1.81%) PhD
6 4 (1.81%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.81%) PMP
7 3 (1.36%) CCA
7 3 (1.36%) CIMA
8 2 (0.90%) CISA
8 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.45%) CRISC
9 1 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.69%) QA
2 11 (4.98%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.52%) GDPR
4 6 (2.71%) ISO 9001
5 5 (2.26%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.26%) SLA
6 4 (1.81%) GRC
6 4 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.81%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.90%) FINRA
7 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.45%) SOX 404
System Software
1 19 (8.60%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.62%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.90%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) Firmware
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.07%) Terraform
3 8 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.36%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.45%) Ansible
5 1 (0.45%) Autotask
5 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 55 (24.89%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.38%) SAP
3 8 (3.62%) New Relic
3 8 (3.62%) Splunk
4 4 (1.81%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.36%) Databricks
5 3 (1.36%) Genesys
5 3 (1.36%) iManage
5 3 (1.36%) Oracle
5 3 (1.36%) PayPal
5 3 (1.36%) VMware
6 2 (0.90%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.90%) Apple
6 2 (0.90%) Guidewire
6 2 (0.90%) IFS
6 2 (0.90%) OneLogin
6 2 (0.90%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.90%) Verint
7 1 (0.45%) HubSpot