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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +23
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 287 378 480
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.56% 15.65% 8.39%
As % of the General category 10.92% 22.27% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 212 165 355
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £27,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,125 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,063 £60,000 £59,500
90th Percentile £76,020 £84,500 £77,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

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 2,628 1,697 3,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 41.77% 70.24% 54.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,883 890 2,188
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% +5.50% -11.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,625 £80,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -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 July 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 July 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 14 £40,000 -20.00% 13
Salford -1 12 £41,250 +19.57% 10
Stockport +4 8 £45,000 +17.65% 1
Wigan +3 6 £38,750 - 2
Altrincham +8 3 - - 2
Oldham +8 2 £74,082 +68.36% 2
Ashton-under-Lyne 0 1 £51,000 -
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 5 (1.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.70%) Apache
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 35 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 17 (5.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (5.23%) SAP PM
3 13 (4.53%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.05%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.35%) Magento
6 1 (0.35%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.20%) Azure
2 32 (11.15%) Power Platform
3 28 (9.76%) AWS
4 17 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.48%) GCP
6 9 (3.14%) Serverless
7 7 (2.44%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.44%) GitHub
8 5 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.39%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.05%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.70%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.09%) Firewall
2 4 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (1.39%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (1.39%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (1.39%) Network Security
3 2 (0.70%) DHCP
3 2 (0.70%) DNS
3 2 (0.70%) SAN
4 1 (0.35%) Internet
4 1 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.35%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.24%) Tableau
2 31 (10.80%) Power BI
3 8 (2.79%) Data Mining
3 8 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.74%) Big Data
5 5 (1.74%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.70%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.70%) KNIME
7 2 (0.70%) MS Access
8 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.35%) GIS
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.35%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.83%) Git
2 3 (1.05%) JIRA
3 2 (0.70%) Postman
4 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 128 (44.60%) Social Skills
2 86 (29.97%) Finance
3 53 (18.47%) Law
4 34 (11.85%) Telecoms
5 30 (10.45%) Military
6 25 (8.71%) Back Office
7 17 (5.92%) Marketing
7 17 (5.92%) Public Sector
8 15 (5.23%) Manufacturing
9 14 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (4.18%) Legal
10 12 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (3.48%) Banking
12 9 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (2.09%) Retail
15 5 (1.74%) Local Government
16 3 (1.05%) French Language
16 3 (1.05%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 69 (24.04%) Analyst
2 29 (10.10%) Lead
2 29 (10.10%) Senior
3 18 (6.27%) Developer
4 16 (5.57%) Data Analyst
5 15 (5.23%) Business Manager
5 15 (5.23%) Performance Analyst
6 14 (4.88%) Development Manager
7 13 (4.53%) Business Development Manager
7 13 (4.53%) Planning Manager
8 12 (4.18%) SAP Manager
9 11 (3.83%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.48%) Architect
10 10 (3.48%) Performance Manager
11 9 (3.14%) Accountant
11 9 (3.14%) Systems Accountant
12 8 (2.79%) Consultant
12 8 (2.79%) Data Manager
13 7 (2.44%) Business Analyst
13 7 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.57%) HTML
2 12 (4.18%) CSS
3 9 (3.14%) .NET
4 6 (2.09%) Web Services
5 5 (1.74%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.74%) Node.js
5 5 (1.74%) scikit-learn
6 4 (1.39%) Pandas
6 4 (1.39%) REST
7 3 (1.05%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.05%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (1.05%) Kafka
7 3 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.05%) Middleware
7 3 (1.05%) NumPy
7 3 (1.05%) SOAP
7 3 (1.05%) Visualforce
8 2 (0.70%) RESTful
8 2 (0.70%) Symfony
8 2 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (6.62%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.92%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.14%) Credit Risk
5 8 (2.79%) Marketing Technology
6 7 (2.44%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.09%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.09%) FMCG
8 5 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.39%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.05%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.05%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.70%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) NHS
11 2 (0.70%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.70%) Social Media
11 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.27%) Windows
2 8 (2.79%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.05%) Android
3 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (24.74%) Decision-Making
3 69 (24.04%) Analytics
4 66 (23.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (17.07%) AI
6 48 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (16.38%) Agile
8 46 (16.03%) Visualisation
9 43 (14.98%) Data Governance
10 42 (14.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 34 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
12 32 (11.15%) Validation
13 30 (10.45%) Data Development
13 30 (10.45%) ERP
14 29 (10.10%) Data Analysis
15 28 (9.76%) Data Modelling
15 28 (9.76%) Roadmaps
16 26 (9.06%) Process Improvement
17 25 (8.71%) Actionable Insight
18 24 (8.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.69%) SQL
2 60 (20.91%) Python
3 17 (5.92%) JavaScript
4 12 (4.18%) C#
5 9 (3.14%) Java
6 6 (2.09%) PHP
7 5 (1.74%) R
7 5 (1.74%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.05%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.05%) SOQL
8 3 (1.05%) SOSL
9 2 (0.70%) Bicep
9 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.70%) Scala
10 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 35 (12.20%) Degree
2 13 (4.53%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.83%) ACCA
4 10 (3.48%) HNC
5 9 (3.14%) CIMA
6 7 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.09%) IRCA
7 6 (2.09%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.74%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.39%) CCNA
9 4 (1.39%) CCNP
9 4 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.39%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.05%) CCA
10 3 (1.05%) MBA
11 1 (0.35%) CISA
11 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.27%) QA
3 15 (5.23%) SLA
4 10 (3.48%) GDPR
5 6 (2.09%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.39%) GRC
7 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.39%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.39%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.35%) IFRS
8 1 (0.35%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.35%) PMO
8 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (5.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) Docker
4 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) Ansible
1 1 (0.35%) Autotask
1 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.54%) SAP
3 10 (3.48%) Adobe
4 8 (2.79%) Databricks
5 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.39%) Aruba
6 4 (1.39%) Cisco
6 4 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.39%) HP
6 4 (1.39%) Sage
7 3 (1.05%) iManage
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle
7 3 (1.05%) VMware
8 2 (0.70%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.70%) Google
8 2 (0.70%) IFS
8 2 (0.70%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.70%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.70%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.35%) HighQ