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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	24	11	16
Rank change year-on-year	-13	+5	+16
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	443	306	347
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester	5.74%	13.44%	9.14%
As % of the General category	14.30%	20.51%	15.62%
Number of salaries quoted	261	115	137
10^th Percentile	£31,055	£32,500	£27,500
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£33,125	£39,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£42,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.76%	-15.00%	-9.09%
75^th Percentile	£64,500	£60,000	£60,000
90^th Percentile	£77,500	£70,873	£81,500
North West median annual salary	£46,500	£45,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+3.33%	-10.00%	+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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	3,097	1,492	2,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester	40.14%	65.55%	58.52%
Number of salaries quoted	2,013	801	897
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£33,125	£40,988
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+15.79%	-9.52%	-11.76%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£67,500	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£90,250	£82,500	£86,750
North West median annual salary	£50,000	£47,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%	-4.76%

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 Salary Trend in Manchester

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 18 October 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 18 October 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
Salford	-11	26	£45,000	+13.21%	19
Stockport	-5	10	£45,000	-22.25%	7
Bolton	+2	8	£38,750	-13.89%	3
Wigan	+4	5	£37,500	-	2
Rochdale	+1	2	-	-	1
Altrincham	+7	1	£47,500	-5.00%	2
Sale	+2	1	£42,500	-	2
Oldham	-3	1	£69,928	+23.76%	3
Ashton-under-Lyne	-4	1	£51,000	-
Analytical Skills North West

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	40.0%	177
2	Continuous Improvement	28.9%	128
3	AI	27.5%	122
4	Decision-Making	25.7%	114
5	Microsoft	22.6%	100
6	Analytics	21.7%	96
7	Stakeholder Management	20.3%	90
8	SQL	19.4%	86
9	Degree	16.5%	73
10	Python	15.3%	68
11	Azure	14.9%	66
12	Agile	14.4%	64
13	Customer Service	13.8%	61
14	Validation	13.1%	58
15	Data Quality	12.6%	56
16	Actionable Insight	11.7%	52
16	Business Intelligence	11.7%	52
18	Microsoft Excel	11.5%	51
19	Power Platform	10.8%	48
20	AWS	10.6%	47
20	Coaching	10.6%	47
20	Collaborative Culture	10.6%	47
20	Stakeholder Engagement	10.6%	47
24	Power BI	10.2%	45
25	Data Analysis	9.9%	44
26	Visualisation	9.5%	42
27	Data Modelling	7.9%	35
27	Data-Driven Decision Making	7.9%	35
27	Security Cleared	7.9%	35
30	Customer Experience	7.7%	34

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	45.6%	202
2	Finance	29.8%	132
3	Marketing	12.9%	57
4	Law	12.4%	55
5	Legal	10.2%	45
6	Organisational Skills	9.0%	40
7	Inclusion and Diversity	6.8%	30
8	Retail	5.6%	25
9	Influencing Skills	5.0%	22
10	Presentation Skills	4.3%	19
11	Telecoms	3.8%	17
12	Military	3.4%	15
13	Public Sector	2.9%	13
14	Documentation Skills	2.5%	11
14	Manufacturing	2.5%	11
16	Back Office	2.3%	10
16	Local Government	2.3%	10
18	Advertising	2.0%	9
19	Banking	1.8%	8
19	Legal Technology	1.8%	8