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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 10 19
Rank change year-on-year -32 +9 +27
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 186 293 427
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.21% 14.48% 9.27%
As % of the General category 8.16% 20.22% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 107 168 318
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,200 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,750 £35,940
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £63,125 £77,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £76,295 £95,000 £73,750
North West median annual salary £42,500 £50,472 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.80% +6.26% +5.56%

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 2,279 1,449 2,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 51.60% 71.59% 55.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 855 2,006
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,875 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £51,257
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +12.18% -6.81%
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 2 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 2 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 -8 7 £47,500 -5.00% 11
Salford -5 5 £41,250 -30.59% 9
Altrincham - 4 £27,500 - 1
Wigan -3 3 £40,000 - 2
Bury - 2 - - 1
Oldham -3 1 £78,237 +148.37% 5
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 (5.91%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.61%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.61%) Confluence
2 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.54%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (20.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.61%) Chatbot
5 2 (1.08%) AutoCAD
5 2 (1.08%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (8.06%) SAP PM
2 11 (5.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (3.23%) SAP ERP
4 5 (2.69%) NetSuite
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.54%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (17.20%) Power Platform
2 21 (11.29%) Azure
3 19 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.06%) AWS
5 12 (6.45%) SaaS
6 9 (4.84%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.84%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (4.30%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (2.69%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.15%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (2.15%) Figma
9 4 (2.15%) GCP
9 4 (2.15%) Serverless
10 3 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.08%) Amazon SageMaker
11 2 (1.08%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.08%) Firewall
1 2 (1.08%) Network Security
2 1 (0.54%) DHCP
2 1 (0.54%) DNS
2 1 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.54%) TCAP
2 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.54%) VLAN
2 1 (0.54%) VPN
2 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (16.13%) Tableau
2 24 (12.90%) Power BI
3 18 (9.68%) Data Mining
4 6 (3.23%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.61%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.08%) Big Data
8 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.54%) DB2
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Git
1 4 (2.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.54%) Postman
2 1 (0.54%) REST Assured
2 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 98 (52.69%) Social Skills
2 74 (39.78%) Finance
3 23 (12.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (12.37%) Law
4 16 (8.60%) Telecoms
5 15 (8.06%) Military
6 14 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (6.99%) Banking
8 11 (5.91%) Legal
9 10 (5.38%) Back Office
10 9 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (4.84%) Manufacturing
11 8 (4.30%) Public Sector
12 6 (3.23%) Retail
13 5 (2.69%) Marketing
14 3 (1.61%) French Language
14 3 (1.61%) Italian Language
14 3 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.61%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (1.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (23.66%) Analyst
2 18 (9.68%) Data Analyst
2 18 (9.68%) Senior
3 16 (8.60%) Consultant
4 15 (8.06%) Trainee
4 15 (8.06%) Trainee Analyst
4 15 (8.06%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 14 (7.53%) Lead
6 10 (5.38%) Performance Manager
7 9 (4.84%) Alliance Manager
8 8 (4.30%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) Architect
9 7 (3.76%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.76%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.76%) Senior Manager
9 7 (3.76%) Technology Consultant
10 6 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
10 6 (3.23%) Planning Manager
10 6 (3.23%) SAP Manager
10 6 (3.23%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.23%) .NET
2 4 (2.15%) HTML
2 4 (2.15%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.61%) CSS
3 3 (1.61%) Pandas
3 3 (1.61%) Web Services
4 2 (1.08%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.08%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (1.08%) NumPy
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.08%) scikit-learn
4 2 (1.08%) XML
5 1 (0.54%) ADO
5 1 (0.54%) Playwright
5 1 (0.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (4.30%) Social Media
4 7 (3.76%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.69%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.69%) FMCG
6 5 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.69%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.15%) Credit Risk
7 4 (2.15%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.61%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.54%) CCTV
10 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.54%) Derivative
10 1 (0.54%) Equities
10 1 (0.54%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.99%) Windows
2 3 (1.61%) Android
2 3 (1.61%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.54%) Linux
3 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (39.78%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (28.49%) Analytics
3 50 (26.88%) AI
4 46 (24.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (24.73%) Decision-Making
5 45 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (20.43%) Project Management
7 34 (18.28%) Agile
8 31 (16.67%) Visualisation
9 30 (16.13%) Data Analytics
10 29 (15.59%) Business Analysis
10 29 (15.59%) Data Analysis
11 26 (13.98%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (11.29%) Roadmaps
12 21 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (10.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 19 (10.22%) Change Management
14 19 (10.22%) Requirements Gathering
15 18 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
15 18 (9.68%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 40 (21.51%) SQL
2 36 (19.35%) Python
3 6 (3.23%) C#
4 5 (2.69%) Java
5 4 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.08%) R
6 2 (1.08%) Scala
6 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.54%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.54%) PHP
7 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (18.82%) Degree
2 11 (5.91%) DBS Check
3 6 (3.23%) ACCA
3 6 (3.23%) CIMA
3 6 (3.23%) HNC
3 6 (3.23%) IRCA
3 6 (3.23%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.15%) PhD
4 4 (2.15%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.15%) PMP
4 4 (2.15%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.08%) CCA
6 2 (1.08%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.54%) CISA
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.60%) QA
2 11 (5.91%) GDPR
3 6 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.23%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.69%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.08%) FINRA
5 2 (1.08%) SLA
6 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.54%) GLBA
6 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.54%) SOX 404
System Software
1 11 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.08%) Docker
2 2 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.54%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.84%) Terraform
3 8 (4.30%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.61%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.54%) Autotask
5 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 45 (24.19%) Microsoft
2 28 (15.05%) SAP
3 8 (4.30%) New Relic
3 8 (4.30%) Splunk
4 5 (2.69%) Guidewire
5 4 (2.15%) Adobe
5 4 (2.15%) Oracle
5 4 (2.15%) Qualtrics
6 3 (1.61%) Databricks
6 3 (1.61%) Genesys
6 3 (1.61%) PayPal
7 2 (1.08%) Anaplan
7 2 (1.08%) Apple
7 2 (1.08%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.08%) IFS
7 2 (1.08%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.08%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.08%) Verint
8 1 (0.54%) Duck Creek
8 1 (0.54%) Sage