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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 8 34
Rank change year-on-year -14 +26 +18
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 207 380 160
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.40% 14.08% 6.79%
As % of the General category 11.96% 20.52% 11.95%
Number of salaries quoted 88 151 111
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,920
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £60,625 £69,375 £65,750
90th Percentile £80,375 £77,500 £72,500
North West median annual salary £43,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.10% +10.53% +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 1,731 1,852 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 61.84% 68.62% 56.86%
Number of salaries quoted 892 751 1,004
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,150
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £88,625 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,811 £50,500
% change year-on-year -6.52% +0.61% -3.81%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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 +3 17 £45,000 -24.28% 7
Stockport +6 5 £77,500 +31.91% 16
Bury - 4 - - 3
Oldham -2 1 - - 1
Bolton -8 1 £47,500 +11.76% 16
Altrincham - 1 £27,500 - 1
Cheadle - 1 £200,000 -
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 20 (9.66%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.93%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.93%) Confluence
4 2 (0.97%) nginx
5 1 (0.48%) Apache
5 1 (0.48%) CMS
5 1 (0.48%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.48%) SAS
5 1 (0.48%) WinCC
Applications
1 39 (18.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (18.36%) Chatbot
3 10 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.97%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.97%) Revit
6 1 (0.48%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (2.42%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.48%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 34 (16.43%) Power Platform
2 30 (14.49%) Azure
3 25 (12.08%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 16 (7.73%) AWS
5 16 (7.73%) Microsoft Purview
5 16 (7.73%) SaaS
6 9 (4.35%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.86%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.90%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (2.90%) Figma
9 3 (1.45%) GCP
10 2 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.97%) Google Docs
10 2 (0.97%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.97%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.97%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.38%) Firewall
2 2 (0.97%) Network Security
3 1 (0.48%) DHCP
3 1 (0.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.48%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.48%) SMS
3 1 (0.48%) TCAP
3 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.48%) VLAN
3 1 (0.48%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (12.56%) Power BI
2 20 (9.66%) Tableau
3 16 (7.73%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.93%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.93%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.45%) Big Data
5 3 (1.45%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.97%) Looker
6 2 (0.97%) MySQL
6 2 (0.97%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.48%) DB2
7 1 (0.48%) Power Query
7 1 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 4 (1.93%) JIRA
2 3 (1.45%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Gatling
3 1 (0.48%) JMeter
3 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
General
1 88 (42.51%) Social Skills
2 76 (36.71%) Finance
3 26 (12.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.28%) Banking
4 13 (6.28%) Legal
5 11 (5.31%) Law
6 10 (4.83%) Retail
7 8 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.86%) Marketing
7 8 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.38%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.93%) Local Government
10 4 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.45%) Electronics
11 3 (1.45%) Games
11 3 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.45%) Police
12 2 (0.97%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (23.67%) Analyst
2 38 (18.36%) Trainer
3 19 (9.18%) Data Analyst
4 13 (6.28%) Senior
4 13 (6.28%) Support Engineer
5 11 (5.31%) Trainee
5 11 (5.31%) Trainee Analyst
5 11 (5.31%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 10 (4.83%) Consultant
6 10 (4.83%) Financial Analyst
7 9 (4.35%) Alliance Manager
7 9 (4.35%) Architect
8 8 (3.86%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 8 (3.86%) Microsoft Engineer
8 8 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.38%) Commercial Analyst
10 6 (2.90%) Lead
10 6 (2.90%) Report Analyst
10 6 (2.90%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.90%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.93%) Software Packaging
2 3 (1.45%) REST
3 2 (0.97%) CSS
3 2 (0.97%) HTML
3 2 (0.97%) jQuery
3 2 (0.97%) Laravel
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.97%) PySpark
3 2 (0.97%) React
3 2 (0.97%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.48%) .NET
4 1 (0.48%) Pandas
4 1 (0.48%) RESTful
4 1 (0.48%) Spring
4 1 (0.48%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (8.21%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.86%) Social Media
5 7 (3.38%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.42%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.42%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.45%) NHS
10 2 (0.97%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.97%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.97%) FMCG
10 2 (0.97%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.97%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.97%) SCADA
10 2 (0.97%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.48%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (39.13%) AI
2 80 (38.65%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (20.29%) Decision-Making
4 38 (18.36%) Agile
4 38 (18.36%) Chemistry
4 38 (18.36%) Conversational UI
5 33 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (14.98%) Analytics
7 27 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (13.04%) Project Management
7 27 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (12.56%) Data Analysis
9 23 (11.11%) Business Analysis
10 17 (8.21%) Change Management
11 16 (7.73%) Data Analytics
11 16 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (7.73%) Visualisation
12 15 (7.25%) Actionable Insight
12 15 (7.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 15 (7.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 41 (19.81%) SQL
2 21 (10.14%) Python
3 11 (5.31%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.42%) Java
4 5 (2.42%) VBA
5 3 (1.45%) Scala
6 2 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.97%) PHP
6 2 (0.97%) R
7 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 81 (39.13%) Degree
2 42 (20.29%) Master's Degree
3 39 (18.84%) PhD
4 10 (4.83%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.86%) ACCA
5 8 (3.86%) CIMA
6 5 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.45%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.45%) PMP
8 2 (0.97%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.97%) CISA
8 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.97%) MBA
8 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.97%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.48%) AAT
9 1 (0.48%) CRISC
9 1 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.38%) Accessibility
1 7 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.90%) GDPR
3 5 (2.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 5 (2.42%) GLBA
3 5 (2.42%) QA
4 4 (1.93%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.97%) FINRA
5 2 (0.97%) P3O
6 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.48%) COBIT
6 1 (0.48%) ITGC
6 1 (0.48%) NIST
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.48%) SOX 404
System Software
1 16 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.42%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.45%) Docker
4 1 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (7.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (3.86%) Terraform
3 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.48%) AssetCenter
4 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 38 (18.36%) PayPal
3 9 (4.35%) Splunk
4 8 (3.86%) New Relic
4 8 (3.86%) SAP
5 6 (2.90%) Adobe
5 6 (2.90%) Oracle
5 6 (2.90%) Qualtrics
6 5 (2.42%) Guidewire
6 5 (2.42%) iManage
7 4 (1.93%) Facebook
7 4 (1.93%) Google
8 3 (1.45%) Anaplan
8 3 (1.45%) Genesys
8 3 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.97%) SnapLogic
9 2 (0.97%) UiPath
9 2 (0.97%) Verint
9 2 (0.97%) Workday