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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 22
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 +25
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 193 375 277
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.04% 14.56% 8.21%
As % of the General category 10.56% 20.90% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 77 152 208
10th Percentile £33,125 £37,600 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £64,500 £71,563 £61,155
90th Percentile £78,750 £88,250 £67,500
North West median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +15.38% +1.11%

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 1,828 1,794 1,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 57.18% 69.67% 55.41%
Number of salaries quoted 966 762 1,487
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,614 £82,548
North West median annual salary £48,445 £52,500 £47,557
% change year-on-year -7.72% +10.39% -9.42%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -2 15 - - 10
Stockport +2 4 £77,500 +31.91% 4
Bury - 4 - - 4
Oldham 0 1 - - 3
Bolton -9 1 £47,500 +11.76% 5
Altrincham - 1 £27,500 - 2
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 9 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.07%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.55%) Confluence
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.04%) nginx
5 1 (0.52%) Apache
5 1 (0.52%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.52%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.52%) SAS
5 1 (0.52%) WinCC
Applications
1 39 (20.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (18.13%) Chatbot
3 7 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.04%) AutoCAD
5 2 (1.04%) Revit
6 1 (0.52%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.52%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.06%) Power Platform
2 29 (15.03%) Azure
3 16 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.77%) AWS
4 15 (7.77%) SaaS
5 14 (7.25%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.66%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (3.63%) Adobe Analytics
8 7 (3.63%) Figma
9 4 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.04%) GCP
10 2 (1.04%) Google Docs
10 2 (1.04%) Google Sheets
10 2 (1.04%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.04%) iPaaS
10 2 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.63%) Firewall
2 2 (1.04%) Network Security
3 1 (0.52%) DHCP
3 1 (0.52%) DNS
3 1 (0.52%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.52%) TCAP
3 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.52%) VLAN
3 1 (0.52%) VPN
3 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.92%) Power BI
2 21 (10.88%) Tableau
3 18 (9.33%) Data Mining
4 4 (2.07%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (2.07%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.55%) Big Data
5 3 (1.55%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.04%) Looker
6 2 (1.04%) MySQL
6 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) DB2
7 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Git
1 3 (1.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Gatling
2 1 (0.52%) JMeter
2 1 (0.52%) LoadRunner
General
1 81 (41.97%) Social Skills
2 72 (37.31%) Finance
3 24 (12.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (7.77%) Legal
5 14 (7.25%) Banking
6 10 (5.18%) Law
6 10 (5.18%) Retail
7 9 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.59%) Marketing
9 5 (2.59%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.55%) Electronics
11 3 (1.55%) French Language
11 3 (1.55%) Games
11 3 (1.55%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.55%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (25.39%) Analyst
2 35 (18.13%) Trainer
3 20 (10.36%) Data Analyst
4 13 (6.74%) Trainee
4 13 (6.74%) Trainee Analyst
4 13 (6.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 11 (5.70%) Senior
6 10 (5.18%) Consultant
7 9 (4.66%) Alliance Manager
8 8 (4.15%) Architect
8 8 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.63%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (3.63%) Strategy Manager
10 6 (3.11%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.11%) Systems Analyst
11 5 (2.59%) Business Systems Analyst
11 5 (2.59%) Developer
11 5 (2.59%) Support Engineer
11 5 (2.59%) Technical Support
11 5 (2.59%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.59%) CSS
1 5 (2.59%) HTML
2 4 (2.07%) .NET
2 4 (2.07%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.55%) REST
4 2 (1.04%) jQuery
4 2 (1.04%) Laravel
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.04%) PySpark
4 2 (1.04%) React
5 1 (0.52%) Pandas
5 1 (0.52%) RESTful
5 1 (0.52%) Spring
5 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.58%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (8.81%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.66%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.66%) Social Media
4 8 (4.15%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.63%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.59%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.59%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.07%) FMCG
7 4 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.55%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.04%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.04%) SCADA
9 2 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.52%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.70%) Windows
2 3 (1.55%) Android
2 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (41.97%) AI
2 79 (40.93%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (18.65%) Agile
3 36 (18.65%) Decision-Making
4 35 (18.13%) Analytics
4 35 (18.13%) Chemistry
4 35 (18.13%) Conversational UI
5 33 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (16.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (15.03%) Data Analysis
7 29 (15.03%) Project Management
8 25 (12.95%) Business Analysis
8 25 (12.95%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (10.88%) Data Analytics
10 18 (9.33%) Visualisation
11 16 (8.29%) User Experience
12 15 (7.77%) Coaching
12 15 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (7.25%) Business Strategy
13 14 (7.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 44 (22.80%) SQL
2 25 (12.95%) Python
3 5 (2.59%) Java
3 5 (2.59%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.59%) VBA
4 3 (1.55%) Scala
5 2 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.04%) PHP
5 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.04%) R
6 1 (0.52%) C#
6 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 74 (38.34%) Degree
2 39 (20.21%) Master's Degree
3 36 (18.65%) PhD
4 13 (6.74%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.63%) ACCA
5 7 (3.63%) CIMA
6 5 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.55%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.55%) PMP
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.04%) MBA
8 2 (1.04%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) AAT
9 1 (0.52%) CISA
9 1 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.15%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.63%) GDPR
2 7 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 5 (2.59%) GLBA
4 4 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.07%) QA
5 2 (1.04%) FINRA
6 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.52%) SOX 404
System Software
1 15 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.59%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.55%) Docker
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (8.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (4.15%) Terraform
3 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.52%) AssetCenter
4 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 35 (18.13%) PayPal
3 10 (5.18%) SAP
4 9 (4.66%) Splunk
5 8 (4.15%) New Relic
6 7 (3.63%) Adobe
6 7 (3.63%) Qualtrics
7 5 (2.59%) Guidewire
7 5 (2.59%) iManage
7 5 (2.59%) Oracle
8 4 (2.07%) Facebook
9 3 (1.55%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.55%) Genesys
9 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.55%) Workday
10 2 (1.04%) Apple
10 2 (1.04%) Cisco
10 2 (1.04%) Google
10 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.04%) Siemens