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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 9 18
Rank change year-on-year -15 +9 +12
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 430 351 363
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.61% 14.80% 9.19%
As % of the General category 14.00% 22.24% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 258 131 148
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £81,125
North West median annual salary £46,000 £45,487 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.13% -9.03% +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 3,072 1,578 2,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 40.10% 66.53% 57.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,017 796 957
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -8.57% -9.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £85,000
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 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 6 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 6 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 -10 25 £42,500 +6.92% 13
Stockport -4 12 £45,000 -22.25% 14
Bolton -3 10 £37,500 -21.05% 15
Wigan +3 6 £37,500 - 2
Altrincham +6 1 £47,500 -5.00% 6
Sale +2 1 £42,500 - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne -2 1 £51,000 - 1
Oldham -3 1 £69,928 +23.76% 3
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 17 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.70%) Apache
3 3 (0.70%) Confluence
3 3 (0.70%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.23%) SAS
5 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 47 (10.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.63%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.16%) Shopify
4 4 (0.93%) Magento
4 4 (0.93%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.93%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.70%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.23%) Odoo
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.23%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 61 (14.19%) Azure
2 47 (10.93%) AWS
3 43 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 28 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (4.19%) Entra ID
5 18 (4.19%) GCP
6 12 (2.79%) SaaS
7 11 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 11 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.86%) GitHub
9 8 (1.86%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.86%) Serverless
9 8 (1.86%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.40%) Google Ads
10 6 (1.40%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.16%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.26%) DHCP
1 14 (3.26%) DNS
2 13 (3.02%) Internet
3 8 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.40%) Firewall
5 5 (1.16%) VLAN
5 5 (1.16%) VPN
6 4 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (0.93%) Network Security
6 4 (0.93%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.93%) VoIP
6 4 (0.93%) Wireless
7 3 (0.70%) LAN
7 3 (0.70%) VSAN
7 3 (0.70%) WAN
8 2 (0.47%) RTP
8 2 (0.47%) SAN
9 1 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.53%) Power BI
2 20 (4.65%) Tableau
3 14 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.09%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.86%) Power Query
6 6 (1.40%) Big Data
6 6 (1.40%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.40%) Metadata
6 6 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.70%) MySQL
8 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.47%) MS Access
9 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.47%) Parquet
9 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (5.58%) Git
2 12 (2.79%) JIRA
3 4 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.70%) RStudio
4 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.47%) GitLab
6 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.23%) Maven
6 1 (0.23%) Postman
General
1 196 (45.58%) Social Skills
2 129 (30.00%) Finance
3 57 (13.26%) Law
4 55 (12.79%) Marketing
5 41 (9.53%) Legal
5 41 (9.53%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (5.58%) Retail
8 23 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (5.12%) Telecoms
10 20 (4.65%) Military
11 18 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (3.49%) Back Office
13 13 (3.02%) Manufacturing
13 13 (3.02%) Public Sector
14 10 (2.33%) Advertising
14 10 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.86%) Banking
15 8 (1.86%) Local Government
16 7 (1.63%) Billing
Job Titles
1 103 (23.95%) Analyst
2 35 (8.14%) Senior
3 28 (6.51%) Lead
4 25 (5.81%) Data Analyst
5 20 (4.65%) Development Manager
6 18 (4.19%) Business Development Manager
6 18 (4.19%) Business Manager
7 17 (3.95%) Data Engineer
8 16 (3.72%) Developer
9 15 (3.49%) Architect
10 13 (3.02%) Administrator
10 13 (3.02%) Junior
11 12 (2.79%) Business Analyst
12 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Engineer
12 10 (2.33%) Performance Analyst
12 10 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (2.09%) Accountant
13 9 (2.09%) Change Analyst
13 9 (2.09%) Systems Accountant
13 9 (2.09%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.79%) HTML
2 9 (2.09%) CSS
3 7 (1.63%) .NET
4 6 (1.40%) REST
5 5 (1.16%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.16%) Kafka
5 5 (1.16%) Node.js
6 4 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.93%) Middleware
6 4 (0.93%) SOAP
6 4 (0.93%) Visualforce
7 3 (0.70%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.70%) LDAP
7 3 (0.70%) PySpark
7 3 (0.70%) Spring
7 3 (0.70%) Web Services
8 2 (0.47%) Apache Avro
8 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.47%) EDI
8 2 (0.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.23%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 25 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.95%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.79%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.09%) Marketing Technology
6 9 (2.09%) Social Media
7 8 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.63%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.40%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.40%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.16%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.16%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.16%) NHS
11 4 (0.93%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.93%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.74%) Windows
2 15 (3.49%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.26%) Linux
4 6 (1.40%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.93%) Unix
6 3 (0.70%) CentOS
6 3 (0.70%) CoreOS
6 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (38.60%) Problem-Solving
2 118 (27.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 113 (26.28%) Decision-Making
4 112 (26.05%) AI
5 91 (21.16%) Analytics
6 82 (19.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 60 (13.95%) Agile
7 60 (13.95%) Customer Service
8 55 (12.79%) Validation
9 49 (11.40%) Business Intelligence
10 48 (11.16%) Actionable Insight
11 47 (10.93%) Coaching
12 46 (10.70%) Visualisation
13 45 (10.47%) Collaborative Culture
13 45 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 43 (10.00%) Data Analysis
15 38 (8.84%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 36 (8.37%) Customer Experience
16 36 (8.37%) Data Governance
17 33 (7.67%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.14%) SQL
2 62 (14.42%) Python
3 18 (4.19%) JavaScript
3 18 (4.19%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.02%) Java
5 11 (2.56%) R
6 8 (1.86%) C#
7 6 (1.40%) PHP
8 4 (0.93%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.93%) Bash
9 3 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.70%) SOQL
9 3 (0.70%) SOSL
9 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.47%) Scala
10 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.23%) Go
11 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 67 (15.58%) Degree
2 31 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.72%) ACCA
5 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.56%) CIMA
6 11 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.16%) CIPD
9 5 (1.16%) HNC
9 5 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.93%) CCNA
10 4 (0.93%) CCNP
10 4 (0.93%) CISA
10 4 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.93%) MBA
11 3 (0.70%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (13.26%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.19%) QA
3 14 (3.26%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.26%) SLA
4 6 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.93%) GRC
5 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.93%) NEBOSH
5 4 (0.93%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.93%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.70%) COSO
6 3 (0.70%) GDPR
6 3 (0.70%) IFRS
6 3 (0.70%) PMO
7 1 (0.23%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.23%) SEPA
7 1 (0.23%) TARGET2
System Software
1 25 (5.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.86%) Docker
2 8 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.70%) Ceph
3 3 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.47%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) NFS
5 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.93%) Ansible
2 4 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.70%) Argo
3 3 (0.70%) Check_MK
3 3 (0.70%) Istio
3 3 (0.70%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (0.70%) Podman
3 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.70%) SCVMM
4 2 (0.47%) Nessus
5 1 (0.23%) Autotask
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 95 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.98%) YouTube
3 22 (5.12%) Google
4 18 (4.19%) SAP
5 15 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.33%) Adobe
7 8 (1.86%) Oracle
8 7 (1.63%) Databricks
8 7 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.40%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.40%) VMware
10 5 (1.16%) Cisco
10 5 (1.16%) HP
10 5 (1.16%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.16%) Sage
10 5 (1.16%) TikTok
11 4 (0.93%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.93%) OneTrust
11 4 (0.93%) Workday