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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -31 +8 +30
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 206 302 445
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.30% 15.14% 9.41%
As % of the General category 8.50% 21.27% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 122 176 328
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% +2.96%
75th Percentile £63,438 £77,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £76,625
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +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 2,423 1,420 2,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 50.57% 71.18% 55.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,426 851 2,047
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,364
Median % change year-on-year - +7.08% -6.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -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 12 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 12 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 -4 10 £42,500 -15.00% 11
Salford -3 7 £40,000 -32.69% 9
Wigan - 5 £40,000 - 2
Altrincham - 4 £27,500 - 1
Stockport 0 2 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Bury - 2 - - 1
Oldham -2 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 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.46%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.97%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.49%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (17.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.46%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.97%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.97%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (7.28%) SAP PM
2 12 (5.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (3.40%) SAP ERP
4 5 (2.43%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.49%) Magento
6 1 (0.49%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 34 (16.50%) Power Platform
2 24 (11.65%) Azure
3 19 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.77%) AWS
5 11 (5.34%) SaaS
6 9 (4.37%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.37%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.91%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.43%) Serverless
10 4 (1.94%) GCP
11 3 (1.46%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (1.46%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.46%) Figma
12 2 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.97%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.94%) Firewall
2 3 (1.46%) DHCP
2 3 (1.46%) DNS
3 2 (0.97%) Network Security
3 2 (0.97%) SAN
4 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.49%) TCAP
4 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.49%) VLAN
4 1 (0.49%) VPN
4 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (18.93%) Tableau
2 25 (12.14%) Power BI
3 17 (8.25%) Data Mining
4 6 (2.91%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.46%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.97%) Big Data
8 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.49%) DB2
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (2.43%) Git
2 3 (1.46%) JIRA
3 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) Postman
3 1 (0.49%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 112 (54.37%) Social Skills
2 76 (36.89%) Finance
3 32 (15.53%) Law
4 26 (12.62%) Telecoms
5 25 (12.14%) Military
6 23 (11.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (9.71%) Back Office
8 14 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (5.83%) Banking
10 11 (5.34%) Public Sector
11 10 (4.85%) Manufacturing
12 9 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (4.37%) Legal
13 6 (2.91%) Marketing
13 6 (2.91%) Retail
14 4 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.46%) French Language
15 3 (1.46%) Italian Language
15 3 (1.46%) Portuguese Language
15 3 (1.46%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 52 (25.24%) Analyst
2 20 (9.71%) Senior
3 17 (8.25%) Consultant
3 17 (8.25%) Data Analyst
4 15 (7.28%) Lead
5 14 (6.80%) Trainee
5 14 (6.80%) Trainee Analyst
5 14 (6.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 10 (4.85%) Performance Analyst
6 10 (4.85%) Performance Manager
7 9 (4.37%) Alliance Manager
8 8 (3.88%) Developer
8 8 (3.88%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.40%) Architect
9 7 (3.40%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.40%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.40%) Planning Manager
9 7 (3.40%) SAP Manager
9 7 (3.40%) Senior Manager
9 7 (3.40%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.91%) .NET
2 4 (1.94%) HTML
2 4 (1.94%) Pandas
2 4 (1.94%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.46%) CSS
3 3 (1.46%) NumPy
3 3 (1.46%) scikit-learn
3 3 (1.46%) Web Services
4 2 (0.97%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.97%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.97%) XML
5 1 (0.49%) ADO
5 1 (0.49%) EDI
5 1 (0.49%) Playwright
5 1 (0.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.99%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.88%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.40%) Social Media
5 5 (2.43%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.43%) FMCG
5 5 (2.43%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.43%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.94%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.94%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.46%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.97%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.49%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.49%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.49%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.80%) Windows
2 3 (1.46%) Android
2 3 (1.46%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (36.89%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (26.70%) Analytics
3 52 (25.24%) AI
4 50 (24.27%) Decision-Making
5 46 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (21.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (19.42%) Visualisation
8 37 (17.96%) Project Management
9 33 (16.02%) Agile
10 30 (14.56%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (14.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 29 (14.08%) Data Analysis
11 29 (14.08%) Data Analytics
12 28 (13.59%) Business Analysis
12 28 (13.59%) Data Governance
13 25 (12.14%) Data Development
14 22 (10.68%) Roadmaps
15 20 (9.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 19 (9.22%) Change Management
16 19 (9.22%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.36%) SQL
2 39 (18.93%) Python
3 7 (3.40%) C#
4 5 (2.43%) Java
4 5 (2.43%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.46%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.97%) Bicep
6 2 (0.97%) R
6 2 (0.97%) Scala
6 2 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.49%) PHP
7 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (16.50%) Degree
2 10 (4.85%) DBS Check
3 6 (2.91%) HNC
3 6 (2.91%) IRCA
3 6 (2.91%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.43%) ACCA
4 5 (2.43%) CIMA
5 4 (1.94%) PhD
5 4 (1.94%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.94%) PMP
5 4 (1.94%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.97%) CCA
7 2 (0.97%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.49%) CISA
8 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.49%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.77%) QA
2 10 (4.85%) GDPR
3 9 (4.37%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.91%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.97%) FINRA
7 2 (0.97%) GRC
7 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.97%) SLA
7 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.49%) SOX 404
System Software
1 13 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.97%) Docker
3 2 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.49%) Firmware
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.37%) Terraform
3 8 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.46%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.49%) Ansible
5 1 (0.49%) Autotask
5 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 49 (23.79%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.08%) SAP
3 8 (3.88%) New Relic
3 8 (3.88%) Splunk
4 4 (1.94%) Databricks
4 4 (1.94%) Guidewire
4 4 (1.94%) Oracle
5 3 (1.46%) Adobe
5 3 (1.46%) Genesys
5 3 (1.46%) PayPal
5 3 (1.46%) Qualtrics
5 3 (1.46%) VMware
6 2 (0.97%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.97%) Apple
6 2 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.97%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.97%) IFS
6 2 (0.97%) OneLogin
6 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.97%) Verint