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 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 11 29
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 +16
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 210 378 165
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.02% 13.23% 7.76%
As % of the General category 12.42% 20.13% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 93 155 122
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,100 £36,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,125 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £50,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -16.04% +29.10%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £79,500 £73,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +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 common skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,691 1,878 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 64.57% 65.71% 60.49%
Number of salaries quoted 857 783 976
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -8.44% +8.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,600 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,309 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.58% -4.17% -

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 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 2025. 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 +4 18 £45,000 -24.28% 15
Stockport +4 5 £77,500 +55.00% 21
Bury - 4 - - 13
Oldham 0 1 - - 5
Bolton -11 1 £47,500 +11.76% 28
Altrincham - 1 £27,500 -
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 21 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.90%) Confluence
4 2 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.95%) CMS
4 2 (0.95%) nginx
5 1 (0.48%) Apache
5 1 (0.48%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.48%) SAS
5 1 (0.48%) WinCC
Applications
1 42 (20.00%) Chatbot
2 38 (18.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.95%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.95%) Revit
6 1 (0.48%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.48%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (15.24%) Power Platform
2 28 (13.33%) Azure
3 25 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (10.95%) Entra ID
5 16 (7.62%) AWS
6 15 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
7 13 (6.19%) SaaS
8 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.86%) Adobe Analytics
9 6 (2.86%) Figma
9 6 (2.86%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.43%) GCP
12 2 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.95%) Google Docs
12 2 (0.95%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.95%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.95%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.81%) Firewall
2 2 (0.95%) 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 27 (12.86%) Power BI
2 18 (8.57%) Tableau
3 14 (6.67%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.90%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.43%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.95%) Looker
6 2 (0.95%) MySQL
6 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.48%) Big Data
7 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.48%) Power Query
7 1 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.90%) JIRA
2 3 (1.43%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Gatling
3 1 (0.48%) JMeter
3 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
General
1 90 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 77 (36.67%) Finance
3 21 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.19%) Legal
5 12 (5.71%) Banking
6 11 (5.24%) Law
7 10 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.76%) Retail
8 9 (4.29%) Marketing
8 9 (4.29%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.86%) Local Government
10 6 (2.86%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.38%) Police
12 4 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.43%) Electronics
13 3 (1.43%) Games
13 3 (1.43%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.95%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (24.29%) Analyst
2 42 (20.00%) Trainer
3 17 (8.10%) Data Analyst
4 16 (7.62%) Support Engineer
5 14 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
6 13 (6.19%) Senior
7 10 (4.76%) Architect
7 10 (4.76%) Commercial Analyst
7 10 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Engineer
8 9 (4.29%) Trainee
8 9 (4.29%) Trainee Analyst
8 9 (4.29%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 8 (3.81%) Consultant
9 8 (3.81%) Lead
10 7 (3.33%) Alliance Manager
10 7 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.86%) Report Analyst
11 6 (2.86%) Senior Manager
11 6 (2.86%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.86%) Software Packaging
2 3 (1.43%) REST
3 2 (0.95%) CSS
3 2 (0.95%) HTML
3 2 (0.95%) jQuery
3 2 (0.95%) Laravel
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.95%) PySpark
3 2 (0.95%) React
3 2 (0.95%) 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 39 (18.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.24%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.29%) Social Media
5 8 (3.81%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.86%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.38%) NHS
8 4 (1.90%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.95%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.95%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.95%) FMCG
9 2 (0.95%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.95%) SCADA
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.48%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.48%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (37.62%) AI
2 78 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (22.86%) Decision-Making
4 42 (20.00%) Chemistry
4 42 (20.00%) Conversational UI
5 36 (17.14%) Agile
5 36 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (14.29%) Analytics
7 28 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (11.43%) Data Analysis
10 22 (10.48%) Business Analysis
10 22 (10.48%) Project Management
11 19 (9.05%) Actionable Insight
12 18 (8.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 17 (8.10%) Business Strategy
14 16 (7.62%) Change Management
14 16 (7.62%) Visualisation
15 15 (7.14%) Business Case
15 15 (7.14%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.62%) SQL
2 16 (7.62%) Python
3 13 (6.19%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.38%) VBA
5 2 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.95%) Java
5 2 (0.95%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.95%) PHP
5 2 (0.95%) R
6 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 83 (39.52%) Degree
2 46 (21.90%) Master's Degree
3 43 (20.48%) PhD
4 11 (5.24%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.29%) ACCA
5 9 (4.29%) CIMA
6 3 (1.43%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.43%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.43%) PMP
6 3 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.95%) CISA
7 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.95%) MBA
7 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.95%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.86%) GDPR
4 5 (2.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (2.38%) GLBA
4 5 (2.38%) QA
5 3 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.95%) FINRA
6 2 (0.95%) P3O
7 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.48%) COBIT
7 1 (0.48%) ITGC
7 1 (0.48%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.48%) SOX 404
System Software
1 14 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.43%) 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 14 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (2.38%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) AssetCenter
3 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 42 (20.00%) PayPal
3 8 (3.81%) SAP
4 7 (3.33%) Google
5 6 (2.86%) Adobe
5 6 (2.86%) Qualtrics
5 6 (2.86%) Splunk
6 5 (2.38%) Guidewire
6 5 (2.38%) iManage
6 5 (2.38%) New Relic
6 5 (2.38%) Oracle
7 4 (1.90%) Facebook
8 3 (1.43%) Anaplan
8 3 (1.43%) Genesys
8 3 (1.43%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.43%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.95%) Apple
9 2 (0.95%) Cisco
9 2 (0.95%) Siemens
9 2 (0.95%) VMware