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 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 10 16
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +14
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 420 340 364
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.54% 14.34% 9.05%
As % of the General category 13.60% 21.55% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 258 137 160
10th Percentile £31,014 £28,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £41,184
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.84% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,500 £84,964
North West median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +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 3,088 1,578 2,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 40.72% 66.55% 56.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,056 811 1,011
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -9 23 £38,750 -2.52% 16
Stockport -1 12 £45,000 -22.25% 13
Bolton -3 12 £37,500 -21.05% 17
Wigan +3 8 £37,500 - 1
Altrincham +7 1 £47,500 -5.00% 7
Sale +2 1 £42,500 - 3
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 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.71%) Apache
4 3 (0.71%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (12.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.14%) SAP PM
2 8 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.67%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.19%) Shopify
5 4 (0.95%) Magento
5 4 (0.95%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.71%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.48%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.24%) Odoo
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.24%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 59 (14.05%) Azure
2 49 (11.67%) AWS
2 49 (11.67%) Power Platform
3 32 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.05%) Entra ID
4 17 (4.05%) GCP
5 11 (2.62%) Microsoft Copilot
5 11 (2.62%) Microsoft Purview
5 11 (2.62%) Serverless
6 10 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.14%) GitHub
7 9 (2.14%) SaaS
8 8 (1.90%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.90%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.67%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.43%) Google Ads
10 6 (1.43%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.19%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.33%) DHCP
1 14 (3.33%) DNS
2 13 (3.10%) Internet
3 7 (1.67%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.43%) Firewall
5 4 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (0.95%) Network Security
5 4 (0.95%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.95%) VLAN
5 4 (0.95%) VoIP
5 4 (0.95%) VPN
5 4 (0.95%) Wireless
6 3 (0.71%) LAN
6 3 (0.71%) SAN
6 3 (0.71%) VSAN
6 3 (0.71%) WAN
7 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.24%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (11.19%) Power BI
2 26 (6.19%) Tableau
3 14 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.14%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.43%) Big Data
5 6 (1.43%) Metadata
5 6 (1.43%) Power Query
5 6 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (1.19%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.71%) MySQL
8 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.48%) MS Access
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (5.71%) Git
2 11 (2.62%) JIRA
3 4 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.71%) RStudio
4 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) Maven
5 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 195 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 126 (30.00%) Finance
3 61 (14.52%) Law
4 52 (12.38%) Marketing
5 40 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (7.62%) Telecoms
7 31 (7.38%) Legal
8 30 (7.14%) Military
9 24 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (5.48%) Retail
11 20 (4.76%) Back Office
12 16 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (3.57%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.62%) Manufacturing
15 10 (2.38%) Advertising
16 9 (2.14%) Banking
17 8 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.90%) Local Government
18 7 (1.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 103 (24.52%) Analyst
2 36 (8.57%) Senior
3 29 (6.90%) Lead
4 23 (5.48%) Data Analyst
5 20 (4.76%) Development Manager
6 18 (4.29%) Business Development Manager
6 18 (4.29%) Business Manager
6 18 (4.29%) Developer
7 16 (3.81%) Data Engineer
8 15 (3.57%) Architect
8 15 (3.57%) Performance Analyst
9 13 (3.10%) Administrator
9 13 (3.10%) Junior
10 11 (2.62%) Business Analyst
11 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Engineer
11 10 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.14%) Accountant
12 9 (2.14%) Change Analyst
12 9 (2.14%) Systems Accountant
13 8 (1.90%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.86%) HTML
2 9 (2.14%) CSS
3 7 (1.67%) .NET
4 6 (1.43%) REST
5 5 (1.19%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.19%) Kafka
5 5 (1.19%) Node.js
6 4 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.95%) Middleware
6 4 (0.95%) Pandas
6 4 (0.95%) scikit-learn
6 4 (0.95%) SOAP
6 4 (0.95%) Visualforce
7 3 (0.71%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.71%) LDAP
7 3 (0.71%) NumPy
7 3 (0.71%) PySpark
7 3 (0.71%) Spring
7 3 (0.71%) Web Services
8 2 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 21 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 18 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.81%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.62%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.14%) Marketing Technology
7 9 (2.14%) Social Media
8 8 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.67%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.43%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.19%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.19%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.19%) NHS
12 4 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.95%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.95%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.90%) Windows
2 15 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.10%) Linux
4 6 (1.43%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.95%) Unix
6 3 (0.71%) CentOS
6 3 (0.71%) CoreOS
6 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 118 (28.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 115 (27.38%) Decision-Making
4 99 (23.57%) AI
5 95 (22.62%) Analytics
6 78 (18.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 59 (14.05%) Agile
8 56 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 56 (13.33%) Customer Service
9 55 (13.10%) Validation
9 55 (13.10%) Visualisation
10 48 (11.43%) Actionable Insight
11 46 (10.95%) Collaborative Culture
11 46 (10.95%) Data Governance
12 44 (10.48%) Coaching
13 43 (10.24%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 43 (10.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 42 (10.00%) Data Analysis
15 35 (8.33%) Customer Experience
16 34 (8.10%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 80 (19.05%) SQL
2 64 (15.24%) Python
3 18 (4.29%) JavaScript
3 18 (4.29%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.10%) Java
5 11 (2.62%) R
6 8 (1.90%) C#
7 6 (1.43%) PHP
8 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.71%) Bash
9 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.71%) SOQL
9 3 (0.71%) SOSL
9 3 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.48%) Bicep
10 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.48%) Scala
10 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 61 (14.52%) Degree
2 28 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.81%) ACCA
4 15 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.62%) CIMA
7 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.19%) CIPD
9 5 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.19%) HNC
9 5 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.95%) CCNA
10 4 (0.95%) CCNP
10 4 (0.95%) CISA
10 4 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.95%) MBA
11 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.48%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (13.81%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.00%) QA
3 14 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.10%) SLA
5 5 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.95%) GRC
6 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.95%) NEBOSH
6 4 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.95%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.71%) COSO
7 3 (0.71%) GDPR
7 3 (0.71%) PMO
8 2 (0.48%) IFRS
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 25 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.90%) Docker
2 8 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.71%) Ceph
3 3 (0.71%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.48%) Firmware
4 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.24%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (0.95%) Ansible
1 4 (0.95%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.71%) Argo
2 3 (0.71%) Check_MK
2 3 (0.71%) Istio
2 3 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (0.71%) Podman
2 3 (0.71%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.71%) SCVMM
3 2 (0.48%) Nessus
4 1 (0.24%) Grafana
Vendors
1 99 (23.57%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.43%) YouTube
3 24 (5.71%) SAP
4 21 (5.00%) Google
5 15 (3.57%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.38%) Adobe
7 8 (1.90%) Oracle
8 7 (1.67%) Databricks
8 7 (1.67%) VMware
9 6 (1.43%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.19%) Cisco
10 5 (1.19%) HP
10 5 (1.19%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.19%) Sage
10 5 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.95%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.95%) Aruba
11 4 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.95%) OneTrust
11 4 (0.95%) Workday