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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 15 30
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 221 391 182
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.44% 11.00% 7.95%
As % of the General category 15.16% 17.87% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 98 160 141
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -16.04% +32.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +11.11%

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 common skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,458 2,188 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 62.25% 61.58% 60.57%
Number of salaries quoted 860 881 1,062
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,375 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.85% +8.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +7 18 £45,000 -24.28% 5
Stockport +8 7 £77,500 +58.97% 16
Bury +1 4 - - 3
Bolton -6 3 £45,000 +5.88% 9
Oldham +5 1 - - 3
Cheadle -5 1 £200,000 - 1
Altrincham - 1 £27,500 - 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 18 (8.14%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.17%) Confluence
4 2 (0.90%) CMS
4 2 (0.90%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.45%) SAS
5 1 (0.45%) WinCC
Applications
1 50 (22.62%) Chatbot
2 40 (18.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.90%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.90%) Revit
6 1 (0.45%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.48%) Azure
1 32 (14.48%) Power Platform
2 27 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (10.41%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.05%) AWS
5 13 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
6 11 (4.98%) SaaS
7 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.71%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (2.71%) Figma
9 5 (2.26%) GCP
10 3 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.36%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.90%) Google Docs
11 2 (0.90%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.90%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.90%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.90%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.33%) Firewall
2 4 (1.81%) DHCP
2 4 (1.81%) DNS
2 4 (1.81%) VLAN
3 3 (1.36%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.45%) LAN
4 1 (0.45%) SMS
4 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.45%) VPN
4 1 (0.45%) WAN
4 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.12%) Power BI
2 14 (6.33%) Tableau
3 11 (4.98%) Data Mining
4 5 (2.26%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.81%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (1.36%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.36%) Looker
6 3 (1.36%) MySQL
6 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.45%) Big Data
8 1 (0.45%) Power Query
8 1 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 7 (3.17%) JIRA
2 4 (1.81%) Git
3 2 (0.90%) WaveMaker
4 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.45%) Gatling
4 1 (0.45%) JMeter
4 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
General
1 99 (44.80%) Social Skills
2 81 (36.65%) Finance
3 14 (6.33%) Banking
3 14 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (5.88%) Retail
5 12 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (5.43%) Legal
6 11 (4.98%) Marketing
7 10 (4.52%) Law
7 10 (4.52%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.71%) Local Government
9 6 (2.71%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.26%) Police
11 3 (1.36%) Electronics
12 2 (0.90%) Advertising
12 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.90%) Military
Job Titles
1 55 (24.89%) Analyst
2 50 (22.62%) Trainer
3 19 (8.60%) Support Engineer
4 17 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
5 15 (6.79%) Data Analyst
6 13 (5.88%) Senior
7 12 (5.43%) Commercial Analyst
8 10 (4.52%) Architect
8 10 (4.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Engineer
9 9 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.07%) Technical Engineer
9 9 (4.07%) Technical Support
9 9 (4.07%) Technical Support Engineer
10 8 (3.62%) Lead
11 7 (3.17%) Applications Support
11 7 (3.17%) Trainee
11 7 (3.17%) Trainee Analyst
11 7 (3.17%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 6 (2.71%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.71%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.90%) CSS
2 2 (0.90%) HTML
2 2 (0.90%) jQuery
2 2 (0.90%) Laravel
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.90%) PySpark
2 2 (0.90%) React
2 2 (0.90%) REST
2 2 (0.90%) RESTful
2 2 (0.90%) Spring
2 2 (0.90%) Spring Boot
2 2 (0.90%) Web Services
3 1 (0.45%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (9.05%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 12 (5.43%) Social Media
5 11 (4.98%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.07%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.62%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.26%) NHS
10 4 (1.81%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.36%) Derivative
11 3 (1.36%) EPoS
11 3 (1.36%) Equities
11 3 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.90%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.90%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.90%) SCADA
12 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.98%) Windows
2 3 (1.36%) Windows Server
2 3 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (38.01%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (36.20%) AI
3 52 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 50 (22.62%) Chemistry
4 50 (22.62%) Conversational UI
5 40 (18.10%) Agile
6 34 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (12.67%) Analytics
7 28 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (10.86%) Data Analysis
9 23 (10.41%) Actionable Insight
10 21 (9.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 21 (9.50%) ERP
10 21 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (9.05%) Business Analysis
12 19 (8.60%) Business Strategy
13 16 (7.24%) Business Case
13 16 (7.24%) Change Management
13 16 (7.24%) Financial Modelling
13 16 (7.24%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (18.10%) SQL
2 12 (5.43%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.43%) Python
3 5 (2.26%) VBA
4 3 (1.36%) Java
5 2 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.90%) PHP
6 1 (0.45%) R
6 1 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 94 (42.53%) Degree
2 53 (23.98%) Master's Degree
3 50 (22.62%) PhD
4 14 (6.33%) DBS Check
5 12 (5.43%) ACCA
5 12 (5.43%) CIMA
6 5 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.36%) AAT
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.90%) CISA
8 2 (0.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.90%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.45%) CISSP
9 1 (0.45%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.45%) MBA
9 1 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.17%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.17%) QA
3 6 (2.71%) GDPR
4 5 (2.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (2.26%) GLBA
5 3 (1.36%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.90%) FINRA
6 2 (0.90%) P3O
7 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.45%) COBIT
7 1 (0.45%) ITGC
7 1 (0.45%) NIST
7 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.45%) SOX 404
System Software
1 17 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.07%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.90%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.36%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) AssetCenter
3 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (25.79%) Microsoft
2 50 (22.62%) PayPal
3 9 (4.07%) Google
4 8 (3.62%) SAP
5 6 (2.71%) Adobe
5 6 (2.71%) Qualtrics
6 5 (2.26%) Guidewire
6 5 (2.26%) iManage
6 5 (2.26%) Oracle
6 5 (2.26%) Splunk
6 5 (2.26%) VMware
7 4 (1.81%) Facebook
8 3 (1.36%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.36%) Cisco
8 3 (1.36%) MobileIron
8 3 (1.36%) New Relic
8 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.36%) Veeam
9 2 (0.90%) IBM
9 2 (0.90%) Siemens