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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 17 35
Rank change year-on-year +6 +18 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 344 354 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.53% 8.69% 7.41%
As % of the General category 21.79% 15.72% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 138 162 168
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £38,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,750
90th Percentile £67,875 £84,964 £72,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -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 common skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,579 2,252 1,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 66.68% 55.29% 61.81%
Number of salaries quoted 804 1,040 1,274
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,475 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,438 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,325
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.21% +2.43%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 19 September 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 19 September 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
Bolton +2 20 £47,500 +11.76% 22
Stockport +17 14 £57,875 +15.75% 18
Salford +7 9 £39,750 - 9
Bury +3 8 - - 1
Oldham +2 7 £56,504 +151.13% 3
Wigan - 6 - - 4
Rochdale +15 4 - - 5
Sale +1 4 - - 1
Cheadle -6 3 - -
Dukinfield - 3 - -
Heywood - 3 - -
Altrincham - 3 £50,000 - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne -1 2 - - 1
Littleborough - 2 - -
Stalybridge - 2 - -
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.94%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.03%) Confluence
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.29%) WinCC
Applications
1 49 (14.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (13.37%) Chatbot
3 33 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (4.36%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.29%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 34 (9.88%) Power Platform
2 31 (9.01%) Azure
3 29 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (8.14%) AWS
5 20 (5.81%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.20%) Google Analytics
7 10 (2.91%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (2.91%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (2.33%) GCP
9 5 (1.45%) Facebook Ads
9 5 (1.45%) Google Ads
10 4 (1.16%) SaaS
11 3 (0.87%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.58%) GitHub
13 1 (0.29%) Amazon EMR
13 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.29%) iPaaS
13 1 (0.29%) Serverless
13 1 (0.29%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 70 (20.35%) VPN
2 43 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
3 35 (10.17%) DNS
4 16 (4.65%) Firewall
5 9 (2.62%) DHCP
6 6 (1.74%) VLAN
7 4 (1.16%) SSH
8 3 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.58%) Network Security
9 2 (0.58%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.29%) LAN
10 1 (0.29%) SMS
10 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.29%) WAN
10 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.88%) Power BI
2 18 (5.23%) Tableau
3 7 (2.03%) Data Mining
4 6 (1.74%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.45%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.16%) MySQL
6 4 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.87%) Looker
8 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.29%) Big Data
9 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.29%) GIS
9 1 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (3.49%) JIRA
2 7 (2.03%) Git
3 3 (0.87%) Selenium
3 3 (0.87%) WaveMaker
4 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.58%) GitLab
5 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.29%) Gatling
5 1 (0.29%) JMeter
5 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.29%) Postman
General
1 160 (46.51%) Social Skills
2 131 (38.08%) Finance
3 77 (22.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (8.72%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (7.56%) Marketing
6 23 (6.69%) Retail
7 18 (5.23%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.49%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.91%) Advertising
10 9 (2.62%) Local Government
11 8 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.33%) Legal
12 7 (2.03%) Banking
13 6 (1.74%) Law
14 5 (1.45%) Police
15 4 (1.16%) Arabic Language
15 4 (1.16%) German Language
15 4 (1.16%) Italian Language
15 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (21.22%) Analyst
2 46 (13.37%) Trainer
3 43 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (10.17%) Developer
5 28 (8.14%) Software Developer
6 23 (6.69%) Support Engineer
7 18 (5.23%) Lead
8 16 (4.65%) Financial Analyst
9 15 (4.36%) Senior
10 14 (4.07%) Applications Support
11 12 (3.49%) Consultant
11 12 (3.49%) Data Analyst
11 12 (3.49%) Functional Consultant
11 12 (3.49%) NetSuite Consultant
12 10 (2.91%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 10 (2.91%) Microsoft Engineer
12 10 (2.91%) Support Analyst
13 9 (2.62%) Applications Support Analyst
13 9 (2.62%) Technical Support
13 9 (2.62%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.50%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.74%) Software Packaging
2 6 (1.74%) Spring
2 6 (1.74%) Spring Boot
3 4 (1.16%) RESTful
3 4 (1.16%) Web Services
4 3 (0.87%) HTML
4 3 (0.87%) React
5 2 (0.58%) CSS
5 2 (0.58%) jQuery
5 2 (0.58%) Kafka
5 2 (0.58%) Laravel
5 2 (0.58%) PySpark
5 2 (0.58%) REST
6 1 (0.29%) CherryPy
6 1 (0.29%) Flask
6 1 (0.29%) JSON
6 1 (0.29%) React Native
6 1 (0.29%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 69 (20.06%) Cyberattack
2 39 (11.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (7.56%) Social Media
4 19 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (4.36%) Onboarding
6 14 (4.07%) Driving Licence
6 14 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.62%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.45%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.45%) EPoS
9 5 (1.45%) NHS
9 5 (1.45%) Social Network
10 3 (0.87%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 3 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.58%) Derivative
11 2 (0.58%) Equities
11 2 (0.58%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.58%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 76 (22.09%) Linux
2 69 (20.06%) Android
3 63 (18.31%) Windows
4 8 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.87%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (46.80%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (21.80%) Line Management
3 74 (21.51%) Decision-Making
4 72 (20.93%) Agile
5 71 (20.64%) Mathematics
6 65 (18.90%) Artificial Intelligence
7 58 (16.86%) Risk Management
8 54 (15.70%) Task Automation
9 53 (15.41%) DevOps
10 46 (13.37%) Chemistry
10 46 (13.37%) Conversational UI
11 43 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 43 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
11 43 (12.50%) Storage Management
12 39 (11.34%) ERP
13 38 (11.05%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (9.59%) Actionable Insight
15 28 (8.14%) Analytics
16 27 (7.85%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 80 (23.26%) Python
2 54 (15.70%) PowerShell
3 49 (14.24%) SQL
4 43 (12.50%) Bash
5 34 (9.88%) Java
6 26 (7.56%) C++
6 26 (7.56%) Go
7 7 (2.03%) VBA
8 3 (0.87%) C-shell
8 3 (0.87%) Korn
8 3 (0.87%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.58%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 102 (29.65%) Degree
2 55 (15.99%) Master's Degree
3 49 (14.24%) PhD
4 27 (7.85%) DV Cleared
4 27 (7.85%) Security Cleared
5 26 (7.56%) DBS Check
6 16 (4.65%) ACCA
6 16 (4.65%) CIMA
7 10 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.87%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.87%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.58%) AAT
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.58%) CCAB
11 2 (0.58%) CIPFA
11 2 (0.58%) ICAEW
11 2 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.91%) QA
2 9 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.74%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.45%) GDPR
6 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.58%) GLBA
7 2 (0.58%) P3O
8 1 (0.29%) COBIT
8 1 (0.29%) ITGC
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (21.51%) Docker
2 52 (15.12%) Hyper-V
3 43 (12.50%) VMware NSX
3 43 (12.50%) vSphere
4 16 (4.65%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (20.06%) Ansible
2 43 (12.50%) Terraform
3 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.87%) Autotask
4 3 (0.87%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.29%) AssetCenter
5 1 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.66%) Splunk
3 46 (13.37%) Cisco
3 46 (13.37%) PayPal
4 44 (12.79%) Juniper
5 43 (12.50%) 3PAR
6 20 (5.81%) Google
7 13 (3.78%) SAP
8 10 (2.91%) Facebook
9 9 (2.62%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.03%) VMware
11 6 (1.74%) Oracle
12 5 (1.45%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.45%) MobileIron
12 5 (1.45%) TikTok
12 5 (1.45%) Veeam
13 4 (1.16%) AppDynamics
13 4 (1.16%) Cognos
13 4 (1.16%) IBM
13 4 (1.16%) Moogsoft