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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 +14
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 426 343 359
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.58% 14.43% 9.19%
As % of the General category 13.94% 21.76% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 254 123 145
10th Percentile £31,006 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £82,250
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 3,057 1,576 2,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 40.02% 66.30% 57.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,002 800 940
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,031 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -9.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £85,250
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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -8 25 £45,000 +13.21% 11
Stockport -5 11 £35,750 -38.23% 12
Bolton -6 8 £38,750 -13.89% 19
Wigan +1 5 £37,500 - 4
Altrincham +6 1 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Sale +2 1 £42,500 - 1
Rochdale -2 1 - - 4
Ashton-under-Lyne -2 1 £51,000 -
Oldham -3 1 £69,928 +23.76% 2
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 19 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.99%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.70%) Apache
4 3 (0.70%) Confluence
4 3 (0.70%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
6 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 49 (11.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.41%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.17%) Shopify
4 4 (0.94%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.94%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.70%) Magento
5 3 (0.70%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.23%) Odoo
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.23%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 62 (14.55%) Azure
2 47 (11.03%) AWS
3 43 (10.09%) Power Platform
4 30 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (4.69%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.23%) GCP
7 13 (3.05%) SaaS
8 11 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
8 11 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.88%) Serverless
10 8 (1.88%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.64%) GitHub
11 7 (1.64%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.41%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.17%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.17%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.17%) Google Ads
13 5 (1.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.52%) DHCP
1 15 (3.52%) DNS
2 14 (3.29%) Internet
3 9 (2.11%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.41%) Firewall
4 6 (1.41%) VLAN
4 6 (1.41%) VPN
5 4 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (0.94%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (0.94%) Network Security
5 4 (0.94%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.94%) VoIP
5 4 (0.94%) Wireless
6 3 (0.70%) LAN
6 3 (0.70%) VSAN
6 3 (0.70%) WAN
7 2 (0.47%) RTP
7 2 (0.47%) SSL
8 1 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.62%) Power BI
2 15 (3.52%) Tableau
3 14 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.11%) Power Query
4 9 (2.11%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.41%) Big Data
5 6 (1.41%) BigQuery
5 6 (1.41%) Metadata
6 5 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.70%) MySQL
7 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.47%) MS Access
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (5.40%) Git
2 12 (2.82%) JIRA
3 4 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.70%) RStudio
4 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.47%) GitLab
6 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.23%) Maven
6 1 (0.23%) Postman
General
1 195 (45.77%) Social Skills
2 128 (30.05%) Finance
3 55 (12.91%) Marketing
4 54 (12.68%) Law
5 44 (10.33%) Legal
6 42 (9.86%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (5.63%) Retail
9 22 (5.16%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (3.99%) Telecoms
12 15 (3.52%) Military
13 12 (2.82%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.58%) Public Sector
15 10 (2.35%) Back Office
16 9 (2.11%) Advertising
16 9 (2.11%) Local Government
17 8 (1.88%) Banking
18 7 (1.64%) Billing
Job Titles
1 101 (23.71%) Analyst
2 34 (7.98%) Senior
3 28 (6.57%) Lead
4 26 (6.10%) Data Analyst
5 20 (4.69%) Development Manager
6 18 (4.23%) Business Development Manager
6 18 (4.23%) Business Manager
7 16 (3.76%) Architect
7 16 (3.76%) Data Engineer
8 15 (3.52%) Developer
9 13 (3.05%) Administrator
9 13 (3.05%) Junior
10 12 (2.82%) Business Analyst
11 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Engineer
11 10 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.11%) Accountant
12 9 (2.11%) Change Analyst
12 9 (2.11%) Support Engineer
12 9 (2.11%) Systems Accountant
12 9 (2.11%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.82%) HTML
2 9 (2.11%) CSS
3 7 (1.64%) .NET
4 6 (1.41%) REST
5 5 (1.17%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.17%) Kafka
5 5 (1.17%) Node.js
6 4 (0.94%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.94%) Middleware
6 4 (0.94%) SOAP
6 4 (0.94%) Visualforce
7 3 (0.70%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.70%) LDAP
7 3 (0.70%) PySpark
7 3 (0.70%) Spring
7 3 (0.70%) Web Services
8 2 (0.47%) JSON
8 2 (0.47%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.47%) Symfony
8 2 (0.47%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.33%) Onboarding
2 29 (6.81%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.93%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.99%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.05%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.35%) Social Media
8 9 (2.11%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (1.64%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.41%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.41%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.41%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.17%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.17%) NHS
12 4 (0.94%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.94%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.94%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.04%) Windows
2 16 (3.76%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.29%) Linux
4 6 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.94%) Unix
5 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.70%) CentOS
6 3 (0.70%) CoreOS
6 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (38.97%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (27.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 115 (27.00%) AI
4 110 (25.82%) Decision-Making
5 89 (20.89%) Analytics
6 83 (19.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 60 (14.08%) Customer Service
8 59 (13.85%) Agile
9 55 (12.91%) Validation
10 48 (11.27%) Actionable Insight
11 47 (11.03%) Business Intelligence
11 47 (11.03%) Coaching
12 45 (10.56%) Collaborative Culture
12 45 (10.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 42 (9.86%) Data Analysis
14 40 (9.39%) Visualisation
15 35 (8.22%) Customer Experience
16 33 (7.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 33 (7.75%) Mentoring
17 32 (7.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.31%) SQL
2 61 (14.32%) Python
3 19 (4.46%) PowerShell
4 17 (3.99%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.05%) Java
6 11 (2.58%) R
7 7 (1.64%) C#
8 6 (1.41%) PHP
9 4 (0.94%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.94%) Bash
10 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.70%) SOQL
10 3 (0.70%) SOSL
10 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.47%) Scala
11 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.23%) Go
12 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (16.43%) Degree
2 31 (7.28%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.76%) ACCA
5 13 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.82%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.58%) CIMA
8 7 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.17%) CIPD
10 5 (1.17%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.17%) HNC
10 5 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.94%) CCNA
11 4 (0.94%) CCNP
11 4 (0.94%) CISA
11 4 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.94%) MBA
12 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (13.15%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.23%) QA
3 15 (3.52%) SLA
4 14 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.94%) NEBOSH
6 4 (0.94%) PMO
6 4 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.70%) COSO
7 3 (0.70%) GDPR
7 3 (0.70%) GRC
7 3 (0.70%) IFRS
7 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.70%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.23%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.23%) SEPA
8 1 (0.23%) TARGET2
System Software
1 26 (6.10%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.88%) Docker
2 8 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.94%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.70%) Ceph
5 2 (0.47%) Firmware
6 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.23%) NFS
6 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.94%) Ansible
3 4 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.70%) Argo
4 3 (0.70%) Check_MK
4 3 (0.70%) Istio
4 3 (0.70%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (0.70%) Podman
4 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.70%) SCVMM
5 2 (0.47%) Autotask
5 2 (0.47%) Nessus
6 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 96 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.04%) YouTube
3 22 (5.16%) Google
4 17 (3.99%) SAP
5 16 (3.76%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.35%) Adobe
7 8 (1.88%) Oracle
8 7 (1.64%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.41%) Databricks
9 6 (1.41%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.41%) TikTok
9 6 (1.41%) VMware
10 5 (1.17%) Aruba
10 5 (1.17%) Cisco
10 5 (1.17%) HP
10 5 (1.17%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.17%) Sage
11 4 (0.94%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.94%) Samsung
11 4 (0.94%) Workday