Analytics Job Trends in Manchester

Analytics
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 24 27
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 289 225 355
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.36% 10.13% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.42% 10.60% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 212 104 271
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,313 £41,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,389 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +11.62% -7.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,822 £90,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -11.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,897 2,123 4,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.27% 95.54% 85.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,758 1,298 3,417
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,813 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +5.50% -5.22%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £68,857
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,150 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Analytics job vacancy trend in Manchester

Analytics
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in Manchester

Analytics
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Bolton +27 12 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Salford -11 7 £42,500 +28.79% 3
Wigan - 4 £45,000 - 4
Stockport -4 2 - - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 - 2
Analytics
North West

Analytics
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 8 (2.77%) WordPress
2 7 (2.42%) CMS
3 5 (1.73%) Confluence
4 4 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.69%) Apache
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.69%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.42%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 39 (13.49%) Power Platform
2 27 (9.34%) Azure
3 19 (6.57%) AWS
4 18 (6.23%) SaaS
5 11 (3.81%) Google Analytics
5 11 (3.81%) Snowflake
6 8 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.42%) GitHub
7 7 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (2.42%) Serverless
8 6 (2.08%) Amazon S3
8 6 (2.08%) GCP
8 6 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.73%) Figma
10 4 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.04%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (1.04%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.04%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.69%) Apigee
12 2 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.77%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.35%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.11%) Power BI
2 16 (5.54%) Tableau
3 15 (5.19%) Data Mining
4 11 (3.81%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.04%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.04%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.69%) Looker
10 2 (0.69%) Metadata
10 2 (0.69%) Mixpanel
10 2 (0.69%) MySQL
10 2 (0.69%) Power Query
10 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.35%) Big Data
11 1 (0.35%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.11%) Git
2 6 (2.08%) JIRA
3 4 (1.38%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.35%) GitLab
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
General
1 59 (20.42%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (17.99%) Finance
3 44 (15.22%) Social Skills
4 33 (11.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (10.38%) Marketing
6 16 (5.54%) Law
7 15 (5.19%) Retail
8 10 (3.46%) Advertising
9 8 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.08%) Banking
11 5 (1.73%) Legal
11 5 (1.73%) Military
11 5 (1.73%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.04%) French Language
12 3 (1.04%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.04%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.04%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.04%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (26.99%) Senior
2 62 (21.45%) Lead
3 47 (16.26%) Analyst
4 21 (7.27%) Data Analyst
5 20 (6.92%) Data Engineer
6 19 (6.57%) Developer
7 18 (6.23%) Data Manager
8 15 (5.19%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.15%) Trainee
9 12 (4.15%) Trainee Analyst
9 12 (4.15%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 11 (3.81%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.46%) Marketing Manager
11 10 (3.46%) Senior Data Engineer
12 9 (3.11%) Analytics Manager
12 9 (3.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 9 (3.11%) Data Analytics Manager
12 9 (3.11%) Engineering Manager
13 8 (2.77%) Operations Manager
13 8 (2.77%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.46%) CSS
1 10 (3.46%) HTML
2 5 (1.73%) EDI
3 4 (1.38%) JSON
3 4 (1.38%) PySpark
3 4 (1.38%) PyTorch
3 4 (1.38%) TensorFlow
4 3 (1.04%) .NET
4 3 (1.04%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.04%) Kafka
5 2 (0.69%) JWT
5 2 (0.69%) OAuth
5 2 (0.69%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.35%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.35%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.35%) Pandas
6 1 (0.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.84%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.50%) Marketing Technology
2 13 (4.50%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (2.77%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.38%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.04%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.04%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.04%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.04%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.69%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.69%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.69%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.69%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.04%) Android
1 3 (1.04%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.69%) Linux
2 2 (0.69%) Windows
3 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (27.34%) Decision-Making
2 50 (17.30%) Business Intelligence
3 47 (16.26%) AI
3 47 (16.26%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 44 (15.22%) Data Analytics
5 32 (11.07%) Data Analysis
5 32 (11.07%) Data Engineering
6 31 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (10.73%) Mentoring
7 26 (9.00%) Machine Learning
8 25 (8.65%) Agile
8 25 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (8.65%) Software Engineering
9 24 (8.30%) Actionable Insight
9 24 (8.30%) Coaching
9 24 (8.30%) Project Management
9 24 (8.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (7.61%) Data Science
10 22 (7.61%) Visualisation
11 21 (7.27%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 67 (23.18%) Python
2 64 (22.15%) SQL
3 5 (1.73%) Bash
3 5 (1.73%) Java
3 5 (1.73%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.69%) Bicep
5 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.69%) VBA
6 1 (0.35%) ANSI SQL
6 1 (0.35%) Groovy
6 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.35%) R
6 1 (0.35%) Scala
6 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (7.27%) Degree
2 6 (2.08%) ACCA
2 6 (2.08%) CIMA
2 6 (2.08%) IRCA
3 4 (1.38%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.04%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.04%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.69%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.35%) CISA
6 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.35%) MBA
6 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.92%) QA
3 7 (2.42%) GDPR
4 6 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.08%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.69%) WCAG
6 1 (0.35%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.35%) SOX 404
System Software
1 5 (1.73%) Docker
2 3 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.69%) vSphere
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (3.11%) Terraform
2 7 (2.42%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.69%) Ansible
4 1 (0.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 61 (21.11%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.27%) Cisco
2 21 (7.27%) Salesforce
3 13 (4.50%) Google
4 9 (3.11%) Databricks
5 8 (2.77%) SAP
6 5 (1.73%) Adobe
7 2 (0.69%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.69%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.69%) Oracle
7 2 (0.69%) VMware
8 1 (0.35%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.35%) Qualtrics
8 1 (0.35%) Synthesia
8 1 (0.35%) TikTok