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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 27 26
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 327 208 416
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.37% 9.18% 7.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.48% 9.63% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 251 97 283
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,822 £90,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -16.00%

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 4,371 2,161 4,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.73% 95.37% 82.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,454 1,219 3,650
10th Percentile £32,875 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -9.48%
75th Percentile £77,375 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £80,492
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +24 12 £30,000 -25.00% 9
Salford -13 8 £42,500 +28.79% 11
Wigan - 6 £40,000 - 5
Stockport +2 2 - - 15
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 -
Bury +3 1 £32,500 - 6
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 (2.45%) Apache
1 8 (2.45%) CMS
1 8 (2.45%) WordPress
2 7 (2.14%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.53%) Confluence
4 4 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.75%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.68%) Azure
2 46 (14.07%) Power Platform
3 35 (10.70%) AWS
4 26 (7.95%) SaaS
5 15 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.59%) GCP
6 13 (3.98%) Google Analytics
7 12 (3.67%) GitHub
7 12 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (3.67%) Snowflake
8 10 (3.06%) Serverless
9 9 (2.75%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.53%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.53%) Figma
11 4 (1.22%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.22%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.06%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.61%) BGP
2 2 (0.61%) DNS
2 2 (0.61%) IPFIX
2 2 (0.61%) OSPF
2 2 (0.61%) SNMP
2 2 (0.61%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.61%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.46%) Power BI
2 15 (4.59%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.28%) Tableau
4 10 (3.06%) Data Mining
4 10 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.53%) Big Data
7 5 (1.53%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (1.22%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.22%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.92%) Looker
10 2 (0.61%) KNIME
10 2 (0.61%) Mixpanel
10 2 (0.61%) MS Access
10 2 (0.61%) MySQL
10 2 (0.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (3.06%) Git
2 7 (2.14%) JIRA
3 4 (1.22%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.61%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.31%) Gradle
5 1 (0.31%) MLflow
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 64 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
2 58 (17.74%) Social Skills
3 51 (15.60%) Finance
4 36 (11.01%) Marketing
5 27 (8.26%) Law
6 24 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.89%) Retail
8 10 (3.06%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.75%) Advertising
9 9 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.45%) Legal
11 7 (2.14%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.53%) Banking
12 5 (1.53%) Military
13 3 (0.92%) French Language
13 3 (0.92%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.92%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.92%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.92%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (26.30%) Senior
2 62 (18.96%) Lead
3 38 (11.62%) Analyst
3 38 (11.62%) Data Engineer
4 21 (6.42%) Developer
5 19 (5.81%) Data Manager
6 17 (5.20%) Data Analyst
7 15 (4.59%) Sales Manager
8 14 (4.28%) Senior Data Engineer
9 12 (3.67%) Marketing Manager
10 11 (3.36%) Operations Manager
11 10 (3.06%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.06%) Sales and Marketing Manager
11 10 (3.06%) Sales Operations Manager
12 9 (2.75%) Analytics Manager
12 9 (2.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 9 (2.75%) Data Analytics Manager
12 9 (2.75%) Engineering Manager
13 8 (2.45%) Trainee
13 8 (2.45%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.06%) CSS
1 10 (3.06%) HTML
2 7 (2.14%) PySpark
3 5 (1.53%) EDI
3 5 (1.53%) Kafka
4 4 (1.22%) .NET
4 4 (1.22%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.22%) JSON
5 3 (0.92%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.92%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.92%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.61%) gRPC
6 2 (0.61%) JWT
6 2 (0.61%) OAuth
6 2 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.31%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.31%) LangChain
7 1 (0.31%) Next.js
7 1 (0.31%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.31%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.50%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.28%) Marketing Technology
3 13 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.92%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.92%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.92%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.92%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.92%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.92%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.61%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.61%) NHS
9 2 (0.61%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.92%) Android
1 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.61%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (26.61%) Decision-Making
2 68 (20.80%) AI
3 63 (19.27%) Business Intelligence
4 49 (14.98%) Data Engineering
5 48 (14.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 42 (12.84%) Data Analytics
7 38 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (10.70%) Agile
10 33 (10.09%) Data Analysis
10 33 (10.09%) Machine Learning
11 32 (9.79%) Data Pipeline
12 29 (8.87%) CI/CD
12 29 (8.87%) Data Modelling
12 29 (8.87%) ETL
13 26 (7.95%) DevOps
13 26 (7.95%) Mentoring
13 26 (7.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (7.34%) Collaborative Culture
14 24 (7.34%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 88 (26.91%) SQL
2 87 (26.61%) Python
3 9 (2.75%) Bash
4 8 (2.45%) Scala
5 5 (1.53%) Java
5 5 (1.53%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.53%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.92%) Bicep
6 3 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.92%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.61%) C#
7 2 (0.61%) R
7 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.61%) VBA
8 1 (0.31%) Ada
8 1 (0.31%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 24 (7.34%) Degree
2 12 (3.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.45%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.83%) ACCA
4 6 (1.83%) CIMA
4 6 (1.83%) IRCA
5 5 (1.53%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.22%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.92%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (12.23%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.42%) QA
3 14 (4.28%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.06%) GDPR
5 6 (1.83%) ISO 9001
5 6 (1.83%) WCAG
6 2 (0.61%) SLA
7 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.31%) GRC
7 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (1.53%) Docker
3 4 (1.22%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (4.89%) Terraform
2 9 (2.75%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.22%) Grafana
4 3 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.61%) Nagios
6 1 (0.31%) Ansible
6 1 (0.31%) Argo
6 1 (0.31%) Istio
6 1 (0.31%) linkerd
6 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.12%) Databricks
3 15 (4.59%) Google
4 13 (3.98%) Salesforce
5 11 (3.36%) Cisco
6 9 (2.75%) SAP
7 7 (2.14%) Adobe
8 3 (0.92%) Synthesia
8 3 (0.92%) VMware
9 2 (0.61%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.61%) Amplitude
9 2 (0.61%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.61%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.31%) Capita
10 1 (0.31%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle
10 1 (0.31%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.31%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.31%) TikTok