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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 43 27
Rank change year-on-year +12 -16 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 354 134 279
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.82% 5.58% 6.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.37% 6.23% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 251 80 135
10th Percentile £31,055 £30,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,250 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.83% -13.60% -8.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,585 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £100,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £56,509
% change year-on-year +14.29% -7.09% -5.82%

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 5,554 2,150 3,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.65% 89.55% 82.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,277 1,230 1,842
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,025
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,325 £83,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -13 9 £20,000 -48.72% 5
Bolton +11 5 £42,500 - 4
Wigan - 5 £37,500 - 1
Stockport +2 2 £26,500 - 6
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 -
Bury - 1 £32,500 - 2
Sale - 1 £42,500 - 1
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 11 (3.11%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.26%) Apache
3 6 (1.69%) Confluence
4 4 (1.13%) WordPress
5 3 (0.85%) CMS
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.41%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.13%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.85%) Shopify
4 2 (0.56%) Magento
5 1 (0.28%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 59 (16.67%) Azure
2 53 (14.97%) Power Platform
3 47 (13.28%) AWS
4 32 (9.04%) SaaS
5 19 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.08%) Snowflake
7 16 (4.52%) GitHub
7 16 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (3.95%) GCP
8 14 (3.95%) Google Analytics
8 14 (3.95%) Serverless
9 11 (3.11%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.41%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.82%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.85%) DNS
3 2 (0.56%) BGP
3 2 (0.56%) IPFIX
3 2 (0.56%) OSPF
3 2 (0.56%) SNMP
3 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.56%) VLAN
4 1 (0.28%) 5G
4 1 (0.28%) SAN
4 1 (0.28%) SSL
4 1 (0.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.97%) Power BI
2 20 (5.65%) SQL Server
3 19 (5.37%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.54%) Tableau
6 8 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (2.26%) Big Data
7 7 (1.98%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.13%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (1.13%) Power Query
11 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.85%) Looker
12 2 (0.56%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.56%) KNIME
12 2 (0.56%) Mixpanel
12 2 (0.56%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 8 (2.26%) Git
1 8 (2.26%) JIRA
2 4 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (0.85%) RStudio
4 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) Gradle
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.28%) Xcode
General
1 91 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
2 84 (23.73%) Social Skills
3 54 (15.25%) Finance
4 41 (11.58%) Marketing
5 27 (7.63%) Law
6 22 (6.21%) Retail
7 21 (5.93%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.26%) Advertising
10 8 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.26%) Legal
10 8 (2.26%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.69%) Military
12 5 (1.41%) Banking
13 4 (1.13%) Games
13 4 (1.13%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 87 (24.58%) Senior
2 54 (15.25%) Data Engineer
3 48 (13.56%) Analyst
3 48 (13.56%) Lead
4 27 (7.63%) Senior Data Engineer
5 21 (5.93%) Sales Manager
6 19 (5.37%) Data Manager
6 19 (5.37%) Developer
7 17 (4.80%) Data Analyst
8 13 (3.67%) Architect
8 13 (3.67%) Marketing Manager
9 11 (3.11%) Data Architect
9 11 (3.11%) Operations Manager
9 11 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (2.82%) Consultant
10 10 (2.82%) Sales and Marketing Manager
10 10 (2.82%) Sales Operations Manager
10 10 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (2.54%) Engineering Manager
11 9 (2.54%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.65%) Terraform
2 13 (3.67%) PySpark
3 6 (1.69%) JSON
4 4 (1.13%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.13%) Kafka
5 3 (0.85%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.85%) CSS
5 3 (0.85%) HTML
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Avro
6 2 (0.56%) gRPC
6 2 (0.56%) Next.js
6 2 (0.56%) React
6 2 (0.56%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.56%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (0.56%) TanStack
7 1 (0.28%) LangChain
7 1 (0.28%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (0.28%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.28%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.91%) Onboarding
2 14 (3.95%) Marketing Technology
3 12 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.54%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.98%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.69%) NHS
8 4 (1.13%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.13%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.13%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (0.85%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.56%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.56%) Hackathon
10 2 (0.56%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.56%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.56%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (0.28%) SUSE
2 1 (0.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.28%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (29.38%) Decision-Making
2 96 (27.12%) AI
3 84 (23.73%) Business Intelligence
4 64 (18.08%) Data Engineering
5 50 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (12.71%) Agile
8 39 (11.02%) Data Modelling
8 39 (11.02%) Data Pipeline
8 39 (11.02%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 38 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 37 (10.45%) Data Analytics
11 35 (9.89%) CI/CD
12 34 (9.60%) Actionable Insight
12 34 (9.60%) Machine Learning
13 32 (9.04%) Data Science
14 31 (8.76%) ETL
15 29 (8.19%) Collaborative Culture
15 29 (8.19%) DevOps
15 29 (8.19%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 105 (29.66%) SQL
2 85 (24.01%) Python
3 14 (3.95%) Bash
4 9 (2.54%) Scala
5 8 (2.26%) R
6 6 (1.69%) Java
6 6 (1.69%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.13%) Bicep
7 4 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.56%) C#
9 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.56%) VBA
10 1 (0.28%) Ada
10 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (8.19%) Degree
2 22 (6.21%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.67%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.69%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.13%) ACCA
6 4 (1.13%) CIMA
7 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.56%) IRCA
9 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.28%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.28%) VCAP
9 1 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (17.80%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.78%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.37%) QA
4 7 (1.98%) GDPR
4 7 (1.98%) WCAG
5 6 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.56%) SLA
7 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.13%) Docker
3 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Firmware
4 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.13%) Grafana
3 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.56%) Nagios
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Argo
5 1 (0.28%) Istio
5 1 (0.28%) linkerd
5 1 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.28%) VxRail
5 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 48 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.91%) Databricks
3 15 (4.24%) Google
4 9 (2.54%) YouTube
5 7 (1.98%) Adobe
5 7 (1.98%) Oracle
5 7 (1.98%) SAP
6 4 (1.13%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.13%) Synthesia
6 4 (1.13%) Workday
7 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.85%) VMware
8 2 (0.56%) Amplitude
8 2 (0.56%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.56%) Saba
8 2 (0.56%) TikTok
8 2 (0.56%) UiPath
9 1 (0.28%) Pinterest
9 1 (0.28%) Snapchat