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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 25 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +11
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 321 213 407
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.39% 9.39% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.59% 9.84% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 245 98 279
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,494 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,313 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -10.20%
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 4,228 2,164 4,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.00% 95.41% 83.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,331 1,224 3,594
10th Percentile £32,875 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,502 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +7.62% -9.19%
75th Percentile £76,168 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £81,250
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 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 10 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 +20 12 £30,000 -25.00% 1
Salford -12 7 £42,500 +28.79% 7
Wigan - 6 £40,000 - 1
Stockport -1 2 - - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 - 1
Bury +3 1 £32,500 - 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 8 (2.49%) WordPress
2 7 (2.18%) CMS
3 5 (1.56%) Apache
3 5 (1.56%) Confluence
4 4 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.49%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.56%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.62%) 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 46 (14.33%) Power Platform
2 44 (13.71%) Azure
3 32 (9.97%) AWS
4 24 (7.48%) SaaS
5 14 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.05%) Google Analytics
7 12 (3.74%) GCP
7 12 (3.74%) Snowflake
8 10 (3.12%) GitHub
8 10 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (3.12%) Serverless
9 9 (2.80%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.56%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.56%) Figma
12 4 (1.25%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.93%) Azure AKS
13 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.12%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.62%) BGP
2 2 (0.62%) DNS
2 2 (0.62%) IPFIX
2 2 (0.62%) OSPF
2 2 (0.62%) SNMP
2 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.62%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.40%) Power BI
2 15 (4.67%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.36%) Tableau
4 10 (3.12%) Data Mining
4 10 (3.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.56%) Big Data
7 5 (1.56%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (1.25%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.93%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.93%) Looker
10 2 (0.62%) Mixpanel
10 2 (0.62%) MySQL
10 2 (0.62%) Power Query
11 1 (0.31%) MS Access
11 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.80%) Git
2 6 (1.87%) JIRA
3 4 (1.25%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.62%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.31%) MLflow
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
General
1 61 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
2 53 (16.51%) Social Skills
3 51 (15.89%) Finance
4 35 (10.90%) Marketing
5 26 (8.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (7.17%) Law
7 16 (4.98%) Retail
8 9 (2.80%) Advertising
8 9 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.80%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.18%) Legal
9 7 (2.18%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.56%) Banking
10 5 (1.56%) Military
11 3 (0.93%) French Language
11 3 (0.93%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.93%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.93%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (26.79%) Senior
2 63 (19.63%) Lead
3 40 (12.46%) Analyst
4 36 (11.21%) Data Engineer
5 20 (6.23%) Developer
6 19 (5.92%) Data Manager
7 17 (5.30%) Data Analyst
8 15 (4.67%) Senior Data Engineer
9 14 (4.36%) Sales Manager
10 12 (3.74%) Marketing Manager
11 11 (3.43%) Operations Manager
11 11 (3.43%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.12%) Sales and Marketing Manager
12 10 (3.12%) Sales Operations Manager
13 9 (2.80%) Analytics Manager
13 9 (2.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 9 (2.80%) Data Analytics Manager
13 9 (2.80%) Engineering Manager
14 8 (2.49%) Trainee
14 8 (2.49%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.12%) CSS
1 10 (3.12%) HTML
2 7 (2.18%) PySpark
3 5 (1.56%) EDI
3 5 (1.56%) Kafka
4 4 (1.25%) JSON
4 4 (1.25%) PyTorch
4 4 (1.25%) TensorFlow
5 3 (0.93%) .NET
5 3 (0.93%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.93%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.62%) gRPC
6 2 (0.62%) JWT
6 2 (0.62%) OAuth
6 2 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.31%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.31%) LangChain
7 1 (0.31%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.31%) REST
7 1 (0.31%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.98%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.36%) Marketing Technology
3 13 (4.05%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.12%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.93%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.93%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.93%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.93%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.93%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.62%) Life Science
9 2 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.93%) Android
1 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.31%) Linux
2 1 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (26.17%) Decision-Making
2 65 (20.25%) AI
3 60 (18.69%) Business Intelligence
4 48 (14.95%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 46 (14.33%) Data Engineering
6 42 (13.08%) Data Analytics
7 36 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (10.59%) Agile
9 33 (10.28%) Machine Learning
10 31 (9.66%) Data Analysis
11 29 (9.03%) Data Pipeline
11 29 (9.03%) ETL
12 28 (8.72%) Data Modelling
12 28 (8.72%) Mentoring
13 27 (8.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 26 (8.10%) CI/CD
15 24 (7.48%) Collaborative Culture
15 24 (7.48%) DevOps
15 24 (7.48%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 84 (26.17%) SQL
2 83 (25.86%) Python
3 8 (2.49%) Bash
4 5 (1.56%) Java
4 5 (1.56%) Scala
4 5 (1.56%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.25%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.93%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.62%) Bicep
7 2 (0.62%) VBA
8 1 (0.31%) Ada
8 1 (0.31%) C#
8 1 (0.31%) Groovy
8 1 (0.31%) R
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (7.17%) Degree
2 11 (3.43%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.18%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.87%) ACCA
4 6 (1.87%) CIMA
4 6 (1.87%) IRCA
5 4 (1.25%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.21%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.23%) QA
3 12 (3.74%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.12%) GDPR
5 6 (1.87%) ISO 9001
5 6 (1.87%) WCAG
6 2 (0.62%) SLA
7 1 (0.31%) GRC
7 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.25%) Docker
3 3 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.67%) Terraform
2 8 (2.49%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.93%) Grafana
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.62%) Nagios
4 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) Ansible
5 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (19.63%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.30%) Databricks
3 15 (4.67%) Google
4 14 (4.36%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.05%) Cisco
6 9 (2.80%) SAP
7 7 (2.18%) Adobe
8 3 (0.93%) Synthesia
8 3 (0.93%) VMware
9 2 (0.62%) Amplitude
9 2 (0.62%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.31%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.31%) Capita
10 1 (0.31%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle
10 1 (0.31%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.31%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.31%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.31%) TikTok