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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 +13
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 271 211 340
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.16% 10.06% 6.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.08% 10.54% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 195 98 268
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £90,822 £90,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -8.70%

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 3,826 2,001 4,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.79% 95.38% 86.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,622 1,273 3,404
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,938 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,850
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.83% -4.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £69,829
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -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 1 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 1 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 +23 12 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Salford -18 7 £42,500 +28.79% 4
Wigan - 3 £47,500 - 4
Stockport -8 2 - - 5
Ashton-under-Lyne - 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 8 (2.95%) WordPress
2 7 (2.58%) CMS
3 5 (1.85%) Confluence
4 3 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.74%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.58%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.85%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.37%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.37%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.92%) Power Platform
2 26 (9.59%) Azure
3 17 (6.27%) AWS
3 17 (6.27%) SaaS
4 11 (4.06%) Google Analytics
5 9 (3.32%) Snowflake
6 8 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.58%) GitHub
7 7 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (2.58%) Serverless
8 6 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.85%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.85%) Figma
9 5 (1.85%) GCP
10 4 (1.48%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.48%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.11%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.74%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.58%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.37%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.44%) Power BI
2 16 (5.90%) Data Mining
3 15 (5.54%) Tableau
4 7 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (2.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.85%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.11%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.74%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.74%) Metadata
7 2 (0.74%) Mixpanel
7 2 (0.74%) MySQL
7 2 (0.74%) Power Query
8 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.37%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.69%) Git
2 6 (2.21%) JIRA
3 4 (1.48%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.37%) GitLab
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
General
1 54 (19.93%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (19.19%) Finance
3 43 (15.87%) Social Skills
4 33 (12.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (10.33%) Marketing
6 15 (5.54%) Retail
7 14 (5.17%) Law
8 9 (3.32%) Advertising
9 7 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.21%) Banking
11 5 (1.85%) Legal
11 5 (1.85%) Military
11 5 (1.85%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.11%) French Language
13 3 (1.11%) Italian Language
13 3 (1.11%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.11%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (25.83%) Senior
2 61 (22.51%) Lead
3 42 (15.50%) Analyst
4 20 (7.38%) Data Analyst
5 18 (6.64%) Developer
6 17 (6.27%) Data Engineer
6 17 (6.27%) Project Manager
7 16 (5.90%) Data Manager
8 13 (4.80%) Trainee
8 13 (4.80%) Trainee Analyst
8 13 (4.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 10 (3.69%) Business Analyst
10 9 (3.32%) Analytics Manager
10 9 (3.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 9 (3.32%) Data Analytics Manager
10 9 (3.32%) Marketing Manager
11 8 (2.95%) Engineering Manager
12 7 (2.58%) Coordinator
12 7 (2.58%) Operations Manager
12 7 (2.58%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.69%) CSS
1 10 (3.69%) HTML
2 5 (1.85%) EDI
3 4 (1.48%) JSON
3 4 (1.48%) PyTorch
3 4 (1.48%) TensorFlow
4 3 (1.11%) .NET
4 3 (1.11%) PySpark
5 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.74%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.74%) JWT
5 2 (0.74%) Kafka
5 2 (0.74%) OAuth
5 2 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.37%) Pandas
6 1 (0.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (4.43%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.69%) Marketing Technology
4 8 (2.95%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.48%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.11%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.11%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.11%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.11%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.74%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.74%) Replication
7 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.11%) Android
1 3 (1.11%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.74%) Linux
2 2 (0.74%) Windows
3 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (28.04%) Decision-Making
2 45 (16.61%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 44 (16.24%) AI
3 44 (16.24%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (15.13%) Data Analytics
5 33 (12.18%) Data Analysis
6 31 (11.44%) Mentoring
7 29 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (10.33%) Data Engineering
9 27 (9.96%) Software Engineering
10 26 (9.59%) Coaching
11 25 (9.23%) Machine Learning
12 24 (8.86%) Agile
13 23 (8.49%) Project Management
13 23 (8.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (8.12%) Actionable Insight
14 22 (8.12%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (7.75%) Data Science
16 20 (7.38%) Visualisation
17 19 (7.01%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 64 (23.62%) Python
2 59 (21.77%) SQL
3 4 (1.48%) Bash
3 4 (1.48%) Java
3 4 (1.48%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.11%) Bicep
4 3 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.11%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.11%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.74%) VBA
6 1 (0.37%) ANSI SQL
6 1 (0.37%) Groovy
6 1 (0.37%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.37%) R
6 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (7.01%) Degree
2 6 (2.21%) ACCA
2 6 (2.21%) CIMA
2 6 (2.21%) IRCA
3 4 (1.48%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.11%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.11%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.74%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.37%) CISA
6 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.37%) MBA
6 1 (0.37%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.12%) Data Quality
2 20 (7.38%) QA
3 6 (2.21%) GDPR
3 6 (2.21%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.74%) WCAG
6 1 (0.37%) GRC
6 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.37%) SOX 404
System Software
1 6 (2.21%) Docker
2 4 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.11%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.74%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.74%) vSphere
5 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (3.32%) Terraform
2 8 (2.95%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.37%) Grafana
Vendors
1 63 (23.25%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.49%) Cisco
2 23 (8.49%) Salesforce
3 13 (4.80%) Google
4 8 (2.95%) SAP
5 6 (2.21%) Databricks
6 4 (1.48%) Adobe
7 2 (0.74%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.74%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle
7 2 (0.74%) VMware
8 1 (0.37%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.37%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.37%) Qualtrics
8 1 (0.37%) Synthesia
8 1 (0.37%) TikTok