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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 38 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 -10 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 317 139 253
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.15% 5.92% 6.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.43% 6.66% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 207 88 104
10th Percentile £31,033 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £51,750 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.91% -9.21% -8.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,063 £75,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,250 £100,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.50% -7.92%

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 5,843 2,087 3,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.41% 88.96% 84.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,358 1,189 1,574
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,725
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,712
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.31% -5.98%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -6 11 £30,000 -33.33% 14
Wigan - 4 £37,500 - 3
Bolton +1 3 - - 17
Stockport +2 2 £26,500 - 7
Bury - 2 £43,750 - 5
Altrincham +8 1 £55,000 - 4
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £42,500 -
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 (3.47%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.52%) Apache
3 6 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.32%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.26%) Shopify
1 4 (1.26%) Workday HCM
2 3 (0.95%) Magento
3 1 (0.32%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.32%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.30%) Azure
2 49 (15.46%) Power Platform
3 41 (12.93%) AWS
4 32 (10.09%) SaaS
5 18 (5.68%) Snowflake
6 17 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (5.05%) GCP
7 16 (5.05%) GitHub
7 16 (5.05%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (5.05%) Google Analytics
8 13 (4.10%) Serverless
9 12 (3.79%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.89%) Google Tag Manager
13 5 (1.58%) Amazon Kinesis
13 5 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.58%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.26%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.15%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.26%) DNS
3 2 (0.63%) BGP
3 2 (0.63%) IPFIX
3 2 (0.63%) OSPF
3 2 (0.63%) SNMP
3 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.63%) VLAN
4 1 (0.32%) 5G
4 1 (0.32%) DHCP
4 1 (0.32%) RTP
4 1 (0.32%) SAN
4 1 (0.32%) SSL
4 1 (0.32%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (15.46%) Power BI
2 19 (5.99%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.68%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.84%) Big Data
6 8 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (2.52%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.21%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (2.21%) Tableau
8 6 (1.89%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.89%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.58%) Looker
10 4 (1.26%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.95%) Metadata
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.63%) KNIME
12 2 (0.63%) Parquet
12 2 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (1.89%) Git
2 5 (1.58%) JIRA
3 3 (0.95%) RStudio
4 2 (0.63%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.63%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.32%) Gradle
5 1 (0.32%) MLflow
5 1 (0.32%) Xcode
General
1 91 (28.71%) Analytical Skills
2 88 (27.76%) Social Skills
3 60 (18.93%) Finance
4 41 (12.93%) Marketing
5 25 (7.89%) Retail
6 24 (7.57%) Law
7 22 (6.94%) Public Sector
8 17 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.79%) Legal
11 9 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.58%) Advertising
13 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.26%) Health Technology
14 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.26%) Military
15 3 (0.95%) Banking
15 3 (0.95%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (19.24%) Senior
2 60 (18.93%) Data Engineer
3 53 (16.72%) Analyst
4 27 (8.52%) Senior Data Engineer
5 21 (6.62%) Sales Manager
6 20 (6.31%) Lead
7 18 (5.68%) Architect
7 18 (5.68%) Data Analyst
8 13 (4.10%) Data Architect
9 12 (3.79%) Developer
9 12 (3.79%) Operations Manager
10 11 (3.47%) Marketing Manager
10 11 (3.47%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (3.15%) Consultant
11 10 (3.15%) Sales and Marketing Manager
11 10 (3.15%) Sales Operations Manager
11 10 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.84%) Data Manager
12 9 (2.84%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 9 (2.84%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.62%) Terraform
2 13 (4.10%) PySpark
3 4 (1.26%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.26%) Kafka
4 3 (0.95%) JSON
5 2 (0.63%) .NET
5 2 (0.63%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.63%) Apache Avro
5 2 (0.63%) gRPC
5 2 (0.63%) Model Context Protocol
5 2 (0.63%) Next.js
5 2 (0.63%) React
5 2 (0.63%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.63%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (0.63%) TanStack
6 1 (0.32%) Great Expectations
6 1 (0.32%) LangChain
6 1 (0.32%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.32%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.99%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.73%) Marketing Technology
3 13 (4.10%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.52%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.21%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.89%) Hackathon
7 6 (1.89%) Learning Management System
7 6 (1.89%) NHS
7 6 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.26%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.26%) Video\Live Streaming
9 4 (1.26%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.63%) FMCG
10 2 (0.63%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.95%) Linux
2 2 (0.63%) Windows
2 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.32%) SUSE
3 1 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.44%) AI
2 75 (23.66%) Decision-Making
3 73 (23.03%) Business Intelligence
4 61 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (17.03%) Data Engineering
6 50 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (12.62%) Data Modelling
8 38 (11.99%) Data Analytics
8 38 (11.99%) Data Pipeline
9 37 (11.67%) Agile
9 37 (11.67%) Machine Learning
10 34 (10.73%) CI/CD
11 31 (9.78%) Actionable Insight
12 30 (9.46%) Collaborative Culture
12 30 (9.46%) Data Science
12 30 (9.46%) Roadmaps
12 30 (9.46%) Validation
13 29 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (8.52%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 102 (32.18%) SQL
2 85 (26.81%) Python
3 15 (4.73%) Bash
4 9 (2.84%) R
4 9 (2.84%) Scala
5 7 (2.21%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.58%) Java
7 4 (1.26%) Bicep
7 4 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.95%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.63%) C#
9 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.32%) Ada
Qualifications
1 38 (11.99%) Degree
2 26 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.36%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.89%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.26%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.26%) PhD
6 4 (1.26%) Postgraduate
7 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.63%) CIPD
8 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.32%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.32%) VCAP
9 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (19.24%) Data Quality
2 31 (9.78%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (2.52%) QA
5 7 (2.21%) GDPR
5 7 (2.21%) WCAG
6 4 (1.26%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.63%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.32%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) SEPA
8 1 (0.32%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.26%) Docker
3 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Firmware
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.26%) Grafana
3 3 (0.95%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.63%) Ansible
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.63%) Nagios
5 1 (0.32%) Argo
5 1 (0.32%) Istio
5 1 (0.32%) linkerd
5 1 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.32%) VxRail
5 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.20%) Databricks
3 21 (6.62%) Google
4 11 (3.47%) YouTube
5 10 (3.15%) Oracle
6 9 (2.84%) TikTok
7 6 (1.89%) Adobe
7 6 (1.89%) Saba
8 5 (1.58%) Samsung
9 4 (1.26%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.26%) Synthesia
9 4 (1.26%) Workday
10 3 (0.95%) Botify
10 3 (0.95%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.95%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.95%) VMware
11 2 (0.63%) IBM
11 2 (0.63%) UiPath
12 1 (0.32%) Instagram
12 1 (0.32%) Snapchat