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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 35 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 127 198 167
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.30% 5.51% 7.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.23% 6.40% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 79 76 141
10th Percentile £32,200 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -8.80% +10.80%
75th Percentile £69,375 £81,875 £84,056
90th Percentile £96,000 £100,000 £96,539
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -4.55% -7.65% +6.92%

All Process and 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 2,037 3,093 2,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 84.95% 86.04% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 1,403 1,822
10th Percentile £28,150 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,541
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.63% +8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,975
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 - 4 £47,500 - 8
Stockport +4 1 - - 6
Altrincham - 1 - - 8
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 -
Oldham - 1 - - 1
Salford - 1 £45,000 - 3
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 (6.30%) CMS
2 3 (2.36%) Confluence
2 3 (2.36%) SAS
3 2 (1.57%) Apache
3 2 (1.57%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.57%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.57%) WordPress
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 16 (12.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.94%) Chatbot
3 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.05%) Azure
2 19 (14.96%) Power Platform
3 14 (11.02%) AWS
4 12 (9.45%) Google Analytics
5 10 (7.87%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (7.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 8 (6.30%) SaaS
8 7 (5.51%) Adobe Analytics
9 6 (4.72%) Figma
9 6 (4.72%) GCP
9 6 (4.72%) Serverless
10 5 (3.94%) Amazon S3
11 4 (3.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (3.15%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (3.15%) OCI
12 3 (2.36%) Amazon EMR
12 3 (2.36%) Contentsquare
12 3 (2.36%) GitHub
12 3 (2.36%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) DAB
1 1 (0.79%) SMS
1 1 (0.79%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.96%) Power BI
2 14 (11.02%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (10.24%) Tableau
4 10 (7.87%) Data Lake
5 7 (5.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (5.51%) Data Mining
6 6 (4.72%) SQL Server
7 5 (3.94%) Big Data
7 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (3.15%) Mixpanel
8 4 (3.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (2.36%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.36%) GIS
9 3 (2.36%) Looker
9 3 (2.36%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.36%) MySQL
9 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.57%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 6 (4.72%) JIRA
2 4 (3.15%) Git
3 2 (1.57%) ER Studio
3 2 (1.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.79%) JUnit
4 1 (0.79%) Maven
4 1 (0.79%) RStudio
4 1 (0.79%) Selenium
General
1 36 (28.35%) Finance
2 34 (26.77%) Social Skills
3 28 (22.05%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.60%) Banking
5 15 (11.81%) Marketing
6 13 (10.24%) Retail
7 12 (9.45%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.51%) Legal
9 6 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.15%) Advertising
10 4 (3.15%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.36%) Law
11 3 (2.36%) Private Banking
11 3 (2.36%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.57%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.57%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.79%) Billing
Job Titles
1 27 (21.26%) Analyst
2 21 (16.54%) Senior
3 15 (11.81%) Data Engineer
4 13 (10.24%) Developer
5 12 (9.45%) Data Analyst
6 9 (7.09%) Architect
6 9 (7.09%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Head of Analytics
7 6 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.72%) Strategy Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Trainee
7 6 (4.72%) Trainee Analyst
7 6 (4.72%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 5 (3.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Lead
8 5 (3.94%) Senior Data Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.15%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 4 (3.15%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.15%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) CSS
1 4 (3.15%) HTML
1 4 (3.15%) REST
2 3 (2.36%) PySpark
3 2 (1.57%) .NET
3 2 (1.57%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.57%) JSON
3 2 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.57%) Pandas
3 2 (1.57%) pytest
3 2 (1.57%) RESTful
3 2 (1.57%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.57%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.57%) XGBoost
3 2 (1.57%) XML
4 1 (0.79%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.79%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.79%) JSR 170
4 1 (0.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
1 7 (5.51%) Social Media
2 4 (3.15%) AI Agents
2 4 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.15%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.36%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.36%) Taxonomies
4 2 (1.57%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.57%) Life Science
4 2 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.57%) Semantic Web
4 2 (1.57%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.79%) Digital Signage
5 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.79%) Smart Energy
5 1 (0.79%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.36%) Windows
2 2 (1.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (28.35%) AI
2 31 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (23.62%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (23.62%) Decision-Making
4 25 (19.69%) Data Analytics
5 23 (18.11%) User Experience
6 22 (17.32%) Agile
7 21 (16.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (14.96%) Machine Learning
9 18 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (14.17%) Data Engineering
10 17 (13.39%) Data Modelling
10 17 (13.39%) Data Pipeline
10 17 (13.39%) Project Management
11 16 (12.60%) Mentoring
11 16 (12.60%) Visualisation
12 15 (11.81%) Data Governance
13 14 (11.02%) Actionable Insight
13 14 (11.02%) Data Science
14 13 (10.24%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 43 (33.86%) SQL
2 31 (24.41%) Python
3 5 (3.94%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (2.36%) Java
4 3 (2.36%) PHP
5 2 (1.57%) ANSI SQL
5 2 (1.57%) Bicep
5 2 (1.57%) C#
5 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.57%) R
5 2 (1.57%) VBA
6 1 (0.79%) Scala
6 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (14.17%) Degree
2 4 (3.15%) DBS Check
3 3 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.57%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.57%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.57%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.79%) AAT
5 1 (0.79%) ACCA
5 1 (0.79%) CIMA
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.79%) PhD
5 1 (0.79%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.79%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.79%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.39%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.51%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.15%) SLA
4 3 (2.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.94%) Docker
2 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Terraform
2 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (21.26%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.24%) Google
3 8 (6.30%) Adobe
3 8 (6.30%) Databricks
3 8 (6.30%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.72%) Cisco
4 6 (4.72%) Hotjar
4 6 (4.72%) Oracle
4 6 (4.72%) Qualtrics
5 4 (3.15%) Genesys
5 4 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.57%) Dell
6 2 (1.57%) Informatica
6 2 (1.57%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.57%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.79%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.79%) Cognos
7 1 (0.79%) Concur
7 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.79%) SAP