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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 24 32
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 +11
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 118 195 182
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.96% 7.30% 6.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.00% 7.76% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 71 75 148
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,142
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +9.14% +5.58%
75th Percentile £72,500 £90,822 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £101,250 £90,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -

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 2,359 2,512 2,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.24% 94.01% 90.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 1,182 1,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,296
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,292 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.38% -0.40% -4.55%

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 January 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 17 January 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 +17 3 £47,500 +18.75% 12
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 -
Altrincham - 1 - - 2
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 3 (2.54%) Apache
1 3 (2.54%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.54%) CMS
1 3 (2.54%) Confluence
2 2 (1.69%) WordPress
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.85%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.85%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (13.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.39%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.49%) Azure
2 16 (13.56%) Power Platform
3 10 (8.47%) AWS
4 8 (6.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (5.93%) Adobe Analytics
5 7 (5.93%) Amazon S3
5 7 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (5.08%) Figma
6 6 (5.08%) Serverless
7 4 (3.39%) GCP
7 4 (3.39%) GitHub
7 4 (3.39%) SaaS
8 3 (2.54%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.54%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.69%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) DAB
1 1 (0.85%) SMS
1 1 (0.85%) SSH
1 1 (0.85%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.02%) Data Mining
1 13 (11.02%) Power BI
1 13 (11.02%) Tableau
2 9 (7.63%) Data Lake
2 9 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (5.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (5.08%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.54%) DynamoDB
5 3 (2.54%) Metadata
5 3 (2.54%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (1.69%) Big Data
6 2 (1.69%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.69%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Git
2 6 (5.08%) JIRA
3 2 (1.69%) GitLab
4 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.85%) JUnit
4 1 (0.85%) Maven
4 1 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 31 (26.27%) Analytical Skills
1 31 (26.27%) Finance
2 26 (22.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (19.49%) Social Skills
4 12 (10.17%) Banking
5 7 (5.93%) Legal
5 7 (5.93%) Retail
6 6 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.54%) Marketing
9 2 (1.69%) Advertising
9 2 (1.69%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.69%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.85%) Billing
10 1 (0.85%) Law
10 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (30.51%) Analyst
2 16 (13.56%) Data Engineer
2 16 (13.56%) Senior
3 14 (11.86%) Data Analyst
4 13 (11.02%) Project Manager
5 12 (10.17%) Trainee
5 12 (10.17%) Trainee Analyst
5 12 (10.17%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 11 (9.32%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.93%) Developer
7 7 (5.93%) Lead
8 6 (5.08%) Senior Data Engineer
8 6 (5.08%) Strategy Manager
9 5 (4.24%) Architect
10 4 (3.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 4 (3.39%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (3.39%) Data Scientist
10 4 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.54%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.39%) REST
2 3 (2.54%) CSS
2 3 (2.54%) EDI
2 3 (2.54%) HTML
2 3 (2.54%) PySpark
2 3 (2.54%) PyTorch
2 3 (2.54%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.69%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.69%) JSON
3 2 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.69%) XML
4 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.85%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.85%) JSR 170
4 1 (0.85%) Kafka
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth
4 1 (0.85%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Product Ownership
1 7 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.39%) Social Media
2 4 (3.39%) Taxonomies
3 3 (2.54%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.54%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.54%) Semantic Web
4 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (1.69%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.69%) Life Science
4 2 (1.69%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.85%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.85%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.85%) Smart Energy
5 1 (0.85%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.24%) Windows
2 3 (2.54%) Linux
3 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.42%) Mentoring
2 27 (22.88%) Coaching
3 26 (22.03%) AI
4 25 (21.19%) Data Analytics
4 25 (21.19%) Software Engineering
5 23 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (18.64%) Decision-Making
7 20 (16.95%) Agile
7 20 (16.95%) Project Management
8 19 (16.10%) Machine Learning
8 19 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (15.25%) Data Analysis
9 18 (15.25%) Data Pipeline
10 17 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (11.86%) Business Strategy
11 14 (11.86%) Data Governance
11 14 (11.86%) Storytelling
12 13 (11.02%) Data Science
13 12 (10.17%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 34 (28.81%) SQL
2 31 (26.27%) Python
3 4 (3.39%) Java
4 2 (1.69%) ANSI SQL
4 2 (1.69%) Bicep
4 2 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.69%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.85%) C#
5 1 (0.85%) Groovy
5 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.85%) PHP
5 1 (0.85%) R
5 1 (0.85%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (6.78%) Degree
2 4 (3.39%) DBS Check
3 3 (2.54%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.54%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.54%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.69%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.69%) PhD
5 1 (0.85%) AAT
5 1 (0.85%) ACCA
5 1 (0.85%) CIMA
5 1 (0.85%) CISA
5 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.85%) MBA
5 1 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.85%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.17%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.85%) SLA
4 1 (0.85%) SOX 404
System Software
1 5 (4.24%) Docker
2 3 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.69%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.69%) vSphere
4 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.93%) Terraform
2 6 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 50 (42.37%) Microsoft
2 25 (21.19%) Salesforce
3 23 (19.49%) Cisco
4 8 (6.78%) Adobe
5 6 (5.08%) Qualtrics
6 5 (4.24%) Databricks
7 4 (3.39%) Google
7 4 (3.39%) Oracle
8 3 (2.54%) Genesys
8 3 (2.54%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.69%) Dell
9 2 (1.69%) Informatica
9 2 (1.69%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.69%) SnapLogic
9 2 (1.69%) VMware
10 1 (0.85%) Ahrefs
10 1 (0.85%) Concur
10 1 (0.85%) Hootsuite
10 1 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.85%) Screaming Frog