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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 20 33
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 186 203 291
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.55% 9.50% 6.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.11% 9.93% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 121 86 247
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £32,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,389 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +7.70% -6.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £96,036 £90,000
North West median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.27% +4.76% -6.93%

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 3,042 2,045 3,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.36% 95.69% 87.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,014 1,246 3,166
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,125 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -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 20 March 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 20 March 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 +25 12 £30,000 -25.00% 4
Salford -9 5 - - 2
Stockport -5 2 - - 5
Wigan - 2 £47,500 - 4
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 - 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 (4.30%) CMS
1 8 (4.30%) WordPress
2 3 (1.61%) Confluence
3 2 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.54%) Apache
4 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.54%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.54%) SAS
4 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (11.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.76%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.54%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.54%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.54%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.37%) Power Platform
2 20 (10.75%) Azure
3 9 (4.84%) Google Analytics
4 8 (4.30%) Figma
5 7 (3.76%) Adobe Analytics
6 6 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (2.69%) AWS
7 5 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.69%) SaaS
7 5 (2.69%) Serverless
8 4 (2.15%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.15%) GitHub
8 4 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.61%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.08%) Apigee
10 2 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.08%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.54%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.22%) Power BI
2 17 (9.14%) Data Mining
2 17 (9.14%) Tableau
3 8 (4.30%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.15%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.61%) Metadata
7 3 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.08%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (1.08%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.08%) MySQL
9 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.54%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (4.30%) Git
2 4 (2.15%) JIRA
3 2 (1.08%) GitLab
3 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
General
1 49 (26.34%) Finance
2 47 (25.27%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 29 (15.59%) Social Skills
5 12 (6.45%) Banking
5 12 (6.45%) Marketing
5 12 (6.45%) Retail
6 10 (5.38%) Law
7 7 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.76%) Legal
7 7 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.69%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.15%) Advertising
10 3 (1.61%) French Language
10 3 (1.61%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.61%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.61%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.08%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (23.66%) Senior
2 36 (19.35%) Analyst
3 35 (18.82%) Lead
4 17 (9.14%) Data Analyst
5 15 (8.06%) Project Manager
5 15 (8.06%) Trainee
5 15 (8.06%) Trainee Analyst
5 15 (8.06%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 14 (7.53%) Data Engineer
7 11 (5.91%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.30%) Developer
9 7 (3.76%) Architect
9 7 (3.76%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.76%) Head of Analytics
9 7 (3.76%) Strategy Manager
10 6 (3.23%) Data Scientist
10 6 (3.23%) Senior Data Scientist
10 6 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.69%) Head of QA
11 5 (2.69%) Principal Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.38%) CSS
1 10 (5.38%) HTML
2 5 (2.69%) EDI
3 4 (2.15%) PyTorch
3 4 (2.15%) TensorFlow
4 3 (1.61%) .NET
5 2 (1.08%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.08%) JWT
5 2 (1.08%) OAuth
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.08%) PySpark
5 2 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.54%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.54%) Kafka
6 1 (0.54%) Pandas
6 1 (0.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.84%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (4.84%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.15%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.15%) Taxonomies
5 3 (1.61%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.61%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.61%) Life Science
5 3 (1.61%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.61%) Semantic Web
5 3 (1.61%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.08%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.08%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.15%) Windows
2 3 (1.61%) Android
2 3 (1.61%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.08%) Linux
4 1 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.19%) Decision-Making
2 34 (18.28%) Data Analytics
3 33 (17.74%) AI
3 33 (17.74%) Mentoring
4 29 (15.59%) Coaching
4 29 (15.59%) Software Engineering
5 28 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (13.98%) Data Analysis
6 26 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (12.90%) Machine Learning
8 23 (12.37%) Agile
8 23 (12.37%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 22 (11.83%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (11.83%) Project Management
10 21 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (10.22%) Visualisation
12 18 (9.68%) Business Strategy
13 17 (9.14%) Customer Experience
14 16 (8.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (8.60%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 50 (26.88%) Python
2 46 (24.73%) SQL
3 3 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (1.61%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.08%) ANSI SQL
4 2 (1.08%) Bicep
4 2 (1.08%) Java
4 2 (1.08%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.54%) Groovy
5 1 (0.54%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.54%) R
5 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (9.14%) Degree
2 5 (2.69%) DBS Check
2 5 (2.69%) IRCA
3 3 (1.61%) ACCA
3 3 (1.61%) CIMA
3 3 (1.61%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.61%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.54%) AAT
5 1 (0.54%) CISA
5 1 (0.54%) MBA
5 1 (0.54%) PhD
5 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.54%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.99%) Data Quality
1 13 (6.99%) QA
2 8 (4.30%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.69%) GDPR
3 5 (2.69%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.54%) SOX 404
4 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.15%) Docker
2 3 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.08%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.08%) vSphere
4 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.69%) Terraform
3 2 (1.08%) Ansible
Vendors
1 60 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.98%) Salesforce
3 25 (13.44%) Cisco
4 11 (5.91%) Google
5 7 (3.76%) Adobe
5 7 (3.76%) Qualtrics
6 5 (2.69%) Oracle
7 3 (1.61%) Databricks
8 2 (1.08%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.08%) SAP
8 2 (1.08%) VMware
9 1 (0.54%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.54%) Hotjar