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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 23 26
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 +18
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 127 202 222
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.04% 7.80% 6.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.19% 8.25% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 75 79 184
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £42,500 £41,184
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,779 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% +14.14% -2.49%
75th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £70,313
90th Percentile £88,500 £101,500 £88,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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 2,448 2,448 2,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 77.94% 94.52% 89.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,501 1,162 2,374
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,525 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,988 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 29 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 29 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 +19 4 £47,500 +18.75% 9
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 (2.36%) Apache
1 3 (2.36%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.36%) CMS
1 3 (2.36%) Confluence
2 1 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.79%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.79%) SAS
2 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (13.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.15%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle Assets
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 23 (18.11%) Azure
2 17 (13.39%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.87%) AWS
4 8 (6.30%) Adobe Analytics
4 8 (6.30%) Figma
5 7 (5.51%) Amazon S3
5 7 (5.51%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (4.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (3.94%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.94%) Serverless
8 4 (3.15%) GCP
8 4 (3.15%) SaaS
9 3 (2.36%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.36%) GitHub
9 3 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.57%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) DAB
1 1 (0.79%) SSH
1 1 (0.79%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.02%) Data Mining
1 14 (11.02%) Power BI
1 14 (11.02%) Tableau
2 9 (7.09%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (6.30%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.72%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.36%) DynamoDB
6 3 (2.36%) Metadata
6 3 (2.36%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.57%) Apache Iceberg
7 2 (1.57%) Big Data
7 2 (1.57%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.57%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.30%) Git
2 6 (4.72%) JIRA
3 2 (1.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.79%) JUnit
4 1 (0.79%) Maven
4 1 (0.79%) Selenium
General
1 35 (27.56%) Analytical Skills
1 35 (27.56%) Finance
2 30 (23.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (19.69%) Social Skills
4 13 (10.24%) Banking
5 10 (7.87%) Retail
6 7 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.72%) Legal
8 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.36%) French Language
9 3 (2.36%) Italian Language
9 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.36%) Marketing
9 3 (2.36%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (2.36%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.57%) Advertising
10 2 (1.57%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.57%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.57%) Law
10 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (29.13%) Analyst
2 18 (14.17%) Senior
3 15 (11.81%) Data Analyst
3 15 (11.81%) Data Engineer
3 15 (11.81%) Project Manager
4 13 (10.24%) Trainee
4 13 (10.24%) Trainee Analyst
4 13 (10.24%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 11 (8.66%) Business Analyst
6 9 (7.09%) Lead
7 7 (5.51%) Strategy Manager
8 6 (4.72%) Data Scientist
8 6 (4.72%) Developer
8 6 (4.72%) Senior Data Engineer
9 5 (3.94%) Architect
9 5 (3.94%) Principal Data Scientist
9 5 (3.94%) Senior Data Scientist
10 4 (3.15%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 4 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.94%) CSS
1 5 (3.94%) EDI
1 5 (3.94%) HTML
2 3 (2.36%) .NET
2 3 (2.36%) PySpark
2 3 (2.36%) PyTorch
2 3 (2.36%) REST
2 3 (2.36%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.57%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.57%) JSON
3 2 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.57%) XML
4 1 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.79%) JSR 170
4 1 (0.79%) JWT
4 1 (0.79%) Kafka
4 1 (0.79%) OAuth
4 1 (0.79%) OSGi
4 1 (0.79%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.09%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.72%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.15%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.15%) Taxonomies
5 3 (2.36%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.36%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.36%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.36%) Semantic Web
5 3 (2.36%) Social Media
5 3 (2.36%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.57%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.57%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.57%) Life Science
7 1 (0.79%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.79%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.79%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.94%) Windows
2 3 (2.36%) Android
2 3 (2.36%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.36%) Linux
3 1 (0.79%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.77%) Mentoring
2 32 (25.20%) AI
3 31 (24.41%) Data Analytics
4 30 (23.62%) Software Engineering
5 29 (22.83%) Coaching
5 29 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (18.90%) Decision-Making
7 23 (18.11%) Machine Learning
8 22 (17.32%) Agile
9 21 (16.54%) Data Analysis
9 21 (16.54%) Project Management
10 19 (14.96%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (14.96%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (14.17%) Visualisation
12 17 (13.39%) Business Strategy
12 17 (13.39%) Data Pipeline
13 15 (11.81%) Data Science
13 15 (11.81%) Storytelling
14 14 (11.02%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 37 (29.13%) SQL
2 36 (28.35%) Python
3 4 (3.15%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.36%) Java
5 2 (1.57%) ANSI SQL
5 2 (1.57%) Bicep
5 2 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.79%) Groovy
6 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.79%) R
6 1 (0.79%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (9.45%) Degree
2 6 (4.72%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.15%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.36%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.57%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.57%) PhD
6 1 (0.79%) AAT
6 1 (0.79%) ACCA
6 1 (0.79%) CIMA
6 1 (0.79%) CISA
6 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.79%) MBA
6 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.79%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.79%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.45%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.30%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.79%) GDPR
3 1 (0.79%) QA
3 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.79%) SLA
3 1 (0.79%) SOX 404
3 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.15%) Docker
2 3 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.57%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.57%) vSphere
4 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.72%) Terraform
2 5 (3.94%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 55 (43.31%) Microsoft
2 26 (20.47%) Salesforce
3 25 (19.69%) Cisco
4 8 (6.30%) Adobe
5 7 (5.51%) Qualtrics
6 4 (3.15%) Databricks
6 4 (3.15%) Oracle
7 3 (2.36%) Genesys
7 3 (2.36%) Google
7 3 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.57%) Dell
8 2 (1.57%) Informatica
8 2 (1.57%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.57%) SnapLogic
8 2 (1.57%) VMware
9 1 (0.79%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.79%) Cognos
9 1 (0.79%) Concur
9 1 (0.79%) SAP