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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 34 33
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 119 191 153
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.13% 5.76% 6.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.10% 6.44% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 77 82 124
10th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £47,576
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -6.80% +10.80%
75th Percentile £70,000 £89,991 £84,056
90th Percentile £88,500 £101,250 £96,539
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -4.55% -7.65% +8.28%

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 1,952 2,966 2,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 84.17% 89.50% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 1,400 1,688
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,309
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.60% +5.53%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% +3.54%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 - 3 £47,500 - 4
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 -
Salford - 1 £45,000 - 1
Altrincham - 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 (6.72%) CMS
2 3 (2.52%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.52%) Confluence
2 3 (2.52%) SAS
3 2 (1.68%) Apache
3 2 (1.68%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.68%) WordPress
4 1 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.84%) Jupyter
Applications
1 15 (12.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.20%) Chatbot
3 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.84%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.84%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.84%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.49%) Azure
2 20 (16.81%) Power Platform
3 12 (10.08%) AWS
4 9 (7.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (6.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (6.72%) SaaS
6 7 (5.88%) Adobe Analytics
7 6 (5.04%) Amazon S3
7 6 (5.04%) Figma
7 6 (5.04%) GCP
7 6 (5.04%) Google Analytics
7 6 (5.04%) Serverless
8 4 (3.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.52%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.52%) GitHub
9 3 (2.52%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.68%) Boomi
10 2 (1.68%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.84%) DAB
1 1 (0.84%) SMS
1 1 (0.84%) SSH
1 1 (0.84%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.97%) Power BI
2 15 (12.61%) Tableau
3 11 (9.24%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (8.40%) Data Lake
4 10 (8.40%) Data Mining
5 7 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (5.04%) SQL Server
7 5 (4.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (3.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (2.52%) Big Data
9 3 (2.52%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.52%) Metadata
9 3 (2.52%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.52%) MySQL
9 3 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.68%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.68%) Data Vault
10 2 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) JIRA
2 4 (3.36%) Git
3 2 (1.68%) ER Studio
3 2 (1.68%) GitLab
4 1 (0.84%) JUnit
4 1 (0.84%) Maven
4 1 (0.84%) Selenium
General
1 33 (27.73%) Finance
2 30 (25.21%) Social Skills
3 29 (24.37%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.08%) Banking
4 12 (10.08%) Manufacturing
5 11 (9.24%) Marketing
6 10 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (7.56%) Retail
8 7 (5.88%) Legal
9 6 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.68%) Advertising
11 2 (1.68%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.68%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.68%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.84%) Automotive
12 1 (0.84%) Billing
12 1 (0.84%) Law
12 1 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (24.37%) Analyst
2 18 (15.13%) Senior
3 15 (12.61%) Data Engineer
4 14 (11.76%) Data Analyst
5 10 (8.40%) Developer
6 8 (6.72%) Trainee
6 8 (6.72%) Trainee Analyst
6 8 (6.72%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 7 (5.88%) Senior Manager
8 6 (5.04%) Architect
8 6 (5.04%) Lead
8 6 (5.04%) Project Manager
8 6 (5.04%) Strategy Manager
9 5 (4.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) Business Analyst
9 5 (4.20%) Senior Data Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Automation Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) REST
2 3 (2.52%) CSS
2 3 (2.52%) HTML
2 3 (2.52%) Pandas
2 3 (2.52%) PySpark
2 3 (2.52%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.68%) .NET
3 2 (1.68%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.68%) JSON
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.68%) pytest
3 2 (1.68%) RESTful
3 2 (1.68%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.68%) XGBoost
3 2 (1.68%) XML
4 1 (0.84%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.84%) JSR 170
4 1 (0.84%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.84%) React
4 1 (0.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.20%) Social Media
3 4 (3.36%) AI Agents
3 4 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.36%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.36%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.36%) Taxonomies
4 3 (2.52%) Semantic Web
5 2 (1.68%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.68%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.68%) Life Science
5 2 (1.68%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.84%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.84%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.84%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Windows
2 2 (1.68%) Linux
3 1 (0.84%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.73%) AI
2 28 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (20.17%) Data Analytics
4 23 (19.33%) Decision-Making
5 20 (16.81%) Agile
5 20 (16.81%) Machine Learning
5 20 (16.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (15.13%) Data Pipeline
6 18 (15.13%) Mentoring
7 17 (14.29%) Data Governance
7 17 (14.29%) Project Management
7 17 (14.29%) User Experience
8 16 (13.45%) Data Modelling
9 15 (12.61%) Data Engineering
10 14 (11.76%) Coaching
10 14 (11.76%) Data Analysis
10 14 (11.76%) Data Science
10 14 (11.76%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 41 (34.45%) SQL
2 31 (26.05%) Python
3 4 (3.36%) Java
4 3 (2.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (2.52%) R
5 2 (1.68%) ANSI SQL
5 2 (1.68%) Bicep
5 2 (1.68%) C#
5 2 (1.68%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.68%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.84%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.84%) PHP
6 1 (0.84%) Scala
6 1 (0.84%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (9.24%) Degree
2 4 (3.36%) DBS Check
3 3 (2.52%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.68%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.68%) PhD
4 2 (1.68%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.84%) AAT
5 1 (0.84%) ACCA
5 1 (0.84%) CIMA
5 1 (0.84%) CISA
5 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.84%) MBA
5 1 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.84%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.84%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.84%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.84%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.13%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.04%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.36%) SLA
4 2 (1.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.84%) QA
5 1 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.84%) SOX 404
System Software
1 6 (5.04%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.84%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.04%) Terraform
2 4 (3.36%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.84%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.08%) Salesforce
3 10 (8.40%) Cisco
4 8 (6.72%) Adobe
4 8 (6.72%) Databricks
5 7 (5.88%) Google
6 6 (5.04%) Qualtrics
7 4 (3.36%) Genesys
7 4 (3.36%) Oracle
7 4 (3.36%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.68%) Dell
8 2 (1.68%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.68%) Informatica
8 2 (1.68%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.68%) SnapLogic
9 1 (0.84%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.84%) Concur
9 1 (0.84%) Hootsuite
9 1 (0.84%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud