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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 24 31
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 150 192 246
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.20% 7.80% 6.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 8.19% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 94 77 214
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,800
25th Percentile £40,313 £42,500 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +9.18% +1.94%
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,625 £101,250 £90,000
North West median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -2.27% +7.32% -2.38%

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 2,698 2,344 3,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.53% 95.17% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,710 1,179 2,710
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,015 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +22 9 £47,500 +18.75% 4
Salford +2 3 - - 3
Stockport +1 2 - - 4
Wigan - 2 £47,500 - 4
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 - 1
Altrincham - 1 - - 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 6 (4.00%) CMS
2 4 (2.67%) WordPress
3 3 (2.00%) Confluence
4 2 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.67%) Apache
5 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.67%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.67%) SAS
5 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (15.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.67%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.33%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.67%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.67%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.67%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 23 (15.33%) Azure
2 20 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.33%) Adobe Analytics
3 8 (5.33%) AWS
3 8 (5.33%) Figma
4 6 (4.00%) Amazon S3
4 6 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 5 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (3.33%) Google Analytics
6 4 (2.67%) SaaS
6 4 (2.67%) Serverless
7 3 (2.00%) Azure AKS
7 3 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.00%) GitHub
7 3 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.33%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.67%) SSH
1 1 (0.67%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.00%) Data Mining
1 18 (12.00%) Tableau
2 16 (10.67%) Power BI
3 8 (5.33%) SQL Server
4 7 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (4.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (4.00%) Data Lake
6 5 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.00%) Metadata
7 3 (2.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.33%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (1.33%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.33%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.33%) MySQL
8 2 (1.33%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.67%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (5.33%) Git
2 6 (4.00%) JIRA
3 2 (1.33%) GitLab
4 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) JUnit
4 1 (0.67%) Maven
4 1 (0.67%) Selenium
General
1 44 (29.33%) Finance
2 39 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (18.00%) Social Skills
5 12 (8.00%) Banking
5 12 (8.00%) Retail
6 8 (5.33%) Legal
7 7 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.67%) Law
8 6 (4.00%) Marketing
9 4 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.00%) French Language
10 3 (2.00%) Italian Language
10 3 (2.00%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (2.00%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.33%) Advertising
11 2 (1.33%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (26.67%) Analyst
2 23 (15.33%) Senior
3 19 (12.67%) Data Analyst
4 17 (11.33%) Trainee
4 17 (11.33%) Trainee Analyst
4 17 (11.33%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 15 (10.00%) Lead
5 15 (10.00%) Project Manager
6 14 (9.33%) Data Engineer
7 11 (7.33%) Business Analyst
8 8 (5.33%) Developer
9 7 (4.67%) Architect
9 7 (4.67%) Strategy Manager
10 6 (4.00%) Data Scientist
10 6 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (3.33%) Head of Analytics
11 5 (3.33%) Principal Data Scientist
11 5 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
11 5 (3.33%) Senior Data Scientist
12 4 (2.67%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.33%) CSS
1 8 (5.33%) HTML
2 5 (3.33%) EDI
3 4 (2.67%) PyTorch
3 4 (2.67%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.00%) .NET
5 2 (1.33%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.33%) PySpark
5 2 (1.33%) REST
5 2 (1.33%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.67%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.67%) JSON
6 1 (0.67%) JSR 170
6 1 (0.67%) JWT
6 1 (0.67%) Kafka
6 1 (0.67%) OAuth
6 1 (0.67%) OSGi
6 1 (0.67%) Pandas
6 1 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.00%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.33%) Cloud Native
2 8 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.67%) Life Science
4 4 (2.67%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.67%) Taxonomies
5 3 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.00%) Semantic Web
5 3 (2.00%) Social Media
5 3 (2.00%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.33%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.33%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.33%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.33%) Windows
2 3 (2.00%) Android
2 3 (2.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.00%) Linux
3 1 (0.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.67%) Data Analytics
2 34 (22.67%) Mentoring
3 32 (21.33%) AI
4 29 (19.33%) Software Engineering
5 28 (18.67%) Coaching
6 27 (18.00%) Data Analysis
6 27 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (17.33%) Decision-Making
8 25 (16.67%) Project Management
9 24 (16.00%) Machine Learning
10 22 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (14.00%) Agile
12 20 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (12.00%) Business Strategy
13 18 (12.00%) Visualisation
14 17 (11.33%) Business Analysis
15 15 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
16 14 (9.33%) Data Science
16 14 (9.33%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 46 (30.67%) Python
2 43 (28.67%) SQL
3 4 (2.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.00%) Java
5 2 (1.33%) ANSI SQL
5 2 (1.33%) Bicep
5 2 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.33%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.33%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.67%) Groovy
6 1 (0.67%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.67%) R
6 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (10.00%) Degree
2 6 (4.00%) DBS Check
3 4 (2.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.00%) ACCA
4 3 (2.00%) CIMA
4 3 (2.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.33%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.33%) PhD
6 1 (0.67%) AAT
6 1 (0.67%) CISA
6 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.67%) IRCA
6 1 (0.67%) MBA
6 1 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.67%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.67%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.33%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.33%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.33%) QA
4 2 (1.33%) GDPR
5 1 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
5 1 (0.67%) SOX 404
5 1 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.67%) Docker
2 3 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.33%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.33%) vSphere
4 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.33%) Terraform
2 2 (1.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 62 (41.33%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.33%) Salesforce
3 25 (16.67%) Cisco
4 8 (5.33%) Adobe
5 7 (4.67%) Qualtrics
6 6 (4.00%) Google
7 4 (2.67%) Oracle
8 3 (2.00%) SAP
9 2 (1.33%) Databricks
9 2 (1.33%) VMware
10 1 (0.67%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.67%) Cognos
10 1 (0.67%) Concur
10 1 (0.67%) Dell
10 1 (0.67%) Genesys
10 1 (0.67%) Informatica
10 1 (0.67%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.67%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.67%) SnapLogic