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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 44 25
Rank change year-on-year +14 -19 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 345 146 299
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.87% 5.88% 6.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.48% 6.51% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 253 85 159
10th Percentile £33,000 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.71% -14.91% -8.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,114 £72,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £100,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £51,750 £56,509
% change year-on-year +15.94% -8.42% -9.59%

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 5,324 2,242 3,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.19% 90.29% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,145 1,320 2,143
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £69,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%

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 August 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 August 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
Salford -14 10 £20,000 -39.39% 5
Bolton +22 6 £36,250 - 7
Wigan - 4 £37,500 - 5
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £42,500 -
Bury +6 1 £32,500 - 1
Sale - 1 £42,500 - 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 11 (3.19%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.32%) Apache
3 6 (1.74%) Confluence
4 5 (1.45%) WordPress
5 4 (1.16%) CMS
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.16%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (15.36%) Azure
2 48 (13.91%) Power Platform
3 42 (12.17%) AWS
4 33 (9.57%) SaaS
5 19 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.22%) Snowflake
7 16 (4.64%) GitHub
7 16 (4.64%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.35%) GCP
9 14 (4.06%) Google Analytics
10 11 (3.19%) Serverless
11 9 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.32%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.45%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.16%) PaaS
14 4 (1.16%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.90%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.87%) DNS
3 2 (0.58%) BGP
3 2 (0.58%) IPFIX
3 2 (0.58%) OSPF
3 2 (0.58%) SNMP
3 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.58%) VLAN
4 1 (0.29%) SAN
4 1 (0.29%) SSL
4 1 (0.29%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.91%) Power BI
2 19 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.61%) Tableau
6 7 (2.03%) Big Data
7 6 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.74%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.16%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.16%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (1.16%) Power Query
10 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.87%) Looker
11 2 (0.58%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.58%) KNIME
11 2 (0.58%) Mixpanel
11 2 (0.58%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (2.32%) JIRA
2 6 (1.74%) Git
3 4 (1.16%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.87%) RStudio
5 2 (0.58%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.29%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.29%) Gradle
6 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.29%) MLflow
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.29%) Xcode
General
1 81 (23.48%) Analytical Skills
2 80 (23.19%) Social Skills
3 49 (14.20%) Finance
4 40 (11.59%) Marketing
5 28 (8.12%) Law
6 20 (5.80%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.35%) Retail
8 10 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.61%) Advertising
9 9 (2.61%) Legal
10 8 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.45%) Banking
12 5 (1.45%) Military
13 4 (1.16%) Games
13 4 (1.16%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (26.96%) Senior
2 55 (15.94%) Lead
3 47 (13.62%) Analyst
4 46 (13.33%) Data Engineer
5 24 (6.96%) Senior Data Engineer
6 21 (6.09%) Developer
6 21 (6.09%) Sales Manager
7 19 (5.51%) Data Manager
8 16 (4.64%) Data Analyst
9 13 (3.77%) Architect
9 13 (3.77%) Marketing Manager
10 11 (3.19%) Data Architect
10 11 (3.19%) Operations Manager
11 10 (2.90%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (2.90%) Sales and Marketing Manager
11 10 (2.90%) Sales Operations Manager
11 10 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.61%) Analytics Manager
12 9 (2.61%) Data Analytics Manager
12 9 (2.61%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.22%) Terraform
2 11 (3.19%) PySpark
3 4 (1.16%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.16%) CSS
3 4 (1.16%) HTML
3 4 (1.16%) JSON
3 4 (1.16%) Kafka
4 3 (0.87%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.58%) gRPC
5 2 (0.58%) Next.js
5 2 (0.58%) React
5 2 (0.58%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.58%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (0.58%) TanStack
6 1 (0.29%) JWT
6 1 (0.29%) LangChain
6 1 (0.29%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.29%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.29%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.29%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.12%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.06%) Marketing Technology
3 12 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (2.32%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.03%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.03%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.74%) NHS
6 6 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.16%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.16%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (0.87%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.58%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.58%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.58%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.29%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.29%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.58%) Linux
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (0.29%) SUSE
2 1 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.29%) Windows
2 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (30.14%) Decision-Making
2 90 (26.09%) AI
3 79 (22.90%) Business Intelligence
4 61 (17.68%) Data Engineering
5 47 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (13.62%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 45 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (12.17%) Agile
8 39 (11.30%) Data Modelling
9 37 (10.72%) Data Pipeline
10 36 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (9.86%) Machine Learning
12 33 (9.57%) Actionable Insight
12 33 (9.57%) CI/CD
13 32 (9.28%) Data Analytics
13 32 (9.28%) Data Science
14 31 (8.99%) Collaborative Culture
15 29 (8.41%) ETL
16 28 (8.12%) Roadmaps
17 27 (7.83%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 100 (28.99%) SQL
2 83 (24.06%) Python
3 14 (4.06%) Bash
4 9 (2.61%) Scala
5 8 (2.32%) R
6 6 (1.74%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.16%) Bicep
8 4 (1.16%) Java
9 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.58%) C#
10 2 (0.58%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.58%) VBA
11 1 (0.29%) Ada
11 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (7.25%) Degree
2 18 (5.22%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.61%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.45%) DBS Check
4 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.16%) ACCA
5 4 (1.16%) CIMA
5 4 (1.16%) IRCA
6 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.29%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.29%) VCAP
8 1 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (15.94%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.38%) QA
3 19 (5.51%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.61%) GDPR
5 7 (2.03%) WCAG
6 4 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.16%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.58%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.29%) GRC
8 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.16%) Docker
3 3 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Firmware
4 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.16%) Grafana
3 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.58%) Nagios
5 1 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.29%) Argo
5 1 (0.29%) Istio
5 1 (0.29%) linkerd
5 1 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.29%) VxRail
5 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.83%) Databricks
3 16 (4.64%) Google
4 8 (2.32%) YouTube
5 7 (2.03%) Adobe
5 7 (2.03%) SAP
6 5 (1.45%) Oracle
7 4 (1.16%) Synthesia
7 4 (1.16%) Workday
8 3 (0.87%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.87%) VMware
9 2 (0.58%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.58%) Amplitude
9 2 (0.58%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.58%) TikTok
10 1 (0.29%) Broadcom
10 1 (0.29%) Pinterest
10 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.29%) Snapchat