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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 25 35
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 118 182 152
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.48% 6.44% 7.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.38% 6.94% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 78 75 121
10th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -8.80% +10.80%
75th Percentile £73,750 £89,161 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £102,000 £96,539
North West median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.36% -4.35% +9.52%

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 2,195 2,622 2,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 83.33% 92.75% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,264 1,234 1,611
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,150 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,328
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £57,662
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.62% +0.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,988 £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% +0.42%

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 18 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 18 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 +16 3 £47,500 +18.75% 5
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 -
Salford - 1 £45,000 - 7
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 7 (5.93%) CMS
2 3 (2.54%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.54%) Confluence
3 2 (1.69%) Apache
3 2 (1.69%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.69%) WordPress
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.85%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.85%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (13.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.24%) Chatbot
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.85%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.64%) Azure
2 21 (17.80%) Power Platform
3 11 (9.32%) AWS
4 9 (7.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (6.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 7 (5.93%) Adobe Analytics
6 7 (5.93%) SaaS
7 6 (5.08%) Amazon S3
7 6 (5.08%) Figma
7 6 (5.08%) Serverless
8 5 (4.24%) GCP
8 5 (4.24%) Google Analytics
9 4 (3.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.54%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.54%) GitHub
11 2 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.69%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.69%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) DAB
1 1 (0.85%) SMS
1 1 (0.85%) SSH
1 1 (0.85%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.10%) Power BI
2 15 (12.71%) Tableau
3 10 (8.47%) Data Lake
3 10 (8.47%) Data Mining
4 9 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (5.93%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (5.08%) SQL Server
7 5 (4.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (3.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (2.54%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.54%) Metadata
9 3 (2.54%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.54%) MySQL
9 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.69%) Big Data
10 2 (1.69%) Data Vault
10 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) JIRA
2 4 (3.39%) Git
3 2 (1.69%) GitLab
4 1 (0.85%) JUnit
4 1 (0.85%) Maven
4 1 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 30 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (23.73%) Finance
3 25 (21.19%) Social Skills
4 14 (11.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (10.17%) Banking
6 11 (9.32%) Manufacturing
7 9 (7.63%) Marketing
8 7 (5.93%) Legal
9 6 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (5.08%) Retail
10 4 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.69%) Advertising
11 2 (1.69%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.69%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.85%) Billing
12 1 (0.85%) Law
12 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (27.97%) Analyst
2 18 (15.25%) Senior
3 15 (12.71%) Data Engineer
4 14 (11.86%) Data Analyst
5 10 (8.47%) Developer
6 9 (7.63%) Trainee
6 9 (7.63%) Trainee Analyst
6 9 (7.63%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 8 (6.78%) Project Manager
8 7 (5.93%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.93%) Lead
9 6 (5.08%) Senior Data Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Senior Manager
9 6 (5.08%) Strategy Manager
10 5 (4.24%) Architect
10 5 (4.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Automation Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.39%) REST
2 3 (2.54%) CSS
2 3 (2.54%) HTML
2 3 (2.54%) PySpark
3 2 (1.69%) .NET
3 2 (1.69%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.69%) JSON
3 2 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.69%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.69%) RESTful
3 2 (1.69%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.69%) XML
4 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.85%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.85%) JSR 170
4 1 (0.85%) Node.js
4 1 (0.85%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.39%) AI Agents
2 4 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.39%) Social Media
2 4 (3.39%) Taxonomies
3 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.54%) Semantic Web
4 2 (1.69%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.69%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.69%) Life Science
4 2 (1.69%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.69%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.85%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.85%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.85%) Smart Energy
5 1 (0.85%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.39%) Windows
2 2 (1.69%) Linux
3 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.97%) AI
2 27 (22.88%) Business Intelligence
3 25 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (19.49%) Mentoring
5 22 (18.64%) Decision-Making
6 21 (17.80%) Data Analytics
7 20 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (16.10%) Agile
9 18 (15.25%) Coaching
9 18 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (14.41%) Data Governance
10 17 (14.41%) Data Pipeline
10 17 (14.41%) Machine Learning
10 17 (14.41%) Project Management
11 16 (13.56%) Software Engineering
11 16 (13.56%) User Experience
12 14 (11.86%) Data Analysis
13 13 (11.02%) Data Engineering
13 13 (11.02%) Data Modelling
13 13 (11.02%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 38 (32.20%) SQL
2 28 (23.73%) Python
3 3 (2.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (2.54%) Java
4 2 (1.69%) ANSI SQL
4 2 (1.69%) Bicep
4 2 (1.69%) C#
4 2 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.69%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.85%) PHP
5 1 (0.85%) R
5 1 (0.85%) Scala
5 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (8.47%) Degree
2 4 (3.39%) DBS Check
3 3 (2.54%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.69%) PhD
5 1 (0.85%) AAT
5 1 (0.85%) ACCA
5 1 (0.85%) CIMA
5 1 (0.85%) CISA
5 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.85%) MBA
5 1 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.85%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.85%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.08%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.39%) SLA
4 2 (1.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.85%) QA
5 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.85%) SOX 404
System Software
1 6 (5.08%) Docker
2 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (4.24%) Terraform
2 4 (3.39%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 35 (29.66%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.56%) Salesforce
3 14 (11.86%) Cisco
4 8 (6.78%) Adobe
5 7 (5.93%) Databricks
6 6 (5.08%) Qualtrics
7 5 (4.24%) Google
8 4 (3.39%) Genesys
8 4 (3.39%) Oracle
8 4 (3.39%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.69%) Dell
9 2 (1.69%) Hotjar
9 2 (1.69%) Informatica
9 2 (1.69%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.69%) SnapLogic
10 1 (0.85%) Concur
10 1 (0.85%) Hootsuite
10 1 (0.85%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.85%) Screaming Frog