Everything you need to know about data professionals in Greater Manchester
Pubished 15th January 2021
There are currently 1,787 data professionals in Greater Manchester and 37% of them have changed jobs in the last year. Their average tenure is 1.3 years.
Fast stats on data professionals in Greater Manchester
LinkedIn Talent Insights, January 2021
Data professionals in Greater Manchester
Changed jobs in the last year
Avg. tenure in years
Gender breakdown
The data workforce in Greater Manchester has a male majority of 75% whilst 25% are female.
What universities are producing data professionals?
Among the universities where most graduates are placed into data roles in Greater Manchester, The University of Manchester comes out on top with 241 professionals. The Manchester Metropolitan University comes in second with 140 professionals followed by The University of Salford with 105.
Top 3 fields of study for data professionals
The number of data professionals in Greater Manchester that studied in the field
Mathematics
Computer Science
Physics
University degrees
44% of Greater Manchester's data professionals have a bachelor's degree while 39% have a master’s degree.
Top 3 most common skills among data professionals
The number of data professionals in Greater Manchester that list the skill on their LinkedIn profile
Data Analysis
SQL
Analytics
Most common skills among data professionals
73% of data professionals in Greater Manchester list Data Analysis as a skill on their LinkedIn profile while 50% list SQL and 42% list Analytics.
Most common titles among data professionals
Data Analyst, Data Scientist and Data Engineer are the most common titles among data professionals in Greater Manchester.
Fastest growing skills among data professionals
Microsoft Azure, Data Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are the top three fastest-growing skills among data professionals.
Top companies hiring data professionals
The top companies in Greater Manchester that have hired data professionals are THG (35), Co-op (31) and HM Revenue & Customs (25).
Industries hiring data professionals
The industries where most data professionals in Greater Manchester have been hired are IT & Services (267), Financial Services (160) and Hospital & Health Care (103).
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