Analytical Skills Contracts in the North of England

Analytical Skills
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 27 30
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 327 353 438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 6.97% 6.18% 6.14%
As % of the General category 12.71% 11.16% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 230 282
10th Percentile £325 £270 £210
25th Percentile £413 £386 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.70% +2.78%
75th Percentile £585 £540 £538
90th Percentile £644 £639 £600
England median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 11 45
10th Percentile £11.75 £23.15 £10.70
25th Percentile £13.25 £31.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.29 £35.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.61% +42.86% +6.52%
75th Percentile £26.66 £52.56 £47.22
90th Percentile £43.75 £56.40 £51.63
England median hourly rate £18.50 £40.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -53.75% +1.27% +92.68%

All General Skills
North of England

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,572 3,162 3,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.81% 55.40% 50.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,507 2,185 2,585
10th Percentile £256 £300 £206
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% +7.95%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £560
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 90 178
10th Percentile £12.13 £14.23 £11.20
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.95 £14.96
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +35.51% +1.72%
75th Percentile £33.00 £37.30 £31.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £53.02 £50.98
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.17%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +1 166 £488 +11.11% 352
Yorkshire +13 137 £514 -2.10% 233
North East +22 23 £590 +124.76% 76
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (3.98%) Confluence
2 5 (1.53%) Apache
2 5 (1.53%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.92%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.61%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.61%) Mule
4 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.61%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.31%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) IIS
5 1 (0.31%) JBoss
5 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (9.79%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (9.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.59%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (2.75%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.92%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 10 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.92%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.31%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 39 (11.93%) Azure
2 38 (11.62%) Power Platform
3 36 (11.01%) AWS
4 21 (6.42%) GCP
5 17 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.75%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.14%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.83%) Apigee
9 6 (1.83%) GitHub
9 6 (1.83%) Kong
10 5 (1.53%) SaaS
11 4 (1.22%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.92%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.92%) IaaS
12 3 (0.92%) OCI
12 3 (0.92%) PaaS
12 3 (0.92%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.50%) VLAN
2 14 (4.28%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.98%) LAN
4 12 (3.67%) WAN
4 12 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.06%) DNS
5 10 (3.06%) VPN
6 9 (2.75%) Firewall
7 7 (2.14%) HTTP
8 6 (1.83%) BGP
8 6 (1.83%) OSPF
8 6 (1.83%) SSL
9 5 (1.53%) HTTPS
10 4 (1.22%) MPLS
10 4 (1.22%) Value-Added Service
10 4 (1.22%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.92%) DHCP
11 3 (0.92%) Skype
12 2 (0.61%) 3G
12 2 (0.61%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.01%) Power BI
2 14 (4.28%) Tableau
3 12 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.36%) Data Lake
4 11 (3.36%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.83%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.22%) Big Data
6 4 (1.22%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.22%) Metadata
6 4 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.92%) GIS
7 3 (0.92%) QGIS
7 3 (0.92%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.92%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.61%) MySQL
8 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.89%) JIRA
2 12 (3.67%) Git
3 10 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 6 (1.83%) CircleCI
4 6 (1.83%) GitLab
4 6 (1.83%) Travis CI
5 3 (0.92%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.92%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.61%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.61%) Log4j
6 2 (0.61%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.31%) GoCD
7 1 (0.31%) Pa11y
7 1 (0.31%) Postman
7 1 (0.31%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.31%) Selenium
7 1 (0.31%) TestCafe
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 185 (56.57%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.13%) Finance
3 49 (14.98%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.50%) Manufacturing
5 17 (5.20%) Banking
5 17 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.06%) Legal
6 10 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.83%) Police
9 5 (1.53%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.22%) Retail
11 3 (0.92%) Local Government
11 3 (0.92%) Marketing
11 3 (0.92%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.61%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.31%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 64 (19.57%) Analyst
2 28 (8.56%) Business Analyst
3 27 (8.26%) Senior
4 20 (6.12%) Developer
5 18 (5.50%) Architect
5 18 (5.50%) Lead
6 15 (4.59%) Data Analyst
7 14 (4.28%) Capacity Manager
8 13 (3.98%) Consultant
8 13 (3.98%) IT Engineer
8 13 (3.98%) Network Engineer
9 12 (3.67%) Availability Manager
9 12 (3.67%) Capacity and Availability Manager
9 12 (3.67%) Storage Engineer
10 10 (3.06%) Support Engineer
11 8 (2.45%) Administrator
11 8 (2.45%) Coordinator
11 8 (2.45%) Data Engineer
11 8 (2.45%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.06%) Kafka
2 8 (2.45%) Web Services
3 7 (2.14%) XML
4 6 (1.83%) ActiveMQ
4 6 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (1.83%) JSON
4 6 (1.83%) YAML
5 5 (1.53%) React
5 5 (1.53%) REST
6 4 (1.22%) .NET
6 4 (1.22%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.22%) Node.js
7 3 (0.92%) Middleware
7 3 (0.92%) React Native
8 2 (0.61%) CSS
8 2 (0.61%) Express.js
8 2 (0.61%) Hibernate
8 2 (0.61%) PySpark
8 2 (0.61%) Sass
8 2 (0.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.15%) Management Information System
2 20 (6.12%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (5.50%) Replication
4 16 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.36%) CMDB
6 10 (3.06%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.06%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.75%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.45%) NHS
9 5 (1.53%) Life Science
10 4 (1.22%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.92%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.92%) Derivative
11 3 (0.92%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.92%) EMC VNX
11 3 (0.92%) Lidar
11 3 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (13.46%) Windows
2 32 (9.79%) Linux
3 10 (3.06%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.45%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.14%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.83%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.53%) Unix
8 3 (0.92%) AIX
8 3 (0.92%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.92%) Solaris
8 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.31%) Android
10 1 (0.31%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.31%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (60.86%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (19.27%) Agile
3 57 (17.43%) Project Management
4 47 (14.37%) Service Management
5 44 (13.46%) Change Management
6 40 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
7 37 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 34 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (10.40%) Mentoring
9 32 (9.79%) Customer Service
10 31 (9.48%) Quality Management
11 30 (9.17%) ITIL
12 28 (8.56%) Statistics
13 27 (8.26%) Service Delivery
14 25 (7.65%) Analytics
14 25 (7.65%) Data Protection
15 23 (7.03%) Decision-Making
16 22 (6.73%) Time Management
16 22 (6.73%) Visualisation
17 21 (6.42%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 38 (11.62%) SQL
2 26 (7.95%) Python
3 13 (3.98%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.45%) Bash
4 8 (2.45%) Java
4 8 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.53%) C#
5 5 (1.53%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.22%) MATLAB
6 4 (1.22%) VB.NET
6 4 (1.22%) VBA
7 3 (0.92%) R
8 2 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.61%) Perl
8 2 (0.61%) Ruby
8 2 (0.61%) Scala
9 1 (0.31%) ABAP
9 1 (0.31%) CQL
9 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (14.07%) Degree
2 45 (13.76%) Security Cleared
3 33 (10.09%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.53%) CCNA
7 5 (1.53%) CCNP
7 5 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.22%) CCIE
8 4 (1.22%) MCSE
8 4 (1.22%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.22%) VCAP
9 3 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.92%) OSCP
9 3 (0.92%) PMP
10 2 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.28%) QA
3 12 (3.67%) GDPR
4 11 (3.36%) SLA
5 6 (1.83%) GxP
6 5 (1.53%) GAMP
7 4 (1.22%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.22%) PMO
8 3 (0.92%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.61%) COREP
10 1 (0.31%) FINREP
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (3.98%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.75%) Docker
3 7 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.92%) SRDF
5 2 (0.61%) HDFS
5 2 (0.61%) vSphere
6 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (9.48%) Ansible
2 23 (7.03%) Puppet
3 15 (4.59%) NetBackup
4 10 (3.06%) Terraform
5 9 (2.75%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.45%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.45%) SCCM
7 7 (2.14%) Grafana
7 7 (2.14%) Kibana
8 6 (1.83%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (1.83%) logstash
8 6 (1.83%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.92%) EMC TimeFinder
10 2 (0.61%) CFEngine
10 2 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.61%) PowerBroker
11 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.73%) ServiceNow
3 21 (6.42%) SAP
4 16 (4.89%) Cisco
5 15 (4.59%) Veritas
6 14 (4.28%) Brocade
7 13 (3.98%) Citrix
7 13 (3.98%) VMware
8 12 (3.67%) Aruba
9 11 (3.36%) 3Com
9 11 (3.36%) Juniper
9 11 (3.36%) Meraki
10 8 (2.45%) Google
10 8 (2.45%) Oracle
10 8 (2.45%) Splunk
11 7 (2.14%) IBM
11 7 (2.14%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.83%) Apple
12 6 (1.83%) Solace
13 5 (1.53%) Databricks