Analytical Skills Contracts in Berkshire

Analytical Skills
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 16 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 171 186 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.58% 9.38% 10.06%
As % of the General category 23.14% 16.50% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 99 135
10th Percentile £401 £270 £353
25th Percentile £499 £428 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +14.75%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £540 £537 £540
% change year-on-year +0.59% -0.63% +12.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 1
10th Percentile £23.01 £41.25 -
25th Percentile £27.67 £43.75 £24.50
Median hourly rate £44.50 £53.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.21% +115.00% -68.91%
75th Percentile £65.83 £59.88 £25.50
90th Percentile £78.56 £64.50 -
South East median hourly rate £19.21 £18.18 £53.50
% change year-on-year +5.67% -66.03% +42.67%

All General Skills
Berkshire

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 739 1,127 1,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 63.00% 56.80% 62.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 551 708
10th Percentile £300 £205 £325
25th Percentile £413 £325 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £632 £589 £631
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 87 27
10th Percentile £19.91 £22.75 £19.10
25th Percentile £30.25 £42.50 £22.33
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%
75th Percentile £65.62 £69.47 £68.11
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Berkshire

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Berkshire

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Berkshire

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Berkshire

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Berkshire

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +7 116 £601 -2.95% 121
Bracknell +20 14 £500 +81.82% 7
Wokingham -1 14 £567 +13.40% 8
Slough - 10 £475 - 81
Windsor -7 3 £575 - 3
Thatcham - 1 £600 -
Analytical Skills
South East

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.17%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.58%) CMS
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (15.20%) Oracle EBS
2 21 (12.28%) Oracle EBS R12
3 12 (7.02%) Maximo
3 12 (7.02%) Oracle ASCP
4 5 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (2.34%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (2.34%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (1.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (1.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.58%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 44 (25.73%) Azure
2 31 (18.13%) AWS
3 9 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (5.26%) GCP
4 8 (4.68%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (4.68%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.09%) Serverless
6 6 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (2.92%) Azure API Management
7 5 (2.92%) Azure Functions
7 5 (2.92%) OCI
7 5 (2.92%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.75%) SaaS
10 2 (1.17%) GitHub
10 2 (1.17%) IaaS
10 2 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.17%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.51%) Firewall
1 6 (3.51%) MPLS
1 6 (3.51%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.92%) BGP
2 5 (2.92%) VLAN
3 4 (2.34%) Diameter Protocol
3 4 (2.34%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (2.34%) VPN
4 3 (1.75%) Broadband
4 3 (1.75%) HTTP
4 3 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.75%) LTE
4 3 (1.75%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.17%) 3G
5 2 (1.17%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.17%) 4G
5 2 (1.17%) Network Security
5 2 (1.17%) SIGTRAN
5 2 (1.17%) SMS
5 2 (1.17%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.51%) Data Lake
2 5 (2.92%) Power BI
3 4 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.34%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.75%) Power Query
4 3 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.75%) SSDT
5 2 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.17%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.58%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.58%) HDInsight
6 1 (0.58%) Impala
6 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.58%) MySQL
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (8.77%) JIRA
2 12 (7.02%) Selenium
3 11 (6.43%) Cucumber
4 10 (5.85%) GitLab
4 10 (5.85%) Jenkins
4 10 (5.85%) SonarQube
5 9 (5.26%) REST Assured
6 8 (4.68%) Git
7 5 (2.92%) Robot Framework
8 2 (1.17%) Burp Suite
8 2 (1.17%) Metasploit
8 2 (1.17%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.58%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.58%) jMock
9 1 (0.58%) JUnit
9 1 (0.58%) Maven
9 1 (0.58%) Mockito
9 1 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
General
1 102 (59.65%) Social Skills
2 39 (22.81%) Finance
3 36 (21.05%) Telecoms
4 23 (13.45%) Retail
5 13 (7.60%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (6.43%) Billing
7 8 (4.68%) Law
8 6 (3.51%) Legal
8 6 (3.51%) Marketing
9 5 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.34%) Agriculture
10 4 (2.34%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.34%) Police
11 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.17%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.17%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.58%) Automotive
13 1 (0.58%) Games
13 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (14.04%) Analyst
2 23 (13.45%) Consultant
3 20 (11.70%) Oracle Consultant
4 19 (11.11%) Senior
5 17 (9.94%) Functional Consultant
5 17 (9.94%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 15 (8.77%) Developer
7 14 (8.19%) IT Manager
8 13 (7.60%) Operations Manager
9 12 (7.02%) IT Operations Manager
10 11 (6.43%) Performance Manager
11 10 (5.85%) Project Manager
12 9 (5.26%) Architect
13 8 (4.68%) Resilience Manager
14 7 (4.09%) Data Analyst
14 7 (4.09%) Data Manager
14 7 (4.09%) Lead
14 7 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (4.09%) Tester
15 6 (3.51%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.53%) REST
2 10 (5.85%) ARM Templates
3 9 (5.26%) Java EE
4 7 (4.09%) JSON
4 7 (4.09%) OAuth
5 5 (2.92%) CSS
5 5 (2.92%) HTML
5 5 (2.92%) React
5 5 (2.92%) Web Services
6 3 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.75%) SOAP
6 3 (1.75%) YAML
7 2 (1.17%) OpenID
7 2 (1.17%) Playwright
7 2 (1.17%) SAML
8 1 (0.58%) .NET
8 1 (0.58%) Blazor
8 1 (0.58%) PySpark
8 1 (0.58%) Spring Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (5.85%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 9 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.51%) CSOC
4 6 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (3.51%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.34%) Cyberattack
5 4 (2.34%) Life Science
5 4 (2.34%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.75%) CMDB
6 3 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.75%) Social Media
7 2 (1.17%) IoT
7 2 (1.17%) Podcast
7 2 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.09%) Linux
2 6 (3.51%) Windows
3 4 (2.34%) Unix
4 2 (1.17%) AIX
5 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (64.91%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (16.96%) DevOps
3 25 (14.62%) Project Delivery
4 23 (13.45%) Agile
4 23 (13.45%) Project Management
5 20 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (11.11%) Containerisation
6 19 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 18 (10.53%) Migration
8 17 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (9.36%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (8.19%) Configuration Management
10 14 (8.19%) Decision-Making
10 14 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (8.19%) SIEM
11 13 (7.60%) Actionable Insight
11 13 (7.60%) CI/CD
12 12 (7.02%) Change Management
12 12 (7.02%) Data Analysis
13 11 (6.43%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.70%) Python
2 19 (11.11%) Java
3 12 (7.02%) SQL
4 7 (4.09%) C#
4 7 (4.09%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.51%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.75%) VBA
7 2 (1.17%) Bash
7 2 (1.17%) C
7 2 (1.17%) C++
7 2 (1.17%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.17%) Ruby
8 1 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.36%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.19%) Degree
4 9 (5.26%) CISSP
5 7 (4.09%) CISM
5 7 (4.09%) GIAC
5 7 (4.09%) PMI Certification
5 7 (4.09%) PMP
6 5 (2.92%) ACCA
6 5 (2.92%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.92%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.75%) CEH
7 3 (1.75%) CIMA
7 3 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.17%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.17%) GPEN
8 2 (1.17%) GWAPT
8 2 (1.17%) OSCE
8 2 (1.17%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.85%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.26%) GDPR
2 9 (5.26%) QA
3 7 (4.09%) NIST
4 6 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.75%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.17%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.17%) IFRS
6 2 (1.17%) NCSC
7 1 (0.58%) PMO
7 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (9.94%) Docker
2 9 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.58%) Postfix
5 1 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.58%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 17 (9.94%) Ansible
3 13 (7.60%) Terraform
4 9 (5.26%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (5.26%) Podman
5 4 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.17%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (1.17%) Grafana
6 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.17%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.17%) Puppet
6 2 (1.17%) SCCM
7 1 (0.58%) CASB
7 1 (0.58%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 33 (19.30%) Oracle
2 22 (12.87%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.36%) Splunk
4 12 (7.02%) SAP
5 10 (5.85%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.92%) VMware
7 4 (2.34%) Google
7 4 (2.34%) Remedy
7 4 (2.34%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.75%) IFS
8 3 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.75%) UiPath
9 2 (1.17%) BMC
9 2 (1.17%) Cisco
9 2 (1.17%) Cramer
9 2 (1.17%) Infoblox
10 1 (0.58%) Adobe
10 1 (0.58%) Ariba
10 1 (0.58%) Forcepoint
10 1 (0.58%) Juniper