Analytical Skills Contracts in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 11 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 63 71 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.05% 9.15% 6.85%
As % of the General category 19.63% 18.35% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 59 38
10th Percentile £152 £354 £263
25th Percentile £363 £425 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +9.38% -4.00%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £544
90th Percentile £631 £765 £698
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £525 £484
% change year-on-year -14.29% +8.53% +1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £33.16 - £20.90
25th Percentile £37.47 £22.33 £21.52
Median hourly rate £44.65 £24.65 £23.11
Median % change year-on-year +81.12% +6.66% +56.68%
75th Percentile £51.82 £26.98 £24.77
90th Percentile £56.13 - £25.43
West Midlands median hourly rate £50.00 £24.65 £23.11
% change year-on-year +102.84% +6.66% +56.68%

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 321 387 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 61.38% 49.87% 53.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 263 321
10th Percentile £163 £200 £263
25th Percentile £366 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £650
90th Percentile £689 £712 £743
West Midlands median daily rate £460 £500 £512
% change year-on-year -8.00% -2.34% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 29 28
10th Percentile - £12.89 -
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £22.05 £24.65 £20.84
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +18.30% +24.40%
75th Percentile £26.51 £48.75 £30.33
90th Percentile £28.02 £56.25 £74.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.67 £19.00 £22.46
% change year-on-year +29.84% -15.39% +32.09%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (4.76%) Confluence
2 1 (1.59%) IIS
2 1 (1.59%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Magento
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.59%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) Azure
2 3 (4.76%) AWS
2 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.59%) AWS KMS
4 1 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.59%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) GitHub
4 1 (1.59%) IaaS
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.59%) OCI
4 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.59%) Route 53
4 1 (1.59%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) Network Security
2 7 (11.11%) BGP
2 7 (11.11%) Firewall
2 7 (11.11%) OSPF
2 7 (11.11%) VLAN
3 6 (9.52%) IPsec
3 6 (9.52%) SSL
3 6 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 6 (9.52%) VPN
4 1 (1.59%) DHCP
4 1 (1.59%) DNS
4 1 (1.59%) EIGRP
4 1 (1.59%) Internet
4 1 (1.59%) LAN
4 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.59%) WAN
4 1 (1.59%) Wireless
4 1 (1.59%) Wireless Security
4 1 (1.59%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) MongoDB
1 4 (6.35%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle Database 12c
2 2 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.17%) Power BI
2 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.17%) Tableau
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.59%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.59%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.59%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.59%) Metadata
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.59%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 5 (7.94%) JUnit
2 4 (6.35%) JIRA
3 3 (4.76%) Git
3 3 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.76%) JMeter
4 2 (3.17%) GitLab
4 2 (3.17%) Maven
4 2 (3.17%) Mockito
4 2 (3.17%) Postman
4 2 (3.17%) REST Assured
4 2 (3.17%) Selenium
4 2 (3.17%) TestNG
4 2 (3.17%) Travis CI
5 1 (1.59%) Ant
5 1 (1.59%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.59%) DbUnit
5 1 (1.59%) ERwin
5 1 (1.59%) jMock
5 1 (1.59%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (60.32%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.81%) Finance
3 9 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.11%) Banking
4 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.35%) Legal
5 4 (6.35%) Retail Banking
6 3 (4.76%) Marketing
7 2 (3.17%) Electronics
7 2 (3.17%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Law
7 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Games
8 1 (1.59%) Military
8 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (22.22%) Analyst
2 9 (14.29%) Developer
3 8 (12.70%) Lead
4 6 (9.52%) Check Point Expert
5 5 (7.94%) Java Developer
5 5 (7.94%) Senior
6 4 (6.35%) Sustainability Analyst
6 4 (6.35%) Tester
7 3 (4.76%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (3.17%) Administrator
8 2 (3.17%) Data Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) DBA
8 2 (3.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 2 (3.17%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Oracle DBA
8 2 (3.17%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared DBA
8 2 (3.17%) Service Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) RESTful
2 3 (4.76%) Gherkin
2 3 (4.76%) HTML
2 3 (4.76%) Kafka
3 2 (3.17%) .NET
3 2 (3.17%) Ajax
3 2 (3.17%) CSS
3 2 (3.17%) CSS3
3 2 (3.17%) HTML5
3 2 (3.17%) KnockoutJS
3 2 (3.17%) Node.js
3 2 (3.17%) RequireJS
3 2 (3.17%) Spring
4 1 (1.59%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (1.59%) JPA
4 1 (1.59%) PowerMock
4 1 (1.59%) REST
4 1 (1.59%) Spring Batch
4 1 (1.59%) Spring Integration
4 1 (1.59%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.76%) CMDB
2 3 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.59%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.59%) CCTV
3 1 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.59%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.59%) Social Media
3 1 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) Check Point GAiA
2 5 (7.94%) Linux
3 2 (3.17%) Unix
3 2 (3.17%) Windows
4 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (73.02%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (22.22%) Agile
3 13 (20.63%) Project Management
4 12 (19.05%) Data Analysis
5 10 (15.87%) High Availability
5 10 (15.87%) Risk Management
6 9 (14.29%) SIEM
6 9 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.70%) Computer Science
8 7 (11.11%) Data Protection
8 7 (11.11%) SDLC
9 6 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (9.52%) DevOps
9 6 (9.52%) Roadmaps
9 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (9.52%) Visualisation
10 5 (7.94%) ETL
10 5 (7.94%) Performance Analysis
10 5 (7.94%) TDD
10 5 (7.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.46%) SQL
2 9 (14.29%) Python
3 5 (7.94%) Java
4 3 (4.76%) Bash
4 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.17%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.59%) Bicep
6 1 (1.59%) C#
6 1 (1.59%) Perl
6 1 (1.59%) R
6 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) Degree
2 8 (12.70%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.52%) CCSE
3 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (6.35%) HNC
5 4 (6.35%) HND
6 3 (4.76%) CEH
6 3 (4.76%) CISSP
6 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.17%) ISTQB
7 2 (3.17%) OCP
7 2 (3.17%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (1.59%) CCNP
8 1 (1.59%) CISA
8 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.59%) CISM
8 1 (1.59%) CITP
8 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.59%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) QA
2 5 (7.94%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.59%) NIST
4 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.59%) PSD2
4 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Docker
2 3 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.59%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.76%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.17%) Data Guard
3 2 (3.17%) Kibana
3 2 (3.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (3.17%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (1.59%) Ansible
4 1 (1.59%) Grafana
4 1 (1.59%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.52%) CheckPoint
2 6 (9.52%) Fortinet
3 4 (6.35%) SAP
4 3 (4.76%) Oracle
5 2 (3.17%) Adobe
5 2 (3.17%) Cisco
5 2 (3.17%) Juniper
5 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.59%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.59%) Civica
6 1 (1.59%) Databricks
6 1 (1.59%) Dell
6 1 (1.59%) HP
6 1 (1.59%) Infoblox
6 1 (1.59%) Jaspersoft
6 1 (1.59%) PayPal
6 1 (1.59%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.59%) Sybase
6 1 (1.59%) Zscaler