Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends 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 20 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 57 71 70
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.22% 11.83% 9.72%
As % of the General category 12.39% 18.88% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 47 48
10th Percentile £293 £165 £332
25th Percentile £355 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £566 £574 £678
90th Percentile £705 £624 £925
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £480 £538
% change year-on-year -6.25% -10.70% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £26.48 £33.16 -
25th Percentile £29.45 £37.47 £25.56
Median hourly rate £39.30 £44.65 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year -11.97% +70.89% -
75th Percentile £51.25 £51.82 £26.69
90th Percentile - £56.13 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £50.00 £21.01
% change year-on-year -59.00% +137.95% -71.98%

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 general skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 460 376 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 50.22% 62.67% 58.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 265 277
10th Percentile £344 £165 £198
25th Percentile £403 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £638
90th Percentile £688 £646 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £480 £510
% change year-on-year +1.56% -5.88% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 25 11
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.00 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.11 £14.25 £20.88
Median hourly rate £43.96 £22.05 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +99.37% -53.58% +167.61%
75th Percentile £51.25 £26.51 £55.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £28.78 £57.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £29.67 £23.82
% change year-on-year -15.73% +24.54% +16.20%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 5 (8.77%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (7.02%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 3 (5.26%) Confluence
3 3 (5.26%) SAS
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Oracle HRMS
2 2 (3.51%) NetSuite
2 2 (3.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.75%) SAP QM
3 1 (1.75%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (1.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.05%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.26%) AWS
4 3 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.26%) OCI
4 3 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.51%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.75%) dbt
6 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.75%) IaaS
6 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.75%) PaaS
6 1 (1.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) SAN
1 2 (3.51%) VLAN
2 1 (1.75%) BGP
2 1 (1.75%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (1.75%) DHCP
2 1 (1.75%) DNS
2 1 (1.75%) Internet
2 1 (1.75%) LAN
2 1 (1.75%) OSPF
2 1 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.75%) VPN
2 1 (1.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) Power BI
2 8 (14.04%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (10.53%) Metadata
4 3 (5.26%) NoSQL
4 3 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.51%) Data Lake
5 2 (3.51%) Power Query
5 2 (3.51%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.75%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.75%) PowerPivot
6 1 (1.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (1.75%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Postman
2 1 (1.75%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 14 (24.56%) Finance
3 13 (22.81%) Banking
4 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.77%) Marketing
7 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.51%) Automotive
8 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.51%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.51%) Legal
9 1 (1.75%) Billing
9 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Local Government
9 1 (1.75%) Military
9 1 (1.75%) Publishing
9 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Analyst
2 9 (15.79%) Lead
3 6 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Developer
5 4 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Oracle Specialist
5 4 (7.02%) Senior
5 4 (7.02%) Support Specialist
6 3 (5.26%) Administrator
6 3 (5.26%) Consultant
6 3 (5.26%) Data Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Data Insight Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Insight Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Insight Data Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Lead Data Analyst
7 2 (3.51%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Security Specialist
7 2 (3.51%) Systems Accountant
7 2 (3.51%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) REST
2 4 (7.02%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (5.26%) SOAP
4 1 (1.75%) ADO
4 1 (1.75%) Itk
4 1 (1.75%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (8.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (7.02%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.26%) Credit Risk
4 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.51%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.75%) CMDB
6 1 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.75%) IoT
6 1 (1.75%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.75%) Replication
6 1 (1.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Apple iOS
1 2 (3.51%) Mac OS
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (59.65%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (28.07%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (24.56%) Analytics
4 12 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (19.30%) Data Modelling
6 10 (17.54%) Agile
7 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (15.79%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (14.04%) DevOps
8 8 (14.04%) Workflow
9 7 (12.28%) ETL
9 7 (12.28%) Migration
10 6 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (10.53%) AI
10 6 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
10 6 (10.53%) Business Analysis
10 6 (10.53%) CI/CD
10 6 (10.53%) Decision-Making
10 6 (10.53%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) SQL
2 8 (14.04%) Python
3 3 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.51%) Java
4 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.75%) Bicep
5 1 (1.75%) C
5 1 (1.75%) C#
5 1 (1.75%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (12.28%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.26%) DBS Check
2 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.51%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.51%) CCNA
3 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.51%) CISSP
3 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.75%) ACCA
4 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.75%) CCNP
4 1 (1.75%) CIMA
4 1 (1.75%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.75%) MCSE
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) Data Quality
1 4 (7.02%) PMO
1 4 (7.02%) QA
2 3 (5.26%) GDPR
2 3 (5.26%) GRC
3 2 (3.51%) NIST
3 2 (3.51%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.75%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.75%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) Oracle
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.02%) Atlassian
5 3 (5.26%) Teradata
6 2 (3.51%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (3.51%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.51%) Remedy
6 2 (3.51%) SAP
6 2 (3.51%) Siemens
6 2 (3.51%) Splunk
7 1 (1.75%) Cisco
7 1 (1.75%) Databricks
7 1 (1.75%) Dell
7 1 (1.75%) IBM
7 1 (1.75%) Veeam
7 1 (1.75%) VMware