Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Bolton

Analytical Skills
Manchester > Bolton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Bolton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 3 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 -5
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 10 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 20.83% 23.08% 5.88%
As % of the General category 27.78% 33.33% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £485 -
Manchester median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
75th Percentile £35.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median hourly rate £29.60 £25.59 £46.23
% change year-on-year +15.69% -44.66% +218.83%

All General Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 36 9 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 75.00% 69.23% 55.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 11
10th Percentile £506 £363 -
25th Percentile £601 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +30.13% -1.32% +106.52%
75th Percentile £622 £499 £500
90th Percentile £624 £520 -
Manchester median daily rate £465 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -5.10% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 1
10th Percentile £17.40 - -
25th Percentile £22.63 - £34.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year - -1.41% +27.54%
75th Percentile £55.49 - £36.25
90th Percentile £76.00 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £22.63 £29.50 £17.71
% change year-on-year -23.29% +66.57% -9.18%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Bolton

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

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

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

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton

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

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

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 (40.00%) Resin
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (40.00%) PTC Creo
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
1 2 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) French Language
4 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Coordinator
1 2 (20.00%) CRM Coordinator
1 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) IT Support
1 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Project Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Technical Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) 3D Printing
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) CAD
2 4 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (40.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (20.00%) A/B Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Data Management
3 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Google
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft