Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Analytical Skills
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 28 40
Rank change year-on-year +12 +12 -28
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 19 18 18
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 5.49% 6.16% 3.34%
As % of the General category 11.45% 9.89% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 9
10th Percentile £257 - £284
25th Percentile £400 £296 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +42.49%
75th Percentile £513 £475 £600
90th Percentile £545 £553 £738
East of England median daily rate £525 £489 £475
% change year-on-year +7.28% +3.03% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £14.40 - -
25th Percentile £15.00 - -
Median hourly rate £20.44 £18.22 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% -27.12% +17.04%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £36.98 - -
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £80.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -72.05% +274.42% -16.50%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 166 182 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 47.98% 62.33% 55.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 102 93
10th Percentile £200 £216 £221
25th Percentile £300 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £410
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +17.99% -8.89%
75th Percentile £535 £575 £540
90th Percentile £624 £683 £582
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 32 143
10th Percentile £13.45 - £14.16
25th Percentile £14.22 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £15.28 £18.01 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% +10.97% +11.93%
75th Percentile £18.97 £25.86 £21.46
90th Percentile £33.54 £32.11 £53.75
East of England median hourly rate £20.51 £33.75 £38.12
% change year-on-year -39.23% -11.46% +108.82%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cambridgeshire

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cambridgeshire

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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
Cambridge +2 14 £400 +14.29% 42
Huntingdon -2 2 - - 1
Ely - 1 £500 -
Analytical Skills
East of England

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (5.26%) Confluence
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) OCI
1 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
1 2 (10.53%) SaaS
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
1 2 (10.53%) Wireless
2 1 (5.26%) VLAN
2 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.53%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
2 2 (10.53%) Git
3 1 (5.26%) GitLab
3 1 (5.26%) MSI
3 1 (5.26%) ScriptRunner
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
3 4 (21.05%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Local Government
5 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Retail
6 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Business Change Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Change Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Data Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Data Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Data Migration Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Data Migration Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Migration Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) ADO
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (5.26%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.26%) NHS
1 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.26%) PKI
1 1 (5.26%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
4 5 (26.32%) Migration
4 5 (26.32%) Project Management
5 4 (21.05%) Analytics
5 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
5 4 (21.05%) ITIL
5 4 (21.05%) ITSM
5 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery
5 4 (21.05%) Service Management
6 3 (15.79%) Agile
6 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
6 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (15.79%) Data Governance
6 3 (15.79%) ERP
6 3 (15.79%) Validation
6 3 (15.79%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (10.53%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) Groovy
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) A+ Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.53%) Databricks
3 2 (10.53%) Dynatrace
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Atlassian
4 1 (5.26%) IFS
4 1 (5.26%) Juniper
4 1 (5.26%) SAP