Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Analytical Skills
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Chelmsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 5.88% - 14.29%
As % of the General category 8.57% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +331.82%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £325 £358 £300
% change year-on-year -9.09% +19.17% -33.33%

All General Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford 68.63% 62.50% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 4
10th Percentile - - £284
25th Percentile - - £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £225 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -43.75% +4.99%
75th Percentile £444 £266 £450
90th Percentile £494 £339 £473
Essex median daily rate £494 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +23.44% - -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -75.00% - -
75th Percentile £32.21 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £81.05 - -
Essex median hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £50.50
% change year-on-year -19.54% -56.93% -22.31%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

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

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

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

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 2 (66.67%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) SNMP
1 2 (66.67%) TACACS
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) SAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IP Network Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) NETCONF
1 2 (66.67%) OpenConfig
1 2 (66.67%) RESTCONF
1 2 (66.67%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (66.67%) Private Cloud
2 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
2 2 (66.67%) JNCIE
3 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) F5
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Dell