Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 87 112 54
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 11.10% 18.76% 11.25%
As % of the General category 19.04% 27.05% 17.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 89 31
10th Percentile £256 £313 £325
25th Percentile £395 £358 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -13.57% +13.26%
75th Percentile £543 £545 £576
90th Percentile £598 £688 £585
North West median daily rate £450 £469 £493
% change year-on-year -4.06% -4.97% +1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £47.46 £35.18 £16.89
25th Percentile £66.93 £42.94 £17.02
Median hourly rate £83.25 £57.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.16% +229.95% -49.99%
75th Percentile £86.00 £72.44 £17.76
90th Percentile - £80.13 £17.77
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year +14.29% +12.00% -22.73%

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 457 414 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 58.29% 69.35% 65.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 289 213
10th Percentile £318 £313 £319
25th Percentile £408 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £578 £553 £575
90th Percentile £638 £678 £668
North West median daily rate £490 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +4.37% -6.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 25 9
10th Percentile £16.01 £12.82 £17.53
25th Percentile £28.75 £26.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -7.14% +14.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £86.15 £62.00 -
North West median hourly rate £35.69 £28.75 £27.25
% change year-on-year +24.12% +5.50% +4.81%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Knutsford -4 36 £445 -0.45% 13
Warrington +5 22 £463 -2.63% 9
Chester -4 17 £550 -24.14% 14
Crewe -2 5 £525 +28.05% 7
Macclesfield 0 2 £500 +2.04% 6
Alderley Edge - 1 £400 -
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 8 (9.20%) Confluence
2 2 (2.30%) SAS
3 1 (1.15%) JBoss
3 1 (1.15%) Mule
3 1 (1.15%) Mule ESB
3 1 (1.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.45%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (10.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (3.45%) SAP HCM
2 3 (3.45%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.24%) Azure
2 12 (13.79%) AWS
3 8 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.75%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.60%) Akamai
6 4 (4.60%) GCP
6 4 (4.60%) SaaS
7 1 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.15%) IBM Blueworks
7 1 (1.15%) IBM Watson
7 1 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) VPN
2 6 (6.90%) DNS
2 6 (6.90%) WAN
3 5 (5.75%) Firewall
3 5 (5.75%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.60%) BGP
4 4 (4.60%) HTTP
4 4 (4.60%) LAN
5 3 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (3.45%) SAN
5 3 (3.45%) Wireshark
6 2 (2.30%) MPLS
6 2 (2.30%) Network Security
6 2 (2.30%) OSPF
6 2 (2.30%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.30%) SNMP
6 2 (2.30%) SSL
6 2 (2.30%) VLAN
6 2 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.75%) Power BI
2 3 (3.45%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.30%) Metadata
3 2 (2.30%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.15%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 8 (9.20%) JIRA
2 2 (2.30%) GitLab
2 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.15%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.15%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.15%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.15%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) Hudson
3 1 (1.15%) JUnit
3 1 (1.15%) Zephyr
General
1 44 (50.57%) Social Skills
2 31 (35.63%) Finance
3 16 (18.39%) Banking
4 8 (9.20%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Automotive
5 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.45%) Legal
6 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Marketing
7 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Publishing
7 2 (2.30%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.15%) Aviation
8 1 (1.15%) Billing
8 1 (1.15%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.15%) Military
8 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (29.89%) Analyst
2 8 (9.20%) Security Engineer
2 8 (9.20%) Service Analyst
3 7 (8.05%) Consultant
3 7 (8.05%) Network Engineer
4 6 (6.90%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.75%) Lead
5 5 (5.75%) Senior
5 5 (5.75%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (4.60%) Service Management Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Field Engineer
7 3 (3.45%) Field Service Engineer
7 3 (3.45%) Functional Consultant
7 3 (3.45%) IT Engineer
7 3 (3.45%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (3.45%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 3 (3.45%) Service Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) JSON
1 4 (4.60%) REST
2 3 (3.45%) XML
3 2 (2.30%) OAuth
3 2 (2.30%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.15%) Jakarta EE
4 1 (1.15%) Kafka
4 1 (1.15%) Middleware
4 1 (1.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.75%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (4.60%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.30%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.30%) Credit Risk
6 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.30%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.30%) PKI
6 2 (2.30%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.15%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.09%) Windows
2 6 (6.90%) Linux
2 6 (6.90%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.45%) Unix
4 2 (2.30%) AIX
4 2 (2.30%) HPUX
4 2 (2.30%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.30%) Solaris
4 2 (2.30%) SUSE
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (59.77%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (32.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (25.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (21.84%) ITIL
5 17 (19.54%) ITSM
5 17 (19.54%) Project Management
6 16 (18.39%) Agile
7 14 (16.09%) Change Management
8 13 (14.94%) CI/CD
8 13 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (13.79%) Analytics
9 12 (13.79%) Incident Response
9 12 (13.79%) Risk Management
10 11 (12.64%) Customer Service
10 11 (12.64%) Migration
10 11 (12.64%) Project Delivery
10 11 (12.64%) SIEM
11 10 (11.49%) AI
11 10 (11.49%) Waterfall
12 8 (9.20%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.94%) Python
2 8 (9.20%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.05%) SQL
4 3 (3.45%) ABAP
5 2 (2.30%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (1.15%) C#
6 1 (1.15%) Java
6 1 (1.15%) Korn
6 1 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (13.79%) Degree
2 10 (11.49%) CISSP
3 8 (9.20%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.75%) AWS Certification
5 5 (5.75%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (5.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (4.60%) CISM
6 4 (4.60%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.45%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.45%) CCNA
7 3 (3.45%) CEH
7 3 (3.45%) CISA
7 3 (3.45%) CRISC
7 3 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.45%) MCSE
7 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.49%) SLA
2 8 (9.20%) GRC
3 7 (8.05%) NIST
4 5 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.45%) GDPR
5 3 (3.45%) QA
6 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.15%) NCSC
7 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.15%) PMO
7 1 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.30%) Firmware
3 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.15%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (8.05%) Ansible
2 2 (2.30%) WMI
3 1 (1.15%) CASB
3 1 (1.15%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 19 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.54%) ServiceNow
3 9 (10.34%) Remedy
4 7 (8.05%) SAP
4 7 (8.05%) Splunk
5 6 (6.90%) Cisco
6 5 (5.75%) HP
6 5 (5.75%) Oracle
7 4 (4.60%) BeyondTrust
7 4 (4.60%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (3.45%) Arista
8 3 (3.45%) Dell
8 3 (3.45%) F5
8 3 (3.45%) Juniper
8 3 (3.45%) Tanium
9 2 (2.30%) Atlassian
9 2 (2.30%) Forcepoint
9 2 (2.30%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.30%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.30%) VMware