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 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 114 85 56
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 16.12% 16.57% 14.07%
As % of the General category 24.46% 23.42% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 56 36
10th Percentile £313 £341 £441
25th Percentile £363 £439 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% -0.48% -0.46%
75th Percentile £537 £570 £586
90th Percentile £630 £586 £602
North West median daily rate £455 £461 £495
% change year-on-year -1.46% -6.82% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £33.60 £19.82 -
25th Percentile £39.00 £21.05 -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £22.09 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.60% - -
75th Percentile £43.00 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £68.80 - -
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £29.59 £45.88
% change year-on-year +18.28% -35.51% +6.78%

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 common skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 466 363 294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 65.91% 70.76% 73.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 222 180
10th Percentile £295 £356 £265
25th Percentile £368 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% -3.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £540 £576 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £625
North West median daily rate £455 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -5.11% -4.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 20 28
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.36 £15.70
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £17.44
Median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £23.83
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +1.47% +62.94%
75th Percentile £37.19 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £52.70 £39.25 £38.08
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% +44.44% +2.27%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025. 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 -7 55 £451 -14.95% 4
Chester +9 25 £700 +24.44% 16
Warrington -12 9 £438 +25.00% 55
Crewe +7 7 £290 -0.34% 7
Macclesfield -11 3 £375 -28.57% 4
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 9 (7.89%) Confluence
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.02%) SharePoint
3 7 (6.14%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (6.14%) Skype for Business
4 6 (5.26%) JBoss
4 6 (5.26%) Tomcat
5 3 (2.63%) SAS
6 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.88%) Mule
6 1 (0.88%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.88%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (19.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (12.28%) MS Visio
3 13 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (11.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.63%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.88%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.88%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.88%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 26 (22.81%) Azure
2 24 (21.05%) AWS
3 12 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.65%) GCP
4 11 (9.65%) OpenShift
5 9 (7.89%) OneDrive
5 9 (7.89%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.39%) GitHub
7 4 (3.51%) SaaS
8 2 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.75%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.88%) Apigee
9 1 (0.88%) AWS CodeBuild
9 1 (0.88%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.88%) Kong
9 1 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.89%) Network Security
2 8 (7.02%) Firewall
3 7 (6.14%) DNS
3 7 (6.14%) Skype
4 6 (5.26%) DMZ
4 6 (5.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 6 (5.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (5.26%) LAN
5 5 (4.39%) WAN
6 4 (3.51%) VPN
7 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.88%) BGP
8 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.88%) Internet
8 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.88%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.88%) SAN
8 1 (0.88%) VLAN
8 1 (0.88%) Wireless
8 1 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.39%) Power BI
2 4 (3.51%) MS Access
3 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.88%) Big Data
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.88%) Power Query
4 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 25 (21.93%) JIRA
2 12 (10.53%) Jenkins
3 11 (9.65%) Git
4 10 (8.77%) GitLab
4 10 (8.77%) JUnit
5 5 (4.39%) Cucumber
5 5 (4.39%) Gradle
5 5 (4.39%) Maven
5 5 (4.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (3.51%) Selenium
7 3 (2.63%) TestRail
8 2 (1.75%) Appium
9 1 (0.88%) JMeter
9 1 (0.88%) MLflow
General
1 71 (62.28%) Social Skills
2 34 (29.82%) Finance
3 16 (14.04%) Banking
4 10 (8.77%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.51%) Publishing
7 3 (2.63%) Automotive
7 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.88%) Legal
9 1 (0.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (21.93%) Analyst
2 12 (10.53%) Architect
3 11 (9.65%) Developer
4 10 (8.77%) Business Analyst
5 9 (7.89%) Java Developer
6 8 (7.02%) Consultant
7 7 (6.14%) Operational Support Analyst
7 7 (6.14%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (6.14%) Operations Support Analyst
7 7 (6.14%) Support Analyst
8 5 (4.39%) AWS Developer
8 5 (4.39%) Change Manager
8 5 (4.39%) Programme Manager
8 5 (4.39%) Security Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) Service Manager
8 5 (4.39%) Tester
9 4 (3.51%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.51%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.51%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.04%) REST
2 10 (8.77%) SOAP
2 10 (8.77%) Spring
2 10 (8.77%) Spring Boot
3 6 (5.26%) Kafka
3 6 (5.26%) RESTful
4 5 (4.39%) HTML
4 5 (4.39%) JSON
4 5 (4.39%) XML
5 4 (3.51%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.51%) CSS
5 4 (3.51%) React
5 4 (3.51%) Spring Cloud
5 4 (3.51%) Web Services
6 3 (2.63%) LDAP
7 1 (0.88%) J2EE
7 1 (0.88%) Middleware
7 1 (0.88%) OAuth
7 1 (0.88%) Spring MVC
7 1 (0.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.51%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.63%) Credit Risk
4 3 (2.63%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.75%) CMDB
5 2 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.88%) PKI
6 1 (0.88%) Replication
6 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.26%) Linux
2 5 (4.39%) Apple iOS
2 5 (4.39%) Unix
3 4 (3.51%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Windows
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (28.07%) Agile
3 28 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (17.54%) ITIL
5 18 (15.79%) Change Management
5 18 (15.79%) CI/CD
5 18 (15.79%) Project Management
6 16 (14.04%) Analytics
7 15 (13.16%) Business Strategy
7 15 (13.16%) DevOps
7 15 (13.16%) Migration
8 14 (12.28%) Microservices
9 13 (11.40%) AI
9 13 (11.40%) Analytical Thinking
9 13 (11.40%) Computer Science
9 13 (11.40%) Decision-Making
10 12 (10.53%) ITSM
10 12 (10.53%) Validation
11 11 (9.65%) Acceptance Criteria
11 11 (9.65%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.04%) Java
2 13 (11.40%) Python
3 11 (9.65%) SQL
4 7 (6.14%) JavaScript
5 6 (5.26%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.39%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.63%) R
8 2 (1.75%) ABAP
9 1 (0.88%) Bash
9 1 (0.88%) C#
9 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.88%) Perl
9 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (22.81%) Degree
2 9 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.02%) CISSP
4 6 (5.26%) CISM
4 6 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.51%) CBAP
6 4 (3.51%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.75%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.75%) CSPO
8 2 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.75%) PMP
9 1 (0.88%) CCSE
9 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) GDPR
1 6 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (5.26%) NIST
2 5 (4.39%) QA
2 5 (4.39%) SEPA
3 3 (2.63%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.75%) COBIT
4 2 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.75%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (7.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.14%) SCCM
3 5 (4.39%) Fluentd
4 4 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.63%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.88%) Autotask
6 1 (0.88%) QRadar
6 1 (0.88%) Terraform
6 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (30.70%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.28%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.14%) F5
3 7 (6.14%) Oracle
3 7 (6.14%) SAP
3 7 (6.14%) Splunk
3 7 (6.14%) VMware
4 5 (4.39%) Cribl.io
5 3 (2.63%) Cisco
5 3 (2.63%) HP
5 3 (2.63%) Pega
5 3 (2.63%) Snow
5 3 (2.63%) Workday
6 2 (1.75%) IBM
6 2 (1.75%) IBM Sterling
6 2 (1.75%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.75%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace