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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 115 88 51
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 16.72% 16.96% 12.56%
As % of the General category 25.05% 24.38% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 57 31
10th Percentile £313 £344 £400
25th Percentile £361 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -13.86% +6.06% -6.07%
75th Percentile £529 £575 £584
90th Percentile £639 £593 £593
North West median daily rate £452 £455 £491
% change year-on-year -0.60% -7.24% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £33.60 - -
25th Percentile £39.00 £21.05 -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £23.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +77.22% - -
75th Percentile £43.00 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £68.80 - -
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +27.27% -40.06% +5.82%

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 459 361 292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 66.72% 69.56% 71.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 226 172
10th Percentile £300 £356 £265
25th Percentile £363 £408 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.88% +1.45% +17.65%
75th Percentile £537 £576 £586
90th Percentile £688 £674 £627
North West median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 31
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.36 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £18.79
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% -7.00% +61.79%
75th Percentile £38.60 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £52.00 £37.25
North West median hourly rate £27.38 £35.00 £23.07
% change year-on-year -21.79% +51.71% -0.54%

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 24 October 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 24 October 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 24 October 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 -5 55 £447 -15.66% 9
Chester +9 25 £700 +24.44% 15
Warrington -10 9 £438 +25.00% 29
Crewe +5 7 £290 -0.34% 8
Macclesfield -13 3 £375 -28.57% 3
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 10 (8.70%) Confluence
2 9 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (6.96%) SharePoint
4 7 (6.09%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (6.09%) Skype for Business
5 6 (5.22%) JBoss
5 6 (5.22%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.74%) CICS
6 2 (1.74%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.87%) Mule
7 1 (0.87%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.87%) SAS
7 1 (0.87%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (19.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (13.04%) MS Visio
3 13 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (11.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.61%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.87%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.87%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.87%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 24 (20.87%) Azure
2 21 (18.26%) AWS
3 12 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.83%) GCP
4 9 (7.83%) OneDrive
5 8 (6.96%) OpenShift
5 8 (6.96%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.35%) GitHub
7 4 (3.48%) SaaS
8 2 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.74%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.87%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.87%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.87%) AWS CodeBuild
9 1 (0.87%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.87%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.83%) Network Security
2 7 (6.09%) DNS
2 7 (6.09%) Skype
3 6 (5.22%) DMZ
3 6 (5.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (5.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (5.22%) LAN
4 5 (4.35%) Firewall
4 5 (4.35%) WAN
5 2 (1.74%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.74%) VPN
6 1 (0.87%) BGP
6 1 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.87%) Internet
6 1 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.87%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.87%) SAN
6 1 (0.87%) VLAN
6 1 (0.87%) Wireless
6 1 (0.87%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.35%) Power BI
2 4 (3.48%) MS Access
3 3 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.74%) DB2
4 2 (1.74%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.87%) Big Data
5 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.87%) Power Query
5 1 (0.87%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.87%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (22.61%) JIRA
2 14 (12.17%) Jenkins
3 11 (9.57%) Git
4 10 (8.70%) JUnit
5 7 (6.09%) GitLab
6 6 (5.22%) Selenium
7 5 (4.35%) Cucumber
7 5 (4.35%) Gradle
7 5 (4.35%) Maven
7 5 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (2.61%) TestRail
9 2 (1.74%) Appium
9 2 (1.74%) SOAtest
10 1 (0.87%) JMeter
10 1 (0.87%) MLflow
General
1 70 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 32 (27.83%) Finance
3 20 (17.39%) Banking
4 10 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.48%) Publishing
7 3 (2.61%) Automotive
7 3 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.74%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.74%) Legal
8 2 (1.74%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.87%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.87%) Marketing
9 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (20.87%) Analyst
2 15 (13.04%) Architect
3 11 (9.57%) Developer
4 10 (8.70%) Business Analyst
5 9 (7.83%) Java Developer
6 8 (6.96%) Consultant
7 7 (6.09%) Operational Support Analyst
7 7 (6.09%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (6.09%) Operations Support Analyst
7 7 (6.09%) Support Analyst
8 6 (5.22%) Test Architect
9 5 (4.35%) AWS Developer
9 5 (4.35%) Change Manager
9 5 (4.35%) Programme Manager
9 5 (4.35%) Service Manager
9 5 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (4.35%) Tester
10 4 (3.48%) Governance Manager
10 4 (3.48%) Lead
10 4 (3.48%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.04%) REST
2 10 (8.70%) Spring
2 10 (8.70%) Spring Boot
3 9 (7.83%) SOAP
4 6 (5.22%) JSON
4 6 (5.22%) Kafka
4 6 (5.22%) RESTful
4 6 (5.22%) Web Services
4 6 (5.22%) XML
5 5 (4.35%) HTML
6 4 (3.48%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.48%) CSS
6 4 (3.48%) React
6 4 (3.48%) Spring Cloud
7 3 (2.61%) J2EE
7 3 (2.61%) LDAP
8 1 (0.87%) Middleware
8 1 (0.87%) PySpark
8 1 (0.87%) Spring MVC
8 1 (0.87%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.43%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.48%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.48%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.61%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.74%) CMDB
5 2 (1.74%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.74%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (1.74%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.74%) VSAM
6 1 (0.87%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.87%) PKI
6 1 (0.87%) Replication
6 1 (0.87%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.09%) Unix
2 6 (5.22%) Linux
3 5 (4.35%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.48%) Android
5 1 (0.87%) Windows
5 1 (0.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (68.70%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (27.83%) Agile
3 29 (25.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (17.39%) ITIL
5 19 (16.52%) Project Management
6 18 (15.65%) Change Management
6 18 (15.65%) Migration
7 15 (13.04%) AI
7 15 (13.04%) Business Strategy
8 14 (12.17%) CI/CD
9 13 (11.30%) Analytical Thinking
9 13 (11.30%) Microservices
10 12 (10.43%) Analytics
10 12 (10.43%) Computer Science
10 12 (10.43%) DevOps
10 12 (10.43%) ITSM
11 11 (9.57%) Acceptance Criteria
11 11 (9.57%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.57%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (9.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.65%) Java
2 11 (9.57%) Python
2 11 (9.57%) SQL
3 7 (6.09%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.22%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.35%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.74%) ABAP
6 2 (1.74%) COBOL
6 2 (1.74%) JCL
6 2 (1.74%) REXX
7 1 (0.87%) Bash
7 1 (0.87%) C#
7 1 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.87%) Perl
7 1 (0.87%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.87%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (21.74%) Degree
2 9 (7.83%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.35%) CISSP
6 4 (3.48%) CBAP
6 4 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.61%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.61%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.61%) CISM
7 3 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.74%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.74%) CSPO
8 2 (1.74%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.74%) PMP
9 1 (0.87%) CCSE
9 1 (0.87%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.83%) GDPR
2 7 (6.09%) QA
3 5 (4.35%) SEPA
4 4 (3.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.61%) NIST
5 3 (2.61%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.74%) COBIT
6 2 (1.74%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.74%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.87%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (6.09%) SCCM
2 6 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.61%) HP ALM
5 2 (1.74%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.87%) Autotask
6 1 (0.87%) QRadar
6 1 (0.87%) Terraform
6 1 (0.87%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.17%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.83%) Oracle
4 8 (6.96%) SAP
5 7 (6.09%) F5
5 7 (6.09%) VMware
6 4 (3.48%) Splunk
7 3 (2.61%) Cisco
7 3 (2.61%) HP
7 3 (2.61%) Snow
7 3 (2.61%) Workday
8 2 (1.74%) Ab Initio
8 2 (1.74%) Cribl.io
8 2 (1.74%) IBM
8 2 (1.74%) IBM Sterling
8 2 (1.74%) Informatica
8 2 (1.74%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.74%) Parasoft
8 2 (1.74%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.74%) SolarWinds