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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 112 60 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.05% 11.65% 11.94%
As % of the General category 25.34% 17.54% 17.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 36 27
10th Percentile £313 £356 £400
25th Percentile £363 £470 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £536 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.48% +7.10% -4.76%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £593
90th Percentile £658 £585 £627
North West median daily rate £450 £458 £486
% change year-on-year -1.64% -5.86% +2.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.00 - -
Median hourly rate £32.00 - £35.00
75th Percentile £34.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £44.50 £40.44
% change year-on-year -33.48% +10.04% +17.35%

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 442 342 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 67.28% 66.41% 68.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 215 141
10th Percentile £305 £349 £265
25th Percentile £363 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.04% +0.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £576 £588
90th Percentile £671 £683 £650
North West median daily rate £456 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -7.45% -1.40% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 34
10th Percentile - £14.95 £15.64
25th Percentile £12.82 £15.52 £22.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £26.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% -14.87% +85.09%
75th Percentile £36.97 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.80 - £36.80
North West median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £22.53
% change year-on-year -35.34% +55.35% +0.13%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 17 September 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
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 17 September 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 0 53 £438 -18.68% 12
Chester +7 18 £725 - 24
Crewe +4 8 £410 -39.26% 4
Macclesfield -2 8 £470 -18.26% 5
Warrington -7 5 £475 +35.71% 34
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (11.61%) Confluence
2 9 (8.04%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (6.25%) Skype for Business
5 6 (5.36%) JBoss
5 6 (5.36%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.79%) CICS
6 2 (1.79%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.89%) Mule
7 1 (0.89%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.89%) WebLogic
Applications
1 15 (13.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (11.61%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (9.82%) MS Visio
4 7 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.68%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.89%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 22 (19.64%) AWS
1 22 (19.64%) Azure
2 12 (10.71%) GCP
3 8 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.14%) OneDrive
3 8 (7.14%) OpenShift
4 5 (4.46%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (4.46%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.57%) Anthropic Claude
5 4 (3.57%) Azure AI
5 4 (3.57%) GitHub
5 4 (3.57%) Google Gemini
5 4 (3.57%) SaaS
6 2 (1.79%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.89%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.89%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.89%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.14%) Network Security
2 7 (6.25%) Skype
3 6 (5.36%) DNS
4 5 (4.46%) DMZ
4 5 (4.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (4.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (4.46%) Firewall
5 2 (1.79%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.79%) LAN
5 2 (1.79%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.79%) VPN
6 1 (0.89%) BGP
6 1 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.89%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.89%) Internet
6 1 (0.89%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.89%) SAN
6 1 (0.89%) VLAN
6 1 (0.89%) WAN
6 1 (0.89%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.46%) Power BI
2 4 (3.57%) Neo4j
3 2 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.79%) DB2
3 2 (1.79%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.89%) Big Data
4 1 (0.89%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.89%) MySQL
4 1 (0.89%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.89%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.89%) Power Query
4 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (25.00%) JIRA
2 14 (12.50%) Git
2 14 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 10 (8.93%) JUnit
4 7 (6.25%) GitLab
4 7 (6.25%) Selenium
5 6 (5.36%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.46%) Gradle
6 5 (4.46%) Maven
6 5 (4.46%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.68%) TestRail
8 2 (1.79%) Appium
8 2 (1.79%) SOAtest
9 1 (0.89%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.89%) JMeter
9 1 (0.89%) MLflow
General
1 66 (58.93%) Social Skills
2 34 (30.36%) Finance
3 18 (16.07%) Banking
4 12 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (9.82%) Legal
5 11 (9.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (8.04%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.46%) Automotive
8 4 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.57%) Publishing
9 2 (1.79%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.79%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.89%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.89%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.89%) Marketing
10 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (21.43%) Analyst
2 14 (12.50%) Architect
3 13 (11.61%) Business Analyst
4 12 (10.71%) Developer
5 9 (8.04%) Java Developer
6 7 (6.25%) Consultant
6 7 (6.25%) Operational Support Analyst
6 7 (6.25%) Operations Analyst
6 7 (6.25%) Operations Support Analyst
6 7 (6.25%) Support Analyst
7 6 (5.36%) Senior
7 6 (5.36%) Test Architect
8 5 (4.46%) AWS Developer
8 5 (4.46%) Service Manager
8 5 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.46%) Tester
9 4 (3.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 4 (3.57%) Governance Manager
9 4 (3.57%) Lead
9 4 (3.57%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.39%) REST
2 10 (8.93%) Spring
2 10 (8.93%) Spring Boot
3 8 (7.14%) SOAP
4 7 (6.25%) RESTful
5 6 (5.36%) HTML
5 6 (5.36%) Kafka
5 6 (5.36%) Web Services
6 5 (4.46%) JSON
6 5 (4.46%) React
6 5 (4.46%) Streamlit
6 5 (4.46%) XML
7 4 (3.57%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.57%) CSS
7 4 (3.57%) PyTorch
7 4 (3.57%) Spring Cloud
7 4 (3.57%) TensorFlow
8 3 (2.68%) J2EE
8 3 (2.68%) LDAP
9 1 (0.89%) DOM
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.36%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.46%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.68%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.79%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.79%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.79%) VSAM
7 1 (0.89%) CMDB
7 1 (0.89%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.89%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.89%) Replication
7 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.25%) Unix
2 5 (4.46%) Apple iOS
2 5 (4.46%) Linux
3 4 (3.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (69.64%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (32.14%) Agile
3 24 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (19.64%) Migration
5 20 (17.86%) Project Management
6 19 (16.96%) Artificial Intelligence
6 19 (16.96%) ITIL
7 17 (15.18%) Business Analysis
7 17 (15.18%) Change Management
7 17 (15.18%) CI/CD
8 15 (13.39%) SDLC
9 14 (12.50%) Business Strategy
9 14 (12.50%) Microservices
10 13 (11.61%) Computer Science
10 13 (11.61%) Decision-Making
10 13 (11.61%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.82%) Acceptance Criteria
11 11 (9.82%) Generative AI
11 11 (9.82%) ITSM
11 11 (9.82%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.86%) Java
2 13 (11.61%) Python
3 12 (10.71%) SQL
4 7 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.46%) Shell Script
6 4 (3.57%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.68%) Scala
8 2 (1.79%) COBOL
8 2 (1.79%) JCL
8 2 (1.79%) REXX
9 1 (0.89%) ABAP
9 1 (0.89%) C#
9 1 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.89%) Perl
9 1 (0.89%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.89%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (24.11%) Degree
2 9 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.46%) CBAP
4 5 (4.46%) CISSP
4 5 (4.46%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.57%) IIBA
5 4 (3.57%) ISEB
5 4 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.68%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.68%) CISM
6 3 (2.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.68%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.79%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.79%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.79%) CSPO
8 1 (0.89%) CCSE
8 1 (0.89%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.82%) GDPR
2 8 (7.14%) QA
3 5 (4.46%) SEPA
4 4 (3.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.68%) NIST
5 3 (2.68%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.79%) COBIT
6 2 (1.79%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.79%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.89%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.89%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.89%) PSD2
7 1 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 7 (6.25%) Docker
2 6 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (8.93%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.25%) SCCM
3 3 (2.68%) HP ALM
3 3 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.79%) Fluentd
5 1 (0.89%) QRadar
5 1 (0.89%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.82%) SAP
3 10 (8.93%) Oracle
3 10 (8.93%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.36%) F5
4 6 (5.36%) VMware
5 4 (3.57%) Splunk
6 3 (2.68%) Cisco
6 3 (2.68%) HP
7 2 (1.79%) Ab Initio
7 2 (1.79%) Cribl.io
7 2 (1.79%) IBM
7 2 (1.79%) IBM Sterling
7 2 (1.79%) Informatica
7 2 (1.79%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.79%) Parasoft
7 2 (1.79%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.79%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.89%) UiPath
8 1 (0.89%) Zscaler