Analytical Skills Contracts 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Analytical Skills 122 57 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 19.18% 11.42% 10.98%
As % of the General category 27.42% 16.96% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 35 29
10th Percentile £313 £325 £332
25th Percentile £358 £486 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £538 £488
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +10.36% +2.63%
75th Percentile £584 £576 £593
90th Percentile £688 £617 £624
North West median daily rate £456 £493 £486
% change year-on-year -7.51% +1.44% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £35.18 - -
25th Percentile £42.94 - -
Median hourly rate £57.75 - £35.00
75th Percentile £72.44 - -
90th Percentile £80.13 - -
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £44.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -21.35% -3.01% +83.52%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 445 336 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 69.97% 67.33% 62.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 225 154
10th Percentile £310 £322 £243
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year -10.25% -1.48% +12.78%
75th Percentile £555 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £683 £650
North West median daily rate £469 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 35
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.58 £15.86
25th Percentile £13.96 £16.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £32.25 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% +14.60% +72.06%
75th Percentile £37.19 - £35.00
90th Percentile £58.63 - £36.65
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £26.60
% change year-on-year -12.60% +23.67% +32.57%

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 22 August 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 22 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford 0 52 £438 -18.68% 8
Chester +7 17 £713 -1.72% 16
Macclesfield +6 10 £470 -18.26% 4
Warrington +3 10 £475 +35.71% 49
Crewe +5 8 £410 -39.26% 5
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 (10.66%) Confluence
2 7 (5.74%) JBoss
2 7 (5.74%) Tomcat
3 4 (3.28%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.46%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.64%) CICS
5 2 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.64%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.82%) Apache
6 1 (0.82%) CMS
6 1 (0.82%) Mule
6 1 (0.82%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.82%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.92%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.64%) InVision
3 2 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.64%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (4.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.46%) SAP EWM
2 3 (2.46%) SAP HR
2 3 (2.46%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.82%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.75%) AWS
2 14 (11.48%) Azure
3 8 (6.56%) GCP
4 6 (4.92%) OpenShift
4 6 (4.92%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.10%) SaaS
6 4 (3.28%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (3.28%) Azure AI
6 4 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.28%) GitHub
6 4 (3.28%) Google Gemini
7 3 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.46%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.64%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.82%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.56%) Network Security
2 6 (4.92%) DNS
2 6 (4.92%) Firewall
3 5 (4.10%) DMZ
3 5 (4.10%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 5 (4.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (3.28%) BGP
4 4 (3.28%) WAN
5 3 (2.46%) EIGRP
5 3 (2.46%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.46%) IPv4
5 3 (2.46%) MPLS
5 3 (2.46%) OSPF
5 3 (2.46%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.64%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.64%) Skype
6 2 (1.64%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.82%) LAN
7 1 (0.82%) SAN
7 1 (0.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.92%) Power BI
2 4 (3.28%) Neo4j
3 2 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.64%) DB2
3 2 (1.64%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.82%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.82%) MySQL
4 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.82%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.82%) Power Query
4 1 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (23.77%) JIRA
2 16 (13.11%) Jenkins
3 14 (11.48%) Git
4 10 (8.20%) JUnit
5 7 (5.74%) GitLab
5 7 (5.74%) Selenium
6 6 (4.92%) Cucumber
7 5 (4.10%) Gradle
7 5 (4.10%) Maven
7 5 (4.10%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (2.46%) TestRail
9 2 (1.64%) Appium
9 2 (1.64%) Axure RP
9 2 (1.64%) SOAtest
10 1 (0.82%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.82%) Hudson
10 1 (0.82%) JMeter
10 1 (0.82%) Zephyr
General
1 68 (55.74%) Social Skills
2 40 (32.79%) Finance
3 20 (16.39%) Banking
4 12 (9.84%) Legal
5 11 (9.02%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (9.02%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (7.38%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.92%) Automotive
8 5 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Publishing
9 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.64%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.64%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.64%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.82%) Billing
11 1 (0.82%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.82%) Marketing
11 1 (0.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (15.57%) Analyst
2 16 (13.11%) Architect
3 14 (11.48%) Developer
4 11 (9.02%) Business Analyst
5 9 (7.38%) Consultant
5 9 (7.38%) Java Developer
6 6 (4.92%) Senior
6 6 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (4.92%) Test Architect
7 5 (4.10%) AWS Developer
7 5 (4.10%) Change Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Network Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Tester
8 4 (3.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (3.28%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.28%) Governance Manager
8 4 (3.28%) Lead
8 4 (3.28%) SAP Consultant
8 4 (3.28%) Security Architect
8 4 (3.28%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.11%) REST
2 11 (9.02%) Spring
3 10 (8.20%) Spring Boot
4 9 (7.38%) SOAP
5 8 (6.56%) HTML
6 7 (5.74%) CSS
6 7 (5.74%) RESTful
6 7 (5.74%) Web Services
7 5 (4.10%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.10%) JSON
7 5 (4.10%) React
7 5 (4.10%) XML
8 4 (3.28%) Kafka
8 4 (3.28%) Middleware
8 4 (3.28%) PyTorch
8 4 (3.28%) Spring Cloud
8 4 (3.28%) Streamlit
8 4 (3.28%) TensorFlow
9 3 (2.46%) J2EE
9 3 (2.46%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.02%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.92%) Algorithms
2 6 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.10%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.28%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.46%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.46%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.64%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.64%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (1.64%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.64%) VSAM
7 1 (0.82%) CMDB
7 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.82%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.82%) Replication
7 1 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.74%) Apple iOS
1 7 (5.74%) Linux
1 7 (5.74%) Unix
2 6 (4.92%) Android
3 2 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (69.67%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (33.61%) Agile
3 23 (18.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (14.75%) Change Management
4 18 (14.75%) CI/CD
4 18 (14.75%) SDLC
5 17 (13.93%) Artificial Intelligence
5 17 (13.93%) Migration
5 17 (13.93%) Test Automation
6 16 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (13.11%) ITIL
7 15 (12.30%) Business Strategy
8 14 (11.48%) Business Analysis
8 14 (11.48%) Computer Science
8 14 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (11.48%) Decision-Making
8 14 (11.48%) Project Management
9 13 (10.66%) Scrum
9 13 (10.66%) Waterfall
10 12 (9.84%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.21%) Java
2 16 (13.11%) Python
3 12 (9.84%) SQL
4 10 (8.20%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.10%) Shell Script
6 4 (3.28%) Bash
6 4 (3.28%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.46%) Scala
8 2 (1.64%) COBOL
8 2 (1.64%) JCL
8 2 (1.64%) R
8 2 (1.64%) REXX
9 1 (0.82%) C#
9 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.82%) Perl
9 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (19.67%) Degree
2 9 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (6.56%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (4.92%) CCNP
6 5 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.28%) IIBA
7 4 (3.28%) ISEB
7 4 (3.28%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.46%) CBAP
8 3 (2.46%) CISSP
9 2 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.64%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.64%) CCNA
9 2 (1.64%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.82%) CCSE
10 1 (0.82%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.20%) GDPR
1 10 (8.20%) QA
2 4 (3.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (3.28%) SEPA
3 3 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.64%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (1.64%) COBIT
5 1 (0.82%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.82%) NIST
5 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.82%) PSD2
5 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.10%) Docker
3 2 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (6.56%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.10%) Ansible
3 4 (3.28%) HP ALM
4 3 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.64%) SCCM
6 1 (0.82%) QRadar
6 1 (0.82%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.48%) ServiceNow
3 13 (10.66%) SAP
4 10 (8.20%) Oracle
5 6 (4.92%) Cisco
5 6 (4.92%) F5
5 6 (4.92%) VMware
6 5 (4.10%) Fortinet
6 5 (4.10%) Infoblox
7 4 (3.28%) HP
7 4 (3.28%) Remedy
7 4 (3.28%) Splunk
8 3 (2.46%) BMC
8 3 (2.46%) Huawei
9 2 (1.64%) Ab Initio
9 2 (1.64%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (1.64%) Informatica
9 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.64%) Parasoft
9 2 (1.64%) SolarWinds