Data Analysis Contracts in Cheshire

Data Analysis
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 29 29
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 16 29 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.56% 5.75% 6.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 6.82% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 20
10th Percentile £313 £363 £400
25th Percentile £358 £463 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -18.37% +59.51%
75th Percentile £584 £538 £680
90th Percentile £614 £540 £684
North West median daily rate £425 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -10.53% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Median hourly rate - £26.66 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year - +15.16% -59.74%
North West median hourly rate £16.25 £26.66 £65.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -58.98% +251.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Data Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in Cheshire

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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 Data Analysis within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Warrington +1 6 £585 - 18
Knutsford - 4 £336 - 3
Alderley Edge - 2 £425 -
Macclesfield -6 1 £400 -20.00% 4
Crewe - 1 £400 - 1
Data Analysis
North West

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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 5 (31.25%) ArcGIS
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Adobe XD
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Architect
2 6 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (31.25%) Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Geospatial Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Business Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Change Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
5 1 (6.25%) Information Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Power BI Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Information Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Solutions Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) UI Designer
5 1 (6.25%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.25%) NHS
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
4 4 (25.00%) Analytics
4 4 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (18.75%) Business Case
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (18.75%) User Stories
6 2 (12.50%) Agile
6 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 2 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 2 (12.50%) Use Case
6 2 (12.50%) Validation
6 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) R
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) CBAP
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) COREP
1 2 (12.50%) FINREP
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Adobe
1 1 (6.25%) ESRI
1 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
1 1 (6.25%) Infoblox
1 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow