Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Chester

Analytical Skills
Cheshire > Chester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 15 8
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 27 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 21.26% 4.23% 9.09%
As % of the General category 30.00% 4.84% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £528 £529 £524
25th Percentile £627 £534 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £563 £588
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.26% +8.05%
75th Percentile £750 £584 £641
90th Percentile £758 £586 £661
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £496 £505
% change year-on-year -9.90% -1.76% -1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.75 £19.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £20.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -52.94% -
75th Percentile £55.63 £21.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.85 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £41.00 £22.09 £17.72
% change year-on-year +85.60% +24.66% +54.09%

All General Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 90 62 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 70.87% 87.32% 84.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 21 7
10th Percentile £150 £425 £435
25th Percentile £413 £513 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £552 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +5.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £626 £600 £628
90th Percentile £688 £675 £749
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £519
% change year-on-year -9.10% -3.61% +15.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 15
10th Percentile £21.66 - £17.14
25th Percentile £21.75 £16.00 £17.49
Median hourly rate £29.86 £20.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.30% -39.39% +105.35%
75th Percentile £37.46 £29.60 £36.13
90th Percentile £39.83 £86.00 £40.00
Cheshire median hourly rate £23.50 £24.09 £25.03
% change year-on-year -2.45% -3.74% +58.89%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Chester

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Chester over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Chester

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Chester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Chester over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Chester

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (25.93%) Exchange Server 2013
2 7 (25.93%) Skype for Business
3 1 (3.70%) Confluence
3 1 (3.70%) JBoss
3 1 (3.70%) Mule
3 1 (3.70%) Mule ESB
3 1 (3.70%) Tomcat
3 1 (3.70%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (40.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (40.74%) MS Visio
3 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) SAP EWM
1 1 (3.70%) SAP HCM
1 1 (3.70%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (29.63%) OneDrive
3 2 (7.41%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) Skype
2 6 (22.22%) DMZ
2 6 (22.22%) DNS
2 6 (22.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 6 (22.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 6 (22.22%) Network Security
3 4 (14.81%) LAN
3 4 (14.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) MS Access
2 1 (3.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Appium
1 1 (3.70%) Cucumber
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
1 1 (3.70%) JUnit
1 1 (3.70%) Selenium
General
1 21 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 12 (44.44%) Finance
3 8 (29.63%) Banking
4 4 (14.81%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Operational Support Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Operations Support Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Support Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Risk Management Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.70%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Implementation Coordinator
5 1 (3.70%) Management Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Middleware
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.70%) J2EE
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) React
2 1 (3.70%) Spring
2 1 (3.70%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.70%) Web Services
2 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (37.04%) Project Management
3 8 (29.63%) Business Strategy
4 7 (25.93%) Analytical Thinking
4 7 (25.93%) ITIL
4 7 (25.93%) Migration
4 7 (25.93%) Problem Management
4 7 (25.93%) Six Sigma
4 7 (25.93%) Validation
5 6 (22.22%) Load Balancing
6 5 (18.52%) Risk Management
7 4 (14.81%) Agile
7 4 (14.81%) Analytics
7 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
7 4 (14.81%) Compliance Audit
7 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (14.81%) Data Analytics
7 4 (14.81%) Network Architecture
7 4 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (11.11%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.41%) Python
3 1 (3.70%) ABAP
3 1 (3.70%) C#
3 1 (3.70%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.70%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
2 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
2 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.41%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) GDPR
1 1 (3.70%) ISO 20022
1 1 (3.70%) PSD2
1 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (25.93%) SCCM
2 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Autotask
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) F5
2 6 (22.22%) VMware
3 5 (18.52%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) AppDynamics
4 1 (3.70%) Dynatrace
4 1 (3.70%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Splunk
4 1 (3.70%) UiPath