Analytical Skills Contracts in Dorset

Analytical Skills
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 24 27
Rank change year-on-year +16 +3 -11
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 13 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 15.29% 2.29% 3.76%
As % of the General category 22.41% 4.88% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £175 £700
Median % change year-on-year +214.29% -75.00% +64.71%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile £583 - -
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £54.67
25th Percentile - - £56.30
Median hourly rate - - £72.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £74.79
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £61.15
% change year-on-year -18.75% -34.59% +21.81%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58 82 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 68.24% 46.86% 51.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 33 51
10th Percentile £208 £270 £281
25th Percentile £406 £325 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -27.08% +21.83%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £666
90th Percentile £595 £765 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.46% +9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 32 34
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.87 £14.41
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.69 £17.65
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.81 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -70.14% +15.45%
75th Percentile £15.75 £50.00 £61.68
90th Percentile £17.06 £57.33 £70.06
South West median hourly rate £34.34 £45.00 £59.80
% change year-on-year -23.69% -24.75% +42.38%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Dorset

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Dorset

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Dorset

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 29 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
Blandford Forum - 8 £550 -
Bournemouth +8 3 - - 136
Poole - 1 - - 1
Analytical Skills
South West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 4 (30.77%) Confluence
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Skype
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) JIRA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Wintel Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Integration Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Integration Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Research Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Flash
2 3 (23.08%) AngularJS
2 3 (23.08%) CSS
2 3 (23.08%) HTML
2 3 (23.08%) jQuery
2 3 (23.08%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Clustering
1 4 (30.77%) PKI
2 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Service Management
2 8 (61.54%) Critical Thinking
2 8 (61.54%) NsoIT
2 8 (61.54%) System Testing
3 7 (53.85%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 4 (30.77%) High Availability
4 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Network Virtualisation
4 4 (30.77%) Power Management
4 4 (30.77%) Validation
4 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
5 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 3 (23.08%) Community of Practice
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
5 3 (23.08%) Operational Stability
5 3 (23.08%) Responsive Web Design
5 3 (23.08%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) CCNA
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) Master's Degree
2 4 (30.77%) MCSE
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
1 4 (30.77%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (30.77%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) vCenter Server
1 4 (30.77%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Atlassian
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) VMware
3 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow