Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Essex

Analytical Skills
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 10 22 28
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 8.77% 17.60% 12.44%
As % of the General category 16.67% 31.88% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 17
10th Percentile £153 £165 £106
25th Percentile £341 £180 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £308 £450
Median % change year-on-year +89.59% -31.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £667 £362 £575
90th Percentile £687 £589 £634
East of England median daily rate £528 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +17.33% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £16.38 -
25th Percentile - £16.99 £20.50
Median hourly rate - £17.99 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - -14.33% -
75th Percentile - £19.00 £26.26
90th Percentile - £19.60 £49.51
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £16.46 £20.00
% change year-on-year +203.77% -17.70% -38.32%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 60 69 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 52.63% 55.20% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 40 89
10th Percentile £147 £180 £186
25th Percentile £225 £300 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £335 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -33.00% -
75th Percentile £508 £450 £575
90th Percentile £662 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 13
10th Percentile - £17.59 £20.50
25th Percentile £13.25 £20.00 £22.09
Median hourly rate £29.75 £23.00 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year +29.35% -51.83% +19.38%
75th Percentile £64.43 £42.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £60.85 £79.50
East of England median hourly rate £20.75 £21.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year -2.90% +20.60% -10.55%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Essex

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Essex over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Essex

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
Basildon -2 4 £682 +116.51% 4
Colchester 0 2 £153 -74.50% 7
Brentwood +2 1 - - 5
Analytical Skills
East of England

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 4 (40.00%) SAS
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Power Query
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Migration Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Project Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Python Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Python Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) R Developer
4 1 (10.00%) SAS Developer
4 1 (10.00%) SAS Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 4 (40.00%) Credit Risk Management
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
2 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (40.00%) Scorecard
2 4 (40.00%) System Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Time Management
4 2 (20.00%) Workflow
4 2 (20.00%) Workflow Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) R
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Sage