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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 5 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 +16
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 11 17 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 8.73% 13.28% 9.05%
As % of the General category 16.42% 22.37% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 14
10th Percentile £153 £154 £138
25th Percentile £341 £180 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £300 £490
Median % change year-on-year +94.33% -38.78% +0.77%
75th Percentile £667 £488 £586
90th Percentile £687 £548 £667
East of England median daily rate £528 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +17.33% - -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £16.38 £26.38
25th Percentile - £16.99 £32.82
Median hourly rate - £17.99 £44.59
Median % change year-on-year - -59.65% -
75th Percentile - £19.00 £55.32
90th Percentile - £19.60 £61.13
East of England median hourly rate £59.00 £17.99 £18.86
% change year-on-year +227.96% -4.61% -40.78%

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 67 76 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 53.17% 59.38% 55.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 42 88
10th Percentile £161 £180 £246
25th Percentile £225 £300 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -33.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £511 £497 £576
90th Percentile £637 £598 £603
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 6
10th Percentile - £18.79 £31.67
25th Percentile £13.25 £21.88 £47.19
Median hourly rate £22.50 £50.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.45% -27.86% +127.64%
75th Percentile £50.00 £64.25 £79.38
90th Percentile £74.30 £66.95 £84.72
East of England median hourly rate £28.75 £38.12 £17.72
% change year-on-year -24.58% +115.12% -10.55%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +5 5 £682 +127.33% 11
Colchester -2 2 £153 - 12
Brentwood +2 1 - - 2
Analytical Skills
East of England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (36.36%) SAS
2 1 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Power Query
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) TestRail
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (72.73%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Desktop Migration Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Migration Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Project Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) QA Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) R Developer
4 1 (9.09%) SAS Developer
4 1 (9.09%) SAS Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Credit Risk
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) Test Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Modelling
3 4 (36.36%) Credit Risk Management
3 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 4 (36.36%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 4 (36.36%) Scorecard
3 4 (36.36%) System Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Time Management
5 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 2 (18.18%) Workflow
5 2 (18.18%) Workflow Management
6 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
6 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) R
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Sage