Analytical Skills Contracts in Lancashire

Analytical Skills
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills 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 15 26 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 -15
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 14 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 8.00% 3.08% 4.96%
As % of the General category 15.91% 4.72% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 8
10th Percentile £451 - -
25th Percentile £509 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.77%
75th Percentile £550 - £500
90th Percentile £594 - £545
North West median daily rate £500 £488 £438
% change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £20.37 £11.39 £47.35
25th Percentile £22.05 - £49.14
Median hourly rate £24.67 £11.77 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year +109.62% -77.42% +25.61%
75th Percentile £34.47 - £54.69
90th Percentile £49.37 £20.26 £55.72
North West median hourly rate £24.76 £17.72 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.73% -49.37% +34.62%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 88 127 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 50.29% 65.13% 50.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 54 85
10th Percentile £330 £313 £355
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% +13.29%
75th Percentile £615 £714 £675
90th Percentile £663 £781 £733
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 50 10
10th Percentile £20.37 £14.68 £19.11
25th Percentile £25.29 - £39.81
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £47.79
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -66.39% +17.87%
75th Percentile £40.20 £35.23 £53.26
90th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £57.43
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Lancashire

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Lancashire

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Lancashire

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Lancashire

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Lancashire

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire 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
Burnley -3 5 - -
Preston -2 4 £488 - 75
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (35.71%) MS Visio
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (7.14%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) LAN
1 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 2 (14.29%) Intranet
3 1 (7.14%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 5 (35.71%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Local Government
5 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (7.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Desktop Support
1 5 (35.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Support Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) ABAP Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Logistics Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (7.14%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Life Science
3 1 (7.14%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
1 5 (35.71%) Windows 10
1 5 (35.71%) Windows 8
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2012
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2016
1 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 7 (50.00%) Time Management
3 6 (42.86%) Business Case
3 6 (42.86%) ITIL
4 5 (35.71%) Asset Management
4 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 5 (35.71%) Proactive Maintenance
4 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
4 5 (35.71%) Technical Analysis
5 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (14.29%) Content Management
6 2 (14.29%) Information Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (14.29%) User Experience
7 1 (7.14%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.14%) GxP
1 1 (7.14%) HIPAA
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Canon
3 1 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow