Analytical Skills Contracts in Manchester

Analytical Skills
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Manchester. 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 16 23 35
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 +13
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 89 93 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 9.61% 6.13% 5.02%
As % of the General category 16.98% 12.72% 10.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 60 59
10th Percentile £318 £348 £267
25th Percentile £445 £381 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £451 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% +6.18% -
75th Percentile £681 £550 £518
90th Percentile £735 £651 £650
North West median daily rate £500 £488 £438
% change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 3
10th Percentile £18.23 £13.48 £11.30
25th Percentile £26.45 £13.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £41.38 £16.17 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +155.91% +15.50% -3.45%
75th Percentile £57.57 £17.72 £40.25
90th Percentile £66.53 £63.14 £55.70
North West median hourly rate £24.76 £17.72 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.73% -49.37% +34.62%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 524 731 928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 56.59% 48.19% 49.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 477 647
10th Percentile £250 £313 £304
25th Percentile £375 £388 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £588
90th Percentile £676 £675 £659
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 62 39
10th Percentile - £12.27 £14.52
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £19.63
Median hourly rate £19.77 £21.73 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -13.10% +38.89%
75th Percentile £40.31 £31.50 £37.30
90th Percentile £72.75 £59.75 £45.05
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 Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Manchester

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Manchester

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Manchester

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Manchester

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Manchester

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester 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
Salford - 10 £716 - 14
Bolton -3 7 £150 -71.43% 99
Oldham +5 2 - - 8
Stockport -1 2 - - 72
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (8.99%) IBM Domino
2 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.37%) SAS
2 3 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.25%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.25%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.25%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (1.12%) CICS
Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.12%) Trello
5 1 (1.12%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (5.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.25%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (1.12%) SAP HR
4 1 (1.12%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.98%) AWS
1 16 (17.98%) Azure
2 15 (16.85%) GCP
3 4 (4.49%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.25%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.25%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.25%) GitHub
5 2 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.25%) IBM Cloud
5 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.25%) npm
5 2 (2.25%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.62%) DHCP
1 5 (5.62%) DNS
1 5 (5.62%) TCP/IP
2 4 (4.49%) VPN
3 2 (2.25%) Calico
3 2 (2.25%) DWDM
3 2 (2.25%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.25%) Firewall
3 2 (2.25%) Network Security
3 2 (2.25%) WAN
4 1 (1.12%) FTP
4 1 (1.12%) HTTP
4 1 (1.12%) PBX
4 1 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.12%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.12%) VoIP
4 1 (1.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) MongoDB
1 4 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.37%) Big Data
2 3 (3.37%) Data Mining
2 3 (3.37%) MySQL
2 3 (3.37%) SAP HANA
2 3 (3.37%) Tableau
3 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.25%) Hadoop
3 2 (2.25%) Power BI
4 1 (1.12%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.12%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.12%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.12%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.12%) HBase
4 1 (1.12%) InfluxDB
4 1 (1.12%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.12%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 7 (7.87%) JIRA
2 4 (4.49%) Git
2 4 (4.49%) GitLab
2 4 (4.49%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.49%) JMeter
2 4 (4.49%) LoadRunner
2 4 (4.49%) Selenium
3 2 (2.25%) Maven
4 1 (1.12%) Balsamiq
4 1 (1.12%) CircleCI
4 1 (1.12%) ERwin
General
1 62 (69.66%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.73%) Finance
3 12 (13.48%) Legal
4 8 (8.99%) Telecoms
5 7 (7.87%) Banking
5 7 (7.87%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (7.87%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.49%) French Language
6 4 (4.49%) Marketing
7 3 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Retail
9 1 (1.12%) Games
9 1 (1.12%) Law
9 1 (1.12%) Local Government
9 1 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.12%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 18 (20.22%) Architect
2 13 (14.61%) Analyst
3 12 (13.48%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (10.11%) Coordinator
5 8 (8.99%) CRM Coordinator
5 8 (8.99%) Migration Engineer
5 8 (8.99%) Technical Coordinator
6 6 (6.74%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.62%) Data Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Lead
7 5 (5.62%) Software Tester
7 5 (5.62%) Tester
8 4 (4.49%) Consultant
8 4 (4.49%) Data Migration Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) IT Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) IT Support
8 4 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Project Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Senior
8 4 (4.49%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.37%) Middleware
1 3 (3.37%) TensorFlow
2 2 (2.25%) HTML
2 2 (2.25%) Kafka
2 2 (2.25%) PyTorch
2 2 (2.25%) React
3 1 (1.12%) .NET
3 1 (1.12%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.12%) CSS
3 1 (1.12%) EDI
3 1 (1.12%) ISPF
3 1 (1.12%) Matplotlib
3 1 (1.12%) OAuth
3 1 (1.12%) OpenAPI
3 1 (1.12%) Pandas
3 1 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.12%) RESTful
3 1 (1.12%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.12%) XML
3 1 (1.12%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.11%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.99%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (7.87%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.49%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.49%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.37%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.25%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.25%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.25%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.25%) Replication
7 1 (1.12%) CCTV
7 1 (1.12%) CMDB
7 1 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.12%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.12%) MISP
7 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.12%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.36%) Windows
2 6 (6.74%) Linux
3 2 (2.25%) Android
3 2 (2.25%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.25%) HPUX
3 2 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.25%) Solaris
4 1 (1.12%) Unix
4 1 (1.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (75.28%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (20.22%) Decision-Making
3 15 (16.85%) DevOps
3 15 (16.85%) User Acceptance Testing
4 14 (15.73%) Agile
4 14 (15.73%) Data Management
4 14 (15.73%) Project Management
5 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
5 13 (14.61%) Validation
6 12 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (12.36%) CI/CD
7 11 (12.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 11 (12.36%) Migration
7 11 (12.36%) Software Engineering
7 11 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (11.24%) Change Management
8 10 (11.24%) Data Modelling
8 10 (11.24%) Service Management
8 10 (11.24%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.10%) SQL
2 8 (8.99%) Python
3 7 (7.87%) PL/SQL
4 3 (3.37%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.25%) R
5 2 (2.25%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.12%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.12%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (1.12%) Bash
6 1 (1.12%) Java
6 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.12%) JCL
Qualifications
1 23 (25.84%) Degree
2 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (12.36%) Security Cleared
3 10 (11.24%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.87%) AWS Certification
5 7 (7.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (7.87%) Azure Certification
6 6 (6.74%) ISTQB
7 4 (4.49%) A+ Certification
8 3 (3.37%) CCNA
8 3 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (3.37%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.37%) PMP
9 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.12%) CIPD
9 1 (1.12%) ISEB
9 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.61%) QA
2 4 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.37%) GDPR
4 2 (2.25%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.12%) COBIT
5 1 (1.12%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.62%) Docker
2 3 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.12%) Firmware
3 1 (1.12%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.49%) Terraform
2 2 (2.25%) Istio
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.12%) Ansible
3 1 (1.12%) CA Endevor
3 1 (1.12%) Grafana
3 1 (1.12%) Nagios
3 1 (1.12%) Nessus
3 1 (1.12%) OpenVAS
3 1 (1.12%) QRadar
3 1 (1.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.48%) Google
3 10 (11.24%) Oracle
4 8 (8.99%) SAP
5 6 (6.74%) IBM
5 6 (6.74%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.37%) Concur
6 3 (3.37%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.25%) Sun
8 1 (1.12%) BMC
8 1 (1.12%) Ericsson
8 1 (1.12%) Informatica
8 1 (1.12%) Kronos
8 1 (1.12%) Mitel
8 1 (1.12%) Qualys
8 1 (1.12%) Remedy
8 1 (1.12%) SEEBURGER
8 1 (1.12%) Siemens
8 1 (1.12%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.12%) Unisys