Analytical Skills Contracts in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 16 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +19
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 202 231 335
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.57% 8.40% 9.73%
As % of the General category 16.93% 15.31% 17.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 168 208
10th Percentile £165 £313 £208
25th Percentile £317 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £573 £688 £550
90th Percentile £678 £813 £638
England median daily rate £525 £537 £535
% change year-on-year -2.21% +0.34% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 23 5
10th Percentile £16.83 £11.83 £19.63
25th Percentile £22.81 £12.75 £20.49
Median hourly rate £30.00 £14.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -40.43% +59.32%
75th Percentile £30.68 £16.46 £25.88
90th Percentile £39.17 £26.98 £40.35
England median hourly rate £28.15 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year +52.16% -50.99% +0.67%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,193 1,509 1,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.43% 54.85% 55.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 1,031 1,360
10th Percentile £190 £206 £213
25th Percentile £344 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 167 83
10th Percentile £13.96 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.77 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.23% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.58 £53.80 £51.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £33.91
% change year-on-year -6.67% -11.53% +57.72%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
West Midlands +3 158 £475 -13.64% 328
East Midlands +4 43 £414 -9.26% 199
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (2.97%) Confluence
2 5 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.98%) IIS
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.98%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 4 (1.98%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.49%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.99%) SAS
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.48%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (1.49%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.99%) Magento
3 2 (0.99%) Maximo
3 2 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.50%) Actimize
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.50%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.50%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 36 (17.82%) Azure
2 29 (14.36%) Power Platform
3 20 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.92%) AWS
5 10 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.95%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.46%) SuccessFactors
7 8 (3.96%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.97%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.97%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.48%) GCP
10 5 (2.48%) Serverless
11 4 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.98%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.49%) AWS KMS
12 3 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.95%) VPN
2 9 (4.46%) Firewall
3 8 (3.96%) VLAN
4 7 (3.47%) Network Security
5 6 (2.97%) BGP
5 6 (2.97%) OSPF
5 6 (2.97%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.98%) IPsec
6 4 (1.98%) LAN
6 4 (1.98%) SSL
7 3 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.99%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.99%) Internet
8 2 (0.99%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.99%) WAN
8 2 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.50%) DHCP
9 1 (0.50%) DNS
9 1 (0.50%) IPv4
9 1 (0.50%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.40%) Power BI
2 10 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.97%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.98%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.98%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.49%) Power Query
6 3 (1.49%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.49%) Tableau
7 2 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.99%) Metadata
8 1 (0.50%) Big Data
8 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (5.45%) Git
1 11 (5.45%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.96%) JIRA
3 5 (2.48%) Selenium
3 5 (2.48%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.98%) JMeter
4 4 (1.98%) JUnit
4 4 (1.98%) Maven
4 4 (1.98%) Mockito
5 3 (1.49%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (1.49%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.49%) DbUnit
5 3 (1.49%) GitLab
5 3 (1.49%) jMock
5 3 (1.49%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (1.49%) Postman
5 3 (1.49%) REST Assured
5 3 (1.49%) TestNG
5 3 (1.49%) Travis CI
6 2 (0.99%) Chocolatey
General
1 130 (64.36%) Social Skills
2 38 (18.81%) Finance
3 15 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (5.45%) Legal
6 10 (4.95%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.95%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.46%) Banking
7 9 (4.46%) Retail
8 8 (3.96%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.97%) Automotive
9 6 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.98%) Law
10 4 (1.98%) Marketing
11 3 (1.49%) Back Office
11 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.49%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.99%) Games
12 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (24.26%) Analyst
2 20 (9.90%) Business Analyst
3 19 (9.41%) Architect
4 18 (8.91%) Lead
5 13 (6.44%) Developer
6 12 (5.94%) Senior
7 11 (5.45%) Consultant
7 11 (5.45%) Data Analyst
8 9 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.46%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.96%) Data Engineer
9 8 (3.96%) Desktop Engineer
10 7 (3.47%) Windows Engineer
11 6 (2.97%) Junior
11 6 (2.97%) Service Analyst
11 6 (2.97%) Service Desk Analyst
12 5 (2.48%) 2nd Line Support
12 5 (2.48%) IT Support
12 5 (2.48%) Project Manager
13 4 (1.98%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.46%) HTML
2 8 (3.96%) Middleware
3 7 (3.47%) RESTful
4 6 (2.97%) .NET
5 5 (2.48%) SailPoint
6 4 (1.98%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.98%) LDAP
6 4 (1.98%) REST
6 4 (1.98%) SOAP
6 4 (1.98%) Spring
7 3 (1.49%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.49%) Bootstrap
7 3 (1.49%) CSS
7 3 (1.49%) Hibernate
7 3 (1.49%) Kafka
7 3 (1.49%) PowerMock
7 3 (1.49%) Spring Batch
7 3 (1.49%) Spring Integration
7 3 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.45%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.95%) Data Structures
3 9 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.96%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.96%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.47%) IoT
5 7 (3.47%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.97%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.97%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.48%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (2.48%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.98%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.49%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.99%) CMDB
10 2 (0.99%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.99%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.92%) Windows
2 13 (6.44%) Windows 10
3 11 (5.45%) Linux
4 4 (1.98%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (0.99%) Android
5 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.99%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (61.88%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (25.74%) Agile
3 32 (15.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (14.85%) Data Analysis
5 29 (14.36%) Project Management
6 27 (13.37%) Business Intelligence
6 27 (13.37%) DevOps
7 25 (12.38%) Computer Science
8 23 (11.39%) Migration
9 22 (10.89%) Data Modelling
10 21 (10.40%) Analytics
10 21 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (10.40%) Data Integration
10 21 (10.40%) Decision-Making
11 19 (9.41%) Visualisation
12 18 (8.91%) CI/CD
12 18 (8.91%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (8.91%) Customer Service
12 18 (8.91%) Data Governance
13 17 (8.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 34 (16.83%) SQL
2 22 (10.89%) Python
3 11 (5.45%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.95%) Java
4 10 (4.95%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.47%) C#
6 6 (2.97%) Bash
7 3 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.99%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.99%) C
8 2 (0.99%) C++
8 2 (0.99%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.99%) R
8 2 (0.99%) Scala
9 1 (0.50%) Bicep
9 1 (0.50%) Perl
9 1 (0.50%) PHP
9 1 (0.50%) RPG
9 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (18.81%) Degree
2 21 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (9.41%) Security Cleared
4 11 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.47%) CISSP
6 6 (2.97%) CEH
7 5 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.48%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.48%) PMP
8 4 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.98%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.98%) CCSE
8 4 (1.98%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.98%) HNC
8 4 (1.98%) HND
8 4 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.49%) CCENT
9 3 (1.49%) CISM
9 3 (1.49%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.90%) QA
2 12 (5.94%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.96%) SLA
4 5 (2.48%) GDPR
4 5 (2.48%) NIST
4 5 (2.48%) PMO
5 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.99%) MISRA
5 2 (0.99%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.99%) NCSC
5 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.99%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.50%) COSHH
6 1 (0.50%) GRC
6 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.50%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (13.37%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.94%) Docker
3 3 (1.49%) Postfix
4 2 (0.99%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.98%) FortiGate
2 4 (1.98%) SCCM
2 4 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.49%) Ansible
3 3 (1.49%) Grafana
3 3 (1.49%) Kibana
3 3 (1.49%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.39%) SAP
3 18 (8.91%) ServiceNow
4 15 (7.43%) Oracle
5 7 (3.47%) Cisco
6 4 (1.98%) CheckPoint
6 4 (1.98%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.98%) Databricks
6 4 (1.98%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.49%) Adobe
7 3 (1.49%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.49%) Informatica
7 3 (1.49%) Jaspersoft
7 3 (1.49%) Lotus
7 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.99%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.99%) Citrix
8 2 (0.99%) Epicor
8 2 (0.99%) Genesys
8 2 (0.99%) Juniper