Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends 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 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 11 20
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 304 243 209
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 9.70% 10.57% 8.04%
As % of the General category 16.62% 16.92% 15.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 147 136
10th Percentile £246 £263 £238
25th Percentile £363 £359 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £548
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.24% +21.67%
75th Percentile £540 £612 £650
90th Percentile £615 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 7
10th Percentile £19.55 £17.92 £10.76
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.43 £12.51
Median hourly rate £25.42 £26.13 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% -14.34% +41.60%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.34 £71.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £30.68 £77.50
England median hourly rate £34.14 £25.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year +36.54% -22.65% -18.18%

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 1,829 1,436 1,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 58.38% 62.49% 52.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 893 941
10th Percentile £206 £213 £205
25th Percentile £363 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £569 £594 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 59 72
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.15
25th Percentile £16.14 £17.00 £16.38
Median hourly rate £22.27 £23.82 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -6.53% +13.36% +24.08%
75th Percentile £27.21 £31.54 £48.50
90th Percentile £40.25 £50.50 £64.00
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.31 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.21% -8.17% +32.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 December 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 18 December 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 -3 238 £485 -5.32% 295
East Midlands -1 65 £410 -1.38% 271
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 18 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.30%) Confluence
3 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.64%) HCL Notes
5 4 (1.32%) Apache
6 3 (0.99%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.99%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.33%) IIS
8 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (10.86%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.96%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.96%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.64%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.64%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.99%) Trello
6 2 (0.66%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.66%) Maya
6 2 (0.66%) Navisworks
6 2 (0.66%) Revit
6 2 (0.66%) Sketch
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.33%) CATIA
7 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.33%) NUKE
7 1 (0.33%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.63%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.64%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.32%) SAP HR
3 4 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.66%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.66%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.33%) Primavera
6 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.33%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.53%) Azure
2 28 (9.21%) AWS
3 24 (7.89%) Power Platform
4 22 (7.24%) GCP
5 14 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.29%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.96%) PowerApps
8 8 (2.63%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.97%) Akamai
9 6 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.97%) Lucidchart
9 6 (1.97%) Serverless
10 5 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.32%) Apigee
11 4 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.32%) Cloud Functions
12 3 (0.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.26%) Firewall
1 16 (5.26%) VPN
2 11 (3.62%) DHCP
2 11 (3.62%) DNS
3 7 (2.30%) LAN
4 6 (1.97%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.97%) Wireless
4 6 (1.97%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.64%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.64%) Network Security
5 5 (1.64%) SSH
5 5 (1.64%) Structured Cabling
5 5 (1.64%) WAN
6 4 (1.32%) BGP
6 4 (1.32%) IPv4
6 4 (1.32%) IPv6
6 4 (1.32%) MPLS
6 4 (1.32%) OSPF
6 4 (1.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.24%) Power BI
2 14 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.62%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (2.96%) Tableau
5 8 (2.63%) MySQL
5 8 (2.63%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.97%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.97%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.32%) Apache Hive
7 4 (1.32%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.32%) Metadata
7 4 (1.32%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.99%) Big Data
8 3 (0.99%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.99%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.99%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 22 (7.24%) JIRA
2 14 (4.61%) Git
3 5 (1.64%) PVCS
3 5 (1.64%) Selenium
4 4 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.99%) JUnit
5 3 (0.99%) Postman
6 2 (0.66%) GitLab
7 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.33%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.33%) JMeter
7 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.33%) WebDriver
General
1 183 (60.20%) Social Skills
2 56 (18.42%) Finance
3 18 (5.92%) Banking
3 18 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.28%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.95%) Legal
7 11 (3.62%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.96%) Marketing
9 9 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.30%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.64%) Retail
13 4 (1.32%) Law
14 3 (0.99%) Automotive
14 3 (0.99%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.66%) Games
15 2 (0.66%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 73 (24.01%) Analyst
2 28 (9.21%) Business Analyst
3 27 (8.88%) Consultant
4 24 (7.89%) Developer
5 18 (5.92%) Architect
6 17 (5.59%) Lead
7 13 (4.28%) Senior
7 13 (4.28%) Support Analyst
8 12 (3.95%) IT Analyst
8 12 (3.95%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.62%) Junior
9 11 (3.62%) Site Engineer
9 11 (3.62%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 11 (3.62%) Splunk Engineer
10 10 (3.29%) IT Support
11 9 (2.96%) IT Support Analyst
12 8 (2.63%) Support Engineer
13 7 (2.30%) 1st Line Support
13 7 (2.30%) Desktop Support
13 7 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.62%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (3.29%) SAML
3 7 (2.30%) HTML
4 6 (1.97%) Kafka
4 6 (1.97%) LDAP
4 6 (1.97%) OAuth
4 6 (1.97%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.64%) Lightning Web Components
5 5 (1.64%) Middleware
5 5 (1.64%) REST
5 5 (1.64%) XML
6 4 (1.32%) CSS
6 4 (1.32%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.32%) Node.js
6 4 (1.32%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.32%) SAP PI
6 4 (1.32%) SOAP
6 4 (1.32%) Visualforce
7 3 (0.99%) .NET
7 3 (0.99%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (7.24%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.92%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.59%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.28%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.30%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (2.30%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.97%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.64%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.64%) e-Learning
10 5 (1.64%) Graphic Design
10 5 (1.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.32%) Social Media
12 3 (0.99%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.86%) Windows
2 26 (8.55%) Linux
3 20 (6.58%) Unix
4 12 (3.95%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.64%) AIX
5 5 (1.64%) Android
5 5 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.64%) Solaris
6 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (54.61%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (24.01%) Agile
3 64 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (16.45%) Change Management
5 38 (12.50%) Project Management
6 35 (11.51%) Data Modelling
7 34 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (11.18%) Decision-Making
8 33 (10.86%) ITIL
9 32 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (9.54%) Migration
11 27 (8.88%) Customer Service
11 27 (8.88%) DevOps
12 26 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (7.89%) CI/CD
14 23 (7.57%) Roadmaps
15 21 (6.91%) ETL
16 20 (6.58%) Computer Science
16 20 (6.58%) CRM
16 20 (6.58%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.42%) Python
2 36 (11.84%) SQL
3 19 (6.25%) Java
4 17 (5.59%) Bash
4 17 (5.59%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.63%) Shell Script
6 7 (2.30%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.97%) VBA
8 5 (1.64%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.64%) Perl
8 5 (1.64%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.64%) Scala
9 4 (1.32%) C#
9 4 (1.32%) R
10 3 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.66%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) COBOL
12 1 (0.33%) Go
12 1 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 48 (15.79%) Degree
2 41 (13.49%) Security Cleared
3 35 (11.51%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.96%) CISSP
7 6 (1.97%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.97%) CCNP
7 6 (1.97%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.64%) MCDST
8 5 (1.64%) MCP
8 5 (1.64%) PMP
9 4 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.32%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.32%) CCIE
9 4 (1.32%) CCNA
9 4 (1.32%) CCSP
9 4 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.59%) QA
2 16 (5.26%) PCI DSS
3 13 (4.28%) GDPR
3 13 (4.28%) SLA
4 11 (3.62%) NIST
5 10 (3.29%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.30%) PMO
8 5 (1.64%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.99%) FIPS 140-2
9 3 (0.99%) GRC
9 3 (0.99%) PSD2
9 3 (0.99%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.66%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.66%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.66%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.66%) WCAG
11 1 (0.33%) COBIT
11 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.93%) Docker
3 5 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.99%) HDFS
4 3 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) IAG
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.93%) Ansible
3 11 (3.62%) Kibana
4 10 (3.29%) Puppet
5 6 (1.97%) CSIRT
5 6 (1.97%) SCCM
6 4 (1.32%) Grafana
6 4 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.32%) Terraform
7 3 (0.99%) Hadoop YARN
7 3 (0.99%) Oozie
7 3 (0.99%) QRadar
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.33%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.33%) logstash
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.33%) Rsyslog
8 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 57 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.54%) Splunk
3 24 (7.89%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.59%) SAP
5 15 (4.93%) CyberArk
6 13 (4.28%) BeyondTrust
6 13 (4.28%) Cisco
7 12 (3.95%) Oracle
8 11 (3.62%) F5
8 11 (3.62%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.30%) Workday
10 6 (1.97%) VMware
11 5 (1.64%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.64%) Google
11 5 (1.64%) IBM
11 5 (1.64%) iManage
11 5 (1.64%) Lotus
11 5 (1.64%) Meraki
11 5 (1.64%) Mitel
11 5 (1.64%) Palo Alto