Analytical Skills Contracts in the North of England

Analytical Skills
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 26 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 354 348 446
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.43% 5.96% 6.18%
As % of the General category 13.57% 10.82% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 222 287
10th Percentile £290 £271 £209
25th Percentile £400 £377 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £471 £463
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% +1.89% +2.78%
75th Percentile £582 £550 £538
90th Percentile £642 £649 £607
England median daily rate £538 £533 £525
% change year-on-year +0.84% +1.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 14 52
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.58 £10.75
25th Percentile £13.31 £23.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.39 £35.00 £22.77
Median % change year-on-year -50.31% +53.71% -2.98%
75th Percentile £25.18 £49.10 £43.99
90th Percentile £43.75 £55.38 £50.68
England median hourly rate £18.50 £35.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -47.89% -5.33% +78.57%

All General Skills
North of England

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,609 3,217 3,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.76% 55.11% 50.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,535 2,205 2,609
10th Percentile £248 £300 £205
25th Percentile £397 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% +7.89% +7.53%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £560
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 99 184
10th Percentile £12.11 £13.99 £11.18
25th Percentile £13.30 £17.49 £14.87
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -35.76% +33.69% -5.96%
75th Percentile £27.00 £38.75 £31.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £53.06 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North of England

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
North West +3 190 £475 +8.57% 455
Yorkshire +15 138 £514 -2.10% 254
North East +27 25 £590 +125.84% 76
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 13 (3.67%) Confluence
2 7 (1.98%) Apache
3 5 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.41%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.13%) IIS
5 3 (0.85%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.56%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.56%) Mule
6 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.28%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) JBoss
7 1 (0.28%) nginx
Applications
1 44 (12.43%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (4.24%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (3.39%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.85%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.85%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.28%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.71%) Azure
2 42 (11.86%) AWS
3 38 (10.73%) Power Platform
4 20 (5.65%) GCP
5 19 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.54%) OneDrive
7 9 (2.54%) PowerApps
8 8 (2.26%) GitHub
9 6 (1.69%) Apigee
9 6 (1.69%) Kong
10 5 (1.41%) SaaS
11 4 (1.13%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.85%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.85%) IaaS
12 3 (0.85%) OCI
12 3 (0.85%) PaaS
12 3 (0.85%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.80%) TCP/IP
1 17 (4.80%) VLAN
2 13 (3.67%) VPN
3 12 (3.39%) LAN
3 12 (3.39%) WAN
3 12 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (3.11%) DNS
4 11 (3.11%) Firewall
5 10 (2.82%) HTTP
6 7 (1.98%) DSL
7 6 (1.69%) SSL
8 5 (1.41%) BGP
8 5 (1.41%) HTTPS
8 5 (1.41%) OSPF
9 4 (1.13%) DHCP
9 4 (1.13%) H.323
10 3 (0.85%) MPLS
10 3 (0.85%) Skype
10 3 (0.85%) Value-Added Service
10 3 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.17%) Power BI
2 14 (3.95%) Relational Database
2 14 (3.95%) Tableau
3 12 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.54%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.69%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.69%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.41%) Metadata
7 4 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.13%) Big Data
7 4 (1.13%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.85%) GIS
8 3 (0.85%) QGIS
8 3 (0.85%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.56%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.56%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (7.63%) JIRA
2 15 (4.24%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.39%) Git
4 6 (1.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 6 (1.69%) CircleCI
4 6 (1.69%) GitLab
4 6 (1.69%) Travis CI
5 3 (0.85%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.85%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.56%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.56%) Log4j
6 2 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.28%) GoCD
7 1 (0.28%) Pa11y
7 1 (0.28%) Postman
7 1 (0.28%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.28%) Selenium
7 1 (0.28%) TestCafe
7 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 202 (57.06%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.08%) Finance
3 58 (16.38%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.37%) Manufacturing
5 18 (5.08%) Banking
6 17 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (3.39%) Legal
8 10 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.26%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.69%) Police
13 4 (1.13%) Marketing
13 4 (1.13%) Retail
14 3 (0.85%) Local Government
14 3 (0.85%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.56%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.28%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 80 (22.60%) Analyst
2 33 (9.32%) Business Analyst
3 30 (8.47%) Senior
4 21 (5.93%) Architect
5 20 (5.65%) Data Analyst
6 19 (5.37%) Lead
7 18 (5.08%) Developer
8 14 (3.95%) Capacity Manager
9 13 (3.67%) IT Engineer
10 12 (3.39%) Availability Manager
10 12 (3.39%) Capacity and Availability Manager
10 12 (3.39%) Network Engineer
10 12 (3.39%) Storage Engineer
11 11 (3.11%) Consultant
12 10 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (2.82%) Support Engineer
13 9 (2.54%) Administrator
13 9 (2.54%) Data Architect
13 9 (2.54%) Windows Engineer
14 8 (2.26%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.82%) Kafka
2 8 (2.26%) Web Services
3 6 (1.69%) ActiveMQ
3 6 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.69%) JSON
3 6 (1.69%) XML
3 6 (1.69%) YAML
4 5 (1.41%) REST
5 4 (1.13%) React
6 3 (0.85%) .NET
6 3 (0.85%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.85%) Middleware
6 3 (0.85%) Node.js
6 3 (0.85%) React Native
7 2 (0.56%) Express.js
7 2 (0.56%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.56%) Jest
7 2 (0.56%) PySpark
7 2 (0.56%) Sass
7 2 (0.56%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.99%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 19 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (5.08%) Replication
5 15 (4.24%) Virtual Team
6 14 (3.95%) CMDB
7 11 (3.11%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.82%) NHS
9 8 (2.26%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.98%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.41%) Life Science
12 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.13%) IVR
13 3 (0.85%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.85%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.85%) EMC VNX
13 3 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
13 3 (0.85%) Lidar
13 3 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 57 (16.10%) Windows
2 40 (11.30%) Linux
3 13 (3.67%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.82%) Unix
5 7 (1.98%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.69%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.69%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.85%) AIX
8 3 (0.85%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.85%) Solaris
8 3 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (59.32%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (18.93%) Agile
3 58 (16.38%) Project Management
4 50 (14.12%) Service Management
5 48 (13.56%) Change Management
6 43 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (10.17%) Customer Service
8 36 (10.17%) Mentoring
9 34 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (8.76%) ITIL
10 31 (8.76%) Quality Management
11 28 (7.91%) Statistics
12 27 (7.63%) Analytics
12 27 (7.63%) CI/CD
12 27 (7.63%) Service Delivery
13 26 (7.34%) DevOps
14 25 (7.06%) Data Protection
15 24 (6.78%) ITSM
16 23 (6.50%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.73%) SQL
2 26 (7.34%) Python
3 14 (3.95%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.26%) Bash
5 7 (1.98%) Java
5 7 (1.98%) Ruby
6 6 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.85%) C#
8 3 (0.85%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.85%) R
8 3 (0.85%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.85%) VBA
9 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.56%) Perl
9 2 (0.56%) Scala
10 1 (0.28%) ABAP
10 1 (0.28%) CQL
10 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (14.41%) Degree
2 46 (12.99%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.32%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.69%) CCNA
6 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.13%) CCNP
7 4 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.13%) MCSE
7 4 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.13%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.85%) CCIE
8 3 (0.85%) OSCP
8 3 (0.85%) PMP
8 3 (0.85%) VCAP
9 2 (0.56%) ACCA
9 2 (0.56%) CISSP
9 2 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 18 (5.08%) QA
3 12 (3.39%) GDPR
4 11 (3.11%) SLA
5 6 (1.69%) GxP
6 5 (1.41%) GAMP
7 4 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.13%) PMO
8 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.56%) COREP
10 1 (0.28%) FINREP
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (3.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.54%) Docker
3 7 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.85%) SRDF
5 2 (0.56%) HDFS
5 2 (0.56%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (10.17%) Ansible
2 28 (7.91%) Puppet
3 15 (4.24%) NetBackup
4 13 (3.67%) Progress Chef
5 10 (2.82%) Terraform
6 9 (2.54%) Kubernetes
6 9 (2.54%) SCCM
7 8 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.98%) CFEngine
8 7 (1.98%) Grafana
8 7 (1.98%) Kibana
8 7 (1.98%) PowerBroker
9 6 (1.69%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (1.69%) logstash
9 6 (1.69%) Prometheus
9 6 (1.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.85%) EMC TimeFinder
11 2 (0.56%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.56%) Nagios
11 2 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 69 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.34%) ServiceNow
3 20 (5.65%) SAP
4 16 (4.52%) Cisco
5 15 (4.24%) Citrix
5 15 (4.24%) Veritas
6 14 (3.95%) Brocade
7 12 (3.39%) Aruba
7 12 (3.39%) VMware
8 11 (3.11%) 3Com
8 11 (3.11%) Juniper
8 11 (3.11%) Meraki
9 8 (2.26%) Google
9 8 (2.26%) Oracle
9 8 (2.26%) Splunk
10 7 (1.98%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.98%) IBM
10 7 (1.98%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.69%) Apple
11 6 (1.69%) Solace