Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in the North West

Analytical Skills
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 260 241 181
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.52% 12.10% 6.48%
As % of the General category 13.96% 20.46% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 157 109
10th Percentile £301 £313 £375
25th Percentile £365 £384 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year -6.79% -3.65% +7.47%
75th Percentile £534 £614 £550
90th Percentile £599 £703 £613
England median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 26
10th Percentile £24.79 £18.38 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.49 £25.76 £13.50
Median hourly rate £37.91 £59.30 £22.19
Median % change year-on-year -36.07% +167.24% -36.60%
75th Percentile £77.50 £63.40 £43.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £73.78 £54.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +71.05% -56.68%

All General Skills
North West

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 general skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,863 1,178 1,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.91% 59.14% 52.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,057 755 866
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £379 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £473 £493
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -4.16% -1.40%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £577
90th Percentile £645 £675 £659
England median daily rate £520 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 100 200
10th Percentile £16.50 £12.98 £12.50
25th Percentile £25.38 £13.90 £15.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.01 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year +24.10% +35.15% -7.28%
75th Percentile £67.84 £59.48 £37.94
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.38 £51.88
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.17 £31.97
% change year-on-year +15.39% -11.90% +4.32%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the North West

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
Manchester -15 119 £423 -15.50% 134
Cheshire -6 88 £445 -7.62% 45
Lancashire -4 22 £588 +20.90% 51
Merseyside -9 16 £365 -2.67% 16
Cumbria +7 15 £491 +6.79% 6
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 20 (7.69%) Confluence
2 4 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.15%) SAS
4 2 (0.77%) JBoss
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.38%) Mule
5 1 (0.38%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.38%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.38%) WebLogic
Applications
1 24 (9.23%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (4.23%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (6.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.54%) Primavera
3 4 (1.54%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.77%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.38%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.38%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.38%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 38 (14.62%) Azure
2 30 (11.54%) AWS
3 26 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (8.85%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.08%) GCP
6 7 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.69%) SaaS
7 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.92%) Akamai
9 4 (1.54%) Apigee
9 4 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.54%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.15%) GitHub
10 3 (1.15%) Kong
10 3 (1.15%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.77%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.77%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (0.77%) dbt
11 2 (0.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.62%) Firewall
1 12 (4.62%) TCP/IP
2 8 (3.08%) DNS
3 5 (1.92%) BGP
3 5 (1.92%) HTTP
4 4 (1.54%) SAN
4 4 (1.54%) VPN
5 3 (1.15%) DHCP
5 3 (1.15%) NetScaler
6 2 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.77%) LAN
6 2 (0.77%) MPLS
6 2 (0.77%) Network Security
6 2 (0.77%) OSPF
6 2 (0.77%) SSL
6 2 (0.77%) VLAN
6 2 (0.77%) WAN
6 2 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.77%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.08%) Power BI
2 16 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.23%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.46%) Metadata
5 7 (2.69%) Tableau
6 6 (2.31%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.54%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.15%) DataStage
8 3 (1.15%) Db2
8 3 (1.15%) Power Query
8 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.77%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.77%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.77%) OLTP
10 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 32 (12.31%) JIRA
2 6 (2.31%) JUnit
3 5 (1.92%) GitLab
4 4 (1.54%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.54%) Git
4 4 (1.54%) Postman
5 3 (1.15%) Gradle
5 3 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.15%) Mockito
5 3 (1.15%) Ranorex
5 3 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.15%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.77%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.77%) Gatling
6 2 (0.77%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.77%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.77%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.77%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.38%) Maven
General
1 126 (48.46%) Social Skills
2 97 (37.31%) Finance
3 33 (12.69%) Banking
4 23 (8.85%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.31%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.54%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (5.00%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.46%) Legal
10 8 (3.08%) Local Government
11 7 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.69%) Retail Banking
12 6 (2.31%) Marketing
13 5 (1.92%) Automotive
13 5 (1.92%) Law
14 3 (1.15%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.15%) Publishing
15 2 (0.77%) Billing
15 2 (0.77%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 75 (28.85%) Analyst
2 30 (11.54%) Business Analyst
3 23 (8.85%) Lead
4 22 (8.46%) Senior
5 19 (7.31%) Developer
6 17 (6.54%) Project Manager
7 13 (5.00%) Finance Manager
7 13 (5.00%) Finance Project Manager
8 12 (4.62%) Administrator
9 11 (4.23%) IT Support
9 11 (4.23%) Security Engineer
9 11 (4.23%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (4.23%) Support Analyst
10 10 (3.85%) IT Analyst
11 9 (3.46%) Consultant
11 9 (3.46%) IT Support Analyst
12 8 (3.08%) Product Manager
13 7 (2.69%) Data Analyst
13 7 (2.69%) Technical Analyst
14 6 (2.31%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.77%) REST
2 10 (3.85%) SOAP
2 10 (3.85%) Swagger
2 10 (3.85%) XML
3 9 (3.46%) JSON
4 6 (2.31%) OpenAPI
5 5 (1.92%) RESTful
6 4 (1.54%) Middleware
7 3 (1.15%) CSS
7 3 (1.15%) Gherkin
7 3 (1.15%) JWT
7 3 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.15%) Node.js
7 3 (1.15%) OAuth
7 3 (1.15%) Playwright
7 3 (1.15%) React
7 3 (1.15%) Spring
7 3 (1.15%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.15%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.46%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (6.92%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.15%) Onboarding
3 16 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.69%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.54%) Digital Wallet
8 4 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.54%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.54%) PKI
8 4 (1.54%) Replication
8 4 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.15%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.15%) Housing Association
9 3 (1.15%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.69%) Windows
2 14 (5.38%) Linux
3 12 (4.62%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.69%) Unix
4 7 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.77%) AIX
7 2 (0.77%) HPUX
7 2 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.77%) Solaris
7 2 (0.77%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (58.46%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (23.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (20.38%) Agile
4 42 (16.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 40 (15.38%) Change Management
5 40 (15.38%) Migration
6 39 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 38 (14.62%) Project Management
7 38 (14.62%) Validation
8 34 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (12.69%) ITIL
10 30 (11.54%) Decision-Making
11 29 (11.15%) ERP
12 27 (10.38%) Analytics
12 27 (10.38%) Data Modelling
13 26 (10.00%) CI/CD
14 24 (9.23%) Roadmaps
14 24 (9.23%) Use Case
15 22 (8.46%) Data Analysis
15 22 (8.46%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.77%) SQL
2 34 (13.08%) Python
3 16 (6.15%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.23%) Java
5 7 (2.69%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.31%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.92%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.54%) C#
9 3 (1.15%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.15%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.15%) VBA
10 2 (0.77%) Bash
10 2 (0.77%) ProC
10 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.38%) ABAP
11 1 (0.38%) Korn
11 1 (0.38%) R
11 1 (0.38%) SOQL
11 1 (0.38%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 43 (16.54%) Degree
2 30 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 25 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.54%) CISSP
4 17 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (5.00%) A+ Certification
7 13 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (3.46%) CISM
10 8 (3.08%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.54%) CCNA
12 4 (1.54%) CEH
12 4 (1.54%) MCSE
13 3 (1.15%) CIMA
13 3 (1.15%) CRISC
13 3 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.15%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.23%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.46%) GRC
2 9 (3.46%) QA
3 8 (3.08%) SLA
4 6 (2.31%) GDPR
4 6 (2.31%) NIST
5 5 (1.92%) PSD2
6 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.54%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.54%) PMO
7 3 (1.15%) ISO 8583
7 3 (1.15%) NCSC
7 3 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.38%) GAAP
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (9.23%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.31%) Docker
3 3 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.15%) vSphere
4 2 (0.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.31%) Ansible
3 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.92%) SCCM
4 4 (1.54%) Terraform
5 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.77%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.77%) Istio
6 2 (0.77%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.38%) Grafana
7 1 (0.38%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 54 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.69%) SAP
3 20 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 14 (5.38%) Oracle
5 10 (3.85%) Splunk
6 6 (2.31%) BeyondTrust
6 6 (2.31%) Cisco
6 6 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (2.31%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.31%) HP
6 6 (2.31%) Remedy
6 6 (2.31%) Teradata
7 5 (1.92%) F5
8 4 (1.54%) Databricks
8 4 (1.54%) Dell
8 4 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.54%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.15%) Arista
9 3 (1.15%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.15%) Tanium