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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 10 21
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 255 237 180
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.45% 11.95% 6.43%
As % of the General category 13.84% 20.12% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 153 106
10th Percentile £300 £313 £375
25th Percentile £362 £384 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% -3.11% +4.03%
75th Percentile £527 £614 £541
90th Percentile £595 £703 £613
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 10 26
10th Percentile £24.55 £18.38 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.49 £25.76 £13.50
Median hourly rate £40.97 £59.30 £22.19
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +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 £19.50
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.67% -55.54%

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 1,843 1,178 1,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.87% 59.38% 52.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 750 871
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £372 £378 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £469 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -4.87% -1.40%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £581
90th Percentile £642 £675 £663
England median daily rate £519 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.23% -1.66% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 100 203
10th Percentile £16.45 £12.98 £12.50
25th Percentile £25.38 £13.90 £15.00
Median hourly rate £36.32 £28.75 £21.43
Median % change year-on-year +26.33% +34.16% -7.43%
75th Percentile £67.42 £59.48 £37.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.38 £51.70
England median hourly rate £32.23 £27.85 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.71% -11.59% +2.78%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -18 117 £423 -15.50% 127
Cheshire -6 86 £443 -8.09% 33
Lancashire -4 22 £588 +12.51% 43
Merseyside -10 16 £348 -7.33% 17
Cumbria +5 14 £495 +7.61% 4
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 (7.84%) Confluence
2 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.18%) SAS
4 2 (0.78%) JBoss
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.39%) Mule
5 1 (0.39%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.39%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (8.63%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.92%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (7.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.57%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.18%) Primavera
4 3 (1.18%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.78%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.39%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.51%) Azure
2 32 (12.55%) AWS
3 26 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.24%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.75%) GCP
6 6 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.35%) SaaS
7 5 (1.96%) Akamai
7 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.57%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.57%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.18%) Apigee
9 3 (1.18%) Kong
9 3 (1.18%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.78%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.78%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.78%) dbt
10 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.10%) TCP/IP
2 12 (4.71%) Firewall
3 9 (3.53%) DNS
4 6 (2.35%) BGP
5 5 (1.96%) HTTP
6 4 (1.57%) DHCP
6 4 (1.57%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.57%) SAN
6 4 (1.57%) VPN
7 3 (1.18%) LAN
7 3 (1.18%) OSPF
7 3 (1.18%) SSL
7 3 (1.18%) WAN
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.78%) MPLS
8 2 (0.78%) VLAN
8 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.78%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.39%) Network Security
9 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.45%) Power BI
2 16 (6.27%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.31%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.14%) Metadata
5 6 (2.35%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.35%) Tableau
6 4 (1.57%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.18%) DataStage
7 3 (1.18%) Db2
7 3 (1.18%) OLTP
7 3 (1.18%) Power Query
7 3 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.78%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.39%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 32 (12.55%) JIRA
2 6 (2.35%) GitLab
2 6 (2.35%) JUnit
3 4 (1.57%) Postman
4 3 (1.18%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.18%) Git
4 3 (1.18%) Mockito
4 3 (1.18%) Ranorex
4 3 (1.18%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.78%) Gradle
5 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.78%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.39%) Gatling
6 1 (0.39%) Hudson
6 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.39%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.39%) SonarQube
General
1 125 (49.02%) Social Skills
2 96 (37.65%) Finance
3 32 (12.55%) Banking
4 23 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.10%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.14%) Local Government
9 7 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.75%) Legal
9 7 (2.75%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.35%) Marketing
11 5 (1.96%) Law
12 4 (1.57%) Automotive
12 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.18%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.78%) Billing
14 2 (0.78%) Environmental Health
14 2 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 75 (29.41%) Analyst
2 30 (11.76%) Business Analyst
3 23 (9.02%) Lead
3 23 (9.02%) Senior
4 20 (7.84%) Developer
5 17 (6.67%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.10%) Finance Manager
6 13 (5.10%) Finance Project Manager
7 12 (4.71%) Administrator
8 11 (4.31%) IT Support
8 11 (4.31%) Security Engineer
8 11 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (4.31%) Support Analyst
9 10 (3.92%) IT Analyst
10 9 (3.53%) IT Support Analyst
11 8 (3.14%) Consultant
11 8 (3.14%) Product Manager
12 7 (2.75%) Architect
12 7 (2.75%) Technical Analyst
13 6 (2.35%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.88%) REST
2 10 (3.92%) SOAP
2 10 (3.92%) Swagger
2 10 (3.92%) XML
3 9 (3.53%) JSON
4 6 (2.35%) OpenAPI
5 5 (1.96%) RESTful
6 4 (1.57%) Middleware
7 3 (1.18%) CSS
7 3 (1.18%) Gherkin
7 3 (1.18%) HTML
7 3 (1.18%) JWT
7 3 (1.18%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.18%) OAuth
7 3 (1.18%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.18%) YAML
8 2 (0.78%) Jest
8 2 (0.78%) Playwright
8 2 (0.78%) React
8 2 (0.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.27%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.10%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.35%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (1.57%) Digital Wallet
7 4 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.57%) PKI
7 4 (1.57%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.57%) Replication
7 4 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.18%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.18%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.94%) Windows
2 13 (5.10%) Linux
3 11 (4.31%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.14%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.75%) Unix
6 5 (1.96%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.96%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.78%) AIX
9 2 (0.78%) HPUX
9 2 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.78%) Solaris
9 2 (0.78%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 51 (20.00%) Agile
4 41 (16.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 40 (15.69%) Migration
6 38 (14.90%) Change Management
6 38 (14.90%) Validation
6 38 (14.90%) Workshop Facilitation
7 37 (14.51%) Project Management
8 32 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (12.55%) ITIL
9 28 (10.98%) Decision-Making
9 28 (10.98%) ERP
10 27 (10.59%) Data Modelling
11 26 (10.20%) Analytics
12 25 (9.80%) CI/CD
12 25 (9.80%) Use Case
13 23 (9.02%) Roadmaps
14 21 (8.24%) Computer Science
14 21 (8.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 42 (16.47%) SQL
2 32 (12.55%) Python
3 16 (6.27%) PowerShell
4 10 (3.92%) Java
5 8 (3.14%) Shell Script
6 7 (2.75%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.96%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.57%) C#
9 3 (1.18%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.18%) ProC
9 3 (1.18%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.18%) VBA
10 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.39%) ABAP
11 1 (0.39%) Bash
11 1 (0.39%) Korn
11 1 (0.39%) R
11 1 (0.39%) SOQL
11 1 (0.39%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 42 (16.47%) Degree
2 28 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.02%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.06%) CISSP
4 18 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (5.10%) A+ Certification
6 13 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.10%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (3.53%) CISM
9 8 (3.14%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.96%) CCNA
11 5 (1.96%) CEH
12 4 (1.57%) MCSE
13 3 (1.18%) ACCA
13 3 (1.18%) CCNP
13 3 (1.18%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.53%) GRC
2 9 (3.53%) QA
3 8 (3.14%) SLA
4 6 (2.35%) GDPR
4 6 (2.35%) NIST
5 5 (1.96%) PSD2
6 4 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.57%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.18%) ISO 8583
7 3 (1.18%) NCSC
7 3 (1.18%) PMO
7 3 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.39%) GAAP
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (9.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.35%) Docker
3 4 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.57%) vSphere
4 2 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.96%) Ansible
3 5 (1.96%) SCCM
4 4 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.78%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.78%) Terraform
7 1 (0.39%) Istio
7 1 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 51 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.55%) SAP
3 18 (7.06%) ServiceNow
4 15 (5.88%) Oracle
5 9 (3.53%) Splunk
6 6 (2.35%) BeyondTrust
6 6 (2.35%) Cisco
6 6 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (2.35%) F5
6 6 (2.35%) HP
6 6 (2.35%) Remedy
6 6 (2.35%) Teradata
7 5 (1.96%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.57%) Databricks
8 4 (1.57%) Dell
8 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.57%) Veeam
8 4 (1.57%) VMware
9 3 (1.18%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.18%) SolarWinds