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 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +7
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 280 267 177
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.40% 12.09% 7.41%
As % of the General category 14.20% 19.85% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 173 106
10th Percentile £283 £303 £401
25th Percentile £378 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £458 £497
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -7.85% +2.16%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £565
90th Percentile £603 £702 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 13 8
10th Percentile £24.30 £20.90 £15.92
25th Percentile £25.49 £30.00 £23.67
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -21.35% -3.01%
75th Percentile £77.50 £63.40 £57.38
90th Percentile £178.75 £70.68 £75.15
England median hourly rate £37.75 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +16.15% +44.44% -48.70%

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 1,972 1,345 1,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 52.13% 60.89% 54.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,115 861 774
10th Percentile £240 £268 £300
25th Percentile £400 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £580 £585
90th Percentile £670 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 110 103
10th Percentile £16.01 £12.82 £16.06
25th Percentile £24.19 £14.92 £16.16
Median hourly rate £35.00 £28.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £49.69 £43.10
90th Percentile £83.75 £72.63 £56.80
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -13 144 £440 -7.37% 336
Cheshire -6 90 £463 +3.06% 79
Merseyside -2 17 £458 -29.62% 51
Cumbria -7 17 £458 +1.67% 13
Lancashire -17 15 £510 +13.24% 86
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 14 (5.00%) Confluence
2 8 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.07%) SAS
4 2 (0.71%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.36%) JBoss
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.36%) Mule
5 1 (0.36%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.36%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.36%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.93%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.43%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.07%) Primavera
5 2 (0.71%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.71%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.71%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.36%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.36%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.36%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 46 (16.43%) Azure
2 30 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (10.36%) Power Platform
4 27 (9.64%) AWS
5 10 (3.57%) GCP
6 8 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.86%) SaaS
7 6 (2.14%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.79%) Akamai
8 5 (1.79%) GitHub
9 4 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.43%) OCI
9 4 (1.43%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.07%) IBM Blueworks
10 3 (1.07%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.71%) Intacct
11 2 (0.71%) Lucidchart
11 2 (0.71%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.00%) DNS
1 14 (5.00%) Firewall
2 12 (4.29%) VPN
3 10 (3.57%) WAN
4 9 (3.21%) LAN
5 7 (2.50%) BGP
5 7 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.14%) Network Security
7 5 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (1.79%) HTTP
7 5 (1.79%) VLAN
8 4 (1.43%) OSPF
8 4 (1.43%) SAN
8 4 (1.43%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.07%) BIG-IP
9 3 (1.07%) DHCP
9 3 (1.07%) DMZ
9 3 (1.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 3 (1.07%) MPLS
9 3 (1.07%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.64%) Power BI
2 16 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.36%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.86%) Tableau
5 7 (2.50%) Metadata
6 6 (2.14%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.43%) DataStage
7 4 (1.43%) Db2
7 4 (1.43%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.07%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.71%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.71%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.71%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.71%) MySQL
9 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.71%) Power Query
9 2 (0.71%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.36%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 21 (7.50%) JIRA
2 7 (2.50%) Git
2 7 (2.50%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.79%) GitLab
4 4 (1.43%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.07%) Ranorex
5 3 (1.07%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.07%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.71%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.71%) Gatling
6 2 (0.71%) Gradle
6 2 (0.71%) Hudson
6 2 (0.71%) JUnit
6 2 (0.71%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.71%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.36%) Toad
General
1 136 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 95 (33.93%) Finance
3 29 (10.36%) Banking
4 21 (7.50%) Manufacturing
4 21 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (6.07%) Legal
7 13 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.14%) Automotive
10 6 (2.14%) Law
10 6 (2.14%) Local Government
10 6 (2.14%) Marketing
11 3 (1.07%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.07%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.07%) Publishing
11 3 (1.07%) Retail
12 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 69 (24.64%) Analyst
2 27 (9.64%) Lead
3 22 (7.86%) Business Analyst
4 19 (6.79%) Senior
5 14 (5.00%) Developer
6 13 (4.64%) Architect
6 13 (4.64%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.29%) Data Analyst
8 11 (3.93%) Consultant
8 11 (3.93%) Network Engineer
8 11 (3.93%) Security Engineer
9 10 (3.57%) Administrator
9 10 (3.57%) IT Support
9 10 (3.57%) Service Analyst
10 9 (3.21%) Support Analyst
11 8 (2.86%) Senior Manager
12 7 (2.50%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.50%) IT Analyst
12 7 (2.50%) Technical Administrator
13 6 (2.14%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.21%) REST
2 7 (2.50%) JSON
3 5 (1.79%) XML
4 4 (1.43%) PySpark
4 4 (1.43%) RESTful
5 3 (1.07%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.07%) Kafka
5 3 (1.07%) Node.js
5 3 (1.07%) Playwright
5 3 (1.07%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.07%) Spring
5 3 (1.07%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.71%) HTML
6 2 (0.71%) OAuth
6 2 (0.71%) ODBC
6 2 (0.71%) Pandas
6 2 (0.71%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.71%) Quarkus
6 2 (0.71%) React
7 1 (0.36%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (6.43%) Management Information System
3 17 (6.07%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.21%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.43%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.43%) PKI
10 4 (1.43%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.07%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.07%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.14%) Windows
2 10 (3.57%) Linux
3 9 (3.21%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.86%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.86%) Unix
5 6 (2.14%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.79%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.71%) AIX
7 2 (0.71%) HPUX
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.71%) Solaris
7 2 (0.71%) SUSE
8 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (50.36%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 55 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (17.14%) Agile
5 41 (14.64%) Change Management
5 41 (14.64%) ITIL
6 38 (13.57%) Project Management
6 38 (13.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (12.86%) Analytics
8 35 (12.50%) Migration
9 32 (11.43%) Decision-Making
10 31 (11.07%) ERP
10 31 (11.07%) Workshop Facilitation
11 30 (10.71%) AI
11 30 (10.71%) Data Modelling
12 29 (10.36%) CI/CD
12 29 (10.36%) Validation
13 27 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (9.29%) Data Analysis
14 26 (9.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.07%) SQL
2 41 (14.64%) Python
3 16 (5.71%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.14%) Java
5 5 (1.79%) PL/SQL
5 5 (1.79%) Shell Script
5 5 (1.79%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.43%) C#
7 3 (1.07%) Bash
7 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.07%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.71%) ABAP
8 2 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.36%) Ada
9 1 (0.36%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.36%) C
9 1 (0.36%) C++
9 1 (0.36%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (14.64%) Degree
2 33 (11.79%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.64%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.36%) CISSP
5 13 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.57%) A+ Certification
6 10 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.86%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (2.14%) CCNA
10 6 (2.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.79%) CCNP
11 5 (1.79%) CISM
11 5 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.43%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.43%) CEH
12 4 (1.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.79%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.00%) GRC
3 12 (4.29%) SLA
4 8 (2.86%) QA
5 7 (2.50%) GDPR
5 7 (2.50%) NIST
6 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.43%) PMO
8 3 (1.07%) NCSC
9 2 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.36%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.36%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.36%) GAAP
10 1 (0.36%) MISRA
System Software
1 23 (8.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.79%) Docker
3 5 (1.79%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.07%) Firmware
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (4.64%) Ansible
2 8 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.50%) Terraform
4 4 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.07%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.07%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.07%) SCCM
6 2 (0.71%) CASB
6 2 (0.71%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.71%) Grafana
6 2 (0.71%) Istio
6 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.71%) WMI
7 1 (0.36%) Nagios
7 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 66 (23.57%) Microsoft
2 31 (11.07%) SAP
2 31 (11.07%) ServiceNow
3 18 (6.43%) Oracle
4 15 (5.36%) Splunk
5 11 (3.93%) Remedy
6 10 (3.57%) Cisco
7 7 (2.50%) Databricks
7 7 (2.50%) VMware
8 6 (2.14%) BeyondTrust
8 6 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (2.14%) F5
8 6 (2.14%) Teradata
9 5 (1.79%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.79%) Google
9 5 (1.79%) IBM
10 4 (1.43%) Arista
10 4 (1.43%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.43%) Dell
10 4 (1.43%) HP