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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 9 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +5
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 285 258 174
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.60% 11.90% 7.15%
As % of the General category 14.50% 19.97% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 166 103
10th Percentile £294 £313 £376
25th Percentile £398 £399 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £469 £493
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -4.97% +2.49%
75th Percentile £546 £600 £558
90th Percentile £600 £703 £633
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 13 12
10th Percentile £24.35 £20.90 £15.92
25th Percentile £25.49 £30.00 £16.57
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +12.00% -22.73%
75th Percentile £78.94 £63.40 £57.38
90th Percentile £178.75 £70.68 £68.74
England median hourly rate £38.36 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +18.03% +44.44% -43.75%

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 1,965 1,292 1,301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 52.40% 59.59% 53.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 823 778
10th Percentile £250 £268 £295
25th Percentile £400 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -6.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £585
90th Percentile £650 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £512 £538
% change year-on-year +2.54% -4.74% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 112 122
10th Percentile £16.50 £12.84 £15.92
25th Percentile £25.38 £14.73 £16.06
Median hourly rate £35.82 £28.75 £26.26
Median % change year-on-year +24.59% +9.48% +4.94%
75th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £43.10
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.27 £54.00
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.32 £38.12
% change year-on-year +34.24% -33.58% +27.07%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -13 150 £435 -13.00% 131
Cheshire -8 86 £463 -0.54% 56
Cumbria +3 19 £488 +8.33% 9
Lancashire -12 16 £519 +15.37% 53
Merseyside -6 15 £365 - 33
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 15 (5.26%) Confluence
2 6 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.05%) SAS
4 2 (0.70%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.35%) Mule
5 1 (0.35%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.21%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.86%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.40%) Primavera
4 3 (1.05%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.05%) SAP HCM
4 3 (1.05%) SAP MM
4 3 (1.05%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.70%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.35%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.35%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 43 (15.09%) Azure
2 29 (10.18%) Power Platform
3 28 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (8.42%) AWS
5 9 (3.16%) GCP
6 8 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.46%) SaaS
8 6 (2.11%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.75%) Akamai
9 5 (1.75%) GitHub
10 4 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.40%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.05%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.05%) OCI
11 3 (1.05%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.70%) dbt
12 2 (0.70%) Intacct
12 2 (0.70%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.56%) Firewall
2 12 (4.21%) DNS
2 12 (4.21%) VPN
3 8 (2.81%) WAN
4 7 (2.46%) BGP
4 7 (2.46%) LAN
4 7 (2.46%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (1.75%) HTTP
5 5 (1.75%) Network Security
5 5 (1.75%) VLAN
6 4 (1.40%) OSPF
6 4 (1.40%) SAN
6 4 (1.40%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.05%) DHCP
7 3 (1.05%) MPLS
7 3 (1.05%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.70%) SNMP
8 2 (0.70%) SSL
8 2 (0.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.47%) Power BI
2 15 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.86%) Tableau
4 8 (2.81%) Metadata
5 5 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.40%) DataStage
6 4 (1.40%) Db2
6 4 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.05%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.70%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.70%) MySQL
8 2 (0.70%) Power Query
8 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.35%) Flink
9 1 (0.35%) Parquet
9 1 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 24 (8.42%) JIRA
2 5 (1.75%) Git
2 5 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.40%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.05%) GitLab
4 3 (1.05%) Ranorex
4 3 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.05%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.70%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.70%) Gatling
5 2 (0.70%) Gradle
5 2 (0.70%) JUnit
5 2 (0.70%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.70%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.70%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.35%) Hudson
6 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 141 (49.47%) Social Skills
2 97 (34.04%) Finance
3 28 (9.82%) Banking
4 22 (7.72%) Manufacturing
4 22 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
5 17 (5.96%) Legal
5 17 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.46%) Automotive
8 7 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.11%) Local Government
9 6 (2.11%) Marketing
10 5 (1.75%) Law
11 3 (1.05%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.05%) Publishing
12 2 (0.70%) Environmental Health
12 2 (0.70%) Retail
12 2 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (24.91%) Analyst
2 25 (8.77%) Lead
3 23 (8.07%) Business Analyst
3 23 (8.07%) Senior
4 15 (5.26%) Developer
4 15 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 14 (4.91%) Data Analyst
6 13 (4.56%) Administrator
6 13 (4.56%) Architect
7 12 (4.21%) Consultant
8 11 (3.86%) Network Engineer
8 11 (3.86%) Security Engineer
9 10 (3.51%) IT Support
9 10 (3.51%) Service Analyst
10 8 (2.81%) Finance Manager
10 8 (2.81%) Senior Manager
10 8 (2.81%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.46%) Finance Project Manager
11 7 (2.46%) IT Analyst
11 7 (2.46%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.81%) REST
2 6 (2.11%) JSON
3 4 (1.40%) PySpark
3 4 (1.40%) XML
4 3 (1.05%) Gherkin
4 3 (1.05%) Kafka
4 3 (1.05%) Node.js
4 3 (1.05%) Playwright
4 3 (1.05%) RESTful
4 3 (1.05%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.70%) OAuth
5 2 (0.70%) ODBC
5 2 (0.70%) Pandas
5 2 (0.70%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.70%) Quarkus
5 2 (0.70%) React
5 2 (0.70%) Spring
5 2 (0.70%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.35%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (5.96%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.96%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.51%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.16%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.16%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.40%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.40%) PKI
8 4 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.05%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.05%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.58%) Windows
2 10 (3.51%) Linux
3 9 (3.16%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.81%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.81%) Unix
5 6 (2.11%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.75%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.70%) AIX
7 2 (0.70%) HPUX
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.70%) Solaris
7 2 (0.70%) SUSE
8 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (23.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 54 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 49 (17.19%) Agile
5 43 (15.09%) Project Management
6 41 (14.39%) ITIL
6 41 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 40 (14.04%) Change Management
8 39 (13.68%) Decision-Making
9 38 (13.33%) Analytics
10 37 (12.98%) Migration
11 32 (11.23%) Data Analysis
11 32 (11.23%) Workshop Facilitation
12 30 (10.53%) ERP
12 30 (10.53%) Validation
13 29 (10.18%) AI
14 28 (9.82%) Data Modelling
14 28 (9.82%) Roadmaps
15 26 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (9.12%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 47 (16.49%) SQL
2 42 (14.74%) Python
3 17 (5.96%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.75%) Java
4 5 (1.75%) PL/SQL
4 5 (1.75%) Shell Script
5 4 (1.40%) C#
5 4 (1.40%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.05%) ABAP
6 3 (1.05%) Bash
6 3 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.70%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.35%) Ada
8 1 (0.35%) Bicep
8 1 (0.35%) C
8 1 (0.35%) C++
8 1 (0.35%) Korn
8 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (15.09%) Degree
2 39 (13.68%) Security Cleared
3 32 (11.23%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.26%) CISSP
5 13 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.51%) A+ Certification
7 10 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.51%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (2.81%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (2.11%) CCNA
10 6 (2.11%) CISM
11 5 (1.75%) CCNP
11 5 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.40%) CEH
12 4 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.23%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.21%) SLA
3 11 (3.86%) GRC
4 9 (3.16%) QA
5 7 (2.46%) NIST
6 6 (2.11%) GDPR
7 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.40%) PMO
8 4 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.05%) NCSC
10 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.35%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.35%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.35%) GAAP
11 1 (0.35%) MISRA
11 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (8.07%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.75%) Docker
3 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.05%) Firmware
4 3 (1.05%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (4.21%) Ansible
2 8 (2.81%) Terraform
3 7 (2.46%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.05%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.05%) SCCM
6 2 (0.70%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.70%) Grafana
6 2 (0.70%) Istio
6 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.70%) WMI
7 1 (0.35%) CASB
7 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.35%) Nagios
7 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 62 (21.75%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.58%) SAP
3 31 (10.88%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.61%) Oracle
5 14 (4.91%) Splunk
6 11 (3.86%) Remedy
7 10 (3.51%) Cisco
8 7 (2.46%) Databricks
9 6 (2.11%) BeyondTrust
9 6 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (2.11%) Teradata
10 5 (1.75%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.75%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.75%) Google
10 5 (1.75%) HP
10 5 (1.75%) IBM
10 5 (1.75%) VMware
11 4 (1.40%) Arista
11 4 (1.40%) Dell
11 4 (1.40%) Juniper