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 23 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 256 188 186
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 8.04% 9.63% 6.71%
As % of the General category 14.10% 16.82% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 118 116
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £368 £405 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.75% +2.56% +10.80%
75th Percentile £550 £635 £550
90th Percentile £587 £715 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 11 27
10th Percentile £21.75 £19.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.49 £19.13 £13.50
Median hourly rate £41.86 £24.76 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +69.04% +39.73% -49.37%
75th Percentile £77.50 £57.28 £43.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £72.50 £49.31
England median hourly rate £37.50 £28.08 £18.50
% change year-on-year +33.57% +51.76% -50.34%

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 1,816 1,118 1,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 57.02% 57.27% 53.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,087 671 917
10th Percentile £200 £267 £300
25th Percentile £358 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.57% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £573 £586 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £693
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 109 191
10th Percentile £18.40 £13.00 £12.24
25th Percentile £22.85 £19.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +25.22% +62.25% -30.51%
75th Percentile £60.61 £50.00 £36.72
90th Percentile £84.25 £76.50 £49.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.60 £29.83
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.11% -14.79%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -6 114 £423 -15.84% 99
Cheshire -5 88 £442 -9.71% 47
Lancashire +2 31 £550 +5.26% 61
Merseyside -14 14 £330 -17.50% 16
Cumbria +9 9 £488 +5.98% 8
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 18 (7.03%) Confluence
2 12 (4.69%) SAS
3 9 (3.52%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.17%) Apache
6 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.78%) JBoss
7 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.39%) Mule
7 1 (0.39%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (7.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.91%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (5.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.17%) iTrent
3 3 (1.17%) Primavera
3 3 (1.17%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.39%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.39%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.39%) Maximo
5 1 (0.39%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 38 (14.84%) AWS
1 38 (14.84%) Azure
2 29 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (10.94%) Power Platform
4 16 (6.25%) GCP
5 9 (3.52%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.34%) Apigee
6 6 (2.34%) Kong
7 5 (1.95%) Akamai
7 5 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.95%) SaaS
8 4 (1.56%) Nutanix
8 4 (1.56%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.56%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.78%) Cloud Functions
10 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.42%) Firewall
2 10 (3.91%) DNS
2 10 (3.91%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.73%) BGP
4 6 (2.34%) HTTP
4 6 (2.34%) Software-Defined Networking
4 6 (2.34%) VLAN
4 6 (2.34%) VPN
5 5 (1.95%) DHCP
6 4 (1.56%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.56%) Network Security
6 4 (1.56%) WebEx
7 3 (1.17%) SAN
8 1 (0.39%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.39%) LAN
8 1 (0.39%) OSPF
8 1 (0.39%) SSL
8 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.39%) WAN
8 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.20%) Power BI
2 18 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.30%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.52%) Metadata
4 9 (3.52%) Tableau
5 5 (1.95%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.95%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.95%) Power Query
5 5 (1.95%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (1.17%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.17%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.17%) Looker
6 3 (1.17%) OLTP
7 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.78%) MySQL
7 2 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (11.72%) JIRA
2 9 (3.52%) GitLab
3 5 (1.95%) JUnit
4 4 (1.56%) Postman
5 3 (1.17%) Git
5 3 (1.17%) Mockito
6 2 (0.78%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.39%) Gradle
7 1 (0.39%) Hudson
7 1 (0.39%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.39%) Maven
7 1 (0.39%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 118 (46.09%) Social Skills
2 95 (37.11%) Finance
3 29 (11.33%) Banking
4 23 (8.98%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (5.08%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.69%) Telecoms
8 11 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.91%) Legal
9 10 (3.91%) Local Government
10 7 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.73%) Marketing
10 7 (2.73%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.95%) Law
13 3 (1.17%) Automotive
13 3 (1.17%) Publishing
14 2 (0.78%) Environmental Health
15 1 (0.39%) Advertising
15 1 (0.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 79 (30.86%) Analyst
2 33 (12.89%) Business Analyst
3 23 (8.98%) Senior
4 22 (8.59%) Developer
5 18 (7.03%) Lead
6 16 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 14 (5.47%) Platform Engineer
8 13 (5.08%) Finance Manager
8 13 (5.08%) Finance Project Manager
9 12 (4.69%) Architect
9 12 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (4.30%) Administrator
11 10 (3.91%) Data Analyst
11 10 (3.91%) IT Analyst
11 10 (3.91%) IT Support
11 10 (3.91%) Security Engineer
12 9 (3.52%) Support Analyst
12 9 (3.52%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (3.13%) IT Support Analyst
13 8 (3.13%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.64%) REST
2 14 (5.47%) XML
3 13 (5.08%) SOAP
3 13 (5.08%) Swagger
4 11 (4.30%) JSON
5 9 (3.52%) OpenAPI
6 8 (3.13%) OAuth
7 7 (2.73%) JWT
7 7 (2.73%) RESTful
8 5 (1.95%) HTML
9 4 (1.56%) Middleware
9 4 (1.56%) XMPP
10 3 (1.17%) .NET
10 3 (1.17%) CSS
10 3 (1.17%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (1.17%) Spring
10 3 (1.17%) Spring Boot
10 3 (1.17%) Visualforce
10 3 (1.17%) YAML
11 2 (0.78%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.55%) Product Ownership
2 19 (7.42%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (5.08%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.73%) Credit Risk
7 6 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.95%) Clustering
8 5 (1.95%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.56%) Digital Wallet
9 4 (1.56%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.56%) Replication
10 3 (1.17%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.28%) Windows
2 19 (7.42%) Linux
3 18 (7.03%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.69%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.95%) Unix
7 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.17%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
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
1 153 (59.77%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (23.83%) Agile
3 56 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (19.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 39 (15.23%) Change Management
6 37 (14.45%) Workshop Facilitation
7 34 (13.28%) Validation
8 33 (12.89%) Analytics
8 33 (12.89%) Migration
8 33 (12.89%) Project Management
9 32 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 30 (11.72%) Data Modelling
10 30 (11.72%) Decision-Making
11 29 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (10.94%) Computer Science
12 28 (10.94%) Data Analysis
12 28 (10.94%) ERP
13 27 (10.55%) Use Case
14 24 (9.38%) ITIL
14 24 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.92%) SQL
2 40 (15.63%) Python
3 22 (8.59%) PowerShell
4 10 (3.91%) Bash
4 10 (3.91%) Java
5 7 (2.73%) Perl
6 6 (2.34%) R
7 5 (1.95%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.95%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.56%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.17%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.17%) ProC
9 3 (1.17%) VBA
10 2 (0.78%) C#
10 2 (0.78%) COBOL
10 2 (0.78%) JCL
10 2 (0.78%) REXX
10 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (16.41%) Degree
2 35 (13.67%) Security Cleared
3 29 (11.33%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.86%) CISSP
6 14 (5.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (4.30%) A+ Certification
7 11 (4.30%) CCNA
7 11 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (4.30%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (3.52%) CISM
9 8 (3.13%) CCNP
10 7 (2.73%) CCDP
10 7 (2.73%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.95%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.95%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.95%) PMP
12 3 (1.17%) CISA
12 3 (1.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.52%) GRC
3 7 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.73%) NIST
4 6 (2.34%) GDPR
4 6 (2.34%) QA
4 6 (2.34%) SLA
5 5 (1.95%) PSD2
6 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.17%) ISO 8583
7 3 (1.17%) PMO
8 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.78%) CRD IV
8 2 (0.78%) FINREP
8 2 (0.78%) IFRS
8 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.78%) NCSC
9 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.39%) PERC
System Software
1 32 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.91%) Docker
3 7 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.56%) vSphere
6 2 (0.78%) ACF2
6 2 (0.78%) RACF
6 2 (0.78%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.39%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 12 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 8 (3.13%) SCCM
3 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.17%) Fluentd
4 3 (1.17%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.78%) CA Endevor
5 2 (0.78%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.78%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.39%) Ansible
6 1 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (22.66%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.50%) SAP
3 14 (5.47%) Oracle
3 14 (5.47%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.08%) Red Hat
5 11 (4.30%) VMware
6 9 (3.52%) Workday
7 7 (2.73%) Citrix
7 7 (2.73%) Splunk
8 6 (2.34%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.95%) Cisco
10 4 (1.56%) F5
10 4 (1.56%) HP
10 4 (1.56%) Pega
10 4 (1.56%) Veeam
11 3 (1.17%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.17%) Dell
11 3 (1.17%) Google
11 3 (1.17%) RedGate
11 3 (1.17%) SolarWinds