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 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 239 190 211
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 9.47% 8.84% 8.00%
As % of the General category 15.61% 15.21% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 110 128
10th Percentile £313 £291 £228
25th Percentile £363 £298 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.61%
75th Percentile £550 £535 £550
90th Percentile £629 £623 £626
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 18
10th Percentile £20.83 £19.43 £17.18
25th Percentile £27.80 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £35.00 £24.47 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +43.03% -32.50% +2.49%
75th Percentile £43.00 £58.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £45.15 £68.11 £54.98
England median hourly rate £33.73 £25.50 £31.11
% change year-on-year +32.27% -18.02% -22.24%

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 common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,531 1,249 1,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 60.66% 58.09% 55.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 674 959
10th Percentile £203 £250 £263
25th Percentile £358 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £644 £675 £709
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 97 115
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.96 £14.20
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.13 £24.05
Median % change year-on-year +9.12% +12.79% +20.25%
75th Percentile £45.46 £44.50 £45.88
90th Percentile £67.78 £66.00 £59.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.19%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 -7 100 £438 +9.38% 253
Cheshire 0 96 £447 -9.90% 99
Lancashire +4 24 £550 - 151
Cumbria +12 11 £450 - 6
Merseyside -9 8 £365 -14.12% 92
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 (6.28%) Confluence
2 14 (5.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.86%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.02%) SAS
4 7 (2.93%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.93%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.67%) Apache
5 4 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.67%) Resin
6 2 (0.84%) JBoss
6 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Mule
7 1 (0.42%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (12.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (5.86%) MS Visio
4 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.60%) Siemens NX
6 4 (1.67%) PTC Creo
7 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.84%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.42%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (4.60%) Teamcenter
2 5 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.67%) ContrOCC
3 4 (1.67%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.26%) iTrent
5 2 (0.84%) Maximo
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.42%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.42%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.57%) Azure
2 34 (14.23%) AWS
3 26 (10.88%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.37%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (7.95%) GCP
6 10 (4.18%) OneDrive
7 7 (2.93%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.51%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.09%) SaaS
10 4 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.26%) Apigee
11 3 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.26%) Kong
11 3 (1.26%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.26%) Serverless
12 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.84%) Amazon SageMaker
12 2 (0.84%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.37%) Firewall
2 15 (6.28%) Network Security
3 10 (4.18%) DNS
4 8 (3.35%) BGP
5 7 (2.93%) LAN
5 7 (2.93%) Skype
5 7 (2.93%) VLAN
5 7 (2.93%) VPN
6 6 (2.51%) DMZ
6 6 (2.51%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 6 (2.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 6 (2.51%) Software-Defined Networking
6 6 (2.51%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.51%) WAN
7 4 (1.67%) WebEx
8 3 (1.26%) DHCP
9 2 (0.84%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.84%) SAN
10 1 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.42%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.95%) Power BI
2 12 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.09%) Power Query
3 5 (2.09%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.67%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.67%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.67%) MS Access
4 4 (1.67%) Tableau
5 3 (1.26%) Cognos Framework Manager
5 3 (1.26%) Cognos Report Studio
5 3 (1.26%) Cognos Transformer
5 3 (1.26%) Looker
5 3 (1.26%) OLAP
5 3 (1.26%) OLAP Cube
5 3 (1.26%) OLTP
5 3 (1.26%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.84%) Metadata
6 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (10.04%) JIRA
2 9 (3.77%) GitLab
3 6 (2.51%) Git
4 4 (1.67%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.26%) JUnit
5 3 (1.26%) TestRail
6 2 (0.84%) Selenium
7 1 (0.42%) Ant
7 1 (0.42%) Appium
7 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.42%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.42%) Gradle
7 1 (0.42%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.42%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.42%) Maven
7 1 (0.42%) MLflow
7 1 (0.42%) NUnit
7 1 (0.42%) Postman
7 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 115 (48.12%) Social Skills
2 70 (29.29%) Finance
3 23 (9.62%) Banking
4 17 (7.11%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.28%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.44%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.18%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.35%) Legal
10 7 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.93%) Local Government
11 5 (2.09%) Marketing
12 3 (1.26%) Automotive
12 3 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.84%) Law
13 2 (0.84%) Publishing
13 2 (0.84%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.42%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (28.45%) Analyst
2 24 (10.04%) Business Analyst
3 22 (9.21%) Architect
4 20 (8.37%) Developer
5 14 (5.86%) Consultant
5 14 (5.86%) Senior
5 14 (5.86%) Support Analyst
6 13 (5.44%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (3.77%) Data Analyst
7 9 (3.77%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (3.35%) Lead
9 7 (2.93%) Operational Support Analyst
9 7 (2.93%) Operations Support Analyst
10 6 (2.51%) Administrator
10 6 (2.51%) Deskside Analyst
10 6 (2.51%) Deskside Support
10 6 (2.51%) Deskside Support Analyst
10 6 (2.51%) Desktop Support
10 6 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.51%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.60%) XML
2 8 (3.35%) REST
3 6 (2.51%) HTML
3 6 (2.51%) JSON
3 6 (2.51%) SOAP
4 5 (2.09%) .NET
4 5 (2.09%) OAuth
4 5 (2.09%) Spring
5 4 (1.67%) JWT
5 4 (1.67%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.67%) Swagger
5 4 (1.67%) XMPP
6 3 (1.26%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.26%) OpenAPI
6 3 (1.26%) RESTful
6 3 (1.26%) Web Services
7 2 (0.84%) CSS
7 2 (0.84%) J2EE
7 2 (0.84%) Kafka
7 2 (0.84%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (8.79%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.51%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.51%) CMDB
3 6 (2.51%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.51%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.51%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.09%) Credit Risk
5 4 (1.67%) 3D Printing
5 4 (1.67%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.67%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.26%) FMCG
6 3 (1.26%) Legacy Code
6 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.84%) Clustering
7 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.62%) Windows
2 16 (6.69%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.28%) Linux
4 10 (4.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.84%) Unix
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (53.97%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (22.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 49 (20.50%) Agile
4 36 (15.06%) Analytics
5 35 (14.64%) Change Management
6 30 (12.55%) Decision-Making
7 29 (12.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 26 (10.88%) Data Modelling
9 25 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (10.46%) ITIL
10 24 (10.04%) CI/CD
10 24 (10.04%) Data Analysis
10 24 (10.04%) Project Management
10 24 (10.04%) Visualisation
11 22 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
11 22 (9.21%) Computer Science
11 22 (9.21%) DevOps
11 22 (9.21%) ITSM
11 22 (9.21%) Use Case
12 21 (8.79%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.74%) Python
2 35 (14.64%) SQL
3 18 (7.53%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.60%) Bash
5 10 (4.18%) Java
6 9 (3.77%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.35%) Perl
8 7 (2.93%) R
9 6 (2.51%) C#
10 4 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.67%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.67%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.26%) ProC
11 3 (1.26%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.84%) ABAP
12 2 (0.84%) CLIST
12 2 (0.84%) COBOL
12 2 (0.84%) JCL
12 2 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.84%) REXX
Qualifications
1 49 (20.50%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.99%) SC Cleared
3 42 (17.57%) Degree
4 16 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.86%) CISSP
6 13 (5.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (4.60%) CISM
8 9 (3.77%) CCNA
8 9 (3.77%) CCNP
9 8 (3.35%) CCDP
10 4 (1.67%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.26%) CISA
11 3 (1.26%) GSEC
11 3 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.26%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.60%) GDPR
2 10 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.77%) NIST
4 7 (2.93%) QA
5 6 (2.51%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.67%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.26%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.84%) CRD IV
8 2 (0.84%) FINREP
8 2 (0.84%) IFRS
8 2 (0.84%) PSD2
9 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.42%) PERC
9 1 (0.42%) SEPA
9 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.77%) Docker
4 5 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.84%) ACF2
5 2 (0.84%) RACF
5 2 (0.84%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.84%) vSphere
6 1 (0.42%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 16 (6.69%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.86%) SCCM
3 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.09%) Fluentd
6 3 (1.26%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.26%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.26%) QRadar
7 2 (0.84%) CA Endevor
7 2 (0.84%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.84%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.42%) Autotask
8 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.42%) Terraform
8 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 67 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.69%) SAP
2 16 (6.69%) VMware
3 11 (4.60%) Oracle
3 11 (4.60%) Splunk
4 10 (4.18%) Red Hat
4 10 (4.18%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.18%) Siemens
5 9 (3.77%) F5
6 8 (3.35%) Cisco
6 8 (3.35%) Workday
7 7 (2.93%) Citrix
7 7 (2.93%) Pega
8 6 (2.51%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.09%) Cognos
9 5 (2.09%) Cribl.io
10 4 (1.67%) IBM
10 4 (1.67%) Liquidlogic
10 4 (1.67%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.26%) Snow