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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 256 187 180
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 8.07% 9.64% 6.51%
As % of the General category 14.17% 16.77% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 124 113
10th Percentile £313 £314 £300
25th Percentile £369 £405 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% +2.56% +10.80%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £550
90th Percentile £588 £715 £634
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 12 25
10th Percentile £21.75 £19.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.49 £19.19 £13.50
Median hourly rate £41.86 £24.38 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +71.66% +37.60% -49.37%
75th Percentile £73.75 £39.40 £43.75
90th Percentile £104.55 £70.78 £45.21
England median hourly rate £35.55 £27.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year +29.27% +48.65% -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 1,806 1,115 1,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 56.90% 57.50% 53.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 682 904
10th Percentile £200 £296 £300
25th Percentile £358 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% -2.10% -
75th Percentile £560 £585 £588
90th Percentile £638 £680 £695
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 108 192
10th Percentile £17.68 £14.97 £12.27
25th Percentile £21.98 £19.56 £14.50
Median hourly rate £35.25 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +22.61% +62.25% -31.85%
75th Percentile £57.24 £49.06 £37.18
90th Percentile £76.00 £76.63 £48.90
England median hourly rate £27.88 £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -3.86% +5.45% -21.43%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -7 112 £425 -15.34% 140
Cheshire -9 88 £431 -11.81% 31
Lancashire +4 33 £550 +5.26% 50
Merseyside -17 14 £330 -22.35% 24
Cumbria +10 8 £488 +5.98% 6
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 21 (8.20%) Confluence
2 12 (4.69%) SAS
3 10 (3.91%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.73%) 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 17 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.91%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (6.25%) 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%) Dynamics CRM
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 42 (16.41%) Azure
2 39 (15.23%) AWS
3 30 (11.72%) Power Platform
4 27 (10.55%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (6.25%) GCP
6 9 (3.52%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.34%) Apigee
8 6 (2.34%) Kong
8 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.95%) Akamai
9 5 (1.95%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.95%) SaaS
10 4 (1.56%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.56%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.56%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.17%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (1.17%) PowerApps
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 2 (0.78%) 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 8 (3.13%) Metadata
4 8 (3.13%) Tableau
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 4 (1.56%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.17%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.17%) Looker
7 3 (1.17%) OLTP
7 3 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.78%) MySQL
9 1 (0.39%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.39%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 31 (12.11%) 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%) Selenium
7 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 117 (45.70%) Social Skills
2 92 (35.94%) Finance
3 28 (10.94%) Banking
4 26 (10.16%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (4.30%) Local Government
6 11 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.91%) Legal
7 10 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.52%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.73%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.34%) Marketing
11 5 (1.95%) Automotive
11 5 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Law
12 3 (1.17%) Publishing
13 2 (0.78%) Environmental Health
14 1 (0.39%) Advertising
14 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 81 (31.64%) Analyst
2 34 (13.28%) Business Analyst
3 23 (8.98%) Developer
3 23 (8.98%) Senior
4 20 (7.81%) Lead
5 16 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.47%) Platform Engineer
7 13 (5.08%) Finance Manager
7 13 (5.08%) Finance Project Manager
8 12 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (4.30%) Architect
9 11 (4.30%) Data Analyst
10 10 (3.91%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.52%) Administrator
11 9 (3.52%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (3.13%) IT Support
13 7 (2.73%) IT Analyst
13 7 (2.73%) Product Manager
13 7 (2.73%) Support Analyst
14 6 (2.34%) IT Support Analyst
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
8 6 (2.34%) RESTful
9 5 (1.95%) HTML
10 4 (1.56%) .NET
10 4 (1.56%) Middleware
10 4 (1.56%) XMPP
11 3 (1.17%) CSS
11 3 (1.17%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (1.17%) Spring
11 3 (1.17%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.17%) Visualforce
11 3 (1.17%) YAML
12 2 (0.78%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.55%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (4.69%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.73%) Credit Risk
7 6 (2.34%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.34%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.95%) Clustering
8 5 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.56%) Digital Wallet
9 4 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.56%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.56%) Replication
10 3 (1.17%) Housing Association
10 3 (1.17%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.28%) Windows
2 20 (7.81%) Windows Server
3 18 (7.03%) Linux
4 12 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (3.91%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.56%) Unix
6 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.39%) AIX
8 1 (0.39%) HPUX
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.39%) Solaris
8 1 (0.39%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (59.38%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (25.39%) Agile
3 58 (22.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (19.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 41 (16.02%) Change Management
6 37 (14.45%) Validation
6 37 (14.45%) Workshop Facilitation
7 35 (13.67%) Analytics
8 34 (13.28%) Project Management
9 33 (12.89%) CI/CD
9 33 (12.89%) Decision-Making
10 32 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (12.50%) Migration
11 30 (11.72%) Data Analysis
11 30 (11.72%) Data Modelling
12 28 (10.94%) Requirements Gathering
13 27 (10.55%) Computer Science
13 27 (10.55%) Use Case
14 26 (10.16%) ERP
15 24 (9.38%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.92%) SQL
2 40 (15.63%) Python
3 23 (8.98%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.30%) Java
5 10 (3.91%) Bash
6 7 (2.73%) Perl
7 6 (2.34%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.34%) R
8 5 (1.95%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.95%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.56%) C#
9 4 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.56%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.17%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.17%) ProC
10 3 (1.17%) VBA
11 2 (0.78%) COBOL
11 2 (0.78%) JCL
11 2 (0.78%) REXX
11 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (16.41%) Degree
2 35 (13.67%) Security Cleared
3 28 (10.94%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (5.47%) CISSP
7 10 (3.91%) CCNA
7 10 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.91%) CISM
8 8 (3.13%) A+ Certification
8 8 (3.13%) CCNP
8 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.73%) CCDP
9 7 (2.73%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.95%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.95%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.95%) PMP
11 3 (1.17%) CISA
11 3 (1.17%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.42%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.13%) GRC
2 8 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.13%) NIST
3 6 (2.34%) GDPR
3 6 (2.34%) QA
4 5 (1.95%) PSD2
4 5 (1.95%) SLA
5 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.17%) ISO 8583
6 3 (1.17%) PMO
7 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.78%) CRD IV
7 2 (0.78%) FINREP
7 2 (0.78%) IFRS
7 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.39%) PERC
System Software
1 30 (11.72%) 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 9 (3.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 8 (3.13%) SCCM
4 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.17%) Fluentd
5 3 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.78%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.78%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.78%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.39%) Ansible
7 1 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.50%) SAP
3 14 (5.47%) Oracle
3 14 (5.47%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.30%) Red Hat
4 11 (4.30%) VMware
5 9 (3.52%) Workday
6 7 (2.73%) Citrix
6 7 (2.73%) Splunk
7 6 (2.34%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.95%) Cisco
9 4 (1.56%) F5
9 4 (1.56%) Pega
9 4 (1.56%) Veeam
10 3 (1.17%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.17%) Google
10 3 (1.17%) HP
10 3 (1.17%) RedGate
10 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.17%) SolarWinds