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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 288 256 193
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.23% 11.74% 8.08%
As % of the General category 14.23% 19.12% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 162 104
10th Percentile £295 £311 £294
25th Percentile £371 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -5.26% -2.26%
75th Percentile £550 £539 £550
90th Percentile £635 £656 £598
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 17 8
10th Percentile £24.06 £23.81 £15.92
25th Percentile £25.49 £27.80 £23.67
Median hourly rate £42.75 £29.60 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.43% -33.48% +10.04%
75th Percentile £77.50 £35.50 £57.38
90th Percentile £178.75 £63.40 £75.15
England median hourly rate £35.55 £32.41 £22.00
% change year-on-year +9.71% +47.30% -51.11%

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 2,024 1,339 1,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.78% 61.39% 54.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 852 757
10th Percentile £240 £273 £273
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £564 £588
90th Percentile £677 £675 £686
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 112 80
10th Percentile £14.72 £12.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £14.43 £18.02
Median hourly rate £35.11 £23.57 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.97% -32.67% +55.35%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.63 £44.06
90th Percentile £82.60 £70.14 £54.00
England median hourly rate £31.13 £25.15 £38.31
% change year-on-year +23.77% -34.35% +39.31%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -13 146 £440 -3.83% 205
Cheshire -8 90 £468 +4.75% 73
Lancashire -15 21 £534 +18.67% 65
Cumbria -15 17 £458 +1.67% 11
Merseyside +2 15 £458 -29.62% 41
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 (4.86%) Confluence
2 8 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.39%) SAS
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) JBoss
4 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) Mule
4 1 (0.35%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (9.03%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (7.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.82%) MS Visio
4 9 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.39%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.04%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.69%) Primavera
5 2 (0.69%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.69%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.35%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.35%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.35%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.35%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.67%) Azure
2 31 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (10.76%) Power Platform
3 29 (10.07%) AWS
4 10 (3.47%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.43%) GCP
6 7 (2.43%) SaaS
7 5 (1.74%) GitHub
7 5 (1.74%) IBM Blueworks
7 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.39%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.39%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.04%) OCI
10 2 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.69%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.60%) Firewall
2 17 (5.90%) VPN
3 14 (4.86%) WAN
4 11 (3.82%) Network Security
5 10 (3.47%) LAN
6 9 (3.13%) DNS
7 7 (2.43%) BGP
7 7 (2.43%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.74%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.74%) SNMP
8 5 (1.74%) VLAN
8 5 (1.74%) Wireless
9 4 (1.39%) OSPF
9 4 (1.39%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.04%) DHCP
10 3 (1.04%) DMZ
10 3 (1.04%) MPLS
10 3 (1.04%) SAN
10 3 (1.04%) VoIP
10 3 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.38%) Power BI
2 17 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (4.51%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.13%) Metadata
5 8 (2.78%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.78%) Tableau
6 6 (2.08%) DataStage
6 6 (2.08%) Db2
7 5 (1.74%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.04%) Power Query
9 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.69%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.69%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.69%) MySQL
9 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.69%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.35%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (7.29%) JIRA
2 8 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.43%) Git
4 6 (2.08%) GitLab
5 4 (1.39%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.04%) Ranorex
6 3 (1.04%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.04%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.69%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.69%) Gatling
7 2 (0.69%) Gradle
7 2 (0.69%) Hudson
7 2 (0.69%) JUnit
7 2 (0.69%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.35%) MSTest
8 1 (0.35%) Toad
General
1 152 (52.78%) Social Skills
2 85 (29.51%) Finance
3 36 (12.50%) Banking
4 24 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 18 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.90%) Legal
7 15 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.82%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.78%) Marketing
11 7 (2.43%) Law
11 7 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.08%) Automotive
13 5 (1.74%) Local Government
14 4 (1.39%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.39%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.04%) Billing
15 3 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (23.61%) Analyst
2 24 (8.33%) Lead
3 19 (6.60%) Business Analyst
3 19 (6.60%) Developer
4 18 (6.25%) Consultant
5 15 (5.21%) Architect
6 14 (4.86%) IT Support
6 14 (4.86%) Network Engineer
7 13 (4.51%) Administrator
7 13 (4.51%) Senior
8 12 (4.17%) Data Analyst
9 10 (3.47%) Service Analyst
9 10 (3.47%) Support Analyst
9 10 (3.47%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.13%) Security Engineer
11 8 (2.78%) Data Engineer
11 8 (2.78%) IT Analyst
11 8 (2.78%) IT Engineer
11 8 (2.78%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.78%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.13%) REST
1 9 (3.13%) Terraform
2 7 (2.43%) JSON
3 4 (1.39%) PySpark
3 4 (1.39%) RESTful
3 4 (1.39%) XML
4 3 (1.04%) Gherkin
4 3 (1.04%) Kafka
4 3 (1.04%) Node.js
4 3 (1.04%) OAuth
4 3 (1.04%) Playwright
4 3 (1.04%) SailPoint
4 3 (1.04%) Spring
4 3 (1.04%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.69%) HTML
5 2 (0.69%) ODBC
5 2 (0.69%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.69%) Quarkus
5 2 (0.69%) React
6 1 (0.35%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.03%) Analytical Mindset
2 23 (7.99%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.90%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.74%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.74%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.74%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.39%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.39%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.39%) PKI
11 3 (1.04%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (14.24%) Windows
2 13 (4.51%) Linux
3 10 (3.47%) Unix
3 10 (3.47%) Windows 10
4 9 (3.13%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.43%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.69%) AIX
7 2 (0.69%) HPUX
7 2 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Solaris
7 2 (0.69%) SUSE
8 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (52.78%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (29.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 59 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (16.67%) Agile
5 45 (15.63%) ITIL
6 43 (14.93%) Change Management
7 41 (14.24%) Analytics
8 35 (12.15%) Project Management
9 34 (11.81%) Decision-Making
9 34 (11.81%) Validation
10 32 (11.11%) AI
10 32 (11.11%) Data Modelling
10 32 (11.11%) Migration
11 30 (10.42%) CI/CD
11 30 (10.42%) Roadmaps
12 29 (10.07%) Workshop Facilitation
13 28 (9.72%) Data Analysis
14 27 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 26 (9.03%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.01%) SQL
2 45 (15.63%) Python
3 21 (7.29%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.13%) Java
5 7 (2.43%) PL/SQL
5 7 (2.43%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.08%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (1.74%) Bash
7 5 (1.74%) C#
8 4 (1.39%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.39%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.69%) ABAP
11 1 (0.35%) Ada
11 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.35%) C
11 1 (0.35%) C++
11 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 40 (13.89%) Degree
2 39 (13.54%) Security Cleared
3 30 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.60%) CISSP
5 13 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.47%) A+ Certification
7 10 (3.47%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.47%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.78%) CCNP
10 7 (2.43%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.74%) CCIE
12 5 (1.74%) CCNA
12 5 (1.74%) CISM
12 5 (1.74%) GCIH
13 4 (1.39%) ACCA
13 4 (1.39%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.19%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.21%) SLA
3 14 (4.86%) GRC
4 10 (3.47%) NIST
5 8 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.78%) QA
6 7 (2.43%) GDPR
7 6 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.04%) NCSC
8 3 (1.04%) PMO
9 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.35%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.35%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.35%) GAAP
10 1 (0.35%) MISRA
System Software
1 31 (10.76%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.74%) Docker
3 5 (1.74%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.04%) Firmware
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (5.56%) Ansible
2 8 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.08%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.04%) CASB
5 3 (1.04%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.04%) SCCM
6 2 (0.69%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.69%) Grafana
6 2 (0.69%) Istio
6 2 (0.69%) WMI
7 1 (0.35%) Nagios
7 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 24 (8.33%) SAP
4 22 (7.64%) Splunk
5 18 (6.25%) Oracle
6 11 (3.82%) Cisco
6 11 (3.82%) Remedy
7 9 (3.13%) Teradata
8 8 (2.78%) VMware
9 7 (2.43%) IBM
10 6 (2.08%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.08%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (2.08%) Databricks
10 6 (2.08%) F5
10 6 (2.08%) Google
11 5 (1.74%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.39%) AlgoSec
12 4 (1.39%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.39%) Palo Alto