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 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 13 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 259 219 221
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 10.58% 9.38% 8.06%
As % of the General category 17.06% 16.32% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 122 135
10th Percentile £311 £294 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -9.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £539 £547 £583
90th Percentile £629 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 17
10th Percentile £21.63 £20.84 £17.62
25th Percentile £27.80 £21.83 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.59 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -35.51% +14.70%
75th Percentile £43.48 £59.88 £46.18
90th Percentile £45.30 £70.66 £68.00
England median hourly rate £33.88 £26.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +30.31% -20.00% -18.75%

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 common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,518 1,342 1,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 62.01% 57.50% 54.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 989 714 985
10th Percentile £215 £263 £255
25th Percentile £360 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% -4.20% +4.44%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £595
90th Percentile £658 £674 £688
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 98 111
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.26 £18.35 £17.14
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +44.25% +12.65%
75th Percentile £45.46 £43.59 £45.88
90th Percentile £70.10 £65.00 £61.99
England median hourly rate £24.48 £31.97 £32.32
% change year-on-year -23.44% -1.08% +25.71%

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 21 November 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
Cheshire -1 112 £450 -13.88% 75
Manchester -1 106 £438 +9.38% 200
Lancashire +8 23 £550 +6.28% 107
Cumbria +16 11 £450 -34.69% 7
Merseyside -9 6 £525 +23.53% 37
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 (5.41%) Confluence
1 14 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.86%) SAS
4 7 (2.70%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.70%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.93%) JBoss
5 5 (1.93%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.54%) Resin
7 3 (1.16%) Apache
7 3 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.77%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.77%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.39%) Mule
9 1 (0.39%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (6.56%) MS Visio
4 16 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.25%) Siemens NX
6 4 (1.54%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (4.25%) Teamcenter
2 5 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.54%) ContrOCC
3 4 (1.54%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.16%) iTrent
5 2 (0.77%) Maximo
5 2 (0.77%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.39%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (15.06%) Azure
2 33 (12.74%) AWS
2 33 (12.74%) Power Platform
3 17 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (6.18%) GCP
5 10 (3.86%) OpenShift
6 9 (3.47%) OneDrive
7 7 (2.70%) SaaS
8 6 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.93%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.93%) GitHub
10 4 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.16%) Apigee
11 3 (1.16%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.16%) Kong
11 3 (1.16%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.77%) IBM Cloud
12 2 (0.77%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.18%) Firewall
1 16 (6.18%) Network Security
2 7 (2.70%) BGP
2 7 (2.70%) DNS
2 7 (2.70%) Skype
2 7 (2.70%) VLAN
3 6 (2.32%) DMZ
3 6 (2.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (2.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (2.32%) LAN
3 6 (2.32%) Software-Defined Networking
4 5 (1.93%) VPN
4 5 (1.93%) WAN
5 4 (1.54%) WebEx
6 3 (1.16%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.77%) Calico
8 1 (0.39%) HTTP
8 1 (0.39%) Internet
8 1 (0.39%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.42%) Power BI
2 11 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.47%) Tableau
4 6 (2.32%) Power Query
5 4 (1.54%) MS Access
5 4 (1.54%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.54%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.16%) Cognos Framework Manager
6 3 (1.16%) Cognos Report Studio
6 3 (1.16%) Cognos Transformer
6 3 (1.16%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.16%) MySQL
6 3 (1.16%) OLAP
6 3 (1.16%) OLAP Cube
7 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.77%) Redis
8 1 (0.39%) DB2
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (12.74%) JIRA
2 15 (5.79%) Git
3 13 (5.02%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.63%) GitLab
5 10 (3.86%) JUnit
6 6 (2.32%) Maven
7 5 (1.93%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.93%) Selenium
8 4 (1.54%) Gradle
8 4 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (1.16%) TestRail
10 1 (0.39%) Ant
10 1 (0.39%) Appium
10 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.39%) MLflow
10 1 (0.39%) NUnit
General
1 135 (52.12%) Social Skills
2 84 (32.43%) Finance
3 22 (8.49%) Banking
4 17 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (6.18%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (5.02%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.86%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.47%) Legal
9 8 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.93%) Local Government
10 5 (1.93%) Publishing
11 3 (1.16%) Automotive
11 3 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.16%) Retail
12 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.77%) Law
12 2 (0.77%) Marketing
12 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.39%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 76 (29.34%) Analyst
2 24 (9.27%) Developer
3 22 (8.49%) Business Analyst
4 20 (7.72%) Architect
5 18 (6.95%) Support Analyst
6 15 (5.79%) Consultant
7 13 (5.02%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (4.63%) Lead
9 11 (4.25%) Senior
10 10 (3.86%) Data Analyst
10 10 (3.86%) Desktop Support
11 9 (3.47%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.09%) Deskside Analyst
12 8 (3.09%) Deskside Support
12 8 (3.09%) Deskside Support Analyst
12 8 (3.09%) Operations Analyst
12 8 (3.09%) Technology Support Analyst
13 7 (2.70%) Change Manager
13 7 (2.70%) Operational Support Analyst
13 7 (2.70%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.95%) REST
2 11 (4.25%) SOAP
3 10 (3.86%) Spring
4 9 (3.47%) Spring Boot
4 9 (3.47%) XML
5 8 (3.09%) JSON
6 7 (2.70%) RESTful
7 6 (2.32%) HTML
7 6 (2.32%) Kafka
8 5 (1.93%) React
8 5 (1.93%) Web Services
9 4 (1.54%) .NET
9 4 (1.54%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.54%) CSS
9 4 (1.54%) JWT
9 4 (1.54%) OAuth
9 4 (1.54%) XMPP
10 3 (1.16%) LDAP
10 3 (1.16%) Spring Cloud
10 3 (1.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (7.34%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.02%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.32%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.93%) CMDB
6 5 (1.93%) Credit Risk
6 5 (1.93%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.54%) 3D Printing
7 4 (1.54%) FMCG
7 4 (1.54%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.77%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.77%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.11%) Windows
2 20 (7.72%) Linux
3 13 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.93%) Unix
6 4 (1.54%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.16%) Android
8 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (57.53%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (23.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 55 (21.24%) Agile
4 45 (17.37%) Analytics
5 42 (16.22%) ITIL
6 41 (15.83%) Change Management
7 39 (15.06%) ITSM
8 35 (13.51%) Service Management
9 29 (11.20%) Decision-Making
9 29 (11.20%) Project Management
9 29 (11.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (10.42%) Computer Science
11 26 (10.04%) CI/CD
11 26 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (10.04%) DevOps
12 23 (8.88%) Data Analysis
12 23 (8.88%) Visualisation
13 22 (8.49%) Requirements Gathering
14 21 (8.11%) AI
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.44%) Python
2 32 (12.36%) SQL
3 19 (7.34%) PowerShell
4 18 (6.95%) Java
5 11 (4.25%) Bash
5 11 (4.25%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.09%) Perl
7 7 (2.70%) R
8 6 (2.32%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.93%) C#
9 5 (1.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.77%) ABAP
11 2 (0.77%) CLIST
11 2 (0.77%) COBOL
11 2 (0.77%) JCL
11 2 (0.77%) REXX
12 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (20.08%) Security Cleared
2 49 (18.92%) Degree
3 45 (17.37%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (4.63%) CISSP
7 10 (3.86%) CISM
8 9 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.09%) CCDP
9 8 (3.09%) CCNP
10 7 (2.70%) CCNA
11 6 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.54%) CBAP
12 4 (1.54%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.54%) PMP
13 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.16%) CISA
13 3 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.16%) GSEC
13 3 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.25%) QA
2 10 (3.86%) GDPR
3 9 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.47%) NIST
4 5 (1.93%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.54%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.16%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.16%) SLA
7 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.77%) COBIT
7 2 (0.77%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.77%) SEPA
8 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 17 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.09%) Docker
4 2 (0.77%) ACF2
4 2 (0.77%) RACF
4 2 (0.77%) Time Sharing Option
4 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (5.79%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.47%) SCCM
3 5 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (1.93%) Fluentd
4 4 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.16%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.16%) QRadar
5 3 (1.16%) Terraform
6 2 (0.77%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.77%) Istio
6 2 (0.77%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.39%) Autotask
7 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (33.98%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.34%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.56%) SAP
4 14 (5.41%) VMware
5 11 (4.25%) Oracle
6 10 (3.86%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.86%) Siemens
6 10 (3.86%) Splunk
7 7 (2.70%) Cisco
7 7 (2.70%) Citrix
7 7 (2.70%) F5
7 7 (2.70%) Pega
7 7 (2.70%) Workday
8 6 (2.32%) IBM
9 5 (1.93%) Cribl.io
10 4 (1.54%) Cognos
10 4 (1.54%) Liquidlogic
10 4 (1.54%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.16%) HP
11 3 (1.16%) Salesforce