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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +6
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 224 195 208
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 8.86% 9.42% 7.57%
As % of the General category 14.64% 16.13% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 117 120
10th Percentile £306 £293 £229
25th Percentile £350 £313 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £556
90th Percentile £617 £626 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 23
10th Percentile £19.44 £19.03 £12.12
25th Percentile £27.80 £20.60 £17.13
Median hourly rate £38.00 £24.18 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year +57.15% -9.30% -24.63%
75th Percentile £43.00 £28.89 £45.88
90th Percentile £45.20 £53.43 £46.18
England median hourly rate £30.82 £26.31 £23.22
% change year-on-year +17.13% +13.34% -33.67%

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 1,530 1,209 1,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 60.52% 58.43% 54.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 996 649 964
10th Percentile £199 £267 £256
25th Percentile £350 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £676 £700
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 90 133
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.86 £12.57
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.06 £15.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.26 £22.11
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% +23.27% +5.04%
75th Percentile £45.46 £37.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £65.32 £52.62
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £28.63
% change year-on-year -23.33% +4.80% +11.34%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 19 January 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
Cheshire -1 100 £433 -8.95% 62
Manchester -10 88 £430 +7.50% 110
Lancashire +5 24 £550 - 50
Merseyside -22 8 £365 -2.67% 14
Cumbria 0 3 £475 - 2
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 (8.04%) Confluence
2 14 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.36%) SAS
4 7 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (3.13%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.79%) Apache
5 4 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.89%) JBoss
6 2 (0.89%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.45%) Mule
7 1 (0.45%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.45%) Resin
7 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (11.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (6.25%) MS Visio
4 13 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.89%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.89%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.45%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (4.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.34%) iTrent
2 3 (1.34%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.89%) ContrOCC
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.89%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.45%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.45%) Maximo
4 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 40 (17.86%) Azure
2 37 (16.52%) AWS
3 23 (10.27%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (8.48%) GCP
6 10 (4.46%) OneDrive
7 7 (3.13%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.68%) Apigee
8 6 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.68%) Kong
9 4 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.34%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.34%) SaaS
10 3 (1.34%) Serverless
11 2 (0.89%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.89%) Amazon SageMaker
11 2 (0.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.82%) Firewall
2 13 (5.80%) Network Security
3 8 (3.57%) BGP
3 8 (3.57%) DNS
3 8 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.57%) VPN
4 7 (3.13%) LAN
4 7 (3.13%) Skype
4 7 (3.13%) VLAN
5 6 (2.68%) Software-Defined Networking
5 6 (2.68%) WAN
6 4 (1.79%) DMZ
6 4 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 4 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 4 (1.79%) WebEx
7 3 (1.34%) DHCP
8 2 (0.89%) NetScaler
8 2 (0.89%) SAN
9 1 (0.45%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.45%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.14%) Power BI
2 12 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.23%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.79%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.79%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.79%) MS Access
4 4 (1.79%) Power Query
4 4 (1.79%) Tableau
5 3 (1.34%) Cognos Framework Manager
5 3 (1.34%) Cognos Report Studio
5 3 (1.34%) Cognos Transformer
5 3 (1.34%) Looker
5 3 (1.34%) OLAP
5 3 (1.34%) OLAP Cube
5 3 (1.34%) OLTP
5 3 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.89%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.89%) Redis
6 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (12.50%) JIRA
2 9 (4.02%) GitLab
3 6 (2.68%) Git
4 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.34%) TestRail
6 2 (0.89%) JUnit
6 2 (0.89%) Selenium
7 1 (0.45%) Appium
7 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.45%) Gradle
7 1 (0.45%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.45%) Maven
7 1 (0.45%) MLflow
7 1 (0.45%) Postman
7 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 71 (31.70%) Finance
3 24 (10.71%) Banking
4 16 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.57%) Legal
8 7 (3.13%) Local Government
9 6 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.23%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.23%) Marketing
10 5 (2.23%) Retail Banking
10 5 (2.23%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.79%) Automotive
12 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.89%) Publishing
14 1 (0.45%) Law
14 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 73 (32.59%) Analyst
2 29 (12.95%) Business Analyst
3 18 (8.04%) Developer
4 16 (7.14%) Support Analyst
5 15 (6.70%) Architect
5 15 (6.70%) Senior
6 13 (5.80%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (4.91%) Operations Analyst
8 10 (4.46%) Consultant
8 10 (4.46%) Technical Analyst
9 8 (3.57%) Lead
9 8 (3.57%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (3.13%) Operational Support Analyst
10 7 (3.13%) Operations Support Analyst
11 6 (2.68%) Data Analyst
11 6 (2.68%) Deskside Analyst
11 6 (2.68%) Deskside Support
11 6 (2.68%) Deskside Support Analyst
11 6 (2.68%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.91%) REST
1 11 (4.91%) XML
2 9 (4.02%) JSON
2 9 (4.02%) SOAP
3 8 (3.57%) OAuth
4 7 (3.13%) JWT
4 7 (3.13%) Swagger
5 6 (2.68%) OpenAPI
6 5 (2.23%) HTML
7 4 (1.79%) .NET
7 4 (1.79%) Spring
7 4 (1.79%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.79%) XMPP
8 3 (1.34%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.34%) RESTful
9 2 (0.89%) CSS
9 2 (0.89%) HTML5 Canvas
9 2 (0.89%) Kafka
9 2 (0.89%) Node.js
9 2 (0.89%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.71%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.68%) CMDB
4 6 (2.68%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.23%) Credit Risk
5 5 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.34%) FMCG
7 3 (1.34%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.34%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.89%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.89%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.89%) Clustering
8 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.16%) Windows
2 18 (8.04%) Linux
2 18 (8.04%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.68%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.89%) Unix
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (58.93%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (25.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 55 (24.55%) Agile
4 38 (16.96%) Change Management
5 32 (14.29%) Analytics
6 31 (13.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (12.95%) Project Management
8 28 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 27 (12.05%) CI/CD
9 27 (12.05%) Data Modelling
10 26 (11.61%) ITIL
11 25 (11.16%) DevOps
11 25 (11.16%) Validation
12 24 (10.71%) Computer Science
13 23 (10.27%) Data Analysis
14 22 (9.82%) ITSM
14 22 (9.82%) Requirements Gathering
15 21 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (9.38%) Service Management
16 20 (8.93%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.96%) Python
2 36 (16.07%) SQL
3 16 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.91%) Bash
5 9 (4.02%) Java
6 8 (3.57%) Perl
7 6 (2.68%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.68%) R
8 5 (2.23%) C#
9 4 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.79%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.79%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.34%) ProC
10 3 (1.34%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.89%) ABAP
11 2 (0.89%) CLIST
11 2 (0.89%) COBOL
11 2 (0.89%) JCL
11 2 (0.89%) REXX
12 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (18.75%) Degree
2 38 (16.96%) Security Cleared
3 33 (14.73%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.14%) CISSP
6 14 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (5.80%) CISM
8 11 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (4.02%) CCNA
9 9 (4.02%) CCNP
10 8 (3.57%) CCDP
11 6 (2.68%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.79%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.79%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.34%) CISA
13 3 (1.34%) GSEC
13 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.34%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.34%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.46%) GDPR
2 9 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.02%) NIST
3 8 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.57%) QA
4 6 (2.68%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.79%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.34%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.89%) CRD IV
7 2 (0.89%) FINREP
7 2 (0.89%) IFRS
7 2 (0.89%) PSD2
7 2 (0.89%) SLA
8 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.45%) PERC
8 1 (0.45%) SEPA
System Software
1 27 (12.05%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.02%) Docker
4 3 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.89%) ACF2
5 2 (0.89%) RACF
5 2 (0.89%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.89%) vSphere
6 1 (0.45%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 16 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.80%) SCCM
3 10 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.23%) Fluentd
6 4 (1.79%) HP ALM
7 3 (1.34%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.34%) QRadar
8 2 (0.89%) CA Endevor
8 2 (0.89%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.89%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.45%) Autotask
9 1 (0.45%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.45%) Terraform
9 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (29.02%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.48%) SAP
3 14 (6.25%) VMware
4 11 (4.91%) Oracle
4 11 (4.91%) Splunk
5 10 (4.46%) Red Hat
6 9 (4.02%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.57%) Cisco
7 8 (3.57%) Workday
8 7 (3.13%) Citrix
8 7 (3.13%) F5
8 7 (3.13%) MuleSoft
8 7 (3.13%) Pega
9 6 (2.68%) Dynatrace
10 5 (2.23%) Cognos
10 5 (2.23%) Cribl.io
11 4 (1.79%) HP
11 4 (1.79%) IBM
12 3 (1.34%) Google
12 3 (1.34%) Salesforce