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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 14
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 289 258 211
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.42% 11.81% 8.79%
As % of the General category 14.46% 19.13% 15.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 165 115
10th Percentile £295 £300 £294
25th Percentile £367 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £453
Median % change year-on-year - -0.55% -6.89%
75th Percentile £550 £537 £538
90th Percentile £640 £654 £585
England median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 18 8
10th Percentile £24.08 £24.53 £15.92
25th Percentile £25.49 £27.80 £23.67
Median hourly rate £45.50 £30.80 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.73% -30.79% +10.04%
75th Percentile £77.50 £40.33 £57.38
90th Percentile £178.75 £63.40 £75.15
England median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% +44.44% -50.00%

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 1,999 1,349 1,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 51.35% 61.77% 55.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 865 763
10th Percentile £230 £271 £275
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £493
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -7.20% -1.40%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £585
90th Percentile £681 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 111 80
10th Percentile £14.68 £12.82 £15.99
25th Percentile £23.75 £15.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £24.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.90% -30.00% +55.35%
75th Percentile £63.75 £48.56 £46.51
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £57.55
England median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.50
% change year-on-year +23.88% -34.68% +29.41%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -12 146 £435 -3.33% 386
Cheshire -5 90 £468 +4.75% 105
Lancashire -14 23 £550 +22.11% 75
Cumbria -18 17 £458 +1.67% 14
Merseyside -4 14 £458 -29.62% 59
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 13 (4.50%) Confluence
2 6 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.38%) 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%) Mule
4 1 (0.35%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.81%) MS Visio
4 9 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.38%) 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 45 (15.57%) Azure
2 29 (10.03%) AWS
2 29 (10.03%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (9.69%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.46%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.42%) GCP
6 7 (2.42%) SaaS
7 5 (1.73%) GitHub
7 5 (1.73%) IBM Blueworks
8 3 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.04%) OCI
8 3 (1.04%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.04%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.69%) dbt
9 2 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.69%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.57%) Firewall
2 17 (5.88%) VPN
3 14 (4.84%) WAN
4 11 (3.81%) Network Security
5 10 (3.46%) LAN
6 9 (3.11%) DNS
7 7 (2.42%) BGP
7 7 (2.42%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.73%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.73%) SNMP
8 5 (1.73%) VLAN
8 5 (1.73%) Wireless
9 4 (1.38%) OSPF
9 4 (1.38%) 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 24 (8.30%) Power BI
2 15 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.81%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.77%) Metadata
4 8 (2.77%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.42%) Tableau
6 6 (2.08%) DataStage
6 6 (2.08%) Db2
7 4 (1.38%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.69%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.69%) Power Query
8 2 (0.69%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.35%) Big Data
9 1 (0.35%) Flink
9 1 (0.35%) Looker
9 1 (0.35%) Parquet
9 1 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 21 (7.27%) JIRA
2 8 (2.77%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.42%) Git
4 6 (2.08%) GitLab
5 4 (1.38%) 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
1 153 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 88 (30.45%) Finance
3 37 (12.80%) Banking
4 26 (9.00%) Manufacturing
5 15 (5.19%) Legal
5 15 (5.19%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.15%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.77%) Marketing
10 7 (2.42%) Law
10 7 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.08%) Automotive
12 4 (1.38%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.38%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.04%) Billing
13 3 (1.04%) Local Government
13 3 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (23.88%) Analyst
2 22 (7.61%) Lead
3 20 (6.92%) Business Analyst
3 20 (6.92%) Developer
4 19 (6.57%) Consultant
5 14 (4.84%) Administrator
5 14 (4.84%) Architect
5 14 (4.84%) IT Support
5 14 (4.84%) Network Engineer
6 13 (4.50%) Senior
7 12 (4.15%) Data Analyst
8 10 (3.46%) Service Analyst
8 10 (3.46%) Support Analyst
8 10 (3.46%) Support Engineer
9 9 (3.11%) Security Engineer
10 8 (2.77%) Data Engineer
10 8 (2.77%) IT Analyst
10 8 (2.77%) IT Engineer
10 8 (2.77%) Senior Manager
10 8 (2.77%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.11%) REST
1 9 (3.11%) Terraform
2 7 (2.42%) JSON
3 4 (1.38%) OAuth
3 4 (1.38%) PySpark
3 4 (1.38%) RESTful
3 4 (1.38%) XML
4 3 (1.04%) Gherkin
4 3 (1.04%) HTML
4 3 (1.04%) Kafka
4 3 (1.04%) Node.js
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%) CSS
5 2 (0.69%) ODBC
5 2 (0.69%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.69%) Quarkus
5 2 (0.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 24 (8.30%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (3.46%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.11%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.73%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.73%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.38%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.38%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.38%) PKI
10 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.04%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.04%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.84%) Windows
2 13 (4.50%) Linux
3 10 (3.46%) Unix
3 10 (3.46%) Windows 10
4 9 (3.11%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.08%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.73%) 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
1 154 (53.29%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (30.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (20.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (16.26%) Agile
5 45 (15.57%) ITIL
6 43 (14.88%) Change Management
7 42 (14.53%) Analytics
8 36 (12.46%) Validation
9 34 (11.76%) Decision-Making
9 34 (11.76%) Project Management
10 31 (10.73%) AI
10 31 (10.73%) Migration
11 29 (10.03%) CI/CD
11 29 (10.03%) Data Modelling
11 29 (10.03%) Roadmaps
12 28 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (9.69%) Workshop Facilitation
13 27 (9.34%) Data Analysis
13 27 (9.34%) ERP
14 26 (9.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 47 (16.26%) Python
2 46 (15.92%) SQL
3 21 (7.27%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.11%) Java
5 7 (2.42%) PL/SQL
5 7 (2.42%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.08%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (1.73%) Bash
7 5 (1.73%) C#
8 4 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.38%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.69%) ABAP
10 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.35%) Ada
11 1 (0.35%) C
11 1 (0.35%) C++
11 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.35%) Perl
11 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (14.19%) Degree
1 41 (14.19%) Security Cleared
2 31 (10.73%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.57%) CISSP
4 13 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.46%) A+ Certification
6 10 (3.46%) AWS Certification
6 10 (3.46%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.77%) CCNP
9 7 (2.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.73%) ACCA
11 5 (1.73%) CCIE
11 5 (1.73%) CCNA
11 5 (1.73%) CIMA
11 5 (1.73%) CISM
11 5 (1.73%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.19%) SLA
3 13 (4.50%) GRC
4 10 (3.46%) NIST
5 8 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.77%) QA
6 6 (2.08%) GDPR
6 6 (2.08%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.04%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.04%) PMO
8 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.69%) NCSC
9 1 (0.35%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.35%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.35%) GAAP
9 1 (0.35%) MISRA
System Software
1 30 (10.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.73%) Docker
3 5 (1.73%) 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 (5.54%) Ansible
2 8 (2.77%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.08%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.04%) CASB
5 3 (1.04%) McAfee ePO
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%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.69%) WMI
7 1 (0.35%) Nagios
7 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 71 (24.57%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.73%) ServiceNow
3 26 (9.00%) SAP
4 22 (7.61%) Splunk
5 17 (5.88%) Oracle
6 11 (3.81%) Cisco
6 11 (3.81%) Remedy
7 9 (3.11%) Teradata
8 8 (2.77%) VMware
9 7 (2.42%) IBM
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 (1.73%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.73%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.38%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.38%) HP
12 4 (1.38%) Juniper