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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 258 227 224
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 10.67% 9.55% 8.10%
As % of the General category 17.49% 16.53% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 126 140
10th Percentile £311 £294 £263
25th Percentile £369 £327 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £461 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -6.82% +4.21%
75th Percentile £550 £543 £562
90th Percentile £634 £594 £627
England median daily rate £500 £520 £534
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.62% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 17
10th Percentile £22.35 £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% +6.78%
75th Percentile £44.94 £59.88 £46.18
90th Percentile £63.40 £70.66 £68.00
England median hourly rate £34.27 £25.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +34.39% -27.14% -

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 1,475 1,373 1,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.03% 57.76% 54.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 955 738 994
10th Percentile £215 £267 £256
25th Percentile £364 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -4.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £593
90th Percentile £671 £673 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 92 115
10th Percentile £13.71 £16.00 £15.29
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.11 £16.70
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +44.44% +2.27%
75th Percentile £45.46 £43.26 £45.44
90th Percentile £70.06 £64.50 £60.19
England median hourly rate £25.00 £31.97 £30.48
% change year-on-year -21.80% +4.91% +18.53%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -2 114 £464 -11.24% 116
Manchester -5 100 £447 +11.75% 295
Lancashire +9 28 £550 +37.50% 158
Cumbria +14 11 £450 -34.69% 12
Merseyside -6 4 £525 +23.53% 44
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 (5.43%) Confluence
1 14 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.71%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (2.71%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.33%) JBoss
4 6 (2.33%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.94%) SAS
6 4 (1.55%) Resin
7 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.39%) Apache
8 1 (0.39%) Mule
8 1 (0.39%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 38 (14.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (7.36%) MS Visio
4 16 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.26%) Siemens NX
6 4 (1.55%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.26%) Teamcenter
2 5 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.55%) ContrOCC
3 4 (1.55%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.78%) iTrent
5 2 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.39%) Maximo
6 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.34%) Azure
2 31 (12.02%) Power Platform
3 29 (11.24%) AWS
4 16 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.43%) GCP
6 11 (4.26%) OpenShift
7 9 (3.49%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.71%) SaaS
9 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.94%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.94%) GitHub
11 4 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.16%) BrowserStack
12 3 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.16%) Lucidchart
13 2 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.78%) IBM Cloud
13 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.81%) Firewall
1 15 (5.81%) Network Security
2 7 (2.71%) BGP
2 7 (2.71%) DNS
2 7 (2.71%) Skype
2 7 (2.71%) VLAN
3 6 (2.33%) DMZ
3 6 (2.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (2.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (2.33%) LAN
3 6 (2.33%) Software-Defined Networking
4 5 (1.94%) WAN
5 4 (1.55%) VPN
5 4 (1.55%) WebEx
6 3 (1.16%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.78%) Calico
8 1 (0.39%) Internet
8 1 (0.39%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.39%) VoIP
8 1 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.69%) Power BI
2 9 (3.49%) Tableau
3 6 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.94%) Power Query
5 4 (1.55%) MS Access
6 3 (1.16%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.78%) Cognos Framework Manager
7 2 (0.78%) Cognos Report Studio
7 2 (0.78%) Cognos Transformer
7 2 (0.78%) MySQL
7 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.78%) OLAP
7 2 (0.78%) OLAP Cube
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.78%) Redis
7 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (12.40%) JIRA
2 15 (5.81%) Git
3 14 (5.43%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.65%) GitLab
5 11 (4.26%) JUnit
6 7 (2.71%) Maven
7 6 (2.33%) Selenium
8 5 (1.94%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.94%) Gradle
8 5 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (1.16%) TestRail
10 2 (0.78%) Appium
11 1 (0.39%) Ant
11 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.39%) JMeter
11 1 (0.39%) MLflow
11 1 (0.39%) NUnit
General
1 139 (53.88%) Social Skills
2 73 (28.29%) Finance
3 23 (8.91%) Banking
4 17 (6.59%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (5.81%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.26%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.88%) Aerospace
9 9 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.49%) Legal
10 5 (1.94%) Publishing
11 4 (1.55%) Local Government
12 3 (1.16%) Automotive
12 3 (1.16%) Retail
13 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.78%) Law
13 2 (0.78%) Marketing
13 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (29.84%) Analyst
2 24 (9.30%) Architect
3 22 (8.53%) Business Analyst
4 20 (7.75%) Developer
5 19 (7.36%) Support Analyst
6 15 (5.81%) Consultant
7 13 (5.04%) Lead
7 13 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (4.65%) Desktop Support
9 11 (4.26%) Senior
10 10 (3.88%) Java Developer
11 9 (3.49%) Data Analyst
11 9 (3.49%) Deskside Analyst
11 9 (3.49%) Deskside Support
11 9 (3.49%) Deskside Support Analyst
11 9 (3.49%) Technology Support Analyst
12 8 (3.10%) Operations Analyst
13 7 (2.71%) Operational Support Analyst
13 7 (2.71%) Operations Support Analyst
13 7 (2.71%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.59%) REST
2 11 (4.26%) Spring
3 10 (3.88%) SOAP
3 10 (3.88%) Spring Boot
4 7 (2.71%) RESTful
5 6 (2.33%) HTML
5 6 (2.33%) JSON
5 6 (2.33%) Kafka
5 6 (2.33%) XML
6 5 (1.94%) React
6 5 (1.94%) Web Services
7 4 (1.55%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.55%) CSS
7 4 (1.55%) Spring Cloud
7 4 (1.55%) XMPP
8 3 (1.16%) .NET
8 3 (1.16%) LDAP
9 2 (0.78%) J2EE
9 2 (0.78%) JWT
9 2 (0.78%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (7.36%) Product Ownership
3 15 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.71%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.94%) CMDB
6 5 (1.94%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.55%) 3D Printing
7 4 (1.55%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.55%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.16%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.16%) FMCG
9 2 (0.78%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.75%) Linux
1 20 (7.75%) Windows
2 13 (5.04%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.71%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.33%) Android
6 5 (1.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (59.30%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (21.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (20.54%) Agile
4 45 (17.44%) ITIL
5 42 (16.28%) ITSM
6 41 (15.89%) Analytics
7 38 (14.73%) Change Management
8 36 (13.95%) Service Management
9 30 (11.63%) Project Management
10 28 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (10.85%) Decision-Making
11 27 (10.47%) CI/CD
12 26 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (9.69%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (9.30%) DevOps
15 23 (8.91%) Computer Science
15 23 (8.91%) Data Analysis
16 22 (8.53%) AI
17 21 (8.14%) Visualisation
18 20 (7.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.95%) Python
2 24 (9.30%) SQL
3 19 (7.36%) Java
3 19 (7.36%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.26%) Bash
5 10 (3.88%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.10%) Perl
7 7 (2.71%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.33%) C#
9 4 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.55%) R
10 3 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.78%) ABAP
12 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (20.54%) Security Cleared
2 45 (17.44%) Degree
2 45 (17.44%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.65%) CISSP
5 10 (3.88%) CISM
6 9 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.10%) CCDP
7 8 (3.10%) CCNP
8 7 (2.71%) CCNA
9 6 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.55%) CBAP
10 4 (1.55%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.55%) PMP
11 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.16%) CISA
11 3 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.16%) GSEC
11 3 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.88%) GDPR
2 9 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.49%) NIST
2 9 (3.49%) QA
3 5 (1.94%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.94%) SEPA
4 4 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.55%) SLA
5 3 (1.16%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.78%) COBIT
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 16 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.10%) Docker
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.49%) SCCM
3 5 (1.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (1.94%) Fluentd
4 4 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.16%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.16%) QRadar
5 3 (1.16%) Terraform
6 2 (0.78%) Istio
6 2 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.39%) Autotask
7 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (32.95%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.75%) ServiceNow
3 16 (6.20%) SAP
4 14 (5.43%) VMware
5 12 (4.65%) Oracle
6 10 (3.88%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.88%) Siemens
7 9 (3.49%) Splunk
8 7 (2.71%) Cisco
8 7 (2.71%) Citrix
8 7 (2.71%) F5
9 6 (2.33%) Workday
10 5 (1.94%) Cribl.io
10 5 (1.94%) IBM
10 5 (1.94%) Pega
11 4 (1.55%) Liquidlogic
12 3 (1.16%) ArcSight
12 3 (1.16%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.16%) HP
12 3 (1.16%) Snow