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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 226 192 208
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 9.19% 9.37% 7.72%
As % of the General category 15.20% 16.00% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 115 123
10th Percentile £309 £292 £226
25th Percentile £356 £310 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £486
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £548 £542 £553
90th Percentile £630 £626 £624
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 19
10th Percentile £21.75 £19.03 £16.48
25th Percentile £27.80 £20.60 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.18 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.56% -19.40% -2.41%
75th Percentile £43.00 £41.56 £46.03
90th Percentile £45.25 £66.88 £46.18
England median hourly rate £34.14 £26.13 £24.00
% change year-on-year +30.66% +8.85% -29.41%

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 1,487 1,200 1,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 60.50% 58.54% 54.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 959 647 951
10th Percentile £198 £260 £256
25th Percentile £350 £360 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £677 £700
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 86 120
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.69 £12.98
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.26 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% +29.79% -2.33%
75th Percentile £45.46 £42.63 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £66.59 £52.78
England median hourly rate £23.19 £29.12 £30.48
% change year-on-year -20.35% -4.46% +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 12 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 12 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 12 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 0 96 £435 -9.47% 54
Manchester -9 88 £438 +9.38% 105
Lancashire +3 24 £550 - 51
Cumbria +7 9 £460 - 4
Merseyside -16 8 £365 -21.08% 21
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 17 (7.52%) Confluence
2 14 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.19%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.31%) SAS
4 7 (3.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (3.10%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.77%) Apache
5 4 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.88%) JBoss
6 2 (0.88%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.44%) Mule
7 1 (0.44%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.44%) Resin
7 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (11.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (6.19%) MS Visio
4 12 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (3.98%) Siemens NX
6 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.88%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.44%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (3.98%) Teamcenter
2 8 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.33%) iTrent
3 3 (1.33%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.88%) ContrOCC
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.44%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.44%) Maximo
5 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.44%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 40 (17.70%) Azure
2 37 (16.37%) AWS
3 22 (9.73%) Power Platform
4 19 (8.41%) GCP
4 19 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.42%) OneDrive
6 7 (3.10%) OpenShift
7 6 (2.65%) Apigee
7 6 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.65%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.65%) Kong
8 4 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.33%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.33%) SaaS
9 3 (1.33%) Serverless
10 2 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.88%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.73%) Firewall
2 14 (6.19%) Network Security
3 9 (3.98%) DNS
4 8 (3.54%) BGP
4 8 (3.54%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.10%) LAN
5 7 (3.10%) Skype
5 7 (3.10%) VLAN
5 7 (3.10%) VPN
6 6 (2.65%) Software-Defined Networking
6 6 (2.65%) WAN
7 5 (2.21%) DMZ
7 5 (2.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 5 (2.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (1.77%) WebEx
9 3 (1.33%) DHCP
10 2 (0.88%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.88%) SAN
11 1 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.64%) Power BI
2 12 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.21%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.77%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.77%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.77%) MS Access
4 4 (1.77%) Tableau
5 3 (1.33%) Cognos Framework Manager
5 3 (1.33%) Cognos Report Studio
5 3 (1.33%) Cognos Transformer
5 3 (1.33%) Looker
5 3 (1.33%) OLAP
5 3 (1.33%) OLAP Cube
5 3 (1.33%) OLTP
5 3 (1.33%) Power Query
5 3 (1.33%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.88%) Metadata
6 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (11.50%) JIRA
2 9 (3.98%) GitLab
3 6 (2.65%) Git
4 4 (1.77%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.33%) TestRail
6 2 (0.88%) JUnit
6 2 (0.88%) Selenium
7 1 (0.44%) Appium
7 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.44%) Gradle
7 1 (0.44%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.44%) Maven
7 1 (0.44%) MLflow
7 1 (0.44%) Postman
7 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 103 (45.58%) Social Skills
2 69 (30.53%) Finance
3 23 (10.18%) Banking
4 17 (7.52%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (4.42%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.54%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.54%) Legal
9 7 (3.10%) Local Government
10 6 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.21%) Marketing
12 4 (1.77%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.33%) Automotive
13 3 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.33%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.88%) Publishing
15 1 (0.44%) Law
15 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (30.53%) Analyst
2 28 (12.39%) Business Analyst
3 20 (8.85%) Architect
4 18 (7.96%) Developer
5 15 (6.64%) Senior
5 15 (6.64%) Support Analyst
6 13 (5.75%) Platform Engineer
7 12 (5.31%) Consultant
8 11 (4.87%) Operations Analyst
9 10 (4.42%) Technical Analyst
10 8 (3.54%) Lead
10 8 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (3.10%) Operational Support Analyst
11 7 (3.10%) Operations Support Analyst
11 7 (3.10%) Project Manager
12 6 (2.65%) Data Analyst
12 6 (2.65%) Deskside Analyst
12 6 (2.65%) Deskside Support
12 6 (2.65%) Deskside Support Analyst
12 6 (2.65%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.87%) REST
1 11 (4.87%) XML
2 9 (3.98%) JSON
2 9 (3.98%) SOAP
3 8 (3.54%) OAuth
4 7 (3.10%) JWT
4 7 (3.10%) Swagger
5 6 (2.65%) OpenAPI
6 5 (2.21%) HTML
7 4 (1.77%) .NET
7 4 (1.77%) Spring
7 4 (1.77%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.77%) XMPP
8 3 (1.33%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.33%) RESTful
9 2 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
9 2 (0.88%) ISPF
9 2 (0.88%) Kafka
9 2 (0.88%) Node.js
9 2 (0.88%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.18%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.65%) CMDB
3 6 (2.65%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.21%) Credit Risk
4 5 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.21%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.77%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.77%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.77%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.33%) FMCG
6 3 (1.33%) Legacy Code
6 3 (1.33%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.88%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.88%) Clustering
7 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.62%) Windows
2 18 (7.96%) Windows Server
3 17 (7.52%) Linux
4 10 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.77%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.88%) Unix
6 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (55.75%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (25.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (23.45%) Agile
4 38 (16.81%) Change Management
5 32 (14.16%) Analytics
6 30 (13.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 27 (11.95%) CI/CD
7 27 (11.95%) Decision-Making
7 27 (11.95%) Project Management
8 26 (11.50%) Data Modelling
8 26 (11.50%) Use Case
9 25 (11.06%) DevOps
10 24 (10.62%) ITIL
10 24 (10.62%) Validation
11 23 (10.18%) Computer Science
11 23 (10.18%) Data Analysis
12 22 (9.73%) ITSM
13 21 (9.29%) Requirements Gathering
14 20 (8.85%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (8.85%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.81%) Python
2 36 (15.93%) SQL
3 16 (7.08%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.87%) Bash
5 9 (3.98%) Java
6 8 (3.54%) Perl
7 6 (2.65%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.65%) R
8 5 (2.21%) C#
9 4 (1.77%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.77%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.33%) ProC
10 3 (1.33%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.88%) ABAP
11 2 (0.88%) CLIST
11 2 (0.88%) COBOL
11 2 (0.88%) JCL
11 2 (0.88%) REXX
12 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 44 (19.47%) Security Cleared
2 41 (18.14%) Degree
3 39 (17.26%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.08%) CISSP
6 14 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (5.75%) CISM
8 11 (4.87%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.98%) CCNA
9 9 (3.98%) CCNP
10 8 (3.54%) CCDP
11 6 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.77%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.77%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.33%) CISA
13 3 (1.33%) GSEC
13 3 (1.33%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.33%) PMP
14 2 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.42%) GDPR
2 9 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.98%) NIST
3 7 (3.10%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.10%) QA
4 6 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.77%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.77%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.33%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.88%) CRD IV
7 2 (0.88%) FINREP
7 2 (0.88%) IFRS
7 2 (0.88%) PSD2
8 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.44%) PERC
8 1 (0.44%) SEPA
8 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (11.06%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.98%) Docker
4 5 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.88%) ACF2
5 2 (0.88%) RACF
5 2 (0.88%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.88%) vSphere
6 1 (0.44%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 16 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.19%) SCCM
3 12 (5.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (3.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.21%) Fluentd
6 3 (1.33%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.33%) QRadar
7 2 (0.88%) CA Endevor
7 2 (0.88%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.88%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.44%) Autotask
8 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.44%) Terraform
8 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (28.32%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.96%) SAP
3 15 (6.64%) VMware
4 11 (4.87%) Oracle
4 11 (4.87%) Splunk
5 10 (4.42%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.98%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.98%) Siemens
7 8 (3.54%) Cisco
7 8 (3.54%) F5
7 8 (3.54%) Workday
8 7 (3.10%) Citrix
8 7 (3.10%) MuleSoft
8 7 (3.10%) Pega
9 6 (2.65%) Dynatrace
10 5 (2.21%) Cognos
10 5 (2.21%) Cribl.io
11 4 (1.77%) IBM
12 3 (1.33%) HP
12 3 (1.33%) Salesforce