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 23 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 235 200 194
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 8.53% 9.79% 6.92%
As % of the General category 14.26% 16.88% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 128 105
10th Percentile £313 £294 £227
25th Percentile £359 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £467 £495
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% -5.76% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £548 £542
90th Percentile £588 £651 £593
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 13 31
10th Percentile £18.98 £19.05 £11.77
25th Percentile £27.80 £21.05 £13.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +69.56% +36.46% -40.68%
75th Percentile £44.94 £34.11 £43.75
90th Percentile £62.74 £51.60 £46.18
England median hourly rate £30.05 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.28% +37.50% -42.03%

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 1,648 1,185 1,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 59.80% 58.00% 54.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,046 673 945
10th Percentile £200 £264 £265
25th Percentile £356 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £674 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 97 188
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.96 £12.42
25th Percentile £18.77 £21.05 £14.43
Median hourly rate £30.49 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% +62.25% -29.12%
75th Percentile £50.23 £46.18 £37.20
90th Percentile £74.26 £71.43 £46.18
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.79 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.68% +18.43% -13.33%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -10 100 £428 -5.00% 113
Cheshire -7 87 £402 -17.79% 48
Lancashire +1 30 £550 +2.56% 40
Merseyside -23 10 £330 -17.50% 25
Cumbria +10 7 £481 +4.62% 5
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 20 (8.51%) Confluence
2 14 (5.96%) SAS
3 11 (4.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.68%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (2.13%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.70%) Apache
5 4 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.43%) JBoss
6 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (10.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.81%) MS Visio
3 15 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.85%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.43%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.70%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.28%) iTrent
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.85%) Primavera
4 2 (0.85%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.85%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.43%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.43%) Maximo
5 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 40 (17.02%) Azure
2 37 (15.74%) AWS
3 26 (11.06%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (7.66%) GCP
6 7 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.98%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.98%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.55%) Apigee
7 6 (2.55%) Kong
7 6 (2.55%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.70%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.70%) Nutanix
8 4 (1.70%) SaaS
8 4 (1.70%) Serverless
9 3 (1.28%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.28%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.79%) Firewall
2 8 (3.40%) TCP/IP
2 8 (3.40%) VPN
3 7 (2.98%) BGP
4 6 (2.55%) DNS
4 6 (2.55%) LAN
4 6 (2.55%) Software-Defined Networking
4 6 (2.55%) VLAN
5 5 (2.13%) DHCP
5 5 (2.13%) Network Security
5 5 (2.13%) Skype
5 5 (2.13%) WAN
6 4 (1.70%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.70%) WebEx
7 2 (0.85%) SAN
8 1 (0.43%) DMZ
8 1 (0.43%) OSPF
8 1 (0.43%) SSL
8 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.23%) Power BI
2 16 (6.81%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.98%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.98%) Tableau
4 6 (2.55%) Metadata
5 5 (2.13%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.70%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.70%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.70%) MS Access
6 4 (1.70%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.70%) Power Query
7 3 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.28%) Cognos Framework Manager
7 3 (1.28%) Cognos Report Studio
7 3 (1.28%) Cognos Transformer
7 3 (1.28%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.28%) Looker
7 3 (1.28%) OLAP
7 3 (1.28%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 27 (11.49%) JIRA
2 12 (5.11%) GitLab
3 6 (2.55%) Git
4 4 (1.70%) JUnit
4 4 (1.70%) Postman
5 3 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.28%) Mockito
6 2 (0.85%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.43%) Gradle
7 1 (0.43%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.43%) Maven
7 1 (0.43%) MLflow
7 1 (0.43%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.43%) Selenium
7 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 108 (45.96%) Social Skills
2 85 (36.17%) Finance
3 25 (10.64%) Banking
4 18 (7.66%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.98%) Marketing
7 7 (2.98%) Retail Banking
8 6 (2.55%) Local Government
8 6 (2.55%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.13%) Automotive
9 5 (2.13%) Legal
9 5 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.85%) Publishing
12 1 (0.43%) Billing
12 1 (0.43%) Environmental Health
12 1 (0.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 84 (35.74%) Analyst
2 37 (15.74%) Business Analyst
3 23 (9.79%) Developer
4 21 (8.94%) Senior
5 14 (5.96%) Architect
5 14 (5.96%) Lead
5 14 (5.96%) Platform Engineer
6 13 (5.53%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (5.53%) Support Analyst
7 12 (5.11%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.26%) Finance Manager
8 10 (4.26%) Finance Project Manager
8 10 (4.26%) Technical Analyst
9 9 (3.83%) Data Analyst
9 9 (3.83%) Operations Analyst
10 6 (2.55%) Administrator
10 6 (2.55%) Senior Business Analyst
10 6 (2.55%) Technical Business Analyst
11 5 (2.13%) Consultant
11 5 (2.13%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.81%) REST
2 14 (5.96%) SOAP
3 13 (5.53%) Swagger
3 13 (5.53%) XML
4 11 (4.68%) JSON
5 9 (3.83%) OpenAPI
6 8 (3.40%) OAuth
7 7 (2.98%) HTML
7 7 (2.98%) JWT
8 6 (2.55%) RESTful
9 4 (1.70%) .NET
9 4 (1.70%) CSS
9 4 (1.70%) XMPP
10 3 (1.28%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (1.28%) Middleware
10 3 (1.28%) Spring
10 3 (1.28%) Spring Boot
10 3 (1.28%) Visualforce
10 3 (1.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.34%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.40%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.98%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.55%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.55%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.13%) Clustering
6 5 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.13%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.70%) CMDB
7 4 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.70%) Digital Wallet
7 4 (1.70%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.70%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.28%) FMCG
8 3 (1.28%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.28%) Replication
9 2 (0.85%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.91%) Windows
2 20 (8.51%) Windows Server
3 18 (7.66%) Linux
4 11 (4.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.98%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.85%) Unix
8 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (63.83%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (28.51%) Agile
3 58 (24.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (17.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 41 (17.45%) Change Management
6 38 (16.17%) Analytics
6 38 (16.17%) Validation
7 35 (14.89%) Project Management
8 34 (14.47%) Decision-Making
9 30 (12.77%) Data Analysis
9 30 (12.77%) Data Modelling
10 29 (12.34%) CI/CD
11 28 (11.91%) Requirements Gathering
12 27 (11.49%) DevOps
12 27 (11.49%) Workshop Facilitation
13 26 (11.06%) Use Case
14 25 (10.64%) Computer Science
14 25 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (10.64%) ITIL
14 25 (10.64%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.00%) SQL
2 42 (17.87%) Python
3 21 (8.94%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.68%) Bash
5 10 (4.26%) Java
6 7 (2.98%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.98%) Perl
6 7 (2.98%) R
7 5 (2.13%) C#
7 5 (2.13%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.70%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.28%) ABAP
9 3 (1.28%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.28%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.28%) ProC
9 3 (1.28%) VBA
10 2 (0.85%) COBOL
10 2 (0.85%) JCL
10 2 (0.85%) REXX
Qualifications
1 44 (18.72%) Degree
2 35 (14.89%) Security Cleared
3 30 (12.77%) SC Cleared
4 19 (8.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (5.11%) CISSP
7 11 (4.68%) CISM
8 10 (4.26%) CCNA
8 10 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.40%) CCNP
10 7 (2.98%) CCDP
11 5 (2.13%) A+ Certification
11 5 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.28%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.28%) CBAP
12 3 (1.28%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.28%) PMP
13 2 (0.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.11%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.40%) QA
3 6 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.55%) NIST
3 6 (2.55%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.13%) GDPR
4 5 (2.13%) PSD2
5 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.28%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.28%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.85%) CRD IV
6 2 (0.85%) FINREP
6 2 (0.85%) IFRS
7 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.43%) PERC
7 1 (0.43%) SEPA
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (12.34%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.11%) Docker
3 8 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.70%) vSphere
6 2 (0.85%) ACF2
6 2 (0.85%) RACF
6 2 (0.85%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.43%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 17 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.53%) SCCM
3 10 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.13%) Fluentd
6 3 (1.28%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.85%) CA Endevor
7 2 (0.85%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.85%) Terraform
7 2 (0.85%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.85%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.43%) Autotask
8 1 (0.43%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.21%) SAP
3 12 (5.11%) VMware
4 10 (4.26%) Oracle
4 10 (4.26%) Red Hat
4 10 (4.26%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.40%) Workday
6 7 (2.98%) Citrix
6 7 (2.98%) Pega
6 7 (2.98%) Splunk
7 6 (2.55%) MuleSoft
8 5 (2.13%) Cisco
8 5 (2.13%) Cognos
8 5 (2.13%) Cribl.io
8 5 (2.13%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.13%) F5
8 5 (2.13%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.70%) IBM
9 4 (1.70%) Veeam
10 3 (1.28%) SolarWinds