Analytical Skills Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 19 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 256 191 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 12.17% 6.91% 6.41%
As % of the General category 20.78% 12.78% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 113 128
10th Percentile £313 £375 £298
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £493 £486
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +1.44% +3.51%
75th Percentile £584 £550 £575
90th Percentile £700 £613 £663
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 13
10th Percentile £19.09 £11.77 £20.50
25th Percentile £22.98 £13.44 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +99.97% -49.99% +37.25%
75th Percentile £63.40 £43.75 £56.40
90th Percentile £70.68 £59.95 £65.40
England median hourly rate £32.50 £19.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year +66.67% -48.34% +16.51%

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 1,232 1,494 1,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 58.58% 54.07% 52.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 788 881 1,106
10th Percentile £299 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £588
90th Percentile £675 £663 £675
England median daily rate £518 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.27% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 192 88
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.00 £14.62
25th Percentile £14.55 £15.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £29.27 £23.48 £24.08
Median % change year-on-year +24.69% -2.49% +2.93%
75th Percentile £58.42 £42.93 £35.21
90th Percentile £76.25 £51.90 £55.60
England median hourly rate £27.17 £33.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -17.67% +10.00% +28.26%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the North West

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 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the North West

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 5 July 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 5 July 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
Manchester +13 115 £475 +2.70% 720
Cheshire +8 107 £472 -11.44% 209
Lancashire +8 21 £450 +12.50% 287
Merseyside +4 9 £375 +29.28% 110
Cumbria -16 1 £460 -6.69% 34
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.25%) IBM Domino
2 13 (5.08%) Confluence
3 7 (2.73%) WebSphere
4 6 (2.34%) JBoss
4 6 (2.34%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.56%) CICS
5 4 (1.56%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (1.17%) SAS
7 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.78%) Resin
7 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.39%) Apache
8 1 (0.39%) CMS
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (6.64%) MS Visio
3 14 (5.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.78%) InVision
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.78%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.78%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.39%) Trello
6 1 (0.39%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 8 (3.13%) SAP HR
1 8 (3.13%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (2.73%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (1.17%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.78%) ContrOCC
7 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.39%) Maximo
7 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.39%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.94%) AWS
2 23 (8.98%) Azure
3 20 (7.81%) GCP
3 20 (7.81%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.13%) SaaS
5 5 (1.95%) GitHub
5 5 (1.95%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (1.56%) Azure AI
6 4 (1.56%) Google Gemini
6 4 (1.56%) IBM Cloud
6 4 (1.56%) npm
7 3 (1.17%) BrowserStack
7 3 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.78%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.52%) VPN
2 6 (2.34%) Firewall
3 5 (1.95%) DNS
3 5 (1.95%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.95%) LAN
3 5 (1.95%) WAN
4 4 (1.56%) Calico
4 4 (1.56%) DHCP
4 4 (1.56%) Network Security
4 4 (1.56%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.17%) BGP
5 3 (1.17%) EIGRP
5 3 (1.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.17%) IPv4
5 3 (1.17%) MPLS
5 3 (1.17%) OSPF
5 3 (1.17%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.78%) DWDM
7 1 (0.39%) DMZ
7 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.81%) Power BI
2 13 (5.08%) Tableau
3 4 (1.56%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.56%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.56%) MySQL
3 4 (1.56%) Neo4j
4 3 (1.17%) Big Data
4 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.17%) DB2
4 3 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.17%) Power Query
5 2 (0.78%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.39%) HBase
6 1 (0.39%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (12.50%) JIRA
2 21 (8.20%) Jenkins
3 20 (7.81%) Git
4 13 (5.08%) GitLab
5 10 (3.91%) JUnit
6 9 (3.52%) Maven
6 9 (3.52%) Selenium
7 5 (1.95%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.95%) Gradle
7 5 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.17%) JMeter
9 2 (0.78%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.78%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.78%) SOAtest
10 1 (0.39%) Appium
10 1 (0.39%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.39%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.39%) Hudson
10 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 159 (62.11%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.17%) Finance
3 26 (10.16%) Banking
4 23 (8.98%) Manufacturing
5 20 (7.81%) Legal
6 18 (7.03%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (6.64%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (3.91%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.73%) Automotive
12 6 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.95%) Marketing
13 5 (1.95%) Retail
14 4 (1.56%) French Language
14 4 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.56%) Publishing
15 3 (1.17%) Billing
15 3 (1.17%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (23.83%) Analyst
2 26 (10.16%) Architect
3 23 (8.98%) Business Analyst
4 17 (6.64%) Developer
5 15 (5.86%) Consultant
5 15 (5.86%) Senior
6 13 (5.08%) Lead
7 12 (4.69%) SAP Consultant
8 11 (4.30%) Desktop Support
8 11 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.91%) Coordinator
9 10 (3.91%) Java Developer
10 9 (3.52%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.13%) CRM Coordinator
11 8 (3.13%) Data Analyst
11 8 (3.13%) IT Support
11 8 (3.13%) Migration Engineer
11 8 (3.13%) Payroll Consultant
11 8 (3.13%) SAP Payroll Consultant
11 8 (3.13%) Technical Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.64%) REST
2 11 (4.30%) HTML
2 11 (4.30%) Spring
3 9 (3.52%) SOAP
3 9 (3.52%) Spring Boot
4 8 (3.13%) CSS
4 8 (3.13%) RESTful
5 7 (2.73%) Web Services
6 6 (2.34%) Kafka
6 6 (2.34%) React
6 6 (2.34%) TensorFlow
7 5 (1.95%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.95%) JSON
7 5 (1.95%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.95%) XML
8 4 (1.56%) Middleware
8 4 (1.56%) Spring Cloud
9 3 (1.17%) J2EE
9 3 (1.17%) LDAP
10 2 (0.78%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.77%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.13%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.34%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.95%) Mainframe
5 5 (1.95%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.56%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.56%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.17%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.78%) 3D Printing
8 2 (0.78%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.78%) Mobile Payment
8 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.78%) Replication
8 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.03%) Windows
2 15 (5.86%) Linux
3 10 (3.91%) Android
3 10 (3.91%) Apple iOS
4 8 (3.13%) Unix
5 5 (1.95%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.95%) Windows 8
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.95%) Windows XP
6 2 (0.78%) HPUX
6 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.78%) Solaris
7 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (69.53%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.27%) Agile
3 47 (18.36%) ITIL
4 36 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 32 (12.50%) Project Management
6 30 (11.72%) Analytics
6 30 (11.72%) Change Management
7 29 (11.33%) CI/CD
8 28 (10.94%) DevOps
8 28 (10.94%) ITSM
9 27 (10.55%) Migration
9 27 (10.55%) Service Management
10 26 (10.16%) Computer Science
10 26 (10.16%) User Acceptance Testing
11 25 (9.77%) Time Management
12 22 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (8.59%) Test Automation
13 21 (8.20%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 30 (11.72%) SQL
2 26 (10.16%) Python
3 22 (8.59%) Java
4 11 (4.30%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.91%) Shell Script
6 8 (3.13%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.73%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.34%) Bash
9 3 (1.17%) JCL
9 3 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.17%) R
9 3 (1.17%) Scala
10 2 (0.78%) C#
10 2 (0.78%) COBOL
10 2 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.78%) REXX
10 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (16.80%) Degree
2 26 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 18 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.52%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.73%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.95%) CCNP
8 5 (1.95%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.95%) PMP
9 4 (1.56%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.56%) CCNA
9 4 (1.56%) IIBA
9 4 (1.56%) ISEB
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.17%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.42%) QA
2 12 (4.69%) GDPR
3 7 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.56%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.56%) SEPA
5 3 (1.17%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (1.17%) COBIT
5 3 (1.17%) SLA
6 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.39%) GxP
7 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 12 (4.69%) Docker
2 5 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) Firmware
4 1 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.34%) Ansible
2 6 (2.34%) Terraform
3 5 (1.95%) SCCM
4 4 (1.56%) Istio
5 3 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.39%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.39%) Grafana
6 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.39%) Nessus
6 1 (0.39%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.39%) QRadar
Vendors
1 59 (23.05%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.16%) ServiceNow
3 25 (9.77%) SAP
4 19 (7.42%) Oracle
5 9 (3.52%) IBM
6 8 (3.13%) Google
7 5 (1.95%) Canon
7 5 (1.95%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.95%) Infoblox
7 5 (1.95%) Remedy
8 4 (1.56%) BMC
9 3 (1.17%) Cisco
9 3 (1.17%) Huawei
9 3 (1.17%) Informatica
9 3 (1.17%) Splunk
10 2 (0.78%) Ariba
10 2 (0.78%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.78%) Kronos
10 2 (0.78%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (0.78%) Parasoft