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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +6
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 224 207 208
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 8.57% 9.88% 7.20%
As % of the General category 14.24% 16.82% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 127 117
10th Percentile £312 £285 £228
25th Percentile £356 £310 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £543 £538 £550
90th Percentile £632 £625 £613
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 13 29
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% -42.36%
75th Percentile £43.00 £34.11 £43.75
90th Percentile £45.25 £51.60 £46.18
England median hourly rate £30.15 £26.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +13.77% +23.26% -41.89%

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 1,573 1,231 1,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 60.18% 58.76% 54.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 671 1,009
10th Percentile £200 £264 £262
25th Percentile £350 £360 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.65%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 93 172
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.92 £12.02
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.19 £14.20
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.50 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% +42.86% -14.44%
75th Percentile £45.46 £44.50 £37.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £67.54 £46.18
England median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year -25.00% +16.50% -0.96%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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
Cheshire -3 94 £402 -17.28% 42
Manchester -11 90 £438 +9.38% 129
Lancashire 0 27 £550 +2.56% 64
Merseyside -18 10 £365 -8.75% 13
Cumbria -1 2 £475 - 2
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 (8.93%) Confluence
2 14 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.25%) SAS
2 14 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (3.13%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.79%) Apache
4 4 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.45%) JBoss
5 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (6.70%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.89%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (5.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.79%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.34%) iTrent
3 3 (1.34%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.89%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.45%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.45%) Maximo
5 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.45%) Primavera
5 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 40 (17.86%) Azure
2 37 (16.52%) AWS
3 25 (11.16%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (11.16%) Power Platform
4 18 (8.04%) GCP
5 10 (4.46%) OneDrive
6 7 (3.13%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.68%) Apigee
7 6 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.68%) Kong
7 6 (2.68%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.79%) Nutanix
8 4 (1.79%) Serverless
9 3 (1.34%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.34%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.34%) SaaS
10 2 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.16%) Firewall
2 12 (5.36%) Network Security
3 10 (4.46%) TCP/IP
4 9 (4.02%) DNS
5 8 (3.57%) BGP
5 8 (3.57%) VPN
6 7 (3.13%) LAN
6 7 (3.13%) Skype
6 7 (3.13%) VLAN
7 6 (2.68%) Software-Defined Networking
7 6 (2.68%) WAN
8 5 (2.23%) DHCP
9 4 (1.79%) NetScaler
9 4 (1.79%) WebEx
10 3 (1.34%) DMZ
10 3 (1.34%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 3 (1.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 2 (0.89%) SAN
12 1 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.59%) Power BI
2 14 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.13%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.79%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.79%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.79%) Metadata
4 4 (1.79%) MS Access
4 4 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.79%) Power Query
4 4 (1.79%) Tableau
5 3 (1.34%) Cognos Framework Manager
5 3 (1.34%) Cognos Report Studio
5 3 (1.34%) Cognos Transformer
5 3 (1.34%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.34%) Looker
5 3 (1.34%) OLAP
5 3 (1.34%) OLTP
5 3 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
5 3 (1.34%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (11.16%) JIRA
2 12 (5.36%) GitLab
3 6 (2.68%) Git
4 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.79%) JUnit
4 4 (1.79%) Postman
5 3 (1.34%) Mockito
6 2 (0.89%) Selenium
7 1 (0.45%) Appium
7 1 (0.45%) Gradle
7 1 (0.45%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.45%) Maven
7 1 (0.45%) MLflow
7 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 101 (45.09%) Social Skills
2 75 (33.48%) Finance
3 23 (10.27%) Banking
4 17 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.13%) Local Government
6 7 (3.13%) Marketing
7 6 (2.68%) Legal
7 6 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.23%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.79%) Automotive
10 3 (1.34%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.89%) Publishing
12 1 (0.45%) Billing
12 1 (0.45%) Law
12 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 80 (35.71%) Analyst
2 33 (14.73%) Business Analyst
3 21 (9.38%) Developer
4 17 (7.59%) Support Analyst
5 14 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
5 14 (6.25%) Senior
6 13 (5.80%) Architect
7 12 (5.36%) Lead
8 11 (4.91%) Operations Analyst
9 10 (4.46%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (4.02%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.57%) Consultant
11 8 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (3.13%) Finance Manager
12 7 (3.13%) Finance Project Manager
12 7 (3.13%) Operational Support Analyst
12 7 (3.13%) Operations Support Analyst
13 6 (2.68%) Deskside Analyst
13 6 (2.68%) Deskside Support
13 6 (2.68%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.14%) REST
2 14 (6.25%) SOAP
3 13 (5.80%) Swagger
3 13 (5.80%) XML
4 11 (4.91%) JSON
5 9 (4.02%) OpenAPI
6 8 (3.57%) OAuth
7 7 (3.13%) HTML
7 7 (3.13%) JWT
8 6 (2.68%) RESTful
9 4 (1.79%) .NET
9 4 (1.79%) CSS
9 4 (1.79%) XMPP
10 3 (1.34%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.34%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (1.34%) Middleware
10 3 (1.34%) Spring
10 3 (1.34%) Spring Boot
10 3 (1.34%) Visualforce
10 3 (1.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.05%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.02%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.13%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.68%) CMDB
5 6 (2.68%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.79%) Digital Wallet
7 4 (1.79%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.34%) Clustering
8 3 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.34%) FMCG
8 3 (1.34%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.34%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.50%) Windows
2 20 (8.93%) Windows Server
3 18 (8.04%) Linux
4 11 (4.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.89%) Unix
8 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (27.23%) Agile
3 59 (26.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (16.96%) Change Management
5 34 (15.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 34 (15.18%) Validation
6 33 (14.73%) Analytics
7 31 (13.84%) Project Management
8 29 (12.95%) CI/CD
9 28 (12.50%) Data Modelling
10 27 (12.05%) ITIL
11 26 (11.61%) Computer Science
11 26 (11.61%) Decision-Making
11 26 (11.61%) Requirements Gathering
12 25 (11.16%) DevOps
13 24 (10.71%) Data Analysis
14 23 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (10.27%) Service Management
15 22 (9.82%) ITSM
15 22 (9.82%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 41 (18.30%) Python
2 39 (17.41%) SQL
3 20 (8.93%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.91%) Bash
4 11 (4.91%) Java
5 8 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.57%) Perl
6 6 (2.68%) R
7 5 (2.23%) C#
8 4 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.79%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.79%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.34%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.34%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.34%) ProC
10 2 (0.89%) ABAP
10 2 (0.89%) COBOL
10 2 (0.89%) JCL
10 2 (0.89%) REXX
10 2 (0.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (19.64%) Degree
2 34 (15.18%) Security Cleared
3 30 (13.39%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (6.70%) CISSP
6 14 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (5.80%) CISM
8 11 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (4.02%) CCNA
9 9 (4.02%) CCNP
10 8 (3.57%) CCDP
11 6 (2.68%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.79%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.34%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.34%) CISA
13 3 (1.34%) GSEC
14 2 (0.89%) CBAP
14 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.02%) Data Quality
1 9 (4.02%) GDPR
1 9 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (4.02%) NIST
1 9 (4.02%) PCI DSS
2 8 (3.57%) QA
3 5 (2.23%) PSD2
4 4 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.79%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.34%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.34%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.89%) CRD IV
6 2 (0.89%) FINREP
6 2 (0.89%) IFRS
6 2 (0.89%) SLA
7 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.45%) PERC
7 1 (0.45%) SEPA
System Software
1 31 (13.84%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.91%) Docker
2 11 (4.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.79%) vSphere
5 2 (0.89%) ACF2
5 2 (0.89%) RACF
5 2 (0.89%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.45%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 17 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.70%) SCCM
3 12 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (4.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.23%) Fluentd
6 3 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.34%) QRadar
7 2 (0.89%) CA Endevor
7 2 (0.89%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.89%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.45%) Autotask
8 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.45%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.45%) Terraform
8 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 68 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.27%) SAP
3 15 (6.70%) VMware
4 10 (4.46%) Oracle
4 10 (4.46%) Red Hat
4 10 (4.46%) Splunk
5 9 (4.02%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.57%) Cisco
6 8 (3.57%) F5
6 8 (3.57%) Workday
7 7 (3.13%) Citrix
7 7 (3.13%) Pega
8 6 (2.68%) MuleSoft
8 6 (2.68%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.23%) Cognos
9 5 (2.23%) Cribl.io
9 5 (2.23%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.23%) Veeam
10 4 (1.79%) IBM
11 3 (1.34%) SolarWinds