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 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 25
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 253 186 184
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.99% 9.64% 6.72%
As % of the General category 14.09% 16.70% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 123 115
10th Percentile £313 £314 £300
25th Percentile £368 £405 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.56% +10.80%
75th Percentile £545 £626 £550
90th Percentile £587 £715 £628
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 11 25
10th Percentile £21.75 £19.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.49 £19.13 £13.50
Median hourly rate £41.86 £24.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +70.25% +38.74% -49.37%
75th Percentile £74.26 £44.68 £43.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £72.50 £45.21
England median hourly rate £36.53 £27.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year +31.62% +50.00% -47.89%

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 1,796 1,114 1,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 56.73% 57.75% 53.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,089 677 897
10th Percentile £200 £288 £300
25th Percentile £358 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £560 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £682 £699
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 109 191
10th Percentile £18.00 £14.66 £12.24
25th Percentile £22.68 £19.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +23.48% +62.25% -31.85%
75th Percentile £58.75 £48.75 £36.72
90th Percentile £76.90 £76.50 £49.00
England median hourly rate £28.13 £29.00 £27.84
% change year-on-year -3.02% +4.19% -20.47%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -4 110 £425 -15.34% 123
Cheshire -7 87 £431 -11.90% 44
Lancashire +5 33 £550 +5.26% 54
Merseyside -17 14 £330 -22.35% 25
Cumbria +8 8 £488 +5.98% 8
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 (7.91%) Confluence
2 12 (4.74%) SAS
3 10 (3.95%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.19%) Apache
6 2 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.79%) JBoss
7 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.40%) Mule
7 1 (0.40%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 17 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.95%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.40%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (6.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.58%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.19%) iTrent
3 3 (1.19%) Primavera
3 3 (1.19%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.40%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.40%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.40%) Maximo
5 1 (0.40%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.60%) Azure
2 38 (15.02%) AWS
3 30 (11.86%) Power Platform
4 28 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (6.32%) GCP
6 9 (3.56%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.37%) Apigee
8 6 (2.37%) Kong
8 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.98%) Akamai
9 5 (1.98%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.98%) SaaS
10 4 (1.58%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.58%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.58%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.19%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.51%) Firewall
2 10 (3.95%) DNS
2 10 (3.95%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.77%) BGP
4 6 (2.37%) HTTP
4 6 (2.37%) Software-Defined Networking
4 6 (2.37%) VLAN
4 6 (2.37%) VPN
5 5 (1.98%) DHCP
6 4 (1.58%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.58%) Network Security
6 4 (1.58%) WebEx
7 2 (0.79%) SAN
8 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.40%) LAN
8 1 (0.40%) OSPF
8 1 (0.40%) SSL
8 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.40%) WAN
8 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.30%) Power BI
2 18 (7.11%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.16%) Metadata
4 8 (3.16%) Tableau
5 5 (1.98%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.98%) Power Query
5 5 (1.98%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.58%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.19%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.19%) Looker
7 3 (1.19%) OLTP
7 3 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.79%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.79%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.79%) MySQL
9 1 (0.40%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.40%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 30 (11.86%) JIRA
2 9 (3.56%) GitLab
3 5 (1.98%) JUnit
4 4 (1.58%) Postman
5 3 (1.19%) Git
5 3 (1.19%) Mockito
6 2 (0.79%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.40%) Gradle
7 1 (0.40%) Hudson
7 1 (0.40%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.40%) Maven
7 1 (0.40%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 117 (46.25%) Social Skills
2 92 (36.36%) Finance
3 28 (11.07%) Banking
4 26 (10.28%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (4.35%) Local Government
6 11 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.95%) Legal
7 10 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.95%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.77%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.37%) Marketing
11 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.58%) Automotive
13 3 (1.19%) Law
13 3 (1.19%) Publishing
14 2 (0.79%) Environmental Health
15 1 (0.40%) Advertising
15 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 79 (31.23%) Analyst
2 34 (13.44%) Business Analyst
3 23 (9.09%) Developer
3 23 (9.09%) Senior
4 20 (7.91%) Lead
5 16 (6.32%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.53%) Platform Engineer
7 13 (5.14%) Finance Manager
7 13 (5.14%) Finance Project Manager
8 12 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (4.35%) Architect
9 11 (4.35%) Data Analyst
10 10 (3.95%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.56%) Administrator
11 9 (3.56%) IT Support
11 9 (3.56%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (3.16%) IT Analyst
12 8 (3.16%) Support Analyst
13 7 (2.77%) IT Support Analyst
13 7 (2.77%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.72%) REST
2 14 (5.53%) XML
3 13 (5.14%) SOAP
3 13 (5.14%) Swagger
4 11 (4.35%) JSON
5 9 (3.56%) OpenAPI
6 8 (3.16%) OAuth
7 7 (2.77%) JWT
8 6 (2.37%) RESTful
9 5 (1.98%) HTML
10 4 (1.58%) .NET
10 4 (1.58%) Middleware
10 4 (1.58%) XMPP
11 3 (1.19%) CSS
11 3 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (1.19%) Spring
11 3 (1.19%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.19%) Visualforce
11 3 (1.19%) YAML
12 2 (0.79%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.67%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.74%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.77%) Credit Risk
6 6 (2.37%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.37%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.98%) Clustering
7 5 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.58%) Digital Wallet
8 4 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.58%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.58%) Replication
9 3 (1.19%) Housing Association
9 3 (1.19%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.83%) Windows
2 20 (7.91%) Windows Server
3 18 (7.11%) Linux
4 12 (4.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.35%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.58%) Unix
6 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.40%) AIX
8 1 (0.40%) HPUX
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.40%) Solaris
8 1 (0.40%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (60.47%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (25.30%) Agile
3 58 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (19.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 41 (16.21%) Change Management
6 37 (14.62%) Workshop Facilitation
7 34 (13.44%) Project Management
7 34 (13.44%) Validation
8 33 (13.04%) CI/CD
9 32 (12.65%) Analytics
9 32 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (12.65%) Migration
10 30 (11.86%) Data Modelling
10 30 (11.86%) Decision-Making
11 29 (11.46%) Data Analysis
12 28 (11.07%) Computer Science
12 28 (11.07%) Requirements Gathering
13 27 (10.67%) Use Case
14 26 (10.28%) ERP
15 24 (9.49%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.16%) SQL
2 40 (15.81%) Python
3 23 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.35%) Java
5 10 (3.95%) Bash
6 7 (2.77%) Perl
7 6 (2.37%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.37%) R
8 5 (1.98%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.98%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.58%) C#
9 4 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.58%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.19%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.19%) ProC
10 3 (1.19%) VBA
11 2 (0.79%) COBOL
11 2 (0.79%) JCL
11 2 (0.79%) REXX
11 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (17.00%) Degree
2 35 (13.83%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.07%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (5.53%) CISSP
7 10 (3.95%) CCNA
7 10 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.95%) CISM
8 9 (3.56%) A+ Certification
8 9 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.56%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (3.16%) CCNP
10 7 (2.77%) CCDP
10 7 (2.77%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.98%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.98%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.98%) PMP
12 3 (1.19%) CISA
12 3 (1.19%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.16%) GRC
2 8 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.16%) NIST
3 6 (2.37%) GDPR
3 6 (2.37%) QA
4 5 (1.98%) PSD2
4 5 (1.98%) SLA
5 4 (1.58%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.19%) ISO 8583
6 3 (1.19%) PMO
7 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.79%) CRD IV
7 2 (0.79%) FINREP
7 2 (0.79%) IFRS
7 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.40%) PERC
System Software
1 31 (12.25%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.95%) Docker
3 7 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.58%) vSphere
6 2 (0.79%) ACF2
6 2 (0.79%) RACF
6 2 (0.79%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.40%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 12 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 8 (3.16%) SCCM
4 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.19%) Fluentd
5 3 (1.19%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.79%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.79%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.79%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.40%) Ansible
7 1 (0.40%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.65%) SAP
3 14 (5.53%) Oracle
3 14 (5.53%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.35%) Red Hat
4 11 (4.35%) VMware
5 9 (3.56%) Workday
6 7 (2.77%) Citrix
6 7 (2.77%) Splunk
7 6 (2.37%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.98%) Cisco
9 4 (1.58%) F5
9 4 (1.58%) Pega
9 4 (1.58%) Veeam
10 3 (1.19%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.19%) Google
10 3 (1.19%) HP
10 3 (1.19%) RedGate
10 3 (1.19%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.19%) SolarWinds