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 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 24
Rank change year-on-year -9 +10 0
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 238 192 204
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.96% 9.55% 7.19%
As % of the General category 13.69% 16.47% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 128 118
10th Percentile £313 £298 £263
25th Percentile £367 £372 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £498 £490
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% +1.59% +10.17%
75th Percentile £550 £616 £550
90th Percentile £588 £701 £624
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 31
10th Percentile £20.15 £19.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.38 £20.60 £13.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.38 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +68.15% +37.60% -49.37%
75th Percentile £44.94 £41.56 £43.75
90th Percentile £65.62 £70.34 £46.18
England median hourly rate £30.37 £29.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.71% +48.72% -40.35%

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 1,739 1,166 1,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 58.18% 57.98% 54.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,083 699 961
10th Percentile £198 £263 £283
25th Percentile £358 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.76%
75th Percentile £560 £580 £582
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 109 206
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.98 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.74 £22.50 £14.78
Median hourly rate £31.33 £30.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.43% +64.38% -29.81%
75th Percentile £47.85 £48.75 £37.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £73.80 £48.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.78% +18.38% -23.53%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -8 99 £438 -12.50% 146
Cheshire -10 85 £405 -18.37% 42
Lancashire +9 34 £550 +2.56% 52
Merseyside -18 13 £330 -17.50% 20
Cumbria +11 6 £488 +5.98% 6
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 19 (7.98%) Confluence
2 13 (5.46%) SAS
3 9 (3.78%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.68%) Apache
6 3 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.42%) JBoss
7 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.88%) MS Visio
3 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.84%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.42%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (6.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.68%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.26%) iTrent
3 3 (1.26%) Primavera
3 3 (1.26%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.84%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.42%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.42%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.42%) Maximo
5 1 (0.42%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 39 (16.39%) Azure
2 36 (15.13%) AWS
3 31 (13.03%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (7.14%) GCP
6 9 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.94%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.52%) Apigee
8 6 (2.52%) Kong
9 5 (2.10%) Akamai
9 5 (2.10%) SaaS
10 4 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.68%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.68%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.68%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.68%) Serverless
11 3 (1.26%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.40%) Firewall
2 11 (4.62%) DNS
2 11 (4.62%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.94%) BGP
4 6 (2.52%) HTTP
4 6 (2.52%) Software-Defined Networking
4 6 (2.52%) VLAN
4 6 (2.52%) VPN
5 5 (2.10%) DHCP
5 5 (2.10%) LAN
5 5 (2.10%) Network Security
5 5 (2.10%) WAN
6 4 (1.68%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.68%) WebEx
7 2 (0.84%) SAN
8 1 (0.42%) DMZ
8 1 (0.42%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.42%) OSPF
8 1 (0.42%) SSL
8 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.24%) Power BI
2 18 (7.56%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.78%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.36%) Metadata
4 8 (3.36%) Tableau
5 6 (2.52%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.10%) Power Query
6 5 (2.10%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.68%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.68%) MS Access
8 3 (1.26%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.26%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.26%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.26%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.26%) Looker
8 3 (1.26%) OLTP
8 3 (1.26%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.84%) MySQL
9 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (10.92%) JIRA
2 9 (3.78%) GitLab
3 6 (2.52%) Git
4 4 (1.68%) JUnit
4 4 (1.68%) Postman
5 3 (1.26%) Mockito
6 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.84%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.42%) Gradle
7 1 (0.42%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.42%) Maven
7 1 (0.42%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.42%) Selenium
7 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 109 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 86 (36.13%) Finance
3 25 (10.50%) Banking
4 23 (9.66%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.72%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.78%) Legal
7 9 (3.78%) Local Government
7 9 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.94%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.52%) Marketing
11 5 (2.10%) Automotive
12 4 (1.68%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.26%) Publishing
14 2 (0.84%) Environmental Health
14 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.42%) Advertising
15 1 (0.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 75 (31.51%) Analyst
2 33 (13.87%) Business Analyst
3 22 (9.24%) Senior
4 21 (8.82%) Developer
5 20 (8.40%) Lead
6 16 (6.72%) Project Manager
7 14 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
8 13 (5.46%) Architect
8 13 (5.46%) Finance Manager
8 13 (5.46%) Finance Project Manager
8 13 (5.46%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (4.62%) Data Analyst
10 10 (4.20%) Technical Analyst
11 8 (3.36%) Security Engineer
12 6 (2.52%) Administrator
12 6 (2.52%) Senior Business Analyst
12 6 (2.52%) Technical Business Analyst
13 5 (2.10%) Full-Stack Developer
13 5 (2.10%) Performance Analyst
13 5 (2.10%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.14%) REST
2 14 (5.88%) SOAP
2 14 (5.88%) XML
3 13 (5.46%) Swagger
4 11 (4.62%) JSON
5 9 (3.78%) OpenAPI
6 8 (3.36%) OAuth
7 7 (2.94%) JWT
8 6 (2.52%) HTML
9 5 (2.10%) RESTful
10 4 (1.68%) .NET
10 4 (1.68%) CSS
10 4 (1.68%) XMPP
11 3 (1.26%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (1.26%) Middleware
11 3 (1.26%) Spring
11 3 (1.26%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.26%) Visualforce
11 3 (1.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.34%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.46%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (3.78%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.36%) Credit Risk
4 8 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.52%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.10%) Clustering
7 5 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.68%) CMDB
8 4 (1.68%) Digital Wallet
8 4 (1.68%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.26%) FMCG
9 3 (1.26%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.26%) Replication
10 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.18%) Windows
2 21 (8.82%) Windows Server
3 18 (7.56%) Linux
4 11 (4.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.94%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.84%) Unix
8 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (59.66%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (27.31%) Agile
3 51 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (20.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 39 (16.39%) Change Management
6 38 (15.97%) Analytics
7 37 (15.55%) Validation
8 34 (14.29%) CI/CD
9 33 (13.87%) Project Management
10 32 (13.45%) Workshop Facilitation
11 31 (13.03%) Decision-Making
12 30 (12.61%) Data Analysis
12 30 (12.61%) Data Modelling
13 29 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (11.34%) Migration
14 27 (11.34%) Requirements Gathering
14 27 (11.34%) Use Case
15 26 (10.92%) DevOps
16 23 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
16 23 (9.66%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 50 (21.01%) SQL
2 42 (17.65%) Python
3 21 (8.82%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.62%) Bash
5 10 (4.20%) Java
6 7 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.94%) Perl
6 7 (2.94%) R
7 5 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (2.10%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.68%) C#
8 4 (1.68%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.26%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.26%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.26%) ProC
9 3 (1.26%) VBA
10 2 (0.84%) ABAP
10 2 (0.84%) COBOL
10 2 (0.84%) JCL
10 2 (0.84%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (15.13%) Degree
2 35 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 29 (12.18%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (4.20%) CCNA
6 10 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.20%) CISSP
7 9 (3.78%) CISM
8 8 (3.36%) CCNP
9 7 (2.94%) CCDP
10 5 (2.10%) A+ Certification
10 5 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.10%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.26%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.26%) PMP
12 2 (0.84%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.84%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.56%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.52%) GDPR
2 6 (2.52%) QA
3 5 (2.10%) PSD2
4 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.68%) NIST
4 4 (1.68%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.26%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.84%) CRD IV
6 2 (0.84%) FINREP
6 2 (0.84%) IFRS
6 2 (0.84%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.42%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.42%) NCSC
7 1 (0.42%) PERC
7 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (10.50%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.20%) Docker
3 8 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.68%) vSphere
6 2 (0.84%) ACF2
6 2 (0.84%) RACF
6 2 (0.84%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.42%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 13 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 8 (3.36%) SCCM
4 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.26%) Fluentd
5 3 (1.26%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.84%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.84%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.84%) Terraform
6 2 (0.84%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.84%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Autotask
7 1 (0.42%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.61%) SAP
3 12 (5.04%) Oracle
3 12 (5.04%) VMware
4 11 (4.62%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.20%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.78%) Workday
7 7 (2.94%) Citrix
8 6 (2.52%) MuleSoft
8 6 (2.52%) Pega
9 5 (2.10%) Cisco
9 5 (2.10%) F5
9 5 (2.10%) Splunk
10 4 (1.68%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.68%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.68%) Veeam
11 3 (1.26%) Cribl.io
11 3 (1.26%) Databricks
11 3 (1.26%) Snow
11 3 (1.26%) Tanium