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 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +10
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 294 242 235
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.39% 11.09% 9.78%
As % of the General category 14.43% 18.01% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 154 127
10th Percentile £300 £279 £294
25th Percentile £363 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -2.70% -4.84%
75th Percentile £573 £534 £542
90th Percentile £647 £648 £593
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 21 11
10th Percentile £23.44 £19.45 £15.92
25th Percentile £25.49 £27.80 £22.61
Median hourly rate £42.75 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.59% -8.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £77.13 £43.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £98.88 £63.40 £67.50
England median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -12.15% +27.45% -41.62%

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 2,037 1,344 1,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 51.23% 61.59% 57.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 875 744
10th Percentile £234 £265 £294
25th Percentile £400 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £559 £575
90th Percentile £688 £684 £674
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 111 83
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.50 £18.03
Median hourly rate £35.05 £24.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.07% -30.00% +55.56%
75th Percentile £63.75 £48.56 £46.18
90th Percentile £79.13 £65.25 £62.50
England median hourly rate £29.03 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +15.41% -28.87% +17.87%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -11 143 £435 -3.33% 434
Cheshire -7 83 £474 +5.63% 123
Lancashire -12 31 £581 +29.11% 100
Cumbria -17 20 £420 -6.67% 21
Merseyside -2 17 £475 -26.92% 81
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 10 (3.40%) Confluence
2 5 (1.70%) SAS
2 5 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) JBoss
4 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.34%) Mule
4 1 (0.34%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.34%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.34%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (4.08%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.36%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.02%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.68%) Primavera
5 2 (0.68%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.34%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.34%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 42 (14.29%) Azure
2 32 (10.88%) Power Platform
3 25 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (8.16%) AWS
5 10 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (3.40%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.38%) GCP
6 7 (2.38%) SaaS
7 5 (1.70%) GitHub
7 5 (1.70%) IBM Blueworks
8 4 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.36%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.36%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.36%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.02%) dbt
9 3 (1.02%) OCI
10 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.68%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.14%) Firewall
2 20 (6.80%) VPN
3 14 (4.76%) WAN
4 13 (4.42%) Network Security
5 10 (3.40%) LAN
6 9 (3.06%) DNS
7 7 (2.38%) BGP
7 7 (2.38%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.70%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.70%) SNMP
8 5 (1.70%) VLAN
8 5 (1.70%) Wireless
9 4 (1.36%) OSPF
9 4 (1.36%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.02%) BIG-IP
10 3 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 3 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 3 (1.02%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.02%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.84%) Power BI
2 16 (5.44%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.06%) Metadata
3 9 (3.06%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.72%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.72%) Tableau
5 6 (2.04%) DataStage
5 6 (2.04%) Db2
6 4 (1.36%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.68%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.68%) Power Query
8 2 (0.68%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.34%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.10%) JIRA
2 8 (2.72%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.38%) Git
4 6 (2.04%) GitLab
5 4 (1.36%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.02%) Ranorex
6 3 (1.02%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.02%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.68%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.68%) Gatling
7 2 (0.68%) Gradle
7 2 (0.68%) JUnit
7 2 (0.68%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.68%) MSTest
7 2 (0.68%) NUnit
7 2 (0.68%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.34%) Toad
General
1 155 (52.72%) Social Skills
2 86 (29.25%) Finance
3 35 (11.90%) Banking
4 25 (8.50%) Manufacturing
5 19 (6.46%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.44%) Legal
7 15 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.74%) Telecoms
9 10 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.72%) Marketing
11 7 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.04%) Law
13 5 (1.70%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.70%) Automotive
14 3 (1.02%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.02%) Military
14 3 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.02%) Retail
15 2 (0.68%) Billing
Job Titles
1 66 (22.45%) Analyst
2 24 (8.16%) Lead
3 22 (7.48%) Consultant
4 20 (6.80%) Business Analyst
4 20 (6.80%) Developer
5 16 (5.44%) Network Engineer
6 15 (5.10%) Architect
6 15 (5.10%) Data Analyst
7 14 (4.76%) Senior
8 13 (4.42%) Administrator
9 12 (4.08%) IT Support
10 10 (3.40%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.40%) Security Engineer
10 10 (3.40%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.06%) Management Consultant
11 9 (3.06%) Service Analyst
12 8 (2.72%) IT Engineer
12 8 (2.72%) Senior Manager
12 8 (2.72%) Support Analyst
12 8 (2.72%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.08%) Terraform
2 9 (3.06%) REST
3 7 (2.38%) JSON
4 6 (2.04%) OAuth
5 5 (1.70%) PySpark
6 4 (1.36%) XML
7 3 (1.02%) Gherkin
7 3 (1.02%) HTML
7 3 (1.02%) Kafka
7 3 (1.02%) Node.js
7 3 (1.02%) Playwright
7 3 (1.02%) RESTful
7 3 (1.02%) Spring
7 3 (1.02%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.68%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.68%) Pandas
8 2 (0.68%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.68%) Quarkus
8 2 (0.68%) React
8 2 (0.68%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.48%) Analytical Mindset
1 22 (7.48%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.44%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.42%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.74%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.06%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.04%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.36%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.36%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.36%) PKI
9 4 (1.36%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.02%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.02%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.59%) Windows
2 12 (4.08%) Linux
3 10 (3.40%) Unix
4 8 (2.72%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.72%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.04%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.68%) AIX
7 2 (0.68%) HPUX
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Solaris
7 2 (0.68%) SUSE
8 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (50.68%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (31.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 62 (21.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (17.69%) Agile
5 44 (14.97%) Analytics
5 44 (14.97%) ITIL
5 44 (14.97%) Validation
6 41 (13.95%) Change Management
7 37 (12.59%) Decision-Making
8 32 (10.88%) Data Modelling
8 32 (10.88%) Migration
8 32 (10.88%) Project Management
9 30 (10.20%) AI
9 30 (10.20%) CI/CD
10 29 (9.86%) Service Management
11 28 (9.52%) Data Analysis
12 27 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (8.84%) DevOps
13 26 (8.84%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 52 (17.69%) SQL
2 50 (17.01%) Python
3 21 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.06%) Java
5 7 (2.38%) Bash
5 7 (2.38%) PL/SQL
6 6 (2.04%) C#
6 6 (2.04%) Search Processing Language
6 6 (2.04%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.70%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.36%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.68%) ABAP
10 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.34%) Ada
11 1 (0.34%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.34%) Perl
11 1 (0.34%) R
11 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 39 (13.27%) Degree
3 37 (12.59%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.78%) CISSP
5 13 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.72%) A+ Certification
8 8 (2.72%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.72%) CCNP
8 8 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.38%) ACCA
9 7 (2.38%) CIMA
9 7 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.70%) CCIE
11 5 (1.70%) CCNA
11 5 (1.70%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.70%) GCIH
12 4 (1.36%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.27%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.78%) SLA
3 9 (3.06%) NIST
3 9 (3.06%) QA
4 8 (2.72%) GRC
4 8 (2.72%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.04%) GDPR
6 6 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.02%) PMO
8 2 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.68%) NCSC
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.34%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.34%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.34%) GAAP
9 1 (0.34%) MISRA
System Software
1 26 (8.84%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.70%) Docker
3 5 (1.70%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.02%) Firmware
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.78%) Ansible
2 8 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.72%) Progress Chef
3 4 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.02%) CASB
4 3 (1.02%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (1.02%) SCCM
5 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.68%) Grafana
5 2 (0.68%) Istio
5 2 (0.68%) WMI
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.34%) Nagios
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 70 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 23 (7.82%) SAP
4 21 (7.14%) Splunk
5 16 (5.44%) Oracle
6 11 (3.74%) Cisco
7 10 (3.40%) Remedy
8 9 (3.06%) Teradata
9 8 (2.72%) VMware
10 7 (2.38%) Databricks
10 7 (2.38%) Google
10 7 (2.38%) IBM
11 6 (2.04%) F5
12 5 (1.70%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.70%) Dynatrace
13 4 (1.36%) AlgoSec
13 4 (1.36%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.36%) Fortinet
13 4 (1.36%) Palo Alto