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 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 292 248 183
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.36% 11.46% 7.83%
As % of the General category 14.48% 18.62% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 158 99
10th Percentile £296 £309 £325
25th Percentile £378 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -2.26%
75th Percentile £550 £539 £550
90th Percentile £614 £661 £595
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 15 8
10th Percentile £24.08 £22.35 £15.92
25th Percentile £25.49 £27.80 £23.67
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.09% +10.04%
75th Percentile £77.50 £47.40 £57.38
90th Percentile £178.75 £63.40 £75.15
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +10.77% +47.73% -51.11%

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 2,017 1,332 1,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.84% 61.55% 54.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,152 849 749
10th Percentile £250 £272 £270
25th Percentile £400 £380 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -8.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £676 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 112 83
10th Percentile £15.11 £12.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.32 £14.11 £18.03
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.57 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.53% -32.67% +55.35%
75th Percentile £64.01 £47.84 £45.59
90th Percentile £83.75 £69.73 £54.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £38.31
% change year-on-year +25.25% -34.35% +39.31%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -15 146 £440 -3.83% 249
Cheshire -6 94 £463 +3.47% 69
Lancashire -14 21 £534 +18.67% 78
Cumbria -13 17 £458 +1.67% 11
Merseyside +2 16 £458 -29.62% 39
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 14 (4.79%) Confluence
2 8 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.37%) SAS
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) JBoss
4 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) Mule
4 1 (0.34%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.34%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.34%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (8.90%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (4.11%) MS Visio
4 10 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.37%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.03%) Primavera
4 3 (1.03%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.68%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.68%) SAP MM
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%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.34%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.07%) Azure
2 31 (10.62%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (9.93%) AWS
3 29 (9.93%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.40%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.40%) GCP
5 7 (2.40%) SaaS
6 5 (1.71%) GitHub
6 5 (1.71%) IBM Blueworks
6 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.37%) OCI
7 4 (1.37%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.03%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.68%) dbt
9 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.68%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.51%) Firewall
2 16 (5.48%) VPN
3 14 (4.79%) WAN
4 11 (3.77%) Network Security
5 10 (3.42%) LAN
6 9 (3.08%) DNS
7 7 (2.40%) BGP
7 7 (2.40%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.71%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.71%) SNMP
8 5 (1.71%) VLAN
8 5 (1.71%) Wireless
9 4 (1.37%) OSPF
9 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.03%) DHCP
10 3 (1.03%) DMZ
10 3 (1.03%) MPLS
10 3 (1.03%) SAN
10 3 (1.03%) VoIP
10 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.90%) Power BI
2 18 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.14%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.08%) Metadata
5 8 (2.74%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.74%) Tableau
6 6 (2.05%) DataStage
6 6 (2.05%) Db2
7 5 (1.71%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.03%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.03%) Power Query
9 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.68%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.68%) MySQL
9 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.68%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (7.19%) JIRA
2 8 (2.74%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.40%) Git
4 6 (2.05%) GitLab
5 4 (1.37%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.03%) Ranorex
6 3 (1.03%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.03%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.68%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.68%) Gatling
7 2 (0.68%) Gradle
7 2 (0.68%) Hudson
7 2 (0.68%) JUnit
7 2 (0.68%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.68%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.34%) Toad
General
1 150 (51.37%) Social Skills
2 89 (30.48%) Finance
3 37 (12.67%) Banking
4 25 (8.56%) Manufacturing
5 19 (6.51%) Legal
5 19 (6.51%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.77%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.74%) Marketing
9 8 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.40%) Law
11 6 (2.05%) Automotive
12 5 (1.71%) Local Government
13 4 (1.37%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.37%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.03%) Billing
14 3 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (23.97%) Analyst
2 25 (8.56%) Lead
3 20 (6.85%) Business Analyst
4 19 (6.51%) Consultant
5 18 (6.16%) Developer
6 15 (5.14%) Architect
7 14 (4.79%) Network Engineer
8 13 (4.45%) IT Support
8 13 (4.45%) Senior
9 12 (4.11%) Data Analyst
10 10 (3.42%) Administrator
10 10 (3.42%) Service Analyst
10 10 (3.42%) Support Analyst
11 9 (3.08%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.08%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.08%) Support Engineer
12 8 (2.74%) Data Engineer
12 8 (2.74%) IT Analyst
12 8 (2.74%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.40%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.08%) Terraform
2 8 (2.74%) REST
3 7 (2.40%) JSON
4 5 (1.71%) XML
5 4 (1.37%) PySpark
5 4 (1.37%) RESTful
6 3 (1.03%) Gherkin
6 3 (1.03%) Kafka
6 3 (1.03%) Node.js
6 3 (1.03%) Playwright
6 3 (1.03%) SailPoint
6 3 (1.03%) Spring
6 3 (1.03%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.68%) HTML
7 2 (0.68%) OAuth
7 2 (0.68%) ODBC
7 2 (0.68%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.68%) Quarkus
7 2 (0.68%) React
8 1 (0.34%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (7.53%) Onboarding
3 19 (6.51%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.08%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.71%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.71%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.71%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.71%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.37%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.37%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.37%) PKI
11 3 (1.03%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.70%) Windows
2 13 (4.45%) Linux
3 10 (3.42%) Unix
3 10 (3.42%) Windows 10
4 9 (3.08%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.40%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.71%) 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
1 151 (51.71%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (28.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 61 (20.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (16.10%) Agile
5 45 (15.41%) ITIL
6 44 (15.07%) Change Management
7 42 (14.38%) Analytics
8 38 (13.01%) Project Management
9 36 (12.33%) Migration
10 35 (11.99%) Decision-Making
10 35 (11.99%) Validation
11 34 (11.64%) Data Modelling
12 32 (10.96%) AI
12 32 (10.96%) CI/CD
13 31 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 31 (10.62%) Workshop Facilitation
14 30 (10.27%) Roadmaps
15 29 (9.93%) Data Analysis
16 28 (9.59%) ERP
17 26 (8.90%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.47%) SQL
2 45 (15.41%) Python
3 21 (7.19%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.08%) Java
5 7 (2.40%) PL/SQL
5 7 (2.40%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.05%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (1.71%) Bash
7 5 (1.71%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.37%) C#
9 3 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.03%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.68%) ABAP
11 1 (0.34%) Ada
11 1 (0.34%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.34%) C
11 1 (0.34%) C++
11 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (14.04%) Degree
2 39 (13.36%) Security Cleared
3 31 (10.62%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.51%) CISSP
5 13 (4.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.42%) A+ Certification
7 10 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.42%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.74%) CCNP
10 7 (2.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (2.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.71%) CCIE
12 5 (1.71%) CCNA
12 5 (1.71%) CISM
12 5 (1.71%) GCIH
13 4 (1.37%) ACCA
13 4 (1.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (13.70%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.14%) SLA
3 14 (4.79%) GRC
4 10 (3.42%) NIST
5 8 (2.74%) GDPR
5 8 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.74%) QA
6 6 (2.05%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.03%) NCSC
7 3 (1.03%) PMO
8 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27005
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 27 (9.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.71%) Docker
3 5 (1.71%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.03%) Firmware
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (5.48%) Ansible
2 8 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.05%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.03%) CASB
5 3 (1.03%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.03%) SCCM
6 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.68%) Grafana
6 2 (0.68%) Istio
6 2 (0.68%) WMI
7 1 (0.34%) Nagios
7 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 70 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.96%) ServiceNow
3 28 (9.59%) SAP
4 22 (7.53%) Splunk
5 20 (6.85%) Oracle
6 11 (3.77%) Cisco
6 11 (3.77%) Remedy
7 9 (3.08%) Teradata
8 8 (2.74%) VMware
9 7 (2.40%) IBM
10 6 (2.05%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.05%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (2.05%) Databricks
10 6 (2.05%) F5
10 6 (2.05%) Google
11 5 (1.71%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.37%) AlgoSec
12 4 (1.37%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.37%) Palo Alto