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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 256 218 217
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 10.39% 9.41% 8.05%
As % of the General category 16.85% 16.20% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 121 137
10th Percentile £313 £294 £263
25th Percentile £364 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -7.07% +4.21%
75th Percentile £541 £548 £575
90th Percentile £618 £600 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 17
10th Percentile £21.63 £19.43 £17.62
25th Percentile £27.80 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £24.47 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +43.03% -46.67% +14.70%
75th Percentile £43.48 £58.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £45.30 £68.11 £68.00
England median hourly rate £34.48 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year +37.92% -25.93% -15.63%

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 common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,519 1,346 1,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.67% 58.12% 55.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 707 980
10th Percentile £213 £262 £255
25th Percentile £358 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% -4.40% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 107 109
10th Percentile £15.28 £16.00 £15.74
25th Percentile £18.32 £18.13 £17.14
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +37.65% +17.29%
75th Percentile £45.46 £44.13 £45.88
90th Percentile £71.80 £62.00 £62.19
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.88 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.27% -6.44% +29.31%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 -3 112 £449 -14.52% 67
Manchester -3 102 £438 +9.38% 125
Lancashire +1 24 £550 +6.28% 79
Cumbria +15 11 £450 -34.69% 7
Merseyside -8 6 £525 +23.53% 29
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 (5.47%) Confluence
1 14 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.69%) SAS
4 7 (2.73%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.73%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.95%) JBoss
5 5 (1.95%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.56%) Resin
7 3 (1.17%) Apache
7 3 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.39%) Mule
8 1 (0.39%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (14.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (6.64%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.30%) Siemens NX
5 4 (1.56%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (4.30%) Teamcenter
2 5 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.56%) ContrOCC
3 4 (1.56%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.17%) iTrent
5 2 (0.78%) Maximo
6 1 (0.39%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.45%) Azure
2 33 (12.89%) Power Platform
3 31 (12.11%) AWS
4 17 (6.64%) GCP
4 17 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.91%) OpenShift
6 9 (3.52%) OneDrive
7 7 (2.73%) SaaS
8 6 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.95%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.95%) GitHub
10 4 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.17%) Apigee
11 3 (1.17%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.17%) Kong
11 3 (1.17%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon SageMaker
12 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.25%) Firewall
1 16 (6.25%) Network Security
2 7 (2.73%) BGP
2 7 (2.73%) DNS
2 7 (2.73%) Skype
2 7 (2.73%) VLAN
3 6 (2.34%) DMZ
3 6 (2.34%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (2.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (2.34%) LAN
3 6 (2.34%) Software-Defined Networking
4 5 (1.95%) VPN
4 5 (1.95%) WAN
5 4 (1.56%) WebEx
6 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.39%) HTTP
7 1 (0.39%) Internet
7 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.39%) SAN
7 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.55%) Power BI
2 11 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.13%) Tableau
4 6 (2.34%) Power Query
5 4 (1.56%) MS Access
5 4 (1.56%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.17%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.17%) Cognos Framework Manager
6 3 (1.17%) Cognos Report Studio
6 3 (1.17%) Cognos Transformer
6 3 (1.17%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.17%) Looker
6 3 (1.17%) OLAP
6 3 (1.17%) OLAP Cube
6 3 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.78%) MySQL
7 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.78%) Redis
7 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (12.50%) JIRA
2 13 (5.08%) Git
3 11 (4.30%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.91%) GitLab
4 10 (3.91%) JUnit
5 5 (1.95%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.95%) Selenium
6 4 (1.56%) Gradle
6 4 (1.56%) Maven
6 4 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.17%) TestRail
8 1 (0.39%) Ant
8 1 (0.39%) Appium
8 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.39%) MLflow
8 1 (0.39%) NUnit
General
1 132 (51.56%) Social Skills
2 80 (31.25%) Finance
3 20 (7.81%) Banking
4 17 (6.64%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (5.86%) Manufacturing
6 14 (5.47%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.91%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.13%) Legal
10 6 (2.34%) Publishing
11 5 (1.95%) Local Government
12 4 (1.56%) Marketing
13 3 (1.17%) Automotive
14 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.78%) Law
14 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.39%) Military
15 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (27.73%) Analyst
2 25 (9.77%) Developer
3 21 (8.20%) Architect
4 20 (7.81%) Business Analyst
5 16 (6.25%) Support Analyst
6 14 (5.47%) Consultant
7 12 (4.69%) Data Analyst
8 11 (4.30%) Lead
8 11 (4.30%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (4.30%) Senior
9 9 (3.52%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.13%) Desktop Support
10 8 (3.13%) Operations Analyst
11 7 (2.73%) Deskside Analyst
11 7 (2.73%) Deskside Support
11 7 (2.73%) Deskside Support Analyst
11 7 (2.73%) Operational Support Analyst
11 7 (2.73%) Operations Support Analyst
11 7 (2.73%) Technology Support Analyst
12 6 (2.34%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.42%) REST
2 11 (4.30%) SOAP
2 11 (4.30%) Spring
3 10 (3.91%) Spring Boot
4 9 (3.52%) XML
5 8 (3.13%) JSON
6 7 (2.73%) HTML
6 7 (2.73%) RESTful
7 6 (2.34%) Kafka
8 5 (1.95%) OAuth
8 5 (1.95%) React
8 5 (1.95%) Web Services
9 4 (1.56%) .NET
9 4 (1.56%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.56%) CSS
9 4 (1.56%) JWT
9 4 (1.56%) XMPP
10 3 (1.17%) LDAP
10 3 (1.17%) OpenAPI
10 3 (1.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (8.20%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.69%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.13%) CMDB
5 6 (2.34%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.34%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.34%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.95%) Credit Risk
6 5 (1.95%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.56%) 3D Printing
7 4 (1.56%) FMCG
7 4 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.17%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.78%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.78%) Clustering
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.20%) Windows
2 18 (7.03%) Linux
3 13 (5.08%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.95%) Unix
6 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (55.47%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (22.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (21.88%) Agile
4 45 (17.58%) Analytics
5 40 (15.63%) Change Management
6 38 (14.84%) ITIL
7 37 (14.45%) ITSM
8 32 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 32 (12.50%) Service Management
9 30 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (10.55%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (10.55%) Computer Science
11 26 (10.16%) Project Management
12 25 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (9.77%) Visualisation
13 24 (9.38%) Data Analysis
13 24 (9.38%) Data Modelling
14 23 (8.98%) CI/CD
14 23 (8.98%) DevOps
15 22 (8.59%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.63%) Python
2 38 (14.84%) SQL
3 19 (7.42%) Java
3 19 (7.42%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.30%) Bash
4 11 (4.30%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.13%) Perl
6 7 (2.73%) R
7 5 (1.95%) C#
7 5 (1.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.56%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.78%) ABAP
10 2 (0.78%) CLIST
10 2 (0.78%) COBOL
10 2 (0.78%) JCL
10 2 (0.78%) REXX
11 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (19.92%) Security Cleared
2 48 (18.75%) Degree
3 44 (17.19%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (4.69%) CISSP
7 10 (3.91%) CISM
8 9 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.13%) CCDP
9 8 (3.13%) CCNP
10 7 (2.73%) CCNA
11 5 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.56%) CBAP
13 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.17%) CISA
13 3 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.17%) GSEC
13 3 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.08%) QA
2 11 (4.30%) GDPR
3 9 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.52%) NIST
4 8 (3.13%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.95%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.17%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.78%) COBIT
7 2 (0.78%) CRD IV
7 2 (0.78%) FINREP
7 2 (0.78%) IFRS
7 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.78%) SLA
8 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.39%) PERC
8 1 (0.39%) SEPA
System Software
1 17 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.34%) Docker
4 2 (0.78%) ACF2
4 2 (0.78%) RACF
4 2 (0.78%) Time Sharing Option
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (5.08%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.69%) SCCM
3 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (1.95%) Fluentd
5 4 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.17%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.17%) QRadar
7 2 (0.78%) CA Endevor
7 2 (0.78%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.39%) Autotask
8 1 (0.39%) Terraform
8 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 86 (33.59%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 15 (5.86%) SAP
4 14 (5.47%) VMware
5 11 (4.30%) Oracle
6 10 (3.91%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.91%) Siemens
6 10 (3.91%) Splunk
7 7 (2.73%) Cisco
7 7 (2.73%) Citrix
7 7 (2.73%) F5
7 7 (2.73%) Pega
7 7 (2.73%) Workday
8 6 (2.34%) Cognos
9 5 (1.95%) Cribl.io
10 4 (1.56%) IBM
10 4 (1.56%) Liquidlogic
10 4 (1.56%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.17%) Google
11 3 (1.17%) Salesforce