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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 15 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 244 186 188
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.63% 9.57% 6.75%
As % of the General category 13.48% 16.71% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 117 116
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £358 £405 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% +2.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £520 £638 £550
90th Percentile £588 £715 £613
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 28
10th Percentile £21.75 £19.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.49 £19.13 £13.50
Median hourly rate £41.90 £24.76 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +69.21% +39.73% -49.37%
75th Percentile £83.13 £57.28 £43.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £72.50 £54.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £28.15 £18.50
% change year-on-year +33.21% +52.16% -50.34%

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 1,810 1,113 1,492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 56.63% 57.28% 53.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,085 671 923
10th Percentile £200 £263 £300
25th Percentile £358 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £687
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 108 193
10th Percentile £18.23 £13.00 £12.29
25th Percentile £22.81 £18.13 £14.50
Median hourly rate £35.91 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +24.90% +62.25% -31.85%
75th Percentile £59.06 £49.06 £36.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.38 £49.80
England median hourly rate £30.15 £28.18 £28.75
% change year-on-year +6.99% -1.98% -17.86%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -6 117 £420 -16.67% 103
Cheshire -5 85 £425 -13.09% 46
Lancashire -3 20 £370 -29.19% 64
Merseyside -17 13 £330 -17.50% 16
Cumbria +7 9 £488 +5.98% 7
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 17 (6.97%) Confluence
2 12 (4.92%) SAS
3 5 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.23%) Apache
5 2 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.82%) JBoss
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.41%) Mule
6 1 (0.41%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.10%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.41%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (6.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.64%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.23%) Primavera
3 3 (1.23%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.82%) iTrent
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.41%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.41%) Maximo
5 1 (0.41%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 38 (15.57%) AWS
2 34 (13.93%) Azure
3 27 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (10.25%) Power Platform
5 16 (6.56%) GCP
6 6 (2.46%) Apigee
6 6 (2.46%) Kong
7 5 (2.05%) Akamai
7 5 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.05%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (2.05%) SaaS
8 4 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.64%) Nutanix
8 4 (1.64%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.64%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.82%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.82%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.33%) Firewall
2 10 (4.10%) DNS
2 10 (4.10%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.46%) HTTP
3 6 (2.46%) VPN
4 5 (2.05%) DHCP
5 4 (1.64%) NetScaler
6 3 (1.23%) SAN
7 1 (0.41%) BGP
7 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.41%) LAN
7 1 (0.41%) Network Security
7 1 (0.41%) OSPF
7 1 (0.41%) SSL
7 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.41%) WAN
7 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.61%) Power BI
2 20 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.51%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.69%) Metadata
4 9 (3.69%) Tableau
5 7 (2.87%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.05%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.05%) Power Query
6 5 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.64%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.23%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.23%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.23%) DB2
8 3 (1.23%) Looker
8 3 (1.23%) OLTP
9 2 (0.82%) DataStage
9 2 (0.82%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.82%) MySQL
9 2 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (11.89%) JIRA
2 9 (3.69%) GitLab
3 5 (2.05%) JUnit
4 4 (1.64%) Postman
5 3 (1.23%) Mockito
6 2 (0.82%) Git
6 2 (0.82%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.41%) Gradle
7 1 (0.41%) Hudson
7 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.41%) Maven
7 1 (0.41%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 117 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 94 (38.52%) Finance
3 30 (12.30%) Banking
4 22 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (5.33%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.33%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.69%) Local Government
9 7 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.87%) Marketing
9 7 (2.87%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.46%) Legal
10 6 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.05%) Law
12 3 (1.23%) Automotive
12 3 (1.23%) Publishing
13 2 (0.82%) Environmental Health
14 1 (0.41%) Advertising
14 1 (0.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 80 (32.79%) Analyst
2 33 (13.52%) Business Analyst
3 23 (9.43%) Developer
3 23 (9.43%) Senior
4 17 (6.97%) Lead
5 16 (6.56%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.33%) Finance Manager
6 13 (5.33%) Finance Project Manager
7 12 (4.92%) Architect
7 12 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (4.51%) Administrator
8 11 (4.51%) IT Analyst
8 11 (4.51%) IT Support
9 10 (4.10%) Data Analyst
9 10 (4.10%) Security Engineer
9 10 (4.10%) Support Analyst
10 9 (3.69%) IT Support Analyst
10 9 (3.69%) Technical Analyst
11 8 (3.28%) Product Manager
12 6 (2.46%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.97%) REST
2 14 (5.74%) XML
3 13 (5.33%) SOAP
3 13 (5.33%) Swagger
4 11 (4.51%) JSON
5 9 (3.69%) OpenAPI
6 7 (2.87%) OAuth
7 6 (2.46%) JWT
7 6 (2.46%) RESTful
8 5 (2.05%) HTML
9 4 (1.64%) Middleware
10 3 (1.23%) CSS
10 3 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (1.23%) Spring
10 3 (1.23%) Spring Boot
10 3 (1.23%) Visualforce
10 3 (1.23%) YAML
11 2 (0.82%) AngularJS
11 2 (0.82%) HTML5 Canvas
11 2 (0.82%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.97%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.33%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.87%) Credit Risk
7 6 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.05%) Clustering
8 5 (2.05%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.64%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.64%) Digital Wallet
9 4 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.64%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.64%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.64%) Replication
10 3 (1.23%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.25%) Windows
2 13 (5.33%) Windows 10
3 9 (3.69%) Linux
4 8 (3.28%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.87%) Unix
6 4 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.23%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.23%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.82%) AIX
8 2 (0.82%) HPUX
8 2 (0.82%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.82%) Solaris
8 2 (0.82%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (57.79%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (23.36%) Agile
3 53 (21.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (17.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 37 (15.16%) Change Management
5 37 (15.16%) Workshop Facilitation
6 36 (14.75%) Validation
7 33 (13.52%) Analytics
7 33 (13.52%) Migration
8 32 (13.11%) Data Modelling
9 31 (12.70%) Project Management
10 30 (12.30%) Decision-Making
11 28 (11.48%) CI/CD
11 28 (11.48%) Data Analysis
12 27 (11.07%) ERP
12 27 (11.07%) Use Case
13 26 (10.66%) Computer Science
14 25 (10.25%) ITIL
15 24 (9.84%) Requirements Gathering
16 22 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.31%) SQL
2 32 (13.11%) Python
3 12 (4.92%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.10%) Java
5 7 (2.87%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.46%) PL/SQL
6 6 (2.46%) R
7 4 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.64%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.23%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.23%) ProC
8 3 (1.23%) VBA
9 2 (0.82%) CLIST
9 2 (0.82%) COBOL
9 2 (0.82%) JCL
9 2 (0.82%) REXX
9 2 (0.82%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.41%) C#
10 1 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 40 (16.39%) Degree
2 24 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (7.38%) SC Cleared
5 15 (6.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (6.15%) CISSP
6 12 (4.92%) A+ Certification
6 12 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.92%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (3.69%) CISM
8 7 (2.87%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (2.05%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.64%) CCNA
10 4 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.23%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.23%) CISA
11 3 (1.23%) CRISC
11 3 (1.23%) MCSE
11 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.02%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.69%) GRC
3 7 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.87%) NIST
4 6 (2.46%) GDPR
4 6 (2.46%) QA
4 6 (2.46%) SLA
5 5 (2.05%) PSD2
6 4 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.23%) ISO 8583
7 3 (1.23%) PMO
8 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.82%) CRD IV
8 2 (0.82%) FINREP
8 2 (0.82%) IFRS
8 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.82%) NCSC
9 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 26 (10.66%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.46%) Docker
3 5 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.64%) vSphere
5 2 (0.82%) ACF2
5 2 (0.82%) RACF
5 2 (0.82%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.41%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (3.28%) Kubernetes
1 8 (3.28%) SCCM
2 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.23%) Fluentd
4 3 (1.23%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.82%) CA Endevor
5 2 (0.82%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.82%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.82%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.41%) Ansible
6 1 (0.41%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.70%) SAP
3 15 (6.15%) Oracle
4 11 (4.51%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.87%) Splunk
6 6 (2.46%) MuleSoft
7 5 (2.05%) Teradata
7 5 (2.05%) Workday
8 4 (1.64%) F5
8 4 (1.64%) HP
8 4 (1.64%) Pega
8 4 (1.64%) Veeam
8 4 (1.64%) VMware
9 3 (1.23%) Cognos
9 3 (1.23%) Cribl.io
9 3 (1.23%) Dell
9 3 (1.23%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.23%) IBM
9 3 (1.23%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.23%) Tanium