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 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 250 216 216
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 10.17% 9.57% 8.07%
As % of the General category 16.55% 16.51% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 120 136
10th Percentile £313 £294 £263
25th Percentile £368 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £458 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -7.58% +6.45%
75th Percentile £546 £548 £564
90th Percentile £622 £600 £640
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.86% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 17
10th Percentile £21.63 £19.43 £17.62
25th Percentile £27.80 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £35.00 £24.47 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.03% -18.43% -27.68%
75th Percentile £43.48 £58.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £45.30 £68.11 £57.91
England median hourly rate £34.48 £25.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year +37.92% -22.65% -19.20%

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 1,511 1,308 1,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.47% 57.93% 55.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 994 692 971
10th Percentile £213 £263 £255
25th Percentile £358 £375 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £672 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 103 110
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.08 £17.14
Median hourly rate £29.60 £30.00 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +34.83% +10.53%
75th Percentile £45.46 £44.13 £45.66
90th Percentile £72.03 £64.00 £55.84
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.69 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.79% -7.02% +28.35%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 2 December 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 -3 110 £452 -13.86% 86
Manchester -5 98 £438 +9.38% 183
Lancashire 0 24 £550 +6.28% 119
Cumbria +10 11 £450 -34.69% 6
Merseyside -8 6 £525 +23.53% 76
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 (5.60%) Confluence
1 14 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.80%) SAS
4 7 (2.80%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.80%) Skype for Business
5 5 (2.00%) JBoss
5 5 (2.00%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.60%) Apache
6 4 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.60%) Resin
7 1 (0.40%) Mule
7 1 (0.40%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (14.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (6.00%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.40%) Siemens NX
5 4 (1.60%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.40%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (4.40%) Teamcenter
2 5 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.60%) ContrOCC
3 4 (1.60%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.20%) iTrent
5 2 (0.80%) Maximo
6 1 (0.40%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.80%) Azure
2 32 (12.80%) Power Platform
3 31 (12.40%) AWS
4 18 (7.20%) GCP
5 17 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.00%) OpenShift
7 9 (3.60%) OneDrive
8 6 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.00%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.00%) GitHub
9 5 (2.00%) SaaS
10 4 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.20%) Apigee
11 3 (1.20%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.20%) Kong
12 2 (0.80%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.80%) Cloud Functions
12 2 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.40%) Firewall
1 16 (6.40%) Network Security
2 7 (2.80%) BGP
2 7 (2.80%) DNS
2 7 (2.80%) Skype
2 7 (2.80%) VLAN
3 6 (2.40%) DMZ
3 6 (2.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 6 (2.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (2.40%) LAN
3 6 (2.40%) Software-Defined Networking
4 5 (2.00%) VPN
4 5 (2.00%) WAN
5 4 (1.60%) WebEx
6 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.40%) HTTP
7 1 (0.40%) Internet
7 1 (0.40%) SAN
7 1 (0.40%) Wireless
7 1 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.40%) Power BI
2 11 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.20%) Tableau
4 5 (2.00%) Power Query
5 4 (1.60%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.60%) MS Access
5 4 (1.60%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.20%) Cognos Framework Manager
6 3 (1.20%) Cognos Report Studio
6 3 (1.20%) Cognos Transformer
6 3 (1.20%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.20%) Looker
6 3 (1.20%) OLAP
6 3 (1.20%) OLAP Cube
6 3 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.80%) Metadata
7 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.80%) Redis
Development Applications
1 32 (12.80%) JIRA
2 13 (5.20%) Git
3 11 (4.40%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.00%) GitLab
4 10 (4.00%) JUnit
5 5 (2.00%) Cucumber
5 5 (2.00%) Selenium
6 4 (1.60%) Gradle
6 4 (1.60%) Maven
6 4 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.20%) TestRail
8 1 (0.40%) Ant
8 1 (0.40%) Appium
8 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.40%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.40%) MLflow
8 1 (0.40%) NUnit
General
1 127 (50.80%) Social Skills
2 76 (30.40%) Finance
3 20 (8.00%) Banking
4 15 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
4 15 (6.00%) Manufacturing
5 14 (5.60%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.00%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.20%) Legal
9 5 (2.00%) Local Government
9 5 (2.00%) Marketing
10 4 (1.60%) Publishing
11 3 (1.20%) Automotive
12 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.80%) Law
12 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.40%) Military
13 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (27.20%) Analyst
2 24 (9.60%) Developer
3 21 (8.40%) Architect
4 20 (8.00%) Business Analyst
5 14 (5.60%) Consultant
5 14 (5.60%) Support Analyst
6 12 (4.80%) Data Analyst
7 11 (4.40%) Lead
7 11 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (4.40%) Senior
8 9 (3.60%) Java Developer
9 8 (3.20%) Operations Analyst
10 7 (2.80%) Operational Support Analyst
10 7 (2.80%) Operations Support Analyst
11 6 (2.40%) Administrator
11 6 (2.40%) Change Manager
11 6 (2.40%) Deskside Analyst
11 6 (2.40%) Deskside Support
11 6 (2.40%) Deskside Support Analyst
11 6 (2.40%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.00%) REST
2 11 (4.40%) SOAP
2 11 (4.40%) Spring
3 10 (4.00%) Spring Boot
4 9 (3.60%) XML
5 8 (3.20%) HTML
5 8 (3.20%) JSON
6 7 (2.80%) RESTful
7 6 (2.40%) Kafka
8 5 (2.00%) OAuth
8 5 (2.00%) React
8 5 (2.00%) Web Services
9 4 (1.60%) .NET
9 4 (1.60%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.60%) CSS
9 4 (1.60%) JWT
9 4 (1.60%) XMPP
10 3 (1.20%) LDAP
10 3 (1.20%) OpenAPI
10 3 (1.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.40%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (8.40%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.40%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.40%) CMDB
4 6 (2.40%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.40%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.00%) Credit Risk
5 5 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.60%) 3D Printing
6 4 (1.60%) FMCG
6 4 (1.60%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.80%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.80%) Clustering
8 2 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.80%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.40%) Windows
2 18 (7.20%) Linux
3 13 (5.20%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.00%) Unix
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (56.40%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (22.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 54 (21.60%) Agile
4 45 (18.00%) Analytics
5 38 (15.20%) Change Management
6 32 (12.80%) Decision-Making
6 32 (12.80%) ITIL
7 31 (12.40%) ITSM
8 30 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 26 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (10.40%) Project Management
9 26 (10.40%) Service Management
10 25 (10.00%) Computer Science
10 25 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (10.00%) Data Modelling
11 23 (9.20%) CI/CD
12 22 (8.80%) Data Analysis
12 22 (8.80%) Visualisation
13 21 (8.40%) Migration
13 21 (8.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.40%) Python
2 37 (14.80%) SQL
3 20 (8.00%) Java
4 19 (7.60%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.40%) Bash
5 11 (4.40%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.20%) Perl
7 7 (2.80%) R
8 5 (2.00%) C#
9 4 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.60%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.80%) ABAP
11 2 (0.80%) CLIST
11 2 (0.80%) COBOL
11 2 (0.80%) JCL
11 2 (0.80%) REXX
12 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (19.60%) Security Cleared
2 45 (18.00%) Degree
3 43 (17.20%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (4.80%) CISSP
7 10 (4.00%) CISM
8 9 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.20%) CCDP
9 8 (3.20%) CCNP
10 7 (2.80%) CCNA
11 4 (1.60%) CBAP
12 3 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.20%) CISA
12 3 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.20%) GSEC
12 3 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.20%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.20%) QA
2 12 (4.80%) GDPR
3 9 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.60%) NIST
4 8 (3.20%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.00%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.60%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.80%) COBIT
7 2 (0.80%) CRD IV
7 2 (0.80%) FINREP
7 2 (0.80%) IFRS
7 2 (0.80%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.40%) PERC
8 1 (0.40%) SEPA
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (6.80%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.40%) Docker
4 2 (0.80%) ACF2
4 2 (0.80%) RACF
4 2 (0.80%) Time Sharing Option
4 2 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (5.20%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.80%) SCCM
3 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (2.00%) Fluentd
5 4 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.20%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.20%) QRadar
7 2 (0.80%) CA Endevor
7 2 (0.80%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.80%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.40%) Autotask
8 1 (0.40%) Terraform
8 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (31.60%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.60%) ServiceNow
3 15 (6.00%) SAP
4 14 (5.60%) VMware
5 11 (4.40%) Oracle
6 10 (4.00%) Red Hat
6 10 (4.00%) Siemens
6 10 (4.00%) Splunk
7 7 (2.80%) Cisco
7 7 (2.80%) Citrix
7 7 (2.80%) F5
7 7 (2.80%) Pega
7 7 (2.80%) Workday
8 5 (2.00%) Cognos
8 5 (2.00%) Cribl.io
9 4 (1.60%) IBM
9 4 (1.60%) Liquidlogic
9 4 (1.60%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.20%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.20%) Snow