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 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +8
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 290 270 190
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 7.37% 12.11% 7.79%
As % of the General category 14.51% 19.61% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 171 110
10th Percentile £290 £300 £312
25th Percentile £365 £364 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +0.31%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £543
90th Percentile £604 £688 £594
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 17 8
10th Percentile £24.35 £17.21 £15.92
25th Percentile £25.49 £27.80 £23.67
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -21.35% -3.01%
75th Percentile £77.50 £63.40 £57.38
90th Percentile £178.75 £67.04 £75.15
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +10.77% +51.16% -52.22%

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 1,999 1,377 1,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.81% 61.78% 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,131 878 794
10th Percentile £250 £270 £278
25th Percentile £400 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £585
90th Percentile £675 £676 £675
England median daily rate £525 £503 £538
% change year-on-year +4.48% -6.51% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 117 86
10th Percentile £16.01 £12.82 £16.03
25th Percentile £24.79 £13.85 £18.32
Median hourly rate £35.00 £28.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -17.86% +31.58%
75th Percentile £50.25 £50.00 £47.17
90th Percentile £83.60 £71.10 £57.50
England median hourly rate £31.90 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.84% -34.02% +35.37%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -13 147 £438 -4.37% 348
Cheshire -7 93 £463 +3.06% 78
Lancashire -15 18 £550 +22.11% 101
Merseyside +1 17 £458 -29.62% 55
Cumbria -11 17 £458 +1.67% 14
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 12 (4.14%) Confluence
2 9 (3.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.03%) 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 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.79%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 10 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.38%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.03%) Primavera
5 2 (0.69%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.69%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.69%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.69%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.69%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.34%) Cloudability
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 49 (16.90%) Azure
2 32 (11.03%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (10.69%) AWS
4 29 (10.00%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.45%) GCP
6 9 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.41%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.41%) SaaS
8 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.72%) GitHub
9 5 (1.72%) IBM Blueworks
10 4 (1.38%) Akamai
10 4 (1.38%) OCI
10 4 (1.38%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.03%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.03%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.69%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.55%) Firewall
2 15 (5.17%) VPN
3 13 (4.48%) DNS
4 12 (4.14%) WAN
5 11 (3.79%) Network Security
6 10 (3.45%) LAN
7 7 (2.41%) BGP
8 6 (2.07%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (1.72%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.72%) VLAN
10 4 (1.38%) HTTP
10 4 (1.38%) OSPF
11 3 (1.03%) DHCP
11 3 (1.03%) DMZ
11 3 (1.03%) MPLS
11 3 (1.03%) SAN
11 3 (1.03%) SNMP
11 3 (1.03%) VoIP
11 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.97%) Power BI
2 17 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.17%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.76%) Metadata
4 8 (2.76%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.76%) Tableau
5 6 (2.07%) DataStage
5 6 (2.07%) Db2
6 4 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.03%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.03%) Power Query
8 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.69%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.69%) MySQL
8 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.69%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.34%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 19 (6.55%) JIRA
2 8 (2.76%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.41%) Git
4 6 (2.07%) GitLab
5 4 (1.38%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.03%) Ranorex
6 3 (1.03%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.03%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.69%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.69%) Gatling
7 2 (0.69%) Gradle
7 2 (0.69%) Hudson
7 2 (0.69%) JUnit
7 2 (0.69%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.34%) Toad
General
1 146 (50.34%) Social Skills
2 91 (31.38%) Finance
3 36 (12.41%) Banking
4 22 (7.59%) Manufacturing
5 20 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.55%) Legal
7 17 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.79%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.41%) Law
10 7 (2.41%) Marketing
11 6 (2.07%) Automotive
11 6 (2.07%) Local Government
11 6 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.38%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.03%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.03%) Billing
13 3 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (23.10%) Analyst
2 26 (8.97%) Lead
3 20 (6.90%) Business Analyst
4 18 (6.21%) Consultant
5 15 (5.17%) Architect
5 15 (5.17%) Developer
6 14 (4.83%) Network Engineer
6 14 (4.83%) Senior
7 13 (4.48%) Security Engineer
8 12 (4.14%) Data Analyst
8 12 (4.14%) IT Support
9 10 (3.45%) Administrator
9 10 (3.45%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.45%) Service Analyst
9 10 (3.45%) Support Analyst
10 8 (2.76%) IT Analyst
10 8 (2.76%) Senior Manager
10 8 (2.76%) Support Engineer
11 7 (2.41%) Data Engineer
11 7 (2.41%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.10%) REST
1 9 (3.10%) Terraform
2 7 (2.41%) JSON
3 5 (1.72%) XML
4 4 (1.38%) PySpark
4 4 (1.38%) RESTful
5 3 (1.03%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.03%) Kafka
5 3 (1.03%) Node.js
5 3 (1.03%) Playwright
5 3 (1.03%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.03%) Spring
5 3 (1.03%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.69%) HTML
6 2 (0.69%) OAuth
6 2 (0.69%) ODBC
6 2 (0.69%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.69%) Quarkus
6 2 (0.69%) React
7 1 (0.34%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 20 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.10%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (3.10%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.38%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.38%) PKI
9 3 (1.03%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.03%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.10%) Windows
2 12 (4.14%) Linux
3 10 (3.45%) Unix
3 10 (3.45%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.76%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.41%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.72%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.69%) AIX
7 2 (0.69%) HPUX
7 2 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Solaris
7 2 (0.69%) SUSE
8 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (50.34%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (27.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 60 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (15.52%) Agile
5 44 (15.17%) ITIL
6 41 (14.14%) Change Management
7 39 (13.45%) Analytics
8 37 (12.76%) Migration
8 37 (12.76%) Project Management
9 35 (12.07%) Validation
10 34 (11.72%) Data Modelling
11 32 (11.03%) AI
11 32 (11.03%) Decision-Making
12 31 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (10.69%) Workshop Facilitation
13 30 (10.34%) CI/CD
13 30 (10.34%) ERP
13 30 (10.34%) Roadmaps
14 26 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (8.62%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 50 (17.24%) SQL
2 45 (15.52%) Python
3 21 (7.24%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.76%) Java
5 7 (2.41%) PL/SQL
5 7 (2.41%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.72%) Bash
6 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.38%) C#
7 4 (1.38%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.03%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.69%) ABAP
10 1 (0.34%) Ada
10 1 (0.34%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.34%) C
10 1 (0.34%) C++
10 1 (0.34%) Korn
10 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 40 (13.79%) Degree
2 39 (13.45%) Security Cleared
3 31 (10.69%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.55%) CISSP
5 13 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.45%) A+ Certification
7 10 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.76%) CCNP
10 7 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (2.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.72%) CCIE
12 5 (1.72%) CCNA
12 5 (1.72%) CISM
12 5 (1.72%) GCIH
13 4 (1.38%) ACCA
13 4 (1.38%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.10%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.52%) SLA
3 14 (4.83%) GRC
4 10 (3.45%) NIST
5 8 (2.76%) GDPR
5 8 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.76%) QA
6 6 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.03%) NCSC
7 3 (1.03%) PMO
8 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.69%) 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 26 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.72%) Docker
3 5 (1.72%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.03%) Firmware
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (5.52%) Ansible
2 8 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.07%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.38%) 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 (0.69%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.69%) Grafana
6 2 (0.69%) Istio
6 2 (0.69%) WMI
7 1 (0.34%) Nagios
7 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (24.83%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.69%) ServiceNow
3 29 (10.00%) SAP
4 20 (6.90%) Oracle
5 19 (6.55%) Splunk
6 11 (3.79%) Cisco
6 11 (3.79%) Remedy
7 8 (2.76%) Teradata
7 8 (2.76%) VMware
8 7 (2.41%) IBM
9 6 (2.07%) BeyondTrust
9 6 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (2.07%) Databricks
9 6 (2.07%) F5
9 6 (2.07%) Google
10 5 (1.72%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.38%) AlgoSec
11 4 (1.38%) Arista
11 4 (1.38%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.38%) Palo Alto