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 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 256 202 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 11.91% 8.48% 6.96%
As % of the General category 19.22% 15.34% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 111 129
10th Percentile £306 £294 £355
25th Percentile £364 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £486
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -4.84% +2.32%
75th Percentile £537 £538 £566
90th Percentile £650 £585 £634
England median daily rate £500 £520 £535
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 10
10th Percentile £23.81 £15.92 £20.00
25th Percentile £27.80 £23.67 £24.77
Median hourly rate £29.60 £44.50 £40.44
Median % change year-on-year -33.48% +10.04% +39.83%
75th Percentile £35.50 £57.38 £58.72
90th Percentile £63.40 £75.15 £75.87
England median hourly rate £32.41 £22.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +47.30% -51.11% +28.57%

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 1,332 1,317 1,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.95% 55.27% 53.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 756 1,004
10th Percentile £270 £276 £252
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £555 £586 £594
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 78 107
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.00 £15.43
25th Percentile £14.35 £18.01 £16.70
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% +55.35% +7.29%
75th Percentile £48.56 £44.69 £38.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £54.00 £62.39
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.68% +40.00% +10.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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
Manchester +6 111 £454 +6.76% 218
Cheshire +4 110 £447 -16.53% 80
Lancashire +10 22 £450 +12.50% 128
Cumbria +1 11 £450 -9.37% 6
Merseyside -2 1 £650 +52.94% 45
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.25%) Confluence
1 16 (6.25%) IBM Domino
2 10 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.73%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.73%) Skype for Business
5 6 (2.34%) JBoss
5 6 (2.34%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.56%) Resin
6 4 (1.56%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.78%) CICS
7 2 (0.78%) SAS
7 2 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.39%) Mule
8 1 (0.39%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (12.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (8.59%) MS Visio
3 20 (7.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.30%) Siemens NX
6 4 (1.56%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.30%) Teamcenter
2 8 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.34%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.56%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.39%) Maximo
5 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.94%) Azure
2 26 (10.16%) AWS
3 20 (7.81%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.42%) GCP
5 11 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.13%) OneDrive
6 8 (3.13%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.73%) SaaS
8 6 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.56%) Azure AI
9 4 (1.56%) GitHub
9 4 (1.56%) Google Gemini
10 3 (1.17%) BrowserStack
10 3 (1.17%) Lucidchart
10 3 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.78%) IBM Cloud
11 2 (0.78%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.30%) Network Security
2 10 (3.91%) VPN
3 9 (3.52%) DNS
4 7 (2.73%) LAN
4 7 (2.73%) Skype
5 5 (1.95%) DMZ
5 5 (1.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 5 (1.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 5 (1.95%) Firewall
5 5 (1.95%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.17%) DHCP
7 2 (0.78%) Calico
7 2 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.39%) BGP
8 1 (0.39%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.39%) Internet
8 1 (0.39%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.39%) SAN
8 1 (0.39%) VoIP
8 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.81%) Power BI
2 9 (3.52%) Tableau
3 4 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.56%) Neo4j
4 3 (1.17%) Big Data
4 3 (1.17%) Hadoop
4 3 (1.17%) MySQL
4 3 (1.17%) Power Query
5 2 (0.78%) Cognos Framework Manager
5 2 (0.78%) Cognos Report Studio
5 2 (0.78%) Cognos Transformer
5 2 (0.78%) DB2
5 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.78%) OLAP
5 2 (0.78%) OLAP Cube
5 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 36 (14.06%) JIRA
2 18 (7.03%) Jenkins
3 16 (6.25%) Git
4 11 (4.30%) GitLab
4 11 (4.30%) JUnit
5 8 (3.13%) Selenium
6 7 (2.73%) Maven
7 6 (2.34%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.95%) Gradle
8 5 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (1.17%) TestRail
10 2 (0.78%) Appium
10 2 (0.78%) SOAtest
11 1 (0.39%) Ant
11 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.39%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.39%) JMeter
11 1 (0.39%) MLflow
General
1 143 (55.86%) Social Skills
2 74 (28.91%) Finance
3 31 (12.11%) Manufacturing
4 24 (9.38%) Banking
5 16 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (5.86%) Legal
7 14 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (3.91%) Aerospace
9 10 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (3.13%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.95%) Automotive
11 5 (1.95%) Publishing
11 5 (1.95%) Retail
12 3 (1.17%) French Language
12 3 (1.17%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.78%) Law
13 2 (0.78%) Local Government
13 2 (0.78%) Marketing
13 2 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (26.95%) Analyst
2 28 (10.94%) Architect
3 24 (9.38%) Business Analyst
4 19 (7.42%) Developer
4 19 (7.42%) Support Analyst
5 17 (6.64%) Desktop Support
6 16 (6.25%) Consultant
7 12 (4.69%) Senior
8 10 (3.91%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.52%) Coordinator
9 9 (3.52%) Deskside Analyst
9 9 (3.52%) Deskside Support
9 9 (3.52%) Deskside Support Analyst
9 9 (3.52%) Technology Support Analyst
10 8 (3.13%) CRM Coordinator
10 8 (3.13%) Data Analyst
10 8 (3.13%) Support Engineer
10 8 (3.13%) Technical Coordinator
11 7 (2.73%) Desktop Engineer
11 7 (2.73%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.25%) REST
2 11 (4.30%) Spring
3 10 (3.91%) Spring Boot
4 8 (3.13%) Kafka
4 8 (3.13%) RESTful
4 8 (3.13%) SOAP
5 7 (2.73%) HTML
5 7 (2.73%) Web Services
6 6 (2.34%) JSON
6 6 (2.34%) XML
7 5 (1.95%) React
7 5 (1.95%) Streamlit
7 5 (1.95%) TensorFlow
8 4 (1.56%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.56%) CSS
8 4 (1.56%) J2EE
8 4 (1.56%) PyTorch
8 4 (1.56%) Spring Cloud
9 3 (1.17%) LDAP
10 2 (0.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.16%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.34%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.56%) 3D Printing
7 4 (1.56%) CMDB
7 4 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.56%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.17%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.17%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.17%) Replication
9 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.78%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.64%) Windows
2 10 (3.91%) Linux
3 7 (2.73%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.73%) Unix
4 6 (2.34%) Android
5 5 (1.95%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.95%) Windows 8
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.95%) Windows XP
6 2 (0.78%) HPUX
6 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.78%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (63.28%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.27%) Agile
3 51 (19.92%) ITIL
4 46 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (14.06%) ITSM
6 35 (13.67%) Change Management
7 33 (12.89%) Decision-Making
7 33 (12.89%) Project Management
8 32 (12.50%) Service Management
9 30 (11.72%) Mentoring
10 29 (11.33%) Analytics
10 29 (11.33%) Migration
11 25 (9.77%) Artificial Intelligence
12 22 (8.59%) Business Analysis
12 22 (8.59%) CI/CD
12 22 (8.59%) Computer Science
13 21 (8.20%) Strategic Thinking
14 20 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
14 20 (7.81%) DevOps
14 20 (7.81%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.55%) Python
2 23 (8.98%) Java
3 22 (8.59%) SQL
4 8 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.73%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.17%) C#
6 3 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.17%) Scala
7 2 (0.78%) COBOL
7 2 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.78%) JCL
7 2 (0.78%) R
7 2 (0.78%) REXX
8 1 (0.39%) ABAP
8 1 (0.39%) Bash
8 1 (0.39%) Perl
8 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (18.36%) Degree
2 39 (15.23%) Security Cleared
3 31 (12.11%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (2.73%) CISSP
9 5 (1.95%) CBAP
9 5 (1.95%) CISM
9 5 (1.95%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.95%) PMP
10 4 (1.56%) IIBA
10 4 (1.56%) ISEB
11 3 (1.17%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.17%) CISA
11 3 (1.17%) GSEC
11 3 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.86%) GDPR
2 13 (5.08%) QA
3 5 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.95%) NIST
3 5 (1.95%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.95%) SEPA
4 4 (1.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.56%) SLA
5 3 (1.17%) COBIT
5 3 (1.17%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.39%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 12 (4.69%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.52%) Docker
3 6 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.78%) Firmware
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (5.47%) SCCM
2 13 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.56%) QRadar
5 3 (1.17%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (1.17%) Terraform
6 2 (0.78%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.78%) Istio
7 1 (0.39%) Ansible
7 1 (0.39%) Nessus
7 1 (0.39%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 78 (30.47%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.59%) SAP
3 21 (8.20%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.30%) Oracle
5 10 (3.91%) Siemens
6 8 (3.13%) IBM
7 7 (2.73%) Splunk
8 6 (2.34%) F5
8 6 (2.34%) VMware
9 5 (1.95%) Canon
10 4 (1.56%) ArcSight
10 4 (1.56%) Google
10 4 (1.56%) Liquidlogic
11 3 (1.17%) Cisco
11 3 (1.17%) Cognos
11 3 (1.17%) HP
11 3 (1.17%) Informatica
12 2 (0.78%) Ab Initio
12 2 (0.78%) Ariba
12 2 (0.78%) Salesforce