Analytical Thinking Contracts in the North West

Analytical Thinking
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Analytical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 157 173
Rank change year-on-year +33 +16 -54
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 14 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.51% 0.12% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.14% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 9
10th Percentile £300 £419 £460
25th Percentile £395 £420 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.04% -11.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £581 £470 £538
90th Percentile £694 £473 £578
England median daily rate £550 £525 £510
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £62.55 - £18.01
25th Percentile £62.62 - £19.15
Median hourly rate £64.21 - £21.04
75th Percentile £67.29 - £34.13
90th Percentile £68.24 - £41.98
England median hourly rate £24.65 £43.86 £17.25
% change year-on-year -43.80% +154.26% -64.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Analytical Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,379 2,929 3,538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.54% 90.85% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,538 2,093 2,614
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £406 £407 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 147 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.11 £20.74 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +19.02%
75th Percentile £45.00 £49.46 £43.96
90th Percentile £52.78 £65.30 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the North West

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the North West

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the North West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the North West

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the North West

Analytical Thinking
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 Thinking within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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 +25 11 £463 +4.23% 8
Cheshire - 3 £688 - 3
Analytical Thinking
England

Analytical Thinking
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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (7.14%) BrowserStack
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Serverless
2 1 (7.14%) SpeedCurve
2 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Cypress.io
2 1 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) GoCD
2 1 (7.14%) Pa11y
2 1 (7.14%) TestCafe
General
1 14 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Economy
4 1 (7.14%) German Language
4 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Senior
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Test Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Test Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Configuration Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) IT Director
5 1 (7.14%) IT Support
5 1 (7.14%) Junior
5 1 (7.14%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) SAP Manager
5 1 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Support
5 1 (7.14%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) React
2 2 (14.29%) Jest
2 2 (14.29%) Middleware
2 2 (14.29%) Node.js
3 1 (7.14%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Educational Technology
2 1 (7.14%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.14%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
2 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (35.71%) Active Listening
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Exploratory Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Automation
3 4 (28.57%) Load Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Architectural Design
4 3 (21.43%) Change Management
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
4 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
4 3 (21.43%) Data Security
4 3 (21.43%) Non-Functional Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) SDLC
4 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
2 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) CCNA
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) MCSE
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GxP
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Grafana
1 1 (7.14%) Kibana
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) VMware