Analytics Contracts in the North West

Analytics
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 47 49
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytics 102 103 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 5.18% 3.74% 4.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.74% 4.33% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 66 92
10th Percentile £337 £338 £400
25th Percentile £411 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £546 £600 £650
90th Percentile £617 £638 £699
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 3
10th Percentile - - £22.70
25th Percentile £67.50 £13.50 £27.31
Median hourly rate £70.00 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% +21.43% +89.19%
75th Percentile £72.50 £43.75 £37.50
90th Percentile - - £39.00
England median hourly rate £31.49 £30.37 £31.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% -2.03% -11.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Analytics in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in the North West

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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 Analytics within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +18 62 £463 -6.57% 256
Cheshire -1 32 £450 -14.29% 55
Merseyside +6 6 £513 +5.13% 21
Lancashire 0 2 £503 -26.10% 133
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England

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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 7 (6.86%) Apache Spark
2 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.92%) SAS
4 3 (2.94%) JBoss
5 2 (1.96%) Apache
5 2 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.96%) Confluence
6 1 (0.98%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.98%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.98%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.94%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.98%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.98%) InVision
5 1 (0.98%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 15 (14.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.96%) Shopify
3 1 (0.98%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.98%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 28 (27.45%) Azure
2 23 (22.55%) AWS
3 15 (14.71%) Power Platform
4 11 (10.78%) GitHub
4 11 (10.78%) Snowflake
5 9 (8.82%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (7.84%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (6.86%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (6.86%) dbt
8 6 (5.88%) Entra ID
9 5 (4.90%) IaaS
10 4 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (3.92%) Google Analytics
10 4 (3.92%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.94%) GCP
11 3 (2.94%) Serverless
11 3 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.96%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.96%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.88%) Firewall
1 6 (5.88%) Network Security
2 5 (4.90%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (3.92%) DNS
4 3 (2.94%) LAN
4 3 (2.94%) WAN
5 1 (0.98%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (14.71%) Power BI
3 8 (7.84%) Relational Database
4 7 (6.86%) Data Lake
4 7 (6.86%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.86%) Tableau
5 5 (4.90%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.92%) Airbyte
6 4 (3.92%) Big Data
6 4 (3.92%) BigQuery
6 4 (3.92%) Hadoop
6 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (2.94%) Metadata
7 3 (2.94%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.94%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.96%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.96%) MySQL
8 2 (1.96%) ObjectStore
Development Applications
1 8 (7.84%) JIRA
2 5 (4.90%) Git
3 4 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.92%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.94%) Bitbucket Server
4 3 (2.94%) CA Release Automation
4 3 (2.94%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (2.94%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.96%) GitLab
5 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.98%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.98%) ERwin
6 1 (0.98%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.98%) Mocha
General
1 41 (40.20%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.57%) Finance
3 15 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.78%) Manufacturing
5 10 (9.80%) Banking
5 10 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.88%) Automotive
6 6 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (4.90%) Legal
7 5 (4.90%) Marketing
7 5 (4.90%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.92%) Retail
9 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.98%) Advertising
11 1 (0.98%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.98%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.98%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (18.63%) Architect
2 18 (17.65%) Data Engineer
3 17 (16.67%) Analyst
4 11 (10.78%) Senior
5 8 (7.84%) Data Architect
6 6 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.88%) Developer
6 6 (5.88%) Senior Data Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) Consultant
7 5 (4.90%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 5 (4.90%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.92%) Data Analytics Specialist
8 4 (3.92%) Lead
8 4 (3.92%) SAP Architect
9 3 (2.94%) AWS DevOps
9 3 (2.94%) Data Analytics Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Risk Analyst
9 3 (2.94%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.94%) SAS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.84%) Kafka
2 6 (5.88%) REST
3 4 (3.92%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (3.92%) OAuth
3 4 (3.92%) OAuth2
3 4 (3.92%) OpenID
3 4 (3.92%) SAML
4 3 (2.94%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.94%) CSS
4 3 (2.94%) HTML
4 3 (2.94%) Middleware
4 3 (2.94%) React
4 3 (2.94%) RESTful
4 3 (2.94%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.96%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.98%) Jest
6 1 (0.98%) Node.js
6 1 (0.98%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.88%) Industry 4.0
1 6 (5.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 4 (3.92%) Data Structures
2 4 (3.92%) Life Science
2 4 (3.92%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.92%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.92%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.96%) IoT
3 2 (1.96%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.96%) Replication
3 2 (1.96%) Social Media
4 1 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.98%) Insider Threat
4 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.98%) MISP
4 1 (0.98%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.98%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.82%) Windows
2 6 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.94%) Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.96%) Android
4 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.98%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.98%) Unix
5 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (23.53%) Data Modelling
2 24 (23.53%) Data Pipeline
3 23 (22.55%) Data Analytics
4 21 (20.59%) Visualisation
5 20 (19.61%) Agile
5 20 (19.61%) ETL
5 20 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (18.63%) Decision-Making
7 18 (17.65%) CI/CD
8 14 (13.73%) Containerisation
8 14 (13.73%) DevOps
8 14 (13.73%) Digital Twin
9 13 (12.75%) Continuous Integration
9 13 (12.75%) Project Management
10 12 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (10.78%) Change Management
11 11 (10.78%) Migration
11 11 (10.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.59%) Python
2 18 (17.65%) SQL
3 7 (6.86%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.90%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.92%) Java
5 4 (3.92%) SPARQL
6 3 (2.94%) Perl
7 2 (1.96%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.96%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.98%) Bash
8 1 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.98%) R
8 1 (0.98%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.98%) VB
8 1 (0.98%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 16 (15.69%) Degree
3 11 (10.78%) Master's Degree
4 6 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (4.90%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.90%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.98%) CBAP
6 1 (0.98%) MCP
6 1 (0.98%) MCSA
6 1 (0.98%) MCSE
6 1 (0.98%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.98%) PMP
6 1 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.86%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.88%) QA
4 4 (3.92%) GDPR
5 3 (2.94%) PMO
6 2 (1.96%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.98%) GRC
7 1 (0.98%) NCSC
7 1 (0.98%) PSD2
7 1 (0.98%) SLA
7 1 (0.98%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (9.80%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.90%) vSphere
4 4 (3.92%) Docker
5 1 (0.98%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.84%) Terraform
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.88%) MOM
4 3 (2.94%) Istio
4 3 (2.94%) Kibana
4 3 (2.94%) Kustomize
4 3 (2.94%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.98%) Ansible
5 1 (0.98%) Grafana
5 1 (0.98%) Nessus
5 1 (0.98%) OpenVAS
5 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.98%) QRadar
5 1 (0.98%) SCCM
5 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.69%) SAP
3 11 (10.78%) Databricks
4 7 (6.86%) Splunk
4 7 (6.86%) VMware
5 6 (5.88%) Google
5 6 (5.88%) Rockwell
5 6 (5.88%) Siemens
6 5 (4.90%) Ariba
7 4 (3.92%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.94%) Adobe
8 3 (2.94%) AppDynamics
8 3 (2.94%) Cloudera
8 3 (2.94%) Concur
8 3 (2.94%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.96%) Anaplan
9 2 (1.96%) Brio
9 2 (1.96%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.96%) Talend
10 1 (0.98%) ESRI