Data Analysis Contracts in the North West

Data Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis 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 92 65 75
Rank change year-on-year -27 +10 +5
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 28 73 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.42% 2.65% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 3.07% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 47 56
10th Percentile £309 £306 £264
25th Percentile £358 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £538 £584
90th Percentile £653 £555 £680
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.35% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £23.13 £23.15
25th Percentile - £24.46 £35.23
Median hourly rate £16.25 £26.66 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -58.98% +251.35%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £29.07 £29.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.24% -17.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis 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
Cheshire -13 16 £400 -20.00% 22
Manchester -5 7 £438 +2.94% 118
Merseyside +5 3 £553 - 9
Lancashire -2 1 £523 +4.50% 55
Data Analysis
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 5 (17.86%) ArcGIS
2 1 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (3.57%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe XD
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.14%) Snowflake
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) dbt
3 1 (3.57%) Figma
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.57%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
2 2 (7.14%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (7.14%) BigQuery
2 2 (7.14%) Tableau
3 1 (3.57%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.57%) Looker
3 1 (3.57%) Mixpanel
3 1 (3.57%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 7 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Banking
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Analyst
2 8 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Architect
3 6 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Data Scientist
5 2 (7.14%) Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Geospatial Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Power BI Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Analytics Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Data Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Head of Performance Improvement
6 1 (3.57%) Lead
6 1 (3.57%) Lead Data Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Senior
6 1 (3.57%) Solutions Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) CSS
1 1 (3.57%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) NHS
2 1 (3.57%) Life Science
2 1 (3.57%) LIMS
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (21.43%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (21.43%) Analytics
3 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 6 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
4 5 (17.86%) Decision-Making
4 5 (17.86%) Validation
4 5 (17.86%) Visualisation
5 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 4 (14.29%) Migration
5 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) Agile
6 3 (10.71%) Change Management
6 3 (10.71%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (10.71%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) SQL
2 4 (14.29%) Python
3 2 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.57%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) CBAP
2 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.57%) PMP
2 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) COREP
1 2 (7.14%) FINREP
1 2 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) GxP
2 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.57%) PSD2
2 1 (3.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Databricks
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe
2 1 (3.57%) ESRI
2 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Hotjar
2 1 (3.57%) Infoblox
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow