Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North West

Data Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 74 87
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 +22
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 53 49 51
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.11% 2.27% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.63% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 32 36
10th Percentile £255 £238 £314
25th Percentile £322 £352 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £444 £488
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -8.97% +8.33%
75th Percentile £496 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £581 £675
England median daily rate £475 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -4.52% -5.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 3
10th Percentile - £17.25 -
25th Percentile £27.80 £18.75 -
Median hourly rate £35.30 £21.88 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +61.37% +8.99% -69.12%
75th Percentile £48.19 £25.63 £23.29
90th Percentile £64.88 £27.50 £25.21
England median hourly rate £29.60 £29.00 £31.05
% change year-on-year +2.07% -6.60% -37.27%

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 2,217 1,865 2,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.33% 86.58% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 1,047 1,599
10th Percentile £213 £265 £300
25th Percentile £358 £389 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £565 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 106 156
10th Percentile £16.43 £16.00 £15.88
25th Percentile £20.73 £21.10 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.73
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -12.53% +34.66%
75th Percentile £53.13 £51.91 £47.41
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.96 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Analysis

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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 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Analysis

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in the North West over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in the North West

Data Analysis
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 20 December 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 0 35 £346 -23.06% 33
Cheshire -20 14 £500 +11.30% 15
Merseyside -6 2 £450 +125.00% 4
Lancashire -11 2 £360 - 22
Data Analysis
England

Data Analysis
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 6 (11.32%) SAS
2 3 (5.66%) Confluence
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.89%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (30.19%) GCP
2 15 (28.30%) Azure
2 15 (28.30%) Power Platform
3 10 (18.87%) Google Analytics
3 10 (18.87%) Google Tag Manager
4 6 (11.32%) AWS
5 2 (3.77%) Cloud Functions
6 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (28.30%) Power BI
2 10 (18.87%) BigQuery
2 10 (18.87%) Looker
3 7 (13.21%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (7.55%) Tableau
5 3 (5.66%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (3.77%) Power Query
6 2 (3.77%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (1.89%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
General
1 24 (45.28%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (43.40%) Social Skills
3 14 (26.42%) Finance
4 9 (16.98%) Public Sector
5 6 (11.32%) Banking
6 4 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (7.55%) Electronics
6 4 (7.55%) Manufacturing
7 3 (5.66%) Automotive
8 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Law
9 1 (1.89%) Marketing
9 1 (1.89%) Military
9 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Publishing
9 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (60.38%) Analyst
2 12 (22.64%) Data Analyst
3 8 (15.09%) Architect
3 8 (15.09%) Performance Analyst
4 7 (13.21%) Support Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Deskside Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Deskside Support
5 6 (11.32%) Deskside Support Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Desktop Support
5 6 (11.32%) Technology Support Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Applications Support
7 3 (5.66%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Power BI Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Senior
7 3 (5.66%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Senior Performance Analyst
8 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Manager
8 1 (1.89%) Domain Architect
8 1 (1.89%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Credit Risk
2 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.77%) Clustering
2 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.77%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.89%) Data Fabric
3 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.89%) Life Science
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Linux
1 4 (7.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.74%) Analytics
1 20 (37.74%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (32.08%) Agile
2 17 (32.08%) Dashboard Development
3 15 (28.30%) Actionable Insight
4 14 (26.42%) Visualisation
5 13 (24.53%) Performance Measurement
6 11 (20.75%) Decision-Making
6 11 (20.75%) User Experience
6 11 (20.75%) Validation
7 10 (18.87%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (16.98%) Portfolio Management
8 9 (16.98%) User Research
9 8 (15.09%) Analytical Modelling
9 8 (15.09%) Data Privacy
9 8 (15.09%) ITIL
9 8 (15.09%) Performance Analysis
9 8 (15.09%) Regulatory Compliance
9 8 (15.09%) Service Design
9 8 (15.09%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.30%) Python
2 11 (20.75%) SQL
3 6 (11.32%) R
4 4 (7.55%) PHP
5 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.89%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (26.42%) QA
2 12 (22.64%) Data Quality
3 7 (13.21%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.77%) GDPR
5 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.89%) GMP
5 1 (1.89%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Grafana
1 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (22.64%) Google
3 6 (11.32%) Pega
4 2 (3.77%) Splunk
5 1 (1.89%) Databricks
5 1 (1.89%) Facebook
5 1 (1.89%) OpenAI