Data Analytics Contracts in the North West

Data Analytics
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Data Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 107 138
Rank change year-on-year +6 +31 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 24 28 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.23% 1.03% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.21% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 14
10th Percentile £329 £428 £316
25th Percentile £372 £516 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £527 £606 £606
90th Percentile £601 £616 £643
England median daily rate £525 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -3.54% -1.05% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +312.80%
England median hourly rate £28.75 £40.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year -28.13% -48.72% +122.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Data 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 1,755 2,311 2,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.05% 85.25% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,450 1,919
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £391 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £588
90th Percentile £661 £676 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 263 140
10th Percentile £13.88 £11.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.72 £14.00 £22.09
Median hourly rate £30.40 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% -25.71% +51.99%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £48.19
90th Percentile £84.80 £66.61 £66.00
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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

Hourly rate trend for Data 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 Data Analytics within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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 +21 10 £450 -18.18% 119
Cheshire -3 10 £420 -28.51% 69
Lancashire +2 4 £530 -11.67% 40
Data Analytics
England

Data Analytics
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 2 (8.33%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (4.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) Snowflake
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (8.33%) GCP
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.17%) AWS
5 1 (4.17%) AWS Data Pipeline
5 1 (4.17%) Google Analytics
5 1 (4.17%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) LAN
1 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Power BI
1 6 (25.00%) Tableau
2 3 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (8.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (8.33%) BigQuery
3 2 (8.33%) Dremio
3 2 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
4 1 (4.17%) Mixpanel
4 1 (4.17%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (8.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (8.33%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.33%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Buyer
4 2 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Data Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Buyer
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Commercial Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Data Analytics Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Head of Testing
5 1 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Kafka
1 1 (4.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Low-Code
2 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.33%) Replication
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Insider Threat
3 1 (4.17%) IoT
3 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Analytics
2 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (12.50%) Agile
5 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Data Strategy
5 3 (12.50%) DevOps
5 3 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 3 (12.50%) Visualisation
6 2 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (8.33%) Data Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Indirect Procurement
6 2 (8.33%) Internal Audit
6 2 (8.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.17%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (4.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.17%) CBAP
4 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) PSD2
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Splunk
3 2 (8.33%) Databricks
3 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.17%) Google
4 1 (4.17%) Hotjar
4 1 (4.17%) Ping Identity
4 1 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) Virgin Media