Statistical Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North West

Statistical Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Statistical Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 115 135
Rank change year-on-year -21 +20 +34
Contract jobs citing Statistical Analysis 9 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.36% 0.093% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £285 £458 -
25th Percentile £309 £473 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £528 £500
Median % change year-on-year -38.39% +5.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £341 £603 -
90th Percentile £358 £631 -
England median daily rate £450 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +1.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Statistical 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 2,203 1,863 2,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.44% 86.37% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,438 1,054 1,583
10th Percentile £213 £266 £290
25th Percentile £358 £390 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £574 £575 £600
90th Percentile £652 £651 £687
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 108 154
10th Percentile £16.73 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.91 £21.20 £17.81
Median hourly rate £32.00 £32.01 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.03% -9.83% +37.54%
75th Percentile £51.76 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.78 £68.65 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Statistical Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Statistical Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

Statistical Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Statistical Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Statistical 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 Statistical Analysis within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 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 -4 8 £325 -38.39% 1
Lancashire - 1 £350 -
Statistical Analysis
England

Statistical 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 1 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Google Analytics
1 8 (88.89%) Google Tag Manager
1 8 (88.89%) Power Platform
2 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 7 (77.78%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) Power BI
2 7 (77.78%) BigQuery
2 7 (77.78%) Looker
3 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (11.11%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 7 (77.78%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Analyst
2 6 (66.67%) Performance Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Data Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Performance Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Actionable Insight
1 8 (88.89%) Analytics
1 8 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) Dashboard Development
1 8 (88.89%) Data Analysis
1 8 (88.89%) Performance Analysis
1 8 (88.89%) Performance Measurement
1 8 (88.89%) User Research
2 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Data Privacy
2 7 (77.78%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 7 (77.78%) Service Design
2 7 (77.78%) User Experience
2 7 (77.78%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) Facilities Management
3 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) Accessibility
1 7 (77.78%) Data Quality
1 7 (77.78%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Google