Analytical Skills Contracts in Preston

Analytical Skills
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 13 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 5 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 6.67% 7.46% 12.22%
As % of the General category 10.87% 10.00% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £440 - -
25th Percentile £481 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% -
75th Percentile £603 - £486
90th Percentile £635 - £508
Lancashire median daily rate £536 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +34.06% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £27.39 - £47.35
25th Percentile £31.35 - £49.14
Median hourly rate £39.98 £11.77 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year +239.68% -77.42% +31.97%
75th Percentile £50.67 - £54.69
90th Percentile £55.85 - £55.72
Lancashire median hourly rate £55.20 £11.77 £52.13
% change year-on-year +368.99% -77.42% +22.66%

All General Skills
Preston

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 46 50 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 61.33% 74.63% 37.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 16 22
10th Percentile £397 £241 £331
25th Percentile £450 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £513 £433
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% +18.50% +73.00%
75th Percentile £630 £743 £525
90th Percentile £683 £881 £839
Lancashire median daily rate £530 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +6.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 31 9
10th Percentile £23.77 £11.77 £41.05
25th Percentile £26.88 - £45.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -69.19% +26.05%
75th Percentile £30.63 - £56.40
90th Percentile £44.98 £46.18 £59.34
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £50.85
% change year-on-year +79.02% -68.42% +22.96%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Preston

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Preston.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Preston

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Preston over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Preston

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Preston.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Preston

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Preston

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Preston over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Preston

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Content Writing
3 1 (20.00%) Copywriting
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow