Analytical Skills Contracts in Somerset

Analytical Skills
South West > Somerset

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 +7
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Analytical Skills 14 15 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 7.95% 8.33% 3.76%
As % of the General category 17.72% 15.79% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 6
10th Percentile £370 £400 £455
25th Percentile £564 £406 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £532 £593
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% -10.21% +69.29%
75th Percentile £713 £600 £669
90th Percentile £775 £610 £682
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -

All General Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 79 95 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 44.89% 52.78% 48.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 63 67
10th Percentile £223 £200 £203
25th Percentile £381 £278 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +37.78% -14.29% +5.74%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £650
90th Percentile £719 £682 £706
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 11
10th Percentile - - £31.25
25th Percentile - £12.50 £36.25
Median hourly rate £14.42 £14.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -68.60% -14.48%
75th Percentile - £22.88 £55.47
90th Percentile - £43.13 -
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -60.87% +4.55% +11.39%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Somerset

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Somerset

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath -1 8 £633 +5.42% 10
Taunton -1 2 £750 +25.00% 5
Bridgwater +1 1 £370 -24.64% 3
Street -1 1 - - 18
Portishead - 1 - -
Analytical Skills
South West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 4 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) GCP
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) BGP
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
1 4 (28.57%) IPsec
1 4 (28.57%) MPLS
1 4 (28.57%) Unified Communications
1 4 (28.57%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Neo4j
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Police
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Switch Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Telephony Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Transition Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support
3 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) NETCONF
1 4 (28.57%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) PKI
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Service Management
2 4 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (28.57%) NsoIT
2 4 (28.57%) System Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Validation
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 2 (14.29%) ITSM
4 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 2 (14.29%) Self-Awareness
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Cypher
2 1 (7.14%) Scala
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) CCNP
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.14%) GRC
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Atlassian
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
1 4 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow