Analytical Skills Contracts in the South West

Analytical Skills
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 19 41
Rank change year-on-year +6 +22 -4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 167 259 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 9.92% 8.10% 5.13%
As % of the General category 17.40% 15.69% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 165 144
10th Percentile £325 £263 £333
25th Percentile £446 £318 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £601 £608 £614
90th Percentile £725 £700 £678
England median daily rate £525 £537 £535
% change year-on-year -2.21% +0.34% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 24 9
10th Percentile £18.58 £11.83 £45.29
25th Percentile £25.47 £15.75 £51.19
Median hourly rate £29.81 £40.00 £56.30
Median % change year-on-year -25.47% -28.95% +11.82%
75th Percentile £57.19 - £72.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £42.50 £73.58
England median hourly rate £28.15 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year +52.16% -50.99% +0.67%

All General Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 960 1,651 1,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.01% 51.63% 49.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 994 1,321
10th Percentile £220 £213 £275
25th Percentile £397 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £634
90th Percentile £675 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 266 128
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.55 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £45.00 £60.35
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.43% +34.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £87.58
England median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £33.91
% change year-on-year -6.67% -11.53% +57.72%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Wiltshire +8 76 £575 +6.98% 47
Gloucestershire -8 24 £438 -10.26% 110
Bristol +18 23 £525 -8.70% 121
Dorset +16 15 £550 +214.29% 24
Somerset -7 12 £525 -10.64% 45
Devon -2 6 £375 +17.92% 39
Cornwall -1 1 £625 +316.67% 7
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 26 (15.57%) Confluence
2 9 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.80%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.60%) Appian
5 1 (0.60%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.60%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 32 (19.16%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) BASE24
1 2 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.60%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.98%) Power Platform
2 12 (7.19%) Azure
3 10 (5.99%) AWS
4 6 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.20%) GCP
5 2 (1.20%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.20%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.20%) SaaS
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.60%) dbt
6 1 (0.60%) Figma
6 1 (0.60%) IaaS
6 1 (0.60%) Matillion
6 1 (0.60%) PaaS
6 1 (0.60%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.19%) Skype
1 7 (4.19%) VPN
2 4 (2.40%) DHCP
2 4 (2.40%) DNS
3 3 (1.80%) Network Security
3 3 (1.80%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.20%) 2G
4 2 (1.20%) 4G
4 2 (1.20%) 5G
4 2 (1.20%) ATM
4 2 (1.20%) iSCSI
4 2 (1.20%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.20%) SAN
4 2 (1.20%) WAN
4 2 (1.20%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.60%) Firewall
5 1 (0.60%) LAN
5 1 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.78%) Power BI
2 3 (1.80%) Tableau
3 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.20%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.60%) Metadata
4 1 (0.60%) MySQL
4 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (16.77%) JIRA
2 5 (2.99%) Bitbucket
2 5 (2.99%) Git
3 4 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.80%) GitLab
5 2 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (1.20%) Selenium
6 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.60%) Gatling
6 1 (0.60%) JMeter
6 1 (0.60%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.60%) MLflow
6 1 (0.60%) Storybook
6 1 (0.60%) TestRail
6 1 (0.60%) VersaTest
6 1 (0.60%) Vite
6 1 (0.60%) webpack
General
1 110 (65.87%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.36%) Public Sector
3 21 (12.57%) Finance
4 16 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (5.39%) Local Government
7 8 (4.79%) Legal
8 5 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.99%) Military
8 5 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.80%) Electronics
10 3 (1.80%) Marketing
10 3 (1.80%) Retail
11 1 (0.60%) Avionics
11 1 (0.60%) Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.60%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 29 (17.37%) Analyst
2 12 (7.19%) Service Manager
2 12 (7.19%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 11 (6.59%) Business Analyst
3 11 (6.59%) Capacity Manager
3 11 (6.59%) Lead
3 11 (6.59%) Senior
4 10 (5.99%) Availability Manager
4 10 (5.99%) Capacity and Availability Manager
5 9 (5.39%) Administrator
6 8 (4.79%) Consultant
6 8 (4.79%) Developer
6 8 (4.79%) Project Manager
7 7 (4.19%) Data Analyst
7 7 (4.19%) Service Analyst
7 7 (4.19%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (3.59%) Security Administrator
8 6 (3.59%) ServiceNow Developer
9 5 (2.99%) Configuration Manager
9 5 (2.99%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.19%) Flash
2 4 (2.40%) AngularJS
2 4 (2.40%) CSS
2 4 (2.40%) HTML
2 4 (2.40%) jQuery
2 4 (2.40%) RESTful
3 3 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.20%) .NET
4 2 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.20%) React
4 2 (1.20%) REST
4 2 (1.20%) Vue
5 1 (0.60%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.60%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.60%) EDI
5 1 (0.60%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.60%) Redux
5 1 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.60%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.97%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.19%) Clustering
3 10 (5.99%) PKI
4 7 (4.19%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.19%) Mainframe
5 6 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.59%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.80%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.80%) CMDB
6 3 (1.80%) LIMS
6 3 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.80%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.20%) EMV
7 2 (1.20%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.60%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (15.57%) Windows
2 15 (8.98%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.39%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (4.19%) Linux
6 6 (3.59%) zOS
7 3 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.20%) VMS
9 1 (0.60%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (56.29%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (31.14%) Service Management
3 49 (29.34%) ITIL
4 42 (25.15%) Agile
5 27 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (16.17%) Critical Thinking
6 21 (12.57%) System Testing
7 20 (11.98%) Problem Management
7 20 (11.98%) Project Management
7 20 (11.98%) Quality Management
8 19 (11.38%) Data Analysis
8 19 (11.38%) NsoIT
8 19 (11.38%) Statistics
9 18 (10.78%) Validation
9 18 (10.78%) Waterfall
10 17 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (10.18%) Computer Science
10 17 (10.18%) High Availability
11 16 (9.58%) Time Management
12 15 (8.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.18%) PowerShell
2 16 (9.58%) SQL
3 10 (5.99%) Python
4 9 (5.39%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.40%) Java
6 3 (1.80%) Bash
7 2 (1.20%) COBOL
7 2 (1.20%) Ruby
8 1 (0.60%) C
8 1 (0.60%) C++
8 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.60%) Perl
8 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (53.29%) Security Cleared
2 74 (44.31%) SC Cleared
3 34 (20.36%) Degree
4 24 (14.37%) ITIL Certification
5 16 (9.58%) DV Cleared
5 16 (9.58%) Master's Degree
6 15 (8.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 12 (7.19%) CCNA
7 12 (7.19%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (5.39%) CISSP
8 9 (5.39%) MCSE
9 6 (3.59%) A+ Certification
9 6 (3.59%) IBM Certification
10 5 (2.99%) MCSA
11 3 (1.80%) CISA
12 2 (1.20%) CCNP
12 2 (1.20%) CISM
12 2 (1.20%) CRISC
12 2 (1.20%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.99%) QA
1 10 (5.99%) SLA
2 6 (3.59%) JSP 440
3 5 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.99%) RMADS
4 4 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.20%) NIST
6 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.60%) Basel III
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.60%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.60%) IFRS
6 1 (0.60%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
6 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (10.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (7.78%) Active Directory
3 12 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (7.19%) VMware NSX
4 6 (3.59%) RACF
5 4 (2.40%) Docker
5 4 (2.40%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (7.78%) vCenter Server
2 7 (4.19%) WSUS
3 5 (2.99%) Ansible
3 5 (2.99%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.40%) Puppet
4 4 (2.40%) SCCM
5 3 (1.80%) Automic
5 3 (1.80%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.80%) Norton AntiVirus
5 3 (1.80%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 2 (1.20%) Grafana
6 2 (1.20%) PowerCLI
6 2 (1.20%) SCOM
6 2 (1.20%) Terraform
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.60%) OPNET
7 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.77%) Atlassian
3 18 (10.78%) VMware
4 13 (7.78%) Cisco
5 12 (7.19%) ServiceNow
6 10 (5.99%) SAP
7 6 (3.59%) Ariba
7 6 (3.59%) IBM
8 5 (2.99%) Oracle
9 4 (2.40%) Symantec
9 4 (2.40%) Veeam
10 3 (1.80%) McAfee
10 3 (1.80%) Splunk
11 2 (1.20%) Ericsson
11 2 (1.20%) HP
11 2 (1.20%) Nokia
11 2 (1.20%) Remedy
11 2 (1.20%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.60%) Aruba
12 1 (0.60%) F5