Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Analytical Skills
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +14
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 2 8 17
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 3.23% 6.78% 9.71%
As % of the General category 5.13% 15.69% 19.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £360 - £400
25th Percentile £375 £356 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £374 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -16.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £425 - £553
90th Percentile £440 £393 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £519 £533
% change year-on-year -5.93% -2.58% +18.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.93 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £50.00 £26.13 £75.00
% change year-on-year +91.39% -65.17% +248.19%

All General Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 39 51 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 62.90% 43.22% 49.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 60
10th Percentile £140 £191 £206
25th Percentile £190 £288 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £374 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% -32.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £475 £450 £662
90th Percentile £500 £556 £745
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 5
10th Percentile - £20.93 -
25th Percentile £29.00 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.93 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +23.38% +56.07%
75th Percentile £40.25 £35.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £43.25 £40.25 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.61 £23.82 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.69% +19.10% +13.51%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Stoke-on-Trent +3 1 £350 -6.42% 14
Cannock - 1 £450 - 5
Analytical Skills
West Midlands

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCSA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds