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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 13 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 13 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 6.91% 5.00% 6.35%
As % of the General category 16.88% 7.69% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £360 £338
25th Percentile £263 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £400 £374
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +6.95% -16.89%
75th Percentile £288 £425 £375
90th Percentile - £440 £393
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £26.10 - -
25th Percentile £38.25 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £33.93
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £50.00 £26.13
% change year-on-year -57.08% +91.39% -65.17%

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 general skills in Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 77 39 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 40.96% 65.00% 48.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 19 31
10th Percentile £170 £158 £200
25th Percentile £356 £195 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £350 £374
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -6.42% -32.00%
75th Percentile £838 £481 £444
90th Percentile £900 £528 £550
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -2.24% -1.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 5
10th Percentile £17.09 £24.50 £20.93
25th Percentile £18.83 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.50 £30.00 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% -11.58% +23.38%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.25 £35.00
90th Percentile - £42.95 £40.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £29.00 £23.82
% change year-on-year -24.14% +21.75% +11.83%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Staffordshire

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 8 October 2026. 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
Tamworth - 3 £275 - 2
Stoke-on-Trent -3 1 - - 15
Lichfield - 1 - - 3
Stafford - 1 - - 8
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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (23.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (23.08%) Power Query
2 1 (7.69%) MS Access
2 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Agriculture
2 3 (23.08%) Automotive
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Legal
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Accountant
1 3 (23.08%) Electrical Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Management Accountant
2 1 (7.69%) Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Business Change Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Buyer
2 1 (7.69%) Change Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Quantity Surveyor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (23.08%) REST
1 3 (23.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Structures
1 3 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Reference Data
2 1 (7.69%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Decision-Making
1 6 (46.15%) Validation
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (23.08%) Cutover Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (23.08%) Data Extraction
4 3 (23.08%) Data Mapping
4 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Defect Management
4 3 (23.08%) Error Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) ETL
4 3 (23.08%) Integration Patterns
4 3 (23.08%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
4 3 (23.08%) Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Network Design
4 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
2 3 (23.08%) QA
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle