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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 2.74% 4.11% 3.67%
As % of the General category 5.13% 7.32% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £322 - £323
25th Percentile £337 £356 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £363 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% -14.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £407 £387 £506
90th Percentile £421 £398 £548
West Midlands median daily rate £472 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -0.63% -9.52% +10.53%

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 39 41 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 53.42% 56.16% 44.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 24 32
10th Percentile £180 £143 £300
25th Percentile £246 £179 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £369 £415
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% -11.04% -7.89%
75th Percentile £424 £488 £565
90th Percentile £575 £535 £659
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 6
10th Percentile - - £12.82
25th Percentile - £17.00 £14.71
Median hourly rate - £21.11 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year - +35.28% -22.03%
75th Percentile - £27.48 £16.50
90th Percentile - £33.34 £42.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.01 £20.00 £18.25
% change year-on-year +5.05% +9.59% +3.58%

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 27 February 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
Stafford - 1 £420 - 1
Uttoxeter - 1 £325 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) HCL Notes
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Lotus
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft