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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 11 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 3 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 4.62% 5.93% 10.46%
As % of the General category 7.69% 13.46% 21.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile £320 - £400
25th Percentile £331 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £374 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% -16.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £400 - £575
90th Percentile £430 £393 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £519 £550
% change year-on-year -7.47% -5.68% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.93 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £50.00 £30.23 £75.00
% change year-on-year +65.43% -59.70% +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 52 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 60.00% 44.07% 49.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 26 54
10th Percentile £140 £225 £206
25th Percentile £190 £350 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £413 £550
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £443 £488 £659
90th Percentile £575 £590 £745
West Midlands median daily rate £494 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.54% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 1
10th Percentile - £15.10 -
25th Percentile £29.00 £17.00 £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 £34.47 £28.75
90th Percentile £43.25 £38.50 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £18.50
% change year-on-year +4.95% +28.76% +4.99%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 23 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Staffordshire

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 23 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% 7
Uttoxeter - 1 £325 -
Cannock - 1 £450 - 3
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 (33.33%) HCL Notes
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) CCSA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Lotus
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds