Analytical Skills Contracts in the West Midlands

Analytical Skills
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 10 13 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +24
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 158 176 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.73% 9.07% 10.40%
As % of the General category 18.76% 16.03% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 134 142
10th Percentile £165 £341 £208
25th Percentile £363 £425 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £550
90th Percentile £699 £839 £648
England median daily rate £525 £537 £535
% change year-on-year -2.21% +0.34% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £30.07 - £20.90
25th Percentile £30.17 £15.13 £21.52
Median hourly rate £30.45 £24.65 £23.11
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +6.66% +71.19%
75th Percentile £37.76 £26.98 £24.77
90th Percentile £50.50 - £25.43
England median hourly rate £28.15 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year +52.16% -50.99% +0.67%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 842 1,098 1,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.51% 56.57% 58.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 755 972
10th Percentile £185 £263 £237
25th Percentile £361 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
75th Percentile £578 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 111 42
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.06 £11.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%
75th Percentile £28.18 £39.34 £26.82
90th Percentile £34.24 £56.25 £56.63
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the West Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the West Midlands

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the West Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the West Midlands

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the West Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +13 86 £475 -7.09% 110
Warwickshire -5 36 £600 +4.35% 68
Shropshire +1 10 £338 +188.46% 11
Solihull +18 5 £525 -32.26% 16
Worcestershire +2 5 £139 -62.88% 7
Coventry +3 4 £375 -28.57% 29
Staffordshire 0 3 £308 -5.23% 106
Herefordshire 0 1 - - 9
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (2.53%) Confluence
1 4 (2.53%) IIS
1 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.53%) Oracle Self-Service HR
1 4 (2.53%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.90%) IBM Notes
2 3 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Oracle HRMS
2 2 (1.27%) Magento
2 2 (1.27%) Maximo
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.63%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.63%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.63%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.09%) Azure
2 23 (14.56%) Power Platform
3 18 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (8.23%) AWS
5 9 (5.70%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.70%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (3.16%) GCP
6 5 (3.16%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.53%) Amazon S3
7 4 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.53%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.53%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.90%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (1.90%) AWS KMS
8 3 (1.90%) OCI
8 3 (1.90%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.33%) VPN
2 9 (5.70%) Firewall
3 7 (4.43%) Network Security
4 6 (3.80%) BGP
4 6 (3.80%) OSPF
4 6 (3.80%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.16%) VLAN
6 4 (2.53%) IPsec
6 4 (2.53%) SSL
7 3 (1.90%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.27%) EIGRP
8 2 (1.27%) Internet
8 2 (1.27%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.27%) WAN
8 2 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.63%) DHCP
9 1 (0.63%) DNS
9 1 (0.63%) IPv4
9 1 (0.63%) LAN
9 1 (0.63%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.49%) Power BI
2 8 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.80%) Data Lake
3 6 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.53%) DynamoDB
4 4 (2.53%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.90%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.27%) Metadata
6 2 (1.27%) Power Query
6 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.27%) Tableau
7 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.63%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.43%) Git
1 7 (4.43%) JIRA
2 6 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.53%) JMeter
3 4 (2.53%) JUnit
3 4 (2.53%) Maven
3 4 (2.53%) Mockito
4 3 (1.90%) Bitbucket Server
4 3 (1.90%) DbUnit
4 3 (1.90%) GitLab
4 3 (1.90%) jMock
4 3 (1.90%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.90%) Postman
4 3 (1.90%) REST Assured
4 3 (1.90%) Selenium
4 3 (1.90%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.90%) TestNG
4 3 (1.90%) Travis CI
5 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.63%) Gradle
General
1 105 (66.46%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.25%) Finance
3 12 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (6.96%) Legal
5 10 (6.33%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.06%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.80%) Banking
8 6 (3.80%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.16%) Automotive
9 5 (3.16%) Retail
10 3 (1.90%) Back Office
10 3 (1.90%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.90%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.90%) Law
10 3 (1.90%) Marketing
10 3 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 39 (24.68%) Analyst
2 18 (11.39%) Lead
3 17 (10.76%) Architect
4 15 (9.49%) Business Analyst
5 11 (6.96%) Developer
6 8 (5.06%) Consultant
6 8 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (5.06%) Support Engineer
7 7 (4.43%) Data Analyst
7 7 (4.43%) Data Engineer
7 7 (4.43%) Senior
8 6 (3.80%) Desktop Engineer
9 5 (3.16%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.16%) Service Analyst
9 5 (3.16%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (3.16%) Windows Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) Applications Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) Check Point Expert
10 4 (2.53%) Junior Architect
10 4 (2.53%) Junior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.06%) Middleware
2 7 (4.43%) RESTful
3 6 (3.80%) HTML
4 5 (3.16%) SailPoint
5 4 (2.53%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.53%) LDAP
5 4 (2.53%) REST
5 4 (2.53%) SOAP
5 4 (2.53%) Spring
6 3 (1.90%) .NET
6 3 (1.90%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (1.90%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.90%) Hibernate
6 3 (1.90%) JPA
6 3 (1.90%) PowerMock
6 3 (1.90%) Spring Batch
6 3 (1.90%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.90%) Spring Cloud
6 3 (1.90%) Spring Integration
6 3 (1.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.70%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.06%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (5.06%) Data Structures
3 7 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.80%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.80%) IoT
4 6 (3.80%) Security Posture
4 6 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.16%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (3.16%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.53%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.90%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.27%) CMDB
8 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.27%) NHS
9 1 (0.63%) AS400
9 1 (0.63%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.86%) Windows
2 11 (6.96%) Windows 10
3 7 (4.43%) Linux
4 4 (2.53%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (1.27%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.27%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (65.19%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (24.68%) Agile
3 25 (15.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (15.19%) Project Management
5 23 (14.56%) Computer Science
6 22 (13.92%) Data Analysis
7 18 (11.39%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (10.76%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (10.76%) Data Modelling
8 17 (10.76%) Decision-Making
8 17 (10.76%) DevOps
8 17 (10.76%) Migration
9 16 (10.13%) Data Integration
9 16 (10.13%) Risk Management
10 15 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.49%) Customer Service
10 15 (9.49%) Visualisation
11 13 (8.23%) Analytics
11 13 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (8.23%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.72%) SQL
2 17 (10.76%) Python
3 8 (5.06%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.43%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.53%) Bash
5 4 (2.53%) Java
6 3 (1.90%) C#
7 2 (1.27%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.27%) R
8 1 (0.63%) Perl
8 1 (0.63%) PHP
8 1 (0.63%) RPG
8 1 (0.63%) RPG/400
8 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (21.52%) Degree
2 19 (12.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (10.13%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.06%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.43%) CISSP
6 6 (3.80%) CEH
7 4 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.53%) CCSE
7 4 (2.53%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.53%) HNC
7 4 (2.53%) HND
7 4 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.90%) CISM
8 3 (1.90%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.90%) PMP
9 2 (1.27%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.27%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.96%) QA
2 9 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.43%) SLA
4 5 (3.16%) NIST
5 3 (1.90%) GDPR
5 3 (1.90%) PMO
6 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.27%) NCSC
6 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.63%) COSHH
7 1 (0.63%) GRC
7 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (14.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.43%) Docker
3 3 (1.90%) Postfix
4 2 (1.27%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.53%) FortiGate
1 4 (2.53%) SCCM
1 4 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.90%) Grafana
2 3 (1.90%) Kibana
2 3 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.90%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.63%) Ansible
Vendors
1 35 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.29%) SAP
3 15 (9.49%) Oracle
3 15 (9.49%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.43%) Cisco
5 4 (2.53%) CheckPoint
5 4 (2.53%) CyberArk
5 4 (2.53%) Databricks
5 4 (2.53%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.90%) Adobe
6 3 (1.90%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.90%) Informatica
6 3 (1.90%) Jaspersoft
6 3 (1.90%) Lotus
6 3 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.27%) Apple
7 2 (1.27%) Citrix
7 2 (1.27%) Epicor
7 2 (1.27%) Genesys
7 2 (1.27%) Juniper