Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 113 82 59
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 16.21% 16.50% 14.86%
As % of the General category 24.35% 23.77% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 54 38
10th Percentile £313 £334 £444
25th Percentile £358 £417 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% -0.48% -2.36%
75th Percentile £526 £568 £583
90th Percentile £630 £585 £599
North West median daily rate £450 £455 £500
% change year-on-year -1.10% -9.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £33.60 £19.82 -
25th Percentile £39.00 £21.05 -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £22.09 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.60% - -
75th Percentile £43.00 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £68.80 - -
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £24.47 £45.88
% change year-on-year +43.03% -46.67% +14.70%

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 464 345 295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 66.57% 69.42% 74.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 202 180
10th Percentile £269 £356 £213
25th Percentile £358 £403 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £504 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -1.23% +13.33%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £561
90th Percentile £688 £670 £616
North West median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 22 26
10th Percentile £14.43 £15.42 £17.14
25th Percentile £15.62 £19.51 £18.31
Median hourly rate £22.85 £24.19 £25.03
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% -3.36% +64.10%
75th Percentile £37.19 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £52.70 £73.25 £38.63
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £22.52
% change year-on-year -8.92% +44.35% +12.58%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Knutsford -10 53 £442 -16.56% 2
Chester +9 24 £675 +20.00% 14
Warrington -10 10 £475 +35.71% 9
Crewe +8 9 £355 +21.99% 10
Macclesfield -14 2 £413 -21.43% 4
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 9 (7.96%) Confluence
1 9 (7.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.08%) SharePoint
3 7 (6.19%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (6.19%) Skype for Business
4 5 (4.42%) JBoss
4 5 (4.42%) SAS
4 5 (4.42%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.88%) Mule
5 1 (0.88%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.88%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (19.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (12.39%) MS Visio
3 13 (11.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (11.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.65%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.88%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.88%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.88%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 28 (24.78%) Azure
2 27 (23.89%) AWS
3 13 (11.50%) GCP
3 13 (11.50%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.73%) Power Platform
5 10 (8.85%) OpenShift
6 9 (7.96%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.42%) GitHub
8 4 (3.54%) SaaS
9 3 (2.65%) Apigee
9 3 (2.65%) Kong
10 2 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.77%) BrowserStack
10 2 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.88%) Amazon SageMaker
11 1 (0.88%) AWS CodeBuild
11 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.96%) Network Security
2 8 (7.08%) Firewall
3 7 (6.19%) DNS
3 7 (6.19%) Skype
4 6 (5.31%) DMZ
4 6 (5.31%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 6 (5.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (5.31%) LAN
5 5 (4.42%) VPN
5 5 (4.42%) WAN
6 2 (1.77%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.88%) BGP
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.88%) Internet
7 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.88%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.88%) SAN
7 1 (0.88%) VLAN
7 1 (0.88%) Wireless
7 1 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.19%) Power BI
2 6 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.54%) MS Access
4 2 (1.77%) Power Query
4 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.88%) Big Data
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.88%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (21.24%) JIRA
2 11 (9.73%) Jenkins
3 10 (8.85%) Git
3 10 (8.85%) GitLab
4 9 (7.96%) JUnit
5 5 (4.42%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.54%) Gradle
6 4 (3.54%) Maven
6 4 (3.54%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.65%) Selenium
7 3 (2.65%) TestRail
8 1 (0.88%) Appium
8 1 (0.88%) MLflow
General
1 68 (60.18%) Social Skills
2 39 (34.51%) Finance
3 13 (11.50%) Banking
4 10 (8.85%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (7.08%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Publishing
7 3 (2.65%) Automotive
7 3 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.88%) Legal
9 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (23.89%) Analyst
2 12 (10.62%) Business Analyst
3 11 (9.73%) Developer
4 9 (7.96%) Architect
5 8 (7.08%) Consultant
5 8 (7.08%) Java Developer
6 7 (6.19%) Operational Support Analyst
6 7 (6.19%) Operations Analyst
6 7 (6.19%) Operations Support Analyst
6 7 (6.19%) Support Analyst
7 6 (5.31%) Change Manager
8 5 (4.42%) AWS Developer
8 5 (4.42%) Programme Manager
8 5 (4.42%) Security Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Service Manager
8 5 (4.42%) Tester
9 4 (3.54%) Governance Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.04%) REST
2 11 (9.73%) SOAP
3 9 (7.96%) Spring
3 9 (7.96%) Spring Boot
4 7 (6.19%) JSON
4 7 (6.19%) XML
5 6 (5.31%) Kafka
5 6 (5.31%) RESTful
6 5 (4.42%) HTML
7 4 (3.54%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.54%) CSS
7 4 (3.54%) React
7 4 (3.54%) Web Services
8 3 (2.65%) JWT
8 3 (2.65%) LDAP
8 3 (2.65%) OAuth
8 3 (2.65%) OpenAPI
8 3 (2.65%) Spring Cloud
8 3 (2.65%) Swagger
9 1 (0.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.73%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.42%) Credit Risk
2 5 (4.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.54%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.65%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.77%) CMDB
5 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.88%) PKI
6 1 (0.88%) Replication
6 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.42%) Linux
2 4 (3.54%) Unix
3 2 (1.77%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.77%) Windows
4 1 (0.88%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (62.83%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (30.09%) Agile
3 31 (27.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (17.70%) ITIL
5 18 (15.93%) Analytics
5 18 (15.93%) Change Management
5 18 (15.93%) Project Management
6 17 (15.04%) CI/CD
6 17 (15.04%) DevOps
7 15 (13.27%) Computer Science
7 15 (13.27%) Microservices
8 14 (12.39%) Business Strategy
8 14 (12.39%) Migration
9 13 (11.50%) AI
9 13 (11.50%) Analytical Thinking
9 13 (11.50%) Decision-Making
9 13 (11.50%) Validation
10 12 (10.62%) ITSM
11 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (9.73%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.27%) Java
1 15 (13.27%) Python
2 14 (12.39%) SQL
3 7 (6.19%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.31%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.42%) R
6 4 (3.54%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.77%) ABAP
8 1 (0.88%) Bash
8 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.88%) Perl
8 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (24.78%) Degree
2 11 (9.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (7.96%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.08%) CISSP
5 6 (5.31%) CISM
5 6 (5.31%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.54%) CBAP
7 4 (3.54%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.65%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.77%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.77%) CSPO
9 2 (1.77%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.77%) PMP
10 1 (0.88%) CCSA
10 1 (0.88%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (0.88%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.31%) GDPR
1 6 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (5.31%) NIST
1 6 (5.31%) QA
2 3 (2.65%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.77%) COBIT
3 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.77%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.77%) SEPA
4 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (7.96%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (7.96%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.19%) SCCM
3 5 (4.42%) Fluentd
4 4 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.65%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.88%) Autotask
6 1 (0.88%) QRadar
6 1 (0.88%) Terraform
6 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 38 (33.63%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.39%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.08%) SAP
4 7 (6.19%) F5
4 7 (6.19%) Splunk
4 7 (6.19%) VMware
5 5 (4.42%) Cribl.io
5 5 (4.42%) Oracle
5 5 (4.42%) Pega
6 4 (3.54%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.65%) Cisco
7 3 (2.65%) HP
7 3 (2.65%) Snow
7 3 (2.65%) Workday
8 2 (1.77%) IBM
8 2 (1.77%) IBM Sterling
8 2 (1.77%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.77%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.88%) Proofpoint