Analytical Skills Contracts 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 12 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -6
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 106 59 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 19.10% 10.69% 10.98%
As % of the General category 27.68% 16.71% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 32 30
10th Percentile £316 £312 £288
25th Percentile £371 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £532 £523
Median % change year-on-year -10.63% +1.72% +5.77%
75th Percentile £578 £567 £608
90th Percentile £690 £584 £680
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £486
% change year-on-year -3.65% +1.44% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 5
10th Percentile £21.20 £17.35 -
25th Percentile £24.50 £22.19 £23.15
Median hourly rate £32.00 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% +21.43% +52.17%
75th Percentile £59.63 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £75.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £45.10 £17.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +157.68% -49.99% +37.25%

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 383 353 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 69.01% 63.95% 62.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 232 196
10th Percentile £335 £313 £261
25th Percentile £377 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +10.86%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £688 £638 £669
North West median daily rate £464 £491 £500
% change year-on-year -5.60% -1.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.53 £14.70
25th Percentile £26.88 £20.11 £22.53
Median hourly rate £32.95 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% +14.60% +32.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £37.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £37.45
North West median hourly rate £29.54 £22.98 £23.15
% change year-on-year +28.55% -0.76% -5.51%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Cheshire

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 July 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 1 July 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 +3 45 £447 -16.91% 21
Chester -1 13 £713 +50.00% 57
Macclesfield +10 11 £550 -5.98% 10
Crewe +9 8 £410 -8.89% 14
Warrington +6 8 £475 +115.91% 97
Alderley Edge - 2 - - 6
Analytical Skills
North West

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 12 (11.32%) Confluence
2 6 (5.66%) JBoss
2 6 (5.66%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.83%) CICS
3 3 (2.83%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.94%) Apache
4 1 (0.94%) CMS
4 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.77%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.89%) InVision
3 2 (1.89%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (6.60%) SAP HR
1 7 (6.60%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.94%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.15%) AWS
2 10 (9.43%) Azure
3 7 (6.60%) GCP
4 6 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.72%) OpenShift
5 5 (4.72%) SaaS
6 4 (3.77%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (3.77%) Azure AI
6 4 (3.77%) GitHub
6 4 (3.77%) Google Gemini
7 3 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.89%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.94%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.94%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.94%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.94%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.94%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.77%) Firewall
2 3 (2.83%) BGP
2 3 (2.83%) EIGRP
2 3 (2.83%) Ethernet
2 3 (2.83%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (2.83%) IPv4
2 3 (2.83%) MPLS
2 3 (2.83%) OSPF
2 3 (2.83%) SD-WAN
2 3 (2.83%) WAN
3 1 (0.94%) DMZ
3 1 (0.94%) DNS
3 1 (0.94%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (0.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (0.94%) Network Security
3 1 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.66%) Power BI
2 4 (3.77%) Neo4j
3 3 (2.83%) DB2
4 2 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.89%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.94%) MySQL
5 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.94%) Power Query
5 1 (0.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (21.70%) JIRA
2 15 (14.15%) Git
2 15 (14.15%) Jenkins
3 9 (8.49%) JUnit
4 7 (6.60%) GitLab
5 6 (5.66%) Selenium
6 5 (4.72%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.72%) Gradle
6 5 (4.72%) Maven
6 5 (4.72%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.89%) Axure RP
7 2 (1.89%) SOAtest
8 1 (0.94%) Appium
8 1 (0.94%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.94%) Hudson
8 1 (0.94%) JMeter
8 1 (0.94%) Zephyr
General
1 60 (56.60%) Social Skills
2 33 (31.13%) Finance
3 15 (14.15%) Banking
4 14 (13.21%) Pharmaceutical
5 11 (10.38%) Legal
5 11 (10.38%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.60%) Automotive
6 7 (6.60%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.83%) Billing
8 3 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.83%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.83%) Publishing
8 3 (2.83%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.89%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.89%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.94%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.94%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.94%) Marketing
10 1 (0.94%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (16.98%) Analyst
2 15 (14.15%) Architect
3 14 (13.21%) Developer
4 11 (10.38%) Business Analyst
5 9 (8.49%) Java Developer
6 8 (7.55%) Senior
7 7 (6.60%) Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) HR Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) Payroll Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) SAP Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) SAP HR Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) SAP Payroll Consultant
8 6 (5.66%) Lead
8 6 (5.66%) Test Architect
9 5 (4.72%) AWS Developer
9 5 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 3 (2.83%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 3 (2.83%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.09%) REST
2 10 (9.43%) Spring
3 9 (8.49%) SOAP
3 9 (8.49%) Spring Boot
4 8 (7.55%) HTML
5 7 (6.60%) CSS
5 7 (6.60%) RESTful
6 6 (5.66%) Web Services
7 5 (4.72%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.72%) React
8 4 (3.77%) JSON
8 4 (3.77%) Kafka
8 4 (3.77%) PyTorch
8 4 (3.77%) Spring Cloud
8 4 (3.77%) TensorFlow
8 4 (3.77%) XML
9 3 (2.83%) LDAP
9 3 (2.83%) Middleware
10 2 (1.89%) ADO
10 2 (1.89%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.55%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.60%) Algorithms
3 5 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.72%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.77%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.83%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.89%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.89%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.89%) VSAM
7 1 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.94%) NHS
7 1 (0.94%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.60%) Linux
1 7 (6.60%) Unix
2 6 (5.66%) Android
2 6 (5.66%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (67.92%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (34.91%) Agile
3 18 (16.98%) CI/CD
3 18 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (15.09%) Test Automation
5 15 (14.15%) ITIL
5 15 (14.15%) Migration
6 14 (13.21%) Business Analysis
6 14 (13.21%) Change Management
6 14 (13.21%) Decision-Making
7 13 (12.26%) Artificial Intelligence
7 13 (12.26%) Computer Science
7 13 (12.26%) SDLC
7 13 (12.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (12.26%) Time Management
8 12 (11.32%) DevOps
8 12 (11.32%) Scrum
8 12 (11.32%) Waterfall
9 11 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (10.38%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.92%) Java
2 15 (14.15%) Python
3 12 (11.32%) SQL
4 9 (8.49%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.72%) Bash
5 5 (4.72%) Shell Script
6 4 (3.77%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.83%) Scala
8 2 (1.89%) COBOL
8 2 (1.89%) JCL
8 2 (1.89%) R
8 2 (1.89%) REXX
9 1 (0.94%) C#
9 1 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 20 (18.87%) Degree
2 8 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.72%) CCNP
3 5 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.77%) IIBA
4 4 (3.77%) ISEB
4 4 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.83%) CBAP
6 2 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.89%) CCNA
6 2 (1.89%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.89%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.94%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.49%) QA
2 8 (7.55%) GDPR
3 4 (3.77%) SEPA
4 3 (2.83%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (2.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (2.83%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.89%) COBIT
6 1 (0.94%) PSD2
6 1 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (5.66%) Docker
2 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.72%) Ansible
3 3 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.94%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (13.21%) ServiceNow
2 13 (12.26%) SAP
3 12 (11.32%) Microsoft
4 9 (8.49%) Oracle
5 5 (4.72%) Fortinet
5 5 (4.72%) Infoblox
6 4 (3.77%) Remedy
7 3 (2.83%) BMC
7 3 (2.83%) Cisco
7 3 (2.83%) Huawei
8 2 (1.89%) Ab Initio
8 2 (1.89%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.89%) Informatica
8 2 (1.89%) Parasoft
8 2 (1.89%) Splunk
9 1 (0.94%) Adobe
9 1 (0.94%) Ariba
9 1 (0.94%) F5
9 1 (0.94%) IBM
9 1 (0.94%) VMware