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 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 89 116 56
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 11.18% 18.92% 11.50%
As % of the General category 19.14% 27.17% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 91 34
10th Percentile £258 £313 £334
25th Percentile £380 £358 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -16.36% +11.79%
75th Percentile £548 £543 £576
90th Percentile £601 £688 £622
North West median daily rate £450 £459 £497
% change year-on-year -1.91% -7.60% +2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £43.14 £35.18 -
25th Percentile £56.12 £42.94 -
Median hourly rate £80.50 £57.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.39% - -
75th Percentile £84.63 £72.44 -
90th Percentile £85.45 £80.13 -
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% -21.35% -3.01%

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 general skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 465 427 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 58.42% 69.66% 66.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 299 217
10th Percentile £313 £313 £320
25th Percentile £408 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.07% -10.60% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £627 £672 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 25 6
10th Percentile £16.01 £12.82 £25.50
25th Percentile £25.19 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% -7.14% +14.60%
75th Percentile £83.75 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £85.90 £62.00 -
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% +9.09%

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 11 August 2026.

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 11 August 2026.

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 11 August 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
Knutsford -5 37 £445 +1.71% 17
Warrington +2 22 £463 -2.63% 10
Chester -2 17 £550 -24.14% 13
Crewe -5 5 £525 +28.05% 7
Macclesfield -1 2 £500 +6.38% 3
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 8 (8.99%) Confluence
2 2 (2.25%) SAS
3 1 (1.12%) JBoss
3 1 (1.12%) Mule
3 1 (1.12%) Mule ESB
3 1 (1.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.37%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (10.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.25%) SAP HCM
3 2 (2.25%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.10%) Azure
2 14 (15.73%) AWS
3 8 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.74%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.62%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.62%) GCP
5 5 (5.62%) SaaS
6 4 (4.49%) Akamai
7 2 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.12%) IBM Blueworks
8 1 (1.12%) IBM Watson
8 1 (1.12%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.87%) DNS
1 7 (7.87%) VPN
2 6 (6.74%) Firewall
2 6 (6.74%) WAN
3 5 (5.62%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.49%) BGP
4 4 (4.49%) HTTP
4 4 (4.49%) LAN
5 3 (3.37%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (3.37%) Network Security
5 3 (3.37%) SAN
5 3 (3.37%) Wireshark
6 2 (2.25%) BIG-IP
6 2 (2.25%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (2.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (2.25%) MPLS
6 2 (2.25%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.25%) SNMP
6 2 (2.25%) SSL
6 2 (2.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.62%) Power BI
2 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.25%) Metadata
3 2 (2.25%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.25%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.12%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.12%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 8 (8.99%) JIRA
2 4 (4.49%) GitLab
2 4 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.25%) Git
4 1 (1.12%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.12%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.12%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.12%) Hudson
4 1 (1.12%) JUnit
4 1 (1.12%) Maven
4 1 (1.12%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.12%) Zephyr
General
1 44 (49.44%) Social Skills
2 32 (35.96%) Finance
3 16 (17.98%) Banking
4 8 (8.99%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (5.62%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.49%) Automotive
7 3 (3.37%) Legal
7 3 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.37%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.25%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Marketing
8 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Publishing
8 2 (2.25%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.12%) Billing
9 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.12%) Law
9 1 (1.12%) Military
9 1 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (29.21%) Analyst
2 8 (8.99%) Security Engineer
2 8 (8.99%) Service Analyst
3 7 (7.87%) Network Engineer
4 6 (6.74%) Consultant
5 5 (5.62%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.62%) Lead
5 5 (5.62%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (4.49%) Data Analyst
6 4 (4.49%) Senior
6 4 (4.49%) Service Management Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) Developer
7 3 (3.37%) Field Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Field Service Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) IT Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) Service Manager
7 3 (3.37%) Service Transition Manager
7 3 (3.37%) Transition Manager
8 2 (2.25%) LAN Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.62%) JSON
1 5 (5.62%) REST
2 4 (4.49%) XML
3 2 (2.25%) OAuth
3 2 (2.25%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.12%) HTML
4 1 (1.12%) Jakarta EE
4 1 (1.12%) JPA
4 1 (1.12%) Kafka
4 1 (1.12%) Middleware
4 1 (1.12%) RESTful
4 1 (1.12%) Spring
4 1 (1.12%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.12%) Spring MVC
4 1 (1.12%) Spring Security
4 1 (1.12%) Web Services
4 1 (1.12%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (6.74%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.74%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.62%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.49%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.37%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.25%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.25%) Credit Risk
6 2 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.25%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.25%) PKI
6 2 (2.25%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.12%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.12%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.73%) Windows
2 6 (6.74%) Linux
2 6 (6.74%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.37%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.37%) Unix
4 2 (2.25%) AIX
4 2 (2.25%) HPUX
4 2 (2.25%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.25%) Solaris
4 2 (2.25%) SUSE
4 2 (2.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (59.55%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (31.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (25.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (21.35%) ITIL
5 17 (19.10%) ITSM
6 16 (17.98%) Agile
6 16 (17.98%) Project Management
7 15 (16.85%) Change Management
7 15 (16.85%) CI/CD
8 13 (14.61%) Analytics
8 13 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (14.61%) Incident Response
9 12 (13.48%) Risk Management
9 12 (13.48%) SIEM
10 11 (12.36%) Customer Service
10 11 (12.36%) Migration
10 11 (12.36%) Project Delivery
11 10 (11.24%) AI
11 10 (11.24%) Waterfall
12 8 (8.99%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.73%) Python
2 9 (10.11%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.11%) SQL
3 3 (3.37%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (2.25%) ABAP
4 2 (2.25%) Java
4 2 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.12%) Assembly Language
5 1 (1.12%) C#
5 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.12%) Korn
5 1 (1.12%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (13.48%) Degree
2 11 (12.36%) CISSP
3 8 (8.99%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.62%) AWS Certification
5 5 (5.62%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (5.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (4.49%) CISM
6 4 (4.49%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.37%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.37%) CCNA
7 3 (3.37%) CEH
7 3 (3.37%) CISA
7 3 (3.37%) CRISC
7 3 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.37%) MCSE
7 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.25%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.24%) SLA
2 8 (8.99%) GRC
3 7 (7.87%) NIST
4 5 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (4.49%) GDPR
6 3 (3.37%) Data Quality
6 3 (3.37%) QA
7 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (2.25%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.12%) NCSC
8 1 (1.12%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (11.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.25%) Firmware
2 2 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.25%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.12%) Docker
3 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (8.99%) Ansible
2 2 (2.25%) CASB
2 2 (2.25%) Progress Chef
2 2 (2.25%) WMI
3 1 (1.12%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (22.47%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.10%) ServiceNow
3 9 (10.11%) Remedy
4 8 (8.99%) Splunk
5 6 (6.74%) Cisco
5 6 (6.74%) Oracle
5 6 (6.74%) SAP
6 5 (5.62%) HP
7 4 (4.49%) BeyondTrust
7 4 (4.49%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (4.49%) F5
8 3 (3.37%) Arista
8 3 (3.37%) Dell
8 3 (3.37%) Juniper
8 3 (3.37%) Tanium
8 3 (3.37%) VMware
9 2 (2.25%) Atlassian
9 2 (2.25%) Forcepoint
9 2 (2.25%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.25%) Red Hat