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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 111 81 54
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 16.16% 17.02% 14.44%
As % of the General category 24.40% 24.70% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 54 35
10th Percentile £313 £356 £300
25th Percentile £363 £453 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £523 £510
Median % change year-on-year -13.44% +2.45% +2.00%
75th Percentile £534 £568 £582
90th Percentile £630 £585 £593
North West median daily rate £450 £461 £495
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +7.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £25.88 £19.82 -
25th Percentile £32.25 £21.05 -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +85.60% +24.66% +54.09%
75th Percentile £43.00 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £64.50 - -
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £24.47 £30.00
% change year-on-year +43.03% -18.43% -25.00%

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 455 328 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 66.23% 68.91% 73.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 187 168
10th Percentile £268 £356 £239
25th Percentile £358 £425 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £511
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -1.22% +14.89%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £560
90th Percentile £688 £651 £618
North West median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 24 26
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.55 £17.14
25th Percentile £18.59 £18.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.18 £24.09 £25.03
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -3.74% +55.72%
75th Percentile £39.30 £33.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £59.98 £64.75 £38.63
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £28.25 £23.61
% change year-on-year +4.78% +19.65% +18.05%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 4 December 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 -12 51 £442 -16.56% 1
Chester +10 25 £675 +20.00% 12
Warrington -10 10 £475 - 19
Crewe +7 8 £294 +0.95% 11
Macclesfield -14 2 £413 -21.43% 5
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 (8.11%) Confluence
1 9 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.21%) SharePoint
3 7 (6.31%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (6.31%) Skype for Business
4 5 (4.50%) JBoss
4 5 (4.50%) SAS
4 5 (4.50%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.90%) Mule
5 1 (0.90%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.90%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (19.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (12.61%) MS Visio
3 13 (11.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.70%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.90%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 28 (25.23%) Azure
2 27 (24.32%) AWS
3 13 (11.71%) GCP
3 13 (11.71%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (9.01%) OpenShift
4 10 (9.01%) Power Platform
5 9 (8.11%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.50%) GitHub
7 3 (2.70%) Apigee
7 3 (2.70%) Kong
7 3 (2.70%) SaaS
8 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.80%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.90%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.90%) AWS CodeBuild
9 1 (0.90%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.11%) Network Security
2 8 (7.21%) Firewall
3 7 (6.31%) DNS
3 7 (6.31%) Skype
4 6 (5.41%) DMZ
4 6 (5.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 6 (5.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (5.41%) LAN
5 5 (4.50%) VPN
5 5 (4.50%) WAN
6 2 (1.80%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.90%) BGP
7 1 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.90%) Internet
7 1 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.90%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.90%) SAN
7 1 (0.90%) VLAN
7 1 (0.90%) Wireless
7 1 (0.90%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (5.41%) Power BI
2 4 (3.60%) MS Access
3 2 (1.80%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.90%) Big Data
4 1 (0.90%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.90%) Power Query
4 1 (0.90%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.90%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (21.62%) JIRA
2 11 (9.91%) Jenkins
3 10 (9.01%) Git
3 10 (9.01%) GitLab
4 9 (8.11%) JUnit
5 5 (4.50%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.60%) Gradle
6 4 (3.60%) Maven
6 4 (3.60%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.70%) Selenium
7 3 (2.70%) TestRail
8 1 (0.90%) Appium
8 1 (0.90%) MLflow
General
1 66 (59.46%) Social Skills
2 38 (34.23%) Finance
3 13 (11.71%) Banking
4 9 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (6.31%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.70%) Automotive
6 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.70%) Publishing
7 2 (1.80%) Marketing
8 1 (0.90%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.90%) Legal
8 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (25.23%) Analyst
2 12 (10.81%) Business Analyst
3 10 (9.01%) Developer
4 8 (7.21%) Architect
4 8 (7.21%) Consultant
4 8 (7.21%) Java Developer
5 7 (6.31%) Operational Support Analyst
5 7 (6.31%) Operations Analyst
5 7 (6.31%) Operations Support Analyst
5 7 (6.31%) Support Analyst
6 6 (5.41%) Change Manager
7 5 (4.50%) AWS Developer
7 5 (4.50%) Data Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.50%) Security Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) Tester
8 4 (3.60%) Governance Manager
8 4 (3.60%) Network Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Technical Manager
8 4 (3.60%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.32%) REST
2 11 (9.91%) SOAP
3 9 (8.11%) Spring
3 9 (8.11%) Spring Boot
4 7 (6.31%) JSON
4 7 (6.31%) XML
5 6 (5.41%) Kafka
5 6 (5.41%) RESTful
6 5 (4.50%) HTML
7 4 (3.60%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.60%) CSS
7 4 (3.60%) React
7 4 (3.60%) Web Services
8 3 (2.70%) JWT
8 3 (2.70%) LDAP
8 3 (2.70%) OAuth
8 3 (2.70%) OpenAPI
8 3 (2.70%) Spring Cloud
8 3 (2.70%) Swagger
9 1 (0.90%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.01%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.50%) Credit Risk
2 5 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.60%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.70%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.80%) CMDB
5 2 (1.80%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.80%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.90%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.90%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.90%) Life Science
6 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.90%) PKI
6 1 (0.90%) Replication
6 1 (0.90%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.50%) Linux
2 4 (3.60%) Unix
3 2 (1.80%) Windows
4 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (62.16%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (29.73%) Agile
3 30 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (17.12%) ITIL
5 18 (16.22%) Analytics
5 18 (16.22%) Project Management
6 17 (15.32%) Change Management
7 16 (14.41%) CI/CD
7 16 (14.41%) DevOps
8 15 (13.51%) Microservices
9 14 (12.61%) Business Strategy
9 14 (12.61%) Computer Science
9 14 (12.61%) Migration
10 13 (11.71%) Analytical Thinking
10 13 (11.71%) Decision-Making
10 13 (11.71%) Validation
11 12 (10.81%) AI
12 11 (9.91%) ITSM
12 11 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (9.91%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.51%) Java
1 15 (13.51%) Python
2 13 (11.71%) SQL
3 7 (6.31%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.41%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.50%) R
6 4 (3.60%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.80%) ABAP
8 1 (0.90%) Bash
8 1 (0.90%) Perl
8 1 (0.90%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.90%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (23.42%) Degree
2 11 (9.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.21%) CISSP
5 6 (5.41%) CISM
5 6 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.60%) CBAP
8 3 (2.70%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.80%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.80%) CSPO
9 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.80%) PMP
10 1 (0.90%) CCSE
10 1 (0.90%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (0.90%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.41%) GDPR
1 6 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (5.41%) NIST
1 6 (5.41%) QA
2 3 (2.70%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.80%) COBIT
3 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.80%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.90%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.90%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.31%) SCCM
3 5 (4.50%) Fluentd
4 4 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.70%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.90%) Autotask
6 1 (0.90%) QRadar
6 1 (0.90%) Terraform
6 1 (0.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 37 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.71%) ServiceNow
3 9 (8.11%) SAP
4 7 (6.31%) F5
4 7 (6.31%) Splunk
4 7 (6.31%) VMware
5 5 (4.50%) Cribl.io
5 5 (4.50%) Oracle
5 5 (4.50%) Pega
6 4 (3.60%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.70%) Cisco
7 3 (2.70%) HP
7 3 (2.70%) Snow
7 3 (2.70%) Workday
8 2 (1.80%) IBM
8 2 (1.80%) IBM Sterling
8 2 (1.80%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.80%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.80%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.90%) Dynatrace