Analytical Skills Contracts in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 17 31
Rank change year-on-year +2 +14 +11
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 232 309 282
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.61% 9.41% 5.66%
As % of the General category 15.55% 17.02% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 196 193
10th Percentile £312 £200 £166
25th Percentile £425 £363 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £678 £541 £538
90th Percentile £813 £631 £645
England median daily rate £531 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +0.19% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 5 4
10th Percentile £11.83 £19.63 £12.58
25th Percentile £12.75 £20.49 £12.69
Median hourly rate £14.00 £23.50 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +59.32% -38.54%
75th Percentile £16.46 £25.88 £18.88
90th Percentile £26.98 £40.35 £20.45
England median hourly rate £18.50 £35.25 £39.00
% change year-on-year -47.52% -9.62% +88.41%

All General Skills
Midlands

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,492 1,816 2,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.40% 55.32% 54.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,292 2,034
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +18.41%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £556
90th Percentile £734 £694 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 80 99
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.91 £13.31 £13.48
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.84 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.85% +21.31% +16.32%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.75 £27.13
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.10%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
West Midlands +1 174 £532 +11.89% 298
East Midlands +3 53 £450 +5.88% 218
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 6 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.72%) CMS
3 3 (1.29%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.29%) Confluence
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.86%) Drupal
4 2 (0.86%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.43%) Apache
Applications
1 23 (9.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.43%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.72%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.72%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.72%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.29%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.29%) SAP MII
5 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.86%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.43%) Odoo
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 43 (18.53%) Power Platform
2 25 (10.78%) Azure
3 11 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.45%) AWS
6 6 (2.59%) OCI
7 5 (2.16%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 5 (2.16%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.72%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.29%) dbt
9 3 (1.29%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.86%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (11.64%) Network Security
2 17 (7.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (5.60%) VPN
4 7 (3.02%) Firewall
5 4 (1.72%) Wireless
6 3 (1.29%) VoIP
6 3 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.86%) DHCP
7 2 (0.86%) DNS
7 2 (0.86%) Internet
7 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.43%) Intranet
8 1 (0.43%) LTE
8 1 (0.43%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (16.38%) Power BI
2 20 (8.62%) Big Data
3 12 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.74%) Data Mining
5 9 (3.88%) Tableau
6 6 (2.59%) Hadoop
6 6 (2.59%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (2.16%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.16%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.72%) Impala
9 3 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.29%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.29%) Power Query
9 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.29%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (3.45%) JIRA
2 4 (1.72%) Git
3 2 (0.86%) Appium
3 2 (0.86%) UI Automator
3 2 (0.86%) XCUITest
4 1 (0.43%) Ant
4 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.43%) Gradle
4 1 (0.43%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) JUnit
4 1 (0.43%) Maven
4 1 (0.43%) NUnit
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 116 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.55%) Finance
3 24 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (4.74%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.31%) Banking
7 8 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.02%) Marketing
9 6 (2.59%) German Language
9 6 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.72%) Electronics
10 4 (1.72%) Publishing
11 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.29%) Law
11 3 (1.29%) Legal
11 3 (1.29%) Retail
12 2 (0.86%) Automotive
12 2 (0.86%) Military
13 1 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 52 (22.41%) Analyst
2 30 (12.93%) Architect
3 18 (7.76%) Senior
4 17 (7.33%) Consultant
5 16 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 15 (6.47%) Data Architect
7 13 (5.60%) Lead
8 11 (4.74%) Developer
8 11 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (4.31%) Data Analyst
9 10 (4.31%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.88%) Business Analyst
10 9 (3.88%) Enterprise Architect
11 7 (3.02%) Administrator
11 7 (3.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 7 (3.02%) Security Engineer
12 6 (2.59%) AML Project Manager
12 6 (2.59%) SAP Consultant
12 6 (2.59%) Service Analyst
13 5 (2.16%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.47%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (2.16%) Middleware
3 3 (1.29%) .NET
3 3 (1.29%) ADO
3 3 (1.29%) Flask
3 3 (1.29%) JSON
3 3 (1.29%) OAuth
3 3 (1.29%) OAuth2
3 3 (1.29%) OpenID
3 3 (1.29%) Pandas
3 3 (1.29%) REST
3 3 (1.29%) SAML
3 3 (1.29%) SAP Business Workflow
4 2 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.86%) HTML
4 2 (0.86%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Beam
5 1 (0.43%) OLE
5 1 (0.43%) SAP MI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.36%) Management Information System
2 24 (10.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (9.91%) Cyber Defence
3 23 (9.91%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (8.62%) Distributed Applications
5 10 (4.31%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.88%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.45%) Product Ownership
8 7 (3.02%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.59%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.59%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.59%) SCADA
10 5 (2.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (2.16%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (2.16%) IoT
10 5 (2.16%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (2.16%) Social Media
10 5 (2.16%) Taxonomies
11 4 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.93%) Windows
2 19 (8.19%) Unix
3 18 (7.76%) Linux
4 16 (6.90%) Apple iOS
5 15 (6.47%) Android
6 9 (3.88%) Windows 7
7 5 (2.16%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.43%) AIX
9 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (18.97%) Agile
3 42 (18.10%) Analytics
4 40 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
5 39 (16.81%) Project Management
6 34 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
7 33 (14.22%) Computer Science
8 31 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (12.93%) Analytical Thinking
9 30 (12.93%) Roadmaps
10 27 (11.64%) SIEM
11 26 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
12 25 (10.78%) Data Analysis
13 24 (10.34%) Information Security
14 22 (9.48%) Customer Service
14 22 (9.48%) Data Management
14 22 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (9.05%) Data Analytics
16 20 (8.62%) Collaborative Working
16 20 (8.62%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.07%) SQL
2 16 (6.90%) Python
3 7 (3.02%) Java
4 4 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.72%) R
5 3 (1.29%) BeanShell
5 3 (1.29%) C#
5 3 (1.29%) Scala
5 3 (1.29%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.86%) ABAP
6 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.86%) Kotlin
6 2 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.86%) Swift
7 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.43%) C
7 1 (0.43%) C++
7 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.43%) SOQL
7 1 (0.43%) X++
Qualifications
1 46 (19.83%) Degree
2 37 (15.95%) Security Cleared
3 21 (9.05%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.33%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.16%) CCNP
7 5 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.72%) CCIE
8 4 (1.72%) CISSP
8 4 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.29%) SAP Certification
9 3 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.86%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.86%) CBAP
10 2 (0.86%) GCED
10 2 (0.86%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 12 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.17%) SLA
3 9 (3.88%) QA
4 4 (1.72%) GDPR
5 3 (1.29%) GRC
5 3 (1.29%) ITGC
6 2 (0.86%) NIST
6 2 (0.86%) PMO
7 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.29%) OpenAM
2 3 (1.29%) OpenIDM
3 2 (0.86%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Snort
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (1.29%) Kibana
2 2 (0.86%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.86%) logstash
2 2 (0.86%) SCCM
3 1 (0.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.43%) PowerBroker
3 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.34%) SAP
3 12 (5.17%) Red Hat
4 8 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.02%) Oracle
5 7 (3.02%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.16%) Autodesk
6 5 (2.16%) BMC
7 4 (1.72%) Computacenter
8 3 (1.29%) Anaplan
8 3 (1.29%) Databricks
8 3 (1.29%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.29%) Informatica
9 2 (0.86%) Google
9 2 (0.86%) LogRhythm
9 2 (0.86%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.86%) Splunk
9 2 (0.86%) TippingPoint
9 2 (0.86%) Trend Micro
9 2 (0.86%) VMware