Analytical Skills Contracts in the South West

Analytical Skills
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 40 35
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 +10
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 260 183 221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 8.20% 5.16% 6.00%
As % of the General category 16.11% 10.54% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 144 141
10th Percentile £263 £325 £315
25th Percentile £325 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £678 £675
England median daily rate £538 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +1.42% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 9 29
10th Percentile £11.83 £45.29 £31.65
25th Percentile £15.75 £51.19 £43.67
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.30 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +11.49% +68.33%
75th Percentile - £72.98 £56.70
90th Percentile £42.50 £73.58 £69.05
England median hourly rate £18.50 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -53.75% +6.67% +81.16%

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,614 1,737 1,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.90% 48.98% 51.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 1,285 1,318
10th Percentile £213 £275 £239
25th Percentile £410 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £499
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +9.77% +7.84%
75th Percentile £625 £636 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 117 138
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.40 -
25th Percentile £23.63 £36.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £46.39 £60.00 £43.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +37.82% +6.41%
75th Percentile £70.18 £70.00 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £86.65 £65.25
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.44%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the South West

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Wiltshire +9 96 £538 +1.18% 35
Gloucestershire +31 52 £481 -12.50% 36
Somerset +15 30 £588 -9.62% 79
Bristol -6 30 £550 +15.79% 108
Devon +7 24 £303 +89.06% 45
Cornwall - 10 £150 - 10
Dorset -2 3 £175 -75.00% 26
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 36 (13.85%) Confluence
2 18 (6.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.15%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (16.15%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (11.92%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (9.23%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.92%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.38%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.31%) SAP HCM
2 6 (2.31%) SAP HR
3 5 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (1.15%) ENOVIA
4 3 (1.15%) SAP PLM
4 3 (1.15%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.38%) Primavera
5 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 22 (8.46%) Azure
3 12 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (4.23%) AWS
5 7 (2.69%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.38%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.38%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.38%) GCP
8 1 (0.38%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.38%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.46%) DNS
2 20 (7.69%) Network Security
3 16 (6.15%) DHCP
4 11 (4.23%) LAN
5 9 (3.46%) Firewall
5 9 (3.46%) SAN
5 9 (3.46%) WAN
6 8 (3.08%) MPLS
6 8 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (2.69%) VSAN
8 5 (1.92%) Wireless
9 3 (1.15%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.15%) Skype
10 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.38%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.38%) NGFW
10 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.00%) Power BI
2 23 (8.85%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.00%) Tableau
4 12 (4.62%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 12 (4.62%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 12 (4.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.77%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.77%) MySQL
6 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 68 (26.15%) JIRA
2 21 (8.08%) Jenkins
3 20 (7.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 20 (7.69%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.15%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.77%) JMeter
5 2 (0.77%) JUnit
5 2 (0.77%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.77%) Selenium
6 1 (0.38%) Git
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
General
1 164 (63.08%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.38%) Finance
3 32 (12.31%) Presentation Skills
4 31 (11.92%) Public Sector
5 28 (10.77%) Aerospace
6 20 (7.69%) Military
7 11 (4.23%) Legal
7 11 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.46%) Electronics
10 7 (2.69%) Marketing
11 5 (1.92%) Banking
12 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.15%) Local Government
12 3 (1.15%) Retail
13 2 (0.77%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.38%) Billing
14 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (22.31%) Analyst
2 40 (15.38%) Lead
3 24 (9.23%) Project Leader
4 22 (8.46%) Developer
5 21 (8.08%) Service Analyst
5 21 (8.08%) Service Desk Analyst
6 19 (7.31%) Project Manager
7 18 (6.92%) Data Engineer
8 12 (4.62%) Architect
9 11 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (3.85%) Data Analyst
10 10 (3.85%) IT Analyst
10 10 (3.85%) Network Engineer
10 10 (3.85%) Senior
10 10 (3.85%) Technical Support
10 10 (3.85%) Test Engineer
11 9 (3.46%) Consultant
12 8 (3.08%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 8 (3.08%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
12 8 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.08%) .NET
1 21 (8.08%) .NET Core
2 5 (1.92%) Flash
3 3 (1.15%) PySpark
4 2 (0.77%) React
5 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.38%) Blazor
5 1 (0.38%) CSS
5 1 (0.38%) CSS3
5 1 (0.38%) HTML
5 1 (0.38%) HTML5
5 1 (0.38%) Kafka
5 1 (0.38%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.38%) REST
5 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.08%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (5.38%) Cyber Defence
3 13 (5.00%) Clustering
4 12 (4.62%) PKI
4 12 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.23%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.23%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.08%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.31%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.54%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.54%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.77%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.77%) Blog
11 2 (0.77%) NHS
11 2 (0.77%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.54%) Linux
1 30 (11.54%) Windows
2 10 (3.85%) Windows Server
2 10 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
3 9 (3.46%) Unix
4 4 (1.54%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.15%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.77%) CentOS
7 1 (0.38%) Android
7 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (56.92%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (32.69%) Agile
3 54 (20.77%) Project Management
4 40 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (14.62%) Project Delivery
6 35 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (11.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 30 (11.54%) Data Management
8 30 (11.54%) PRINCE2
9 29 (11.15%) Workshop Facilitation
10 28 (10.77%) Project Planning
11 27 (10.38%) ITIL
12 25 (9.62%) Commercial Awareness
12 25 (9.62%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 24 (9.23%) Configuration Management
13 24 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (8.85%) Deployment Automation
15 22 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (8.46%) Continuous Integration
16 20 (7.69%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 35 (13.46%) Python
2 32 (12.31%) PowerShell
3 31 (11.92%) SQL
4 12 (4.62%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.31%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.54%) C
6 4 (1.54%) Java
7 3 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.15%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.77%) C++
8 2 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.77%) Perl
8 2 (0.77%) R
8 2 (0.77%) Scala
8 2 (0.77%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.38%) Bash
9 1 (0.38%) ProC
9 1 (0.38%) Ruby
9 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 158 (60.77%) Security Cleared
2 88 (33.85%) SC Cleared
3 73 (28.08%) DV Cleared
4 48 (18.46%) Degree
5 25 (9.62%) APMP
6 19 (7.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (5.00%) CCNA
8 13 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (4.23%) MCSE
9 11 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (3.85%) CISSP
10 10 (3.85%) Master's Degree
11 8 (3.08%) CCNP
11 8 (3.08%) CISM
12 7 (2.69%) MCSA
13 4 (1.54%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.54%) OSCP
14 3 (1.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.92%) SLA
2 30 (11.54%) PMO
3 13 (5.00%) QA
4 12 (4.62%) NIST
5 8 (3.08%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.15%) GDPR
7 3 (1.15%) GRC
8 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.38%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.38%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.38%) RMADS
9 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (11.15%) Active Directory
2 26 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.46%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (3.08%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.08%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.38%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 20 (7.69%) PowerCLI
2 19 (7.31%) Ansible
3 17 (6.54%) SCCM
4 8 (3.08%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (3.08%) Nagios
4 8 (3.08%) NetBackup
5 6 (2.31%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.54%) Terraform
7 3 (1.15%) WSUS
8 2 (0.77%) MOM
9 1 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.38%) Puppet
9 1 (0.38%) SCOM
9 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.77%) VMware
3 27 (10.38%) Atlassian
4 20 (7.69%) Dell
4 20 (7.69%) SAP
5 19 (7.31%) HP
6 16 (6.15%) Cisco
7 8 (3.08%) Hitachi
7 8 (3.08%) NetApp
8 7 (2.69%) Splunk
9 5 (1.92%) Remedy
10 4 (1.54%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.54%) Juniper
11 3 (1.15%) Oracle
11 3 (1.15%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.77%) Citrix
12 2 (0.77%) Google
12 2 (0.77%) IBM
12 2 (0.77%) Nokia
12 2 (0.77%) ServiceNow