Analytical Thinking Contracts in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Analytical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 152 161
Rank change year-on-year +25 +9 -10
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 2 14 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.091% 0.50% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.54% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 12
10th Percentile - £348 £301
25th Percentile £485 £486 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +31.25% -
75th Percentile £495 £634 £505
90th Percentile - £788 £534
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +8.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Analytical Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,942 2,610 3,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.68% 92.55% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,872 2,340
10th Percentile £228 £260 £244
25th Percentile £399 £406 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Analytical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Edinburgh +33 1 - - 5
Glasgow +1 1 £490 +0.51% 1
Analytical Thinking
UK

Analytical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Clustering
1 1 (50.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Server Patching
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft