Analytical Skills Contracts with Work from Home Options

Analytical Skills
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 29 36
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,147 1,656 2,637
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.60% 6.59% 5.96%
As % of the General category 12.92% 11.28% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 771 1,161 1,895
10th Percentile £314 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £504
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +2.68% +6.11%
75th Percentile £612 £638 £625
90th Percentile £719 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 44 37
10th Percentile £10.77 £21.09 £12.75
25th Percentile £12.75 £22.50 £14.55
Median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% +16.67% +23.71%
75th Percentile £41.88 £66.00 £48.58
90th Percentile £54.26 £84.25 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £43.86 £38.50
% change year-on-year -58.96% +13.92% +67.39%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,875 14,682 24,035
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.79% 58.44% 54.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,816 10,345 17,442
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 336 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.99 £19.35
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +53.85% +38.52%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £64.90
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
% change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%

Analytical Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills.

Analytical Skills daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Analytical Skills daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills.

Analytical Skills hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Analytical Skills hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 40 (3.49%) Confluence
2 37 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.61%) Apache
6 6 (0.52%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.44%) CMS
8 4 (0.35%) Appian
8 4 (0.35%) JBoss
8 4 (0.35%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.26%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.26%) nginx
9 3 (0.26%) SAS
9 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.26%) WebSphere Portal
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.17%) CICS
10 2 (0.17%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 99 (8.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (3.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (2.88%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.35%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.35%) SPSS
8 3 (0.26%) Revit
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.17%) Sketch
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.087%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.92%) Dynamics AX
3 12 (1.05%) SAP HCM
4 11 (0.96%) Endur
4 11 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.96%) SAP HR
5 8 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
6 7 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.61%) SAP SD
7 6 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.52%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.52%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 160 (13.95%) Azure
2 144 (12.55%) Power Platform
3 91 (7.93%) AWS
4 46 (4.01%) PowerApps
5 45 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (3.49%) Power Automate
8 28 (2.44%) GCP
9 22 (1.92%) GitHub
10 17 (1.48%) OCI
11 15 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
12 14 (1.22%) Serverless
13 13 (1.13%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.13%) SaaS
14 11 (0.96%) Amazon S3
14 11 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.96%) Snowflake
15 8 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.88%) Firewall
2 28 (2.44%) VPN
3 24 (2.09%) Network Security
4 16 (1.39%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.22%) DNS
6 11 (0.96%) BGP
6 11 (0.96%) VLAN
7 10 (0.87%) Internet
7 10 (0.87%) OSPF
8 9 (0.78%) VoIP
8 9 (0.78%) WAN
9 8 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (0.70%) HTTP
9 8 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.61%) LAN
11 6 (0.52%) DHCP
12 5 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.44%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.44%) Wireless
13 4 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (11.86%) Power BI
2 49 (4.27%) SQL Server
3 42 (3.66%) Tableau
4 36 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (3.14%) Relational Database
5 35 (3.05%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.66%) Big Data
7 16 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (1.31%) Hadoop
8 15 (1.31%) Metadata
8 15 (1.31%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
10 13 (1.13%) Power Query
11 12 (1.05%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.96%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.87%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.87%) MySQL
14 9 (0.78%) GIS
14 9 (0.78%) QlikView
14 9 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 92 (8.02%) JIRA
2 30 (2.62%) Git
3 23 (2.01%) GitLab
4 22 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.57%) Selenium
6 13 (1.13%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.87%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.70%) REST Assured
8 8 (0.70%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
10 6 (0.52%) Appium
10 6 (0.52%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.52%) Maven
10 6 (0.52%) MLflow
10 6 (0.52%) Protractor
11 5 (0.44%) JMeter
11 5 (0.44%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.44%) webpack
12 4 (0.35%) LoadRunner
General
1 631 (55.01%) Social Skills
2 339 (29.56%) Finance
3 115 (10.03%) Public Sector
4 82 (7.15%) Banking
5 57 (4.97%) Retail
6 53 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
7 49 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (3.92%) Marketing
9 43 (3.75%) Legal
10 40 (3.49%) Manufacturing
11 39 (3.40%) Telecoms
12 35 (3.05%) Front Office
13 27 (2.35%) General Ledger
14 26 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.92%) Investment Banking
16 21 (1.83%) Law
17 18 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 17 (1.48%) Financial Institution
19 15 (1.31%) Electronics
20 12 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 265 (23.10%) Analyst
2 133 (11.60%) Developer
3 107 (9.33%) Consultant
4 99 (8.63%) Business Analyst
5 90 (7.85%) Senior
6 79 (6.89%) Architect
7 73 (6.36%) Lead
8 60 (5.23%) Data Analyst
9 59 (5.14%) Project Manager
10 44 (3.84%) Data Engineer
11 28 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (2.01%) Functional Consultant
13 21 (1.83%) Full Stack Developer
13 21 (1.83%) Support Engineer
14 20 (1.74%) Data Scientist
14 20 (1.74%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (1.57%) C# Developer
15 18 (1.57%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 18 (1.57%) Network Engineer
15 18 (1.57%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.62%) React
2 28 (2.44%) AngularJS
2 28 (2.44%) RESTful
3 27 (2.35%) HTML
3 27 (2.35%) REST
4 25 (2.18%) Web Services
5 24 (2.09%) CSS
6 23 (2.01%) Kafka
7 19 (1.66%) .NET
8 18 (1.57%) XML
9 16 (1.39%) Node.js
10 15 (1.31%) Middleware
11 12 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
11 12 (1.05%) Spring Boot
12 11 (0.96%) PySpark
12 11 (0.96%) Spring
13 10 (0.87%) .NET Framework
13 10 (0.87%) JSON
13 10 (0.87%) SOAP
14 9 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.36%) Management Information System
2 50 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
3 47 (4.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 46 (4.01%) Data Structures
5 31 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 30 (2.62%) Algorithms
7 24 (2.09%) Derivative
8 16 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.05%) NHS
11 11 (0.96%) Data Centre
11 11 (0.96%) Mobile App
11 11 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
11 11 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 10 (0.87%) Fixed Income
13 9 (0.78%) CMDB
13 9 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 79 (6.89%) Windows
2 56 (4.88%) Linux
3 27 (2.35%) Unix
4 17 (1.48%) Windows 7
5 13 (1.13%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.87%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.61%) Android
8 6 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.26%) zOS
11 2 (0.17%) AIX
11 2 (0.17%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.087%) Debian
12 1 (0.087%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.087%) Solaris
12 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (55.88%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (24.15%) Agile
3 190 (16.56%) Project Management
4 182 (15.87%) Business Intelligence
5 132 (11.51%) Analytics
6 115 (10.03%) Data Analysis
7 109 (9.50%) DevOps
8 106 (9.24%) Decision-Making
9 102 (8.89%) Computer Science
10 99 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 96 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 91 (7.93%) Data Modelling
13 85 (7.41%) Visualisation
14 71 (6.19%) Business Analysis
15 67 (5.84%) Analytical Thinking
16 66 (5.75%) Cybersecurity
17 65 (5.67%) Data Management
17 65 (5.67%) Roadmaps
18 64 (5.58%) ITIL
19 63 (5.49%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 178 (15.52%) SQL
2 127 (11.07%) Python
3 75 (6.54%) Java
4 45 (3.92%) C#
5 44 (3.84%) JavaScript
6 26 (2.27%) R
7 23 (2.01%) PL/SQL
8 21 (1.83%) PowerShell
9 20 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 20 (1.74%) Scala
9 20 (1.74%) Shell Script
10 19 (1.66%) C++
11 17 (1.48%) TypeScript
12 12 (1.05%) Go
13 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.61%) Bash
15 6 (0.52%) Perl
15 6 (0.52%) PHP
16 5 (0.44%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 252 (21.97%) Degree
2 150 (13.08%) Security Cleared
3 122 (10.64%) SC Cleared
4 73 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (4.27%) Master's Degree
6 35 (3.05%) CISSP
7 28 (2.44%) CISM
8 23 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.74%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.57%) PMP
11 17 (1.48%) PMI Certification
12 16 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.96%) CCNA
16 10 (0.87%) CCNP
16 10 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
17 9 (0.78%) ISTQB
18 6 (0.52%) CIMA
18 6 (0.52%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (6.97%) Data Quality
2 75 (6.54%) QA
3 38 (3.31%) GDPR
4 28 (2.44%) SLA
5 22 (1.92%) NIST
6 21 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.83%) PMO
7 14 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
10 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.52%) NCSC
11 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.44%) IFRS
11 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.35%) GAAP
12 4 (0.35%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.35%) P3O
13 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.09%) Docker
3 9 (0.78%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 9 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.44%) Snort
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.26%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.17%) Firmware
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.087%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.087%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.087%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (3.05%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.09%) Ansible
3 23 (2.01%) Terraform
4 14 (1.22%) SCCM
5 11 (0.96%) Grafana
5 11 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
7 9 (0.78%) Consul
7 9 (0.78%) Puppet
8 8 (0.70%) Podman
9 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.52%) Kibana
11 5 (0.44%) NetBackup
12 4 (0.35%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.35%) QRadar
13 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
14 2 (0.17%) Nexpose
14 2 (0.17%) PowerBroker
Vendors
1 209 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 94 (8.20%) Oracle
3 76 (6.63%) SAP
4 27 (2.35%) Google
5 21 (1.83%) Databricks
5 21 (1.83%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.31%) Splunk
7 14 (1.22%) IBM
7 14 (1.22%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.13%) Cisco
9 11 (0.96%) VMware
10 9 (0.78%) SaltStack
11 8 (0.70%) Adobe
11 8 (0.70%) Atlassian
11 8 (0.70%) Palo Alto
12 7 (0.61%) Computacenter
12 7 (0.61%) Informatica
12 7 (0.61%) OneTrust
13 6 (0.52%) OpenLink
13 6 (0.52%) Qualys