Analytical Mindset Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Analytical Mindset
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 94 117
Rank change year-on-year -1 +23 +8
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 18 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.22% 0.59% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.24% 1.87% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 2
10th Percentile - £440 -
25th Percentile £219 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £325 - -
90th Percentile £453 - -
South East median daily rate £380 £388 £375
% change year-on-year -1.94% +3.33% -16.90%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Analytical Mindset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 556 481 556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.80% 31.67% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 240 329
10th Percentile £293 £294 £205
25th Percentile £406 £406 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £539 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% +7.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £666 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £493 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.19% +5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 25
10th Percentile £20.73 £18.94 £28.61
25th Percentile £20.79 £28.06 £45.21
Median hourly rate £58.00 £42.69 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +35.86% -30.75% +84.01%
75th Percentile £81.00 £61.37 £66.44
90th Percentile £98.00 £62.24 £78.67
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -33.96% +60.61%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Mindset relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in Berkshire

Analytical Mindset
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Mindset within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Wokingham - 16 £250 - 2
Reading +9 2 - - 1
Analytical Mindset
South East

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (61.11%) AWS
1 11 (61.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) TCP/IP
2 11 (61.11%) DHCP
2 11 (61.11%) DNS
2 11 (61.11%) VLAN
3 3 (16.67%) Network Security
4 2 (11.11%) BGP
4 2 (11.11%) MPLS
4 2 (11.11%) SNMP
4 2 (11.11%) TACACS
4 2 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 18 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Support
1 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 11 (61.11%) Support Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) IP Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Data Management Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Reference Data Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) NETCONF
1 2 (11.11%) OpenConfig
1 2 (11.11%) RESTCONF
1 2 (11.11%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 2 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Linux
2 11 (61.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (61.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (61.11%) ITIL
2 11 (61.11%) Preventative Maintenance
2 11 (61.11%) Service Management
2 11 (61.11%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.11%) Network Design
3 2 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.56%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (5.56%) DAMA
4 1 (5.56%) Data Collection
4 1 (5.56%) Data Lineage
4 1 (5.56%) Data Science
4 1 (5.56%) Optimization Problems
4 1 (5.56%) Reference Data Management
4 1 (5.56%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 12 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 11 (61.11%) Azure Certification
2 11 (61.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (61.11%) Network+ Certification
2 11 (61.11%) Server+ Certification
3 2 (11.11%) CCIE
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) JNCIE
4 1 (5.56%) CEH
4 1 (5.56%) CISSP
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.56%) GIAC
4 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) Hyper-V
1 11 (61.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Ansible
2 1 (5.56%) Kibana
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 11 (61.11%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) BMC
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) F5
3 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 2 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (5.56%) FireEye
4 1 (5.56%) Tanium