Analytical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Analytical Thinking
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 56 66
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +14
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 2 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.24% 0.51% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.57% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £374
25th Percentile - - £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.91%
75th Percentile - - £478
90th Percentile - - £491
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £725 £475
% change year-on-year -32.76% +52.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.33
Median hourly rate - - £24.65
75th Percentile - - £26.98
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.00 - £24.65

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Analytical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 731 526 640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 87.23% 89.91% 83.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 357 403
10th Percentile £263 £200 £242
25th Percentile £403 £393 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +13.51% -5.37%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £575
90th Percentile £656 £701 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 12 44
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £13.48
25th Percentile £16.08 £20.18 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% +6.05% +112.09%
75th Percentile £23.58 £53.19 £67.50
90th Percentile £29.07 £57.05 £68.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £20.12 £23.00
% change year-on-year +6.66% -12.52% +29.94%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) KYC Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) QA Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (50.00%) Flask
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) KYC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Alteryx