Analytical Mindset Contracts in Central London

Analytical Mindset
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 122 162
Rank change year-on-year +17 +40 +15
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 24 11 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.20% 0.45% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.52% 1.47% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 8
10th Percentile - £538 £507
25th Percentile £425 £569 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% - +22.64%
75th Percentile £644 £713 £691
90th Percentile £730 £725 £775
London median daily rate £500 £525 £624
% change year-on-year -4.76% -15.87% +13.45%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 681 749 1,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 34.10% 30.62% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 524 960
10th Percentile £361 £275 £313
25th Percentile £465 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £695 £700 £750
90th Percentile £780 £850 £850
London median daily rate £575 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 16
10th Percentile £23.78 £12.75 £18.42
25th Percentile £26.45 £16.73 £24.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -34.29% -27.08%
75th Percentile £31.00 £26.25 £84.89
90th Percentile £72.40 £29.78 £88.30
London median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in Central London

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Mindset in Central London

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in Central London

Analytical Mindset
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London +20 21 £588 -12.96% 8
Analytical Mindset
London

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (20.83%) Apache
1 5 (20.83%) Apache Spark
2 2 (8.33%) Confluence
3 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.33%) Trello
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Maximo
1 1 (4.17%) SAP CRM
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Asana
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
3 1 (4.17%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Big Data
1 5 (20.83%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Git
1 5 (20.83%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.33%) GitLab
3 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 24 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (66.67%) Finance
3 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Banking
5 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.17%) Billing
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Law
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Publishing
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Developer
1 6 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Apache Spark Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Lead
3 4 (16.67%) Business Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Business Operations Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Operations Manager
5 2 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) IT Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Cost Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) FX Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Junior Information Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Product Owner
6 1 (4.17%) SAP Tester
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Business Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) Spark Streaming
2 1 (4.17%) RESTful
2 1 (4.17%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Distributed Computing
1 5 (20.83%) Market Risk
2 2 (8.33%) DataPower
2 2 (8.33%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.17%) Blockchain
3 1 (4.17%) Equities
3 1 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Online Banking
3 1 (4.17%) PMI
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (29.17%) CI/CD
3 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
4 6 (25.00%) Analytics
4 6 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (20.83%) Batch Processing
5 5 (20.83%) Code Quality
5 5 (20.83%) Data Pipeline
5 5 (20.83%) Greeks
5 5 (20.83%) Mathematics
5 5 (20.83%) Memory Management
5 5 (20.83%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (20.83%) Risk Analytics
5 5 (20.83%) Stress Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 4 (16.67%) Fintech
6 4 (16.67%) Project Management
6 4 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) Python
2 6 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (4.17%) ABAP
3 1 (4.17%) DAML
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.33%) PMP
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.17%) EMIR
2 1 (4.17%) EU AI Act
2 1 (4.17%) MiFID
2 1 (4.17%) NIST
2 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) SAP