Analytical Mindset Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Analytical Mindset
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 112 122
Rank change year-on-year +7 +10 +55
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 19 13 12
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.05% 0.68% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.85% 2.16% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 3
10th Percentile £283 £500 £195
25th Percentile £373 £538 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £725 £588
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +23.40% -18.40%
75th Percentile £694 £738 £686
90th Percentile £1,150 - £734
Central London median daily rate £588 £725 £588
% change year-on-year -18.97% +23.40% -18.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 - -

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 667 602 768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 36.73% 31.31% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 374 507
10th Percentile £350 £375 £310
25th Percentile £450 £475 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £688 £709 £713
90th Percentile £788 £829 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £589 £600
% change year-on-year -6.58% -1.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 9
10th Percentile £18.76 - -
25th Percentile £20.30 £77.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £85.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.65% +240.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £35.63 £92.50 £36.50
90th Percentile £41.83 - £52.15
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £55.40 £24.00
% change year-on-year -52.87% +130.81% -42.51%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in the City of London

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the City of London

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) Apache Spark
2 1 (5.26%) Anypoint
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) AWS
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) GCP
2 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) ChatGPT
3 1 (5.26%) Collibra
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.26%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Big Data
1 3 (15.79%) NoSQL
1 3 (15.79%) Power BI
2 2 (10.53%) Tableau
3 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.26%) Looker
3 1 (5.26%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (5.26%) Star Schema
3 1 (5.26%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Eclipse
General
1 19 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Finance
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Legal
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Insurance Systems Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) IT Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Configuration Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Procurement Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Project Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) SQL Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Dask
1 3 (15.79%) Google JAX
1 3 (15.79%) JAX
1 3 (15.79%) LightGBM
1 3 (15.79%) PyTorch
1 3 (15.79%) scikit-learn
1 3 (15.79%) TensorFlow
1 3 (15.79%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Algorithms
1 3 (15.79%) Derivative
2 2 (10.53%) AS400
3 1 (5.26%) CMDB
3 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.26%) iSeries
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Unix
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Analytics
2 6 (31.58%) Agile
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
4 4 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Data Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) Anomaly Detection
5 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) Data Analytics
5 3 (15.79%) Deep Learning
5 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
5 3 (15.79%) Pattern Recognition
5 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Analytics
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.79%) Scrum
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) Python
3 2 (10.53%) Korn
3 2 (10.53%) RPG
4 1 (5.26%) C#
4 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.26%) CSPO
2 1 (5.26%) Postgraduate
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.53%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) GDPR
3 1 (5.26%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Alteryx
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) MuleSoft
1 1 (5.26%) SAP
1 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow