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 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 103 122
Rank change year-on-year -28 +19 +22
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 11 24 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.49% 1.38% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.34% 3.53% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 1
10th Percentile £257 £319 -
25th Percentile £338 £401 £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £800
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -28.13% +45.45%
75th Percentile £420 £630 £825
90th Percentile £608 £684 -
Central London median daily rate £410 £575 £663
% change year-on-year -28.70% -13.21% +20.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £17.00 -

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 818 679 636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 36.67% 38.93% 29.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 478 385
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £452 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 £600 £598
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +0.42% -1.57%
75th Percentile £688 £696 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £838
Central London median daily rate £551 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.26% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 5
10th Percentile £19.28 £16.96 £18.40
25th Percentile £21.75 £19.79 £22.00
Median hourly rate £28.07 £27.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% +1.85% -23.94%
75th Percentile £41.69 £65.57 -
90th Percentile £62.80 £91.00 £66.30
Central London median hourly rate £35.82 £26.29 £25.79
% change year-on-year +36.26% +1.93% -26.31%

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 26 September 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Snowflake
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) IP Telephony
1 1 (9.09%) PSTN
1 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
1 1 (9.09%) VLAN
1 1 (9.09%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau
2 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (9.09%) Data Mining
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.09%) Power Query
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Data Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Backend Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Business Data Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Product Owner
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Telephony Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) LDAP
1 1 (9.09%) PySpark
1 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Life Science
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) AI
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) LLM
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) Data Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Data Science
4 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
4 3 (27.27%) Validation
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Anomaly Detection
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Data Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Kanban
5 2 (18.18%) Product Management
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) R
3 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CSPO
2 1 (9.09%) CCNA
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (18.18%) GxP
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Databricks
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco