Analytical Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Analytical Thinking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 107 158
Rank change year-on-year -7 +51 +25
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 9 20 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.51% 0.91% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 1.01% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 9
10th Percentile £315 £281 £490
25th Percentile £400 £492 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £655 £750
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% -12.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile - £705 £800
90th Percentile £623 £712 £845
Central London median daily rate £600 £655 £750
% change year-on-year -8.40% -12.67% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,638 1,985 3,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.28% 90.56% 91.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 1,404 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £356 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £809 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -15.66%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -15.66%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Analytical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the City of London

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the City of London

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the City of London

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the City of London

Analytical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Alation
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) dbt
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Vault
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Terragrunt
General
1 9 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Front Office
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
1 2 (22.22%) C++ Developer
1 2 (22.22%) C++/C# Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior User Experience Researcher
1 2 (22.22%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
2 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (11.11%) Supplier Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (33.33%) Data Science
2 3 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Competitor Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Contract Management
3 2 (22.22%) Design Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Journey Map
3 2 (22.22%) Lean UX
3 2 (22.22%) Product Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Quantitative Research
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Usability Testing
3 2 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (22.22%) UX Research
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
1 2 (22.22%) C++
1 2 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) MicroStrategy