Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Analytical Skills
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 79 48 59
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 7.83% 8.47% 7.42%
As % of the General category 13.39% 13.26% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 34 35
10th Percentile £211 £168 £172
25th Percentile £358 £263 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £412 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -19.61% +25.31%
75th Percentile £500 £483 £664
90th Percentile £600 £538 £730
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 13
10th Percentile - £14.63 £11.83
25th Percentile £12.95 £17.19 £12.13
Median hourly rate £22.00 £21.46 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.52% +53.29% -36.10%
75th Percentile £32.98 £25.73 £14.27
90th Percentile £83.65 £28.29 £16.05
England median hourly rate £30.11 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.47% +37.50% -40.02%

All General Skills
East Midlands

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 590 362 411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 58.47% 63.84% 51.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 232 284
10th Percentile £199 £182 £160
25th Percentile £359 £314 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +6.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £520 £535
90th Percentile £616 £588 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 13 50
10th Percentile £13.07 £13.93 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.11 £14.06
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +28.57% +4.68%
75th Percentile £25.11 £31.76 £32.13
90th Percentile £29.65 £38.49 £51.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -20.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the East Midlands

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the East Midlands

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 March 2026. 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
Northamptonshire -9 28 £404 -9.43% 18
Nottinghamshire -10 17 £450 +8.76% 40
Leicestershire +5 15 £475 +30.14% 22
Derbyshire 0 12 £475 +182.74% 19
Lincolnshire -12 5 £423 +108.38% 20
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (8.86%) Confluence
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.86%) MS Visio
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.53%) Trello
5 1 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (3.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (2.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.53%) SAP HCM
3 2 (2.53%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.27%) NEC Housing
4 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.13%) AWS
1 8 (10.13%) Power Platform
2 6 (7.59%) Azure
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.06%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.80%) GCP
5 2 (2.53%) Amazon EMR
5 2 (2.53%) Amazon Kinesis
5 2 (2.53%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.53%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.53%) Serverless
6 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.27%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.27%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.27%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) DHCP
1 2 (2.53%) DNS
1 2 (2.53%) SAN
2 1 (1.27%) VLAN
2 1 (1.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) Power BI
2 4 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.06%) Power Query
3 3 (3.80%) MySQL
3 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.80%) SAP HANA
3 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.53%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.53%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (2.53%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.53%) Tableau
5 1 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.27%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.27%) EDMS
5 1 (1.27%) Metadata
5 1 (1.27%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 10 (12.66%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.27%) Git
2 1 (1.27%) Hudson
2 1 (1.27%) MSI
2 1 (1.27%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (46.84%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.32%) Finance
3 9 (11.39%) Retail
4 7 (8.86%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Banking
6 4 (5.06%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Marketing
7 3 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Law
8 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.53%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.27%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.27%) Automotive
9 1 (1.27%) Bulgarian Language
9 1 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.27%) Local Government
9 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (36.71%) Analyst
2 15 (18.99%) Business Analyst
3 9 (11.39%) Architect
4 7 (8.86%) Senior
5 5 (6.33%) Consultant
5 5 (6.33%) Lead
5 5 (6.33%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Deskside Support
6 4 (5.06%) Desktop Support
6 4 (5.06%) IT Support
6 4 (5.06%) Payments Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Payments Business Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (3.80%) Banking Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Banking Business Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (3.80%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (3.80%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) CSS
1 2 (2.53%) FHIR
1 2 (2.53%) HTML
2 1 (1.27%) .NET
2 1 (1.27%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.27%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.13%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (10.13%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.06%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.80%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (2.53%) EMV
5 2 (2.53%) PMI
5 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) IoT
6 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.27%) Mashup
6 1 (1.27%) NHS
6 1 (1.27%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.86%) Windows
2 5 (6.33%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.06%) Windows 7
3 4 (5.06%) Windows 8
4 3 (3.80%) Android
5 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (63.29%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (35.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (27.85%) Agile
4 17 (21.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (20.25%) Workshop Facilitation
6 14 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (17.72%) Project Delivery
7 13 (16.46%) Change Management
8 10 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (12.66%) Data Modelling
8 10 (12.66%) Logistics
9 9 (11.39%) Project Management
10 8 (10.13%) ITIL
10 8 (10.13%) Roadmaps
11 7 (8.86%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (8.86%) Business Analysis
11 7 (8.86%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (8.86%) Process Improvement
11 7 (8.86%) Scrum
11 7 (8.86%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.72%) SQL
2 6 (7.59%) Python
3 4 (5.06%) Java
3 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.53%) ABAP
4 2 (2.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.53%) R
5 1 (1.27%) C#
5 1 (1.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (17.72%) Degree
2 6 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.06%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.53%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.53%) CBAP
6 2 (2.53%) CCNA
6 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.53%) MCSE
6 2 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.53%) PMP
7 1 (1.27%) AAT
7 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.27%) CISA
7 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) PCI DSS
2 4 (5.06%) GDPR
2 4 (5.06%) PSD2
3 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.53%) GRC
3 2 (2.53%) ISO 20022
3 2 (2.53%) ISO 8583
3 2 (2.53%) PMO
3 2 (2.53%) QA
4 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.27%) COBIT
4 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.27%) HL7
4 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.27%) NIST
4 1 (1.27%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (10.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.53%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.33%) SCCM
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.27%) Ansible
3 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.27%) RSA Archer
3 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.86%) SAP
3 5 (6.33%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.06%) Google
4 4 (5.06%) HP
5 3 (3.80%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.80%) Sparx
6 2 (2.53%) Dell
6 2 (2.53%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (2.53%) VMware
7 1 (1.27%) Apple
7 1 (1.27%) Civica
7 1 (1.27%) Northgate
7 1 (1.27%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.27%) Sage
7 1 (1.27%) Siemens
7 1 (1.27%) TSYS
7 1 (1.27%) Zoho