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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 10 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 97 85 53
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 8.04% 11.13% 7.04%
As % of the General category 16.75% 18.16% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 65 33
10th Percentile £263 £220 £285
25th Percentile £425 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £540 £451 £600
90th Percentile £638 £583 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 7
10th Percentile - - £12.35
25th Percentile £13.51 £15.12 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.74 £19.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.66% +40.74% -55.57%
75th Percentile £24.67 £24.75 £14.76
90th Percentile £47.50 £25.80 £18.65
England median hourly rate £37.75 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +16.15% +44.44% -48.70%

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 579 468 399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.01% 61.26% 52.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 319 265
10th Percentile £222 £213 £205
25th Percentile £393 £325 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £449
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -10.91% -10.20%
75th Percentile £588 £478 £575
90th Percentile £675 £575 £626
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 38 36
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.81 £18.41 £14.08
Median hourly rate £18.75 £23.75 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +30.78% -57.29%
75th Percentile £28.31 £25.15 £44.67
90th Percentile £56.25 £37.60 £51.91
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +1 24 £509 +42.25% 50
Lincolnshire - 19 £262 - 22
Nottinghamshire -12 18 £525 +5.00% 59
Leicestershire +2 17 £540 +104.74% 33
Derbyshire -12 7 £488 -6.02% 41
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 5 (5.15%) Confluence
2 3 (3.09%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.03%) Apache
3 1 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.03%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (14.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.09%) iTrent
2 3 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.06%) SAP HR
4 1 (1.03%) ContrOCC
4 1 (1.03%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.03%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.03%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.03%) SAP HCM
4 1 (1.03%) SAP IBP
4 1 (1.03%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.03%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (31.96%) Power Platform
2 15 (15.46%) Azure
3 12 (12.37%) AWS
4 7 (7.22%) GCP
5 6 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.12%) Power Automate
6 4 (4.12%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (3.09%) OCI
8 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.06%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.06%) Google Sheets
8 2 (2.06%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.03%) Serverless
9 1 (1.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.09%) LAN
1 3 (3.09%) WAN
2 1 (1.03%) DNS
2 1 (1.03%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (30.93%) Power BI
2 12 (12.37%) SQL Server
3 7 (7.22%) MySQL
4 5 (5.15%) Power Query
5 4 (4.12%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (3.09%) Big Data
6 3 (3.09%) Relational Database
6 3 (3.09%) Star Schema
7 2 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.06%) PowerPivot
7 2 (2.06%) SAP HANA
8 1 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.03%) Apache Hive
8 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.03%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.03%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.03%) Tableau
8 1 (1.03%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) JIRA
2 3 (3.09%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.06%) Hudson
4 1 (1.03%) MSI
General
1 42 (43.30%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.53%) Finance
3 14 (14.43%) Manufacturing
4 13 (13.40%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (13.40%) Retail
5 11 (11.34%) Banking
6 9 (9.28%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.12%) Automotive
7 4 (4.12%) Police
8 3 (3.09%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (3.09%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Local Government
10 1 (1.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (23.71%) Analyst
2 16 (16.49%) Developer
3 12 (12.37%) Consultant
4 10 (10.31%) Data Analyst
5 9 (9.28%) Business Analyst
6 8 (8.25%) Architect
7 6 (6.19%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (6.19%) Administrator
7 6 (6.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 6 (6.19%) Oracle Developer
7 6 (6.19%) Senior
8 5 (5.15%) Lead
9 4 (4.12%) Data Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) IT Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Consultant
9 4 (4.12%) Oracle Consultant
9 4 (4.12%) Oracle Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.12%) Security Consultant
9 4 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (4.12%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.03%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.03%) Kafka
2 1 (1.03%) PySpark
2 1 (1.03%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.03%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.22%) Driving Licence
1 7 (7.22%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.19%) Mobile Payment
3 4 (4.12%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.09%) Digital Currency
4 3 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.09%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.06%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.03%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.03%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.03%) FMCG
6 1 (1.03%) IoT
6 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.03%) Replication
6 1 (1.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.19%) Android
1 6 (6.19%) Windows
2 2 (2.06%) Linux
3 1 (1.03%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (1.03%) OpenVMS
3 1 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (53.61%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (30.93%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (30.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (26.80%) Decision-Making
4 23 (23.71%) Validation
5 19 (19.59%) Migration
6 18 (18.56%) Data Modelling
6 18 (18.56%) ERP
7 16 (16.49%) Visualisation
8 15 (15.46%) Analytics
8 15 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (14.43%) Data Analysis
10 13 (13.40%) Data Migration
10 13 (13.40%) Process Improvement
11 12 (12.37%) AI
11 12 (12.37%) Data Management
12 11 (11.34%) Data Visualisation
12 11 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (11.34%) User Stories
12 11 (11.34%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.71%) SQL
2 5 (5.15%) Python
3 4 (4.12%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (4.12%) PL/SQL
4 3 (3.09%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.06%) VBA
6 1 (1.03%) ABAP
6 1 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.03%) Java
6 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.03%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (18.56%) Degree
2 13 (13.40%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 3 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.09%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.06%) ACCA
6 2 (2.06%) CIMA
6 2 (2.06%) CISA
6 2 (2.06%) CISSP
6 2 (2.06%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.03%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.03%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (20.62%) Data Quality
2 11 (11.34%) GDPR
3 3 (3.09%) PMO
3 3 (3.09%) PSD2
3 3 (3.09%) QA
4 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 3 (3.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.03%) Ansible
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 22 (22.68%) Oracle
3 18 (18.56%) SAP
4 9 (9.28%) Google
5 4 (4.12%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.12%) Workday
6 3 (3.09%) Apple
6 3 (3.09%) Samsung
6 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.06%) NetApp
8 1 (1.03%) Databricks
8 1 (1.03%) JD Edwards
8 1 (1.03%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (1.03%) Red Hat