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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 27
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 -4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 77 49 45
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 7.57% 9.72% 6.04%
As % of the General category 13.32% 15.08% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 35 27
10th Percentile £251 £168 £166
25th Percentile £394 £313 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £414 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% -8.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £515 £581
90th Percentile £600 £548 £766
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 15
10th Percentile - £14.63 £11.90
25th Percentile £12.95 £17.19 £12.44
Median hourly rate £22.00 £21.46 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.52% +53.29% -40.43%
75th Percentile £32.98 £25.73 £14.27
90th Percentile £83.65 £28.29 £15.85
England median hourly rate £30.58 £29.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +5.45% +48.72% -44.29%

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 578 325 373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 56.83% 64.48% 50.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 226 251
10th Percentile £199 £193 £150
25th Percentile £360 £313 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -10.11%
75th Percentile £538 £502 £525
90th Percentile £625 £575 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 12 54
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.74 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.27 £22.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +30.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile £25.50 £32.26 £32.13
90th Percentile £30.85 £48.38 £51.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% +18.38% -25.71%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -10 26 £408 -1.57% 24
Nottinghamshire -16 17 £450 +7.14% 41
Leicestershire +3 15 £500 +36.99% 29
Derbyshire -6 11 £488 +190.18% 14
Lincolnshire -12 6 £611 +201.48% 12
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 8 (10.39%) Confluence
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.90%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (10.39%) MS Visio
3 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (3.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (2.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.60%) SAP HCM
3 2 (2.60%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.30%) ContrOCC
4 1 (1.30%) NEC Housing
4 1 (1.30%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.99%) Power Platform
2 9 (11.69%) Azure
3 8 (10.39%) AWS
4 6 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.19%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.19%) GCP
6 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon Kinesis
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.60%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.60%) Serverless
8 1 (1.30%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.30%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.30%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) DNS
2 2 (2.60%) DHCP
3 1 (1.30%) SAN
3 1 (1.30%) VLAN
3 1 (1.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.99%) Power BI
2 6 (7.79%) Power Query
3 4 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.19%) MySQL
3 4 (5.19%) Relational Database
3 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.90%) SAP HANA
5 2 (2.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.60%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (2.60%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.60%) PowerPivot
5 2 (2.60%) Tableau
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.30%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.30%) Metadata
6 1 (1.30%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (1.30%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.30%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.30%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) Hudson
2 1 (1.30%) MSI
2 1 (1.30%) SonarQube
General
1 38 (49.35%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.57%) Finance
3 9 (11.69%) Retail
4 7 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Banking
5 5 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Marketing
7 3 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Law
8 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.60%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.30%) Automotive
9 1 (1.30%) Bulgarian Language
9 1 (1.30%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Local Government
9 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (37.66%) Analyst
2 15 (19.48%) Business Analyst
3 9 (11.69%) Architect
4 7 (9.09%) Senior
5 6 (7.79%) Consultant
5 6 (7.79%) Lead
5 6 (7.79%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Deskside Support
6 4 (5.19%) Desktop Support
6 4 (5.19%) IT Support
6 4 (5.19%) Payments Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Payments Business Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (3.90%) Administrator
7 3 (3.90%) Banking Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Banking Business Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (3.90%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) CSS
1 2 (2.60%) FHIR
1 2 (2.60%) HTML
2 1 (1.30%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Product Ownership
2 7 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (7.79%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.90%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (2.60%) EMV
6 2 (2.60%) PMI
6 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.30%) IoT
7 1 (1.30%) Mashup
7 1 (1.30%) NHS
7 1 (1.30%) Replication
7 1 (1.30%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.39%) Windows
2 5 (6.49%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.19%) Windows 7
3 4 (5.19%) Windows 8
4 3 (3.90%) Android
5 1 (1.30%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.30%) Linux
5 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (59.74%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (25.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 19 (24.68%) Agile
5 18 (23.38%) Workshop Facilitation
6 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (18.18%) Project Delivery
8 12 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (14.29%) Change Management
10 10 (12.99%) Data Modelling
10 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
10 10 (12.99%) Project Management
11 8 (10.39%) ITIL
11 8 (10.39%) Logistics
11 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
12 7 (9.09%) Process Improvement
12 7 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
12 7 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (9.09%) User Stories
13 6 (7.79%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.48%) SQL
2 6 (7.79%) Python
3 5 (6.49%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.19%) Java
5 3 (3.90%) VBA
6 2 (2.60%) ABAP
6 2 (2.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.60%) R
7 1 (1.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (16.88%) Degree
2 6 (7.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.19%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) CBAP
6 2 (2.60%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.60%) PMP
7 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.30%) AAT
7 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.30%) CCNA
7 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.30%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.30%) MCSE
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) GDPR
1 4 (5.19%) PCI DSS
1 4 (5.19%) PMO
1 4 (5.19%) PSD2
2 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.60%) GRC
2 2 (2.60%) ISO 20022
2 2 (2.60%) ISO 8583
2 2 (2.60%) QA
3 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.30%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.30%) HL7
3 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (11.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.60%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) SCCM
2 2 (2.60%) Ansible
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.09%) SAP
3 5 (6.49%) Google
3 5 (6.49%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.19%) HP
5 3 (3.90%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.90%) Sparx
6 2 (2.60%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (2.60%) VMware
7 1 (1.30%) Apple
7 1 (1.30%) Civica
7 1 (1.30%) Dell
7 1 (1.30%) NetApp
7 1 (1.30%) Northgate
7 1 (1.30%) Oracle
7 1 (1.30%) Sage
7 1 (1.30%) TSYS
7 1 (1.30%) Zoho