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 25 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 15 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 96 55 51
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 8.63% 9.48% 6.51%
As % of the General category 16.90% 15.11% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 37 29
10th Percentile £307 £187 £166
25th Percentile £405 £268 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.38% -11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £565
90th Percentile £629 £568 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 18
10th Percentile £12.95 £16.13 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.37 £17.66 £12.28
Median hourly rate £13.99 £21.75 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.67% +58.18% -41.49%
75th Percentile £27.46 £26.06 £14.27
90th Percentile £78.22 £28.43 £15.55
England median hourly rate £38.25 £31.42 £18.50
% change year-on-year +21.73% +69.85% -53.75%

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 568 364 406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 51.03% 62.76% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 242 273
10th Percentile £259 £205 £166
25th Percentile £393 £318 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £418 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% +4.38% -15.79%
75th Percentile £566 £500 £538
90th Percentile £650 £550 £623
England median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 23 56
10th Percentile £13.31 £15.15 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.99 £17.25 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +32.35% -24.04%
75th Percentile £25.50 £30.30 £29.88
90th Percentile £67.85 £38.57 £51.91
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.38 £30.00
% change year-on-year +11.71% -8.75% -6.25%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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
Nottinghamshire -11 26 £463 -2.63% 23
Northamptonshire -5 24 £444 +20.91% 18
Leicestershire +1 16 £625 +56.25% 24
Derbyshire -9 11 £488 +5.41% 10
Lincolnshire -2 9 £638 +154.49% 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 (8.33%) Confluence
2 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.04%) Apache
4 1 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.04%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.25%) MS Visio
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.08%) SAP HCM
3 2 (2.08%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.04%) ContrOCC
4 1 (1.04%) NEC Housing
4 1 (1.04%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.04%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.04%) SAP HR
4 1 (1.04%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (21.88%) Power Platform
2 11 (11.46%) Azure
3 10 (10.42%) AWS
3 10 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (7.29%) GCP
5 4 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.17%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.13%) Google Sheets
7 2 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.08%) OCI
7 2 (2.08%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.04%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.04%) Serverless
8 1 (1.04%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.08%) DNS
1 2 (2.08%) SAN
2 1 (1.04%) DHCP
2 1 (1.04%) VLAN
2 1 (1.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (20.83%) Power BI
2 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
3 7 (7.29%) MySQL
4 6 (6.25%) Power Query
5 4 (4.17%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (3.13%) Data Lake
6 3 (3.13%) SAP HANA
6 3 (3.13%) Tableau
7 2 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.08%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.08%) PowerPivot
8 1 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.04%) Big Data
8 1 (1.04%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.04%) Flink
8 1 (1.04%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.04%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.04%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.04%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 9 (9.38%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) Hudson
3 1 (1.04%) Chocolatey
3 1 (1.04%) Git
3 1 (1.04%) MSI
3 1 (1.04%) SonarQube
General
1 39 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.83%) Finance
3 13 (13.54%) Retail
4 10 (10.42%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (8.33%) Banking
6 6 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.17%) Corporate Banking
7 4 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.13%) General Ledger
8 3 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.13%) Marketing
8 3 (3.13%) Retail Banking
9 2 (2.08%) Law
9 2 (2.08%) Local Government
9 2 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.04%) Automotive
10 1 (1.04%) Bulgarian Language
10 1 (1.04%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 29 (30.21%) Analyst
2 14 (14.58%) Consultant
3 12 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 10 (10.42%) Architect
5 8 (8.33%) Senior
6 7 (7.29%) Developer
7 6 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (6.25%) Data Analyst
7 6 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (5.21%) Oracle Developer
9 4 (4.17%) Business Support Analyst
9 4 (4.17%) Cloud Developer
9 4 (4.17%) Desktop Support
9 4 (4.17%) IT Support
9 4 (4.17%) Oracle Consultant
9 4 (4.17%) Oracle Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.17%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (4.17%) Security Consultant
9 4 (4.17%) Support Analyst
9 4 (4.17%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.08%) CSS
2 2 (2.08%) HTML
3 1 (1.04%) .NET
3 1 (1.04%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.04%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.04%) Kafka
3 1 (1.04%) PySpark
3 1 (1.04%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.04%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.25%) Mobile Payment
3 5 (5.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.13%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.08%) EMV
6 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.04%) IoT
7 1 (1.04%) Mashup
7 1 (1.04%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.04%) Replication
7 1 (1.04%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.33%) Windows
2 6 (6.25%) Android
3 5 (5.21%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.17%) Windows 7
4 4 (4.17%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.04%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.04%) Linux
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (55.21%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (22.92%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (21.88%) Decision-Making
5 19 (19.79%) Agile
6 18 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
8 14 (14.58%) Data Modelling
8 14 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (13.54%) Migration
10 12 (12.50%) Project Delivery
10 12 (12.50%) Validation
11 11 (11.46%) Analytics
11 11 (11.46%) Project Management
11 11 (11.46%) Roadmaps
12 10 (10.42%) Analytical Thinking
12 10 (10.42%) ERP
13 9 (9.38%) ETL
13 9 (9.38%) Service Delivery
13 9 (9.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.96%) SQL
2 5 (5.21%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.21%) Python
3 4 (4.17%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (4.17%) PL/SQL
4 3 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.13%) VBA
5 2 (2.08%) ABAP
5 2 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.08%) Java
5 2 (2.08%) R
6 1 (1.04%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (16.67%) Degree
2 6 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.13%) ACCA
4 3 (3.13%) CIMA
4 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.08%) CISA
5 2 (2.08%) CISSP
5 2 (2.08%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.04%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.04%) AAT
6 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.04%) IIBA
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (1.04%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 7 (7.29%) GDPR
3 5 (5.21%) PMO
3 5 (5.21%) PSD2
4 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.04%) GRC
5 1 (1.04%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.04%) QA
System Software
1 9 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.04%) Docker
2 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.25%) SCCM
2 2 (2.08%) Ansible
3 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.63%) SAP
3 10 (10.42%) Google
4 9 (9.38%) Oracle
5 6 (6.25%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.17%) HP
7 3 (3.13%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (3.13%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.13%) Sparx
8 2 (2.08%) MuleSoft
8 2 (2.08%) NetApp
8 2 (2.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (1.04%) Apple
9 1 (1.04%) Civica
9 1 (1.04%) Dell
9 1 (1.04%) JD Edwards
9 1 (1.04%) Northgate
9 1 (1.04%) Sage
9 1 (1.04%) TSYS
9 1 (1.04%) VMware