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 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 14 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 101 83 60
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 7.38% 10.04% 7.87%
As % of the General category 15.19% 16.24% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 69 40
10th Percentile £253 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £313 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £394
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.76% -22.03%
75th Percentile £550 £439 £535
90th Percentile £625 £588 £629
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 3
10th Percentile - - £11.95
25th Percentile £13.51 £15.12 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +40.74% +7.91%
75th Percentile £22.44 £24.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £47.50 £25.80 £22.05
England median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -12.15% +27.45% -41.62%

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 665 511 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.58% 61.79% 59.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 356 267
10th Percentile £213 £219 £263
25th Percentile £358 £350 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £408 £445
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -8.43% -11.00%
75th Percentile £575 £494 £528
90th Percentile £675 £605 £613
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 37 26
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.25 £13.14
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.17 £15.10
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.39 £17.66
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% +21.12% -35.78%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £42.56
90th Percentile £47.50 £25.69 £55.00
England median hourly rate £29.03 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +15.41% -28.87% +17.87%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +4 31 £525 +46.65% 56
Leicestershire +2 21 £292 +129.74% 81
Lincolnshire - 17 £225 - 38
Nottinghamshire -13 14 £525 +4.01% 103
Derbyshire -17 8 £563 +21.62% 52
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 4 (3.96%) Confluence
1 4 (3.96%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.99%) Apache
2 1 (0.99%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.99%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (9.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.97%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (2.97%) iTrent
3 2 (1.98%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.99%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.99%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.99%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.99%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.99%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.99%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.99%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.99%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.99%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.99%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 30 (29.70%) Power Platform
2 12 (11.88%) Azure
3 11 (10.89%) AWS
4 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Copilot
5 6 (5.94%) GCP
5 6 (5.94%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.97%) OCI
8 3 (2.97%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.97%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.98%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.98%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.99%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.99%) GitHub
10 1 (0.99%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.97%) LAN
1 3 (2.97%) WAN
2 1 (0.99%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (28.71%) Power BI
2 11 (10.89%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.94%) MySQL
4 4 (3.96%) Power Query
5 3 (2.97%) Big Data
5 3 (2.97%) Star Schema
6 2 (1.98%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.98%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.99%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.99%) Flink
7 1 (0.99%) Metadata
7 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.99%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.94%) JIRA
2 4 (3.96%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.98%) Git
4 1 (0.99%) Hudson
4 1 (0.99%) MSI
4 1 (0.99%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 23 (22.77%) Finance
3 17 (16.83%) Manufacturing
4 14 (13.86%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (13.86%) Retail
5 11 (10.89%) Banking
6 9 (8.91%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.95%) Billing
7 5 (4.95%) Marketing
8 4 (3.96%) Automotive
8 4 (3.96%) Police
9 3 (2.97%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (2.97%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.97%) Local Government
10 2 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (17.82%) Analyst
2 14 (13.86%) Developer
3 9 (8.91%) Consultant
4 8 (7.92%) Business Analyst
4 8 (7.92%) Data Analyst
5 6 (5.94%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (5.94%) Administrator
5 6 (5.94%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 5 (4.95%) Architect
6 5 (4.95%) Coordinator
6 5 (4.95%) IT Manager
6 5 (4.95%) Lead
7 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Consultant
7 4 (3.96%) Oracle Developer
7 4 (3.96%) Security Consultant
7 4 (3.96%) Senior
8 3 (2.97%) Data Architect
8 3 (2.97%) Data Manager
8 3 (2.97%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (2.97%) Site Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.99%) EDI
2 1 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (0.99%) JSON
2 1 (0.99%) Kafka
2 1 (0.99%) NumPy
2 1 (0.99%) OLE
2 1 (0.99%) Pandas
2 1 (0.99%) PySpark
2 1 (0.99%) pytest
2 1 (0.99%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.99%) WCF
2 1 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.93%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.94%) Mobile Payment
3 5 (4.95%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.96%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.96%) Digital Currency
4 4 (3.96%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.97%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.98%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.98%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.99%) FMCG
7 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.94%) Android
1 6 (5.94%) Windows
2 2 (1.98%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.99%) OpenVMS
3 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (61.39%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (32.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (28.71%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (25.74%) Decision-Making
5 25 (24.75%) Validation
6 24 (23.76%) ERP
7 22 (21.78%) Process Improvement
8 17 (16.83%) Data Analysis
8 17 (16.83%) Migration
9 16 (15.84%) Data Modelling
10 15 (14.85%) Analytics
11 14 (13.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (13.86%) Visualisation
12 13 (12.87%) Actionable Insight
12 13 (12.87%) Dashboard Development
12 13 (12.87%) Logistics
13 12 (11.88%) Customer Service
13 12 (11.88%) Data Management
13 12 (11.88%) Project Management
14 11 (10.89%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.78%) SQL
2 10 (9.90%) Python
3 4 (3.96%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.98%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.98%) R
6 1 (0.99%) ABAP
6 1 (0.99%) Java
6 1 (0.99%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (19.80%) Degree
2 11 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 3 (2.97%) ACCA
5 3 (2.97%) CIMA
6 2 (1.98%) CISA
6 2 (1.98%) CISSP
6 2 (1.98%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.99%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.99%) PMP
7 1 (0.99%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.99%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.99%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.82%) Data Quality
2 10 (9.90%) GDPR
3 3 (2.97%) PSD2
3 3 (2.97%) QA
4 2 (1.98%) PMO
5 1 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.99%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.99%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) SCCM
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (29.70%) Microsoft
2 20 (19.80%) Oracle
3 18 (17.82%) SAP
4 8 (7.92%) Google
5 6 (5.94%) JD Edwards
6 5 (4.95%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.96%) Workday
8 3 (2.97%) Apple
8 3 (2.97%) Samsung
9 1 (0.99%) Databricks
9 1 (0.99%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.99%) NetApp
9 1 (0.99%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.99%) ServiceNow