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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 0
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 99 84 61
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 7.27% 10.02% 7.92%
As % of the General category 14.91% 16.12% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 69 41
10th Percentile £243 £229 £263
25th Percentile £350 £313 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -21.57%
75th Percentile £544 £439 £538
90th Percentile £618 £588 £625
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 3
10th Percentile - - £11.95
25th Percentile £13.51 £15.12 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.06 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% +26.37% +7.91%
75th Percentile £22.44 £21.25 £19.50
90th Percentile £47.50 £24.40 £22.05
England median hourly rate £28.40 £32.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.63% +30.00% -40.48%

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 664 521 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.75% 62.17% 59.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 365 274
10th Percentile £213 £219 £257
25th Percentile £356 £350 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £410 £445
Median % change year-on-year +19.51% -7.87% -9.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £525
90th Percentile £675 £611 £612
England median daily rate £525 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.03% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 36 25
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.25 £13.06
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.17 £15.10
Median hourly rate £17.20 £21.39 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.59% +25.82% -38.18%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £42.25
90th Percentile £47.12 £25.83 £55.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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% 45
Leicestershire +3 20 £284 +123.05% 58
Lincolnshire - 17 £225 - 25
Nottinghamshire -8 13 £525 +4.01% 94
Derbyshire -15 8 £563 +21.62% 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 4 (4.04%) Confluence
1 4 (4.04%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.01%) Apache
2 1 (1.01%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.01%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.01%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (10.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.03%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (3.03%) iTrent
3 2 (2.02%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.01%) ContrOCC
4 1 (1.01%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.01%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.01%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.01%) SAP HCM
4 1 (1.01%) SAP HR
4 1 (1.01%) SAP IBP
4 1 (1.01%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.01%) Teamcenter
4 1 (1.01%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 29 (29.29%) Power Platform
2 11 (11.11%) AWS
2 11 (11.11%) Azure
3 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Copilot
4 6 (6.06%) GCP
4 6 (6.06%) Power Automate
5 5 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.03%) OCI
7 3 (3.03%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.01%) Google Sheets
9 1 (1.01%) Lucidchart
9 1 (1.01%) Serverless
9 1 (1.01%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.03%) LAN
1 3 (3.03%) WAN
2 1 (1.01%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (28.28%) Power BI
2 11 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 6 (6.06%) MySQL
4 4 (4.04%) Power Query
5 3 (3.03%) Big Data
5 3 (3.03%) Star Schema
6 2 (2.02%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.02%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.01%) Apache Hive
7 1 (1.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.01%) Flink
7 1 (1.01%) Metadata
7 1 (1.01%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.01%) SAP HANA
7 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.01%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.06%) JIRA
2 4 (4.04%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.02%) Git
4 1 (1.01%) Hudson
4 1 (1.01%) MSI
4 1 (1.01%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.01%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 22 (22.22%) Finance
3 17 (17.17%) Manufacturing
4 14 (14.14%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (14.14%) Retail
5 11 (11.11%) Banking
6 9 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.05%) Billing
7 5 (5.05%) Marketing
8 4 (4.04%) Automotive
8 4 (4.04%) Police
9 3 (3.03%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (3.03%) Local Government
10 2 (2.02%) General Ledger
10 2 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.01%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (17.17%) Analyst
2 14 (14.14%) Developer
3 9 (9.09%) Consultant
4 8 (8.08%) Data Analyst
5 7 (7.07%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (6.06%) Administrator
6 6 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 5 (5.05%) Architect
7 5 (5.05%) Coordinator
7 5 (5.05%) IT Manager
8 4 (4.04%) Lead
8 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Consultant
8 4 (4.04%) Oracle Developer
8 4 (4.04%) Security Consultant
8 4 (4.04%) Senior
9 3 (3.03%) Data Architect
9 3 (3.03%) Data Engineer
9 3 (3.03%) Data Manager
9 3 (3.03%) Site Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.01%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.01%) EDI
2 1 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.01%) JSON
2 1 (1.01%) Kafka
2 1 (1.01%) NumPy
2 1 (1.01%) OLE
2 1 (1.01%) Pandas
2 1 (1.01%) PySpark
2 1 (1.01%) pytest
2 1 (1.01%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.01%) WCF
2 1 (1.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.07%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.06%) Mobile Payment
3 5 (5.05%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.04%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.04%) Digital Currency
4 4 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (4.04%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.03%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.02%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.02%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.01%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.01%) FMCG
7 1 (1.01%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.01%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.06%) Android
1 6 (6.06%) Windows
2 2 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.01%) Linux
3 1 (1.01%) OpenVMS
3 1 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (61.62%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (28.28%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (26.26%) Decision-Making
5 24 (24.24%) Validation
6 22 (22.22%) ERP
6 22 (22.22%) Process Improvement
7 17 (17.17%) Data Analysis
8 16 (16.16%) Data Modelling
8 16 (16.16%) Migration
9 15 (15.15%) Analytics
10 14 (14.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (14.14%) Visualisation
11 13 (13.13%) Actionable Insight
11 13 (13.13%) Dashboard Development
11 13 (13.13%) Logistics
12 12 (12.12%) Customer Service
12 12 (12.12%) Data Management
12 12 (12.12%) Project Management
13 11 (11.11%) AI
Programming Languages
1 21 (21.21%) SQL
2 10 (10.10%) Python
3 4 (4.04%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (3.03%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.02%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.02%) R
6 1 (1.01%) ABAP
6 1 (1.01%) Java
6 1 (1.01%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (20.20%) Degree
2 11 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.05%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 2 (2.02%) ACCA
5 2 (2.02%) CIMA
5 2 (2.02%) CISA
5 2 (2.02%) CISSP
5 2 (2.02%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.01%) PMP
6 1 (1.01%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.01%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.01%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 10 (10.10%) GDPR
3 3 (3.03%) PSD2
3 3 (3.03%) QA
4 2 (2.02%) PMO
5 1 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.01%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.01%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.02%) SCCM
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 19 (19.19%) Oracle
3 18 (18.18%) SAP
4 7 (7.07%) Google
5 6 (6.06%) JD Edwards
6 5 (5.05%) Salesforce
7 4 (4.04%) Workday
8 3 (3.03%) Apple
8 3 (3.03%) Samsung
9 1 (1.01%) Databricks
9 1 (1.01%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (1.01%) NetApp
9 1 (1.01%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow