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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 102 76 58
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 8.79% 10.23% 6.85%
As % of the General category 17.96% 16.96% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 57 29
10th Percentile £286 £188 £206
25th Percentile £413 £276 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £459 £577
90th Percentile £638 £551 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 16
10th Percentile - - £11.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £15.12 £12.13
Median hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +40.74% -61.60%
75th Percentile £47.50 £24.75 £14.27
90th Percentile £84.05 £25.80 £15.25
England median hourly rate £38.00 £34.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +11.78% +59.98% -40.14%

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 568 448 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.92% 60.30% 53.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 298 292
10th Percentile £261 £213 £188
25th Percentile £398 £320 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £402 £428
Median % change year-on-year +24.38% -5.96% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £669 £553 £627
England median daily rate £525 £513 £530
% change year-on-year +2.44% -3.30% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 35 52
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.17 £12.28
25th Percentile £17.20 £18.44 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.75 £23.00 £15.82
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% +45.43% -56.98%
75th Percentile £28.75 £25.15 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.45 £38.18 £51.91
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.32 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.14% -24.80% +14.68%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 0 27 £450 +26.76% 15
Nottinghamshire -13 21 £500 +11.11% 22
Leicestershire +3 17 £500 +25.00% 17
Lincolnshire - 17 £475 - 19
Derbyshire -12 9 £488 +53.91% 14
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 (3.92%) Confluence
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.98%) Apache
3 1 (0.98%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.98%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.92%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.94%) iTrent
2 3 (2.94%) SAP HCM
2 3 (2.94%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (1.96%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.98%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.98%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.98%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.98%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.98%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.98%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.98%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 24 (23.53%) Power Platform
2 17 (16.67%) Azure
3 15 (14.71%) AWS
4 8 (7.84%) GCP
5 6 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.92%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.92%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (2.94%) Google Sheets
7 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.94%) OCI
8 2 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.96%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.98%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.98%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.94%) LAN
1 3 (2.94%) WAN
2 1 (0.98%) DNS
2 1 (0.98%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (22.55%) Power BI
2 12 (11.76%) SQL Server
3 8 (7.84%) MySQL
4 5 (4.90%) Power Query
5 4 (3.92%) Oracle ODI
5 4 (3.92%) SAP HANA
6 3 (2.94%) Big Data
6 3 (2.94%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.94%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.96%) Metadata
7 2 (1.96%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.96%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.98%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.98%) Tableau
8 1 (0.98%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
2 2 (1.96%) Hudson
2 2 (1.96%) MSI
3 1 (0.98%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.98%) Git
3 1 (0.98%) SonarQube
General
1 43 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.69%) Finance
3 13 (12.75%) Retail
4 12 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 10 (9.80%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 9 (8.82%) Banking
7 4 (3.92%) Corporate Banking
7 4 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.94%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.94%) Police
9 2 (1.96%) Automotive
9 2 (1.96%) Local Government
9 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.98%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.98%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 23 (22.55%) Analyst
2 15 (14.71%) Developer
3 14 (13.73%) Consultant
4 11 (10.78%) Architect
5 10 (9.80%) Business Analyst
6 7 (6.86%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (6.86%) Administrator
7 6 (5.88%) Oracle Developer
7 6 (5.88%) Senior
8 5 (4.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 5 (4.90%) Data Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) Data Architect
8 5 (4.90%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Cloud Developer
9 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Oracle Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Oracle Technical Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Security Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.96%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.98%) .NET
3 1 (0.98%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.98%) Kafka
3 1 (0.98%) PySpark
3 1 (0.98%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.86%) Mobile Payment
1 7 (6.86%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.94%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.96%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.98%) Digital Currency
6 1 (0.98%) FMCG
6 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.98%) IoT
6 1 (0.98%) Mashup
6 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) Replication
6 1 (0.98%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.84%) Windows
2 7 (6.86%) Android
3 2 (1.96%) Linux
4 1 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.98%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.98%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.98%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (51.96%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (24.51%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (20.59%) Decision-Making
4 20 (19.61%) Data Modelling
4 20 (19.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 20 (19.61%) Validation
5 19 (18.63%) Migration
6 17 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (14.71%) Agile
7 15 (14.71%) Visualisation
8 14 (13.73%) Analytics
8 14 (13.73%) Workshop Facilitation
9 13 (12.75%) Data Migration
9 13 (12.75%) ERP
10 12 (11.76%) ETL
11 11 (10.78%) AI
11 11 (10.78%) Data Visualisation
12 10 (9.80%) Data Management
12 10 (9.80%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (23.53%) SQL
2 7 (6.86%) Python
3 5 (4.90%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.92%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (3.92%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.94%) ABAP
5 3 (2.94%) Java
6 2 (1.96%) VBA
7 1 (0.98%) C#
7 1 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.98%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (16.67%) Degree
2 13 (12.75%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.94%) ACCA
5 3 (2.94%) CIMA
5 3 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.96%) CISA
6 2 (1.96%) CISSP
6 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.98%) AAT
7 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.98%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.98%) IIBA
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.98%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.98%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.76%) Data Quality
1 12 (11.76%) GDPR
2 3 (2.94%) PMO
2 3 (2.94%) PSD2
2 3 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.98%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Ansible
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.96%) SCCM
2 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (21.57%) Microsoft
2 21 (20.59%) SAP
3 18 (17.65%) Oracle
4 11 (10.78%) Google
5 4 (3.92%) Apple
5 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.92%) Workday
6 3 (2.94%) BiZZdesign
6 3 (2.94%) Samsung
6 3 (2.94%) Sparx
7 2 (1.96%) NetApp
7 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.98%) Civica
8 1 (0.98%) Databricks
8 1 (0.98%) HP
8 1 (0.98%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.98%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.98%) Northgate
8 1 (0.98%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.98%) Sage