Analytical Thinking Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Analytical Thinking
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 95 96
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +27
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 5 8 16
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.37% 0.53% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.65% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 12
10th Percentile - - £310
25th Percentile - £363 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile - £572 £590
90th Percentile - £611 £616
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £17.24 - -
25th Percentile £17.83 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £18.82 £25.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.72% +19.05% -34.07%
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +100.00% +19.05% -34.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Analytical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,200 1,235 1,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.96% 82.11% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 469 880
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.78% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £625
90th Percentile £688 £638 £738
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 326 375
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.84 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.38 £38.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.86% +92.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57.13 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £76.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +47.11%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Thinking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in the East of England

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Analytical Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Analytical Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 October 2025. 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
Hertfordshire -2 4 - - 8
Bedfordshire -4 1 £750 +20.00%
Analytical Thinking
England

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Finance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Insider Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Enablement
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CTC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Ariba
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Snow