Analytical Thinking Contracts in Edinburgh

Analytical Thinking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 71 110
Rank change year-on-year +9 +39 +16
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.80% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £549
25th Percentile £625 - £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £663
Median % change year-on-year - - +92.87%
75th Percentile £725 - £734
90th Percentile £755 - £766
Scotland median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Analytical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in Edinburgh

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in Edinburgh

Analytical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) 4G
2 1 (20.00%) ADSL
2 1 (20.00%) PSTN
2 1 (20.00%) SDH
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (60.00%) Replication
3 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (40.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) HPUX
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Solaris
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (60.00%) High Availability
1 3 (60.00%) ITSM
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Process Management
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) HNC
2 1 (20.00%) NVQ Level 3
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
1 3 (60.00%) Sun
1 3 (60.00%) Unisys
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Nokia
3 1 (20.00%) HP