Analytical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Essex

Analytical Thinking
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.71% - 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% - 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £292
25th Percentile - - £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £590
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.27%
75th Percentile - - £630
90th Percentile - - £702
East of England median daily rate £650 £400 £631
% change year-on-year +62.70% -36.71% +17.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £18.09 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -27.64% +19.05% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83 68 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 70.94% 79.07% 83.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 36 102
10th Percentile £185 £180 £181
25th Percentile £300 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £317 £450
Median % change year-on-year +34.28% -29.67% -
75th Percentile £508 £539 £566
90th Percentile £550 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 17
10th Percentile £13.36 £12.00 £16.75
25th Percentile - £13.33 £20.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £15.61 £40.31
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -61.28% +61.24%
75th Percentile £23.58 £17.83 £55.50
90th Percentile £66.87 £19.13 £71.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year -30.00% +40.78% -3.14%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in Essex

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Analytical Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Analytical Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Basildon - 2 - - 2
Analytical Thinking
East of England

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP