Analytical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Analytical Thinking
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds 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 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.95% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £540 - -
90th Percentile £591 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 645 524 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.76% 86.61% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 332 547
10th Percentile £304 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -9.05% -
75th Percentile £573 £574 £613
90th Percentile £645 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 6
10th Percentile - £15.59 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.43 £18.74
Median hourly rate £15.25 £35.00 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +66.61% -2.29%
75th Percentile £25.38 £41.50 £21.80
90th Percentile £27.18 £98.25 £41.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -31.88% +71.05% -11.63%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in Leeds

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) GCP
1 3 (42.86%) OCI
2 1 (14.29%) Asana
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Operations Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Security Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Service Transition Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
1 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
1 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
1 3 (42.86%) SIEM
1 3 (42.86%) SOAR
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Munging
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (42.86%) GCIA
1 3 (42.86%) GCIH
1 3 (42.86%) GIAC
1 3 (42.86%) SSCP
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
1 3 (42.86%) NIST 800
1 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Rapid7
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Wrike