Analytical Mindset Contracts in Manchester

Analytical Mindset
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 85 112
Rank change year-on-year +8 +27 +31
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 10 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.99% 0.17% 0.056%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.99% 0.61% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £377 £469 -
25th Percentile £406 £478 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% - -
75th Percentile £875 £553 -
90th Percentile - £566 -
North West median daily rate £450 £513 -
% change year-on-year -12.20% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Manchester

Analytical Mindset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 335 326 516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 33.17% 27.05% 28.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 199 378
10th Percentile £311 £345 £233
25th Percentile £406 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £612 £650 £613
90th Percentile £690 £805 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 18
10th Percentile £23.56 £16.11 £16.43
25th Percentile £34.50 £21.63 £16.85
Median hourly rate £54.50 £45.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% +85.57% +44.78%
75th Percentile £70.63 £60.25 £50.94
90th Percentile £78.38 £96.60 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £38.05 £31.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +22.73% -17.33% +92.31%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in Manchester

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Mindset in Manchester

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in Manchester

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (20.00%) GCP
2 2 (20.00%) IBM Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) npm
2 2 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Calico
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) GitLab
1 2 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (20.00%) Maven
General
1 10 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) SOC Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Android
2 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (30.00%) User Experience
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Cost Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Detection
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) GCIA
1 2 (20.00%) GCIH
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Istio
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
1 2 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) Ariba
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow