Analytical Mindset Contracts in the Midlands

Analytical Mindset
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset 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 106 109 147
Rank change year-on-year +3 +38 +60
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 5 24 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.87% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.86% 2.80% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 5
10th Percentile £454 £394 £258
25th Percentile £463 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £525 £800
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -34.38% +100.00%
75th Percentile £515 £550 -
90th Percentile £528 £580 -
England median daily rate £475 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -9.52% -1.41% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
England median hourly rate £80.68 £17.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +374.56% -72.80% +17.92%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 580 857 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.30% 31.08% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 557 737
10th Percentile £200 £220 £237
25th Percentile £375 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £611 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 62 41
10th Percentile - £10.47 £16.70
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £30.34 £28.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in the Midlands

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Mindset in the Midlands

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Mindset in the Midlands

Analytical Mindset
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Mindset within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands 0 3 £525 - 29
East Midlands +5 2 £447 - 17
Analytical Mindset
England

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (40.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
1 2 (40.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CMDB
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CBAP
1 1 (20.00%) IIBA
1 1 (20.00%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) JD Edwards
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow