Analytical Thinking Contracts in the Midlands

Analytical Thinking
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 99 103 139
Rank change year-on-year +4 +36 +45
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 12 30 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.63% 1.09% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.32% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 7
10th Percentile £368 £168 £183
25th Percentile £410 £414 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +11.76% -22.62%
75th Percentile £493 £659 £469
90th Percentile £639 £844 £563
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £24.65 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £24.65 £43.86
% change year-on-year +143.41% -43.80% +137.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the Midlands

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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 Thinking 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 -3 8 £565 +7.62% 49
East Midlands +9 4 £412 +138.84% 37
Analytical Thinking
England

Analytical Thinking
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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
General
1 12 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Automotive
2 5 (41.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Retail
5 1 (8.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Retail Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (8.33%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (41.67%) IoT
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Process Management
2 6 (50.00%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (41.67%) Business Transformation
3 5 (41.67%) CAFM
3 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
3 5 (41.67%) Data Architecture
3 5 (41.67%) Energy Management
3 5 (41.67%) Facilities Management
3 5 (41.67%) Informatics
4 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) Dependency Management
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
2 3 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft