Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Analytical Skills
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 59 41 37
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 9.75% 16.27% 12.80%
As % of the General category 22.10% 26.62% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 27 20
10th Percentile £251 £266 £199
25th Percentile £400 £315 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £380 £363
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.83% -23.68%
75th Percentile £515 £444 £459
90th Percentile £585 £534 £504
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £479 £378 £413
% change year-on-year +26.95% -8.48% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 3
10th Percentile £25.60 £15.12 £18.18
25th Percentile £33.70 - £22.61
Median hourly rate £38.72 £29.61 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -1.30% +121.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £34.00
90th Percentile £58.75 - £36.40
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £29.61 £30.00
% change year-on-year +30.77% -1.30% +121.08%

All General Skills
Milton Keynes

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 267 154 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 44.13% 61.11% 60.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 105 111
10th Percentile £313 £227 £200
25th Percentile £429 £325 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.02% -6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £519 £538
90th Percentile £638 £640 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £513 £418 £450
% change year-on-year +22.75% -7.22% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 5
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.66 £16.61
25th Percentile £17.50 £15.12 £18.70
Median hourly rate £28.11 £29.61 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% -1.30% +124.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £36.75
90th Percentile £46.75 - £37.50
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £23.81 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.48% -20.65% +121.08%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Milton Keynes

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Milton Keynes

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 4 (6.78%) FactoryTalk
1 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.69%) Confluence
3 1 (1.69%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Cloudability
1 1 (1.69%) SAP HCM
1 1 (1.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.81%) Azure
2 7 (11.86%) Azure Monitor
3 6 (10.17%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.78%) AWS
4 4 (6.78%) Power Platform
5 3 (5.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.08%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.39%) Azure AKS
6 2 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.39%) GCP
6 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.69%) Serverless
7 1 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.86%) Firewall
2 6 (10.17%) TCP/IP
3 4 (6.78%) VLAN
4 3 (5.08%) DNS
4 3 (5.08%) VPN
5 2 (3.39%) DHCP
5 2 (3.39%) Network Security
5 2 (3.39%) SMTP
5 2 (3.39%) SSH
6 1 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) Data Lake
2 4 (6.78%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (6.78%) Data Mining
2 4 (6.78%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (6.78%) Power BI
2 4 (6.78%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (6.78%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.39%) PowerPivot
4 2 (3.39%) Tableau
5 1 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.69%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.69%) Metadata
5 1 (1.69%) Tableau Desktop
5 1 (1.69%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) JIRA
1 1 (1.69%) MSI
General
1 28 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.34%) Public Sector
3 10 (16.95%) Finance
4 4 (6.78%) Automotive
4 4 (6.78%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.78%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Retail
6 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Military
6 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Banking
7 1 (1.69%) German Language
7 1 (1.69%) Local Government
7 1 (1.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Analyst
2 11 (18.64%) Senior
3 6 (10.17%) Business Analyst
3 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (10.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Data Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Monitoring Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Service Manager
5 4 (6.78%) Architect
5 4 (6.78%) Automation Specialist
5 4 (6.78%) Data Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Service Transition Manager
5 4 (6.78%) Transition Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Developer
6 3 (5.08%) Lead
6 3 (5.08%) ServiceNow Architect
6 3 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) Terraform
2 3 (5.08%) ARM Templates
2 3 (5.08%) Middleware
2 3 (5.08%) REST
2 3 (5.08%) SOAP
3 1 (1.69%) .NET
3 1 (1.69%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.69%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (8.47%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.78%) Life Science
3 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
3 4 (6.78%) SCADA
4 3 (5.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (5.08%) CMDB
5 2 (3.39%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.39%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.69%) IoT
6 1 (1.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.34%) Windows
2 11 (18.64%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.78%) Linux
4 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (55.93%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (28.81%) ITIL
2 17 (28.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (27.12%) Agile
4 14 (23.73%) Decision-Making
5 12 (20.34%) Analytics
6 11 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (15.25%) ETL
8 9 (15.25%) Mentoring
9 8 (13.56%) Business Analysis
9 8 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (13.56%) Data Modelling
9 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (13.56%) Security Operations
9 8 (13.56%) Validation
10 7 (11.86%) ITSM
10 7 (11.86%) Log Analytics
11 6 (10.17%) SDLC
11 6 (10.17%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.03%) PowerShell
1 13 (22.03%) SQL
2 3 (5.08%) Bicep
2 3 (5.08%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.39%) Bash
3 2 (3.39%) Python
4 1 (1.69%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 26 (44.07%) Security Cleared
2 18 (30.51%) SC Cleared
3 10 (16.95%) Degree
4 9 (15.25%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.69%) CBAP
6 1 (1.69%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.69%) GCIA
6 1 (1.69%) GCIH
6 1 (1.69%) GIAC
6 1 (1.69%) HNC
6 1 (1.69%) IIBA
6 1 (1.69%) ISEB
6 1 (1.69%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) QA
2 5 (8.47%) Data Quality
3 4 (6.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 4 (6.78%) GxP
4 3 (5.08%) GDPR
4 3 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.08%) PMO
5 2 (3.39%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (3.39%) ISO 9001
5 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (3.39%) NCSC
6 1 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (15.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (8.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.69%) Docker
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (8.47%) SCOM
2 2 (3.39%) Ansible
2 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.39%) SCCM
3 1 (1.69%) QRadar
Vendors
1 20 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.25%) VMware
3 7 (11.86%) SAP
3 7 (11.86%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.47%) Oracle
5 4 (6.78%) Databricks
5 4 (6.78%) Rockwell
6 2 (3.39%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.39%) Informatica
6 2 (3.39%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.69%) Splunk
7 1 (1.69%) Workday