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 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 60 37 43
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 12.61% 17.13% 8.72%
As % of the General category 28.57% 29.13% 15.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 25 25
10th Percentile £308 £280 £214
25th Percentile £366 £384 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £350
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +32.86% -26.32%
75th Percentile £560 £560 £438
90th Percentile £621 £600 £645
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £525 £381
% change year-on-year -19.05% +37.70% -21.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 6
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - - £19.13
Median hourly rate £29.61 £12.00 £22.86
Median % change year-on-year +146.75% -47.50% -
75th Percentile - - £23.82
90th Percentile - - £24.13
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £12.00 £22.86
% change year-on-year +146.75% -47.50% -

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 210 127 284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 44.12% 58.80% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 89 205
10th Percentile £230 £245 £218
25th Percentile £363 £372 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.70%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £721
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £505 £475
% change year-on-year -5.94% +6.32% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 19
10th Percentile £18.32 £13.65 £17.64
25th Percentile £23.51 £16.13 £19.00
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -20.63% +58.33%
75th Percentile - £32.88 £25.72
90th Percentile - £55.15 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £19.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year +55.84% -20.42% +40.44%

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 28 February 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
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 (6.67%) CMS
1 4 (6.67%) Oracle Workflow
1 4 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.00%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.33%) Anypoint
3 2 (3.33%) Confluence
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Chatbot
1 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.33%) SAP R/3
1 5 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.67%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (6.67%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (6.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (6.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (3.33%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.67%) Azure
3 4 (6.67%) OCI
4 3 (5.00%) AWS
4 3 (5.00%) Collibra
4 3 (5.00%) SaaS
5 2 (3.33%) GCP
5 2 (3.33%) GitHub
6 1 (1.67%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.67%) dbt
6 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.67%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) DNS
1 1 (1.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.33%) Power BI
2 7 (11.67%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (6.67%) Data Lake
3 4 (6.67%) Relational Database
3 4 (6.67%) SQL Server
4 3 (5.00%) Oracle Database
4 3 (5.00%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (5.00%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (5.00%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (3.33%) Metadata
6 1 (1.67%) Big Data
6 1 (1.67%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Cypress.io
1 2 (3.33%) JIRA
1 2 (3.33%) Selenium
1 2 (3.33%) WebDriver
2 1 (1.67%) Git
2 1 (1.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.67%) JUnit
2 1 (1.67%) Storybook
General
1 35 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (23.33%) Finance
3 7 (11.67%) Banking
4 6 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.00%) Retail
8 2 (3.33%) General Ledger
8 2 (3.33%) Law
8 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.67%) Automotive
9 1 (1.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (35.00%) Analyst
2 14 (23.33%) Data Analyst
3 7 (11.67%) Oracle Specialist
3 7 (11.67%) Trainer
4 6 (10.00%) Developer
4 6 (10.00%) Senior
5 4 (6.67%) Informatica Developer
5 4 (6.67%) Lead
6 3 (5.00%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Desktop Support
6 3 (5.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Governance Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.33%) Accountant
7 2 (3.33%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (3.33%) Change Manager
7 2 (3.33%) Project Accountant
7 2 (3.33%) Report Analyst
7 2 (3.33%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (5.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 3 (5.00%) REST
2 3 (5.00%) SOAP
3 2 (3.33%) Middleware
3 2 (3.33%) Playwright
4 1 (1.67%) CSS
4 1 (1.67%) HTML
4 1 (1.67%) PySpark
4 1 (1.67%) React
4 1 (1.67%) Spring
4 1 (1.67%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.67%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (11.67%) Management Information System
1 7 (11.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.67%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.00%) Windows
2 2 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.33%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.67%) Agile
3 13 (21.67%) ETL
4 12 (20.00%) AI
4 12 (20.00%) Migration
5 11 (18.33%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (18.33%) Project Management
6 10 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 9 (15.00%) ERP
8 7 (11.67%) Analytics
8 7 (11.67%) Business Strategy
8 7 (11.67%) Chemistry
8 7 (11.67%) Computer Science
8 7 (11.67%) Conversational UI
8 7 (11.67%) Data Integration
8 7 (11.67%) Data Modelling
8 7 (11.67%) Impact Assessments
8 7 (11.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (10.00%) Data Analysis
9 6 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.00%) SQL
2 8 (13.33%) Python
3 4 (6.67%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.00%) PL/SQL
4 3 (5.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.33%) C#
5 2 (3.33%) Java
5 2 (3.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.33%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.33%) VBA
6 1 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 15 (25.00%) Degree
2 15 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 7 (11.67%) Master's Degree
4 7 (11.67%) PhD
5 5 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.33%) ACCA
6 2 (3.33%) APMG
6 2 (3.33%) CIMA
7 1 (1.67%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.67%) SLA
2 6 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.00%) GDPR
3 3 (5.00%) QA
4 2 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (18.33%) Oracle
2 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (11.67%) PayPal
4 5 (8.33%) SAP
4 5 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.67%) Informatica
5 4 (6.67%) Salesforce
6 3 (5.00%) IBM
7 2 (3.33%) Databricks
7 2 (3.33%) MuleSoft
7 2 (3.33%) Splunk
8 1 (1.67%) Google
8 1 (1.67%) MapR
8 1 (1.67%) Tanium