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 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -13 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 58 33 36
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 7.84% 13.92% 12.16%
As % of the General category 19.53% 21.57% 20.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 25 24
10th Percentile £246 £210 £180
25th Percentile £406 £318 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £380 £300
Median % change year-on-year +24.88% +26.79% -36.84%
75th Percentile £515 £473 £500
90th Percentile £575 £536 £578
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £380 £373
% change year-on-year +24.94% +2.06% -21.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £23.98 - £17.43
25th Percentile £33.70 - £20.74
Median hourly rate £38.72 £15.12 £26.29
Median % change year-on-year +156.08% -42.49% +93.74%
75th Percentile £43.75 £15.44 £32.00
90th Percentile - £15.62 £35.60
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £26.29
% change year-on-year +172.68% -45.99% +93.74%

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 297 153 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 40.14% 64.56% 59.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 105 119
10th Percentile £356 £210 £209
25th Percentile £451 £350 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £534 £550
90th Percentile £633 £647 £680
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.08 £18.16
25th Percentile - £14.98 £22.58
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.31 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.30% -48.97% +121.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £18.00 £36.75
90th Percentile - £28.73 £37.50
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £14.20 £27.50
% change year-on-year +58.45% -48.36% +102.65%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 (6.90%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Confluence
3 1 (1.72%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.14%) Azure
2 6 (10.34%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (6.90%) AWS
3 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.17%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.45%) Azure AKS
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.45%) GCP
5 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.72%) Serverless
6 1 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) Firewall
2 5 (8.62%) TCP/IP
3 4 (6.90%) VLAN
4 2 (3.45%) DNS
4 2 (3.45%) VPN
5 1 (1.72%) DHCP
5 1 (1.72%) LAN
5 1 (1.72%) Network Security
5 1 (1.72%) SSH
5 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) Power BI
2 3 (5.17%) Data Lake
2 3 (5.17%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (5.17%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (3.45%) PowerPivot
3 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.72%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.72%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.72%) Tableau
4 1 (1.72%) Tableau Desktop
4 1 (1.72%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
1 1 (1.72%) MSI
General
1 30 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.69%) Public Sector
3 10 (17.24%) Finance
4 4 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (5.17%) Automotive
5 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Retail
6 2 (3.45%) Military
7 1 (1.72%) German Language
7 1 (1.72%) Law
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Analyst
2 10 (17.24%) Senior
3 8 (13.79%) Business Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Service Manager
5 5 (8.62%) Monitoring Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Architect
6 4 (6.90%) Automation Specialist
6 4 (6.90%) Data Analyst
6 4 (6.90%) Service Transition Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Transition Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Commercial Data Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Developer
7 3 (5.17%) Product Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Project Officer
7 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) Middleware
1 3 (5.17%) REST
1 3 (5.17%) SOAP
1 3 (5.17%) Terraform
2 2 (3.45%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.72%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.72%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (6.90%) Life Science
2 4 (6.90%) Operational Technology
2 4 (6.90%) SCADA
3 3 (5.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.17%) CMDB
3 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.72%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.72%) IoT
5 1 (1.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.69%) Windows
2 10 (17.24%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.17%) Linux
4 2 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (56.90%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (29.31%) Decision-Making
2 17 (29.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (27.59%) ITIL
4 15 (25.86%) Agile
5 14 (24.14%) Analytics
6 11 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (17.24%) Business Analysis
8 8 (13.79%) Acceptance Criteria
8 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (12.07%) Data Modelling
9 7 (12.07%) ITSM
9 7 (12.07%) Mentoring
9 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (12.07%) User Stories
9 7 (12.07%) Validation
10 6 (10.34%) ETL
10 6 (10.34%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.41%) PowerShell
2 10 (17.24%) SQL
3 3 (5.17%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.45%) Bicep
4 2 (3.45%) Python
5 1 (1.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.79%) Degree
4 7 (12.07%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.72%) CBAP
6 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.72%) HNC
6 1 (1.72%) IIBA
6 1 (1.72%) ISEB
6 1 (1.72%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) QA
2 4 (6.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.90%) GxP
3 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.17%) PMO
4 2 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (3.45%) GDPR
4 2 (3.45%) ISO 9001
4 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.72%) NCSC
5 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.72%) Docker
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) SCOM
2 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) SCCM
3 1 (1.72%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) VMware
3 7 (12.07%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.62%) SAP
5 4 (6.90%) Oracle
5 4 (6.90%) Rockwell
6 2 (3.45%) Databricks
7 1 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.72%) Informatica
7 1 (1.72%) Tanium