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 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +17
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 51 25 39
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 7.48% 13.44% 9.44%
As % of the General category 18.35% 21.19% 17.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 19 20
10th Percentile £307 £380 £165
25th Percentile £392 £413 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £518 £381
Median % change year-on-year -10.63% +35.74% -19.74%
75th Percentile £560 £587 £475
90th Percentile £613 £600 £606
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £438 £528 £381
% change year-on-year -17.06% +38.36% -23.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - £15.25 £20.25
Median hourly rate - £15.50 £22.58
Median % change year-on-year - -31.36% -
75th Percentile - £15.75 £23.82
90th Percentile - - £24.07
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £14.20 £22.58
% change year-on-year - -37.11% -

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 278 118 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 40.76% 63.44% 54.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 87 160
10th Percentile £304 £269 £218
25th Percentile £397 £400 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% +5.37% +2.70%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £625
90th Percentile £638 £650 £750
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £518 £508 £475
% change year-on-year +1.97% +6.84% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 16
10th Percentile - £15.93 £17.82
25th Percentile - £16.94 £19.50
Median hourly rate £18.32 £35.75 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -48.76% +54.00% +132.15%
75th Percentile £25.24 £57.81 £27.75
90th Percentile £31.70 £65.13 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £21.70 £14.20 £24.72
% change year-on-year +52.80% -42.55% -5.85%

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 20 April 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 (7.84%) CMS
1 4 (7.84%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.92%) Anypoint
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
3 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (9.80%) SAP R/3
1 5 (9.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (3.92%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) Collibra
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.92%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (1.96%) dbt
4 1 (1.96%) GCP
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.96%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) DNS
1 1 (1.96%) LAN
1 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Power BI
2 2 (3.92%) Metadata
3 1 (1.96%) Big Data
3 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.96%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Cypress.io
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
1 2 (3.92%) Selenium
1 2 (3.92%) WebDriver
2 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.96%) JUnit
2 1 (1.96%) Storybook
General
1 32 (62.75%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Banking
3 5 (9.80%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Retail
5 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Law
6 2 (3.92%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.96%) Automotive
7 1 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (43.14%) Analyst
2 13 (25.49%) Data Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) Senior
4 4 (7.84%) Lead
4 4 (7.84%) Oracle Specialist
5 3 (5.88%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Desktop Support
5 3 (5.88%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Developer
5 3 (5.88%) Governance Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Support Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Business Change Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Business Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Change Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Product Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Project Accountant
6 2 (3.92%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.92%) Middleware
2 2 (3.92%) Playwright
3 1 (1.96%) CSS
3 1 (1.96%) HTML
3 1 (1.96%) PySpark
3 1 (1.96%) React
3 1 (1.96%) Spring
3 1 (1.96%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.96%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 5 (9.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (7.84%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.92%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
2 2 (3.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (27.45%) Agile
3 10 (19.61%) Decision-Making
3 10 (19.61%) Project Management
4 9 (17.65%) Analytics
4 9 (17.65%) Migration
5 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (13.73%) Business Strategy
6 7 (13.73%) ETL
7 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (11.76%) Data Modelling
7 6 (11.76%) ERP
7 6 (11.76%) Workflow
8 5 (9.80%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.80%) Data Analysis
8 5 (9.80%) Impact Analysis
8 5 (9.80%) Risk Management
8 5 (9.80%) Service Delivery
8 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) Python
2 3 (5.88%) SQL
3 2 (3.92%) C#
3 2 (3.92%) Java
3 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.92%) TypeScript
3 2 (3.92%) VBA
4 1 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 14 (27.45%) SC Cleared
3 8 (15.69%) DV Cleared
4 5 (9.80%) Degree
5 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.92%) ACCA
6 2 (3.92%) APMG
6 2 (3.92%) CIMA
7 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.96%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) SLA
2 5 (9.80%) QA
3 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.88%) GDPR
4 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
1 5 (9.80%) Oracle
1 5 (9.80%) SAP
2 3 (5.88%) IBM
3 2 (3.92%) Databricks
3 2 (3.92%) MuleSoft
3 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.96%) Google
4 1 (1.96%) Informatica
4 1 (1.96%) MapR
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.96%) Splunk
4 1 (1.96%) Tanium