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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 50 39 50
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 13.02% 15.98% 10.12%
As % of the General category 27.32% 28.68% 16.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 24 37
10th Percentile £307 £234 £275
25th Percentile £375 £296 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.56% +20.74%
75th Percentile £537 £541 £750
90th Percentile £606 £589 £1,150
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £521 £475
% change year-on-year -18.47% +9.74% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile - £14.60 -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £22.61
Median hourly rate £29.61 £25.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +18.44% +7.69% -
75th Percentile - £31.50 £23.82
90th Percentile - £35.40 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £25.00 £23.22
% change year-on-year +18.44% +7.69% -

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 183 136 298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 47.66% 55.74% 60.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 91 223
10th Percentile £228 £234 £275
25th Percentile £363 £326 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% +8.40%
75th Percentile £557 £550 £638
90th Percentile £614 £630 £750
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £445 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 13
10th Percentile - £13.34 £20.52
25th Percentile - £15.35 £22.61
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.70 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.34% -22.08% +60.00%
75th Percentile - £28.35 £30.00
90th Percentile £31.53 £34.14 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £28.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year +4.44% +18.13% +41.18%

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 14 January 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 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (6.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.00%) Anypoint
3 1 (2.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Chatbot
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (4.00%) SAP FI
3 2 (4.00%) SAP R/3
3 2 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (14.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.00%) Azure
2 3 (6.00%) Collibra
2 3 (6.00%) OCI
2 3 (6.00%) SaaS
3 2 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.00%) dbt
4 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.00%) GCP
4 1 (2.00%) GitHub
4 1 (2.00%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) DNS
1 1 (2.00%) Firewall
1 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.00%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (14.00%) Power BI
2 4 (8.00%) Data Lake
2 4 (8.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database 11g
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle ODI
3 3 (6.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.00%) Metadata
5 1 (2.00%) Big Data
5 1 (2.00%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.00%) Git
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
1 1 (2.00%) Selenium
1 1 (2.00%) WebDriver
General
1 31 (62.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.00%) Finance
3 6 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Banking
5 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.00%) Retail
6 2 (4.00%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.00%) Law
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Analyst
2 10 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 7 (14.00%) Trainer
4 6 (12.00%) Oracle Specialist
5 5 (10.00%) Developer
6 4 (8.00%) Informatica Developer
6 4 (8.00%) Senior
7 3 (6.00%) Desktop Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Desktop Support
7 3 (6.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Governance Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Lead
7 3 (6.00%) SOC Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Support Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Business Change Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Business Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Change Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Project Accountant
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 3 (6.00%) REST
1 3 (6.00%) SOAP
2 1 (2.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.00%) Playwright
2 1 (2.00%) PySpark
2 1 (2.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.00%) CSOC
6 1 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.00%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (28.00%) Agile
3 12 (24.00%) ETL
4 10 (20.00%) AI
4 10 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
5 9 (18.00%) ERP
6 8 (16.00%) Migration
7 7 (14.00%) Chemistry
7 7 (14.00%) Computer Science
7 7 (14.00%) Conversational UI
7 7 (14.00%) Data Integration
7 7 (14.00%) Project Management
8 6 (12.00%) Business Strategy
8 6 (12.00%) Data Modelling
8 6 (12.00%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (12.00%) Workflow
9 5 (10.00%) Change Management
9 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) SQL
2 7 (14.00%) Python
3 4 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.00%) Shell Script
4 3 (6.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.00%) C#
5 1 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (34.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (28.00%) Degree
2 14 (28.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.00%) Master's Degree
3 7 (14.00%) PhD
4 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared
5 5 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.00%) ACCA
6 2 (4.00%) APMG
6 2 (4.00%) CIMA
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.00%) CEH
7 1 (2.00%) CISSP
7 1 (2.00%) GCIH
7 1 (2.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) SLA
2 6 (12.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.00%) GDPR
4 2 (4.00%) QA
5 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (20.00%) Oracle
3 7 (14.00%) PayPal
4 4 (8.00%) Informatica
4 4 (8.00%) Salesforce
4 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.00%) Databricks
5 2 (4.00%) SAP
5 2 (4.00%) Splunk
5 2 (4.00%) Tanium
6 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
6 1 (2.00%) TIBCO
6 1 (2.00%) webMethods