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 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -15 +1 +12
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 57 34 41
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 7.29% 14.72% 12.28%
As % of the General category 18.27% 21.79% 20.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 25 22
10th Percentile £251 £210 £168
25th Percentile £384 £318 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £380 £275
Median % change year-on-year +16.99% +38.32% -40.22%
75th Percentile £512 £529 £438
90th Percentile £575 £577 £586
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £390 £370
% change year-on-year +15.33% +5.46% -26.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £23.98 - £16.89
25th Percentile £33.70 - £18.00
Median hourly rate £38.72 £15.12 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.08% -32.80% +65.81%
75th Percentile £43.75 £15.44 £26.29
90th Percentile - £15.62 £33.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £22.50
% change year-on-year +172.68% -36.89% +65.81%

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 312 156 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 39.90% 67.53% 60.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 104 134
10th Percentile £302 £213 £222
25th Percentile £413 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £431 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £560 £560
90th Percentile £638 £710 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 8
10th Percentile - £14.39 £17.17
25th Percentile £17.50 £15.12 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £16.75 £22.54
Median % change year-on-year +9.37% -25.69% +66.10%
75th Percentile £43.75 £19.88 £31.69
90th Percentile - £55.38 £37.12
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £14.20 £26.25
% change year-on-year +58.45% -45.90% +93.44%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 (7.02%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (5.26%) CMS
3 2 (3.51%) Confluence
4 1 (1.75%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) SAP R/3
1 3 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.77%) Azure
2 3 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (3.51%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.75%) OCI
4 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.77%) Firewall
1 5 (8.77%) TCP/IP
2 4 (7.02%) VLAN
3 1 (1.75%) DHCP
3 1 (1.75%) DNS
3 1 (1.75%) LAN
3 1 (1.75%) Network Security
3 1 (1.75%) SSH
3 1 (1.75%) VPN
3 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (5.26%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (3.51%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (3.51%) Power BI
3 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.75%) PowerPivot
3 1 (1.75%) Tableau
3 1 (1.75%) Tableau Desktop
3 1 (1.75%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.75%) MSI
2 1 (1.75%) Selenium
2 1 (1.75%) WebDriver
General
1 30 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.77%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.02%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (5.26%) Automotive
6 3 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Retail
7 2 (3.51%) Banking
8 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) German Language
8 1 (1.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Analyst
2 7 (12.28%) Business Analyst
2 7 (12.28%) Data Analyst
2 7 (12.28%) Senior
3 5 (8.77%) Service Manager
4 4 (7.02%) Automation Specialist
4 4 (7.02%) Service Transition Manager
4 4 (7.02%) Transition Manager
5 3 (5.26%) Architect
5 3 (5.26%) Commercial Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Commercial Data Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Developer
5 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) ServiceNow Architect
5 3 (5.26%) SOC Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) Middleware
2 3 (5.26%) REST
2 3 (5.26%) SOAP
3 1 (1.75%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.75%) Playwright
3 1 (1.75%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (7.02%) Life Science
1 4 (7.02%) Operational Technology
1 4 (7.02%) SCADA
1 4 (7.02%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (5.26%) CMDB
2 3 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.75%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.79%) Windows
2 7 (12.28%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.51%) Linux
4 1 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (26.32%) Decision-Making
3 14 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (22.81%) Agile
5 12 (21.05%) Analytics
5 12 (21.05%) ITIL
6 9 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (15.79%) Validation
7 8 (14.04%) Acceptance Criteria
7 8 (14.04%) Business Analysis
7 8 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.28%) Data Analysis
8 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.28%) User Stories
9 6 (10.53%) ITSM
9 6 (10.53%) Project Delivery
9 6 (10.53%) SDLC
10 5 (8.77%) Mentoring
10 5 (8.77%) Risk Management
10 5 (8.77%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.77%) SQL
3 4 (7.02%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.75%) Bash
4 1 (1.75%) Bicep
4 1 (1.75%) C#
4 1 (1.75%) Java
4 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 8 (14.04%) Degree
4 7 (12.28%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.75%) CBAP
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) HNC
5 1 (1.75%) ISEB
5 1 (1.75%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (1.75%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) QA
2 4 (7.02%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (7.02%) GxP
3 3 (5.26%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.51%) ISO 9001
4 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.51%) PMO
5 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.75%) GDPR
5 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.51%) SCCM
1 2 (3.51%) SCOM
2 1 (1.75%) Ansible
2 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (12.28%) SAP
1 7 (12.28%) ServiceNow
2 6 (10.53%) VMware
3 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
4 4 (7.02%) Oracle
4 4 (7.02%) Rockwell
5 3 (5.26%) IBM
6 1 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.75%) Databricks
6 1 (1.75%) Informatica
6 1 (1.75%) MapR
6 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.75%) Tanium