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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 +14
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 58 32 40
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 7.51% 14.10% 12.99%
As % of the General category 19.14% 21.33% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 23 24
10th Percentile £253 £210 £168
25th Percentile £391 £315 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £380 £242
Median % change year-on-year +16.45% +57.02% -47.39%
75th Percentile £514 £467 £438
90th Percentile £575 £537 £578
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £463 £380 £370
% change year-on-year +21.71% +2.70% -19.57%
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 303 150 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 39.25% 66.08% 61.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 100 126
10th Percentile £305 £212 £206
25th Percentile £429 £325 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £449
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £558
90th Percentile £638 £653 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £521 £425 £449
% change year-on-year +22.65% -5.32% -9.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 5
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.39 £18.16
25th Percentile £17.50 £15.12 £22.58
Median hourly rate £17.91 £16.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -44.17% +121.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £19.88 £36.75
90th Percentile - £55.38 £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 10 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 10 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 3 (5.17%) CMS
3 2 (3.45%) Confluence
3 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.72%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) SAP R/3
1 3 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.24%) Azure
2 6 (10.34%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.17%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.72%) AWS
6 1 (1.72%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.72%) OCI
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
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%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (5.17%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (3.45%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.45%) PowerPivot
4 1 (1.72%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
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 2 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) MSI
General
1 30 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Finance
3 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (5.17%) Automotive
6 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.72%) German Language
7 1 (1.72%) Law
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Analyst
2 11 (18.97%) Senior
3 7 (12.07%) Business Analyst
3 7 (12.07%) Data Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Monitoring Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Service Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Automation Specialist
6 4 (6.90%) Service Transition Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Transition Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Commercial Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Commercial Data Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Developer
7 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) ServiceNow Architect
7 3 (5.17%) SOC Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) Middleware
2 3 (5.17%) REST
2 3 (5.17%) SOAP
3 2 (3.45%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.72%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (6.90%) Life Science
2 4 (6.90%) Operational Technology
2 4 (6.90%) SCADA
2 4 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (5.17%) CMDB
3 3 (5.17%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (5.17%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.72%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.72%) NHS
5 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
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 30 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (25.86%) Decision-Making
2 15 (25.86%) ITIL
3 14 (24.14%) Agile
3 14 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (22.41%) Analytics
5 10 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (17.24%) Validation
6 9 (15.52%) Business Analysis
7 8 (13.79%) Acceptance Criteria
7 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (12.07%) Data Analysis
8 7 (12.07%) ITSM
8 7 (12.07%) Project Delivery
8 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.07%) User Stories
9 6 (10.34%) ETL
9 6 (10.34%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.69%) PowerShell
2 8 (13.79%) SQL
3 3 (5.17%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.45%) Bicep
5 1 (1.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (39.66%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.52%) DV Cleared
4 8 (13.79%) Degree
5 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.72%) CBAP
5 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.72%) HNC
5 1 (1.72%) ISEB
5 1 (1.72%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 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%) GxP
3 3 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (3.45%) ISO 9001
4 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (3.45%) PMO
5 1 (1.72%) GDPR
5 1 (1.72%) NCSC
5 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) SCOM
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) SCCM
2 2 (3.45%) Terraform
3 1 (1.72%) Ansible
3 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) VMware
3 8 (13.79%) ServiceNow
4 7 (12.07%) SAP
5 4 (6.90%) Oracle
5 4 (6.90%) Rockwell
6 3 (5.17%) IBM
7 2 (3.45%) Databricks
8 1 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.72%) Informatica
8 1 (1.72%) MapR
8 1 (1.72%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.72%) Tanium