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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 15 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +12
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 54 42 52
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 14.84% 15.05% 10.30%
As % of the General category 29.67% 26.92% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 26 41
10th Percentile £308 £208 £275
25th Percentile £363 £250 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £463 £445
Median % change year-on-year -11.62% +3.93% +20.27%
75th Percentile £488 £535 £750
90th Percentile £566 £588 £1,150
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £400 £500 £448
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.73% +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile - £14.60 £13.21
25th Percentile - £18.50 £13.27
Median hourly rate £29.61 £25.00 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year +18.44% +86.99% -
75th Percentile - £31.50 £13.47
90th Percentile - £35.40 £13.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £25.00 £13.37
% change year-on-year +18.44% +86.99% -

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 common skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 182 156 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 50.00% 55.91% 61.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 102 231
10th Percentile £215 £234 £260
25th Percentile £363 £329 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £535 £550 £604
90th Percentile £629 £650 £750
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 13
10th Percentile £27.29 £13.34 £13.25
25th Percentile - £15.35 £20.00
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 £30.89 £34.14 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £28.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year +4.44% +18.13% +50.00%

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 26 December 2025.

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 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.56%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.85%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.85%) Confluence
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Chatbot
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (3.70%) SAP FI
2 2 (3.70%) SAP R/3
2 2 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.56%) OCI
3 3 (5.56%) SaaS
4 2 (3.70%) AWS
4 2 (3.70%) Azure
4 2 (3.70%) Collibra
5 1 (1.85%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.85%) GCP
5 1 (1.85%) GitHub
5 1 (1.85%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) DNS
1 1 (1.85%) Firewall
1 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (11.11%) Power BI
3 5 (9.26%) SQL Server
4 4 (7.41%) Data Lake
5 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database
5 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database 11g
5 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (5.56%) Oracle ODI
5 3 (5.56%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.85%) Big Data
6 1 (1.85%) Metadata
6 1 (1.85%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
1 1 (1.85%) SoapUI
General
1 34 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.93%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Banking
5 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 2 (3.70%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (37.04%) Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Data Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Trainer
4 6 (11.11%) Senior
5 5 (9.26%) Developer
5 5 (9.26%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) Service Manager
5 5 (9.26%) Service Transition Manager
5 5 (9.26%) Transition Manager
6 4 (7.41%) Informatica Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Change Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Desktop Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Desktop Support
7 3 (5.56%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Service Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Service Design Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Service Transition Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Support Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) SOAP
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 3 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (1.85%) .NET
3 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.85%) Blazor
3 1 (1.85%) CSS
3 1 (1.85%) HTML
3 1 (1.85%) Middleware
3 1 (1.85%) RESTful
3 1 (1.85%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.85%) XML
3 1 (1.85%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
3 5 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.85%) CSOC
7 1 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Linux
2 1 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (42.59%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (18.52%) Decision-Making
3 9 (16.67%) Agile
3 9 (16.67%) AI
3 9 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (14.81%) ETL
4 8 (14.81%) ITIL
4 8 (14.81%) Migration
4 8 (14.81%) Service Management
5 7 (12.96%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (12.96%) Chemistry
5 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.96%) Conversational UI
5 7 (12.96%) Data Integration
5 7 (12.96%) ITSM
5 7 (12.96%) Project Management
6 6 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 6 (11.11%) ERP
6 6 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.67%) SQL
2 6 (11.11%) Python
3 4 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.41%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.56%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.85%) C#
5 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 16 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 14 (25.93%) Degree
4 7 (12.96%) Master's Degree
4 7 (12.96%) PhD
5 5 (9.26%) DV Cleared
6 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.70%) ACCA
7 2 (3.70%) APMG
7 2 (3.70%) CIMA
8 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.85%) CEH
8 1 (1.85%) CISSP
8 1 (1.85%) GCIH
8 1 (1.85%) ISEB
8 1 (1.85%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (1.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (1.85%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) SLA
2 5 (9.26%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.70%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.85%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.85%) NIST
4 1 (1.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.37%) ServiceNow
3 7 (12.96%) Oracle
3 7 (12.96%) PayPal
4 4 (7.41%) Informatica
4 4 (7.41%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.70%) SAP
5 2 (3.70%) Splunk
5 2 (3.70%) Tanium
5 2 (3.70%) webMethods
6 1 (1.85%) BMC
6 1 (1.85%) Compaq
6 1 (1.85%) Databricks
6 1 (1.85%) HP
6 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.85%) Remedy
6 1 (1.85%) Terracotta
6 1 (1.85%) TIBCO