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 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 54 37 49
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 13.24% 17.54% 9.55%
As % of the General category 28.27% 29.84% 16.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 26 34
10th Percentile £309 £254 £240
25th Percentile £400 £375 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £464 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.32% +9.06% +14.74%
75th Percentile £544 £535 £750
90th Percentile £615 £588 £1,150
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £438 £509 £448
% change year-on-year -14.00% +13.69% +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile - - £19.80
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £29.61 £12.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +146.75% -48.31% -
75th Percentile - - £23.82
90th Percentile - - £24.19
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £12.00 £23.22
% change year-on-year +146.75% -48.31% -

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 191 124 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 46.81% 58.77% 58.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 87 225
10th Percentile £228 £243 £268
25th Percentile £363 £367 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £560 £573 £625
90th Percentile £633 £660 £750
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £465 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 18
10th Percentile - £12.67 £17.64
25th Percentile - £13.68 £20.63
Median hourly rate £29.61 £15.35 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year +92.90% -35.71% +59.17%
75th Percentile - £17.03 £26.36
90th Percentile £31.53 £18.03 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £18.70 £23.48
% change year-on-year +58.34% -20.37% +38.13%

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 4 February 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 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (5.56%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.85%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.85%) CMS
3 1 (1.85%) Confluence
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Chatbot
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (3.70%) SAP FI
3 2 (3.70%) SAP R/3
3 2 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.41%) Azure
4 3 (5.56%) AWS
4 3 (5.56%) Collibra
4 3 (5.56%) OCI
4 3 (5.56%) SaaS
5 2 (3.70%) GCP
5 2 (3.70%) GitHub
6 1 (1.85%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.85%) dbt
6 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.85%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) DNS
1 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.81%) Power BI
2 7 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (7.41%) Data Lake
3 4 (7.41%) Relational Database
3 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
4 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database
4 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (5.56%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (5.56%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (3.70%) Metadata
6 1 (1.85%) Big Data
6 1 (1.85%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Cypress.io
1 2 (3.70%) Selenium
1 2 (3.70%) WebDriver
2 1 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) JUnit
2 1 (1.85%) Storybook
General
1 30 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Finance
3 7 (12.96%) Banking
4 6 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 2 (3.70%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.70%) Law
8 1 (1.85%) Automotive
8 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Marketing
8 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (33.33%) Analyst
2 11 (20.37%) Data Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Trainer
4 6 (11.11%) Developer
4 6 (11.11%) Oracle Specialist
5 4 (7.41%) Informatica Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Senior
6 3 (5.56%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Desktop Support
6 3 (5.56%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Governance Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Lead
6 3 (5.56%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Accountant
7 2 (3.70%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (3.70%) Change Manager
7 2 (3.70%) Project Accountant
7 2 (3.70%) Report Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 3 (5.56%) REST
1 3 (5.56%) SOAP
2 2 (3.70%) Playwright
3 1 (1.85%) CSS
3 1 (1.85%) HTML
3 1 (1.85%) Middleware
3 1 (1.85%) PySpark
3 1 (1.85%) React
3 1 (1.85%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.85%) Spring
3 1 (1.85%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.85%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (12.96%) Management Information System
1 7 (12.96%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (29.63%) Agile
3 12 (22.22%) AI
3 12 (22.22%) ETL
4 11 (20.37%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 9 (16.67%) ERP
5 9 (16.67%) Migration
5 9 (16.67%) Project Management
6 7 (12.96%) Analytics
6 7 (12.96%) Business Strategy
6 7 (12.96%) Chemistry
6 7 (12.96%) Computer Science
6 7 (12.96%) Conversational UI
6 7 (12.96%) Data Integration
6 7 (12.96%) Data Modelling
7 6 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
7 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.67%) SQL
2 8 (14.81%) Python
3 4 (7.41%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.56%) PL/SQL
4 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.70%) C#
5 2 (3.70%) Java
5 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.70%) VBA
6 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 15 (27.78%) Degree
3 14 (25.93%) SC Cleared
4 7 (12.96%) Master's Degree
4 7 (12.96%) PhD
5 5 (9.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (9.26%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.70%) ACCA
6 2 (3.70%) APMG
6 2 (3.70%) CIMA
7 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.85%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 6 (11.11%) SLA
2 3 (5.56%) GDPR
2 3 (5.56%) QA
3 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) Oracle
2 9 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.96%) PayPal
4 4 (7.41%) Informatica
4 4 (7.41%) Salesforce
4 4 (7.41%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.70%) Databricks
5 2 (3.70%) SAP
5 2 (3.70%) Splunk
6 1 (1.85%) Google
6 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.85%) Tanium
6 1 (1.85%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.85%) webMethods