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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 14 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 +20
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 56 43 58
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 18.79% 14.14% 10.66%
As % of the General category 32.00% 23.76% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 25 45
10th Percentile £206 £200 £263
25th Percentile £316 £234 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £372 £390
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -4.62% +5.41%
75th Percentile £485 £500 £750
90th Percentile £540 £572 £1,090
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £400 £444 £390
% change year-on-year -9.86% +13.78% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 3
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.97 £13.25
25th Percentile - £14.42 £13.37
Median hourly rate £29.61 £23.10 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% +70.19% -
75th Percentile - £32.00 -
90th Percentile - £35.60 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £23.10 £13.57
% change year-on-year +28.21% +70.19% -

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 175 181 333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 58.72% 59.54% 61.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 114 247
10th Percentile £213 £205 £275
25th Percentile £343 £326 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £526 £540 £600
90th Percentile £640 £643 £736
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 10
10th Percentile £15.12 £13.61 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.09 £13.57
Median hourly rate £29.61 £24.35 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.60% +10.68% +29.41%
75th Percentile - £35.06 £24.00
90th Percentile - £37.37 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £24.35 £22.50
% change year-on-year +21.60% +8.22% +32.35%

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 20 November 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.36%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Chatbot
2 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.79%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.79%) SAP R/3
2 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.93%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.36%) AWS
3 3 (5.36%) OCI
3 3 (5.36%) SaaS
4 2 (3.57%) Azure
4 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.79%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.79%) GCP
5 1 (1.79%) GitHub
5 1 (1.79%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Firewall
2 1 (1.79%) NAS
2 1 (1.79%) SAN
2 1 (1.79%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (8.93%) Power BI
2 5 (8.93%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.36%) Data Lake
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle Database
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle Database 11g
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle ODI
3 3 (5.36%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.79%) Big Data
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Git
1 1 (1.79%) SoapUI
General
1 36 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Finance
3 8 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Banking
5 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.14%) Retail
6 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Automotive
8 1 (1.79%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.79%) German Language
8 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (28.57%) Analyst
2 9 (16.07%) Developer
3 7 (12.50%) Trainer
4 6 (10.71%) Senior
5 5 (8.93%) Data Analyst
5 5 (8.93%) Desktop Support
5 5 (8.93%) Salesforce Developer
5 5 (8.93%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (8.93%) Service Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Service Transition Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Transition Manager
6 4 (7.14%) Informatica Developer
7 3 (5.36%) Change Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Desktop Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Service Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Service Design Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Service Transition Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Support Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) Lightning Web Components
1 5 (8.93%) React
2 4 (7.14%) SOAP
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 3 (5.36%) REST
4 2 (3.57%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.79%) .NET
5 1 (1.79%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.79%) Blazor
5 1 (1.79%) CSS
5 1 (1.79%) HTML
5 1 (1.79%) RESTful
5 1 (1.79%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.79%) XML
5 1 (1.79%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.36%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.36%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.79%) CSOC
6 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.79%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.71%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Linux
2 1 (1.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (17.86%) Decision-Making
3 9 (16.07%) AI
3 9 (16.07%) ITIL
3 9 (16.07%) Service Management
4 7 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 7 (12.50%) Agile
4 7 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (12.50%) Chemistry
4 7 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (12.50%) Conversational UI
4 7 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 7 (12.50%) Data Integration
4 7 (12.50%) ETL
4 7 (12.50%) ITSM
5 6 (10.71%) Impact Assessments
5 6 (10.71%) Migration
5 6 (10.71%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.29%) SQL
2 6 (10.71%) Python
3 5 (8.93%) Apex Code
3 5 (8.93%) Java
4 4 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 4 (7.14%) Shell Script
5 3 (5.36%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.79%) C#
6 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 17 (30.36%) SC Cleared
3 15 (26.79%) Degree
4 8 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 7 (12.50%) PhD
6 5 (8.93%) DV Cleared
7 4 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (5.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (3.57%) APMG
10 1 (1.79%) ACCA
10 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.79%) CEH
10 1 (1.79%) CIMA
10 1 (1.79%) CISSP
10 1 (1.79%) GCIH
10 1 (1.79%) ISEB
10 1 (1.79%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (1.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) SLA
2 4 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.36%) QA
4 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.79%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.79%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.64%) ServiceNow
3 9 (16.07%) Salesforce
4 7 (12.50%) Oracle
4 7 (12.50%) PayPal
5 5 (8.93%) MuleSoft
6 4 (7.14%) Informatica
7 2 (3.57%) Remedy
7 2 (3.57%) SAP
7 2 (3.57%) Tanium
7 2 (3.57%) webMethods
8 1 (1.79%) BMC
8 1 (1.79%) Cisco
8 1 (1.79%) Compaq
8 1 (1.79%) Dell
8 1 (1.79%) HP
8 1 (1.79%) NetApp
8 1 (1.79%) Splunk
8 1 (1.79%) TIBCO
8 1 (1.79%) VMware