Analytical Mindset Contract Job Trends in the North East

Analytical Mindset
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.25% - 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.05% - 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
England median daily rate £500 £495 £463
% change year-on-year +1.01% +7.03% -0.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.75 £16.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year +212.31% -12.16% -69.92%

All Generic Skills
North East

Analytical Mindset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 95 104 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 23.99% 34.44% 30.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 39 49
10th Percentile £149 £323 £140
25th Percentile £170 £400 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £495 £454
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +9.03% -17.45%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £525
90th Percentile £600 £660 £662
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £12.44 £26.45 £14.63
25th Percentile £12.79 £39.14 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.49 £46.18 £31.84
Median % change year-on-year -70.79% +45.04% -51.76%
75th Percentile £43.94 - £46.18
90th Percentile £62.13 - £53.09
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Mindset relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in the North East

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Mindset within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northumberland - 1 £550 -
Analytical Mindset
England

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat