Analytical Mindset Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Analytical Mindset
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 146 174
Rank change year-on-year -25 +28 +39
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 41 16 12
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.87% 0.45% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.44% 1.38% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 6 5
10th Percentile £406 £165 -
25th Percentile £450 £198 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £250 £388
Median % change year-on-year +120.00% -35.48% +252.27%
75th Percentile £594 £374 £400
90th Percentile £638 £433 £434
England median daily rate £500 £495 £463
% change year-on-year +1.01% +7.03% -0.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £12.43 -
25th Percentile - £13.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £16.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -59.27%
75th Percentile - £18.44 £18.94
90th Percentile - £19.08 £19.28
England median hourly rate £50.75 £16.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year +212.31% -12.16% -69.92%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,683 1,156 1,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.90% 32.18% 29.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,109 643 917
10th Percentile £213 £203 £263
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £551 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £685 £650
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 49 60
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.03 £14.42
25th Percentile £19.08 £21.25 £17.24
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £24.64
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% +31.90% +12.00%
75th Percentile £56.69 £41.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.00 £61.90 £55.00
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 of England

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

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in the North of England

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the North of England

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West -4 26 £460 +84.00% 29
Yorkshire -29 15 £563 +90.68% 9
North East - 1 £550 - 2
Analytical Mindset
England

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

Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Siemens NX
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) Azure
1 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.88%) Asana
2 2 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.88%) SaaS
2 2 (4.88%) Smartsheet
3 1 (2.44%) AWS
3 1 (2.44%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.44%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) BGP
1 3 (7.32%) Firewall
1 3 (7.32%) Network Security
1 3 (7.32%) Software-Defined Networking
1 3 (7.32%) VLAN
2 1 (2.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) Tableau
3 1 (2.44%) Data Mart
3 1 (2.44%) Power Query
3 1 (2.44%) QlikView
General
1 41 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Finance
3 10 (24.39%) Aerospace
3 10 (24.39%) Manufacturing
3 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
4 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.76%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Legal
7 2 (4.88%) Banking
7 2 (4.88%) Local Government
7 2 (4.88%) Marketing
8 1 (2.44%) Back Office
8 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Law
8 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Analyst
2 9 (21.95%) Architect
3 6 (14.63%) Service Support Manager
3 6 (14.63%) ServiceNow Manager
3 6 (14.63%) Support Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Platform Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Asset Management Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Asset Management Business Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Campaign Manager
6 2 (4.88%) CRM Campaign Manager
6 2 (4.88%) CRM Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (4.88%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.88%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) JSON
2 2 (4.88%) HTML
2 2 (4.88%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (4.88%) REST
3 1 (2.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Derivative
3 1 (2.44%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.44%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Linux
2 3 (7.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (7.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Visualisation
2 13 (31.71%) Use Case
3 12 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (26.83%) CAD
4 11 (26.83%) Knowledge Transfer
4 11 (26.83%) PLM
5 10 (24.39%) Coaching
5 10 (24.39%) Knowledge Management
5 10 (24.39%) Mentoring
6 9 (21.95%) Agile
6 9 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (21.95%) ITSM
7 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (14.63%) User Stories
9 6 (14.63%) Workflow
10 5 (12.20%) Change Management
10 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (9.76%) Change Control
11 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
1 5 (12.20%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) Bash
3 2 (4.88%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (4.88%) R
3 2 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) Security Cleared
2 14 (34.15%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) Degree
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.88%) GCIA
5 2 (4.88%) GCIH
5 2 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (2.44%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CCNA
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) MCSE
6 1 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Docker
2 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Siemens
2 7 (17.07%) ServiceNow
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.32%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.88%) Wrike
6 1 (2.44%) Databricks
6 1 (2.44%) Dell
6 1 (2.44%) Google
6 1 (2.44%) Murex
6 1 (2.44%) SAP
6 1 (2.44%) Splunk