Analytical Mindset Contracts in Scotland

Analytical Mindset
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 114 152
Rank change year-on-year +4 +38 +16
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 6 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.68% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 2.05% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £379 £179 £102
25th Percentile £397 £288 £104
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £110
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +195.45% -56.00%
75th Percentile £463 £400 £186
90th Percentile £470 £505 £315
UK median daily rate £460 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -12.38% -1.69% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £17.75 -
UK median hourly rate £80.68 £17.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +361.00% -72.00% +17.92%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 618 732 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.03% 33.02% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 426 712
10th Percentile £221 £203 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £560
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 36 23
10th Percentile - £13.75 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%
75th Percentile £24.66 £38.25 £28.81
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.38 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in Scotland

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Mindset in Scotland

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Mindset in Scotland

Analytical Mindset
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Perth and Kinross - 3 £450 -
Glasgow -2 2 £409 +25.85% 3
Edinburgh -2 1 - - 8
Analytical Mindset
UK

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Bitbucket
1 1 (16.67%) IntelliJ
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (16.67%) PyCharm
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Reference Data
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Build Automation
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (16.67%) SDLC
5 1 (16.67%) Software Distribution
5 1 (16.67%) Use Case
5 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Alteryx