Analytical Thinking Contracts in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Thinking 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 105 127 151
Rank change year-on-year +22 +24 +6
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 11 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.090% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.10% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 9
10th Percentile £415 - £340
25th Percentile £459 £485 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £675 £495 £588
90th Percentile £695 - £678
UK median daily rate £519 £550 £519
% change year-on-year -5.68% +6.02% +1.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Analytical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in Scotland

Analytical Thinking
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 Thinking 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
Glasgow +8 6 £467 -4.69% 16
Edinburgh +9 5 £650 - 17
Analytical Thinking
UK

Analytical Thinking
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) LAN
1 2 (18.18%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) 4G
2 1 (9.09%) ADSL
2 1 (9.09%) Intranet
2 1 (9.09%) PSTN
2 1 (9.09%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 11 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Data Centre
2 3 (27.27%) Mainframe
2 3 (27.27%) Replication
3 2 (18.18%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
3 2 (18.18%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (9.09%) CMDB
4 1 (9.09%) PMI
4 1 (9.09%) SCADA
4 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) HPUX
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Solaris
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) DevSecOps
4 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (27.27%) High Availability
4 3 (27.27%) ITSM
4 3 (27.27%) Service Management
4 3 (27.27%) Systems Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Data Science
5 2 (18.18%) Experimental Design
5 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
5 2 (18.18%) Natural Language Processing
5 2 (18.18%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (18.18%) Process Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) HNC
3 1 (9.09%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) IBM
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) Sun
1 3 (27.27%) Unisys
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Nokia
3 1 (9.09%) F5
3 1 (9.09%) HP