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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 121 156
Rank change year-on-year +16 +35 -1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 11 2 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.093% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.10% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 10
10th Percentile £446 - £348
25th Percentile £459 £485 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +20.69%
75th Percentile £675 £495 £634
90th Percentile £715 - £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -

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 1,516 1,907 2,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.52% 88.41% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 1,157 1,817
10th Percentile £263 £225 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £556
90th Percentile £606 £652 £650
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 89 55
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.78
Median hourly rate £20.94 £19.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% +18.18% -58.74%
75th Percentile £24.66 £48.00 £50.74
90th Percentile £51.48 £61.10 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.84% +1.39% +40.19%

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 14 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 14 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
Edinburgh +11 7 £650 - 7
Glasgow -3 4 £467 -4.69% 9
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 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) 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%) Dynamics 365
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%) PSTN
2 1 (9.09%) SDH
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%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Migration Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Engineer
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%) SCADA
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 4 (36.36%) Agile
1 4 (36.36%) DevOps
2 3 (27.27%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
2 3 (27.27%) DevSecOps
2 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (27.27%) High Availability
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Data Security
3 2 (18.18%) Natural Language Processing
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Time Management
3 2 (18.18%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) HNC
2 1 (9.09%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) IBM
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
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft