Analytical Mindset Contracts in the South East

Analytical Mindset
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 185 178
Rank change year-on-year +42 -7 +74
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 13 10 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 0.18% 0.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 0.62% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 34
10th Percentile £250 £283 £403
25th Percentile £316 £431 £562
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £538 £700
Median % change year-on-year -32.56% -23.21% +11.11%
75th Percentile £432 £650 £838
90th Percentile £560 £830 -
England median daily rate £450 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -14.29% -1.41% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate - £14.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - -14.71% -
75th Percentile - £15.75 £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £80.68 £14.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year +466.14% -36.67% -60.34%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 991 1,624 1,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 32.38% 28.50% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 948 1,326
10th Percentile £205 £213 £213
25th Percentile £350 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £616 £630
90th Percentile £660 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 178 97
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.79 £16.94
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.82 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.89 £54.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.25% +2.86% +162.50%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £66.74
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.16 £75.00
England median hourly rate £32.85 £37.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year -12.40% +66.78% -15.15%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in the South East

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Mindset in the South East

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the South East over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the South East

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Mindset in the South East

Analytical Mindset
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Thames Valley +30 8 £363 -34.09% 34
Berkshire +25 5 £411 -43.28% 18
Hampshire +39 2 £325 - 11
Oxfordshire - 2 £250 - 8
Surrey +24 1 - - 6
Buckinghamshire +9 1 - - 8
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
Analytical Mindset
England

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 13 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Police
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Network Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Planner
4 1 (7.69%) Security Advisor
4 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
1 2 (15.38%) PMI
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) SIEM
4 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) SOAR
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CISA
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) MBA
3 1 (7.69%) PgMP
3 1 (7.69%) PMP
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (15.38%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
1 2 (15.38%) SCOM
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (7.69%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.69%) Darktrace
4 1 (7.69%) Extreme Networks