Analytical Skills Contracts in the South East

Analytical Skills
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 17 28
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 419 503 512
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.59% 8.84% 6.69%
As % of the General category 15.09% 15.11% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 367 326
10th Percentile £270 £324 £250
25th Percentile £403 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £575
90th Percentile £728 £799 £666
England median daily rate £538 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +1.42% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 28
10th Percentile £7.43 £15.75 £12.25
25th Percentile £13.05 £22.16 £13.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £47.50 £30.31
Median % change year-on-year -62.11% +56.74% +9.29%
75th Percentile £23.97 £58.59 £49.50
90th Percentile £52.75 £60.60 £58.65
England median hourly rate £18.43 £40.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -53.94% +5.74% +82.74%

All General Skills
South East

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,776 3,328 4,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.30% 58.48% 55.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,535 2,269 2,788
10th Percentile £205 £236 £213
25th Percentile £356 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £719 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 169 212
10th Percentile £12.88 £17.95 £12.26
25th Percentile £18.35 £22.23 £14.19
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -23.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £30.65
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.80 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.44%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
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 Skills within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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 +3 246 £530 - 227
Berkshire -1 187 £578 +5.05% 94
Hampshire -10 104 £584 +6.14% 141
Buckinghamshire +18 50 £378 -24.50% 60
Surrey -10 36 £463 -27.45% 52
West Sussex +7 12 £425 - 26
Kent +5 10 £533 -11.25% 41
Oxfordshire +7 9 £488 -22.00% 74
East Sussex +3 9 £313 -55.36% 27
Middlesex - 4 £275 - 2
Sussex - 1 £600 - 1
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
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 22 (5.25%) Confluence
2 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.91%) SAS
4 5 (1.19%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.72%) Appian
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.48%) CMS
6 2 (0.48%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.48%) nginx
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Drupal
Applications
1 33 (7.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.72%) SPSS
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.48%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) Abaqus
Business Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Oracle EBS R12
1 11 (2.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (2.15%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.43%) Primavera
3 6 (1.43%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.19%) Maximo
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.48%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.24%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 80 (19.09%) Azure
2 30 (7.16%) Power Platform
3 29 (6.92%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (6.68%) AWS
5 27 (6.44%) Snowflake
6 15 (3.58%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 14 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.34%) Serverless
8 13 (3.10%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (2.86%) Azure Functions
10 5 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.19%) SaaS
10 5 (1.19%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.95%) IaaS
11 4 (0.95%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.95%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.72%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.86%) Firewall
2 10 (2.39%) DNS
2 10 (2.39%) Network Security
2 10 (2.39%) WAN
3 9 (2.15%) DHCP
3 9 (2.15%) VPN
4 6 (1.43%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (1.19%) MPLS
5 5 (1.19%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (1.19%) Wireless
6 4 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.72%) BGP
7 3 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (0.72%) Internet
7 3 (0.72%) Intranet
7 3 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.72%) SAN
7 3 (0.72%) SSL
8 2 (0.48%) 5G
8 2 (0.48%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.64%) Tableau
2 30 (7.16%) Power BI
3 14 (3.34%) NoSQL
4 13 (3.10%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.95%) Big Data
6 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.95%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.95%) Power Query
6 4 (0.95%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 3 (0.72%) MySQL
7 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.72%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.48%) Metadata
8 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.48%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.24%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 41 (9.79%) JIRA
2 38 (9.07%) Selenium
3 27 (6.44%) Jenkins
4 26 (6.21%) Cucumber
5 24 (5.73%) REST Assured
5 24 (5.73%) SonarQube
6 15 (3.58%) Git
6 15 (3.58%) GitLab
7 9 (2.15%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (1.43%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.24%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.24%) Appium
11 1 (0.24%) MLflow
11 1 (0.24%) Postman
11 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
General
1 237 (56.56%) Social Skills
2 83 (19.81%) Finance
3 36 (8.59%) Legal
4 23 (5.49%) Telecoms
5 20 (4.77%) Law
5 20 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
6 19 (4.53%) Retail
7 16 (3.82%) Public Sector
8 14 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.10%) Military
9 13 (3.10%) Police
10 12 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.39%) Marketing
11 10 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.67%) Billing
13 6 (1.43%) Banking
14 5 (1.19%) Local Government
15 3 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.72%) Electronics
15 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 99 (23.63%) Analyst
2 44 (10.50%) Developer
3 42 (10.02%) Architect
4 38 (9.07%) Lead
5 30 (7.16%) Consultant
6 28 (6.68%) Solutions Architect
7 27 (6.44%) Java Architect
8 26 (6.21%) Senior
9 24 (5.73%) Java Solutions Architect
10 23 (5.49%) Data Analyst
11 19 (4.53%) Functional Consultant
12 18 (4.30%) Full Stack Developer
12 18 (4.30%) Java Engineer
13 17 (4.06%) Project Manager
14 14 (3.34%) Test Engineer
15 13 (3.10%) Oracle Consultant
15 13 (3.10%) Oracle Functional Consultant
16 12 (2.86%) Azure Developer
16 12 (2.86%) Business Analyst
17 11 (2.63%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.92%) REST
2 25 (5.97%) Java EE
3 16 (3.82%) HTML
3 16 (3.82%) React
4 14 (3.34%) CSS
5 12 (2.86%) .NET
5 12 (2.86%) ARM Templates
6 8 (1.91%) AngularJS
6 8 (1.91%) ASP.NET
7 7 (1.67%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (1.19%) EDI
8 5 (1.19%) XML
9 4 (0.95%) Node.js
9 4 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.95%) PySpark
9 4 (0.95%) Web Services
10 3 (0.72%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.72%) D3.js
10 3 (0.72%) JSON
10 3 (0.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.98%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.06%) Credit Risk
4 13 (3.10%) Client/Server
4 13 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.15%) PKI
8 6 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.19%) CCTV
9 5 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.95%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.95%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.95%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.72%) Biopharmaceutical
11 3 (0.72%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.72%) Life Science
11 3 (0.72%) SCADA
11 3 (0.72%) Wiki
12 2 (0.48%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 55 (13.13%) Windows
2 34 (8.11%) Linux
3 29 (6.92%) Windows Server
4 20 (4.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (2.63%) Unix
7 5 (1.19%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.95%) Android
9 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (60.62%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (26.01%) Agile
3 81 (19.33%) DevOps
4 78 (18.62%) Decision-Making
5 51 (12.17%) Project Management
6 49 (11.69%) Analytics
6 49 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (10.50%) Test Automation
8 42 (10.02%) Technical Leadership
9 34 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
10 32 (7.64%) Customer Service
11 29 (6.92%) Continuous Integration
11 29 (6.92%) Translating Business Requirements
12 27 (6.44%) Data Analysis
12 27 (6.44%) GAP Analysis
13 26 (6.21%) Actionable Insight
14 25 (5.97%) Software Architecture
14 25 (5.97%) Software Engineering
14 25 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (5.73%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.84%) Java
2 52 (12.41%) SQL
3 48 (11.46%) Python
4 22 (5.25%) PowerShell
5 19 (4.53%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.34%) VBScript
7 12 (2.86%) C
7 12 (2.86%) C#
8 7 (1.67%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.19%) ProC
9 5 (1.19%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.19%) VBA
10 3 (0.72%) PHP
10 3 (0.72%) R
10 3 (0.72%) Scala
11 2 (0.48%) Ada
11 2 (0.48%) Bash
11 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 121 (28.88%) Security Cleared
2 83 (19.81%) Degree
3 61 (14.56%) SC Cleared
4 51 (12.17%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (2.15%) MCSA
7 9 (2.15%) MCSE
8 8 (1.91%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.67%) CCNP
10 6 (1.43%) ACCA
10 6 (1.43%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.43%) CIMA
11 4 (0.95%) CCNA
11 4 (0.95%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.72%) CCIE
12 3 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.72%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.73%) QA
2 12 (2.86%) GDPR
2 12 (2.86%) PMO
3 9 (2.15%) SLA
4 8 (1.91%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.95%) Def Stans
6 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.72%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.48%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.24%) GxP
9 1 (0.24%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (7.64%) Active Directory
1 32 (7.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (3.10%) Docker
3 8 (1.91%) VMware NSX
4 7 (1.67%) vSphere
5 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.48%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.48%) KVM
7 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (5.97%) Ansible
2 15 (3.58%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.10%) Terraform
4 12 (2.86%) Docker Swarm
4 12 (2.86%) Podman
5 4 (0.95%) SCCM
6 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.72%) MOM
7 2 (0.48%) Endace
7 2 (0.48%) IBM BigFix
7 2 (0.48%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.48%) SCOM
7 2 (0.48%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.48%) vRealize
7 2 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.24%) AppManager
8 1 (0.24%) Istio
8 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 65 (15.51%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.31%) VMware
3 31 (7.40%) Oracle
4 24 (5.73%) Alteryx
5 15 (3.58%) Cisco
6 13 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.10%) SAP
7 7 (1.67%) F5
7 7 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.43%) OneTrust
8 6 (1.43%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.19%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.19%) Databricks
9 5 (1.19%) Splunk
10 4 (0.95%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.95%) IBM
10 4 (0.95%) QinetiQ
11 3 (0.72%) ArcSight
11 3 (0.72%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.72%) Zscaler