Analytical Thinking Contracts in the South West

Analytical Thinking
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 106 154 162
Rank change year-on-year +48 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 5 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.30% 0.094% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £518 £342 £428
25th Percentile £526 £379 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £447 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.94% -14.95% +2.44%
75th Percentile £552 £520 £538
90th Percentile £559 £561 £545
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £24.65 £43.86
% change year-on-year +143.41% -43.80% +137.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the South West

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the South West

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the South West

Analytical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Gloucestershire - 2 £540 - 39
Bristol +18 1 £564 -1.91% 24
Wiltshire - 1 - - 16
Somerset - 1 £525 - 12
Analytical Thinking
England

Analytical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Procurement Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Epics
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (20.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 14001
1 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Ariba
1 1 (20.00%) SAP