Analytical Skills Contracts in the Thames Valley

Analytical Skills
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 15 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 216 246 245
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.40% 9.45% 8.77%
As % of the General category 22.69% 17.04% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 135 174
10th Percentile £323 £263 £358
25th Percentile £463 £383 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £541
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.94% +20.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £528 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.28% -2.85% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 4
10th Percentile - £14.50 £18.38
25th Percentile £14.20 £18.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £14.85 £23.22 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.03% +0.93% +76.92%
75th Percentile £29.54 £46.25 £26.69
90th Percentile £61.58 £58.25 £28.82
South East median hourly rate £19.21 £18.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +6.69% -58.14% +47.72%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 952 1,444 1,726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.47% 55.47% 61.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 773 1,146
10th Percentile £250 £205 £280
25th Percentile £400 £331 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £610
90th Percentile £700 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £497 £500
% change year-on-year +0.70% -0.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 138 41
10th Percentile - £17.57 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.52 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.38 £47.50 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.46% +63.79% +66.48%
75th Percentile £59.62 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.12 £75.77 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -51.11% -5.26% +137.50%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the Thames Valley

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 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
Berkshire +7 170 £567 -2.91% 176
Buckinghamshire -1 29 £515 +35.53% 61
Oxfordshire +8 17 £500 +2.56% 96
Analytical Skills
South East

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.85%) Confluence
3 2 (0.93%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 16 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.46%) CATIA
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (12.96%) Oracle EBS
2 24 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
3 13 (6.02%) Oracle ASCP
4 12 (5.56%) Maximo
5 7 (3.24%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (1.85%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (1.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (1.39%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.93%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.46%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 46 (21.30%) Azure
2 33 (15.28%) AWS
3 9 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (4.17%) GCP
3 9 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.24%) SaaS
5 6 (2.78%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.78%) OCI
6 5 (2.31%) Azure API Management
6 5 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.85%) Serverless
8 3 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.93%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Event Grid
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.24%) Firewall
2 5 (2.31%) MPLS
2 5 (2.31%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (1.85%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (1.85%) VPN
4 3 (1.39%) BGP
4 3 (1.39%) Broadband
4 3 (1.39%) Diameter Protocol
4 3 (1.39%) VLAN
4 3 (1.39%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.93%) 5G
5 2 (0.93%) HTTP
5 2 (0.93%) LAN
5 2 (0.93%) SAN
5 2 (0.93%) SIGTRAN
5 2 (0.93%) SMS
5 2 (0.93%) SS7
5 2 (0.93%) VoWiFi
5 2 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 9 (4.17%) Power BI
2 5 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.85%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.39%) Power Query
4 3 (1.39%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.39%) SSDT
4 3 (1.39%) Tableau
5 2 (0.93%) Big Data
5 2 (0.93%) Metadata
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.46%) Impala
6 1 (0.46%) MS Access
6 1 (0.46%) MySQL
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (8.33%) JIRA
2 11 (5.09%) Cucumber
3 10 (4.63%) GitLab
3 10 (4.63%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.63%) Selenium
3 10 (4.63%) SonarQube
4 9 (4.17%) REST Assured
5 5 (2.31%) Git
6 4 (1.85%) ERwin
6 4 (1.85%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (1.39%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.93%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.93%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.93%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.46%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.46%) jMock
9 1 (0.46%) JUnit
9 1 (0.46%) Mockito
9 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
General
1 134 (62.04%) Social Skills
2 48 (22.22%) Finance
3 37 (17.13%) Telecoms
4 26 (12.04%) Retail
5 15 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (5.09%) Billing
7 9 (4.17%) Marketing
8 8 (3.70%) Law
9 7 (3.24%) Legal
10 5 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.31%) Police
11 4 (1.85%) Agriculture
11 4 (1.85%) Automotive
11 4 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.85%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.93%) Electronics
13 2 (0.93%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (20.83%) Analyst
2 23 (10.65%) Consultant
3 21 (9.72%) Senior
4 20 (9.26%) Oracle Consultant
5 17 (7.87%) Functional Consultant
5 17 (7.87%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 15 (6.94%) Data Analyst
7 13 (6.02%) Developer
8 12 (5.56%) IT Manager
9 11 (5.09%) Architect
9 11 (5.09%) Operations Manager
9 11 (5.09%) Project Manager
10 10 (4.63%) IT Operations Manager
10 10 (4.63%) Lead
11 9 (4.17%) Performance Manager
12 8 (3.70%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.70%) Resilience Manager
13 7 (3.24%) Data Manager
13 7 (3.24%) Security Analyst
13 7 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.33%) REST
2 10 (4.63%) ARM Templates
3 9 (4.17%) Java EE
4 7 (3.24%) JSON
4 7 (3.24%) OAuth
5 5 (2.31%) CSS
5 5 (2.31%) HTML
5 5 (2.31%) Web Services
6 3 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.39%) SOAP
6 3 (1.39%) YAML
7 2 (0.93%) .NET
7 2 (0.93%) OpenID
7 2 (0.93%) Playwright
7 2 (0.93%) React
7 2 (0.93%) SAML
8 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.46%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.46%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.94%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.70%) CSOC
5 7 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.24%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.24%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.78%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.31%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.85%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.85%) Life Science
8 4 (1.85%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.39%) CMDB
9 3 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.39%) Social Media
10 2 (0.93%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.56%) Windows
2 5 (2.31%) Linux
3 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.93%) Unix
3 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.46%) Android
4 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (61.57%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (14.81%) Agile
2 32 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (13.43%) DevOps
4 26 (12.04%) Project Delivery
5 25 (11.57%) Migration
6 24 (11.11%) Project Management
7 21 (9.72%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (9.26%) Roadmaps
9 19 (8.80%) Collaborative Working
10 18 (8.33%) ITIL
10 18 (8.33%) SIEM
10 18 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 18 (8.33%) Test Automation
11 17 (7.87%) Actionable Insight
11 17 (7.87%) Analytics
11 17 (7.87%) Containerisation
12 16 (7.41%) Data Analysis
13 15 (6.94%) Decision-Making
14 14 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.04%) SQL
2 21 (9.72%) Python
3 18 (8.33%) Java
4 8 (3.70%) C#
5 7 (3.24%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.78%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.39%) C++
7 3 (1.39%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.39%) VBA
8 2 (0.93%) Bash
8 2 (0.93%) C
8 2 (0.93%) R
8 2 (0.93%) Ruby
9 1 (0.46%) ABAP
9 1 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.46%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.57%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.26%) Degree
4 9 (4.17%) CISSP
4 9 (4.17%) DV Cleared
4 9 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 9 (4.17%) PMP
5 7 (3.24%) CISM
5 7 (3.24%) GIAC
6 6 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.31%) ACCA
7 5 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.39%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.39%) CEH
8 3 (1.39%) CIMA
9 2 (0.93%) GWAPT
9 2 (0.93%) OSCE
9 2 (0.93%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.02%) Data Quality
1 13 (6.02%) QA
2 10 (4.63%) GDPR
3 8 (3.70%) SLA
4 6 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.31%) NCSC
5 5 (2.31%) NIST
6 4 (1.85%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.93%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.93%) IFRS
8 2 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (6.02%) Docker
2 7 (3.24%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.46%) Postfix
4 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.46%) vSphere
4 1 (0.46%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.02%) Ansible
2 13 (6.02%) Terraform
3 9 (4.17%) Docker Swarm
3 9 (4.17%) Podman
4 4 (1.85%) SCCM
4 4 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.39%) SCOM
6 2 (0.93%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (0.93%) Grafana
6 2 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.46%) CASB
7 1 (0.46%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (18.06%) Oracle
2 36 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.94%) SAP
4 14 (6.48%) Splunk
5 9 (4.17%) Dynatrace
6 7 (3.24%) Google
7 6 (2.78%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.85%) Remedy
9 4 (1.85%) Sparx
10 3 (1.39%) Cisco
10 3 (1.39%) Databricks
10 3 (1.39%) IFS
10 3 (1.39%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.39%) UiPath
10 3 (1.39%) VMware
10 3 (1.39%) Workday
11 2 (0.93%) BMC
11 2 (0.93%) Cramer
11 2 (0.93%) Infoblox