Analytical Mindset Contract Job Trends

Analytical Mindset
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 359 413
Rank change year-on-year +38 +54 +86
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 347 161 172
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.55% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% 1.62% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 104 89
10th Percentile £250 £250 £197
25th Percentile £400 £380 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -14.29% -1.69%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £550
90th Percentile £652 £642 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £449 £525
% change year-on-year +5.91% -14.57% -15.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 53
10th Percentile £14.10 £30.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £33.31 £53.38 £13.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £80.68 £15.90
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% +407.39% -74.56%
75th Percentile £67.38 £81.18 £19.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.35 £23.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.50 £80.68 £14.50
% change year-on-year -31.21% +456.38% -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,984 9,914 12,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.36% 34.14% 30.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,842 6,246 8,301
10th Percentile £313 £300 £272
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 789 415 928
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.21 £15.24
Median hourly rate £42.50 £33.05 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% -6.90% +61.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.60 £82.25 £71.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £32.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +33.98% -6.26% +59.09%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Mindset relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 6 June 2026. 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
England +59 318 £493 +9.56% 250
UK excluding London -2 174 £475 +5.91% 164
London +5 152 £500 +2.56% 121
Work from Home +4 82 £513 +18.57% 119
South East -10 62 £500 +53.85% 50
North of England -56 32 £475 +10.14% 31
Midlands -32 31 £478 +65.22% 30
South West -3 27 £350 -33.33% 19
West Midlands -38 26 £478 +80.19% 14
North West -31 20 £494 +14.55% 21
Wales -9 10 - - 1
East of England -36 9 £475 -17.39% 18
Yorkshire -60 8 £463 +10.78% 7
Scotland -11 6 £127 -71.78% 9
East Midlands -20 5 £463 +3.47% 16
North East - 4 - - 3

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 20 (5.76%) Confluence
2 5 (1.44%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.44%) SAS
3 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.15%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.31%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (1.73%) Finacle
1 6 (1.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 5 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.15%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.58%) Shopify
4 2 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.29%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.29%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.29%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.29%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.29%) Summit
5 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.97%) Azure
2 39 (11.24%) AWS
3 33 (9.51%) Power Platform
4 15 (4.32%) GitHub
5 12 (3.46%) GCP
5 12 (3.46%) SaaS
5 12 (3.46%) Snowflake
6 10 (2.88%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.44%) Collibra
9 5 (1.44%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.86%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.86%) Apigee
11 3 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.86%) Fivetran
11 3 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.86%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.86%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 55 (15.85%) SAN
2 12 (3.46%) DNS
3 10 (2.88%) Network Security
3 10 (2.88%) WAN
4 7 (2.02%) SSL
5 6 (1.73%) FTP
5 6 (1.73%) HTTP
6 5 (1.44%) BGP
6 5 (1.44%) LAN
6 5 (1.44%) MPLS
6 5 (1.44%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.44%) SMTP
6 5 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.15%) Firewall
7 4 (1.15%) VLAN
8 3 (0.86%) DHCP
8 3 (0.86%) Internet
8 3 (0.86%) NAS
8 3 (0.86%) OSPF
8 3 (0.86%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (9.51%) Power BI
2 14 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.17%) Tableau
4 10 (2.88%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.31%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.73%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.73%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.44%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.44%) Power Query
8 4 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (1.15%) Looker
8 4 (1.15%) Metadata
8 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.15%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 4 (1.15%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 3 (0.86%) Big Data
9 3 (0.86%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 37 (10.66%) JIRA
2 5 (1.44%) Git
3 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.86%) Selenium
4 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.58%) GitLab
4 2 (0.58%) MLflow
5 1 (0.29%) Appium
5 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.29%) Gatling
5 1 (0.29%) JMeter
5 1 (0.29%) JUnit
5 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.29%) NUnit
5 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 346 (99.71%) Analytical Skills
2 163 (46.97%) Social Skills
3 100 (28.82%) Finance
4 33 (9.51%) Banking
4 33 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.34%) Legal
6 17 (4.90%) Manufacturing
6 17 (4.90%) Marketing
7 15 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.75%) Back Office
8 13 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.75%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.17%) Front Office
10 6 (1.73%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.44%) Billing
12 4 (1.15%) Multimedia
12 4 (1.15%) Retail
13 3 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 83 (23.92%) Analyst
2 50 (14.41%) Field Engineer
2 50 (14.41%) Field Service Engineer
2 50 (14.41%) IT Engineer
3 44 (12.68%) Business Analyst
4 22 (6.34%) Support Engineer
5 21 (6.05%) Lead
6 20 (5.76%) Data Analyst
6 20 (5.76%) IT Support
7 19 (5.48%) Developer
8 18 (5.19%) Senior
9 16 (4.61%) Field Support Engineer
9 16 (4.61%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (3.75%) Consultant
11 12 (3.46%) Architect
12 10 (2.88%) Security Analyst
13 9 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
14 8 (2.31%) Backend Developer
14 8 (2.31%) Operations Analyst
14 8 (2.31%) Operations Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.02%) PySpark
2 6 (1.73%) LDAP
2 6 (1.73%) REST
3 5 (1.44%) .NET
3 5 (1.44%) XML
4 4 (1.15%) Kafka
4 4 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.15%) Pandas
4 4 (1.15%) PyTorch
4 4 (1.15%) YAML
5 3 (0.86%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.58%) JSON
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.58%) NETCONF
6 2 (0.58%) OpenConfig
6 2 (0.58%) React
6 2 (0.58%) RESTCONF
6 2 (0.58%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.58%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.58%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 58 (16.71%) Data Centre
2 26 (7.49%) Product Ownership
3 23 (6.63%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.88%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.31%) SCADA
6 8 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.73%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (1.73%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.44%) Blog
9 5 (1.44%) CSOC
9 5 (1.44%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.44%) NHS
9 5 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.22%) Windows
2 15 (4.32%) Linux
3 7 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.15%) Unix
5 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.58%) AIX
6 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.58%) HPUX
6 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.58%) Solaris
6 2 (0.58%) SUSE
6 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (42.65%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (23.92%) Agile
3 79 (22.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 69 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (15.85%) Analytics
6 53 (15.27%) Customer Service
7 50 (14.41%) Break/Fix
7 50 (14.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 44 (12.68%) Validation
9 40 (11.53%) AI
10 37 (10.66%) Data Modelling
11 36 (10.37%) Business Intelligence
11 36 (10.37%) Decision-Making
12 33 (9.51%) Data Governance
13 32 (9.22%) Business Analysis
13 32 (9.22%) Migration
14 31 (8.93%) Actionable Insight
14 31 (8.93%) Process Improvement
15 30 (8.65%) Workshop Facilitation
16 29 (8.36%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 72 (20.75%) SQL
2 42 (12.10%) Python
3 24 (6.92%) PowerShell
4 15 (4.32%) C#
5 10 (2.88%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.59%) Java
7 6 (1.73%) Bash
7 6 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.15%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.15%) R
9 3 (0.86%) C++
9 3 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.86%) VBA
10 2 (0.58%) Bicep
10 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.29%) Go
11 1 (0.29%) LookML
11 1 (0.29%) Scala
11 1 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 60 (17.29%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (16.43%) CCNA
3 53 (15.27%) MCSE
3 53 (15.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 51 (14.70%) Network+ Certification
5 50 (14.41%) A+ Certification
6 44 (12.68%) Security Cleared
7 31 (8.93%) Degree
8 27 (7.78%) SC Cleared
9 17 (4.90%) DV Cleared
10 14 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.59%) CISSP
12 5 (1.44%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.15%) CEH
13 4 (1.15%) CISA
13 4 (1.15%) CISM
13 4 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.15%) PMP
13 4 (1.15%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.49%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.34%) QA
3 21 (6.05%) GDPR
4 20 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (4.03%) NIST
6 8 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.31%) PMO
7 6 (1.73%) SLA
8 5 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.15%) GRC
10 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.86%) WCAG
11 2 (0.58%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.58%) GxP
11 2 (0.58%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.29%) Basel III
12 1 (0.29%) COBIT
12 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (4.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.02%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.15%) Docker
3 4 (1.15%) Firmware
4 3 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.58%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) NFS
6 1 (0.29%) RACF
6 1 (0.29%) Squid
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.59%) Ansible
3 8 (2.31%) Terraform
4 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.86%) Podman
6 2 (0.58%) SCCM
6 2 (0.58%) SCOM
6 2 (0.58%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.29%) Control-M
7 1 (0.29%) Grafana
7 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.29%) Kibana
7 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.29%) Suricata
7 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 50 (14.41%) Dell
2 36 (10.37%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.63%) Oracle
4 20 (5.76%) SAP
5 17 (4.90%) Databricks
5 17 (4.90%) Salesforce
6 14 (4.03%) Cisco
6 14 (4.03%) VMware
7 12 (3.46%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.44%) BT
8 5 (1.44%) Google
8 5 (1.44%) Nexthink
9 4 (1.15%) BMC
9 4 (1.15%) Splunk
10 3 (0.86%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.86%) HP
10 3 (0.86%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.86%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.86%) Veeam