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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 336 463
Rank change year-on-year 0 +127 +66
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 375 218 133
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.67% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.13% 1.93% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 129 68
10th Percentile £250 £313 £257
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £460 £513
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -10.24% -4.03%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £663 £676 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 41
10th Percentile £14.10 £39.25 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £50.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £39.50 £70.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.57% +400.00% -37.78%
75th Percentile £55.38 £81.18 £19.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.28 £80.68 £14.00
% change year-on-year -66.19% +476.25% -29.11%

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 17,600 11,274 12,859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.27% 34.64% 30.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,782 6,984 8,203
10th Percentile £316 £300 £287
25th Percentile £416 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £630 £645 £663
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 893 535 812
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.33 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.87 £15.92
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% -21.05% +20.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.17 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.43 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +45.32% -24.38% -

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +9 344 £500 +8.70% 139
UK excluding London -31 190 £475 +5.56% 99
London -1 161 £525 +2.44% 61
Work from Home -17 85 £529 +22.33% 63
South East -13 59 £541 +35.31% 29
North of England -71 44 £494 +9.78% 26
South West -18 31 £350 -40.43% 16
Midlands -33 31 £500 +59.24% 17
North West -44 30 £495 +9.89% 11
West Midlands -39 27 £513 +93.40% 5
East of England -22 14 £488 -13.33% 8
Yorkshire -44 11 £475 -9.52% 10
Wales -6 8 - -
Scotland -14 6 £127 -71.78% 4
East Midlands -11 4 £425 +18.06% 11
North East - 3 - - 5

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 17 (4.53%) Confluence
2 5 (1.33%) CMS
3 4 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.07%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.07%) SAS
4 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Camunda
6 1 (0.27%) Mendix
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.67%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.67%) Finacle
2 6 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.33%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.33%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.80%) iTrent
4 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.53%) Actimize
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (12.27%) Azure
2 39 (10.40%) Power Platform
3 38 (10.13%) AWS
4 18 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.27%) SaaS
6 14 (3.73%) GCP
7 12 (3.20%) Snowflake
8 11 (2.93%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.67%) GitHub
10 7 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.33%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.07%) Collibra
12 4 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.80%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.80%) Apigee
13 3 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.80%) OCI
13 3 (0.80%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.80%) SAN
2 14 (3.73%) WAN
3 10 (2.67%) LAN
3 10 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.40%) BGP
4 9 (2.40%) MPLS
5 6 (1.60%) SNMP
5 6 (1.60%) TACACS
5 6 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.33%) VLAN
7 4 (1.07%) DNS
7 4 (1.07%) VPN
8 3 (0.80%) DHCP
8 3 (0.80%) Firewall
8 3 (0.80%) Internet
8 3 (0.80%) NAS
8 3 (0.80%) Network Security
8 3 (0.80%) OSPF
9 2 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.40%) Power BI
2 15 (4.00%) Relational Database
3 14 (3.73%) Tableau
4 11 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.67%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.67%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.33%) Power Query
7 4 (1.07%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.07%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.07%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 3 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.80%) Looker
8 3 (0.80%) Metadata
8 3 (0.80%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.53%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.53%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.53%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 39 (10.40%) JIRA
2 4 (1.07%) Git
3 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.80%) Selenium
4 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.53%) GitLab
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.27%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.27%) Capybara
5 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.27%) Gatling
5 1 (0.27%) JMeter
5 1 (0.27%) JUnit
5 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.27%) NUnit
5 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.27%) RSpec
5 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 375 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 187 (49.87%) Social Skills
3 105 (28.00%) Finance
4 39 (10.40%) Banking
5 35 (9.33%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.13%) Legal
7 21 (5.60%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.33%) Front Office
9 19 (5.07%) Marketing
9 19 (5.07%) Telecoms
10 16 (4.27%) Back Office
11 15 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (2.13%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.87%) Retail
15 6 (1.60%) Local Government
15 6 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 91 (24.27%) Analyst
2 51 (13.60%) Business Analyst
3 45 (12.00%) Field Engineer
3 45 (12.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 45 (12.00%) IT Engineer
4 21 (5.60%) Senior
4 21 (5.60%) Support Engineer
5 20 (5.33%) Data Analyst
5 20 (5.33%) IT Support
5 20 (5.33%) Lead
6 19 (5.07%) Architect
6 19 (5.07%) Developer
7 17 (4.53%) Consultant
8 16 (4.27%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (4.27%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (3.47%) Product Owner
10 12 (3.20%) Applications Support
10 12 (3.20%) Product Manager
11 10 (2.67%) Project Manager
11 10 (2.67%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.67%) REST
2 6 (1.60%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.60%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.60%) PySpark
2 6 (1.60%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.60%) YANG
3 5 (1.33%) .NET
3 5 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.33%) Kafka
3 5 (1.33%) XML
4 4 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.07%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.80%) JSON
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.80%) RESTful
6 2 (0.53%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.53%) React
6 2 (0.53%) SOAP
6 2 (0.53%) YAML
7 1 (0.27%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.67%) Data Centre
2 32 (8.53%) Product Ownership
3 25 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.93%) Operational Technology
4 11 (2.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 9 (2.40%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.13%) SCADA
7 7 (1.87%) CMDB
7 7 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.87%) Life Science
7 7 (1.87%) Social Media
8 6 (1.60%) Equities
8 6 (1.60%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.53%) Windows
2 11 (2.93%) Linux
3 7 (1.87%) Unix
4 5 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.07%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.53%) AIX
7 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.53%) HPUX
7 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.53%) Solaris
7 2 (0.53%) SUSE
7 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (42.13%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (24.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (24.53%) Agile
4 68 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (14.13%) Analytics
6 50 (13.33%) Customer Service
7 48 (12.80%) Validation
8 47 (12.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 45 (12.00%) Break/Fix
10 44 (11.73%) AI
10 44 (11.73%) Business Intelligence
11 40 (10.67%) Business Analysis
11 40 (10.67%) Migration
12 39 (10.40%) User Stories
13 36 (9.60%) Decision-Making
14 35 (9.33%) Roadmaps
14 35 (9.33%) Workshop Facilitation
15 34 (9.07%) Data Modelling
15 34 (9.07%) Process Improvement
16 33 (8.80%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (20.80%) SQL
2 45 (12.00%) Python
3 14 (3.73%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.20%) C#
5 9 (2.40%) Java
6 7 (1.87%) Bash
6 7 (1.87%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (1.33%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.07%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.07%) R
9 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.80%) VBA
10 2 (0.53%) Bicep
10 2 (0.53%) C
10 2 (0.53%) C++
10 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.53%) ProC
11 1 (0.27%) LookML
11 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 60 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (14.13%) CCNA
3 48 (12.80%) MCSE
3 48 (12.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (12.53%) Network+ Certification
5 45 (12.00%) A+ Certification
6 39 (10.40%) Security Cleared
7 31 (8.27%) Degree
8 18 (4.80%) SC Cleared
9 14 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.47%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.13%) CISSP
12 6 (1.60%) CCIE
12 6 (1.60%) JNCIE
13 5 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (1.33%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.07%) CISM
14 4 (1.07%) SAS Certification
15 3 (0.80%) PMI Certification
15 3 (0.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.00%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.33%) GDPR
4 16 (4.27%) QA
5 14 (3.73%) NIST
6 12 (3.20%) Accessibility
7 8 (2.13%) PMO
8 6 (1.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 6 (1.60%) GxP
9 5 (1.33%) SLA
10 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.80%) GRC
11 3 (0.80%) NCSC
11 3 (0.80%) WCAG
12 2 (0.53%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.27%) IFRS
13 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 16 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.33%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.07%) Firmware
4 3 (0.80%) Docker
5 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) NFS
6 1 (0.27%) RACF
6 1 (0.27%) Squid
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.20%) Ansible
3 7 (1.87%) Terraform
4 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.80%) Podman
6 2 (0.53%) Grafana
6 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) Control-M
7 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 49 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 46 (12.27%) Dell
3 27 (7.20%) Oracle
4 23 (6.13%) SAP
5 19 (5.07%) Cisco
6 17 (4.53%) ServiceNow
7 16 (4.27%) Salesforce
8 14 (3.73%) Databricks
9 10 (2.67%) VMware
10 7 (1.87%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.60%) F5
11 6 (1.60%) Juniper
12 5 (1.33%) BT
12 5 (1.33%) Charles River
12 5 (1.33%) Google
12 5 (1.33%) MarketAxess
12 5 (1.33%) Nexthink
12 5 (1.33%) Tradeweb
13 4 (1.07%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.07%) MuleSoft