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 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 419 451
Rank change year-on-year +154 +32 +161
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 359 125 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 0.35% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.80% 1.11% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 73 99
10th Percentile £274 £225 £107
25th Percentile £371 £263 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% +5.00% +1.69%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £603
90th Percentile £677 £668 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £400
% change year-on-year - +12.50% +263.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 18
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £11.75 £16.31
Median hourly rate £37.50 £16.25 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% -10.96% -65.06%
75th Percentile £61.50 £21.75 £22.88
90th Percentile £80.00 - £32.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £13.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year +307.41% -25.00% -44.72%

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 12,839 11,268 14,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.39% 31.55% 31.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,002 6,687 9,627
10th Percentile £275 £275 £270
25th Percentile £406 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £630 £663 £669
90th Percentile £738 £775 £772
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 652 367 497
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.81 £16.67
25th Percentile £17.98 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £34.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.06% -20.00% +21.43%
75th Percentile £56.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.19 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -20.00% -28.11% +53.25%

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 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
England +133 322 £500 +6.95% 1,145
UK excluding London +87 170 £450 - 1,148
London +78 159 £519 +1.22% 125
Work from Home +66 100 £425 +14.79% 1,023
South East +24 51 £350 -9.68% 294
North of England -9 45 £550 +86.44% 236
Midlands -2 31 £378 - 210
North West +1 26 £460 +53.33% 122
Yorkshire -25 19 £563 +90.68% 98
West Midlands - 19 £420 - 109
Scotland - 17 £475 - 55
East of England 0 15 £678 +42.63% 177
East Midlands -6 12 £360 - 91
South West -9 12 £588 +38.24% 143
Wales - 4 £588 - 38
North East - 1 £550 - 16

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 16 (4.46%) Confluence
2 9 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.39%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Camunda
Applications
1 51 (14.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.06%) Siemens NX
4 10 (2.79%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.84%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.84%) Revit
8 2 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.56%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.56%) Sketch
8 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.28%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.28%) Notion
9 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.06%) Teamcenter
2 8 (2.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.95%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.11%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.84%) Endur
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.84%) Shopify
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.28%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.28%) Maximo
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.28%) Primavera
7 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.09%) Azure
2 42 (11.70%) Power Platform
3 35 (9.75%) AWS
4 15 (4.18%) GCP
5 12 (3.34%) SaaS
6 11 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.51%) Contentsquare
7 9 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.95%) Collibra
8 7 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.67%) GitHub
9 6 (1.67%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.11%) Google Data Studio
11 3 (0.84%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.84%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.84%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.84%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.84%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.13%) DNS
2 18 (5.01%) TCP/IP
3 16 (4.46%) Network Security
4 14 (3.90%) VLAN
5 12 (3.34%) DHCP
5 12 (3.34%) HTTP
5 12 (3.34%) SSL
6 9 (2.51%) Firewall
7 8 (2.23%) FTP
7 8 (2.23%) SMTP
8 6 (1.67%) LAN
9 5 (1.39%) BGP
10 4 (1.11%) SAN
11 3 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.56%) Internet
12 2 (0.56%) MPLS
12 2 (0.56%) SMS
12 2 (0.56%) SNMP
12 2 (0.56%) TACACS
12 2 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (11.42%) Power BI
2 17 (4.74%) Tableau
3 11 (3.06%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.23%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.95%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 6 (1.67%) Metadata
7 6 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.39%) Big Data
8 5 (1.39%) Power Query
9 3 (0.84%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.84%) Looker
9 3 (0.84%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.84%) MSDE
9 3 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.56%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.56%) MySQL
10 2 (0.56%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (7.24%) JIRA
2 4 (1.11%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.11%) Git
2 4 (1.11%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.84%) IntelliJ
3 3 (0.84%) PyCharm
3 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.84%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (0.56%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.28%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.28%) Locust
5 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 359 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 189 (52.65%) Social Skills
3 129 (35.93%) Finance
4 35 (9.75%) Banking
5 32 (8.91%) Public Sector
6 28 (7.80%) Marketing
7 24 (6.69%) Legal
8 23 (6.41%) Manufacturing
9 19 (5.29%) Investment Banking
10 14 (3.90%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.62%) Financial Institution
11 13 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (3.34%) Retail
13 10 (2.79%) Aerospace
13 10 (2.79%) Publishing
14 7 (1.95%) Back Office
14 7 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.95%) Electronics
14 7 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (29.53%) Analyst
2 42 (11.70%) Business Analyst
3 23 (6.41%) Data Analyst
4 21 (5.85%) Architect
4 21 (5.85%) Lead
5 18 (5.01%) Consultant
5 18 (5.01%) Project Manager
6 17 (4.74%) Senior
7 16 (4.46%) Developer
8 13 (3.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (3.34%) Support Engineer
10 11 (3.06%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (3.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (3.06%) Project Leader
11 10 (2.79%) Product Manager
11 10 (2.79%) SOC Analyst
12 9 (2.51%) IT Manager
12 9 (2.51%) Product Owner
13 7 (1.95%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (1.95%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.06%) JSON
2 10 (2.79%) LDAP
3 8 (2.23%) REST
4 6 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (1.67%) scikit-learn
4 6 (1.67%) TensorFlow
5 5 (1.39%) .NET
5 5 (1.39%) HTML
5 5 (1.39%) React
6 4 (1.11%) Pandas
7 3 (0.84%) EDI
7 3 (0.84%) Node.js
7 3 (0.84%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.84%) Swagger
7 3 (0.84%) XGBoost
8 2 (0.56%) LightGBM
8 2 (0.56%) NETCONF
8 2 (0.56%) OpenConfig
8 2 (0.56%) RESTCONF
8 2 (0.56%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.85%) Management Information System
2 18 (5.01%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.23%) CSOC
4 8 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (2.23%) Cyberattack
4 8 (2.23%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.95%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.95%) Derivative
6 6 (1.67%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.39%) PMI
8 4 (1.11%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.11%) SCADA
8 4 (1.11%) Social Media
9 3 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.84%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.91%) Windows
2 23 (6.41%) Linux
3 6 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (39.28%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (28.13%) Agile
3 87 (24.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (17.83%) Decision-Making
5 63 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (17.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 58 (16.16%) Analytics
8 54 (15.04%) Business Intelligence
9 39 (10.86%) Roadmaps
10 38 (10.58%) Visualisation
11 35 (9.75%) Data Analysis
12 32 (8.91%) Actionable Insight
12 32 (8.91%) AI
12 32 (8.91%) Risk Management
13 31 (8.64%) Data Governance
13 31 (8.64%) ITIL
14 29 (8.08%) Scrum
15 28 (7.80%) Change Management
16 27 (7.52%) Project Management
16 27 (7.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 84 (23.40%) SQL
2 54 (15.04%) Python
3 25 (6.96%) PowerShell
4 17 (4.74%) Java
5 15 (4.18%) C#
6 8 (2.23%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.67%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.39%) Bash
9 4 (1.11%) R
10 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.84%) Korn
10 3 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.84%) VBA
11 2 (0.56%) BeanShell
11 2 (0.56%) RPG
11 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.28%) ABAP
12 1 (0.28%) C++
12 1 (0.28%) PHP
12 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 64 (17.83%) Degree
2 56 (15.60%) Security Cleared
3 45 (12.53%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.46%) PMI Certification
6 15 (4.18%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (3.90%) Master's Degree
8 13 (3.62%) DV Cleared
9 12 (3.34%) PMP
10 11 (3.06%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.06%) Server+ Certification
11 10 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.67%) CBAP
12 6 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.67%) CSPO
13 4 (1.11%) A+ Certification
13 4 (1.11%) CCNA
13 4 (1.11%) CISSP
13 4 (1.11%) MCSE
14 3 (0.84%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.58%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.96%) QA
3 22 (6.13%) GDPR
4 12 (3.34%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.67%) PMO
5 6 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.67%) SLA
6 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.39%) NIST
7 4 (1.11%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.11%) MiFID
8 3 (0.84%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.56%) EMIR
9 2 (0.56%) GRC
9 2 (0.56%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.28%) COSHH
10 1 (0.28%) FIPS 140-2
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 11 (3.06%) Docker
1 11 (3.06%) Hyper-V
1 11 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.11%) NDS
3 4 (1.11%) NetIQ eDirectory
4 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 15 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.06%) Ansible
3 9 (2.51%) Terraform
4 5 (1.39%) SCCM
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.56%) SCOM
5 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.56%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.56%) vRealize
6 1 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.28%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 62 (17.27%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.52%) SAP
3 17 (4.74%) Google
4 16 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.90%) Oracle
6 13 (3.62%) VMware
7 12 (3.34%) Adobe
8 10 (2.79%) Siemens
9 8 (2.23%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.95%) Alteryx
11 5 (1.39%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.39%) Databricks
11 5 (1.39%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.11%) Cisco
12 4 (1.11%) Dell
12 4 (1.11%) Informatica
12 4 (1.11%) Murex
12 4 (1.11%) NetIQ
12 4 (1.11%) Sparx
13 3 (0.84%) BMC
1,260 Analytical Mindset jobs Nationwide