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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 349 455
Rank change year-on-year +29 +106 +68
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 375 195 147
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.60% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 1.75% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 118 81
10th Percentile £250 £289 £263
25th Percentile £396 £380 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% -0.71%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £600
90th Percentile £656 £646 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £449 £525
% change year-on-year +5.91% -14.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 43
10th Percentile £14.10 £30.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £25.25 £53.38 £12.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £80.68 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.04% +456.38% -35.56%
75th Percentile £55.38 £81.18 £18.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.50
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 17,394 11,140 13,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.14% 34.49% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,642 6,925 8,369
10th Percentile £313 £300 £281
25th Percentile £414 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £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 882 515 902
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £31.00 £36.02
Median % change year-on-year +41.81% -13.94% +30.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.55 £62.00
90th Percentile £87.47 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £31.49 £36.00
% change year-on-year +39.60% -12.53% +2.86%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +24 344 £495 +10.00% 284
UK excluding London -9 188 £475 +5.91% 184
London -1 164 £506 +1.25% 150
Work from Home -4 87 £525 +21.46% 86
South East -13 58 £533 +33.13% 45
North of England -61 42 £475 +4.40% 35
Midlands -35 33 £489 +55.57% 24
South West -13 30 £350 -33.33% 61
West Midlands -40 29 £500 +88.68% 7
North West -24 28 £494 +9.78% 15
East of England -23 14 £488 +44.44% 12
Yorkshire -53 10 £463 -11.90% 13
Wales -6 9 - -
Scotland -10 6 £127 -71.78% 4
East Midlands -12 4 £425 +18.06% 17
North East - 4 - - 7

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 18 (4.80%) Confluence
2 5 (1.33%) CMS
2 5 (1.33%) SAS
3 4 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.80%) OpenStack
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 31 (8.27%) 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%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.80%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.80%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.80%) iTrent
3 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.53%) Actimize
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.47%) Azure
2 39 (10.40%) Power Platform
3 36 (9.60%) AWS
4 16 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.00%) SaaS
6 12 (3.20%) GCP
7 11 (2.93%) Snowflake
8 10 (2.67%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.40%) GitHub
10 6 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.07%) Collibra
11 4 (1.07%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.07%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.80%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.80%) Apigee
12 3 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.80%) OCI
12 3 (0.80%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.33%) SAN
2 13 (3.47%) WAN
3 9 (2.40%) LAN
3 9 (2.40%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.13%) BGP
4 8 (2.13%) MPLS
5 5 (1.33%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.33%) SNMP
5 5 (1.33%) TACACS
5 5 (1.33%) VLAN
5 5 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.07%) DNS
6 4 (1.07%) Network Security
7 3 (0.80%) DHCP
7 3 (0.80%) Firewall
7 3 (0.80%) Internet
7 3 (0.80%) NAS
7 3 (0.80%) OSPF
7 3 (0.80%) VPN
8 2 (0.53%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.40%) Power BI
2 14 (3.73%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.47%) Tableau
4 12 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.67%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.67%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.60%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (1.33%) Power Query
8 4 (1.07%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.07%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 4 (1.07%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 3 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.80%) Looker
9 3 (0.80%) Metadata
9 3 (0.80%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (0.53%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (9.87%) 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%) Appium
5 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.27%) Browser DevTools
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%) MLflow
5 1 (0.27%) NUnit
5 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 375 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 186 (49.60%) Social Skills
3 110 (29.33%) Finance
4 41 (10.93%) Banking
5 34 (9.07%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.67%) Legal
7 23 (6.13%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.33%) Marketing
9 19 (5.07%) Front Office
10 18 (4.80%) Telecoms
11 17 (4.53%) Back Office
12 16 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.13%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.60%) Retail
18 5 (1.33%) Billing
19 4 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (23.73%) Analyst
2 47 (12.53%) Business Analyst
2 47 (12.53%) Field Engineer
2 47 (12.53%) Field Service Engineer
2 47 (12.53%) IT Engineer
3 21 (5.60%) Data Analyst
3 21 (5.60%) Support Engineer
4 20 (5.33%) IT Support
5 19 (5.07%) Lead
5 19 (5.07%) Senior
6 18 (4.80%) Architect
6 18 (4.80%) Developer
7 16 (4.27%) Consultant
7 16 (4.27%) Field Support Engineer
7 16 (4.27%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (3.47%) Product Owner
9 12 (3.20%) Applications Support
10 11 (2.93%) Product Manager
11 10 (2.67%) Security Analyst
11 10 (2.67%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.67%) REST
2 6 (1.60%) PySpark
2 6 (1.60%) XML
3 5 (1.33%) .NET
3 5 (1.33%) Kafka
3 5 (1.33%) NETCONF
3 5 (1.33%) OpenConfig
3 5 (1.33%) RESTCONF
3 5 (1.33%) YANG
4 4 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.80%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.80%) JSON
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.80%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.80%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.80%) YAML
6 2 (0.53%) Pandas
6 2 (0.53%) React
6 2 (0.53%) RESTful
6 2 (0.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (14.93%) Data Centre
2 34 (9.07%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.93%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 10 (2.67%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.13%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.13%) SCADA
8 7 (1.87%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.87%) Life Science
9 6 (1.60%) CMDB
9 6 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.60%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.60%) Social Media
9 6 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.33%) Blog
11 4 (1.07%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.27%) Windows
2 11 (2.93%) Linux
3 7 (1.87%) Unix
4 5 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.53%) AIX
6 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.53%) HPUX
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.53%) Solaris
6 2 (0.53%) SUSE
6 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (42.93%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (24.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 90 (24.00%) Agile
4 69 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (13.87%) Analytics
6 51 (13.60%) Customer Service
7 49 (13.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 48 (12.80%) Validation
9 47 (12.53%) Break/Fix
10 44 (11.73%) AI
11 43 (11.47%) Business Intelligence
12 39 (10.40%) Business Analysis
12 39 (10.40%) Migration
13 37 (9.87%) Process Improvement
13 37 (9.87%) User Stories
14 36 (9.60%) Data Modelling
14 36 (9.60%) Decision-Making
15 35 (9.33%) Roadmaps
16 34 (9.07%) Workshop Facilitation
17 32 (8.53%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 76 (20.27%) SQL
2 43 (11.47%) 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
8 4 (1.07%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.07%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.07%) R
9 3 (0.80%) VBA
10 2 (0.53%) Bicep
10 2 (0.53%) C
10 2 (0.53%) C++
10 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.53%) ProC
11 1 (0.27%) LookML
11 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 61 (16.27%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (14.67%) CCNA
3 50 (13.33%) MCSE
3 50 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (13.07%) Network+ Certification
5 47 (12.53%) A+ Certification
6 40 (10.67%) Security Cleared
7 32 (8.53%) Degree
8 19 (5.07%) SC Cleared
9 14 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.47%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.13%) CISSP
12 5 (1.33%) CCIE
12 5 (1.33%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.33%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.07%) CISA
13 4 (1.07%) CISM
13 4 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.07%) SAS Certification
14 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.53%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.60%) GDPR
4 20 (5.33%) QA
5 14 (3.73%) NIST
6 10 (2.67%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.40%) PMO
8 7 (1.87%) SLA
9 6 (1.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 6 (1.60%) GxP
10 4 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.80%) GRC
11 3 (0.80%) NCSC
12 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.53%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.27%) Basel III
13 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (3.73%) 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 1 (0.27%) NFS
5 1 (0.27%) RACF
5 1 (0.27%) Squid
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.93%) 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%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 48 (12.80%) Dell
2 46 (12.27%) Microsoft
3 28 (7.47%) Oracle
4 22 (5.87%) SAP
5 18 (4.80%) Cisco
5 18 (4.80%) ServiceNow
6 16 (4.27%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.73%) Databricks
8 10 (2.67%) VMware
9 6 (1.60%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.33%) BT
10 5 (1.33%) F5
10 5 (1.33%) Google
10 5 (1.33%) Juniper
10 5 (1.33%) Nexthink
11 4 (1.07%) BMC
11 4 (1.07%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.80%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.80%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.80%) Splunk