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 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 357 436
Rank change year-on-year +20 +79 +80
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 359 179 150
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.59% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.13% 1.69% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 109 81
10th Percentile £250 £294 £263
25th Percentile £400 £380 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.44% -14.29% -1.41%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £656 £650 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £449 £525
% change year-on-year +5.91% -14.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 44
10th Percentile £14.10 £30.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £25.25 £53.38 £12.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £80.68 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% +456.38% -35.56%
75th Percentile £55.75 £81.18 £18.94
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.88
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 16,850 10,570 13,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.83% 34.54% 30.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,306 6,585 8,276
10th Percentile £313 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £539
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.64% -1.95%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 860 488 927
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.54 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.97 £15.32
Median hourly rate £42.15 £31.29 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +34.73% -12.24% +58.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.52 £62.25
90th Percentile £86.34 £79.13 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.50 £35.58
% change year-on-year +44.13% -14.27% +58.11%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +36 329 £498 +10.56% 153
UK excluding London -7 174 £475 +5.91% 118
London -7 162 £500 +5.26% 57
Work from Home -3 85 £525 +19.45% 63
South East -24 55 £500 +37.93% 38
North of England -59 40 £475 +4.40% 26
Midlands -38 30 £489 +55.57% 23
South West -10 28 £350 -33.33% 20
West Midlands -33 27 £489 +84.34% 8
North West -31 26 £494 +9.78% 13
East of England -30 10 £600 +77.78% 8
Yorkshire -54 10 £463 -11.90% 10
Wales -5 9 - - 1
Scotland -13 6 £127 -71.78% 1
North East - 4 - - 3
East Midlands -16 3 £463 +28.47% 15

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 (4.74%) Confluence
2 5 (1.39%) SAS
3 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.11%) CMS
4 3 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Camunda
6 1 (0.28%) Mendix
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.51%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.79%) Finacle
2 6 (1.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.11%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.84%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.84%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.84%) iTrent
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.28%) Summit
6 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.42%) Azure
2 37 (10.31%) Power Platform
3 36 (10.03%) AWS
4 15 (4.18%) SaaS
5 13 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.06%) GCP
6 11 (3.06%) GitHub
7 10 (2.79%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.51%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.11%) Collibra
11 3 (0.84%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.84%) Fivetran
11 3 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (0.84%) OCI
11 3 (0.84%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.84%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.21%) SAN
2 12 (3.34%) WAN
3 8 (2.23%) LAN
3 8 (2.23%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.95%) BGP
4 7 (1.95%) MPLS
5 5 (1.39%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.39%) VLAN
6 4 (1.11%) DNS
6 4 (1.11%) Network Security
6 4 (1.11%) SNMP
6 4 (1.11%) TACACS
6 4 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.84%) DHCP
7 3 (0.84%) Firewall
7 3 (0.84%) Internet
7 3 (0.84%) NAS
7 3 (0.84%) OSPF
8 2 (0.56%) IP Telephony
8 2 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.31%) Power BI
2 14 (3.90%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.34%) Tableau
5 10 (2.79%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.79%) RDBMS
6 7 (1.95%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (1.39%) Power Query
8 4 (1.11%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.11%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 4 (1.11%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 3 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.84%) Looker
9 3 (0.84%) Metadata
9 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.84%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.56%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 35 (9.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.11%) Git
3 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.84%) Selenium
4 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.28%) Appium
5 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.28%) Gatling
5 1 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.28%) JUnit
5 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) NUnit
5 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 359 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 180 (50.14%) Social Skills
3 103 (28.69%) Finance
4 38 (10.58%) Banking
5 33 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.41%) Legal
7 22 (6.13%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.57%) Marketing
9 18 (5.01%) Front Office
10 17 (4.74%) Back Office
10 17 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (4.74%) Telecoms
11 16 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.95%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.67%) Retail
15 5 (1.39%) Billing
16 4 (1.11%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 84 (23.40%) Analyst
2 47 (13.09%) Field Engineer
2 47 (13.09%) Field Service Engineer
2 47 (13.09%) IT Engineer
3 46 (12.81%) Business Analyst
4 21 (5.85%) Data Analyst
4 21 (5.85%) Support Engineer
5 20 (5.57%) IT Support
5 20 (5.57%) Lead
6 19 (5.29%) Developer
7 17 (4.74%) Senior
8 16 (4.46%) Architect
8 16 (4.46%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (4.46%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (3.90%) Consultant
10 12 (3.34%) Applications Support
10 12 (3.34%) Product Owner
11 10 (2.79%) Project Manager
11 10 (2.79%) Security Analyst
11 10 (2.79%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.51%) REST
2 7 (1.95%) XML
3 5 (1.39%) .NET
3 5 (1.39%) Kafka
3 5 (1.39%) PySpark
4 4 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.11%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.11%) OpenConfig
4 4 (1.11%) RESTCONF
4 4 (1.11%) YAML
4 4 (1.11%) YANG
5 3 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.84%) JSON
5 3 (0.84%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.56%) Pandas
6 2 (0.56%) React
6 2 (0.56%) SOAP
7 1 (0.28%) LDAP
7 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.60%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.36%) Product Ownership
3 26 (7.24%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 10 (2.79%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.23%) SCADA
8 7 (1.95%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.67%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.67%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.39%) Blog
10 5 (1.39%) CMDB
10 5 (1.39%) Life Science
10 5 (1.39%) Social Media
11 4 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.64%) Windows
2 12 (3.34%) Linux
3 7 (1.95%) Unix
4 5 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.56%) AIX
6 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.56%) HPUX
6 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.56%) Solaris
6 2 (0.56%) SUSE
6 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (43.73%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (24.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 85 (23.68%) Agile
4 66 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (13.93%) Analytics
5 50 (13.93%) Customer Service
5 50 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 50 (13.93%) Validation
6 47 (13.09%) Break/Fix
7 40 (11.14%) AI
7 40 (11.14%) Business Intelligence
8 38 (10.58%) Migration
9 37 (10.31%) Decision-Making
10 36 (10.03%) Business Analysis
10 36 (10.03%) Data Modelling
10 36 (10.03%) Process Improvement
11 33 (9.19%) Data Governance
12 31 (8.64%) User Stories
13 30 (8.36%) Roadmaps
13 30 (8.36%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.61%) SQL
2 37 (10.31%) Python
3 15 (4.18%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.62%) C#
5 8 (2.23%) Java
5 8 (2.23%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.95%) Bash
7 5 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.11%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.11%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.11%) R
9 3 (0.84%) VBA
10 2 (0.56%) Bicep
10 2 (0.56%) C
10 2 (0.56%) C++
10 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.56%) ProC
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.28%) LookML
11 1 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 60 (16.71%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (15.32%) CCNA
3 50 (13.93%) MCSE
3 50 (13.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (13.65%) Network+ Certification
5 47 (13.09%) A+ Certification
6 36 (10.03%) Security Cleared
7 30 (8.36%) Degree
8 18 (5.01%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.34%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.23%) CISSP
11 4 (1.11%) CCIE
11 4 (1.11%) CISA
11 4 (1.11%) CISM
11 4 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.11%) JNCIE
11 4 (1.11%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.84%) CEH
12 3 (0.84%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.64%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.13%) GDPR
2 22 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.57%) QA
4 14 (3.90%) NIST
5 10 (2.79%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.51%) PMO
7 6 (1.67%) SLA
8 5 (1.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (1.39%) GxP
9 4 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.84%) GRC
10 3 (0.84%) NCSC
11 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.56%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.56%) WCAG
12 1 (0.28%) COBIT
12 1 (0.28%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.67%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.11%) Firmware
4 3 (0.84%) Docker
5 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.28%) KVM
6 1 (0.28%) NFS
6 1 (0.28%) RACF
6 1 (0.28%) Squid
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.06%) Ansible
3 7 (1.95%) Terraform
4 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.84%) Podman
6 2 (0.56%) Grafana
6 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) Control-M
7 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.28%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 48 (13.37%) Dell
2 42 (11.70%) Microsoft
3 29 (8.08%) Oracle
4 23 (6.41%) SAP
5 17 (4.74%) Cisco
6 16 (4.46%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.90%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.62%) Databricks
9 11 (3.06%) VMware
10 5 (1.39%) BT
10 5 (1.39%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.39%) Google
10 5 (1.39%) Nexthink
11 4 (1.11%) BMC
11 4 (1.11%) F5
11 4 (1.11%) Juniper
11 4 (1.11%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.84%) Charles River
12 3 (0.84%) HP
12 3 (0.84%) Red Hat