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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 348 449
Rank change year-on-year +23 +101 +71
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 370 193 147
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.61% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 1.75% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 117 81
10th Percentile £239 £283 £263
25th Percentile £400 £380 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £656 £646 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.78% -14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 43
10th Percentile £14.10 £30.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £25.25 £53.38 £12.00
Median hourly rate £43.25 £80.68 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.39% +456.38% -35.56%
75th Percentile £55.56 £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 17,156 10,998 13,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.95% 34.56% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,487 6,840 8,322
10th Percentile £313 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £663
90th Percentile £747 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 869 507 906
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.60 £18.87 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.50 £30.81 £36.02
Median % change year-on-year +41.21% -14.48% +38.55%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £62.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -16.67% +29.96%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +41 340 £500 +11.11% 209
UK excluding London -20 184 £476 +5.78% 139
London -9 164 £500 - 92
Work from Home -12 86 £525 +19.45% 2,174
South East -22 58 £533 +33.13% 44
North of England -51 42 £475 +4.40% 34
Midlands -33 32 £500 +59.24% 24
South West -12 30 £350 -33.33% 24
West Midlands -36 29 £500 +88.68% 6
North West -25 28 £494 +9.78% 17
East of England -31 11 £500 +48.15% 6
Yorkshire -51 10 £463 -11.90% 13
Wales -9 9 - - 1
Scotland -17 6 £127 -71.78% 4
North East - 4 - - 4
East Midlands -15 3 £463 +28.47% 18

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 (4.59%) Confluence
2 5 (1.35%) CMS
2 5 (1.35%) SAS
3 4 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.54%) 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 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.43%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.70%) Finacle
2 6 (1.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.08%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.81%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.81%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.81%) iTrent
4 3 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.54%) Actimize
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.54%) 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 General Ledger
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.62%) Azure
2 39 (10.54%) Power Platform
3 36 (9.73%) AWS
4 16 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.05%) SaaS
6 12 (3.24%) GCP
7 11 (2.97%) Snowflake
8 10 (2.70%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.43%) GitHub
10 6 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.08%) Collibra
11 4 (1.08%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.81%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.81%) Apigee
12 3 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.81%) OCI
12 3 (0.81%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.81%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.51%) SAN
2 12 (3.24%) WAN
3 8 (2.16%) LAN
3 8 (2.16%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.89%) BGP
4 7 (1.89%) MPLS
5 5 (1.35%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.35%) VLAN
6 4 (1.08%) DNS
6 4 (1.08%) Network Security
6 4 (1.08%) SNMP
6 4 (1.08%) TACACS
6 4 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.81%) DHCP
7 3 (0.81%) Firewall
7 3 (0.81%) Internet
7 3 (0.81%) NAS
7 3 (0.81%) OSPF
7 3 (0.81%) VPN
8 2 (0.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.54%) Power BI
2 14 (3.78%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.51%) Tableau
4 12 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.70%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.70%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.62%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (1.35%) Power Query
8 4 (1.08%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.08%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 4 (1.08%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 3 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.81%) Looker
9 3 (0.81%) Metadata
9 3 (0.81%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.54%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (0.54%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (9.73%) JIRA
2 4 (1.08%) Git
3 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.81%) Selenium
4 2 (0.54%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.54%) GitLab
4 2 (0.54%) 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
1 370 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 184 (49.73%) Social Skills
3 109 (29.46%) Finance
4 40 (10.81%) Banking
5 34 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.22%) Legal
6 23 (6.22%) Manufacturing
7 20 (5.41%) Marketing
8 19 (5.14%) Front Office
9 17 (4.59%) Back Office
9 17 (4.59%) Telecoms
10 16 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (2.16%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.62%) Retail
16 5 (1.35%) Billing
17 4 (1.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (24.05%) Analyst
2 47 (12.70%) Business Analyst
2 47 (12.70%) Field Engineer
2 47 (12.70%) Field Service Engineer
2 47 (12.70%) IT Engineer
3 21 (5.68%) Data Analyst
3 21 (5.68%) Support Engineer
4 20 (5.41%) IT Support
5 19 (5.14%) Lead
5 19 (5.14%) Senior
6 18 (4.86%) Developer
7 17 (4.59%) Architect
8 16 (4.32%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (4.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.05%) Consultant
10 13 (3.51%) Product Owner
11 12 (3.24%) Applications Support
12 10 (2.70%) Project Manager
12 10 (2.70%) Security Analyst
12 10 (2.70%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.70%) REST
2 6 (1.62%) PySpark
2 6 (1.62%) XML
3 5 (1.35%) .NET
3 5 (1.35%) Kafka
4 4 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.08%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.08%) OpenConfig
4 4 (1.08%) RESTCONF
4 4 (1.08%) YANG
5 3 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.81%) JSON
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.81%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.81%) YAML
6 2 (0.54%) Pandas
6 2 (0.54%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.54%) React
6 2 (0.54%) RESTful
6 2 (0.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.86%) Data Centre
2 31 (8.38%) Product Ownership
3 26 (7.03%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 10 (2.70%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.16%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.16%) SCADA
8 7 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.89%) Life Science
9 6 (1.62%) CMDB
9 6 (1.62%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.62%) Social Media
9 6 (1.62%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.35%) Blog
10 5 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.38%) Windows
2 11 (2.97%) Linux
3 7 (1.89%) Unix
4 5 (1.35%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.81%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.54%) AIX
6 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.54%) HPUX
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.54%) Solaris
6 2 (0.54%) SUSE
6 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (43.78%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (25.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 87 (23.51%) Agile
4 67 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (14.05%) Analytics
6 51 (13.78%) Customer Service
7 49 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 48 (12.97%) Validation
9 47 (12.70%) Break/Fix
10 43 (11.62%) AI
10 43 (11.62%) Business Intelligence
11 39 (10.54%) Business Analysis
11 39 (10.54%) Migration
12 37 (10.00%) Decision-Making
12 37 (10.00%) Process Improvement
13 36 (9.73%) Data Modelling
14 33 (8.92%) User Stories
15 32 (8.65%) Data Governance
15 32 (8.65%) ITIL
15 32 (8.65%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 77 (20.81%) SQL
2 41 (11.08%) Python
3 14 (3.78%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.24%) C#
5 9 (2.43%) Java
6 7 (1.89%) Bash
6 7 (1.89%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.08%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.08%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.08%) R
9 3 (0.81%) VBA
10 2 (0.54%) Bicep
10 2 (0.54%) C
10 2 (0.54%) C++
10 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.54%) ProC
11 1 (0.27%) LookML
11 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 60 (16.22%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (14.86%) CCNA
3 50 (13.51%) MCSE
3 50 (13.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (13.24%) Network+ Certification
5 47 (12.70%) A+ Certification
6 40 (10.81%) Security Cleared
7 31 (8.38%) Degree
8 19 (5.14%) SC Cleared
9 13 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.51%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.16%) CISSP
11 4 (1.08%) CCIE
11 4 (1.08%) CISA
11 4 (1.08%) CISM
11 4 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.08%) JNCIE
11 4 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.08%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.68%) GDPR
4 20 (5.41%) QA
5 14 (3.78%) NIST
6 10 (2.70%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.43%) PMO
8 7 (1.89%) SLA
9 6 (1.62%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 6 (1.62%) GxP
10 4 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.81%) GRC
11 3 (0.81%) NCSC
12 2 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.54%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.35%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.08%) Firmware
4 3 (0.81%) 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 (3.51%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.70%) Ansible
3 7 (1.89%) Terraform
4 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.81%) Podman
6 2 (0.54%) Grafana
6 2 (0.54%) 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 (12.97%) Dell
2 45 (12.16%) Microsoft
3 28 (7.57%) Oracle
4 22 (5.95%) SAP
5 18 (4.86%) ServiceNow
6 17 (4.59%) Cisco
7 16 (4.32%) Salesforce
8 14 (3.78%) Databricks
9 10 (2.70%) VMware
10 5 (1.35%) BT
10 5 (1.35%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.35%) Google
10 5 (1.35%) Nexthink
11 4 (1.08%) BMC
11 4 (1.08%) F5
11 4 (1.08%) Juniper
11 4 (1.08%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.81%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.81%) Splunk
12 3 (0.81%) Tradeweb