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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 392 421
Rank change year-on-year +117 +29 +168
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 348 132 178
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 0.42% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.80% 1.30% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 79 105
10th Percentile £303 £225 £138
25th Percentile £379 £263 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -8.16%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £588
90th Percentile £681 £625 £659
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £400
% change year-on-year - +12.50% +263.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 30
10th Percentile £18.25 - -
25th Percentile £19.81 £11.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £13.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -25.00% -71.20%
75th Percentile £64.69 £16.88 £23.06
90th Percentile £77.63 £19.80 £25.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.25 £13.50 £17.75
% change year-on-year +346.30% -23.94% -19.90%

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 12,412 10,148 13,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.24% 32.20% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,795 6,030 8,796
10th Percentile £281 £263 £263
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £545
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -1.83% -0.91%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 611 312 555
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.13 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.30 £18.94
Median hourly rate £27.50 £33.77 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -10.54% +51.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -23.53% +102.38%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +90 312 £495 -1.00% 309
London +68 158 £500 -4.76% 58
UK excluding London +55 158 £450 - 287
Work from Home +51 95 £425 +14.79% 126
South East +26 56 £380 -1.94% 95
Midlands -14 33 £420 - 36
North of England -31 31 £550 +120.00% 54
West Midlands -15 21 £466 - 13
North West -22 20 £550 +120.00% 24
East of England -15 14 £675 +17.39% 40
Scotland +14 13 £500 +11.11% 9
East Midlands -9 12 £375 - 23
South West -14 11 £525 +23.53% 42
Yorkshire -30 11 £563 +90.68% 23
Wales - 5 £588 - 13
North East - 1 £550 - 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 20 (5.75%) Confluence
2 7 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.15%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
Applications
1 50 (14.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.87%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.59%) Siemens NX
5 8 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.86%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.86%) Revit
8 2 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.57%) Autodesk Smoke
8 2 (0.57%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.57%) Sketch
8 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.29%) Notion
9 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.87%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.59%) Teamcenter
3 8 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.15%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (1.15%) Shopify
5 4 (1.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.29%) Maximo
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.29%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 51 (14.66%) Azure
2 38 (10.92%) AWS
2 38 (10.92%) Power Platform
3 15 (4.31%) GCP
4 12 (3.45%) GitHub
5 10 (2.87%) Contentsquare
5 10 (2.87%) SaaS
6 9 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.59%) Collibra
7 8 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.44%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.15%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (1.15%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.15%) Lucidchart
9 4 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.15%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.86%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.86%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.18%) DNS
2 18 (5.17%) TCP/IP
3 16 (4.60%) Network Security
4 14 (4.02%) VLAN
5 12 (3.45%) HTTP
5 12 (3.45%) SSL
6 11 (3.16%) DHCP
7 9 (2.59%) Firewall
7 9 (2.59%) SAN
8 8 (2.30%) FTP
8 8 (2.30%) SMTP
9 5 (1.44%) BGP
9 5 (1.44%) LAN
10 3 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.57%) MPLS
11 2 (0.57%) SMS
11 2 (0.57%) SNMP
11 2 (0.57%) TACACS
11 2 (0.57%) WAN
12 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.92%) Power BI
2 15 (4.31%) Tableau
3 9 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.30%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 8 (2.30%) Metadata
4 8 (2.30%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.72%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.44%) Big Data
6 5 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.44%) Power Query
7 4 (1.15%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.86%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.86%) MSDE
8 3 (0.86%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.57%) Looker
9 2 (0.57%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.57%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 31 (8.91%) JIRA
2 4 (1.15%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.15%) Git
3 3 (0.86%) IntelliJ
3 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.86%) PyCharm
3 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.86%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (0.57%) MLflow
4 2 (0.57%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.57%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.29%) JMeter
5 1 (0.29%) Locust
General
1 347 (99.71%) Analytical Skills
2 175 (50.29%) Social Skills
3 123 (35.34%) Finance
4 32 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 31 (8.91%) Banking
6 24 (6.90%) Legal
6 24 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 24 (6.90%) Marketing
7 16 (4.60%) Investment Banking
8 12 (3.45%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.87%) Publishing
10 9 (2.59%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.59%) Retail
10 9 (2.59%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.01%) Electronics
12 6 (1.72%) Military
13 4 (1.15%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 87 (25.00%) Analyst
2 37 (10.63%) Business Analyst
3 26 (7.47%) Lead
4 19 (5.46%) Senior
5 18 (5.17%) Architect
5 18 (5.17%) Consultant
6 17 (4.89%) Data Analyst
7 16 (4.60%) Developer
8 14 (4.02%) Support Engineer
9 13 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.16%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (3.16%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (3.16%) Product Manager
10 11 (3.16%) Project Leader
10 11 (3.16%) Project Manager
11 9 (2.59%) SOC Analyst
12 8 (2.30%) Field Engineer
12 8 (2.30%) Field Service Engineer
12 8 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.01%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.87%) LDAP
2 8 (2.30%) JSON
3 7 (2.01%) PyTorch
3 7 (2.01%) scikit-learn
3 7 (2.01%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.72%) REST
5 5 (1.44%) Pandas
6 4 (1.15%) EDI
6 4 (1.15%) HTML
6 4 (1.15%) Node.js
6 4 (1.15%) PySpark
7 3 (0.86%) .NET
7 3 (0.86%) Dask
7 3 (0.86%) Google JAX
7 3 (0.86%) JAX
7 3 (0.86%) LightGBM
7 3 (0.86%) Middleware
7 3 (0.86%) XGBoost
8 2 (0.57%) Faiss
8 2 (0.57%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.89%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.74%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.30%) CSOC
5 8 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (2.30%) Cyberattack
5 8 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.01%) Derivative
7 6 (1.72%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.72%) NHS
8 5 (1.44%) PMI
9 4 (1.15%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.15%) SCADA
9 4 (1.15%) Social Media
10 3 (0.86%) Contract for Difference
10 3 (0.86%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.86%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.34%) Windows
2 27 (7.76%) Linux
3 8 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.57%) VMS
6 1 (0.29%) Unix
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (38.51%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (28.16%) Agile
3 86 (24.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (18.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 63 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (17.24%) Decision-Making
7 57 (16.38%) Analytics
8 51 (14.66%) Business Intelligence
9 45 (12.93%) Roadmaps
10 36 (10.34%) Data Governance
11 35 (10.06%) Visualisation
12 31 (8.91%) Actionable Insight
12 31 (8.91%) AI
12 31 (8.91%) ITIL
12 31 (8.91%) Risk Management
13 29 (8.33%) Change Management
14 28 (8.05%) User Experience
15 26 (7.47%) Data Analysis
15 26 (7.47%) Scrum
16 24 (6.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (23.28%) SQL
2 53 (15.23%) Python
3 29 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.74%) Java
5 12 (3.45%) C#
6 9 (2.59%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.44%) Bash
7 5 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (1.44%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.86%) Korn
8 3 (0.86%) R
9 2 (0.57%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.57%) C++
9 2 (0.57%) Go
9 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.57%) RPG
9 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.57%) VBA
10 1 (0.29%) Scala
10 1 (0.29%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 60 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 57 (16.38%) Degree
3 47 (13.51%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (5.17%) Network+ Certification
6 17 (4.89%) DV Cleared
7 16 (4.60%) PMI Certification
8 14 (4.02%) Master's Degree
9 12 (3.45%) PMP
10 11 (3.16%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.16%) Server+ Certification
11 10 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (2.01%) A+ Certification
13 7 (2.01%) CCNA
13 7 (2.01%) CSPO
13 7 (2.01%) MCSE
14 6 (1.72%) CBAP
15 5 (1.44%) CISSP
16 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.06%) Data Quality
2 28 (8.05%) QA
3 25 (7.18%) GDPR
4 12 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.72%) SLA
7 5 (1.44%) NIST
7 5 (1.44%) PMO
8 4 (1.15%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.15%) MiFID
9 3 (0.86%) ISO 19650
9 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.57%) EMIR
10 2 (0.57%) GRC
10 2 (0.57%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.57%) WCAG
11 1 (0.29%) COSHH
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 13 (3.74%) Hyper-V
1 13 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.59%) Docker
4 4 (1.15%) NDS
4 4 (1.15%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 3 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.57%) KVM
6 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.87%) Ansible
3 8 (2.30%) Terraform
4 6 (1.72%) SCCM
5 4 (1.15%) SCOM
5 4 (1.15%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.57%) vRealize
7 1 (0.29%) Kibana
7 1 (0.29%) Suricata
Vendors
1 60 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.33%) SAP
3 17 (4.89%) VMware
4 15 (4.31%) Google
5 14 (4.02%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.74%) Adobe
7 12 (3.45%) Oracle
8 10 (2.87%) Databricks
9 9 (2.59%) Siemens
10 8 (2.30%) Salesforce
11 7 (2.01%) Dell
12 6 (1.72%) Alteryx
13 5 (1.44%) Splunk
14 4 (1.15%) CyberArk
14 4 (1.15%) Informatica
14 4 (1.15%) MuleSoft
14 4 (1.15%) Murex
14 4 (1.15%) NetIQ
14 4 (1.15%) Sparx
15 3 (0.86%) Autodesk
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