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 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 370 405
Rank change year-on-year +53 +35 +101
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 344 156 177
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.54% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.23% 1.58% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 105 92
10th Percentile £242 £250 £187
25th Percentile £400 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -12.38% -
75th Percentile £588 £610 £575
90th Percentile £650 £641 £636
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +4.44% -14.29% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 6 55
10th Percentile £14.10 £53.38 £11.75
25th Percentile £33.31 £70.71 £13.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £80.68 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% +388.94% -73.60%
75th Percentile £67.38 £81.27 £19.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.35 £24.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.50 £80.68 £14.50
% change year-on-year -31.21% +456.38% -34.57%

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 15,414 9,893 12,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.95% 33.99% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,564 6,299 8,335
10th Percentile £313 £300 £268
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £743 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 729 396 900
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.64 £20.45 £15.17
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.76 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.05% +0.83% +41.51%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.40 £82.85 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.00 £30.39 £30.00
% change year-on-year +51.37% +1.30% +36.36%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +60 315 £488 +2.74% 223
UK excluding London +1 172 £470 +4.44% 167
London +14 149 £500 - 95
Work from Home 0 85 £506 +17.12% 112
South East -4 62 £500 +53.85% 59
North of England -48 33 £455 +26.96% 34
Midlands -35 28 £473 +5.70% 25
South West -11 27 £350 -33.33% 17
West Midlands -38 23 £473 +20.38% 15
North West -26 21 £435 +21.37% 22
Wales 0 10 - - 3
East of England -34 9 £475 -17.39% 17
Yorkshire -47 8 £463 +10.78% 7
Scotland -5 5 £127 -71.78% 9
East Midlands -24 5 £463 +3.47% 10
North East - 4 - - 6

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 21 (6.10%) Confluence
2 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.16%) CMS
3 3 (0.87%) SAS
4 2 (0.58%) Apache
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (8.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.20%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 8 (2.33%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.16%) Finacle
3 4 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.16%) Shopify
4 3 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.29%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.29%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.29%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.29%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.29%) Summit
6 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.05%) Azure
2 34 (9.88%) Power Platform
3 32 (9.30%) AWS
4 13 (3.78%) GitHub
4 13 (3.78%) SaaS
5 11 (3.20%) GCP
6 9 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.62%) Snowflake
7 8 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.74%) Collibra
10 5 (1.45%) Lucidchart
11 4 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.16%) GitHub Copilot
12 3 (0.87%) Alation
12 3 (0.87%) Apigee
12 3 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.87%) Fivetran
12 3 (0.87%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 56 (16.28%) SAN
2 12 (3.49%) DNS
3 10 (2.91%) Network Security
4 9 (2.62%) WAN
5 7 (2.03%) SSL
6 6 (1.74%) FTP
6 6 (1.74%) HTTP
6 6 (1.74%) MPLS
7 5 (1.45%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.45%) SMTP
7 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.16%) BGP
8 4 (1.16%) Firewall
8 4 (1.16%) LAN
9 3 (0.87%) DHCP
9 3 (0.87%) Internet
9 3 (0.87%) NAS
9 3 (0.87%) SNMP
9 3 (0.87%) TACACS
9 3 (0.87%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.88%) Power BI
2 14 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.91%) Tableau
4 8 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.03%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.16%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.16%) Looker
6 4 (1.16%) Metadata
6 4 (1.16%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.16%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.16%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.87%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 3 (0.87%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.87%) Power Query
8 2 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.58%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 2 (0.58%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 40 (11.63%) JIRA
2 4 (1.16%) Git
3 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.58%) MLflow
3 2 (0.58%) Selenium
4 1 (0.29%) Appium
4 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.29%) Gatling
4 1 (0.29%) GitLab
4 1 (0.29%) JMeter
4 1 (0.29%) JUnit
4 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.29%) NUnit
4 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 343 (99.71%) Analytical Skills
2 161 (46.80%) Social Skills
3 103 (29.94%) Finance
4 31 (9.01%) Public Sector
5 27 (7.85%) Banking
6 23 (6.69%) Legal
7 18 (5.23%) Marketing
8 17 (4.94%) Manufacturing
9 15 (4.36%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.20%) Back Office
11 10 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.91%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.33%) Front Office
13 7 (2.03%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.45%) Billing
14 5 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.16%) Law
15 4 (1.16%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 81 (23.55%) Analyst
2 51 (14.83%) Field Engineer
2 51 (14.83%) Field Service Engineer
2 51 (14.83%) IT Engineer
3 46 (13.37%) Business Analyst
4 23 (6.69%) Support Engineer
5 20 (5.81%) IT Support
5 20 (5.81%) Lead
6 18 (5.23%) Data Analyst
6 18 (5.23%) Developer
7 17 (4.94%) Senior
8 16 (4.65%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (3.78%) Consultant
10 11 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (2.91%) Architect
11 10 (2.91%) Operations Analyst
11 10 (2.91%) Operations Business Analyst
11 10 (2.91%) Security Analyst
12 9 (2.62%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.03%) PySpark
2 6 (1.74%) LDAP
2 6 (1.74%) REST
3 5 (1.45%) XML
4 4 (1.16%) .NET
4 4 (1.16%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.16%) Pandas
4 4 (1.16%) PyTorch
4 4 (1.16%) YAML
5 3 (0.87%) EDI
5 3 (0.87%) Kafka
5 3 (0.87%) Middleware
5 3 (0.87%) NETCONF
5 3 (0.87%) OpenConfig
5 3 (0.87%) RESTCONF
5 3 (0.87%) scikit-learn
5 3 (0.87%) YANG
6 2 (0.58%) HTML
6 2 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (0.58%) React
Miscellaneous
1 60 (17.44%) Data Centre
2 21 (6.10%) Product Ownership
3 20 (5.81%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.78%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.62%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.33%) SCADA
7 7 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.74%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.45%) Blog
9 5 (1.45%) CSOC
9 5 (1.45%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.45%) NHS
9 5 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.16%) Social Media
10 4 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.43%) Windows
2 15 (4.36%) Linux
3 7 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.16%) Unix
5 3 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.58%) AIX
6 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.58%) HPUX
6 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.58%) Solaris
6 2 (0.58%) SUSE
6 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (42.15%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (22.67%) Agile
3 74 (21.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (15.70%) Customer Service
6 51 (14.83%) Break/Fix
7 49 (14.24%) Analytics
8 48 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 41 (11.92%) Decision-Making
10 39 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (11.34%) Validation
11 38 (11.05%) AI
11 38 (11.05%) Data Modelling
12 32 (9.30%) Business Analysis
12 32 (9.30%) Data Governance
13 31 (9.01%) Actionable Insight
13 31 (9.01%) Process Improvement
14 30 (8.72%) Roadmaps
15 29 (8.43%) Migration
15 29 (8.43%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 69 (20.06%) SQL
2 41 (11.92%) Python
3 22 (6.40%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.78%) C#
5 10 (2.91%) TypeScript
6 8 (2.33%) Java
7 7 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.74%) Bash
9 4 (1.16%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.16%) R
10 3 (0.87%) C++
10 3 (0.87%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.87%) VBA
11 2 (0.58%) Bicep
11 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.29%) Go
12 1 (0.29%) LookML
12 1 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.29%) SOQL
12 1 (0.29%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 58 (16.86%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (15.99%) CCNA
3 54 (15.70%) MCSE
3 54 (15.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 51 (14.83%) A+ Certification
4 51 (14.83%) Network+ Certification
5 41 (11.92%) Security Cleared
6 35 (10.17%) Degree
7 25 (7.27%) SC Cleared
8 16 (4.65%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.33%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.03%) CISSP
12 6 (1.74%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.45%) PMP
14 4 (1.16%) CBAP
14 4 (1.16%) CEH
14 4 (1.16%) CISA
14 4 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.16%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.40%) GDPR
3 20 (5.81%) QA
4 19 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.78%) NIST
6 8 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.33%) PMO
7 6 (1.74%) SLA
8 5 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.87%) GRC
10 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.87%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.87%) WCAG
11 1 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.29%) COBIT
11 1 (0.29%) GxP
11 1 (0.29%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.03%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.16%) Docker
3 4 (1.16%) Firmware
4 3 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.58%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) NFS
6 1 (0.29%) RACF
6 1 (0.29%) Squid
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.91%) Ansible
2 9 (2.62%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.33%) Terraform
4 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.87%) Podman
6 2 (0.58%) SCCM
6 2 (0.58%) SCOM
6 2 (0.58%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.29%) Control-M
7 1 (0.29%) Grafana
7 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.29%) Kibana
7 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.29%) Suricata
7 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 51 (14.83%) Dell
2 38 (11.05%) Microsoft
3 22 (6.40%) SAP
4 21 (6.10%) Oracle
5 19 (5.52%) Salesforce
6 15 (4.36%) Databricks
7 14 (4.07%) VMware
8 12 (3.49%) Cisco
9 10 (2.91%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.45%) BT
10 5 (1.45%) Google
10 5 (1.45%) Nexthink
11 4 (1.16%) BMC
11 4 (1.16%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.16%) Splunk
12 3 (0.87%) F5
12 3 (0.87%) HP
12 3 (0.87%) Informatica
12 3 (0.87%) Juniper
12 3 (0.87%) Red Hat