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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 332 447
Rank change year-on-year +6 +115 +79
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 374 219 133
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.67% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.14% 1.94% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 130 69
10th Percentile £250 £307 £259
25th Percentile £398 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £455 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% -13.33% -1.55%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £575
90th Percentile £663 £676 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.78% -14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 41
10th Percentile £14.10 £39.25 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £50.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £39.50 £70.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.57% +400.00% -37.78%
75th Percentile £55.38 £81.18 £18.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.94
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 17,509 11,276 12,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 34.67% 30.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,724 6,979 8,211
10th Percentile £317 £300 £284
25th Percentile £416 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £630 £648 £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 888 538 820
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.33 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.58 £18.87 £15.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.32% -19.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70.06 £58.46 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +44.13% -23.75% +4.61%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -1 343 £500 +8.70% 180
UK excluding London -15 189 £476 +5.78% 138
London -18 161 £525 +5.00% 72
Work from Home -14 85 £529 +24.41% 96
South East -21 59 £541 +35.31% 37
North of England -64 44 £494 +8.57% 34
Midlands -36 31 £500 +59.24% 26
South West -23 30 £350 -40.43% 19
North West -39 30 £495 +9.89% 15
West Midlands -39 27 £513 +93.40% 12
East of England -25 14 £488 -7.14% 11
Yorkshire -45 11 £475 -9.52% 13
Wales -5 8 - - 3
Scotland -12 6 £127 -71.78% 7
East Midlands -13 4 £425 +18.06% 13
North East - 3 - - 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 17 (4.55%) Confluence
2 5 (1.34%) CMS
3 4 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.07%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.07%) SAS
4 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
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 30 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.67%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.34%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.34%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.34%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.80%) iTrent
4 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.53%) Actimize
5 2 (0.53%) 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 EBS R12
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.57%) Azure
2 39 (10.43%) Power Platform
3 38 (10.16%) AWS
4 18 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.28%) SaaS
6 14 (3.74%) GCP
7 11 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.94%) Snowflake
8 10 (2.67%) GitHub
9 7 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.34%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.07%) Collibra
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 48 (12.83%) SAN
2 14 (3.74%) WAN
3 10 (2.67%) LAN
3 10 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.41%) BGP
4 9 (2.41%) MPLS
5 6 (1.60%) SNMP
5 6 (1.60%) TACACS
5 6 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.34%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.34%) VLAN
7 4 (1.07%) DNS
7 4 (1.07%) VPN
8 3 (0.80%) DHCP
8 3 (0.80%) Firewall
8 3 (0.80%) Internet
8 3 (0.80%) NAS
8 3 (0.80%) Network Security
8 3 (0.80%) OSPF
9 2 (0.53%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.43%) Power BI
2 14 (3.74%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.48%) Tableau
4 12 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.67%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.67%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.60%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.34%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (1.34%) 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 39 (10.43%) 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%) Claude Code
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%) NUnit
5 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 374 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 186 (49.73%) Social Skills
3 104 (27.81%) Finance
4 39 (10.43%) Banking
5 34 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.15%) Legal
7 21 (5.61%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.35%) Front Office
9 19 (5.08%) Marketing
9 19 (5.08%) Telecoms
10 16 (4.28%) Back Office
11 15 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (2.14%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.87%) Retail
15 6 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.34%) Billing
16 5 (1.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (24.33%) Analyst
2 52 (13.90%) Business Analyst
3 45 (12.03%) Field Engineer
3 45 (12.03%) Field Service Engineer
3 45 (12.03%) IT Engineer
4 21 (5.61%) Support Engineer
5 20 (5.35%) Data Analyst
5 20 (5.35%) IT Support
5 20 (5.35%) Lead
5 20 (5.35%) Senior
6 19 (5.08%) Architect
7 18 (4.81%) Developer
8 17 (4.55%) Consultant
9 16 (4.28%) Field Support Engineer
9 16 (4.28%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (3.48%) Product Owner
11 12 (3.21%) Applications Support
11 12 (3.21%) Product Manager
12 10 (2.67%) Project Manager
12 10 (2.67%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.67%) REST
2 6 (1.60%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.60%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.60%) PySpark
2 6 (1.60%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.60%) XML
2 6 (1.60%) YANG
3 5 (1.34%) .NET
3 5 (1.34%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.34%) Kafka
4 4 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.07%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.80%) JSON
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.80%) YAML
6 2 (0.53%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.53%) React
6 2 (0.53%) RESTful
6 2 (0.53%) SOAP
7 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 31 (8.29%) Product Ownership
3 25 (6.68%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 11 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 9 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.14%) SCADA
7 7 (1.87%) CMDB
7 7 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.87%) Life Science
7 7 (1.87%) Social Media
8 6 (1.60%) Equities
8 6 (1.60%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.56%) Windows
2 11 (2.94%) Linux
3 7 (1.87%) Unix
4 5 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.07%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.53%) AIX
7 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.53%) HPUX
7 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.53%) Solaris
7 2 (0.53%) SUSE
7 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (42.25%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (25.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (24.60%) Agile
4 68 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (13.90%) Analytics
6 50 (13.37%) Customer Service
7 48 (12.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 48 (12.83%) Validation
8 45 (12.03%) Break/Fix
9 43 (11.50%) AI
9 43 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
10 40 (10.70%) Migration
10 40 (10.70%) User Stories
11 39 (10.43%) Business Analysis
12 36 (9.63%) Decision-Making
12 36 (9.63%) Roadmaps
13 35 (9.36%) Data Modelling
13 35 (9.36%) Workshop Facilitation
14 34 (9.09%) Process Improvement
15 33 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (20.86%) SQL
2 44 (11.76%) Python
3 14 (3.74%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.21%) C#
5 9 (2.41%) Java
6 7 (1.87%) Bash
6 7 (1.87%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.07%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.07%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.07%) R
9 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.80%) VBA
10 2 (0.53%) Bicep
10 2 (0.53%) C
10 2 (0.53%) C++
10 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.53%) ProC
11 1 (0.27%) Groovy
11 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 60 (16.04%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (14.17%) CCNA
3 48 (12.83%) MCSE
3 48 (12.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (12.57%) Network+ Certification
5 45 (12.03%) A+ Certification
6 39 (10.43%) Security Cleared
7 31 (8.29%) Degree
8 18 (4.81%) SC Cleared
9 14 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.48%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.14%) CISSP
12 6 (1.60%) CCIE
12 6 (1.60%) JNCIE
13 5 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (1.34%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.07%) CISM
14 4 (1.07%) SAS Certification
15 3 (0.80%) PMI Certification
15 3 (0.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.02%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.35%) GDPR
4 16 (4.28%) QA
5 14 (3.74%) NIST
6 11 (2.94%) Accessibility
7 8 (2.14%) PMO
8 6 (1.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 6 (1.60%) GxP
9 5 (1.34%) SLA
10 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.80%) GRC
11 3 (0.80%) NCSC
12 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.53%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.53%) WCAG
13 1 (0.27%) Basel III
13 1 (0.27%) MiFID
13 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.07%) Firmware
4 3 (0.80%) Docker
5 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) NFS
6 1 (0.27%) RACF
6 1 (0.27%) Squid
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.21%) 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%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 49 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 46 (12.30%) Dell
3 27 (7.22%) Oracle
4 23 (6.15%) SAP
5 19 (5.08%) Cisco
6 17 (4.55%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.01%) Salesforce
8 14 (3.74%) Databricks
9 10 (2.67%) VMware
10 7 (1.87%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.60%) F5
11 6 (1.60%) Juniper
12 5 (1.34%) BT
12 5 (1.34%) Charles River
12 5 (1.34%) Google
12 5 (1.34%) MarketAxess
12 5 (1.34%) Nexthink
12 5 (1.34%) Tradeweb
13 4 (1.07%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.07%) MuleSoft