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 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 381 400
Rank change year-on-year +83 +19 +138
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 357 148 191
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.50% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.38% 1.48% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 100 99
10th Percentile £304 £250 £180
25th Percentile £400 £377 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £588 £603 £575
90th Percentile £656 £638 £639
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £447 £525
% change year-on-year +6.26% -14.86% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 60
10th Percentile £14.10 £53.38 £11.75
25th Percentile £31.19 £70.71 £13.50
Median hourly rate £47.00 £80.68 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% +361.00% -72.00%
75th Percentile £66.46 £81.27 £19.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.35 £25.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.50 £80.68 £15.90
% change year-on-year -31.21% +407.39% -28.25%

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 14,993 9,974 13,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.34% 33.85% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,350 6,382 8,491
10th Percentile £303 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.14% -0.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 719 386 901
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £22.33 £15.16
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.51 £58.70
90th Percentile £85.42 £83.31 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £32.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +46.28% +25.00% +17.75%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +44 324 £500 +8.70% 237
UK excluding London +18 175 £475 +6.26% 173
London +29 154 £500 - 104
Work from Home +40 101 £506 +17.12% 97
South East +8 70 £500 +53.85% 57
Midlands -39 31 £470 -3.29% 25
North of England -51 29 £485 +26.17% 47
West Midlands -35 25 £470 -10.48% 16
South West -21 22 £410 -15.90% 15
North West -32 19 £495 +38.27% 27
Wales +3 11 - - 7
East of England -40 10 £575 - 14
Yorkshire -51 7 £450 +9.76% 15
Scotland -1 6 £380 -15.56% 6
East Midlands -31 6 £450 +0.67% 9
North East - 4 £550 - 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 (4.76%) Confluence
2 5 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.12%) CMS
4 2 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Camunda
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (10.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.36%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.56%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.08%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.40%) Shopify
4 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.84%) Finacle
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg TOMS
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 Payables
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.28%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 42 (11.76%) Azure
2 34 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 29 (8.12%) AWS
4 13 (3.64%) GitHub
5 11 (3.08%) GCP
5 11 (3.08%) SaaS
6 9 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (2.24%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.40%) Collibra
9 5 (1.40%) GitHub Copilot
9 5 (1.40%) Lucidchart
9 5 (1.40%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.12%) Contentsquare
11 3 (0.84%) Alation
11 3 (0.84%) Apigee
11 3 (0.84%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 46 (12.89%) SAN
2 15 (4.20%) Network Security
3 14 (3.92%) DNS
4 10 (2.80%) WAN
5 8 (2.24%) BGP
5 8 (2.24%) Firewall
5 8 (2.24%) SSL
6 7 (1.96%) HTTP
6 7 (1.96%) LAN
6 7 (1.96%) MPLS
6 7 (1.96%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.68%) FTP
8 5 (1.40%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.40%) SMTP
9 4 (1.12%) Internet
9 4 (1.12%) SNMP
9 4 (1.12%) TACACS
9 4 (1.12%) VLAN
10 3 (0.84%) DHCP
10 3 (0.84%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.52%) Power BI
2 16 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.52%) Tableau
4 8 (2.24%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.96%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.68%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 5 (1.40%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.40%) Metadata
7 5 (1.40%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.12%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (1.12%) Looker
8 4 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.12%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.84%) Big Data
9 3 (0.84%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.84%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.84%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.56%) Power Query
10 2 (0.56%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 32 (8.96%) JIRA
2 4 (1.12%) Git
3 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.56%) MLflow
3 2 (0.56%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.56%) Selenium
3 2 (0.56%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.28%) Appium
4 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.28%) Gatling
4 1 (0.28%) GitLab
4 1 (0.28%) JUnit
4 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 356 (99.72%) Analytical Skills
2 177 (49.58%) Social Skills
3 106 (29.69%) Finance
4 32 (8.96%) Banking
4 32 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.28%) Marketing
6 20 (5.60%) Legal
7 18 (5.04%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.36%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.52%) Back Office
12 8 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.24%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.96%) Front Office
14 6 (1.68%) Retail
15 5 (1.40%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 81 (22.69%) Analyst
2 49 (13.73%) Business Analyst
3 41 (11.48%) Field Engineer
3 41 (11.48%) Field Service Engineer
3 41 (11.48%) IT Engineer
4 22 (6.16%) Developer
5 21 (5.88%) Lead
6 20 (5.60%) Support Engineer
7 19 (5.32%) Consultant
8 18 (5.04%) Data Analyst
9 17 (4.76%) Senior
10 14 (3.92%) Field Support Engineer
10 14 (3.92%) IT Support
10 14 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (2.80%) Architect
11 10 (2.80%) Operations Analyst
11 10 (2.80%) Operations Business Analyst
11 10 (2.80%) Project Manager
11 10 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (2.24%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.68%) .NET
1 6 (1.68%) LDAP
1 6 (1.68%) PySpark
1 6 (1.68%) PyTorch
2 5 (1.40%) YAML
3 4 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.12%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.12%) Node.js
3 4 (1.12%) OpenConfig
3 4 (1.12%) Pandas
3 4 (1.12%) REST
3 4 (1.12%) RESTCONF
3 4 (1.12%) scikit-learn
3 4 (1.12%) TensorFlow
3 4 (1.12%) XML
3 4 (1.12%) YANG
4 3 (0.84%) EDI
4 3 (0.84%) Kafka
4 3 (0.84%) Middleware
5 2 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 22 (6.16%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.92%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.52%) Operational Technology
5 9 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.96%) SCADA
8 6 (1.68%) Blog
8 6 (1.68%) Derivative
8 6 (1.68%) NHS
8 6 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.40%) CSOC
9 5 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.40%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.12%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.40%) Windows
2 17 (4.76%) Linux
3 11 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.12%) Unix
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
7 1 (0.28%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (40.34%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (22.97%) Agile
3 79 (22.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 66 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (16.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 53 (14.85%) Analytics
7 50 (14.01%) Decision-Making
8 45 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (12.32%) Customer Service
10 41 (11.48%) Break/Fix
11 40 (11.20%) Data Modelling
12 38 (10.64%) AI
13 35 (9.80%) Process Improvement
14 34 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
14 34 (9.52%) Data Governance
15 32 (8.96%) Business Analysis
15 32 (8.96%) Roadmaps
15 32 (8.96%) Workshop Facilitation
16 31 (8.68%) Validation
17 30 (8.40%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (18.77%) SQL
2 42 (11.76%) Python
3 25 (7.00%) PowerShell
4 16 (4.48%) C#
5 11 (3.08%) Java
5 11 (3.08%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.52%) Bash
7 6 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.12%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.12%) C++
9 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.84%) VBA
10 2 (0.56%) Bicep
10 2 (0.56%) Go
10 2 (0.56%) R
11 1 (0.28%) LookML
11 1 (0.28%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) SOQL
11 1 (0.28%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 49 (13.73%) Security Cleared
2 48 (13.45%) Cisco Certification
3 44 (12.32%) CCNA
4 43 (12.04%) Degree
4 43 (12.04%) MCSE
4 43 (12.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (11.48%) A+ Certification
5 41 (11.48%) Network+ Certification
6 31 (8.68%) SC Cleared
7 19 (5.32%) DV Cleared
8 13 (3.64%) Master's Degree
9 12 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.80%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.96%) PMP
12 6 (1.68%) CISSP
13 5 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.12%) CBAP
14 4 (1.12%) CISA
14 4 (1.12%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.68%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.84%) GDPR
3 21 (5.88%) QA
4 17 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.08%) NIST
6 8 (2.24%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.68%) PMO
8 5 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.12%) SLA
10 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.84%) GRC
10 3 (0.84%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.84%) WCAG
11 2 (0.56%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.28%) COBIT
12 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.28%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.24%) Docker
3 6 (1.68%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.12%) Firmware
5 3 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.56%) KVM
6 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.28%) NDS
7 1 (0.28%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 1 (0.28%) NFS
7 1 (0.28%) RACF
7 1 (0.28%) Squid
7 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 11 (3.08%) Ansible
2 10 (2.80%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.24%) Terraform
4 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.12%) SCCM
5 4 (1.12%) SCOM
5 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.56%) Podman
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.28%) Kibana
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) Suricata
7 1 (0.28%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 47 (13.17%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.48%) Dell
3 27 (7.56%) SAP
4 21 (5.88%) Oracle
5 19 (5.32%) Salesforce
6 15 (4.20%) VMware
7 12 (3.36%) Databricks
8 11 (3.08%) Cisco
9 9 (2.52%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.68%) BMC
10 6 (1.68%) Google
10 6 (1.68%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.40%) Adobe
11 5 (1.40%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.40%) Murex
11 5 (1.40%) Nexthink
12 4 (1.12%) BT
12 4 (1.12%) F5
12 4 (1.12%) Informatica
12 4 (1.12%) Juniper