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 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 325 458
Rank change year-on-year -1 +133 +44
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 389 247 112
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.75% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% 2.15% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 141 63
10th Percentile £185 £313 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £672 £680 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 28
10th Percentile £14.10 £28.35 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £45.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £39.50 £65.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.23% +364.29% -37.78%
75th Percentile £55.75 £81.01 £20.06
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.28 £75.34 £13.50
% change year-on-year -39.90% +458.06% -31.65%

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 17,936 11,508 11,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.46% 34.99% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,900 7,093 7,602
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £640 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 552 611
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £19.46 £18.87 £18.23
Median hourly rate £43.10 £29.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.88% -33.89% +12.98%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £67.01
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -33.33% +4.05%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -7 359 £500 +6.38% 272
UK excluding London -32 193 £475 +5.56% 138
London -9 175 £530 +0.95% 169
Work from Home -29 83 £541 +22.11% 103
South East -20 61 £533 +33.13% 42
North of England -79 42 £477 +5.89% 35
South West -24 34 £350 -33.33% 16
Midlands -30 31 £513 +63.74% 20
North West -40 30 £495 +9.89% 19
West Midlands -33 28 £550 +109.52% 13
East of England -21 14 £488 -18.75% 12
Yorkshire -45 11 £363 -19.44% 13
Wales -6 8 - - 5
Scotland -15 6 £127 -74.60% 5
East Midlands -10 3 £375 +4.17% 7
North East - 1 - - 4

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 18 (4.63%) Confluence
2 7 (1.80%) CMS
3 4 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.03%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.03%) SAS
4 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) Camunda
5 1 (0.26%) Mendix
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (7.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (7.71%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.08%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.26%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.57%) Finacle
2 6 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.29%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.29%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.77%) iTrent
6 2 (0.51%) Actimize
6 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.60%) Azure
2 37 (9.51%) AWS
2 37 (9.51%) Power Platform
3 24 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.63%) Entra ID
4 18 (4.63%) SaaS
5 15 (3.86%) GCP
6 14 (3.60%) Snowflake
7 13 (3.34%) GitHub
8 8 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.29%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.03%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.77%) Apigee
11 3 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.77%) OCI
11 3 (0.77%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 45 (11.57%) SAN
2 14 (3.60%) WAN
3 10 (2.57%) LAN
3 10 (2.57%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.31%) BGP
4 9 (2.31%) MPLS
5 6 (1.54%) SNMP
5 6 (1.54%) TACACS
5 6 (1.54%) VPN
5 6 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.29%) DNS
6 5 (1.29%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.29%) VLAN
7 4 (1.03%) Firewall
8 3 (0.77%) Broadband
8 3 (0.77%) DHCP
8 3 (0.77%) Internet
8 3 (0.77%) NAS
8 3 (0.77%) Network Security
8 3 (0.77%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.51%) Power BI
2 15 (3.86%) Relational Database
2 15 (3.86%) Tableau
3 11 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.57%) Oracle Database
4 10 (2.57%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.29%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.29%) Metadata
5 5 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.29%) Power Query
6 4 (1.03%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.03%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 4 (1.03%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.77%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.77%) Looker
8 2 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.51%) MySQL
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 38 (9.77%) JIRA
2 4 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.77%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.77%) Git
3 3 (0.77%) GitLab
3 3 (0.77%) Selenium
4 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.26%) Appium
5 1 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.26%) Capybara
5 1 (0.26%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.26%) Gatling
5 1 (0.26%) JMeter
5 1 (0.26%) JUnit
5 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.26%) NUnit
5 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.26%) RSpec
5 1 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 389 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 197 (50.64%) Social Skills
3 106 (27.25%) Finance
4 42 (10.80%) Public Sector
5 41 (10.54%) Banking
6 24 (6.17%) Marketing
7 23 (5.91%) Legal
8 22 (5.66%) Front Office
8 22 (5.66%) Manufacturing
9 19 (4.88%) Telecoms
10 17 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (4.11%) Back Office
12 15 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (3.86%) Local Government
13 10 (2.57%) Retail
14 9 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.06%) Investment Banking
15 8 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.54%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 87 (22.37%) Analyst
2 49 (12.60%) Business Analyst
3 45 (11.57%) IT Engineer
4 42 (10.80%) Field Engineer
4 42 (10.80%) Field Service Engineer
5 26 (6.68%) Senior
6 24 (6.17%) Support Engineer
7 23 (5.91%) Architect
7 23 (5.91%) IT Support
8 20 (5.14%) Developer
8 20 (5.14%) Lead
9 19 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (4.63%) Consultant
10 18 (4.63%) Data Analyst
11 16 (4.11%) Field Support Engineer
12 12 (3.08%) Applications Support
12 12 (3.08%) Product Owner
13 10 (2.57%) Product Manager
13 10 (2.57%) Security Analyst
13 10 (2.57%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.57%) REST
2 6 (1.54%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.54%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.54%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.54%) YANG
3 5 (1.29%) .NET
3 5 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.29%) RESTful
3 5 (1.29%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.03%) Kafka
4 4 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.03%) PySpark
4 4 (1.03%) XML
5 3 (0.77%) JSON
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.51%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.51%) OAuth
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.51%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.51%) React
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.37%) Data Centre
2 30 (7.71%) Product Ownership
3 28 (7.20%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.34%) Operational Technology
5 12 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.83%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 10 (2.57%) Social Media
8 9 (2.31%) SCADA
9 8 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.06%) Life Science
9 8 (2.06%) Web Conferencing
10 7 (1.80%) Blog
10 7 (1.80%) CMDB
10 7 (1.80%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.77%) Windows
2 13 (3.34%) Linux
3 7 (1.80%) Unix
3 7 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.29%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.77%) Android
6 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.51%) AIX
7 2 (0.51%) HPUX
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.51%) Solaris
7 2 (0.51%) SUSE
7 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (40.87%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (25.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 97 (24.94%) Agile
4 71 (18.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (14.14%) AI
6 53 (13.62%) Analytics
7 52 (13.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (13.11%) Business Analysis
9 48 (12.34%) Validation
10 47 (12.08%) Customer Service
11 42 (10.80%) Break/Fix
11 42 (10.80%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (10.28%) Migration
12 40 (10.28%) Workshop Facilitation
13 39 (10.03%) User Stories
14 37 (9.51%) Process Improvement
15 35 (9.00%) DevOps
16 34 (8.74%) User Acceptance Testing
17 33 (8.48%) Decision-Making
18 32 (8.23%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 75 (19.28%) SQL
2 49 (12.60%) Python
3 16 (4.11%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.08%) C#
5 9 (2.31%) Java
6 8 (2.06%) Bash
6 8 (2.06%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.03%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.03%) R
10 3 (0.77%) Bicep
11 2 (0.51%) C
11 2 (0.51%) C++
11 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.51%) ProC
11 2 (0.51%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) Groovy
12 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 59 (15.17%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (13.11%) CCNA
3 49 (12.60%) Security Cleared
4 48 (12.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 46 (11.83%) MCSE
6 44 (11.31%) Network+ Certification
7 42 (10.80%) A+ Certification
8 31 (7.97%) Degree
9 26 (6.68%) SC Cleared
10 15 (3.86%) DV Cleared
11 14 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.31%) CISSP
13 6 (1.54%) CCIE
13 6 (1.54%) JNCIE
14 5 (1.29%) CISM
14 5 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (1.03%) AWS Certification
15 4 (1.03%) Master's Degree
15 4 (1.03%) RHCA
15 4 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.71%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.63%) QA
4 16 (4.11%) GDPR
5 14 (3.60%) NIST
6 13 (3.34%) Accessibility
7 10 (2.57%) PMO
8 7 (1.80%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 6 (1.54%) GxP
9 6 (1.54%) SLA
10 5 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.29%) NCSC
11 4 (1.03%) GRC
11 4 (1.03%) WCAG
12 3 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.26%) IFRS
14 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.80%) Docker
3 6 (1.54%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.03%) Firmware
5 3 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) NFS
6 1 (0.26%) RACF
6 1 (0.26%) Squid
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.34%) Ansible
3 10 (2.57%) Terraform
4 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.03%) Podman
6 2 (0.51%) Grafana
6 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.51%) SCCM
6 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) Control-M
7 1 (0.26%) IBM BigFix
7 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.26%) QRadar
7 1 (0.26%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 61 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.05%) Dell
3 28 (7.20%) Oracle
4 23 (5.91%) SAP
5 20 (5.14%) Cisco
6 18 (4.63%) ServiceNow
7 16 (4.11%) Salesforce
8 12 (3.08%) Databricks
9 11 (2.83%) VMware
10 7 (1.80%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.80%) Google
11 6 (1.54%) F5
11 6 (1.54%) Juniper
12 5 (1.29%) BT
12 5 (1.29%) Charles River
12 5 (1.29%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.29%) MarketAxess
12 5 (1.29%) Nexthink
12 5 (1.29%) Tradeweb
13 4 (1.03%) MuleSoft