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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 427 473
Rank change year-on-year +156 +46 +140
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 351 122 150
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.73% 1.07% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 67 95
10th Percentile £267 £225 £104
25th Percentile £371 £263 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £614
90th Percentile £680 £683 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £400
% change year-on-year - +12.50% +263.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 13
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £11.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% +5.41% -64.58%
75th Percentile £57.00 £22.84 £23.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £23.94 £45.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £16.25 £18.00
% change year-on-year +238.46% -9.72% -58.11%

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 12,861 11,400 14,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.80% 31.03% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,955 6,715 9,997
10th Percentile £278 £281 £275
25th Percentile £406 £410 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £668
90th Percentile £738 £780 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 689 383 498
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.08 £16.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £22.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.33 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.91% -21.35% +36.92%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.51 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.16 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.52 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -21.37% -24.21% +74.26%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Top 17 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 November 2025. 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 +144 312 £485 +7.78% 457
UK excluding London +84 173 £450 - 245
London +80 148 £525 +18.31% 247
Work from Home +59 91 £414 +50.36% 243
South East +33 48 £350 -9.68% 88
North of England -5 46 £550 +34.15% 50
Midlands - 34 £360 - 39
North West -9 25 £460 -0.54% 34
West Midlands - 22 £373 - 20
Yorkshire -23 21 £563 +60.71% 11
Scotland - 17 £475 - 11
East of England +2 16 £675 +35.00% 28
South West +1 12 £588 +38.24% 15
East Midlands - 12 £360 - 19
Wales - 4 £588 - 7
Northern Ireland -7 1 - - 11
North East - 1 £550 - 5

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 14 (3.99%) Confluence
2 13 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.42%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Camunda
Applications
1 47 (13.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (3.13%) Siemens NX
4 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.85%) Navisworks
5 3 (0.85%) Revit
6 2 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.57%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.57%) Sketch
6 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.28%) Notion
7 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
1 11 (3.13%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.14%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.14%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.85%) Endur
4 3 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.57%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.57%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.57%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.57%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.28%) Shopify
6 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.39%) Azure
2 41 (11.68%) Power Platform
3 37 (10.54%) AWS
4 17 (4.84%) GCP
5 11 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.85%) SaaS
7 9 (2.56%) Contentsquare
8 7 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.71%) Collibra
9 6 (1.71%) GitHub
9 6 (1.71%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.14%) Google Data Studio
11 3 (0.85%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.85%) Figma
11 3 (0.85%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.85%) Google Tag Manager
11 3 (0.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.27%) DNS
2 17 (4.84%) Network Security
2 17 (4.84%) TCP/IP
3 14 (3.99%) VLAN
4 12 (3.42%) DHCP
4 12 (3.42%) HTTP
4 12 (3.42%) SSL
5 11 (3.13%) Firewall
6 8 (2.28%) FTP
6 8 (2.28%) SMTP
7 5 (1.42%) LAN
8 4 (1.14%) BGP
9 3 (0.85%) SAN
9 3 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.57%) Internet
10 2 (0.57%) SMS
11 1 (0.28%) MPLS
11 1 (0.28%) SNMP
11 1 (0.28%) VoIP
11 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (11.40%) Power BI
2 19 (5.41%) Tableau
3 11 (3.13%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.28%) BigQuery
4 8 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.71%) Metadata
5 6 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.42%) Big Data
6 5 (1.42%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 5 (1.42%) Power Query
7 3 (0.85%) Data Mart
7 3 (0.85%) Looker
7 3 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.85%) MSDE
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.57%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.57%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (5.98%) JIRA
2 4 (1.14%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.14%) Git
2 4 (1.14%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.85%) IntelliJ
3 3 (0.85%) PyCharm
3 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.85%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (0.57%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.57%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.28%) Locust
5 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 351 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 182 (51.85%) Social Skills
3 122 (34.76%) Finance
4 34 (9.69%) Banking
5 32 (9.12%) Public Sector
6 28 (7.98%) Marketing
7 24 (6.84%) Legal
7 24 (6.84%) Manufacturing
8 18 (5.13%) Investment Banking
9 15 (4.27%) Telecoms
10 13 (3.70%) Financial Institution
10 13 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.42%) Retail
12 10 (2.85%) Aerospace
12 10 (2.85%) Publishing
13 7 (1.99%) Electronics
13 7 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.71%) Back Office
14 6 (1.71%) Military
14 6 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 108 (30.77%) Analyst
2 39 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 24 (6.84%) Data Analyst
4 22 (6.27%) Lead
5 21 (5.98%) Architect
6 19 (5.41%) Consultant
7 17 (4.84%) Project Manager
8 15 (4.27%) Developer
8 15 (4.27%) Senior
9 13 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.13%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (3.13%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (3.13%) Project Leader
10 11 (3.13%) Support Engineer
11 10 (2.85%) Product Manager
11 10 (2.85%) SOC Analyst
12 8 (2.28%) IT Manager
12 8 (2.28%) Product Owner
13 7 (1.99%) Service Support Manager
13 7 (1.99%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.13%) JSON
2 10 (2.85%) LDAP
3 6 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.71%) REST
3 6 (1.71%) scikit-learn
3 6 (1.71%) TensorFlow
4 5 (1.42%) .NET
4 5 (1.42%) React
5 4 (1.14%) Pandas
6 3 (0.85%) HTML
6 3 (0.85%) Node.js
6 3 (0.85%) PyTorch
6 3 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.85%) Swagger
6 3 (0.85%) XGBoost
7 2 (0.57%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.57%) Dask
7 2 (0.57%) Google JAX
7 2 (0.57%) JAX
7 2 (0.57%) LightGBM
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.84%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (2.28%) CSOC
5 8 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (2.28%) Cyberattack
6 7 (1.99%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.71%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.71%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.71%) Derivative
8 5 (1.42%) PMI
9 4 (1.14%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.14%) SCADA
9 4 (1.14%) Social Media
10 3 (0.85%) FMCG
10 3 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (9.40%) Windows
2 23 (6.55%) Linux
3 6 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.57%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (38.75%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (27.64%) Agile
3 83 (23.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (19.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (18.23%) Decision-Making
6 63 (17.95%) Analytics
7 61 (17.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 53 (15.10%) Business Intelligence
9 39 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
9 39 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 38 (10.83%) Visualisation
11 34 (9.69%) Data Analysis
12 33 (9.40%) Risk Management
13 32 (9.12%) Data Governance
14 31 (8.83%) AI
14 31 (8.83%) ITIL
15 29 (8.26%) Change Management
15 29 (8.26%) Project Management
15 29 (8.26%) Scrum
16 27 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 76 (21.65%) SQL
2 52 (14.81%) Python
3 26 (7.41%) PowerShell
4 17 (4.84%) Java
5 15 (4.27%) C#
6 8 (2.28%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.71%) Bash
7 6 (1.71%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.85%) Korn
8 3 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.85%) R
8 3 (0.85%) VBA
9 2 (0.57%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.57%) RPG
9 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) ABAP
10 1 (0.28%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) PHP
10 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (16.81%) Degree
2 56 (15.95%) Security Cleared
3 45 (12.82%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (4.27%) PMI Certification
6 14 (3.99%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (3.70%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.13%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.13%) Master's Degree
8 11 (3.13%) PMP
8 11 (3.13%) Server+ Certification
9 5 (1.42%) CBAP
9 5 (1.42%) CISSP
10 4 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.14%) CSPO
11 3 (0.85%) CCNA
11 3 (0.85%) HNC
11 3 (0.85%) MCSE
11 3 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.54%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.84%) QA
3 22 (6.27%) GDPR
4 13 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.99%) NIST
6 6 (1.71%) PMO
6 6 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.71%) SLA
7 4 (1.14%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.14%) MiFID
8 3 (0.85%) IFRS
8 3 (0.85%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.57%) EMIR
9 2 (0.57%) GRC
10 1 (0.28%) COSHH
10 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.28%) FIPS 140-2
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 11 (3.13%) Docker
1 11 (3.13%) Hyper-V
1 11 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.14%) NDS
3 4 (1.14%) NetIQ eDirectory
4 3 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 15 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.85%) Ansible
3 9 (2.56%) Terraform
4 6 (1.71%) SCCM
5 2 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.57%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.57%) SCOM
5 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.57%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.57%) vRealize
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 59 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.98%) SAP
3 17 (4.84%) Google
3 17 (4.84%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.70%) Oracle
4 13 (3.70%) VMware
5 12 (3.42%) Adobe
6 10 (2.85%) Siemens
7 9 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.99%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.42%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.42%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.42%) Splunk
10 4 (1.14%) Databricks
10 4 (1.14%) NetIQ
10 4 (1.14%) Sparx
11 3 (0.85%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.85%) Murex
11 3 (0.85%) OpenText
11 3 (0.85%) Red Hat
518 Analytical Mindset jobs Nationwide