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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 302 448
Rank change year-on-year -55 +146 +39
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 350 273 103
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.84% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.93% 2.37% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 168 59
10th Percentile £185 £249 £259
25th Percentile £389 £370 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £671 £671 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £459 £447 £419
% change year-on-year +2.68% +6.75% -16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 23
10th Percentile £25.25 £25.05 -
25th Percentile £35.89 £40.31 £11.75
Median hourly rate £47.00 £56.25 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.44% +301.79% -37.78%
75th Percentile £64.77 £81.10 £20.63
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -2.87% +381.48% -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 18,107 11,509 11,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 35.41% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,951 7,070 7,265
10th Percentile £320 £300 £300
25th Percentile £423 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -6.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,082 569 543
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.13 £13.22
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.87 £19.19
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -33.33% +4.65%
75th Percentile £67.65 £57.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.56 £30.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +45.20% -42.86% +15.61%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -57 323 £503 +11.78% 500
UK excluding London -64 171 £459 +2.68% 214
London -32 161 £550 +3.53% 347
Work from Home -27 77 £575 +43.03% 183
South East -41 53 £550 +69.23% 44
North of England -57 40 £477 +5.89% 47
South West -26 28 £350 -33.33% 46
Midlands -41 28 £550 +75.16% 30
North West -41 27 £495 +10.00% 33
West Midlands -37 25 £575 +116.98% 17
East of England -24 12 £475 -21.16% 19
Yorkshire -44 12 £190 -57.78% 12
Scotland -32 7 £127 -74.60% 15
Wales - 6 - - 5
East Midlands -23 3 £375 +4.17% 13
North East - 1 - - 3

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 (4.86%) Confluence
2 5 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.14%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.14%) SAS
4 3 (0.86%) CMS
4 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
5 1 (0.29%) Mendix
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.86%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 10 (2.86%) Finacle
2 6 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.43%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.43%) Fidessa
4 4 (1.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.86%) iTrent
6 2 (0.57%) Actimize
6 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.29%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.29%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.86%) Azure
2 38 (10.86%) AWS
3 34 (9.71%) Power Platform
4 24 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (4.86%) SaaS
6 15 (4.29%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.71%) GCP
7 13 (3.71%) GitHub
7 13 (3.71%) Snowflake
8 10 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.43%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.14%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (1.14%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.86%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.86%) Apigee
12 3 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.86%) Collibra
12 3 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.86%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.57%) SAN
2 12 (3.43%) WAN
3 11 (3.14%) LAN
4 9 (2.57%) BGP
4 9 (2.57%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.29%) MPLS
6 7 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.71%) Firewall
7 6 (1.71%) Network Security
7 6 (1.71%) VLAN
7 6 (1.71%) VPN
8 5 (1.43%) Broadband
8 5 (1.43%) DNS
8 5 (1.43%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.14%) OSPF
9 4 (1.14%) SNMP
9 4 (1.14%) TACACS
10 3 (0.86%) Internet
10 3 (0.86%) NAS
10 3 (0.86%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (9.43%) Power BI
2 15 (4.29%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.43%) Tableau
4 10 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.86%) Oracle Database
4 10 (2.86%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.43%) Metadata
6 4 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.14%) Power Query
6 4 (1.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.14%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 4 (1.14%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.86%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.86%) MySQL
8 2 (0.57%) Big Data
8 2 (0.57%) Looker
8 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (10.86%) JIRA
2 4 (1.14%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.14%) Git
3 3 (0.86%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.86%) GitLab
3 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.86%) Selenium
4 2 (0.57%) Mocha
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.29%) Appium
5 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.29%) Capybara
5 1 (0.29%) Gatling
5 1 (0.29%) JMeter
5 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.29%) NUnit
5 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.29%) RSpec
5 1 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 350 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 182 (52.00%) Social Skills
3 103 (29.43%) Finance
4 42 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 38 (10.86%) Banking
6 24 (6.86%) Front Office
7 23 (6.57%) Telecoms
8 20 (5.71%) Legal
8 20 (5.71%) Manufacturing
9 19 (5.43%) Local Government
10 18 (5.14%) Marketing
11 16 (4.57%) Back Office
12 15 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.57%) Retail
15 8 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.29%) Investment Banking
15 8 (2.29%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.14%) Billing
Job Titles
1 75 (21.43%) Analyst
2 42 (12.00%) Business Analyst
3 39 (11.14%) IT Engineer
4 34 (9.71%) Field Engineer
4 34 (9.71%) Field Service Engineer
5 28 (8.00%) Senior
6 23 (6.57%) Architect
7 19 (5.43%) Developer
8 18 (5.14%) Data Analyst
8 18 (5.14%) Lead
8 18 (5.14%) Support Engineer
9 17 (4.86%) IT Support
10 16 (4.57%) Consultant
11 13 (3.71%) Applications Support
11 13 (3.71%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.14%) Product Owner
13 10 (2.86%) Product Manager
13 10 (2.86%) Systems Support
14 9 (2.57%) Project Manager
15 8 (2.29%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.43%) REST
2 10 (2.86%) Terraform
3 7 (2.00%) RESTful
4 6 (1.71%) .NET
5 5 (1.43%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.43%) JSON
5 5 (1.43%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.43%) XML
6 4 (1.14%) Kafka
6 4 (1.14%) NETCONF
6 4 (1.14%) OpenConfig
6 4 (1.14%) RESTCONF
6 4 (1.14%) YANG
7 3 (0.86%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.86%) PySpark
7 3 (0.86%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.57%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.57%) Chai
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.57%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.57%) Product Ownership
3 24 (6.86%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.43%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 10 (2.86%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.29%) Life Science
8 8 (2.29%) Social Media
9 7 (2.00%) CMDB
9 7 (2.00%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.00%) Equities
9 7 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.71%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.71%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 35 (10.00%) Windows
2 14 (4.00%) Linux
3 8 (2.29%) Unix
4 7 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.43%) Android
6 4 (1.14%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.57%) AIX
7 2 (0.57%) HPUX
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.57%) Solaris
7 2 (0.57%) SUSE
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (40.86%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 96 (27.43%) Agile
4 70 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (17.71%) AI
6 50 (14.29%) Analytics
7 48 (13.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 47 (13.43%) Business Analysis
9 46 (13.14%) Validation
10 39 (11.14%) DevOps
11 38 (10.86%) Customer Service
11 38 (10.86%) Migration
12 37 (10.57%) Roadmaps
12 37 (10.57%) User Stories
13 35 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
14 34 (9.71%) Break/Fix
14 34 (9.71%) Workshop Facilitation
15 33 (9.43%) User Acceptance Testing
16 32 (9.14%) Decision-Making
16 32 (9.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 69 (19.71%) SQL
2 48 (13.71%) Python
3 11 (3.14%) C#
3 11 (3.14%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.29%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.00%) Bash
5 7 (2.00%) Java
5 7 (2.00%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (1.14%) R
7 3 (0.86%) Apex Code
7 3 (0.86%) Bicep
7 3 (0.86%) C++
7 3 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.57%) C
8 2 (0.57%) Go
8 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.57%) ProC
8 2 (0.57%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 50 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (14.00%) Security Cleared
3 42 (12.00%) CCNA
4 40 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 38 (10.86%) MCSE
6 36 (10.29%) Network+ Certification
7 34 (9.71%) A+ Certification
8 28 (8.00%) SC Cleared
9 26 (7.43%) Degree
10 14 (4.00%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.00%) CISSP
13 6 (1.71%) CCIE
14 4 (1.14%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.14%) CISM
14 4 (1.14%) JNCIE
14 4 (1.14%) RHCA
14 4 (1.14%) SAS Certification
14 4 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.86%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.71%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.86%) QA
4 15 (4.29%) GDPR
5 11 (3.14%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.86%) NIST
7 9 (2.57%) PMO
8 7 (2.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 6 (1.71%) GxP
10 5 (1.43%) SLA
11 4 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.14%) GRC
11 4 (1.14%) NCSC
12 3 (0.86%) WCAG
13 2 (0.57%) Basel III
13 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.29%) IFRS
14 1 (0.29%) MiFID
14 1 (0.29%) PSD2
14 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 18 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.57%) Docker
3 6 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.43%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) NFS
6 1 (0.29%) Squid
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (4.29%) Ansible
1 15 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.14%) Podman
3 2 (0.57%) Grafana
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.57%) SCCM
3 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.29%) Control-M
4 1 (0.29%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.29%) QRadar
4 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 54 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.00%) Dell
3 26 (7.43%) Oracle
4 25 (7.14%) SAP
5 21 (6.00%) Cisco
6 18 (5.14%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.29%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.57%) Databricks
8 9 (2.57%) VMware
9 6 (1.71%) Google
9 6 (1.71%) Juniper
9 6 (1.71%) Splunk
10 5 (1.43%) BT
10 5 (1.43%) Charles River
10 5 (1.43%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.43%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.43%) MarketAxess
10 5 (1.43%) Tradeweb
11 4 (1.14%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.14%) F5