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 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 374 427
Rank change year-on-year +43 +53 +84
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 350 164 154
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.55% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.11% 1.58% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 105 83
10th Percentile £250 £272 £219
25th Percentile £400 £380 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -14.29% -1.55%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £563
90th Percentile £656 £648 £648
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 44
10th Percentile £14.10 £30.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £23.56 £53.38 £12.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £80.68 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% +456.38% -35.56%
75th Percentile £57.75 £81.18 £18.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.88
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 16,578 10,358 13,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.65% 34.57% 29.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,168 6,475 8,281
10th Percentile £313 £300 £278
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 855 461 944
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.97 £15.35
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.05 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +32.61% -10.10% +58.55%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.75 £61.63
90th Percentile £85.80 £81.01 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £31.63 £35.25
% change year-on-year +39.00% -10.28% +60.23%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +32 322 £492 +9.33% 164
UK excluding London -5 174 £475 +5.56% 130
London +6 154 £500 +8.11% 57
Work from Home +6 85 £525 +23.53% 77
South East -18 54 £500 +53.85% 40
North of England -51 40 £475 +3.26% 28
Midlands -26 32 £479 +52.88% 32
West Midlands -33 29 £479 +80.57% 12
South West -13 28 £350 -33.33% 18
North West -23 26 £494 +8.57% 14
Yorkshire -51 10 £463 -11.90% 10
Wales -6 9 - - 2
East of England -35 9 £700 +33.33% 10
Scotland -15 6 £127 -71.78% 1
North East - 4 - - 4
East Midlands -16 3 £463 +21.39% 20

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 19 (5.43%) Confluence
2 5 (1.43%) SAS
3 4 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.14%) CMS
4 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
5 1 (0.29%) Mendix
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.29%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (2.57%) Finacle
2 6 (1.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.14%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.57%) iTrent
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.29%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.29%) Shopify
5 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 42 (12.00%) Azure
2 36 (10.29%) AWS
2 36 (10.29%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.00%) GitHub
4 13 (3.71%) SaaS
5 12 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.14%) GCP
7 10 (2.86%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.57%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.14%) Collibra
10 4 (1.14%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (0.86%) Apigee
11 3 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.86%) Fivetran
11 3 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.86%) OCI
11 3 (0.86%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.86%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.86%) SAN
2 11 (3.14%) WAN
3 7 (2.00%) LAN
4 6 (1.71%) BGP
4 6 (1.71%) MPLS
4 6 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.43%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.43%) VLAN
6 4 (1.14%) Network Security
7 3 (0.86%) DHCP
7 3 (0.86%) DNS
7 3 (0.86%) Firewall
7 3 (0.86%) Internet
7 3 (0.86%) NAS
7 3 (0.86%) OSPF
7 3 (0.86%) SNMP
7 3 (0.86%) TACACS
7 3 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.57%) PSTN
8 2 (0.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.29%) Power BI
2 13 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (3.71%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.43%) Tableau
4 9 (2.57%) Oracle Database
4 9 (2.57%) RDBMS
5 7 (2.00%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.43%) Power Query
7 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.14%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (1.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.14%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 3 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.86%) Looker
8 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.86%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.57%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.57%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 35 (10.00%) JIRA
2 4 (1.14%) Git
3 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.86%) Selenium
4 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.57%) GitLab
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.29%) Appium
5 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.29%) Gatling
5 1 (0.29%) JMeter
5 1 (0.29%) JUnit
5 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.29%) MLflow
5 1 (0.29%) NUnit
5 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 350 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 173 (49.43%) Social Skills
3 99 (28.29%) Finance
4 34 (9.71%) Banking
4 34 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.86%) Legal
6 19 (5.43%) Manufacturing
6 19 (5.43%) Marketing
7 18 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (4.57%) Back Office
8 16 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (4.57%) Telecoms
9 14 (4.00%) Front Office
10 12 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.71%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.71%) Retail
13 5 (1.43%) Billing
14 4 (1.14%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (22.57%) Analyst
2 47 (13.43%) Field Engineer
2 47 (13.43%) Field Service Engineer
2 47 (13.43%) IT Engineer
3 44 (12.57%) Business Analyst
4 22 (6.29%) Lead
5 20 (5.71%) Data Analyst
5 20 (5.71%) Developer
5 20 (5.71%) IT Support
5 20 (5.71%) Support Engineer
6 18 (5.14%) Senior
7 16 (4.57%) Field Support Engineer
7 16 (4.57%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (3.71%) Architect
8 13 (3.71%) Consultant
9 10 (2.86%) Applications Support
9 10 (2.86%) Project Manager
9 10 (2.86%) Security Analyst
10 9 (2.57%) Product Owner
10 9 (2.57%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.57%) REST
2 7 (2.00%) XML
3 5 (1.43%) .NET
3 5 (1.43%) PySpark
4 4 (1.14%) Kafka
4 4 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.14%) YAML
5 3 (0.86%) JSON
5 3 (0.86%) NETCONF
5 3 (0.86%) OpenConfig
5 3 (0.86%) RESTCONF
5 3 (0.86%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.86%) YANG
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.57%) Pandas
6 2 (0.57%) React
6 2 (0.57%) SOAP
7 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.29%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 56 (16.00%) Data Centre
2 29 (8.29%) Product Ownership
3 25 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.86%) Operational Technology
5 9 (2.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 8 (2.29%) SCADA
6 8 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.71%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.71%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.43%) Blog
9 5 (1.43%) NHS
9 5 (1.43%) Social Media
10 4 (1.14%) CMDB
10 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.86%) Windows
2 12 (3.43%) Linux
3 6 (1.71%) Unix
4 5 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.57%) AIX
6 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.57%) HPUX
6 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.57%) Solaris
6 2 (0.57%) SUSE
6 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (24.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (23.71%) Agile
4 66 (18.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (14.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 50 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 49 (14.00%) Analytics
8 48 (13.71%) Validation
9 47 (13.43%) Break/Fix
10 40 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
10 40 (11.43%) Decision-Making
11 38 (10.86%) Migration
12 36 (10.29%) AI
12 36 (10.29%) Business Analysis
12 36 (10.29%) Data Modelling
13 35 (10.00%) Process Improvement
14 31 (8.86%) Data Governance
15 30 (8.57%) Workshop Facilitation
16 29 (8.29%) User Acceptance Testing
16 29 (8.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 72 (20.57%) SQL
2 35 (10.00%) Python
3 16 (4.57%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.00%) C#
5 9 (2.57%) TypeScript
6 8 (2.29%) Java
7 6 (1.71%) Bash
8 5 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.14%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.14%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.14%) R
10 3 (0.86%) VBA
11 2 (0.57%) Bicep
11 2 (0.57%) C
11 2 (0.57%) C++
11 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.57%) ProC
12 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.29%) LookML
12 1 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 59 (16.86%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (15.71%) CCNA
3 50 (14.29%) MCSE
3 50 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (14.00%) Network+ Certification
5 47 (13.43%) A+ Certification
6 33 (9.43%) Security Cleared
7 32 (9.14%) Degree
8 18 (5.14%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.14%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.29%) CISSP
12 4 (1.14%) CISA
12 4 (1.14%) CISM
12 4 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.14%) SAS Certification
13 3 (0.86%) CEH
13 3 (0.86%) JNCIE
13 3 (0.86%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.57%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.71%) GDPR
4 18 (5.14%) QA
5 14 (4.00%) NIST
6 10 (2.86%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.57%) PMO
8 6 (1.71%) SLA
9 4 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.86%) GRC
10 3 (0.86%) WCAG
11 2 (0.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.57%) GxP
11 2 (0.57%) NCSC
11 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.57%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 12 (3.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.00%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.14%) Firmware
4 3 (0.86%) Docker
4 3 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.57%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) NFS
6 1 (0.29%) RACF
6 1 (0.29%) Squid
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (3.71%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.86%) Ansible
3 8 (2.29%) Terraform
4 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.86%) Podman
6 1 (0.29%) Control-M
6 1 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) SCCM
6 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 48 (13.71%) Dell
2 40 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.00%) Oracle
4 23 (6.57%) SAP
5 16 (4.57%) Cisco
5 16 (4.57%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.71%) Databricks
6 13 (3.71%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.43%) VMware
8 5 (1.43%) BT
8 5 (1.43%) Google
8 5 (1.43%) Nexthink
9 4 (1.14%) BMC
9 4 (1.14%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.14%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.86%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.86%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.86%) F5
10 3 (0.86%) Juniper
10 3 (0.86%) Veeam