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 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 323 454
Rank change year-on-year -12 +131 +61
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 378 232 119
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.71% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.15% 2.04% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 137 64
10th Percentile £200 £313 £226
25th Percentile £400 £400 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.22% -8.27%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £668 £680 £692
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £450 £438
% change year-on-year +5.78% +2.86% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 12 34
10th Percentile £14.10 £39.83 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £45.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £39.50 £67.50 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.48% +382.14% -37.78%
75th Percentile £55.75 £81.10 £21.19
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.55 £75.34 £13.75
% change year-on-year -52.81% +447.91% -30.38%

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 17,606 11,349 12,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.31% 34.65% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,771 7,000 7,905
10th Percentile £318 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £542
Median % change year-on-year - -3.13% -1.46%
75th Percentile £634 £644 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 912 549 692
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.13 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.87 £16.70
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% -25.00% +11.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.49 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +46.53% -27.71% -9.49%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -6 346 £500 +8.70% 167
UK excluding London -16 192 £476 +5.78% 110
London -12 162 £540 +5.37% 94
Work from Home -18 85 £540 +27.06% 71
South East -24 60 £533 +33.13% 34
North of England -68 43 £485 +7.67% 24
South West -14 32 £350 -40.43% 16
Midlands -31 32 £506 +61.23% 19
North West -41 29 £495 +10.00% 9
West Midlands -33 28 £550 +107.55% 7
East of England -25 14 £488 -18.75% 8
Yorkshire -43 13 £450 - 12
Wales -7 8 - - 3
Scotland -18 6 £127 -71.78% 7
East Midlands -11 4 £425 +18.06% 12
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 16 (4.23%) Confluence
2 7 (1.85%) CMS
3 4 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.06%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.06%) SAS
4 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Camunda
5 1 (0.26%) Mendix
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (7.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.65%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.65%) Finacle
2 6 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.32%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.32%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.79%) iTrent
4 3 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.53%) Actimize
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.43%) Azure
2 38 (10.05%) Power Platform
3 37 (9.79%) AWS
4 22 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.23%) SaaS
6 15 (3.97%) GCP
7 14 (3.70%) Entra ID
8 13 (3.44%) Snowflake
9 11 (2.91%) GitHub
10 7 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.32%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.79%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.79%) Apigee
13 3 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.79%) GitHub Copilot
13 3 (0.79%) OCI
13 3 (0.79%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 45 (11.90%) SAN
2 14 (3.70%) WAN
3 10 (2.65%) LAN
3 10 (2.65%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.38%) BGP
4 9 (2.38%) MPLS
5 6 (1.59%) SNMP
5 6 (1.59%) TACACS
5 6 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.32%) VLAN
7 4 (1.06%) DNS
7 4 (1.06%) VPN
8 3 (0.79%) DHCP
8 3 (0.79%) Firewall
8 3 (0.79%) Internet
8 3 (0.79%) NAS
8 3 (0.79%) Network Security
8 3 (0.79%) OSPF
9 2 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.05%) Power BI
2 15 (3.97%) Relational Database
2 15 (3.97%) Tableau
3 11 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.65%) Oracle Database
4 10 (2.65%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.32%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.06%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.06%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.06%) Power Query
6 4 (1.06%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.06%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 3 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.79%) Looker
7 3 (0.79%) Metadata
7 3 (0.79%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.53%) MySQL
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (10.05%) JIRA
2 4 (1.06%) Git
3 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.79%) Selenium
4 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.53%) GitLab
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.26%) Capybara
5 1 (0.26%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
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
1 378 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 192 (50.79%) Social Skills
3 102 (26.98%) Finance
4 39 (10.32%) Banking
5 35 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.08%) Legal
7 22 (5.82%) Marketing
8 21 (5.56%) Manufacturing
9 20 (5.29%) Front Office
10 19 (5.03%) Telecoms
11 18 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (4.23%) Back Office
13 15 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.12%) Investment Banking
15 8 (2.12%) Retail
16 7 (1.85%) Local Government
16 7 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.59%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 91 (24.07%) Analyst
2 52 (13.76%) Business Analyst
3 44 (11.64%) IT Engineer
4 42 (11.11%) Field Engineer
4 42 (11.11%) Field Service Engineer
5 23 (6.08%) Support Engineer
6 22 (5.82%) IT Support
7 21 (5.56%) Data Analyst
7 21 (5.56%) Senior
8 20 (5.29%) Architect
8 20 (5.29%) Lead
9 19 (5.03%) Developer
10 18 (4.76%) Consultant
10 18 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
11 16 (4.23%) Field Support Engineer
12 12 (3.17%) Applications Support
12 12 (3.17%) Product Manager
12 12 (3.17%) Product Owner
13 10 (2.65%) Security Analyst
13 10 (2.65%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.65%) REST
2 6 (1.59%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.59%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.59%) PySpark
2 6 (1.59%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.59%) YANG
3 5 (1.32%) .NET
3 5 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.32%) Kafka
3 5 (1.32%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.32%) XML
4 4 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.79%) JSON
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.79%) RESTful
6 2 (0.53%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.53%) React
6 2 (0.53%) SOAP
6 2 (0.53%) YAML
7 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.76%) Data Centre
2 31 (8.20%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.88%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.17%) Operational Technology
5 11 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 9 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.38%) Social Media
7 8 (2.12%) CMDB
7 8 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.12%) SCADA
8 7 (1.85%) Blog
8 7 (1.85%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.85%) Life Science
8 7 (1.85%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.59%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.59%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.52%) Windows
2 13 (3.44%) Linux
3 7 (1.85%) Unix
3 7 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.06%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.53%) AIX
6 2 (0.53%) Android
6 2 (0.53%) HPUX
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.53%) Solaris
6 2 (0.53%) SUSE
6 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (41.53%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (24.60%) Agile
3 92 (24.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 70 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (13.23%) Analytics
6 46 (12.17%) Customer Service
6 46 (12.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 46 (12.17%) Validation
7 44 (11.64%) AI
8 43 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (11.11%) Break/Fix
10 41 (10.85%) Business Analysis
11 40 (10.58%) Migration
11 40 (10.58%) User Stories
12 36 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
13 35 (9.26%) Process Improvement
14 34 (8.99%) Data Modelling
14 34 (8.99%) User Acceptance Testing
15 33 (8.73%) Roadmaps
16 32 (8.47%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 77 (20.37%) SQL
2 47 (12.43%) Python
3 16 (4.23%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.17%) C#
5 9 (2.38%) Java
6 8 (2.12%) Bash
7 7 (1.85%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.32%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.06%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.06%) R
10 3 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.53%) Bicep
11 2 (0.53%) C
11 2 (0.53%) C++
11 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.53%) ProC
11 2 (0.53%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) Groovy
12 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (15.34%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (13.49%) CCNA
3 46 (12.17%) MCSE
3 46 (12.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 44 (11.64%) Network+ Certification
5 42 (11.11%) A+ Certification
5 42 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 29 (7.67%) Degree
7 20 (5.29%) SC Cleared
8 15 (3.97%) DV Cleared
9 14 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.12%) CISSP
11 6 (1.59%) CCIE
11 6 (1.59%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.06%) CISM
13 4 (1.06%) RHCA
13 4 (1.06%) SAS Certification
13 4 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.67%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.76%) GDPR
4 16 (4.23%) QA
5 14 (3.70%) NIST
6 12 (3.17%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.38%) PMO
8 6 (1.59%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 6 (1.59%) GxP
9 5 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.32%) SLA
10 4 (1.06%) GRC
11 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.79%) NCSC
11 3 (0.79%) WCAG
12 1 (0.26%) Basel III
12 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 19 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.59%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.32%) Docker
4 4 (1.06%) Firmware
5 3 (0.79%) 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 15 (3.97%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.44%) Ansible
3 8 (2.12%) Terraform
4 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.06%) Podman
6 2 (0.53%) Grafana
6 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.53%) SCCM
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%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 52 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.38%) Dell
3 27 (7.14%) Oracle
4 24 (6.35%) SAP
5 20 (5.29%) Cisco
6 18 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 17 (4.50%) Salesforce
8 14 (3.70%) Databricks
9 11 (2.91%) VMware
10 7 (1.85%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.59%) F5
11 6 (1.59%) Google
11 6 (1.59%) Juniper
12 5 (1.32%) BT
12 5 (1.32%) Charles River
12 5 (1.32%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.32%) MarketAxess
12 5 (1.32%) Nexthink
12 5 (1.32%) Tradeweb
13 4 (1.06%) Zscaler