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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 283 452
Rank change year-on-year -130 +169 +25
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 296 303 107
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.92% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 2.54% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 188 57
10th Percentile £185 £230 £236
25th Percentile £406 £367 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +4.74% -3.31%
75th Percentile £613 £589 £588
90th Percentile £688 £675 £653
UK excluding London median daily rate £459 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +2.00% -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 15
10th Percentile £14.37 £18.25 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.88 £11.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £46.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% +208.33% -33.33%
75th Percentile £64.77 £75.00 £21.75
90th Percentile £81.63 £83.91 £23.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.07 £65.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -9.13% +364.29% -32.53%

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 18,838 11,921 11,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.54% 36.06% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,246 7,303 6,908
10th Percentile £322 £297 £275
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £526
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -1.49% -4.36%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £668
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,308 618 413
10th Percentile £13.93 £14.75 £15.62
25th Percentile £17.50 £18.82 £22.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.54 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.74% -42.03% +6.15%
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.56 £72.50 £75.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.51 £27.54 £55.75
% change year-on-year +28.94% -50.60% +9.94%

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 October 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 October 2026.

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 8 October 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 -94 271 £506 +8.82% 522
London -70 145 £575 +4.55% 337
UK excluding London -122 132 £459 +2.00% 204
Work from Home -72 65 £550 +29.41% 194
North of England -67 34 £405 -12.07% 35
South East -68 30 £525 +78.72% 64
Midlands -52 24 £500 +57.48% 36
South West -31 22 £375 -28.57% 26
North West -42 22 £494 +9.78% 25
West Midlands -41 20 £525 +81.66% 21
East of England -35 15 £500 -17.44% 15
Yorkshire -44 11 £190 -65.45% 9
Scotland -26 6 £127 -74.60% 11
East Midlands -18 4 £325 -4.41% 15
Northern Ireland +9 2 £463 -15.91% 15
Wales -9 1 - - 6
North East - 1 - - 1

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 15 (5.07%) Confluence
2 5 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.35%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.35%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.35%) SAS
3 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.01%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) Camunda
5 1 (0.34%) Mendix
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.34%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 9 (3.04%) Finacle
2 5 (1.69%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.69%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.01%) iTrent
3 3 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.68%) Actimize
4 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.34%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 40 (13.51%) Azure
2 32 (10.81%) AWS
3 31 (10.47%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.73%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.73%) GCP
5 14 (4.73%) GitHub
5 14 (4.73%) SaaS
5 14 (4.73%) Snowflake
6 11 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.69%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (1.35%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.35%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.01%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 3 (1.01%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.01%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.01%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.74%) SAN
2 8 (2.70%) BGP
2 8 (2.70%) LAN
2 8 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.36%) Network Security
3 7 (2.36%) WAN
4 6 (2.03%) Broadband
4 6 (2.03%) DNS
5 5 (1.69%) MPLS
5 5 (1.69%) SSL
5 5 (1.69%) VLAN
5 5 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.35%) Firewall
6 4 (1.35%) SNMP
6 4 (1.35%) TACACS
6 4 (1.35%) VPN
7 3 (1.01%) FTP
7 3 (1.01%) HTTP
7 3 (1.01%) OSPF
7 3 (1.01%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.14%) Power BI
2 14 (4.73%) Tableau
3 11 (3.72%) Relational Database
4 9 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.04%) Oracle Database
4 9 (3.04%) RDBMS
5 7 (2.36%) Metadata
6 5 (1.69%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.35%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.35%) Power Query
7 4 (1.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.35%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 3 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.01%) Big Data
8 3 (1.01%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.01%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.01%) MySQL
9 2 (0.68%) KDB
Development Applications
1 36 (12.16%) JIRA
2 4 (1.35%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.35%) Git
2 4 (1.35%) GitLab
2 4 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.01%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.68%) Mocha
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.68%) Selenium
5 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.34%) Capybara
5 1 (0.34%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.34%) Gatling
5 1 (0.34%) JMeter
5 1 (0.34%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.34%) RSpec
General
1 296 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 178 (60.14%) Social Skills
3 101 (34.12%) Finance
4 42 (14.19%) Public Sector
5 35 (11.82%) Banking
6 26 (8.78%) Front Office
6 26 (8.78%) Local Government
7 19 (6.42%) Telecoms
8 18 (6.08%) Marketing
9 15 (5.07%) Back Office
9 15 (5.07%) Manufacturing
10 13 (4.39%) Legal
11 11 (3.72%) Retail
12 10 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.69%) Investment Banking
16 5 (1.69%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (21.28%) Analyst
2 32 (10.81%) Business Analyst
3 29 (9.80%) Senior
4 22 (7.43%) IT Engineer
5 21 (7.09%) Architect
6 17 (5.74%) Data Analyst
6 17 (5.74%) Field Engineer
6 17 (5.74%) Field Service Engineer
7 15 (5.07%) Consultant
8 12 (4.05%) Applications Support
8 12 (4.05%) Developer
8 12 (4.05%) IT Support
8 12 (4.05%) Lead
8 12 (4.05%) Product Owner
9 11 (3.72%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.04%) Systems Support
11 8 (2.70%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (2.36%) Product Manager
12 7 (2.36%) Senior Manager
13 6 (2.03%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.39%) REST
2 10 (3.38%) Terraform
3 8 (2.70%) RESTful
4 5 (1.69%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (1.69%) JSON
4 5 (1.69%) XML
5 4 (1.35%) .NET
5 4 (1.35%) Kafka
5 4 (1.35%) NETCONF
5 4 (1.35%) OpenConfig
5 4 (1.35%) RESTCONF
5 4 (1.35%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.35%) YANG
6 3 (1.01%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.01%) LDAP
6 3 (1.01%) PySpark
6 3 (1.01%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.68%) Jest
7 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.68%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.80%) Product Ownership
2 25 (8.45%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.45%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.73%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 9 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.04%) Social Media
7 8 (2.70%) CMDB
7 8 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.36%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.36%) Equities
8 7 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.36%) Life Science
8 7 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.03%) Fixed Income
9 6 (2.03%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.46%) Windows
2 11 (3.72%) Linux
3 7 (2.36%) Unix
4 6 (2.03%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.69%) Android
6 4 (1.35%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.01%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.68%) AIX
8 2 (0.68%) HPUX
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.68%) Solaris
8 2 (0.68%) SUSE
9 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (41.22%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (32.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (31.76%) Agile
4 66 (22.30%) AI
5 64 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (16.55%) Business Analysis
6 49 (16.55%) Validation
7 47 (15.88%) Analytics
8 43 (14.53%) DevOps
8 43 (14.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 35 (11.82%) Migration
10 33 (11.15%) User Stories
11 32 (10.81%) Roadmaps
12 31 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
12 31 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
13 30 (10.14%) Workshop Facilitation
14 29 (9.80%) Decision-Making
15 28 (9.46%) Data Governance
15 28 (9.46%) Scrum
15 28 (9.46%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 66 (22.30%) SQL
2 48 (16.22%) Python
3 9 (3.04%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.69%) Bash
5 5 (1.69%) C#
5 5 (1.69%) Java
6 4 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.01%) Go
7 3 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.01%) R
7 3 (1.01%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.68%) Bicep
8 2 (0.68%) C
8 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.68%) ProC
8 2 (0.68%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.34%) C++
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (15.20%) Security Cleared
2 31 (10.47%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (10.47%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.77%) CCNA
3 23 (7.77%) Degree
4 21 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (6.42%) MCSE
5 19 (6.42%) Network+ Certification
6 17 (5.74%) A+ Certification
7 11 (3.72%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.36%) CISSP
10 6 (2.03%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.03%) CCIE
11 4 (1.35%) CISM
11 4 (1.35%) JNCIE
11 4 (1.35%) SAS Certification
12 3 (1.01%) GCIA
12 3 (1.01%) GCIH
12 3 (1.01%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.80%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.74%) QA
3 12 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.72%) GDPR
5 10 (3.38%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.70%) PMO
7 6 (2.03%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 6 (2.03%) SLA
8 5 (1.69%) GxP
8 5 (1.69%) NCSC
8 5 (1.69%) NIST
9 4 (1.35%) GRC
9 4 (1.35%) WCAG
10 2 (0.68%) Basel III
10 2 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.34%) P3O
System Software
1 16 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.38%) Docker
3 3 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) Squid
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.05%) Ansible
3 2 (0.68%) Grafana
3 2 (0.68%) Podman
3 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.68%) SCCM
4 1 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.34%) Control-M
4 1 (0.34%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.34%) QRadar
4 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.09%) Oracle
2 21 (7.09%) SAP
3 18 (6.08%) Dell
4 17 (5.74%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.41%) Cisco
6 11 (3.72%) Databricks
7 9 (3.04%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.70%) Google
9 6 (2.03%) Juniper
10 5 (1.69%) Ariba
10 5 (1.69%) Charles River
10 5 (1.69%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.69%) MarketAxess
10 5 (1.69%) Remedy
10 5 (1.69%) Splunk
10 5 (1.69%) Tradeweb
11 4 (1.35%) F5
11 4 (1.35%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.35%) Zscaler