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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 364 432
Rank change year-on-year +29 +68 +72
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 356 179 153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.59% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.13% 1.71% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 109 83
10th Percentile £250 £294 £247
25th Percentile £400 £380 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% -14.29% -1.41%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £656 £650 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £447 £525
% change year-on-year +6.26% -14.86% -4.55%
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 16,745 10,494 13,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.85% 34.61% 30.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,252 6,549 8,293
10th Percentile £313 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
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 858 478 929
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.00 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.10 £31.04 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.86% -14.96% +62.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.46 £62.50
90th Percentile £86.52 £80.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.25 £36.05
% change year-on-year +45.32% -16.08% +60.20%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +17 328 £498 +10.56% 147
UK excluding London -18 174 £475 +6.26% 114
London +5 161 £500 +5.26% 55
Work from Home -16 83 £525 +19.45% 68
South East -18 55 £500 +37.93% 37
North of England -51 40 £475 +3.26% 22
Midlands -39 30 £489 +55.57% 24
South West -17 28 £350 -33.33% 18
West Midlands -40 27 £489 +84.34% 10
North West -33 26 £494 +8.57% 12
East of England -31 10 £600 +77.78% 9
Yorkshire -42 10 £463 -11.90% 7
Wales -6 9 - - 1
Scotland -6 6 £127 -71.78% 2
North East - 4 - - 3
East Midlands -13 3 £463 +28.47% 14

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 18 (5.06%) Confluence
2 5 (1.40%) SAS
3 4 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.12%) CMS
4 3 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Camunda
6 1 (0.28%) Mendix
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.53%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.81%) Finacle
2 6 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.84%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.84%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.84%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.56%) iTrent
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Shopify
5 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.52%) Azure
2 36 (10.11%) AWS
2 36 (10.11%) Power Platform
3 14 (3.93%) SaaS
4 13 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.37%) GitHub
6 11 (3.09%) GCP
7 10 (2.81%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.53%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.12%) Collibra
11 3 (0.84%) Apigee
11 3 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.84%) Fivetran
11 3 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (0.84%) OCI
11 3 (0.84%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.84%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.33%) SAN
2 12 (3.37%) WAN
3 8 (2.25%) LAN
3 8 (2.25%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.97%) BGP
4 7 (1.97%) MPLS
5 5 (1.40%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.40%) VLAN
6 4 (1.12%) DNS
6 4 (1.12%) Network Security
6 4 (1.12%) SNMP
6 4 (1.12%) TACACS
6 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.84%) DHCP
7 3 (0.84%) Firewall
7 3 (0.84%) Internet
7 3 (0.84%) NAS
7 3 (0.84%) OSPF
8 2 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.11%) Power BI
2 14 (3.93%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.37%) Tableau
5 10 (2.81%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.81%) RDBMS
6 7 (1.97%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.40%) Power Query
8 4 (1.12%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.12%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 4 (1.12%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 3 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.84%) Looker
9 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.84%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.56%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (0.56%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (10.11%) JIRA
2 4 (1.12%) Git
3 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.84%) Selenium
4 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.28%) Appium
5 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.28%) Gatling
5 1 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.28%) JUnit
5 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) NUnit
5 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 356 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 177 (49.72%) Social Skills
3 101 (28.37%) Finance
4 38 (10.67%) Banking
5 33 (9.27%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.18%) Legal
6 22 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 19 (5.34%) Marketing
8 18 (5.06%) Front Office
9 17 (4.78%) Back Office
9 17 (4.78%) Telecoms
10 16 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.97%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.69%) Retail
14 5 (1.40%) Billing
15 4 (1.12%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 83 (23.31%) Analyst
2 47 (13.20%) Business Analyst
2 47 (13.20%) Field Engineer
2 47 (13.20%) Field Service Engineer
2 47 (13.20%) IT Engineer
3 21 (5.90%) Support Engineer
4 20 (5.62%) Data Analyst
4 20 (5.62%) IT Support
4 20 (5.62%) Lead
5 19 (5.34%) Developer
6 18 (5.06%) Senior
7 16 (4.49%) Field Support Engineer
7 16 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (4.21%) Architect
9 14 (3.93%) Consultant
10 12 (3.37%) Applications Support
10 12 (3.37%) Product Owner
11 10 (2.81%) Project Manager
11 10 (2.81%) Security Analyst
11 10 (2.81%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.53%) REST
2 7 (1.97%) XML
3 5 (1.40%) .NET
3 5 (1.40%) Kafka
3 5 (1.40%) PySpark
4 4 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.12%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.12%) OpenConfig
4 4 (1.12%) RESTCONF
4 4 (1.12%) YAML
4 4 (1.12%) YANG
5 3 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.84%) JSON
5 3 (0.84%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.56%) Pandas
6 2 (0.56%) React
6 2 (0.56%) SOAP
7 1 (0.28%) LDAP
7 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.73%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.43%) Product Ownership
3 25 (7.02%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 10 (2.81%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.25%) SCADA
8 7 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.69%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.69%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.40%) Blog
10 5 (1.40%) CMDB
10 5 (1.40%) Life Science
10 5 (1.40%) Social Media
11 4 (1.12%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.71%) Windows
2 12 (3.37%) Linux
3 7 (1.97%) Unix
4 5 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.56%) AIX
6 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.56%) HPUX
6 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.56%) Solaris
6 2 (0.56%) SUSE
6 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (43.54%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (24.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 86 (24.16%) Agile
4 67 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (14.04%) Analytics
5 50 (14.04%) Customer Service
5 50 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 50 (14.04%) Validation
6 47 (13.20%) Break/Fix
7 40 (11.24%) AI
8 39 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
9 38 (10.67%) Migration
10 37 (10.39%) Decision-Making
11 36 (10.11%) Data Modelling
12 35 (9.83%) Business Analysis
12 35 (9.83%) Process Improvement
13 32 (8.99%) Data Governance
14 31 (8.71%) User Stories
15 30 (8.43%) Roadmaps
15 30 (8.43%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.79%) SQL
2 37 (10.39%) Python
3 15 (4.21%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.65%) C#
5 8 (2.25%) Java
5 8 (2.25%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.97%) Bash
7 5 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.12%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.12%) R
9 3 (0.84%) VBA
10 2 (0.56%) Bicep
10 2 (0.56%) C
10 2 (0.56%) C++
10 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.56%) ProC
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.28%) LookML
11 1 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 60 (16.85%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (15.45%) CCNA
3 50 (14.04%) MCSE
3 50 (14.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (13.76%) Network+ Certification
5 47 (13.20%) A+ Certification
6 35 (9.83%) Security Cleared
7 30 (8.43%) Degree
8 18 (5.06%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.09%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.25%) CISSP
12 4 (1.12%) CCIE
12 4 (1.12%) CISA
12 4 (1.12%) CISM
12 4 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.12%) JNCIE
12 4 (1.12%) SAS Certification
13 3 (0.84%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.43%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.62%) GDPR
3 20 (5.62%) QA
4 14 (3.93%) NIST
5 10 (2.81%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.53%) PMO
7 6 (1.69%) SLA
8 5 (1.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (1.40%) GxP
9 4 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.84%) GRC
11 2 (0.56%) NCSC
11 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.56%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.56%) WCAG
12 1 (0.28%) Basel III
12 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.69%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.12%) Firmware
4 3 (0.84%) Docker
5 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.28%) KVM
6 1 (0.28%) NFS
6 1 (0.28%) RACF
6 1 (0.28%) Squid
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.09%) Ansible
3 7 (1.97%) Terraform
4 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.84%) Podman
6 2 (0.56%) Grafana
6 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) Control-M
7 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.28%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 48 (13.48%) Dell
2 40 (11.24%) Microsoft
3 29 (8.15%) Oracle
4 23 (6.46%) SAP
5 17 (4.78%) Cisco
6 16 (4.49%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.93%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.65%) Databricks
9 11 (3.09%) VMware
10 5 (1.40%) BT
10 5 (1.40%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.40%) Google
10 5 (1.40%) Nexthink
11 4 (1.12%) BMC
11 4 (1.12%) F5
11 4 (1.12%) Juniper
11 4 (1.12%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.84%) Charles River
12 3 (0.84%) HP
12 3 (0.84%) Red Hat