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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 377 393
Rank change year-on-year +72 +16 +139
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 353 151 192
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.34% 1.51% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 102 100
10th Percentile £304 £250 £180
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £662 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £449 £525
% change year-on-year +5.91% -14.57% +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 61
10th Percentile £14.10 £53.38 £11.75
25th Percentile £34.44 £70.71 £13.50
Median hourly rate £47.00 £80.68 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% +361.00% -72.00%
75th Percentile £66.46 £81.27 £19.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.35 £25.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.50 £80.68 £15.90
% change year-on-year -31.21% +407.39% -28.25%

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 15,078 10,028 13,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.34% 33.97% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,422 6,402 8,547
10th Percentile £305 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 716 396 906
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.25 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.28 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.85% +14.25% +25.56%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.94 £58.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £82.38 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £31.42 £26.66
% change year-on-year +51.30% +17.85% +20.74%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +55 322 £500 +6.95% 187
UK excluding London +17 171 £475 +5.91% 158
London +10 156 £500 - 63
Work from Home +48 100 £500 +13.77% 113
South East -6 69 £500 +53.85% 57
Midlands -32 31 £470 -3.29% 26
North of England -55 26 £450 +17.19% 39
West Midlands -35 25 £470 -10.48% 15
South West -25 22 £410 -15.90% 11
North West -32 16 £452 +26.26% 23
Wales +2 11 - - 4
East of England -48 10 £575 - 16
Yorkshire -55 7 £450 +9.76% 12
Scotland +7 6 £398 -11.67% 5
East Midlands -29 6 £450 +0.67% 11
North East - 3 - - 5

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 (5.38%) Confluence
2 5 (1.42%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.13%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.57%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Camunda
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (10.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.40%) MS Visio
4 11 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.57%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.12%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.42%) Shopify
4 3 (0.85%) Finacle
5 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.28%) Maximo
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.28%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.28%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.28%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 40 (11.33%) Azure
2 36 (10.20%) Power Platform
3 30 (8.50%) AWS
4 14 (3.97%) SaaS
5 13 (3.68%) GitHub
6 11 (3.12%) GCP
7 9 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (2.27%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.42%) Collibra
9 5 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.42%) GitHub Copilot
9 5 (1.42%) Lucidchart
10 4 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.13%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.85%) Alation
11 3 (0.85%) Contentsquare
11 3 (0.85%) Fivetran
11 3 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 46 (13.03%) SAN
2 14 (3.97%) DNS
3 12 (3.40%) Network Security
4 10 (2.83%) WAN
5 7 (1.98%) MPLS
5 7 (1.98%) SSL
6 6 (1.70%) FTP
6 6 (1.70%) HTTP
6 6 (1.70%) LAN
6 6 (1.70%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.42%) BGP
7 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.42%) SMTP
8 4 (1.13%) Firewall
8 4 (1.13%) Internet
8 4 (1.13%) SNMP
8 4 (1.13%) TACACS
9 3 (0.85%) DHCP
9 3 (0.85%) NAS
9 3 (0.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.20%) Power BI
2 16 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.55%) Tableau
4 8 (2.27%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.27%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.70%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 5 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.13%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (1.13%) Looker
7 4 (1.13%) Metadata
7 4 (1.13%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.85%) Big Data
8 3 (0.85%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.85%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.85%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.85%) Power Query
9 2 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 34 (9.63%) JIRA
2 4 (1.13%) Git
3 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.57%) MLflow
3 2 (0.57%) Selenium
3 2 (0.57%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.28%) Appium
4 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.28%) Gatling
4 1 (0.28%) GitLab
4 1 (0.28%) JUnit
4 1 (0.28%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 352 (99.72%) Analytical Skills
2 172 (48.73%) Social Skills
3 107 (30.31%) Finance
4 33 (9.35%) Banking
4 33 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.08%) Marketing
6 19 (5.38%) Legal
7 17 (4.82%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.68%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.55%) Back Office
11 8 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.27%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.98%) Front Office
13 5 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.42%) Retail
14 4 (1.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (22.38%) Analyst
2 49 (13.88%) Business Analyst
3 41 (11.61%) Field Engineer
3 41 (11.61%) Field Service Engineer
3 41 (11.61%) IT Engineer
4 24 (6.80%) Lead
5 22 (6.23%) Developer
6 20 (5.67%) Support Engineer
7 17 (4.82%) Consultant
7 17 (4.82%) Senior
8 16 (4.53%) Data Analyst
9 14 (3.97%) Field Support Engineer
9 14 (3.97%) IT Support
9 14 (3.97%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (3.12%) Project Manager
11 10 (2.83%) Architect
11 10 (2.83%) Operations Analyst
11 10 (2.83%) Operations Business Analyst
11 10 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (2.27%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.70%) LDAP
1 6 (1.70%) PySpark
1 6 (1.70%) PyTorch
2 5 (1.42%) .NET
2 5 (1.42%) YAML
3 4 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.13%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.13%) Node.js
3 4 (1.13%) OpenConfig
3 4 (1.13%) Pandas
3 4 (1.13%) REST
3 4 (1.13%) RESTCONF
3 4 (1.13%) scikit-learn
3 4 (1.13%) TensorFlow
3 4 (1.13%) XML
3 4 (1.13%) YANG
4 3 (0.85%) EDI
4 3 (0.85%) Kafka
4 3 (0.85%) Middleware
5 2 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.45%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.38%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.25%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.55%) Operational Technology
4 9 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.98%) SCADA
6 7 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (1.70%) Blog
7 6 (1.70%) Derivative
7 6 (1.70%) NHS
8 5 (1.42%) CSOC
8 5 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.42%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.13%) Social Media
9 4 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.22%) Windows
2 13 (3.68%) Linux
3 8 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.85%) Unix
5 2 (0.57%) AIX
5 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.57%) HPUX
5 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (0.57%) Solaris
5 2 (0.57%) SUSE
5 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (40.23%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (23.51%) Agile
3 77 (21.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 53 (15.01%) Decision-Making
7 52 (14.73%) Analytics
8 46 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
9 45 (12.75%) Customer Service
10 41 (11.61%) Break/Fix
11 40 (11.33%) Data Modelling
12 37 (10.48%) AI
13 35 (9.92%) Actionable Insight
13 35 (9.92%) Data Governance
13 35 (9.92%) Process Improvement
14 34 (9.63%) Business Analysis
14 34 (9.63%) Validation
15 31 (8.78%) Change Management
15 31 (8.78%) Roadmaps
15 31 (8.78%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 65 (18.41%) SQL
2 40 (11.33%) Python
3 22 (6.23%) PowerShell
4 15 (4.25%) C#
5 11 (3.12%) TypeScript
6 10 (2.83%) Java
7 7 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.70%) Bash
9 4 (1.13%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.13%) C++
10 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.85%) VBA
11 2 (0.57%) Bicep
11 2 (0.57%) Go
11 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.57%) R
12 1 (0.28%) LookML
12 1 (0.28%) Scala
12 1 (0.28%) SOQL
12 1 (0.28%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 48 (13.60%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (12.75%) Security Cleared
3 44 (12.46%) CCNA
4 43 (12.18%) MCSE
4 43 (12.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (11.90%) Degree
6 41 (11.61%) A+ Certification
6 41 (11.61%) Network+ Certification
7 27 (7.65%) SC Cleared
8 18 (5.10%) DV Cleared
9 13 (3.68%) Master's Degree
10 12 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (2.83%) PMI Certification
12 7 (1.98%) PMP
13 6 (1.70%) CISSP
14 5 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (1.13%) CBAP
15 4 (1.13%) CEH
15 4 (1.13%) CISA
15 4 (1.13%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.93%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.65%) GDPR
3 21 (5.95%) QA
4 17 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.12%) NIST
6 9 (2.55%) PMO
7 8 (2.27%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.13%) SLA
10 3 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.85%) GRC
10 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.85%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.85%) WCAG
11 2 (0.57%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 1 (0.28%) COBIT
12 1 (0.28%) MiFID
System Software
1 17 (4.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.70%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.13%) Docker
3 4 (1.13%) Firmware
4 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.57%) KVM
5 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.28%) NFS
6 1 (0.28%) RACF
6 1 (0.28%) Squid
6 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 11 (3.12%) Ansible
2 8 (2.27%) Terraform
3 6 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.13%) SCCM
4 4 (1.13%) SCOM
4 4 (1.13%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.57%) Podman
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.28%) Kibana
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) Suricata
6 1 (0.28%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 46 (13.03%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.61%) Dell
3 28 (7.93%) SAP
4 20 (5.67%) Salesforce
5 19 (5.38%) Oracle
6 15 (4.25%) VMware
7 12 (3.40%) Cisco
7 12 (3.40%) Databricks
8 9 (2.55%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.70%) BMC
9 6 (1.70%) Google
10 5 (1.42%) Adobe
10 5 (1.42%) BT
10 5 (1.42%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.42%) Murex
10 5 (1.42%) Nexthink
11 4 (1.13%) F5
11 4 (1.13%) Informatica
11 4 (1.13%) Juniper
12 3 (0.85%) Red Hat