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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 315 459
Rank change year-on-year -22 +144 +39
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 382 244 113
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.74% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 2.13% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 141 63
10th Percentile £185 £313 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £610 £588
90th Percentile £671 £680 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 12 29
10th Percentile £14.10 £26.55 -
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 £19.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.28 £75.34 £13.75
% change year-on-year -39.90% +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 17,652 11,464 11,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.40% 34.84% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,748 7,077 7,676
10th Percentile £321 £303 £300
25th Percentile £420 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £640 £675
90th Percentile £750 £771 £820
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 962 549 619
10th Percentile £15.72 £15.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.87 £18.12
Median hourly rate £43.96 £29.50 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +49.02% -34.06% +11.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.88
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -33.33% +1.12%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -17 352 £500 +8.11% 247
UK excluding London -29 192 £475 +5.56% 145
London -4 168 £525 - 143
Work from Home -15 82 £550 +25.14% 111
South East -25 61 £533 +33.13% 48
North of England -56 43 £475 +5.56% 30
South West -24 32 £350 -33.33% 19
Midlands -32 31 £513 +63.74% 25
North West -46 30 £495 +9.89% 17
West Midlands -37 28 £550 +109.52% 13
East of England -22 14 £488 -18.75% 9
Yorkshire -46 12 £450 - 9
Wales -6 8 - - 5
Scotland -18 6 £127 -74.60% 6
East Midlands -8 3 £375 +4.17% 12
North East - 1 - - 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 16 (4.19%) Confluence
2 7 (1.83%) CMS
3 4 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.05%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.05%) SAS
4 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Camunda
6 1 (0.26%) Mendix
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (8.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (7.85%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (4.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.62%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.62%) Finacle
2 6 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.31%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.31%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.79%) iTrent
6 2 (0.52%) Actimize
6 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.83%) Azure
2 38 (9.95%) AWS
2 38 (9.95%) Power Platform
3 24 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.19%) Entra ID
4 16 (4.19%) SaaS
5 15 (3.93%) GCP
6 14 (3.66%) Snowflake
7 12 (3.14%) GitHub
8 8 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.31%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.05%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.79%) OCI
11 3 (0.79%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 45 (11.78%) SAN
2 14 (3.66%) WAN
3 10 (2.62%) LAN
3 10 (2.62%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.36%) BGP
4 9 (2.36%) MPLS
5 6 (1.57%) SNMP
5 6 (1.57%) TACACS
5 6 (1.57%) VPN
5 6 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.31%) DNS
6 5 (1.31%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.31%) VLAN
7 4 (1.05%) Firewall
8 3 (0.79%) Broadband
8 3 (0.79%) DHCP
8 3 (0.79%) Internet
8 3 (0.79%) NAS
8 3 (0.79%) Network Security
8 3 (0.79%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.95%) Power BI
2 15 (3.93%) Relational Database
2 15 (3.93%) Tableau
3 11 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.62%) Oracle Database
4 10 (2.62%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.31%) Power Query
6 4 (1.05%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.05%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.05%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.05%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 4 (1.05%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.79%) Looker
7 3 (0.79%) Metadata
8 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.52%) Big Data
8 2 (0.52%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 36 (9.42%) JIRA
2 4 (1.05%) Git
2 4 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.79%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.79%) GitLab
3 3 (0.79%) Selenium
4 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.26%) Appium
5 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.26%) Capybara
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%) Mocha
5 1 (0.26%) NUnit
5 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.26%) RSpec
General
1 382 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 191 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 105 (27.49%) Finance
4 41 (10.73%) Banking
5 37 (9.69%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.02%) Legal
6 23 (6.02%) Marketing
7 22 (5.76%) Front Office
8 21 (5.50%) Manufacturing
9 19 (4.97%) Telecoms
10 17 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (4.19%) Back Office
12 15 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (2.62%) Local Government
14 9 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.09%) Investment Banking
15 8 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (2.09%) Retail
16 7 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.57%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 87 (22.77%) Analyst
2 49 (12.83%) Business Analyst
3 45 (11.78%) IT Engineer
4 42 (10.99%) Field Engineer
4 42 (10.99%) Field Service Engineer
5 24 (6.28%) Senior
5 24 (6.28%) Support Engineer
6 23 (6.02%) IT Support
7 21 (5.50%) Architect
8 20 (5.24%) Developer
8 20 (5.24%) Lead
9 19 (4.97%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (4.71%) Consultant
10 18 (4.71%) Data Analyst
11 16 (4.19%) Field Support Engineer
12 12 (3.14%) Applications Support
12 12 (3.14%) Product Owner
13 10 (2.62%) Product Manager
13 10 (2.62%) Security Analyst
13 10 (2.62%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.62%) REST
2 6 (1.57%) NETCONF
2 6 (1.57%) OpenConfig
2 6 (1.57%) RESTCONF
2 6 (1.57%) YANG
3 5 (1.31%) .NET
3 5 (1.31%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.31%) PySpark
3 5 (1.31%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.05%) Kafka
4 4 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.05%) RESTful
4 4 (1.05%) XML
5 3 (0.79%) JSON
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.52%) OAuth
6 2 (0.52%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.52%) React
6 2 (0.52%) SOAP
7 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.61%) Data Centre
2 30 (7.85%) Product Ownership
3 28 (7.33%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.14%) Operational Technology
5 11 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 10 (2.62%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.62%) Social Media
7 8 (2.09%) CMDB
7 8 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.09%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.09%) SCADA
7 8 (2.09%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.83%) Blog
8 7 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.83%) Life Science
9 6 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.95%) Windows
2 13 (3.40%) Linux
3 7 (1.83%) Unix
3 7 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.31%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.79%) Android
5 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.52%) AIX
6 2 (0.52%) HPUX
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.52%) Solaris
6 2 (0.52%) SUSE
6 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (41.10%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (24.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (24.08%) Agile
4 71 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (13.61%) Analytics
6 50 (13.09%) AI
7 49 (12.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 47 (12.30%) Customer Service
9 46 (12.04%) Business Analysis
10 45 (11.78%) Validation
11 43 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (10.99%) Break/Fix
13 39 (10.21%) Migration
14 38 (9.95%) Process Improvement
14 38 (9.95%) Workshop Facilitation
15 37 (9.69%) User Stories
16 34 (8.90%) Decision-Making
16 34 (8.90%) User Acceptance Testing
17 33 (8.64%) ITIL
18 32 (8.38%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 76 (19.90%) SQL
2 48 (12.57%) Python
3 16 (4.19%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.14%) C#
5 9 (2.36%) Java
6 8 (2.09%) Bash
6 8 (2.09%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.57%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.05%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.05%) R
9 3 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.52%) Bicep
10 2 (0.52%) C
10 2 (0.52%) C++
10 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.52%) ProC
10 2 (0.52%) VBA
11 1 (0.26%) Ruby
11 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (15.18%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (13.35%) CCNA
3 47 (12.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 46 (12.04%) MCSE
4 46 (12.04%) Security Cleared
5 44 (11.52%) Network+ Certification
6 42 (10.99%) A+ Certification
7 29 (7.59%) Degree
8 23 (6.02%) SC Cleared
9 15 (3.93%) DV Cleared
10 14 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.09%) CISSP
12 6 (1.57%) CCIE
12 6 (1.57%) JNCIE
13 5 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.05%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.05%) CISM
14 4 (1.05%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.05%) RHCA
14 4 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 23 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.19%) GDPR
3 16 (4.19%) QA
4 14 (3.66%) NIST
5 11 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.62%) PMO
7 6 (1.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 6 (1.57%) GxP
7 6 (1.57%) SLA
8 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.05%) GRC
9 4 (1.05%) NCSC
10 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.79%) WCAG
11 1 (0.26%) Basel III
11 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.26%) MiFID
11 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.83%) Docker
3 6 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.05%) 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 16 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.40%) Ansible
3 8 (2.09%) Terraform
4 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.05%) Podman
6 2 (0.52%) Grafana
6 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.52%) 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 59 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.26%) Dell
3 27 (7.07%) Oracle
4 23 (6.02%) SAP
5 20 (5.24%) Cisco
6 19 (4.97%) ServiceNow
7 16 (4.19%) Salesforce
8 13 (3.40%) Databricks
9 11 (2.88%) VMware
10 7 (1.83%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.57%) F5
11 6 (1.57%) Google
11 6 (1.57%) Juniper
12 5 (1.31%) BT
12 5 (1.31%) Charles River
12 5 (1.31%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.31%) MarketAxess
12 5 (1.31%) Nexthink
12 5 (1.31%) Tradeweb
13 4 (1.05%) Remedy