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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 292 466
Rank change year-on-year -81 +174 +28
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 342 269 104
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.83% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 2.35% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 166 60
10th Percentile £185 £241 £261
25th Percentile £383 £371 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £669 £672 £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £450 £419
% change year-on-year +3.22% +7.46% -16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 22
10th Percentile £25.25 £23.70 -
25th Percentile £35.89 £33.44 £11.75
Median hourly rate £47.00 £46.25 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% +230.36% -29.11%
75th Percentile £64.77 £75.00 £21.19
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.72 £23.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -2.87% +381.48% -31.65%

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 18,133 11,464 11,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.80% 35.48% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,964 7,035 7,217
10th Percentile £320 £300 £300
25th Percentile £423 £406 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,085 567 526
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.13 £13.77
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.87 £20.56
Median hourly rate £38.53 £30.00 £46.21
Median % change year-on-year +28.42% -35.07% +7.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.56 £30.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +45.20% -45.45% +22.22%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -46 316 £503 +11.78% 504
UK excluding London -59 166 £465 +3.22% 215
London -51 159 £550 +3.53% 349
Work from Home -41 76 £575 +43.03% 185
South East -50 50 £563 +73.08% 47
North of England -73 40 £477 +5.89% 44
South West -32 28 £350 -33.33% 44
North West -41 27 £495 +10.00% 32
Midlands -43 26 £563 +79.14% 33
West Midlands -38 23 £613 +131.13% 17
East of England -18 12 £475 -21.16% 19
Yorkshire -45 12 £190 -57.78% 11
Scotland -29 7 £127 -74.60% 16
Wales - 5 - - 5
East Midlands -25 3 £375 +4.17% 16
North East - 1 - - 2

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 17 (4.97%) Confluence
2 5 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.17%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.17%) SAS
4 3 (0.88%) CMS
4 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
5 1 (0.29%) Mendix
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (8.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.92%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 10 (2.92%) Finacle
2 5 (1.46%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.46%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.88%) iTrent
4 3 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.58%) Actimize
5 2 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.29%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.29%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (12.57%) Azure
2 38 (11.11%) AWS
3 34 (9.94%) Power Platform
4 24 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (4.97%) SaaS
6 14 (4.09%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.80%) GCP
7 13 (3.80%) GitHub
7 13 (3.80%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.46%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.17%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (1.17%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.88%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.88%) Apigee
12 3 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.88%) Collibra
12 3 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.88%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 35 (10.23%) SAN
2 10 (2.92%) LAN
2 10 (2.92%) WAN
3 8 (2.34%) BGP
3 8 (2.34%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.75%) MPLS
4 6 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.46%) Broadband
5 5 (1.46%) Firewall
5 5 (1.46%) Network Security
5 5 (1.46%) VLAN
5 5 (1.46%) VPN
6 4 (1.17%) DNS
6 4 (1.17%) SNMP
6 4 (1.17%) TACACS
7 3 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.88%) NAS
7 3 (0.88%) OSPF
7 3 (0.88%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (9.65%) Power BI
2 15 (4.39%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.51%) Tableau
4 10 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.92%) Oracle Database
4 10 (2.92%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.46%) Metadata
6 4 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.17%) Power Query
6 4 (1.17%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.17%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.88%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.88%) MySQL
8 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.58%) Big Data
8 2 (0.58%) Looker
8 2 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 37 (10.82%) JIRA
2 4 (1.17%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.17%) Git
3 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.88%) GitLab
3 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.88%) Selenium
4 2 (0.58%) Mocha
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.29%) Appium
5 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.29%) Capybara
5 1 (0.29%) Gatling
5 1 (0.29%) JMeter
5 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.29%) NUnit
5 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.29%) RSpec
5 1 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 342 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 181 (52.92%) Social Skills
3 101 (29.53%) Finance
4 42 (12.28%) Public Sector
5 38 (11.11%) Banking
6 24 (7.02%) Front Office
7 22 (6.43%) Telecoms
8 20 (5.85%) Legal
8 20 (5.85%) Manufacturing
9 19 (5.56%) Local Government
10 18 (5.26%) Marketing
11 16 (4.68%) Back Office
12 14 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.63%) Retail
15 8 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.34%) Investment Banking
15 8 (2.34%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.88%) Billing
Job Titles
1 74 (21.64%) Analyst
2 42 (12.28%) Business Analyst
3 37 (10.82%) IT Engineer
4 32 (9.36%) Field Engineer
4 32 (9.36%) Field Service Engineer
5 28 (8.19%) Senior
6 22 (6.43%) Architect
7 18 (5.26%) Developer
7 18 (5.26%) Lead
8 17 (4.97%) Data Analyst
9 16 (4.68%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.39%) Consultant
10 15 (4.39%) IT Support
11 13 (3.80%) Applications Support
12 11 (3.22%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.22%) Product Owner
13 10 (2.92%) Product Manager
13 10 (2.92%) Systems Support
14 9 (2.63%) Project Manager
15 7 (2.05%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.51%) REST
2 9 (2.63%) Terraform
3 7 (2.05%) RESTful
4 6 (1.75%) .NET
5 5 (1.46%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.46%) JSON
5 5 (1.46%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.46%) XML
6 4 (1.17%) Kafka
6 4 (1.17%) NETCONF
6 4 (1.17%) OpenConfig
6 4 (1.17%) RESTCONF
6 4 (1.17%) YANG
7 3 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.88%) PySpark
7 3 (0.88%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.58%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.58%) Jest
8 2 (0.58%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.28%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 23 (6.73%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.51%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 10 (2.92%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.34%) Life Science
8 8 (2.34%) Social Media
9 7 (2.05%) CMDB
9 7 (2.05%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.05%) Equities
9 7 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.05%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.75%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.94%) Windows
2 14 (4.09%) Linux
3 8 (2.34%) Unix
4 7 (2.05%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.05%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.46%) Android
6 4 (1.17%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.58%) AIX
7 2 (0.58%) HPUX
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.58%) Solaris
7 2 (0.58%) SUSE
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (40.94%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (28.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 96 (28.07%) Agile
4 69 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (17.84%) AI
6 49 (14.33%) Analytics
7 48 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 47 (13.74%) Business Analysis
9 44 (12.87%) Validation
10 37 (10.82%) DevOps
10 37 (10.82%) Migration
10 37 (10.82%) User Stories
11 36 (10.53%) Customer Service
11 36 (10.53%) Roadmaps
12 35 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (9.94%) Workshop Facilitation
14 32 (9.36%) Break/Fix
14 32 (9.36%) Decision-Making
14 32 (9.36%) Scrum
14 32 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (19.88%) SQL
2 48 (14.04%) Python
3 11 (3.22%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.92%) C#
5 8 (2.34%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.05%) Bash
6 7 (2.05%) Java
7 6 (1.75%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.17%) R
9 3 (0.88%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.88%) C++
9 3 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.58%) Bicep
10 2 (0.58%) C
10 2 (0.58%) Go
10 2 (0.58%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.58%) ProC
10 2 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.29%) LookML
Qualifications
1 48 (14.04%) Cisco Certification
1 48 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 40 (11.70%) CCNA
3 38 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (10.53%) MCSE
5 34 (9.94%) Network+ Certification
6 32 (9.36%) A+ Certification
7 27 (7.89%) SC Cleared
8 26 (7.60%) Degree
9 14 (4.09%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.05%) CISSP
12 6 (1.75%) CCIE
13 4 (1.17%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.17%) CISM
13 4 (1.17%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.17%) RHCA
13 4 (1.17%) SAS Certification
13 4 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.97%) QA
4 15 (4.39%) GDPR
5 11 (3.22%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.92%) NIST
7 9 (2.63%) PMO
8 7 (2.05%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 6 (1.75%) GxP
10 5 (1.46%) SLA
11 4 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.17%) GRC
11 4 (1.17%) NCSC
12 3 (0.88%) WCAG
13 2 (0.58%) Basel III
13 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.29%) IFRS
14 1 (0.29%) PSD2
14 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 18 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.63%) Docker
3 6 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) NFS
6 1 (0.29%) Squid
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (4.39%) Ansible
1 15 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.17%) Podman
3 2 (0.58%) Grafana
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.58%) SCCM
3 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.29%) Control-M
4 1 (0.29%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.29%) QRadar
4 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 54 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.65%) Dell
3 25 (7.31%) Oracle
4 23 (6.73%) SAP
5 20 (5.85%) Cisco
6 18 (5.26%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.39%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.63%) Databricks
8 9 (2.63%) VMware
9 6 (1.75%) Google
9 6 (1.75%) Juniper
9 6 (1.75%) Splunk
10 5 (1.46%) BT
10 5 (1.46%) Charles River
10 5 (1.46%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.46%) MarketAxess
10 5 (1.46%) Tradeweb
11 4 (1.17%) F5
11 4 (1.17%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.17%) Zscaler