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 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 426 474
Rank change year-on-year +145 +48 +141
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 356 122 146
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.76% 1.07% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 68 92
10th Percentile £264 £225 £103
25th Percentile £371 £263 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £444
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% +8.73% -1.39%
75th Percentile £594 £578 £613
90th Percentile £675 £681 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £375
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +240.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 13
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £11.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £19.25 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.84% +4.05% -64.58%
75th Percentile £57.00 £21.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £23.94 £45.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £13.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year +307.41% -25.00% -58.11%

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 12,880 11,377 14,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.74% 31.19% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,973 6,698 9,731
10th Percentile £275 £285 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £669
90th Percentile £738 £784 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 678 382 496
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.87 £16.89
25th Percentile £18.22 £22.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.11 £35.13 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.83% -21.07% +27.14%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.16 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.26% -24.21% +56.54%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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 +147 316 £475 - 344
UK excluding London +95 176 £450 - 295
London +79 149 £525 +2.44% 113
Work from Home +75 97 £425 +25.00% 161
South East +32 50 £350 -9.68% 111
North of England -14 46 £550 +27.91% 51
Midlands +3 34 £360 - 44
North West -5 25 £460 -0.54% 33
West Midlands - 22 £373 - 25
Yorkshire -17 21 £563 +90.68% 15
Scotland - 17 £475 - 11
East of England +1 16 £675 +35.00% 39
South West +1 13 £525 +23.53% 29
East Midlands -1 12 £360 - 17
Wales - 4 £588 - 7
Northern Ireland -6 1 - - 8
North East - 1 £550 - 3

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 14 (3.93%) Confluence
2 13 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.40%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Camunda
Applications
1 51 (14.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (3.09%) Siemens NX
5 8 (2.25%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.84%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.84%) Revit
8 2 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.56%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.56%) Sketch
8 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.28%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.28%) Notion
9 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.09%) Teamcenter
2 10 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.12%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.84%) Endur
5 3 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.56%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.56%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.56%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.28%) Shopify
7 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (12.92%) Azure
2 40 (11.24%) Power Platform
3 36 (10.11%) AWS
4 16 (4.49%) GCP
5 11 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.81%) SaaS
7 9 (2.53%) Contentsquare
8 7 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.69%) Collibra
9 6 (1.69%) GitHub
9 6 (1.69%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.12%) Google Data Studio
11 3 (0.84%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.84%) Figma
11 3 (0.84%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.84%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.84%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.18%) DNS
2 18 (5.06%) TCP/IP
3 16 (4.49%) Network Security
4 14 (3.93%) VLAN
5 12 (3.37%) DHCP
5 12 (3.37%) HTTP
5 12 (3.37%) SSL
6 9 (2.53%) Firewall
7 8 (2.25%) FTP
7 8 (2.25%) SMTP
8 6 (1.69%) LAN
9 5 (1.40%) BGP
10 3 (0.84%) SAN
10 3 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.56%) Internet
11 2 (0.56%) MPLS
11 2 (0.56%) SMS
11 2 (0.56%) SNMP
11 2 (0.56%) TACACS
11 2 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.96%) Power BI
2 18 (5.06%) Tableau
3 11 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.25%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.69%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 6 (1.69%) Metadata
6 6 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.40%) Big Data
7 5 (1.40%) Power Query
8 3 (0.84%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.84%) Looker
8 3 (0.84%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.84%) MSDE
8 3 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.56%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.56%) MySQL
9 2 (0.56%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (6.46%) JIRA
2 4 (1.12%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.12%) Git
2 4 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.84%) IntelliJ
3 3 (0.84%) PyCharm
3 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.84%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (0.56%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.56%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.28%) Locust
5 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 356 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 185 (51.97%) Social Skills
3 126 (35.39%) Finance
4 34 (9.55%) Banking
5 32 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 29 (8.15%) Marketing
7 25 (7.02%) Manufacturing
8 24 (6.74%) Legal
9 18 (5.06%) Investment Banking
10 14 (3.93%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.65%) Financial Institution
11 13 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (3.37%) Retail
13 10 (2.81%) Aerospace
13 10 (2.81%) Publishing
14 7 (1.97%) Electronics
14 7 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.69%) Back Office
15 6 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (30.06%) Analyst
2 39 (10.96%) Business Analyst
3 24 (6.74%) Data Analyst
4 21 (5.90%) Architect
4 21 (5.90%) Lead
5 19 (5.34%) Consultant
6 18 (5.06%) Project Manager
7 15 (4.21%) Developer
7 15 (4.21%) Senior
8 13 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (3.09%) Infrastructure Support
9 11 (3.09%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 11 (3.09%) Project Leader
9 11 (3.09%) Support Engineer
10 10 (2.81%) Product Manager
10 10 (2.81%) SOC Analyst
11 8 (2.25%) IT Manager
11 8 (2.25%) Product Owner
12 7 (1.97%) Service Support Manager
12 7 (1.97%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.09%) JSON
2 10 (2.81%) LDAP
3 7 (1.97%) REST
4 6 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (1.69%) scikit-learn
4 6 (1.69%) TensorFlow
5 5 (1.40%) .NET
5 5 (1.40%) React
6 4 (1.12%) HTML
6 4 (1.12%) Pandas
7 3 (0.84%) Node.js
7 3 (0.84%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.84%) Swagger
7 3 (0.84%) XGBoost
8 2 (0.56%) Google JAX
8 2 (0.56%) JAX
8 2 (0.56%) NETCONF
8 2 (0.56%) OpenConfig
8 2 (0.56%) RESTCONF
8 2 (0.56%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.18%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.78%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.93%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.25%) CSOC
4 8 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (2.25%) Cyberattack
4 8 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.97%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.97%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.69%) Derivative
7 5 (1.40%) PMI
8 4 (1.12%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.12%) SCADA
8 4 (1.12%) Social Media
9 3 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.84%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (9.27%) Windows
2 23 (6.46%) Linux
3 6 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (39.04%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (28.09%) Agile
3 84 (23.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 66 (18.54%) Decision-Making
6 62 (17.42%) Analytics
7 61 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 53 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
9 39 (10.96%) Roadmaps
10 38 (10.67%) Visualisation
11 37 (10.39%) Actionable Insight
12 34 (9.55%) Data Analysis
13 33 (9.27%) Risk Management
14 31 (8.71%) AI
14 31 (8.71%) Data Governance
14 31 (8.71%) ITIL
15 29 (8.15%) Change Management
15 29 (8.15%) Scrum
16 28 (7.87%) Project Management
17 27 (7.58%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 79 (22.19%) SQL
2 54 (15.17%) Python
3 26 (7.30%) PowerShell
4 17 (4.78%) Java
5 15 (4.21%) C#
6 8 (2.25%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.69%) Bash
7 6 (1.69%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.12%) R
9 3 (0.84%) Korn
9 3 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.84%) VBA
10 2 (0.56%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.56%) RPG
10 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.28%) C++
11 1 (0.28%) Cypher
11 1 (0.28%) Go
11 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 59 (16.57%) Degree
2 56 (15.73%) Security Cleared
3 45 (12.64%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (4.21%) PMI Certification
6 14 (3.93%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (3.65%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.09%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.09%) Master's Degree
8 11 (3.09%) PMP
8 11 (3.09%) Server+ Certification
9 10 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.40%) CBAP
10 5 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.12%) CISSP
11 4 (1.12%) CSPO
12 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.84%) IIBA
12 3 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.11%) Data Quality
2 25 (7.02%) QA
3 22 (6.18%) GDPR
4 13 (3.65%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.69%) NIST
5 6 (1.69%) PMO
5 6 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.69%) SLA
6 4 (1.12%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.12%) MiFID
7 3 (0.84%) IFRS
7 3 (0.84%) ISO 19650
7 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.56%) EMIR
8 2 (0.56%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) COSHH
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (3.09%) Docker
1 11 (3.09%) Hyper-V
1 11 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.12%) NDS
3 4 (1.12%) NetIQ eDirectory
4 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 15 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.09%) Ansible
3 9 (2.53%) Terraform
4 6 (1.69%) SCCM
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.56%) SCOM
5 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.56%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.56%) vRealize
6 1 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.28%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 61 (17.13%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.15%) SAP
3 17 (4.78%) Google
3 17 (4.78%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.93%) Oracle
5 13 (3.65%) VMware
6 12 (3.37%) Adobe
7 10 (2.81%) Siemens
8 9 (2.53%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.97%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.40%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.40%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.12%) Cisco
11 4 (1.12%) Databricks
11 4 (1.12%) NetIQ
11 4 (1.12%) Sparx
11 4 (1.12%) Splunk
12 3 (0.84%) Autodesk
12 3 (0.84%) OpenText
12 3 (0.84%) Red Hat
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