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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 364 430
Rank change year-on-year +40 +66 +74
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 351 164 159
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.55% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.13% 1.59% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 105 83
10th Percentile £250 £272 £219
25th Percentile £400 £380 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -1.55%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £563
90th Percentile £656 £648 £648
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -12.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 47
10th Percentile £14.10 £30.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £21.88 £53.38 £12.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £80.68 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% +456.38% -66.28%
75th Percentile £59.75 £81.18 £18.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £81.35 £23.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.28 £80.68 £14.00
% change year-on-year -66.19% +476.25% -37.78%

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 16,503 10,314 13,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 34.54% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,114 6,459 8,316
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £660
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 853 453 949
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.97 £15.39
Median hourly rate £42.71 £32.81 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.16% -7.58% +57.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £85.90 £81.35 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.41% -9.26% +59.09%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +49 323 £488 +8.44% 169
UK excluding London -11 176 £475 +5.56% 134
London +3 153 £500 +8.11% 58
Work from Home +1 86 £513 +20.59% 77
South East -18 56 £500 +53.85% 42
North of England -53 40 £475 +3.26% 29
Midlands -33 32 £479 +52.88% 33
South West -8 29 £350 -33.33% 17
West Midlands -35 29 £479 +80.57% 13
North West -26 26 £494 +8.57% 18
Yorkshire -58 10 £463 -11.90% 7
Wales -5 9 - - 3
East of England -42 8 £700 +33.33% 10
Scotland -9 6 £127 -71.78% 1
North East - 4 - - 4
East Midlands -16 3 £463 +21.39% 20

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 (5.41%) Confluence
2 5 (1.42%) SAS
3 4 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.14%) CMS
4 3 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Camunda
5 1 (0.28%) Mendix
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 8 (2.28%) Finacle
2 6 (1.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.14%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.28%) iTrent
5 1 (0.28%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.28%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.28%) Shopify
5 1 (0.28%) Summit
5 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (12.25%) Azure
2 37 (10.54%) Power Platform
3 36 (10.26%) AWS
4 14 (3.99%) GitHub
5 13 (3.70%) SaaS
6 12 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.13%) GCP
7 11 (3.13%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.56%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.14%) Collibra
10 4 (1.14%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (0.85%) Apigee
11 3 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.85%) Fivetran
11 3 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.85%) OCI
11 3 (0.85%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.85%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.81%) SAN
2 10 (2.85%) WAN
3 6 (1.71%) LAN
4 5 (1.42%) BGP
4 5 (1.42%) MPLS
4 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.42%) VLAN
5 4 (1.14%) DNS
5 4 (1.14%) Network Security
6 3 (0.85%) DHCP
6 3 (0.85%) Firewall
6 3 (0.85%) Internet
6 3 (0.85%) NAS
6 3 (0.85%) OSPF
7 2 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.57%) IP Telephony
7 2 (0.57%) PSTN
7 2 (0.57%) TACACS
7 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.54%) Power BI
2 13 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (3.70%) Tableau
3 12 (3.42%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.28%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.28%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.28%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.42%) Power Query
6 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.14%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.14%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.85%) Looker
7 3 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.85%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.57%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.57%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 35 (9.97%) JIRA
2 4 (1.14%) Git
3 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.85%) Selenium
4 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.57%) GitLab
4 2 (0.57%) 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
1 351 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 171 (48.72%) Social Skills
3 100 (28.49%) Finance
4 34 (9.69%) Public Sector
5 33 (9.40%) Banking
6 24 (6.84%) Legal
7 19 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 19 (5.41%) Marketing
8 18 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (4.27%) Back Office
10 15 (4.27%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.70%) Front Office
12 12 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.71%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.71%) Retail
15 5 (1.42%) Billing
16 4 (1.14%) Multimedia
17 3 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 80 (22.79%) Analyst
2 47 (13.39%) Field Engineer
2 47 (13.39%) Field Service Engineer
2 47 (13.39%) IT Engineer
3 45 (12.82%) Business Analyst
4 21 (5.98%) Data Analyst
4 21 (5.98%) Developer
4 21 (5.98%) Lead
5 20 (5.70%) IT Support
5 20 (5.70%) Support Engineer
6 17 (4.84%) Senior
7 16 (4.56%) Field Support Engineer
7 16 (4.56%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (3.70%) Architect
8 13 (3.70%) Consultant
9 10 (2.85%) Project Manager
9 10 (2.85%) Security Analyst
10 9 (2.56%) Applications Support
10 9 (2.56%) Product Owner
11 8 (2.28%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.56%) REST
2 7 (1.99%) XML
3 5 (1.42%) .NET
3 5 (1.42%) PySpark
4 4 (1.14%) Kafka
4 4 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.14%) YAML
5 3 (0.85%) JSON
5 3 (0.85%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.57%) NETCONF
6 2 (0.57%) OpenConfig
6 2 (0.57%) Pandas
6 2 (0.57%) React
6 2 (0.57%) RESTCONF
6 2 (0.57%) SOAP
6 2 (0.57%) YANG
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (15.67%) Data Centre
2 29 (8.26%) Product Ownership
3 25 (7.12%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.85%) Operational Technology
5 8 (2.28%) SCADA
5 8 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.99%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.71%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (1.42%) Blog
8 5 (1.42%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.42%) NHS
8 5 (1.42%) Social Media
9 4 (1.14%) CMDB
9 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.83%) Windows
2 12 (3.42%) Linux
3 6 (1.71%) Unix
3 6 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (43.02%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (24.22%) Agile
2 85 (24.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 66 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 50 (14.25%) Analytics
5 50 (14.25%) Customer Service
6 47 (13.39%) Break/Fix
6 47 (13.39%) Validation
7 41 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
8 40 (11.40%) Decision-Making
9 38 (10.83%) Migration
10 37 (10.54%) Data Modelling
11 36 (10.26%) AI
11 36 (10.26%) Business Analysis
12 34 (9.69%) Process Improvement
13 32 (9.12%) Data Governance
14 30 (8.55%) Workshop Facilitation
15 29 (8.26%) Roadmaps
15 29 (8.26%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 73 (20.80%) SQL
2 35 (9.97%) Python
3 17 (4.84%) PowerShell
4 14 (3.99%) C#
5 9 (2.56%) TypeScript
6 8 (2.28%) Java
7 6 (1.71%) Bash
7 6 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.14%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.14%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.14%) R
9 3 (0.85%) VBA
10 2 (0.57%) Bicep
10 2 (0.57%) C
10 2 (0.57%) C++
10 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.57%) ProC
11 1 (0.28%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (16.52%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (15.67%) CCNA
3 50 (14.25%) MCSE
3 50 (14.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (13.96%) Network+ Certification
5 47 (13.39%) A+ Certification
6 34 (9.69%) Security Cleared
7 32 (9.12%) Degree
8 18 (5.13%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.42%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.28%) CISSP
11 4 (1.14%) CISA
11 4 (1.14%) CISM
11 4 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.14%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.85%) CEH
12 3 (0.85%) RHCA
12 3 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.55%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.41%) GDPR
4 18 (5.13%) QA
5 14 (3.99%) NIST
6 10 (2.85%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.56%) PMO
8 6 (1.71%) SLA
9 4 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.85%) GRC
10 3 (0.85%) WCAG
11 2 (0.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.57%) GxP
11 2 (0.57%) NCSC
11 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.57%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.99%) Hyper-V
2 7 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.14%) Firmware
4 3 (0.85%) Docker
4 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.57%) 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 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.56%) Ansible
3 8 (2.28%) Terraform
4 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.85%) Podman
6 2 (0.57%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) Control-M
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) SCOM
7 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 48 (13.68%) Dell
2 39 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 27 (7.69%) Oracle
4 23 (6.55%) SAP
5 16 (4.56%) Salesforce
6 15 (4.27%) Cisco
7 14 (3.99%) Databricks
8 13 (3.70%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.70%) VMware
9 5 (1.42%) BT
9 5 (1.42%) Google
9 5 (1.42%) Nexthink
10 4 (1.14%) BMC
10 4 (1.14%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.85%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.85%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.85%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.85%) HP
11 3 (0.85%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.85%) Veeam