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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 402 395
Rank change year-on-year +107 -7 +180
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 335 132 198
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 0.42% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.55% 1.29% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 81 114
10th Percentile £295 £225 £150
25th Percentile £371 £263 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -5.61%
75th Percentile £586 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £625 £641
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +141.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 41
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £11.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.75 £13.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +187.04% -22.86% -72.00%
75th Percentile £68.25 £15.25 £20.25
90th Percentile £79.38 - £25.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £13.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +381.48% -22.86% -21.03%

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 13,125 10,246 13,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.10% 32.55% 30.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,288 6,069 8,796
10th Percentile £275 £263 £255
25th Percentile £405 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -3.60%
75th Percentile £625 £657 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 624 310 734
10th Percentile £15.00 £19.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.45 £23.65 £17.29
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% - +55.66%
75th Percentile £62.63 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.90 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -8.45% +71.46%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +77 298 £475 -5.00% 256
London +64 157 £500 -4.76% 74
UK excluding London +26 146 £450 - 227
Work from Home +61 102 £425 +14.79% 122
South East +15 56 £378 -2.58% 79
Midlands -26 32 £420 - 36
North of England -54 23 £550 +66.67% 38
West Midlands -16 20 £470 - 21
Scotland +13 13 £500 +11.11% 8
East Midlands -16 12 £375 - 15
East of England -13 11 £603 +20.63% 28
North West -27 10 £550 +57.14% 17
Yorkshire -45 10 £563 +90.68% 19
South West -13 9 £500 +17.65% 34
Wales - 6 £588 - 7
North East - 4 £550 - 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 22 (6.57%) Confluence
2 7 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.19%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.60%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.60%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Camunda
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 51 (15.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.99%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.90%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.90%) Revit
5 2 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.60%) Autodesk Smoke
5 2 (0.60%) ProjectWise
5 2 (0.60%) Sketch
6 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.30%) Notion
6 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.28%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.49%) Shopify
3 4 (1.19%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.30%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.30%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.30%) Maximo
5 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.30%) Summit
5 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 51 (15.22%) Azure
2 38 (11.34%) AWS
3 35 (10.45%) Power Platform
4 12 (3.58%) GitHub
5 11 (3.28%) GCP
6 10 (2.99%) Contentsquare
6 10 (2.99%) SaaS
7 9 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.79%) Collibra
10 5 (1.49%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.19%) Alation
11 4 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.19%) GitHub Copilot
11 4 (1.19%) Lucidchart
12 3 (0.90%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (0.90%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.90%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.57%) DNS
2 18 (5.37%) TCP/IP
3 14 (4.18%) Network Security
3 14 (4.18%) VLAN
4 13 (3.88%) SAN
5 11 (3.28%) DHCP
6 9 (2.69%) Firewall
6 9 (2.69%) HTTP
6 9 (2.69%) SSL
7 5 (1.49%) BGP
7 5 (1.49%) FTP
7 5 (1.49%) LAN
7 5 (1.49%) SMTP
8 3 (0.90%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.60%) MPLS
9 2 (0.60%) SMS
9 2 (0.60%) SNMP
9 2 (0.60%) TACACS
9 2 (0.60%) WAN
10 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.45%) Power BI
2 11 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.69%) Tableau
4 8 (2.39%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 8 (2.39%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.79%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.79%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.49%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.49%) Electronic Patient Records
6 5 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.19%) Big Data
7 4 (1.19%) Metadata
8 3 (0.90%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.90%) MSDE
8 3 (0.90%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.60%) Looker
9 2 (0.60%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.60%) Power Query
9 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.60%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 34 (10.15%) JIRA
2 4 (1.19%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.19%) Git
3 3 (0.90%) IntelliJ
3 3 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.90%) PyCharm
3 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.90%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (0.60%) MLflow
4 2 (0.60%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.60%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.30%) JMeter
5 1 (0.30%) Locust
General
1 334 (99.70%) Analytical Skills
2 171 (51.04%) Social Skills
3 123 (36.72%) Finance
4 30 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 29 (8.66%) Banking
6 25 (7.46%) Marketing
7 19 (5.67%) Legal
8 18 (5.37%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.58%) Financial Institution
9 12 (3.58%) Investment Banking
10 11 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.99%) Publishing
12 9 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.69%) Retail
12 9 (2.69%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (2.09%) Electronics
15 5 (1.49%) Back Office
15 5 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 78 (23.28%) Analyst
2 37 (11.04%) Business Analyst
3 26 (7.76%) Lead
4 20 (5.97%) Senior
5 19 (5.67%) Data Analyst
6 16 (4.78%) Developer
7 15 (4.48%) Consultant
8 14 (4.18%) Support Engineer
9 13 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (3.58%) Architect
10 12 (3.58%) Field Engineer
10 12 (3.58%) Field Service Engineer
11 11 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support
11 11 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 11 (3.28%) Product Manager
11 11 (3.28%) Project Leader
11 11 (3.28%) Project Manager
12 10 (2.99%) IT Engineer
13 9 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (2.09%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.39%) JSON
2 7 (2.09%) LDAP
2 7 (2.09%) PyTorch
3 6 (1.79%) REST
3 6 (1.79%) scikit-learn
3 6 (1.79%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.19%) EDI
4 4 (1.19%) HTML
4 4 (1.19%) Node.js
4 4 (1.19%) Pandas
4 4 (1.19%) XML
4 4 (1.19%) YAML
5 3 (0.90%) .NET
5 3 (0.90%) Dask
5 3 (0.90%) Google JAX
5 3 (0.90%) JAX
5 3 (0.90%) LightGBM
5 3 (0.90%) Middleware
5 3 (0.90%) PySpark
5 3 (0.90%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.07%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.39%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.09%) Derivative
6 6 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.79%) NHS
7 5 (1.49%) CSOC
7 5 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.49%) Cyberattack
7 5 (1.49%) PMI
7 5 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.19%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.19%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.19%) Social Media
9 3 (0.90%) Contract for Difference
9 3 (0.90%) FMCG
9 3 (0.90%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.15%) Windows
2 27 (8.06%) Linux
3 8 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.60%) VMS
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (41.19%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (29.85%) Agile
3 90 (26.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (19.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 64 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (19.10%) Decision-Making
6 51 (15.22%) Analytics
7 48 (14.33%) Roadmaps
8 46 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
9 36 (10.75%) Data Governance
10 34 (10.15%) Risk Management
11 33 (9.85%) Actionable Insight
12 32 (9.55%) ITIL
13 29 (8.66%) AI
13 29 (8.66%) Change Management
14 28 (8.36%) User Experience
14 28 (8.36%) Visualisation
15 26 (7.76%) Validation
16 24 (7.16%) Scrum
16 24 (7.16%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (23.88%) SQL
2 46 (13.73%) Python
3 26 (7.76%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.88%) Java
5 12 (3.58%) C#
6 8 (2.39%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.49%) Bash
7 5 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.19%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.90%) Korn
9 3 (0.90%) VBA
10 2 (0.60%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.60%) C++
10 2 (0.60%) Go
10 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.60%) R
10 2 (0.60%) RPG
10 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (17.01%) Degree
2 49 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 37 (11.04%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (6.57%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (4.78%) PMI Certification
6 14 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.18%) Master's Degree
7 13 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.58%) PMP
9 11 (3.28%) A+ Certification
9 11 (3.28%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.28%) CCNA
9 11 (3.28%) MCSE
9 11 (3.28%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.79%) CBAP
11 6 (1.79%) CSPO
12 5 (1.49%) CISSP
13 4 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.85%) Data Quality
2 30 (8.96%) GDPR
3 28 (8.36%) QA
4 10 (2.99%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (2.39%) SLA
7 5 (1.49%) NIST
7 5 (1.49%) PMO
8 4 (1.19%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.19%) MiFID
8 4 (1.19%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.90%) ISO 19650
9 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.60%) EMIR
10 2 (0.60%) GRC
10 2 (0.60%) WCAG
11 1 (0.30%) COBIT
System Software
1 13 (3.88%) Hyper-V
1 13 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.69%) Docker
4 4 (1.19%) NDS
4 4 (1.19%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.60%) KVM
6 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.30%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (3.58%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.99%) Ansible
3 8 (2.39%) Terraform
4 4 (1.19%) SCCM
4 4 (1.19%) SCOM
4 4 (1.19%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.60%) vRealize
6 1 (0.30%) Kibana
6 1 (0.30%) Suricata
Vendors
1 55 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.76%) SAP
3 17 (5.07%) VMware
4 16 (4.78%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.18%) Adobe
6 13 (3.88%) Oracle
7 11 (3.28%) Dell
7 11 (3.28%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.99%) Google
9 8 (2.39%) Databricks
10 6 (1.79%) Informatica
11 5 (1.49%) BMC
11 5 (1.49%) Murex
12 4 (1.19%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.19%) NetIQ
12 4 (1.19%) Sparx
12 4 (1.19%) Splunk
13 3 (0.90%) Amplitude
13 3 (0.90%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.90%) Zuora
280 Analytical Mindset jobs Nationwide