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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 304 456
Rank change year-on-year -62 +152 +23
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 337 284 107
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.86% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.82% 2.42% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 176 60
10th Percentile £185 £235 £263
25th Percentile £384 £370 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £495
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -8.08% -5.71%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £588
90th Percentile £671 £672 £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 10 20
10th Percentile £25.25 £23.70 -
25th Percentile £36.00 £33.44 £11.75
Median hourly rate £47.00 £46.25 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% +218.97% -26.58%
75th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £21.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.72 £23.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -2.87% +364.29% -29.11%

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 18,506 11,756 11,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.89% 35.61% 30.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,109 7,209 7,234
10th Percentile £319 £300 £300
25th Percentile £423 £406 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £546
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -5.68% -0.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £745 £763 £818
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,154 582 502
10th Percentile £14.18 £15.13 £14.06
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.87 £21.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -36.84% +8.57%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.81 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £30.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +29.07% -47.69% +25.00%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -65 312 £513 +13.89% 324
UK excluding London -73 164 £450 - 165
London -46 156 £550 +4.76% 209
Work from Home -62 72 £575 +43.75% 143
South East -40 48 £550 +69.23% 49
North of England -70 39 £459 +2.00% 34
South West -35 27 £350 -33.33% 25
Midlands -44 27 £550 +75.72% 26
North West -36 26 £497 +10.44% 20
West Midlands -39 23 £575 +116.98% 14
East of England -32 14 £475 -30.15% 14
Yorkshire -44 12 £190 -61.03% 13
Scotland -24 7 £127 -74.60% 12
Wales -12 4 - - 3
East Midlands -17 4 £375 +11.11% 12
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 (5.04%) Confluence
2 5 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.19%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.19%) SAS
3 4 (1.19%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.89%) CMS
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.30%) Camunda
6 1 (0.30%) Mendix
Applications
1 30 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.97%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.30%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 10 (2.97%) Finacle
2 5 (1.48%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.48%) Fidessa
3 4 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.89%) iTrent
4 3 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.59%) Actimize
5 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.30%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.06%) Azure
2 38 (11.28%) AWS
3 35 (10.39%) Power Platform
4 25 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (5.04%) SaaS
6 15 (4.45%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.86%) GCP
7 13 (3.86%) GitHub
7 13 (3.86%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.48%) Copilot Studio
10 5 (1.48%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.19%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.89%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.89%) Collibra
12 3 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.59%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.50%) SAN
2 10 (2.97%) LAN
2 10 (2.97%) WAN
3 8 (2.37%) BGP
3 8 (2.37%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.08%) DNS
4 7 (2.08%) Network Security
5 6 (1.78%) Broadband
5 6 (1.78%) MPLS
5 6 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.48%) Firewall
6 5 (1.48%) SSL
6 5 (1.48%) VLAN
6 5 (1.48%) VPN
7 4 (1.19%) SNMP
7 4 (1.19%) TACACS
8 3 (0.89%) FTP
8 3 (0.89%) HTTP
8 3 (0.89%) OSPF
8 3 (0.89%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.09%) Power BI
2 15 (4.45%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.56%) Tableau
4 10 (2.97%) Oracle Database
4 10 (2.97%) RDBMS
5 9 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.48%) Metadata
7 4 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.19%) Power Query
7 4 (1.19%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.19%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 4 (1.19%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.89%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.89%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.89%) MySQL
9 2 (0.59%) Big Data
9 2 (0.59%) Looker
9 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 37 (10.98%) JIRA
2 4 (1.19%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.19%) Git
3 3 (0.89%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.89%) GitLab
3 3 (0.89%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.89%) Selenium
4 2 (0.59%) Mocha
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.30%) Appium
5 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.30%) Capybara
5 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.30%) Gatling
5 1 (0.30%) JMeter
5 1 (0.30%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.30%) NUnit
5 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.30%) RSpec
5 1 (0.30%) TestRail
General
1 337 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 183 (54.30%) Social Skills
3 102 (30.27%) Finance
4 42 (12.46%) Public Sector
5 38 (11.28%) Banking
6 24 (7.12%) Front Office
7 22 (6.53%) Telecoms
8 20 (5.93%) Local Government
9 19 (5.64%) Manufacturing
10 18 (5.34%) Legal
10 18 (5.34%) Marketing
11 16 (4.75%) Back Office
12 14 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.67%) Retail
15 8 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.37%) Investment Banking
15 8 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.89%) Billing
Job Titles
1 74 (21.96%) Analyst
2 40 (11.87%) Business Analyst
3 34 (10.09%) IT Engineer
4 29 (8.61%) Field Engineer
4 29 (8.61%) Field Service Engineer
4 29 (8.61%) Senior
5 22 (6.53%) Architect
6 18 (5.34%) Lead
7 17 (5.04%) Data Analyst
8 16 (4.75%) Developer
8 16 (4.75%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.45%) IT Support
10 13 (3.86%) Applications Support
10 13 (3.86%) Consultant
11 11 (3.26%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (2.97%) Product Manager
12 10 (2.97%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.97%) Systems Support
13 8 (2.37%) Project Manager
13 8 (2.37%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.56%) REST
2 9 (2.67%) Terraform
3 7 (2.08%) RESTful
4 6 (1.78%) .NET
5 5 (1.48%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.48%) JSON
5 5 (1.48%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.48%) XML
6 4 (1.19%) Kafka
6 4 (1.19%) LDAP
6 4 (1.19%) NETCONF
6 4 (1.19%) OpenConfig
6 4 (1.19%) RESTCONF
6 4 (1.19%) YANG
7 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.89%) PySpark
7 3 (0.89%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.59%) Jest
8 2 (0.59%) JWT
8 2 (0.59%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.57%) Data Centre
2 29 (8.61%) Product Ownership
3 23 (6.82%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.56%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 9 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.67%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.67%) Social Media
7 8 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.08%) CMDB
8 7 (2.08%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.08%) Equities
8 7 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.08%) Life Science
8 7 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.08%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.78%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.09%) Windows
2 14 (4.15%) Linux
3 8 (2.37%) Unix
4 7 (2.08%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.48%) Android
6 4 (1.19%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.59%) AIX
7 2 (0.59%) HPUX
7 2 (0.59%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.59%) Solaris
7 2 (0.59%) SUSE
8 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (40.65%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (29.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 95 (28.19%) Agile
4 68 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (18.99%) AI
6 50 (14.84%) Analytics
7 46 (13.65%) Business Analysis
7 46 (13.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 45 (13.35%) Validation
9 38 (11.28%) DevOps
9 38 (11.28%) Migration
10 37 (10.98%) Roadmaps
11 36 (10.68%) Business Intelligence
11 36 (10.68%) User Stories
12 34 (10.09%) Customer Service
13 33 (9.79%) User Acceptance Testing
14 32 (9.50%) Decision-Making
14 32 (9.50%) Workshop Facilitation
15 31 (9.20%) Scrum
16 29 (8.61%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 68 (20.18%) SQL
2 48 (14.24%) Python
3 12 (3.56%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.67%) C#
5 8 (2.37%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.08%) Bash
6 7 (2.08%) Java
7 5 (1.48%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.19%) R
9 3 (0.89%) C++
9 3 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.59%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.59%) Bicep
10 2 (0.59%) C
10 2 (0.59%) Go
10 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.59%) ProC
10 2 (0.59%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 49 (14.54%) Security Cleared
2 45 (13.35%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (10.98%) CCNA
4 35 (10.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (9.79%) MCSE
6 31 (9.20%) Network+ Certification
7 30 (8.90%) SC Cleared
8 29 (8.61%) A+ Certification
9 26 (7.72%) Degree
10 16 (4.75%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.08%) CISSP
13 6 (1.78%) CCIE
14 4 (1.19%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.19%) CISM
14 4 (1.19%) JNCIE
14 4 (1.19%) RHCA
14 4 (1.19%) SAS Certification
14 4 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.01%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.04%) QA
4 13 (3.86%) GDPR
5 11 (3.26%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.67%) NIST
6 9 (2.67%) PMO
7 6 (1.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (1.48%) GxP
8 5 (1.48%) SLA
9 4 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.19%) GRC
9 4 (1.19%) NCSC
10 3 (0.89%) WCAG
11 2 (0.59%) Basel III
11 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.30%) IFRS
12 1 (0.30%) P3O
12 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (5.64%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.67%) Docker
3 6 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.48%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) NFS
6 1 (0.30%) Squid
6 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (4.45%) Ansible
1 15 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.19%) Podman
3 2 (0.59%) Grafana
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.59%) SCCM
3 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.30%) Control-M
4 1 (0.30%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.30%) QRadar
4 1 (0.30%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 57 (16.91%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.90%) Dell
3 24 (7.12%) Oracle
4 23 (6.82%) SAP
5 20 (5.93%) Cisco
6 18 (5.34%) ServiceNow
7 14 (4.15%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.67%) Databricks
8 9 (2.67%) VMware
9 6 (1.78%) Google
9 6 (1.78%) Juniper
9 6 (1.78%) Splunk
10 5 (1.48%) Ariba
10 5 (1.48%) BT
10 5 (1.48%) Charles River
10 5 (1.48%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.48%) MarketAxess
10 5 (1.48%) Tradeweb
11 4 (1.19%) F5
11 4 (1.19%) Zscaler