Analytical Mindset Contracts

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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 438 525
Rank change year-on-year +94 +87 +182
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 189 150 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.35% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.76% 1.14% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 81 115
10th Percentile £267 £243 £108
25th Percentile £380 £408 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -1.41% +15.14%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £700
90th Percentile £648 £675 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +57.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 44 3
10th Percentile £30.15 £11.75 £17.45
25th Percentile £53.38 £12.00 £18.88
Median hourly rate £80.68 £14.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +456.38% -35.56% -60.34%
75th Percentile £81.18 £18.94 £33.38
90th Percentile £81.35 £23.88 £39.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.68 £14.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year +476.25% -29.11% -54.03%

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 10,751 13,103 18,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.66% 30.19% 32.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,673 8,321 12,606
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 499 926 580
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £11.87
Median hourly rate £30.81 £35.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +58.44% -16.60%
75th Percentile £57.55 £62.00 £60.64
90th Percentile £78.71 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.49% +57.78% +4.65%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Top 16 Contract 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 2 July 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 +96 160 £450 -14.29% 1,604
London +58 85 £475 -5.00% 1,002
UK excluding London +56 83 £450 -14.29% 677
Work from Home +40 43 £440 -16.29% 717
North of England +21 24 £455 -11.22% 213
South East +58 15 £400 -25.58% 170
East of England +33 14 £338 -15.63% 43
Yorkshire +4 13 £525 +98.11% 46
North West +16 11 £450 -20.00% 152
South West +36 9 £525 +40.00% 89
Scotland +3 9 £450 +38.46% 39
Midlands -7 8 £314 -40.19% 82
West Midlands +1 5 £265 -49.52% 45
East Midlands -1 3 £360 - 35
Northern Ireland -8 3 £556 - 15
Wales +3 1 £390 - 37

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.23%) Apache
2 8 (4.23%) Apache Spark
3 6 (3.17%) Confluence
4 2 (1.06%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.06%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.53%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.53%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (13.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.65%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.59%) Trello
6 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.65%) SAP CO
2 5 (2.65%) SAP FI
2 5 (2.65%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (2.12%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (2.12%) SAP MDG
3 4 (2.12%) SAP PS
4 3 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.06%) Actimize
5 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.06%) Endur
6 1 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.53%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.53%) Maximo
6 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.53%) Primavera
6 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.53%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.29%) AWS
2 25 (13.23%) Azure
3 19 (10.05%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.29%) GCP
5 5 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.65%) SaaS
6 4 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.12%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.59%) GitHub
8 2 (1.06%) Asana
8 2 (1.06%) IBM Cloud
8 2 (1.06%) npm
8 2 (1.06%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.06%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.06%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.53%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.29%) DNS
2 6 (3.17%) Network Security
3 5 (2.65%) Firewall
3 5 (2.65%) FTP
3 5 (2.65%) HTTP
3 5 (2.65%) SMTP
3 5 (2.65%) SSL
3 5 (2.65%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.65%) VPN
4 2 (1.06%) Calico
5 1 (0.53%) ATM
5 1 (0.53%) DHCP
5 1 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.53%) LAN
5 1 (0.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.99%) Power BI
2 13 (6.88%) Tableau
3 8 (4.23%) Big Data
3 8 (4.23%) Hadoop
4 5 (2.65%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.12%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.06%) MySQL
7 2 (1.06%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.53%) Looker
8 1 (0.53%) Metadata
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.53%) Power Query
8 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (6.88%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.82%) Git
3 10 (5.29%) JIRA
4 6 (3.17%) GitLab
5 3 (1.59%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.59%) REST Assured
6 2 (1.06%) AdminStudio
6 2 (1.06%) JUnit
6 2 (1.06%) Maven
6 2 (1.06%) Selenium
7 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.53%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.53%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.53%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.53%) TestNG
7 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 189 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 122 (64.55%) Social Skills
3 79 (41.80%) Finance
4 25 (13.23%) Banking
5 12 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (5.29%) Legal
7 9 (4.76%) Marketing
7 9 (4.76%) Retail
8 8 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.23%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.70%) Billing
9 7 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.65%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.65%) Retail Banking
12 4 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.12%) Law
13 3 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.06%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 67 (35.45%) Analyst
2 24 (12.70%) Business Analyst
3 18 (9.52%) Senior
4 16 (8.47%) Developer
5 15 (7.94%) Data Analyst
5 15 (7.94%) Lead
6 12 (6.35%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.76%) Java Developer
8 8 (4.23%) Apache Spark Developer
9 7 (3.70%) Architect
9 7 (3.70%) Business Manager
9 7 (3.70%) Consultant
9 7 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (3.70%) IT Manager
9 7 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
10 5 (2.65%) SAP Consultant
10 5 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (2.65%) SOC Analyst
11 4 (2.12%) Asset Management Analyst
11 4 (2.12%) Asset Management Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.23%) Spark Streaming
2 7 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (3.17%) REST
3 6 (3.17%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (2.65%) LDAP
5 4 (2.12%) Node.js
5 4 (2.12%) NumPy
6 3 (1.59%) .NET
6 3 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.59%) Jest
6 3 (1.59%) JSON
6 3 (1.59%) Pandas
6 3 (1.59%) Playwright
6 3 (1.59%) React
7 2 (1.06%) CSS
7 2 (1.06%) HTML
7 2 (1.06%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.06%) SOAP
7 2 (1.06%) Software Packaging
7 2 (1.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.88%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.76%) Market Risk
3 8 (4.23%) Distributed Computing
3 8 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.17%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.65%) Cyberattack
6 4 (2.12%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.12%) Derivative
6 4 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.59%) CSOC
7 3 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.59%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.59%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.06%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.70%) Windows
2 6 (3.17%) Linux
3 3 (1.59%) Android
4 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (26.46%) Decision-Making
3 49 (25.93%) Agile
4 38 (20.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (19.58%) Analytics
6 35 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (14.81%) Data Analysis
8 27 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 26 (13.76%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (13.76%) CI/CD
10 25 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (12.70%) Project Management
12 22 (11.64%) Change Management
13 21 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
14 20 (10.58%) Process Improvement
14 20 (10.58%) Project Delivery
15 19 (10.05%) ITIL
15 19 (10.05%) Validation
16 18 (9.52%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 18 (9.52%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 32 (16.93%) Python
1 32 (16.93%) SQL
2 19 (10.05%) Java
3 9 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.70%) C#
5 6 (3.17%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.12%) VBA
7 3 (1.59%) Bash
8 2 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.06%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.53%) ABAP
9 1 (0.53%) DAML
9 1 (0.53%) LookML
9 1 (0.53%) Perl
9 1 (0.53%) R
9 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.53%) VB
9 1 (0.53%) X++
Qualifications
1 40 (21.16%) Degree
2 19 (10.05%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.17%) PMP
7 5 (2.65%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.12%) CBAP
8 4 (2.12%) CISSP
8 4 (2.12%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.59%) ACCA
9 3 (1.59%) CIMA
9 3 (1.59%) CISM
9 3 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.06%) GCIA
10 2 (1.06%) GCIH
10 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.53%) APMG
11 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.82%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.76%) QA
3 7 (3.70%) GDPR
3 7 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.65%) IFRS
4 5 (2.65%) NIST
4 5 (2.65%) SLA
5 4 (2.12%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.59%) PMO
7 2 (1.06%) MiFID
7 2 (1.06%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.53%) Basel III
8 1 (0.53%) EMIR
8 1 (0.53%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.53%) GRC
8 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.70%) Docker
2 2 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.76%) Terraform
2 8 (4.23%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.65%) Ansible
3 5 (2.65%) SCCM
4 3 (1.59%) Grafana
5 2 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (1.06%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.06%) Istio
5 2 (1.06%) SCOM
6 1 (0.53%) Podman
6 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.53%) QRadar
6 1 (0.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.41%) SAP
3 13 (6.88%) Oracle
4 12 (6.35%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.70%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.12%) Splunk
6 4 (2.12%) Workday
7 3 (1.59%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.59%) Google
8 2 (1.06%) Ariba
8 2 (1.06%) Cisco
8 2 (1.06%) Hitachi
8 2 (1.06%) IBM
8 2 (1.06%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.06%) Wrike
9 1 (0.53%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.53%) Aderant
9 1 (0.53%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.53%) OutSystems
9 1 (0.53%) Tagetik