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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 286 463
Rank change year-on-year -100 +177 +24
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 312 288 108
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.87% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 2.44% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 180 59
10th Percentile £185 £230 £239
25th Percentile £393 £363 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £480
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +1.04% -8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £581
90th Percentile £680 £676 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.00% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 16
10th Percentile £25.25 £18.25 -
25th Percentile £36.00 £27.25 £11.75
Median hourly rate £47.00 £45.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +210.34% -35.56%
75th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £21.75
90th Percentile £80.50 £81.35 £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 18,746 11,804 11,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.17% 35.69% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,222 7,232 7,078
10th Percentile £320 £294 £285
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,233 599 447
10th Percentile £14.01 £15.10 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.87 £22.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.33 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.86% -41.34% +12.36%
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.34 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +27.50% -47.69% +17.04%

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 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 26 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 26 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 -83 288 £500 +8.11% 509
London -51 150 £575 +4.55% 337
UK excluding London -103 144 £455 +1.00% 217
Work from Home -46 66 £575 +35.29% 194
South East -68 36 £550 +73.23% 59
North of England -75 36 £405 -12.07% 31
Midlands -44 26 £500 +58.73% 38
South West -30 24 £375 -28.57% 37
North West -43 22 £494 +9.78% 21
West Midlands -40 21 £550 +90.31% 23
East of England -34 15 £500 -26.47% 23
Yorkshire -47 13 £190 -65.45% 9
Scotland -33 6 £127 -74.60% 14
East Midlands -19 5 £375 +17.19% 15
Wales -10 3 - - 6
North East - 1 - - 1

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 16 (5.13%) Confluence
2 5 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.28%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.28%) SAS
3 4 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.96%) CMS
5 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Camunda
6 1 (0.32%) Mendix
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (4.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.21%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.32%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 10 (3.21%) Finacle
2 5 (1.60%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.60%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.96%) iTrent
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.64%) Actimize
5 2 (0.64%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.32%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.82%) Azure
2 35 (11.22%) Power Platform
3 33 (10.58%) AWS
4 21 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.13%) SaaS
6 14 (4.49%) Entra ID
6 14 (4.49%) GCP
7 13 (4.17%) GitHub
7 13 (4.17%) Snowflake
8 10 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.60%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.28%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.28%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.96%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.96%) Collibra
12 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.69%) SAN
2 9 (2.88%) LAN
2 9 (2.88%) WAN
3 8 (2.56%) BGP
3 8 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.24%) Network Security
5 6 (1.92%) Broadband
5 6 (1.92%) DNS
5 6 (1.92%) MPLS
5 6 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.60%) SSL
6 5 (1.60%) VLAN
6 5 (1.60%) VPN
7 4 (1.28%) Firewall
7 4 (1.28%) SNMP
7 4 (1.28%) TACACS
8 3 (0.96%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.96%) FTP
8 3 (0.96%) OSPF
8 3 (0.96%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.90%) Power BI
2 13 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.85%) Tableau
4 10 (3.21%) Oracle Database
4 10 (3.21%) RDBMS
5 9 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.24%) Metadata
7 4 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.28%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.28%) Power Query
7 4 (1.28%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.28%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.96%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.96%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.96%) MySQL
9 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.64%) Looker
9 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (10.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.28%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.28%) Git
2 4 (1.28%) GitLab
2 4 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.64%) Mocha
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.64%) Selenium
5 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.32%) Capybara
5 1 (0.32%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.32%) Gatling
5 1 (0.32%) JMeter
5 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.32%) RSpec
General
1 312 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 177 (56.73%) Social Skills
3 100 (32.05%) Finance
4 41 (13.14%) Public Sector
5 37 (11.86%) Banking
6 25 (8.01%) Front Office
7 23 (7.37%) Local Government
8 21 (6.73%) Telecoms
9 18 (5.77%) Marketing
10 17 (5.45%) Manufacturing
11 16 (5.13%) Back Office
11 16 (5.13%) Legal
12 12 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (3.21%) Retail
14 9 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (2.24%) Investment Banking
15 7 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.96%) Billing
Job Titles
1 69 (22.12%) Analyst
2 36 (11.54%) Business Analyst
3 29 (9.29%) IT Engineer
4 26 (8.33%) Senior
5 24 (7.69%) Field Engineer
5 24 (7.69%) Field Service Engineer
6 21 (6.73%) Architect
7 18 (5.77%) Data Analyst
8 14 (4.49%) Consultant
8 14 (4.49%) Developer
8 14 (4.49%) IT Support
8 14 (4.49%) Lead
9 13 (4.17%) Applications Support
9 13 (4.17%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.21%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (3.21%) Product Owner
10 10 (3.21%) Systems Support
11 8 (2.56%) Product Manager
12 7 (2.24%) Marketing Manager
12 7 (2.24%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.17%) REST
2 9 (2.88%) Terraform
3 7 (2.24%) RESTful
4 5 (1.60%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (1.60%) JSON
4 5 (1.60%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.60%) XML
5 4 (1.28%) Kafka
5 4 (1.28%) LDAP
5 4 (1.28%) NETCONF
5 4 (1.28%) OpenConfig
5 4 (1.28%) RESTCONF
5 4 (1.28%) YANG
6 3 (0.96%) .NET
6 3 (0.96%) PySpark
6 3 (0.96%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.64%) Jest
7 2 (0.64%) JWT
7 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.64%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 28 (8.97%) Product Ownership
3 24 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 10 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.88%) Social Media
8 8 (2.56%) CMDB
8 8 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.56%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.24%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.24%) Equities
9 7 (2.24%) Life Science
9 7 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.92%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.60%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.62%) Windows
2 12 (3.85%) Linux
3 7 (2.24%) Unix
4 6 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.60%) Android
5 5 (1.60%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.64%) AIX
7 2 (0.64%) HPUX
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.64%) Solaris
7 2 (0.64%) SUSE
8 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (29.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 89 (28.53%) Agile
4 66 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (20.51%) AI
6 50 (16.03%) Analytics
7 47 (15.06%) Business Analysis
8 45 (14.42%) Validation
9 42 (13.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 39 (12.50%) DevOps
11 35 (11.22%) Business Intelligence
12 34 (10.90%) Migration
12 34 (10.90%) User Stories
13 32 (10.26%) Decision-Making
13 32 (10.26%) Roadmaps
13 32 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
14 30 (9.62%) Customer Service
14 30 (9.62%) Workshop Facilitation
15 29 (9.29%) Scrum
16 27 (8.65%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 67 (21.47%) SQL
2 47 (15.06%) Python
3 10 (3.21%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.24%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.92%) Bash
6 5 (1.60%) C#
6 5 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.60%) Java
7 4 (1.28%) R
7 4 (1.28%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.96%) Go
8 3 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.64%) Bicep
9 2 (0.64%) C
9 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.64%) ProC
9 2 (0.64%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.32%) C++
10 1 (0.32%) Groovy
10 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 44 (14.10%) Security Cleared
2 39 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (9.94%) CCNA
4 29 (9.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (9.29%) SC Cleared
5 27 (8.65%) MCSE
6 26 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
7 24 (7.69%) A+ Certification
8 23 (7.37%) Degree
9 13 (4.17%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.24%) CISSP
12 6 (1.92%) CCIE
13 4 (1.28%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.28%) CISM
13 4 (1.28%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.28%) SAS Certification
14 3 (0.96%) GCIH
14 3 (0.96%) RHCA
14 3 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.13%) QA
3 15 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.85%) GDPR
5 10 (3.21%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.88%) PMO
7 7 (2.24%) NIST
8 6 (1.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 6 (1.92%) SLA
9 5 (1.60%) GxP
9 5 (1.60%) NCSC
10 4 (1.28%) GRC
11 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.96%) WCAG
12 2 (0.64%) Basel III
12 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.32%) IFRS
13 1 (0.32%) PSD2
13 1 (0.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.88%) Docker
3 4 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.32%) Squid
5 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.49%) Ansible
3 3 (0.96%) Podman
4 2 (0.64%) Grafana
4 2 (0.64%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.64%) SCCM
4 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.32%) Control-M
5 1 (0.32%) IBM BigFix
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 58 (18.59%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.01%) Dell
3 23 (7.37%) Oracle
3 23 (7.37%) SAP
4 19 (6.09%) Cisco
5 17 (5.45%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.85%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.21%) Databricks
8 8 (2.56%) Google
9 6 (1.92%) Juniper
9 6 (1.92%) Splunk
10 5 (1.60%) Ariba
10 5 (1.60%) BT
10 5 (1.60%) Charles River
10 5 (1.60%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.60%) MarketAxess
10 5 (1.60%) Remedy
10 5 (1.60%) Tradeweb
10 5 (1.60%) VMware
11 4 (1.28%) F5