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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 395 398
Rank change year-on-year +98 +3 +192
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 328 132 200
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.84% 0.42% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.47% 1.30% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 81 112
10th Percentile £294 £225 £150
25th Percentile £371 £263 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £463 £463
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% - -3.90%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £578
90th Percentile £675 £625 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £450 £419
% change year-on-year -4.44% +7.40% +272.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 47
10th Percentile - £14.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £18.63 £15.75
Median hourly rate £38.75 £27.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.52% +54.29% -72.00%
75th Percentile £68.25 £35.13 £20.63
90th Percentile £79.38 £39.10 £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 13,304 10,176 13,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.98% 32.68% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,414 6,043 8,877
10th Percentile £275 £263 £253
25th Percentile £403 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £772 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 640 312 806
10th Percentile £15.20 £19.97 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.17 £16.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.22
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.64% +44.02%
75th Percentile £63.16 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £33.36
% change year-on-year -10.77% -2.56% +58.76%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 5 February 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 +75 292 £475 -2.31% 221
London +50 155 £500 - 94
UK excluding London +28 139 £430 -4.44% 164
Work from Home +60 106 £425 +6.18% 139
South East +14 53 £380 -1.94% 63
Midlands -25 34 £420 -20.00% 32
West Midlands -22 21 £466 -11.19% 22
North of England -55 21 £550 +66.67% 30
East Midlands -11 13 £378 - 10
East of England -21 11 £603 +20.63% 14
Scotland +19 10 £433 -3.89% 6
Yorkshire -48 10 £563 +90.68% 10
South West -12 8 £525 +23.53% 20
North West -32 8 £480 +37.14% 19
Wales - 6 £588 - 3
North East - 4 £550 - 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 21 (6.40%) Confluence
2 7 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.61%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Camunda
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (15.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.74%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.91%) Navisworks
5 3 (0.91%) Revit
6 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.61%) Autodesk Smoke
6 2 (0.61%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.61%) Sketch
6 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.30%) Notion
7 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.35%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.52%) Shopify
3 4 (1.22%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
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%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.30%) Summit
5 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 50 (15.24%) Azure
2 37 (11.28%) AWS
3 34 (10.37%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.35%) GitHub
5 10 (3.05%) Contentsquare
5 10 (3.05%) GCP
5 10 (3.05%) SaaS
6 8 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (1.83%) Collibra
8 5 (1.52%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.22%) Alation
9 4 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.22%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (1.22%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.91%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.91%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.91%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.71%) DNS
2 18 (5.49%) TCP/IP
3 14 (4.27%) Network Security
3 14 (4.27%) VLAN
4 13 (3.96%) SAN
5 11 (3.35%) DHCP
6 9 (2.74%) Firewall
6 9 (2.74%) HTTP
6 9 (2.74%) SSL
7 5 (1.52%) BGP
7 5 (1.52%) FTP
7 5 (1.52%) LAN
7 5 (1.52%) SMTP
8 3 (0.91%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.61%) MPLS
9 2 (0.61%) SMS
9 2 (0.61%) SNMP
9 2 (0.61%) TACACS
9 2 (0.61%) WAN
10 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.37%) Power BI
2 11 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.44%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 8 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.44%) Tableau
4 6 (1.83%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.83%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.52%) Electronic Patient Records
5 5 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.22%) Big Data
6 4 (1.22%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.22%) Metadata
7 3 (0.91%) Data Mart
7 3 (0.91%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.61%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.61%) Power Query
8 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.61%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.61%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 33 (10.06%) JIRA
2 5 (1.52%) Git
3 3 (0.91%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.61%) MLflow
4 2 (0.61%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.61%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) JMeter
5 1 (0.30%) Locust
5 1 (0.30%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 327 (99.70%) Analytical Skills
2 169 (51.52%) Social Skills
3 114 (34.76%) Finance
4 27 (8.23%) Banking
4 27 (8.23%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.62%) Marketing
6 17 (5.18%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.96%) Legal
8 12 (3.66%) Financial Institution
9 11 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.05%) Investment Banking
10 10 (3.05%) Publishing
11 9 (2.74%) Retail
11 9 (2.74%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.13%) Electronics
14 5 (1.52%) Back Office
14 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 79 (24.09%) Analyst
2 38 (11.59%) Business Analyst
3 25 (7.62%) Lead
4 20 (6.10%) Data Analyst
5 18 (5.49%) Senior
6 16 (4.88%) Consultant
7 14 (4.27%) Developer
7 14 (4.27%) Support Engineer
8 13 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (3.96%) Product Manager
9 12 (3.66%) Field Engineer
9 12 (3.66%) Field Service Engineer
10 11 (3.35%) Architect
10 11 (3.35%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (3.35%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (3.35%) Project Leader
10 11 (3.35%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.05%) IT Engineer
12 9 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (2.44%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.44%) JSON
2 7 (2.13%) LDAP
2 7 (2.13%) PyTorch
3 6 (1.83%) REST
3 6 (1.83%) scikit-learn
3 6 (1.83%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.22%) EDI
4 4 (1.22%) HTML
4 4 (1.22%) Node.js
4 4 (1.22%) Pandas
4 4 (1.22%) PySpark
4 4 (1.22%) XML
4 4 (1.22%) YAML
5 3 (0.91%) .NET
5 3 (0.91%) Dask
5 3 (0.91%) Google JAX
5 3 (0.91%) JAX
5 3 (0.91%) LightGBM
5 3 (0.91%) Middleware
5 3 (0.91%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.40%) Product Ownership
2 17 (5.18%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.13%) Derivative
6 6 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.83%) NHS
7 5 (1.52%) CSOC
7 5 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.52%) Cyberattack
7 5 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.22%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.22%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.22%) PMI
8 4 (1.22%) Social Media
9 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.91%) IoT
9 3 (0.91%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.76%) Windows
2 25 (7.62%) Linux
3 8 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.61%) VMS
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (41.46%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (30.49%) Agile
3 85 (25.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (19.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 63 (19.21%) Decision-Making
7 53 (16.16%) Analytics
8 49 (14.94%) Roadmaps
9 46 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (11.28%) Data Governance
11 34 (10.37%) Actionable Insight
12 33 (10.06%) Risk Management
13 31 (9.45%) AI
14 29 (8.84%) Change Management
14 29 (8.84%) User Experience
15 28 (8.54%) Visualisation
16 27 (8.23%) ITIL
16 27 (8.23%) Validation
17 26 (7.93%) User Stories
18 25 (7.62%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 82 (25.00%) SQL
2 43 (13.11%) Python
3 26 (7.93%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.35%) Java
5 10 (3.05%) C#
6 6 (1.83%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.52%) Bash
7 5 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.22%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.91%) Korn
9 3 (0.91%) VBA
10 2 (0.61%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.61%) C++
10 2 (0.61%) Go
10 2 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.61%) R
10 2 (0.61%) RPG
10 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) ABAP
11 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (16.16%) Degree
2 47 (14.33%) Security Cleared
3 36 (10.98%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (6.71%) Network+ Certification
5 15 (4.57%) Master's Degree
6 14 (4.27%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.66%) PMI Certification
9 11 (3.35%) A+ Certification
9 11 (3.35%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.35%) CCNA
9 11 (3.35%) MCSE
9 11 (3.35%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.74%) PMP
11 6 (1.83%) CBAP
11 6 (1.83%) CSPO
12 5 (1.52%) CISSP
13 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.37%) Data Quality
2 30 (9.15%) GDPR
3 26 (7.93%) QA
4 11 (3.35%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.52%) PMO
7 4 (1.22%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.22%) MiFID
7 4 (1.22%) NIST
7 4 (1.22%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.91%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.91%) SLA
9 2 (0.61%) EMIR
9 2 (0.61%) WCAG
10 1 (0.30%) COBIT
10 1 (0.30%) COSHH
System Software
1 13 (3.96%) Hyper-V
1 13 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.74%) Docker
4 4 (1.22%) NDS
4 4 (1.22%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.61%) KVM
6 2 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.30%) Xen
Systems Management
1 10 (3.05%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.44%) Ansible
3 7 (2.13%) Terraform
4 4 (1.22%) SCCM
4 4 (1.22%) SCOM
4 4 (1.22%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.61%) vRealize
6 1 (0.30%) Kibana
6 1 (0.30%) Suricata
Vendors
1 55 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.23%) SAP
3 17 (5.18%) VMware
4 16 (4.88%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.27%) Adobe
6 13 (3.96%) Oracle
7 11 (3.35%) Dell
7 11 (3.35%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.74%) Databricks
8 9 (2.74%) Google
9 6 (1.83%) Informatica
10 5 (1.52%) BMC
10 5 (1.52%) Murex
11 4 (1.22%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.22%) NetIQ
11 4 (1.22%) Sparx
11 4 (1.22%) Splunk
12 3 (0.91%) Amplitude
12 3 (0.91%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.91%) Zuora
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