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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 370 398
Rank change year-on-year +56 +28 +170
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 341 152 200
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.52% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.35% 1.54% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 102 103
10th Percentile £325 £250 £150
25th Percentile £401 £372 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £673 £636 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £449 £450
% change year-on-year +7.02% -0.33% +262.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 58
10th Percentile £14.10 £50.55 £11.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £67.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £31.78 £80.68 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.61% +361.00% -72.00%
75th Percentile £62.06 £81.01 £20.06
90th Percentile £75.88 £81.22 £25.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.55 £80.68 £16.50
% change year-on-year -55.93% +388.94% -25.54%

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 14,521 9,852 13,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.08% 33.88% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,149 6,283 8,580
10th Percentile £300 £288 £255
25th Percentile £409 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.95% -0.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 676 369 878
10th Percentile £15.61 £16.95 £12.45
25th Percentile £18.89 £22.22 £15.39
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.20 £83.20 £67.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £31.76 £25.50
% change year-on-year +41.69% +24.55% +15.07%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +38 309 £500 +8.70% 223
London +11 155 £500 +2.56% 94
UK excluding London -7 154 £480 +7.02% 165
Work from Home +36 101 £500 +15.67% 107
South East +3 62 £500 +53.85% 59
Midlands -43 30 £470 -3.29% 33
North of England -56 26 £485 +26.30% 40
West Midlands -32 23 £470 -10.48% 23
South West -6 16 £475 +11.76% 15
North West -34 14 £495 +22.52% 26
East of England -41 11 £531 -1.16% 13
Yorkshire -52 9 £475 +31.94% 12
Wales -2 8 - - 5
East Midlands -28 7 £475 +6.26% 10
Scotland +10 5 £415 -7.78% 2
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 18 (5.28%) Confluence
2 6 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.47%) CMS
4 2 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
5 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 45 (13.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.93%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.59%) Autodesk Smoke
6 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.29%) Notion
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.29%) Revit
7 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.23%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.47%) Shopify
3 4 (1.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.29%) Maximo
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.29%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 44 (12.90%) Azure
2 39 (11.44%) Power Platform
3 29 (8.50%) AWS
4 13 (3.81%) GCP
5 12 (3.52%) GitHub
6 9 (2.64%) SaaS
7 8 (2.35%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.76%) Collibra
9 6 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.47%) Contentsquare
10 5 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (1.47%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.17%) Alation
11 4 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.17%) Lucidchart
12 3 (0.88%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.88%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.80%) SAN
2 16 (4.69%) Network Security
3 15 (4.40%) DNS
4 9 (2.64%) Firewall
4 9 (2.64%) SSL
4 9 (2.64%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.35%) BGP
5 8 (2.35%) HTTP
5 8 (2.35%) WAN
6 7 (2.05%) LAN
7 6 (1.76%) FTP
7 6 (1.76%) MPLS
8 5 (1.47%) SMTP
8 5 (1.47%) VLAN
9 4 (1.17%) DHCP
9 4 (1.17%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.17%) SNMP
9 4 (1.17%) TACACS
10 3 (0.88%) Internet
10 3 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.44%) Power BI
2 12 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.64%) Tableau
4 6 (1.76%) BigQuery
4 6 (1.76%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 6 (1.76%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.76%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.17%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.17%) Metadata
6 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.88%) Big Data
7 3 (0.88%) Data Mart
7 3 (0.88%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.88%) Looker
7 3 (0.88%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.59%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (9.97%) JIRA
2 4 (1.17%) Git
3 2 (0.59%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.59%) MLflow
3 2 (0.59%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.59%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.29%) Appium
4 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.29%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.29%) GitLab
4 1 (0.29%) JMeter
4 1 (0.29%) JUnit
4 1 (0.29%) Locust
4 1 (0.29%) NUnit
4 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.29%) Selenium
4 1 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 340 (99.71%) Analytical Skills
2 177 (51.91%) Social Skills
3 103 (30.21%) Finance
4 30 (8.80%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.21%) Marketing
6 22 (6.45%) Banking
7 18 (5.28%) Legal
7 18 (5.28%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.99%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.35%) Publishing
11 8 (2.35%) Retail
11 8 (2.35%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.76%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.76%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.47%) Back Office
13 5 (1.47%) Electronics
13 5 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (23.17%) Analyst
2 46 (13.49%) Business Analyst
3 27 (7.92%) Lead
4 26 (7.62%) Field Engineer
4 26 (7.62%) Field Service Engineer
4 26 (7.62%) IT Engineer
5 20 (5.87%) Consultant
6 19 (5.57%) Developer
7 18 (5.28%) Data Analyst
7 18 (5.28%) Senior
8 17 (4.99%) Support Engineer
9 13 (3.81%) Project Manager
10 12 (3.52%) Architect
10 12 (3.52%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (2.93%) Field Support Engineer
11 10 (2.93%) IT Support
11 10 (2.93%) IT Support Engineer
12 9 (2.64%) Project Leader
13 8 (2.35%) Operations Analyst
13 8 (2.35%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.05%) PyTorch
2 6 (1.76%) .NET
2 6 (1.76%) LDAP
2 6 (1.76%) PySpark
3 5 (1.47%) REST
3 5 (1.47%) scikit-learn
3 5 (1.47%) TensorFlow
3 5 (1.47%) YAML
4 4 (1.17%) JSON
4 4 (1.17%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.17%) Node.js
4 4 (1.17%) OpenConfig
4 4 (1.17%) Pandas
4 4 (1.17%) RESTCONF
4 4 (1.17%) XML
4 4 (1.17%) YANG
5 3 (0.88%) Dask
5 3 (0.88%) Google JAX
5 3 (0.88%) JAX
5 3 (0.88%) LightGBM
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.97%) Data Centre
2 22 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.11%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.05%) Derivative
8 6 (1.76%) Blog
8 6 (1.76%) NHS
8 6 (1.76%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.47%) CSOC
9 5 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.47%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.47%) SCADA
9 5 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.17%) Social Media
11 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.88%) Digital Media
11 3 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.62%) Windows
2 14 (4.11%) Linux
3 9 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) Unix
6 1 (0.29%) VMS
6 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (40.76%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (26.39%) Agile
3 84 (24.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 69 (20.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (17.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 55 (16.13%) Decision-Making
7 53 (15.54%) Business Intelligence
8 52 (15.25%) Analytics
9 38 (11.14%) Actionable Insight
9 38 (11.14%) Data Governance
10 35 (10.26%) AI
11 34 (9.97%) Validation
12 33 (9.68%) Data Modelling
13 32 (9.38%) Roadmaps
14 31 (9.09%) Change Management
15 30 (8.80%) Business Analysis
16 29 (8.50%) Customer Service
16 29 (8.50%) Process Improvement
17 28 (8.21%) Visualisation
17 28 (8.21%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 75 (21.99%) SQL
2 42 (12.32%) Python
3 27 (7.92%) PowerShell
4 16 (4.69%) C#
5 12 (3.52%) Java
6 9 (2.64%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.76%) Bash
7 6 (1.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.17%) C++
9 3 (0.88%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.88%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.88%) VBA
10 2 (0.59%) Bicep
10 2 (0.59%) Go
11 1 (0.29%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.29%) PHP
11 1 (0.29%) R
11 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.29%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 51 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.37%) Degree
3 32 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 31 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (7.92%) CCNA
5 27 (7.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (7.92%) Network+ Certification
6 26 (7.62%) A+ Certification
6 26 (7.62%) MCSE
7 18 (5.28%) DV Cleared
8 14 (4.11%) Master's Degree
9 13 (3.81%) PMI Certification
10 12 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (2.93%) PMP
12 6 (1.76%) CISSP
13 5 (1.47%) CBAP
13 5 (1.47%) CSPO
14 4 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.17%) CEH
14 4 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.44%) Data Quality
2 30 (8.80%) GDPR
3 22 (6.45%) QA
4 14 (4.11%) Accessibility
5 12 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.93%) NIST
7 6 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.47%) PMO
9 4 (1.17%) SLA
9 4 (1.17%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.88%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.88%) WCAG
11 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.59%) EMIR
11 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.59%) MiFID
11 2 (0.59%) NIST 800
System Software
1 17 (4.99%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.05%) Docker
3 5 (1.47%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.17%) Firmware
5 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.59%) KVM
6 2 (0.59%) NDS
6 2 (0.59%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 1 (0.29%) RACF
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (2.35%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.05%) Ansible
2 7 (2.05%) Terraform
3 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.17%) SCCM
4 4 (1.17%) SCOM
4 4 (1.17%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.29%) Kibana
5 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.29%) Suricata
5 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 48 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.62%) Dell
3 25 (7.33%) SAP
4 14 (4.11%) Oracle
4 14 (4.11%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.11%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.81%) Databricks
5 13 (3.81%) VMware
6 6 (1.76%) BMC
6 6 (1.76%) Cisco
6 6 (1.76%) Google
7 5 (1.47%) Adobe
7 5 (1.47%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.47%) Informatica
7 5 (1.47%) Murex
7 5 (1.47%) Nexthink
8 4 (1.17%) F5
8 4 (1.17%) Juniper
8 4 (1.17%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.17%) Splunk
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