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

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 400 502
Rank change year-on-year +29 +102 +165
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 157 178 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.41% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.58% 1.37% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 92 116
10th Percentile £236 £201 £107
25th Percentile £374 £395 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -1.69% +6.80%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £700
90th Percentile £643 £636 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 £525 £624
% change year-on-year -20.48% -15.83% +98.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 57 3
10th Percentile £30.15 £11.75 £46.65
25th Percentile £53.38 £13.25 £52.13
Median hourly rate £80.68 £16.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +388.94% -73.60% +17.92%
75th Percentile £81.18 £19.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.35 £24.46 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.68 £14.50 -
% change year-on-year +456.38% - -

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 9,914 12,965 18,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.20% 30.11% 33.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,255 8,323 12,878
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £678
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 407 925 612
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.86 £15.22 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.81 £35.00 £22.13
Median % change year-on-year -6.26% +58.19% -17.99%
75th Percentile £62.25 £61.30 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £71.25 £74.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.76 £34.21 £22.00
% change year-on-year -7.16% +55.50% +3.04%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +53 131 £447 -14.86% 2,594
London +40 73 £475 -9.52% 517
UK excluding London +36 67 £418 -20.48% 2,346
Work from Home +36 34 £425 -17.07% 1,547
East of England +44 18 £588 +46.88% 334
North of England +9 13 £385 -18.89% 537
South East +52 11 £325 -39.53% 638
North West +14 10 £385 -31.51% 278
Scotland +1 8 £450 +38.46% 87
Midlands -6 8 £289 -44.95% 456
West Midlands +9 7 £265 -49.52% 242
South West +33 5 £525 +40.00% 277
Yorkshire +3 3 £418 +131.94% 200
Northern Ireland -6 3 £556 - 30
East Midlands +1 1 £447 - 185
Wales 0 1 £390 - 71

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 8 (5.10%) Apache
1 8 (5.10%) Apache Spark
1 8 (5.10%) Confluence
2 6 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.27%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.27%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.64%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.64%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.64%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (13.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.55%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.91%) Trello
6 1 (0.64%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (4.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.55%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (2.55%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.55%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.55%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (1.91%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.91%) SAP PS
4 2 (1.27%) Actimize
5 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.64%) Maximo
5 1 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.64%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.64%) SessionCam
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.65%) AWS
2 20 (12.74%) Azure
3 13 (8.28%) Power Platform
4 10 (6.37%) GCP
5 4 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.91%) GitHub
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.27%) IBM Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) npm
7 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.27%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.64%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.64%) Collibra
8 1 (0.64%) dbt
8 1 (0.64%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.64%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.83%) DNS
2 11 (7.01%) Network Security
3 10 (6.37%) FTP
3 10 (6.37%) HTTP
3 10 (6.37%) SMTP
3 10 (6.37%) SSL
4 7 (4.46%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.46%) VPN
5 4 (2.55%) Firewall
6 2 (1.27%) Calico
7 1 (0.64%) ATM
7 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.64%) Power BI
2 9 (5.73%) Tableau
3 8 (5.10%) Big Data
3 8 (5.10%) Hadoop
4 4 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.91%) Power Query
5 3 (1.91%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.64%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.64%) Looker
7 1 (0.64%) Metadata
7 1 (0.64%) MySQL
7 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (7.64%) Jenkins
2 11 (7.01%) JIRA
3 10 (6.37%) Git
4 7 (4.46%) GitLab
5 3 (1.91%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.91%) REST Assured
6 2 (1.27%) JUnit
6 2 (1.27%) Maven
6 2 (1.27%) Selenium
7 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.64%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.64%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.64%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.64%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.64%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.64%) TestNG
7 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 157 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 104 (66.24%) Social Skills
3 59 (37.58%) Finance
4 19 (12.10%) Banking
5 8 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (5.10%) Legal
6 6 (3.82%) Billing
6 6 (3.82%) Retail
7 5 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.18%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.55%) Law
8 4 (2.55%) Marketing
8 4 (2.55%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.91%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.91%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.27%) Front Office
10 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 48 (30.57%) Analyst
2 18 (11.46%) Senior
3 17 (10.83%) Lead
4 14 (8.92%) Developer
5 11 (7.01%) Business Analyst
6 10 (6.37%) Project Manager
7 9 (5.73%) Data Analyst
7 9 (5.73%) Java Developer
8 8 (5.10%) Apache Spark Developer
8 8 (5.10%) SOC Analyst
9 7 (4.46%) Business Manager
9 7 (4.46%) Service Analyst
9 7 (4.46%) Service Desk Analyst
10 6 (3.82%) Architect
10 6 (3.82%) Consultant
10 6 (3.82%) Operations Analyst
11 5 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (3.18%) IT Manager
12 4 (2.55%) SAP Consultant
12 4 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.37%) LDAP
2 8 (5.10%) Spark Streaming
3 5 (3.18%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (2.55%) Node.js
4 4 (2.55%) REST
5 3 (1.91%) Jest
5 3 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.91%) Playwright
6 2 (1.27%) .NET
6 2 (1.27%) CSS
6 2 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.27%) HTML
6 2 (1.27%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.27%) NumPy
6 2 (1.27%) Pandas
7 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.64%) Middleware
7 1 (0.64%) SOAP
7 1 (0.64%) XML
7 1 (0.64%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.64%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.73%) Cyberattack
2 9 (5.73%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.10%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (5.10%) Distributed Computing
3 8 (5.10%) Market Risk
4 7 (4.46%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.46%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (3.82%) CSOC
6 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.91%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.91%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.27%) DataPower
8 2 (1.27%) Derivative
8 2 (1.27%) Equities
8 2 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.27%) PMI
8 2 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.73%) Windows
2 5 (3.18%) Linux
3 2 (1.27%) Android
3 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (50.96%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (25.48%) Decision-Making
3 34 (21.66%) Analytics
4 32 (20.38%) Agile
4 32 (20.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (16.56%) Project Management
6 24 (15.29%) Risk Management
7 23 (14.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (14.01%) CI/CD
9 20 (12.74%) Data Analysis
10 19 (12.10%) Actionable Insight
10 19 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (11.46%) ITIL
11 18 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (10.19%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (10.19%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 15 (9.55%) Artificial Intelligence
13 15 (9.55%) Validation
14 13 (8.28%) Process Improvement
14 13 (8.28%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.56%) Python
2 22 (14.01%) SQL
3 15 (9.55%) Java
4 7 (4.46%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.55%) C#
6 3 (1.91%) VBA
7 2 (1.27%) Bash
7 2 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.27%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.27%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.27%) VB
8 1 (0.64%) ABAP
8 1 (0.64%) DAML
8 1 (0.64%) LookML
8 1 (0.64%) Perl
8 1 (0.64%) R
8 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (17.83%) Degree
2 22 (14.01%) Security Cleared
3 21 (13.38%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.10%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.82%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.18%) PMP
8 4 (2.55%) CISSP
8 4 (2.55%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.91%) CISM
10 1 (0.64%) APMG
10 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.64%) CBAP
10 1 (0.64%) CIMA
10 1 (0.64%) GIAC
10 1 (0.64%) IIBA
10 1 (0.64%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.64%) MBA
10 1 (0.64%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.73%) QA
2 8 (5.10%) SLA
3 7 (4.46%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.18%) Accessibility
4 5 (3.18%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (3.18%) GDPR
5 4 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.55%) NIST
6 3 (1.91%) IFRS
7 2 (1.27%) MiFID
7 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.64%) EMIR
8 1 (0.64%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.82%) Docker
2 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.10%) Terraform
2 7 (4.46%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.91%) Ansible
3 3 (1.91%) SCCM
4 2 (1.27%) Grafana
4 2 (1.27%) Istio
4 2 (1.27%) SCOM
5 1 (0.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.64%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.64%) Podman
5 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.64%) QRadar
5 1 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (19.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.64%) SAP
2 12 (7.64%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.10%) Oracle
4 6 (3.82%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.18%) Google
6 3 (1.91%) Splunk
7 2 (1.27%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.27%) IBM
7 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.64%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.64%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.64%) Glassbox
8 1 (0.64%) InterSystems
8 1 (0.64%) OutSystems
8 1 (0.64%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.64%) Pega
8 1 (0.64%) Twitter
8 1 (0.64%) VMware
8 1 (0.64%) Workday