Analytical Thinking Contracts

Analytical Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Analytical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 492 527
Rank change year-on-year +47 +35 +20
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 145 209 336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.36% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.40% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 116 213
10th Percentile £296 £378 £333
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £800 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 10
10th Percentile £18.97 £26.46 £12.38
25th Percentile £22.33 £37.65 £13.06
Median hourly rate £24.65 £43.86 £19.77
Median % change year-on-year -43.80% +121.85% -58.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.02 £31.85
90th Percentile £67.91 £63.91 £34.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 - £19.77
% change year-on-year - - -50.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Analytical Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
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 Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +63 133 £538 +2.38% 190
London +81 69 £575 - 77
Work from Home +102 67 £575 +22.67% 110
UK excluding London +17 60 £475 -5.00% 122
Midlands +36 31 £450 +28.57% 25
West Midlands +21 26 £525 +50.00% 18
North of England +34 13 £475 -13.64% 36
North West +23 11 £475 -3.80% 18
South East -3 7 £325 -33.33% 27
East Midlands +22 5 £173 - 7
East of England +6 5 £700 +27.27% 12
Scotland +31 2 £490 -6.67% 7
Yorkshire +10 1 - - 13
South West +8 1 - - 18
Wales - 1 £425 - 1
North East - 1 - - 9

Analytical Thinking
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 5 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.07%) Confluence
3 2 (1.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.38%) SAS
4 1 (0.69%) Appian
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.07%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.07%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.38%) Mingle
5 2 (1.38%) Sketch
6 1 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.69%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 8 (5.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (4.83%) SAP SD
3 5 (3.45%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (2.07%) SAP CO
4 3 (2.07%) SAP FI
4 3 (2.07%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (2.07%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (1.38%) Endur
5 2 (1.38%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.38%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.69%) Eikon
6 1 (0.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.69%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.69%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.69%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.66%) Azure
2 12 (8.28%) AWS
3 11 (7.59%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.83%) GCP
5 6 (4.14%) PaaS
6 5 (3.45%) OCI
6 5 (3.45%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 4 (2.76%) SaaS
8 3 (2.07%) Figma
8 3 (2.07%) IaaS
8 3 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.07%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (1.38%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.38%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.38%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.69%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.07%) Firewall
1 3 (2.07%) Kerberos
1 3 (2.07%) Network Security
1 3 (2.07%) VPN
2 2 (1.38%) DNS
2 2 (1.38%) Intranet
3 1 (0.69%) BGP
3 1 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.69%) HTTP
3 1 (0.69%) OSPF
3 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.34%) MongoDB
2 11 (7.59%) Power BI
3 6 (4.14%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.76%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (2.07%) PostHog
6 3 (2.07%) Tableau
7 1 (0.69%) Big Data
7 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.69%) Impala
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.69%) MS Access
7 1 (0.69%) MySQL
7 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.69%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.69%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.69%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.69%) SQL Navigator
7 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.90%) JIRA
2 9 (6.21%) Git
3 3 (2.07%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.38%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.38%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.38%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.38%) FitNesse
4 2 (1.38%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.38%) Maven
4 2 (1.38%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.69%) GoCD
5 1 (0.69%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.69%) TestCafe
5 1 (0.69%) Toad
General
1 145 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 85 (58.62%) Social Skills
3 43 (29.66%) Finance
4 9 (6.21%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.14%) Banking
6 6 (4.14%) German Language
6 6 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.14%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.45%) Legal
8 4 (2.76%) French Language
8 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.76%) Marketing
8 4 (2.76%) Publishing
9 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.07%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.07%) Retail
10 2 (1.38%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 31 (21.38%) Analyst
2 16 (11.03%) Business Analyst
3 15 (10.34%) Architect
4 14 (9.66%) Senior
5 13 (8.97%) Developer
6 10 (6.90%) Site Engineer
6 10 (6.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 9 (6.21%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.52%) Consultant
8 8 (5.52%) Python Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Lead
10 5 (3.45%) Business IT Analyst
10 5 (3.45%) Incident Manager
10 5 (3.45%) Insight Analyst
10 5 (3.45%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.45%) IT Business Analyst
10 5 (3.45%) Java Developer
10 5 (3.45%) Java Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Report Analyst
11 4 (2.76%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.59%) RESTful
2 10 (6.90%) Kafka
3 9 (6.21%) HTML
3 9 (6.21%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (4.83%) CSS
4 7 (4.83%) JSON
4 7 (4.83%) Middleware
5 5 (3.45%) Node.js
5 5 (3.45%) XML
6 4 (2.76%) .NET
6 4 (2.76%) Spring
6 4 (2.76%) Swagger
7 3 (2.07%) Flask
7 3 (2.07%) Hibernate
7 3 (2.07%) LDAP
7 3 (2.07%) OAuth
7 3 (2.07%) OpenID
7 3 (2.07%) React
7 3 (2.07%) SAML
7 3 (2.07%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.97%) Management Information System
1 13 (8.97%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (6.90%) Algorithms
2 10 (6.90%) Data Structures
2 10 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (5.52%) IoT
4 7 (4.83%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.45%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (3.45%) SCADA
5 5 (3.45%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.76%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.38%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.38%) Derivative
7 2 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.21%) Linux
2 6 (4.14%) Windows
3 5 (3.45%) Unix
4 4 (2.76%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (49.66%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (33.10%) Agile
3 30 (20.69%) Computer Science
4 29 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (17.93%) Critical Thinking
5 26 (17.93%) Project Management
6 22 (15.17%) Decision-Making
7 20 (13.79%) Roadmaps
8 19 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (10.34%) DevOps
9 15 (10.34%) ERP
9 15 (10.34%) ITIL
9 15 (10.34%) Microservices
10 14 (9.66%) Change Management
11 13 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (8.97%) Validation
12 12 (8.28%) Risk Management
13 11 (7.59%) Business Transformation
13 11 (7.59%) Migration
13 11 (7.59%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.48%) Java
2 16 (11.03%) Python
3 15 (10.34%) SQL
4 12 (8.28%) JavaScript
5 9 (6.21%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.83%) C++
6 7 (4.83%) Go
7 4 (2.76%) C#
7 4 (2.76%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.07%) Perl
8 3 (2.07%) PHP
8 3 (2.07%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.38%) R
10 1 (0.69%) ABAP
10 1 (0.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 41 (28.28%) Degree
2 14 (9.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (4.83%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.76%) CISSP
5 3 (2.07%) MBA
5 3 (2.07%) MCSE
5 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.07%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.07%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.38%) PhD
6 2 (1.38%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.69%) APMG
7 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.69%) CCNA
7 1 (0.69%) CCNP
7 1 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.14%) Accessibility
1 6 (4.14%) QA
1 6 (4.14%) SLA
2 5 (3.45%) PMO
3 2 (1.38%) Automotive SPICE
3 2 (1.38%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.69%) GxP
4 1 (0.69%) IFRS
4 1 (0.69%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 9 (6.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 3 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.38%) Docker
4 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.69%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (6.90%) Grafana
2 9 (6.21%) Consul
2 9 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.21%) Prometheus
3 3 (2.07%) PingFederate
3 3 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.38%) Podman
4 2 (1.38%) SCCM
5 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.69%) Kibana
5 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.24%) SAP
3 11 (7.59%) Oracle
4 9 (6.21%) SaltStack
5 5 (3.45%) BMC
6 4 (2.76%) Adobe
7 3 (2.07%) CA
7 3 (2.07%) Ping Identity
7 3 (2.07%) VMware
8 2 (1.38%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.38%) OpenText
8 2 (1.38%) Qualys
8 2 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.38%) Splunk
9 1 (0.69%) Ariba
9 1 (0.69%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.69%) Cisco
9 1 (0.69%) IBM
9 1 (0.69%) Reuters
9 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
221 Analytical Thinking jobs Nationwide