Analytical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Wales

Analytical Thinking
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £304 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 - -
75th Percentile £311 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Analytical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 321 337 425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 84.47% 78.01% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 177 321
10th Percentile £193 £140 £182
25th Percentile £283 £210 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £575
90th Percentile £649 £640 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 48 23
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £15.28
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £19.13
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.16% -2.46% +37.17%
75th Percentile £25.15 £47.81 £40.63
90th Percentile - £52.35 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -2.35% +45.65%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Thinking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in Wales

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
South Wales - 1 £308 - 5
Analytical Thinking
UK

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation