Analytical Thinking Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Analytical Thinking
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 - 77
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 8 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.87% - 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £540 - -
90th Percentile £591 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £531 £550 -
% change year-on-year -3.41% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.32
Median hourly rate - - £16.11
75th Percentile - - £16.90
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £16.11

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 787 617 1,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 85.82% 86.78% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 387 677
10th Percentile £288 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £384 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.47% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 13
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.27 £13.60
25th Percentile £15.59 £17.43 £16.92
Median hourly rate £22.14 £32.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.88% +71.05% -11.63%
75th Percentile £40.63 £40.81 £21.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £92.60 £29.42
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £21.75 £21.31
% change year-on-year +15.63% +2.06% +1.48%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Leeds - 7 £525 - 4
Analytical Thinking
Yorkshire

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
1 3 (37.50%) OCI
2 2 (25.00%) Asana
2 2 (25.00%) Smartsheet
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
General
1 8 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Operations Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) CMDB
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
2 3 (37.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
2 3 (37.50%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) SOAR
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Business Case
3 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (37.50%) GCIA
1 3 (37.50%) GCIH
1 3 (37.50%) GIAC
1 3 (37.50%) SSCP
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
1 3 (37.50%) NIST 800
1 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Rapid7
2 2 (25.00%) Wrike
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
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