Analytical Mindset Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Analytical Mindset
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 298 421
Rank change year-on-year +25 +123 +138
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 31 47 56
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.31% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.95% 1.07% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 35 38
10th Percentile £370 £403 £350
25th Percentile £390 £450 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £525 £536
Median % change year-on-year -16.29% -2.01% -2.59%
75th Percentile £569 £556 £700
90th Percentile £625 £645 £800
UK median daily rate £460 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -12.38% -1.69% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% +80.51% -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.68 £17.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +361.00% -72.00% +17.92%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Analytical Mindset
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Mindset trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytical Mindset.

Analytical Mindset daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Analytical Mindset daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytical Mindset.

Analytical Mindset hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (12.90%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) OpenStack
2 1 (3.23%) SAS
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Actimize
1 1 (3.23%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (3.23%) SessionCam
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) AWS
2 6 (19.35%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.23%) GitHub
4 1 (3.23%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.23%) SaaS
4 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) DNS
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) NoSQL
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.23%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) JIRA
2 4 (12.90%) GitLab
3 3 (9.68%) Cypress.io
3 3 (9.68%) REST Assured
General
1 31 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (77.42%) Social Skills
3 12 (38.71%) Finance
4 7 (22.58%) Banking
5 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Marketing
5 2 (6.45%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Senior
2 6 (19.35%) Lead
3 4 (12.90%) Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (9.68%) IT Manager
4 3 (9.68%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 3 (9.68%) IT Services Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Java Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Project Leader
4 3 (9.68%) Senior Java Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Senior Project Leader
4 3 (9.68%) Senior Test Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Service Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Governance Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) Jest
1 3 (9.68%) Node.js
1 3 (9.68%) Playwright
1 3 (9.68%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.45%) DataPower
2 2 (6.45%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.23%) NHS
3 1 (3.23%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (32.26%) Decision-Making
3 9 (29.03%) Agile
3 9 (29.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (22.58%) CI/CD
4 7 (22.58%) Computer Science
4 7 (22.58%) Project Management
4 7 (22.58%) Risk Management
4 7 (22.58%) User Experience
5 6 (19.35%) ITIL
6 5 (16.13%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (16.13%) Analytics
6 5 (16.13%) DevOps
6 5 (16.13%) Software Engineering
7 4 (12.90%) Customer Experience
7 4 (12.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (12.90%) Deployment Automation
7 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
7 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (12.90%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) Java
1 4 (12.90%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) JavaScript
2 3 (9.68%) SQL
3 2 (6.45%) C#
4 1 (3.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Degree
2 7 (22.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.23%) CBAP
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.23%) IIBA
3 1 (3.23%) SAFe Agilist
3 1 (3.23%) SAS Certification
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.45%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Terraform
2 3 (9.68%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.45%) Ansible
4 1 (3.23%) Grafana
4 1 (3.23%) Progress Chef
4 1 (3.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) Alteryx
3 1 (3.23%) Darktrace
3 1 (3.23%) Glassbox
3 1 (3.23%) InterSystems
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) SAP
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) Splunk
3 1 (3.23%) VMware