Hybrid/Remote Analytical Mindset Contract Job Trends

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 295 370
Rank change year-on-year +57 +75 +136
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 66 39 38
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.32% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.93% 1.02% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 16 24
10th Percentile £219 £225 £341
25th Percentile £298 £253 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £501
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.09% +4.27%
75th Percentile £519 - £591
90th Percentile £583 £588 £631
UK median daily rate £495 £468 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -1.58% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £17.38 £19.31 -
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.51 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.50 £22.56 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +18.74% -
75th Percentile £27.19 £23.94 £19.50
90th Percentile £40.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £17.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +164.71% -24.44% -56.92%

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 3,420 3,821 5,899
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.37% 30.89% 30.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,201 2,443 4,207
10th Percentile £335 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £649 £685 £675
90th Percentile £790 £850 £775
UK median daily rate £518 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% -3.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 85 137
10th Percentile £14.60 £18.94 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.81 £27.84 £23.24
Median hourly rate £38.50 £60.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.83% +14.29% -1.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £82.50 £77.05
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.45% +2.62% +73.08%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Mindset and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Analytical Mindset daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Analytical Mindset hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (6.06%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.52%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.52%) Navisworks
3 1 (1.52%) Revit
3 1 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.52%) Primavera
2 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.76%) Azure
2 15 (22.73%) AWS
3 11 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.03%) SaaS
5 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.52%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.52%) dbt
5 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.52%) GCP
5 1 (1.52%) IaaS
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.52%) PaaS
5 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 10 (15.15%) DHCP
2 10 (15.15%) DNS
2 10 (15.15%) VLAN
3 3 (4.55%) Firewall
4 2 (3.03%) HTTP
4 2 (3.03%) SSL
5 1 (1.52%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.67%) Power BI
2 4 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.55%) Tableau
4 2 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.52%) Looker
5 1 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) GitLab
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (48.48%) Social Skills
3 18 (27.27%) Finance
4 6 (9.09%) Legal
4 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.58%) Banking
6 4 (6.06%) Marketing
6 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
7 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Publishing
8 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.03%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.52%) Electronics
9 1 (1.52%) Law
9 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (28.79%) Analyst
2 11 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Infrastructure Support
3 10 (15.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) Data Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) Lead
5 4 (6.06%) Product Manager
5 4 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.06%) Senior
6 3 (4.55%) Consultant
6 3 (4.55%) Project Leader
6 3 (4.55%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Coordinator
7 2 (3.03%) Data Scientist
7 2 (3.03%) Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Product Owner
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Data Scientist
7 2 (3.03%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) REST
2 2 (3.03%) .NET
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.52%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.52%) Blazor
3 1 (1.52%) CSS
3 1 (1.52%) HTML
3 1 (1.52%) LDAP
3 1 (1.52%) NumPy
3 1 (1.52%) RESTful
3 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.52%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.52%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.03%) BYOD
2 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.52%) IoT
3 1 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.52%) PMI
3 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.52%) Replication
3 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.70%) Linux
1 13 (19.70%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (48.48%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 15 (22.73%) Decision-Making
4 14 (21.21%) Agile
4 14 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (21.21%) ITIL
5 13 (19.70%) Service Management
5 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (15.15%) Preventative Maintenance
7 10 (15.15%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 8 (12.12%) Analytics
8 8 (12.12%) Data Analysis
9 7 (10.61%) Change Management
9 7 (10.61%) Data Governance
9 7 (10.61%) Project Management
9 7 (10.61%) Risk Management
9 7 (10.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) SQL
2 9 (13.64%) Python
3 4 (6.06%) Java
4 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.03%) R
6 1 (1.52%) Bash
6 1 (1.52%) BeanShell
6 1 (1.52%) C#
6 1 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.52%) Korn
6 1 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.52%) LookML
6 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.52%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 12 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (15.15%) Azure Certification
3 10 (15.15%) Degree
3 10 (15.15%) Network+ Certification
3 10 (15.15%) Server+ Certification
4 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.03%) PMP
5 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.52%) CISSP
5 1 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.52%) CSPO
5 1 (1.52%) GCIA
5 1 (1.52%) GCIH
5 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) Data Quality
2 6 (9.09%) GDPR
3 5 (7.58%) QA
4 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 3 (4.55%) PMO
4 3 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (3.03%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.52%) ISO 19650
6 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (15.15%) Hyper-V
1 10 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.55%) Docker
3 2 (3.03%) NDS
3 2 (3.03%) NetIQ eDirectory
4 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.55%) Terraform
2 1 (1.52%) Ansible
2 1 (1.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.52%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.52%) Podman
2 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.15%) VMware
3 5 (7.58%) Oracle
3 5 (7.58%) SAP
4 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.03%) NetIQ
6 1 (1.52%) Ariba
6 1 (1.52%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.52%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.52%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.52%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (1.52%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.52%) OpenText
6 1 (1.52%) Snow
6 1 (1.52%) Thycotic
6 1 (1.52%) Workday