Analytical Skills Contracts with Work from Home Options

Analytical Skills
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 31 38
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,182 1,697 2,658
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.53% 6.35% 5.91%
As % of the General category 12.89% 10.88% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 1,177 1,877
10th Percentile £313 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £619
90th Percentile £701 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 49 47
10th Percentile £10.94 £21.24 £12.65
25th Percentile £12.75 £23.15 £14.93
Median hourly rate £19.37 £40.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.58% +33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £36.94 £70.00 £47.36
90th Percentile £54.07 £83.00 £65.55
UK median hourly rate £18.35 £40.00 £32.40
% change year-on-year -54.13% +23.46% +38.31%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,167 15,601 24,083
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.39% 58.34% 53.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,996 10,969 17,424
10th Percentile £330 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £631
90th Percentile £751 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 445 372 356
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £13.43
25th Percentile £20.77 £30.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £38.12 £55.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.69% +80.33% +27.08%
75th Percentile £51.25 £68.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.25 £62.63
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +62.79% -4.44%

Analytical Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills.

Analytical Skills daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Analytical Skills daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills.

Analytical Skills hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Analytical Skills hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
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 35 (2.96%) Confluence
1 35 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.10%) Apache Spark
3 11 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.68%) Apache
5 6 (0.51%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.51%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.42%) JBoss
7 4 (0.34%) Appian
7 4 (0.34%) CMS
7 4 (0.34%) SAS
8 3 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.25%) IIS
8 3 (0.25%) nginx
8 3 (0.25%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.25%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.17%) CICS
9 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 102 (8.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (2.88%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.34%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.34%) SPSS
8 3 (0.25%) Revit
8 3 (0.25%) Sketch
9 1 (0.085%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.085%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.085%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.085%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.085%) InDesign
9 1 (0.085%) InVision
9 1 (0.085%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 30 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.86%) Dynamics AX
3 12 (1.02%) SAP HCM
4 11 (0.93%) Endur
4 11 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.93%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
6 8 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
8 6 (0.51%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.51%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.51%) SAP SD
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle AGIS
Cloud Services
1 164 (13.87%) Azure
2 152 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 95 (8.04%) AWS
4 50 (4.23%) PowerApps
5 46 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
7 43 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (3.47%) Power Automate
9 24 (2.03%) GCP
10 19 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 19 (1.61%) GitHub
10 19 (1.61%) OCI
11 17 (1.44%) Serverless
12 16 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (1.27%) SaaS
14 13 (1.10%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (1.02%) Snowflake
16 11 (0.93%) Amazon S3
17 10 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.79%) Firewall
2 27 (2.28%) VPN
3 20 (1.69%) Network Security
4 16 (1.35%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.93%) DNS
6 10 (0.85%) BGP
6 10 (0.85%) Internet
6 10 (0.85%) OSPF
6 10 (0.85%) VLAN
7 8 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (0.68%) HTTP
7 8 (0.68%) VoIP
7 8 (0.68%) WAN
8 7 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.51%) LAN
10 5 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (0.42%) DSL
10 5 (0.42%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.34%) FIX Connectivity
11 4 (0.34%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (12.01%) Power BI
2 49 (4.15%) SQL Server
3 41 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (3.47%) Tableau
4 34 (2.88%) Data Lake
5 33 (2.79%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.95%) Big Data
7 17 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (1.27%) Hadoop
8 15 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.10%) Metadata
9 13 (1.10%) Power Query
10 12 (1.02%) Oracle Database
11 10 (0.85%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.76%) DynamoDB
12 9 (0.76%) GIS
12 9 (0.76%) QlikView
12 9 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 91 (7.70%) JIRA
2 29 (2.45%) Git
3 23 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.69%) GitLab
5 19 (1.61%) Selenium
6 12 (1.02%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.85%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
8 8 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 8 (0.68%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.51%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.51%) Maven
9 6 (0.51%) MLflow
9 6 (0.51%) Protractor
9 6 (0.51%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.42%) Appium
10 5 (0.42%) RStudio
10 5 (0.42%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 635 (53.72%) Social Skills
2 349 (29.53%) Finance
3 119 (10.07%) Public Sector
4 76 (6.43%) Banking
5 61 (5.16%) Retail
6 56 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
7 48 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (3.89%) Manufacturing
9 45 (3.81%) Marketing
10 40 (3.38%) Telecoms
11 38 (3.21%) Legal
12 36 (3.05%) Front Office
13 31 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (2.45%) General Ledger
15 21 (1.78%) Law
16 17 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (1.44%) Investment Banking
17 15 (1.27%) Electronics
17 15 (1.27%) Financial Institution
18 12 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 281 (23.77%) Analyst
2 124 (10.49%) Developer
3 115 (9.73%) Business Analyst
4 103 (8.71%) Consultant
5 94 (7.95%) Senior
6 92 (7.78%) Architect
7 79 (6.68%) Lead
8 66 (5.58%) Project Manager
9 61 (5.16%) Data Analyst
10 48 (4.06%) Data Engineer
11 31 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (2.03%) Support Engineer
13 23 (1.95%) Functional Consultant
14 20 (1.69%) Data Architect
15 19 (1.61%) Data Scientist
15 19 (1.61%) Designer
15 19 (1.61%) IT Analyst
16 18 (1.52%) Senior Developer
16 18 (1.52%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.37%) HTML
2 27 (2.28%) REST
2 27 (2.28%) RESTful
3 26 (2.20%) React
4 24 (2.03%) AngularJS
4 24 (2.03%) CSS
5 23 (1.95%) Kafka
5 23 (1.95%) Web Services
6 17 (1.44%) Node.js
7 16 (1.35%) XML
8 13 (1.10%) .NET
8 13 (1.10%) Middleware
9 12 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
9 12 (1.02%) Spring
10 11 (0.93%) PySpark
10 11 (0.93%) SOAP
10 11 (0.93%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.85%) WebSockets
12 9 (0.76%) Java EE
12 9 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 70 (5.92%) Management Information System
2 51 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
3 46 (3.89%) Data Structures
4 41 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 30 (2.54%) Algorithms
6 29 (2.45%) Product Ownership
7 25 (2.12%) Derivative
8 18 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.10%) NHS
9 13 (1.10%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
11 11 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (0.93%) Operational Technology
12 9 (0.76%) CMDB
12 9 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 92 (7.78%) Windows
2 62 (5.25%) Linux
3 32 (2.71%) Unix
4 20 (1.69%) Windows 7
5 13 (1.10%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.59%) Android
9 6 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.25%) AIX
10 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.25%) zOS
11 2 (0.17%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.085%) Debian
12 1 (0.085%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.085%) Solaris
12 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (55.25%) Problem-Solving
2 289 (24.45%) Agile
3 196 (16.58%) Project Management
4 188 (15.91%) Business Intelligence
5 137 (11.59%) Analytics
6 123 (10.41%) Data Analysis
7 112 (9.48%) DevOps
8 109 (9.22%) Data Modelling
9 106 (8.97%) Decision-Making
10 93 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 86 (7.28%) Computer Science
12 85 (7.19%) Visualisation
13 84 (7.11%) Stakeholder Management
14 81 (6.85%) Business Analysis
15 73 (6.18%) Project Delivery
16 69 (5.84%) Analytical Thinking
16 69 (5.84%) Change Management
16 69 (5.84%) ITIL
17 66 (5.58%) Cybersecurity
18 64 (5.41%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 181 (15.31%) SQL
2 128 (10.83%) Python
3 77 (6.51%) Java
4 42 (3.55%) JavaScript
5 41 (3.47%) C#
6 27 (2.28%) PL/SQL
7 26 (2.20%) R
8 22 (1.86%) C++
9 21 (1.78%) Scala
10 20 (1.69%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 18 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (1.35%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.93%) Go
14 10 (0.85%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.59%) PHP
16 6 (0.51%) Perl
16 6 (0.51%) Ruby
17 5 (0.42%) C
18 4 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 249 (21.07%) Degree
2 153 (12.94%) Security Cleared
3 130 (11.00%) SC Cleared
4 66 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (3.47%) Master's Degree
6 32 (2.71%) CISSP
7 24 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (2.03%) CISM
8 21 (1.78%) PMP
9 19 (1.61%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.35%) PMI Certification
12 12 (1.02%) CCNA
12 12 (1.02%) CCNP
12 12 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
14 9 (0.76%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.68%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 75 (6.35%) QA
3 31 (2.62%) SLA
4 29 (2.45%) GDPR
5 22 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.86%) NIST
6 16 (1.35%) PMO
7 12 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
9 6 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.51%) NCSC
10 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.34%) GAAP
11 4 (0.34%) IFRS
11 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.25%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.25%) P3O
13 2 (0.17%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 28 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.86%) Docker
3 10 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.68%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 5 (0.42%) Snort
6 4 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.17%) Firmware
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.085%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.085%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.12%) Ansible
3 20 (1.69%) Terraform
4 14 (1.18%) SCCM
5 10 (0.85%) Puppet
6 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.68%) Consul
7 8 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (0.68%) Grafana
7 8 (0.68%) Podman
7 8 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.51%) PowerBroker
8 6 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.42%) CFEngine
9 5 (0.42%) NetBackup
9 5 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.34%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.34%) Kibana
10 4 (0.34%) QRadar
11 2 (0.17%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 219 (18.53%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.63%) Oracle
3 74 (6.26%) SAP
4 32 (2.71%) ServiceNow
5 26 (2.20%) Google
6 20 (1.69%) Databricks
7 15 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.18%) IBM
9 13 (1.10%) Cisco
10 12 (1.02%) VMware
11 11 (0.93%) Atlassian
11 11 (0.93%) Splunk
12 10 (0.85%) Adobe
13 8 (0.68%) Computacenter
13 8 (0.68%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.68%) SaltStack
14 7 (0.59%) Informatica
14 7 (0.59%) Juniper
14 7 (0.59%) OneTrust
14 7 (0.59%) OpenLink