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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 28 34
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,116 1,648 2,631
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.54% 6.69% 5.99%
As % of the General category 12.80% 11.42% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 1,158 1,899
10th Percentile £319 £339 £324
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £625
90th Percentile £716 £779 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 44 36
10th Percentile £10.77 £21.09 £12.75
25th Percentile £12.75 £22.50 £14.41
Median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% +25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £41.88 £66.00 £47.60
90th Percentile £54.26 £84.25 £69.63
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £43.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year -58.14% +11.69% +68.20%

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 8,717 14,425 23,975
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.90% 58.53% 54.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,734 10,165 17,422
10th Percentile £330 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 325 343
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.85 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.95 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +42.86% +51.48%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

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 May 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 May 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 42 (3.76%) Confluence
2 35 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.81%) Apache Spark
3 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.54%) Apache
4 6 (0.54%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.45%) CMS
6 4 (0.36%) Appian
7 3 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (0.27%) JBoss
7 3 (0.27%) nginx
7 3 (0.27%) SAS
7 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.27%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.27%) WebSphere Portal
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.18%) CICS
8 2 (0.18%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 95 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.78%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.36%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.36%) SPSS
8 3 (0.27%) Revit
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.090%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.090%) Sketch
9 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.97%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (0.99%) Endur
3 11 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (0.99%) SAP HCM
4 10 (0.90%) SAP HR
5 8 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
6 7 (0.63%) SAP SD
7 6 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.54%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.54%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle AGIS
9 4 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 160 (14.34%) Azure
2 138 (12.37%) Power Platform
3 89 (7.97%) AWS
4 45 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (3.94%) PowerApps
6 41 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
7 39 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (3.49%) Power Automate
8 32 (2.87%) GCP
9 24 (2.15%) GitHub
10 16 (1.43%) OCI
11 14 (1.25%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (0.99%) SaaS
14 10 (0.90%) Serverless
14 10 (0.90%) Snowflake
15 8 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.72%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.05%) Firewall
2 29 (2.60%) VPN
3 23 (2.06%) Network Security
4 17 (1.52%) DNS
5 16 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.99%) BGP
6 11 (0.99%) VLAN
7 10 (0.90%) OSPF
8 9 (0.81%) Internet
8 9 (0.81%) VoIP
8 9 (0.81%) WAN
9 8 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.63%) DHCP
10 7 (0.63%) HTTP
10 7 (0.63%) LAN
11 5 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.45%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.45%) SSL
11 5 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (11.83%) Power BI
2 45 (4.03%) SQL Server
3 41 (3.67%) Tableau
4 36 (3.23%) Relational Database
5 34 (3.05%) Data Lake
6 31 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (1.52%) Big Data
8 16 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.34%) Hadoop
9 15 (1.34%) Metadata
10 14 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (1.08%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.99%) Oracle Database
13 11 (0.99%) Power Query
14 10 (0.90%) MySQL
15 9 (0.81%) GIS
15 9 (0.81%) QlikView
16 8 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
17 7 (0.63%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 93 (8.33%) JIRA
2 35 (3.14%) Git
3 24 (2.15%) GitLab
3 24 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.61%) Selenium
5 11 (0.99%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.81%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.72%) REST Assured
7 8 (0.72%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.54%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.54%) MLflow
8 6 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (0.45%) Appium
9 5 (0.45%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.45%) webpack
10 4 (0.36%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.36%) Gradle
10 4 (0.36%) IDA Disassembler
10 4 (0.36%) RStudio
General
1 619 (55.47%) Social Skills
2 331 (29.66%) Finance
3 110 (9.86%) Public Sector
4 80 (7.17%) Banking
5 55 (4.93%) Retail
6 51 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
7 49 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (3.85%) Marketing
9 41 (3.67%) Legal
10 39 (3.49%) Manufacturing
11 36 (3.23%) Telecoms
12 34 (3.05%) Front Office
13 27 (2.42%) General Ledger
14 26 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.88%) Investment Banking
15 21 (1.88%) Law
16 18 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.43%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.25%) Electronics
19 12 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 255 (22.85%) Analyst
2 128 (11.47%) Developer
3 104 (9.32%) Consultant
4 95 (8.51%) Business Analyst
5 89 (7.97%) Senior
6 77 (6.90%) Architect
7 72 (6.45%) Lead
8 59 (5.29%) Project Manager
9 57 (5.11%) Data Analyst
10 41 (3.67%) Data Engineer
11 29 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (2.06%) Functional Consultant
13 22 (1.97%) Full Stack Developer
14 20 (1.79%) Data Scientist
15 19 (1.70%) Senior Analyst
15 19 (1.70%) Senior Developer
15 19 (1.70%) Support Engineer
16 18 (1.61%) C# Developer
16 18 (1.61%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 18 (1.61%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.78%) React
2 29 (2.60%) RESTful
3 27 (2.42%) REST
4 26 (2.33%) AngularJS
5 25 (2.24%) HTML
5 25 (2.24%) Web Services
6 23 (2.06%) Kafka
7 22 (1.97%) CSS
8 19 (1.70%) .NET
8 19 (1.70%) XML
9 15 (1.34%) Middleware
10 13 (1.16%) Spring Boot
11 12 (1.08%) Node.js
11 12 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
12 11 (0.99%) JSON
12 11 (0.99%) PySpark
12 11 (0.99%) SOAP
13 10 (0.90%) .NET Framework
13 10 (0.90%) Spring
14 8 (0.72%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 71 (6.36%) Management Information System
2 50 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
3 47 (4.21%) Data Structures
4 45 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 31 (2.78%) Algorithms
6 29 (2.60%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.15%) Derivative
8 16 (1.43%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.16%) NHS
11 12 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.99%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.99%) Fixed Income
12 11 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 11 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.90%) Operational Technology
14 9 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 79 (7.08%) Windows
2 53 (4.75%) Linux
3 24 (2.15%) Unix
4 17 (1.52%) Windows 7
5 16 (1.43%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.08%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.63%) Android
8 6 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.27%) zOS
11 2 (0.18%) AIX
11 2 (0.18%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.090%) CentOS
12 1 (0.090%) Debian
12 1 (0.090%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.090%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 621 (55.65%) Problem-Solving
2 268 (24.01%) Agile
3 183 (16.40%) Project Management
4 174 (15.59%) Business Intelligence
5 128 (11.47%) Analytics
6 113 (10.13%) DevOps
7 108 (9.68%) Data Analysis
8 104 (9.32%) Computer Science
9 103 (9.23%) Decision-Making
10 98 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 98 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 86 (7.71%) Data Modelling
12 83 (7.44%) Visualisation
13 68 (6.09%) Analytical Thinking
14 67 (6.00%) Business Analysis
15 65 (5.82%) Data Management
16 64 (5.73%) ITIL
16 64 (5.73%) SDLC
17 62 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
17 62 (5.56%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 170 (15.23%) SQL
2 128 (11.47%) Python
3 72 (6.45%) Java
4 44 (3.94%) C#
4 44 (3.94%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.24%) PowerShell
5 25 (2.24%) R
6 22 (1.97%) PL/SQL
6 22 (1.97%) Shell Script
7 20 (1.79%) C++
7 20 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 19 (1.70%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.34%) Scala
10 12 (1.08%) Go
11 8 (0.72%) Bash
11 8 (0.72%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.54%) Perl
13 5 (0.45%) PHP
13 5 (0.45%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 245 (21.95%) Degree
2 143 (12.81%) Security Cleared
3 116 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 74 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (4.30%) Master's Degree
6 33 (2.96%) CISSP
7 27 (2.42%) CISM
8 22 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.88%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.43%) PMP
11 15 (1.34%) PMI Certification
12 13 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.99%) CCNA
14 10 (0.90%) CCNP
14 10 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (0.81%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.54%) CIMA
16 6 (0.54%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (6.54%) Data Quality
2 71 (6.36%) QA
3 40 (3.58%) GDPR
4 30 (2.69%) SLA
5 22 (1.97%) NIST
6 21 (1.88%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.79%) PMO
8 14 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (1.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.54%) NCSC
12 5 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.45%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.36%) GAAP
13 4 (0.36%) IFRS
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.36%) P3O
14 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (2.60%) Docker
2 28 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.81%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 5 (0.45%) Snort
6 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.18%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.090%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.090%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.090%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (3.58%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.33%) Ansible
2 26 (2.33%) Terraform
3 15 (1.34%) SCCM
4 12 (1.08%) Grafana
4 12 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
5 11 (0.99%) Puppet
6 9 (0.81%) Consul
7 8 (0.72%) Podman
8 7 (0.63%) Kibana
8 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.45%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.36%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.36%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.36%) QRadar
11 3 (0.27%) logstash
12 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.18%) Nexpose
12 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 205 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 91 (8.15%) Oracle
3 72 (6.45%) SAP
4 30 (2.69%) Google
5 20 (1.79%) Databricks
6 19 (1.70%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.43%) Splunk
8 14 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.16%) Cisco
9 13 (1.16%) IBM
9 13 (1.16%) VMware
10 9 (0.81%) SaltStack
11 8 (0.72%) Palo Alto
12 7 (0.63%) Adobe
12 7 (0.63%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.63%) Computacenter
12 7 (0.63%) Genesys
12 7 (0.63%) OneTrust
12 7 (0.63%) Qualys
13 6 (0.54%) Juniper