Analytical Thinking Contracts with Work from Home Options

Analytical Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Analytical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 369 427
Rank change year-on-year +93 +58 -10
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 69 85 196
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.47% 0.35% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.38% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 53 132
10th Percentile £330 £381 £357
25th Percentile £413 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £689 £588 £650
90th Percentile £716 £800 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £516
% change year-on-year - +1.69% +9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £13.76 - £12.63
25th Percentile £17.69 - £13.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £23.93
75th Percentile £43.63 - £31.85
90th Percentile £54.95 - £39.53
UK median hourly rate £24.65 £43.86 £31.50
% change year-on-year -43.80% +39.24% -34.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Analytical Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Analytical Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Analytical Thinking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Thinking
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 Thinking.

Analytical Thinking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Analytical Thinking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Thinking
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 Thinking.

Analytical Thinking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Analytical Thinking hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Thinking
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 2 (2.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (2.90%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.45%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.45%) Sketch
4 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.90%) SAP CO
3 2 (2.90%) SAP FI
3 2 (2.90%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.90%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (2.90%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.45%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.45%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.14%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.80%) Azure
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.80%) OCI
2 4 (5.80%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 3 (4.35%) AWS
3 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.35%) PaaS
3 3 (4.35%) SaaS
4 2 (2.90%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (2.90%) Figma
4 2 (2.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) Firewall
2 3 (4.35%) DNS
2 3 (4.35%) Network Security
3 1 (1.45%) BGP
3 1 (1.45%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.45%) OSPF
3 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.45%) SSL
3 1 (1.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.04%) MongoDB
2 7 (10.14%) Power BI
3 4 (5.80%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (5.80%) Relational Database
4 3 (4.35%) PostHog
4 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.45%) MS Access
5 1 (1.45%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.45%) SQL Navigator
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.45%) Toad
General
1 69 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 42 (60.87%) Social Skills
3 19 (27.54%) Finance
4 5 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (7.25%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Publishing
6 3 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.35%) Marketing
7 2 (2.90%) Automotive
7 2 (2.90%) Electronics
7 2 (2.90%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.90%) German Language
7 2 (2.90%) Legal
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Retail
8 1 (1.45%) Banking
8 1 (1.45%) French Language
8 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (24.64%) Analyst
2 9 (13.04%) Site Engineer
2 9 (13.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 8 (11.59%) Business Analyst
3 8 (11.59%) Python Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) Architect
5 6 (8.70%) Consultant
6 5 (7.25%) Java Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Insight Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Report Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Senior
8 3 (4.35%) Agile Business Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Business Architect
8 3 (4.35%) Business IT Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Lead
8 3 (4.35%) Power BI Consultant
8 3 (4.35%) Process Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.49%) Kafka
2 9 (13.04%) RabbitMQ
2 9 (13.04%) RESTful
3 3 (4.35%) .NET
4 2 (2.90%) HTML
4 2 (2.90%) JSON
4 2 (2.90%) Swagger
4 2 (2.90%) XML
5 1 (1.45%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (1.45%) SAPUI5
5 1 (1.45%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Algorithms
1 9 (13.04%) Data Structures
1 9 (13.04%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (7.25%) IoT
3 4 (5.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.80%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.90%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.04%) Linux
2 3 (4.35%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Windows 10
2 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (30.43%) Agile
3 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (14.49%) CI/CD
4 10 (14.49%) DevOps
4 10 (14.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (14.49%) Microservices
4 10 (14.49%) Project Management
5 9 (13.04%) Business Analysis
5 9 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (13.04%) Computer Science
5 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (13.04%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 9 (13.04%) Task Automation
6 8 (11.59%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (11.59%) Decision-Making
6 8 (11.59%) Roadmaps
6 8 (11.59%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (10.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) Java
2 9 (13.04%) Python
2 9 (13.04%) Shell Script
3 6 (8.70%) C++
3 6 (8.70%) Go
4 3 (4.35%) C#
4 3 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (4.35%) PHP
5 2 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.90%) R
6 1 (1.45%) ABAP
6 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (20.29%) Degree
2 7 (10.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.35%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.90%) MBA
4 2 (2.90%) PhD
5 1 (1.45%) CCNP
5 1 (1.45%) CIMA
5 1 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.45%) CISM
5 1 (1.45%) CISSP
5 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) PMO
2 3 (4.35%) QA
3 2 (2.90%) Automotive SPICE
3 2 (2.90%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (2.90%) SLA
4 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.45%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (13.04%) Consul
1 9 (13.04%) Grafana
1 9 (13.04%) Kubernetes
1 9 (13.04%) Prometheus
2 3 (4.35%) SCCM
3 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 14 (20.29%) SAP
3 9 (13.04%) SaltStack
4 6 (8.70%) Oracle
5 4 (5.80%) CA
6 3 (4.35%) Adobe
6 3 (4.35%) Qualys
6 3 (4.35%) VMware
7 2 (2.90%) Workday
8 1 (1.45%) Ariba
8 1 (1.45%) Cisco
8 1 (1.45%) OpenText
8 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow