Analytical Mindset Contracts

Analytical Mindset
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 502 667
Rank change year-on-year +102 +165 -80
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 178 181 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.32% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.37% 0.97% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 116 116
10th Percentile £201 £107 £237
25th Percentile £395 £374 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% +6.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £626
90th Percentile £636 £838 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £624 £315
% change year-on-year -15.83% +98.02% -25.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 3 2
10th Percentile £11.75 £46.65 £37.75
25th Percentile £13.25 £52.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £16.50 £62.50 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.60% +17.92% +51.43%
75th Percentile £19.50 £63.75 £63.00
90th Percentile £24.46 - £68.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.50 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Analytical Mindset is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Mindset within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +80 149 £525 -1.87% 218
UK excluding London +23 89 £525 -15.83% 123
London +89 78 £525 -22.22% 97
Work from Home +104 46 £513 -3.21% 81
Midlands +19 23 £525 - 18
North of England +16 19 £475 +331.82% 41
West Midlands +9 16 £525 -20.75% 10
Scotland +41 14 £325 +150.00% 10
South West +15 13 £375 - 19
Yorkshire +23 11 £180 +68.22% 7
South East -12 10 £538 -23.21% 20
East Midlands +13 7 - - 8
North West +10 7 £563 +77.17% 32
Wales +20 4 - -
East of England +7 4 £400 +263.64% 18
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East +11 1 - - 3

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (4.49%) Confluence
2 3 (1.69%) Appian
2 3 (1.69%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.56%) SAS
3 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (10.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.69%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.56%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.56%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.56%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.99%) Power Platform
2 7 (3.93%) Azure
2 7 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (3.37%) AWS
3 6 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (3.37%) GCP
4 3 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.12%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.56%) Datadog
6 1 (0.56%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.06%) SAN
2 7 (3.93%) VPN
2 7 (3.93%) Wireless
3 3 (1.69%) Skype
4 2 (1.12%) Firewall
4 2 (1.12%) Network Security
4 2 (1.12%) SNA
5 1 (0.56%) IMAP
5 1 (0.56%) Intranet
5 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.30%) Power BI
2 8 (4.49%) Metadata
2 8 (4.49%) Tableau
3 6 (3.37%) Big Data
3 6 (3.37%) BigQuery
3 6 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.25%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.69%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.69%) GIS
5 3 (1.69%) QGIS
5 3 (1.69%) Spatial Data
6 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.12%) DocumentDB
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.12%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.56%) Looker
7 1 (0.56%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.56%) Power Query
7 1 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (6.74%) JIRA
2 2 (1.12%) Git
3 1 (0.56%) Appium
3 1 (0.56%) Gradle
3 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) Maven
3 1 (0.56%) UI Automator
3 1 (0.56%) XCUITest
General
1 178 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 70 (39.33%) Social Skills
3 35 (19.66%) Finance
4 28 (15.73%) Public Sector
5 16 (8.99%) Legal
6 10 (5.62%) Banking
6 10 (5.62%) Marketing
6 10 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (5.06%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.93%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.81%) Electronics
9 5 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.25%) Law
10 4 (2.25%) Police
10 4 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.25%) Retail
11 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (23.60%) IT Engineer
2 41 (23.03%) Field Engineer
2 41 (23.03%) Field Service Engineer
3 36 (20.22%) Analyst
4 15 (8.43%) Project Manager
5 11 (6.18%) Business Analyst
6 8 (4.49%) Data Analyst
6 8 (4.49%) Data Scientist
6 8 (4.49%) Service Analyst
7 7 (3.93%) Consultant
7 7 (3.93%) Lead
7 7 (3.93%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (3.37%) AML Project Manager
8 6 (3.37%) Developer
9 5 (2.81%) Administrator
9 5 (2.81%) Compliance Analyst
9 5 (2.81%) Data Administrator
9 5 (2.81%) Data Compliance Analyst
9 5 (2.81%) Deskside Engineer
9 5 (2.81%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.93%) Pandas
2 5 (2.81%) scikit-learn
2 5 (2.81%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.12%) Flask
3 2 (1.12%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.12%) REST
4 1 (0.56%) ADO
4 1 (0.56%) JSON
4 1 (0.56%) SAP TM
4 1 (0.56%) SOAP
4 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.06%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.93%) Hedge funds
4 6 (3.37%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.69%) Lidar
5 3 (1.69%) NHS
6 2 (1.12%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.12%) FMCG
6 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.12%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.56%) Animation
7 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.49%) Windows
1 8 (4.49%) Windows 10
2 6 (3.37%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.12%) Android
3 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (64.61%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (35.39%) Customer Service
3 45 (25.28%) Break/Fix
4 31 (17.42%) Project Management
5 24 (13.48%) Agile
6 21 (11.80%) Data Analysis
7 20 (11.24%) Collaborative Working
7 20 (11.24%) Decision-Making
8 18 (10.11%) Data Modelling
9 17 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (9.55%) Incident Management
9 17 (9.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (8.99%) Workflow
11 14 (7.87%) Actionable Insight
12 13 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (6.74%) Analytics
13 12 (6.74%) Data Science
13 12 (6.74%) Data Security
13 12 (6.74%) Process Improvement
14 11 (6.18%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.80%) SQL
2 10 (5.62%) Python
3 2 (1.12%) R
4 1 (0.56%) C++
4 1 (0.56%) Java
4 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
4 1 (0.56%) Scala
4 1 (0.56%) Swift
4 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (16.29%) Degree
2 10 (5.62%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.06%) A+ Certification
3 9 (5.06%) CCNA
3 9 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (5.06%) Master's Degree
3 9 (5.06%) MCSE
3 9 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (5.06%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (3.37%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.81%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.81%) PMP
6 4 (2.25%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.25%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.12%) CASP
8 2 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.12%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.30%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.74%) GDPR
3 8 (4.49%) SLA
4 7 (3.93%) QA
5 5 (2.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.69%) PMO
7 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.12%) EMIR
7 2 (1.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.56%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (13.48%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.74%) SAP
2 12 (6.74%) ServiceNow
3 9 (5.06%) Dell
3 9 (5.06%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.81%) Splunk
5 3 (1.69%) Alteryx
5 3 (1.69%) Citrix
5 3 (1.69%) ESRI
5 3 (1.69%) Marketo
5 3 (1.69%) Pardot
5 3 (1.69%) Workday
6 2 (1.12%) Cloudera
6 2 (1.12%) LogRhythm
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle
6 2 (1.12%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.12%) TippingPoint
6 2 (1.12%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.56%) Google
7 1 (0.56%) Yardi