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 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 23 27 34
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,085 1,674 2,648
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.41% 6.95% 6.00%
As % of the General category 12.60% 11.85% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 1,181 1,920
10th Percentile £313 £350 £319
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £732 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 49 32
10th Percentile £11.00 £21.24 £12.80
25th Percentile £12.75 £23.15 £13.88
Median hourly rate £21.00 £40.50 £30.93
Median % change year-on-year -48.15% +30.96% +28.85%
75th Percentile £41.88 £62.50 £64.81
90th Percentile £54.66 £75.00 £71.93
UK median hourly rate £18.35 £44.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -58.30% +23.94% +69.05%

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 8,613 14,127 24,222
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.84% 58.62% 54.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,648 9,975 17,680
10th Percentile £329 £363 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 320 333
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.50 £33.90
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +46.02% +50.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.79 £65.29
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 44 (4.06%) Confluence
2 34 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.55%) Apache
5 6 (0.55%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.46%) CMS
6 5 (0.46%) SAS
7 4 (0.37%) Appian
8 3 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.28%) JBoss
8 3 (0.28%) nginx
8 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.28%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.28%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.18%) CICS
9 2 (0.18%) ColdFusion
9 2 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 88 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (2.49%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.37%) SPSS
8 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.18%) Autodesk Inventor
9 2 (0.18%) Revit
9 2 (0.18%) Trello
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.092%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.092%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 28 (2.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (2.03%) Dynamics AX
3 12 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (1.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.92%) SAP HCM
6 9 (0.83%) Endur
6 9 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
6 9 (0.83%) SAP HR
7 7 (0.65%) SAP SD
8 6 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.55%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.55%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.46%) Oracle AGIS
9 5 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
10 4 (0.37%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 163 (15.02%) Azure
2 128 (11.80%) Power Platform
3 85 (7.83%) AWS
4 46 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (3.96%) PowerApps
6 40 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
7 37 (3.41%) Power Automate
8 29 (2.67%) GCP
9 24 (2.21%) GitHub
10 17 (1.57%) OCI
11 14 (1.29%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
13 10 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (0.83%) SaaS
14 9 (0.83%) Snowflake
15 8 (0.74%) Google Sheets
16 7 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 7 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.41%) Firewall
2 30 (2.76%) VPN
3 22 (2.03%) Network Security
4 19 (1.75%) DNS
5 16 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.11%) BGP
7 11 (1.01%) VLAN
8 10 (0.92%) DHCP
8 10 (0.92%) Internet
8 10 (0.92%) OSPF
8 10 (0.92%) WAN
9 9 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (0.83%) VoIP
10 8 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.65%) HTTP
11 7 (0.65%) LAN
11 7 (0.65%) Wireless
12 6 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (11.15%) Power BI
2 43 (3.96%) SQL Server
3 38 (3.50%) Relational Database
4 35 (3.23%) Data Lake
4 35 (3.23%) Tableau
5 30 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.57%) Metadata
7 15 (1.38%) Big Data
7 15 (1.38%) Hadoop
8 14 (1.29%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (1.11%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.11%) Power Query
11 11 (1.01%) Oracle Database
12 10 (0.92%) GIS
12 10 (0.92%) MySQL
13 9 (0.83%) QlikView
14 8 (0.74%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (0.65%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 94 (8.66%) JIRA
2 36 (3.32%) Git
3 23 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 22 (2.03%) GitLab
5 17 (1.57%) Selenium
6 9 (0.83%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.83%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.74%) REST Assured
7 8 (0.74%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.55%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.55%) MLflow
9 5 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (0.46%) RStudio
9 5 (0.46%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.46%) webpack
10 4 (0.37%) Appium
10 4 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.37%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.37%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 592 (54.56%) Social Skills
2 322 (29.68%) Finance
3 103 (9.49%) Public Sector
4 79 (7.28%) Banking
5 53 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
5 53 (4.88%) Retail
6 49 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
7 44 (4.06%) Marketing
8 40 (3.69%) Telecoms
9 39 (3.59%) Manufacturing
10 33 (3.04%) Front Office
11 30 (2.76%) Legal
12 29 (2.67%) General Ledger
13 21 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.94%) Investment Banking
14 20 (1.84%) Law
15 16 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.20%) Electronics
17 12 (1.11%) German Language
Job Titles
1 252 (23.23%) Analyst
2 131 (12.07%) Developer
3 101 (9.31%) Consultant
4 89 (8.20%) Business Analyst
5 84 (7.74%) Senior
6 73 (6.73%) Architect
7 67 (6.18%) Lead
8 58 (5.35%) Data Analyst
9 52 (4.79%) Project Manager
10 41 (3.78%) Data Engineer
11 28 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (2.21%) Full Stack Developer
13 22 (2.03%) Functional Consultant
14 20 (1.84%) Senior Developer
14 20 (1.84%) Support Engineer
15 19 (1.75%) C# Developer
15 19 (1.75%) Network Engineer
15 19 (1.75%) Senior Analyst
16 18 (1.66%) Full-Stack C# Developer
17 17 (1.57%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.04%) RESTful
2 31 (2.86%) React
3 30 (2.76%) REST
4 28 (2.58%) HTML
5 26 (2.40%) Web Services
6 25 (2.30%) AngularJS
6 25 (2.30%) CSS
6 25 (2.30%) Kafka
7 23 (2.12%) .NET
8 21 (1.94%) XML
9 14 (1.29%) Middleware
9 14 (1.29%) RabbitMQ
9 14 (1.29%) Spring Boot
10 12 (1.11%) .NET Framework
10 12 (1.11%) SOAP
11 11 (1.01%) JSON
11 11 (1.01%) PySpark
11 11 (1.01%) Spring
12 10 (0.92%) Node.js
13 8 (0.74%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 69 (6.36%) Management Information System
2 49 (4.52%) Data Structures
2 49 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
3 46 (4.24%) Analytical Mindset
4 32 (2.95%) Algorithms
5 25 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.21%) Derivative
7 15 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.11%) NHS
11 11 (1.01%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.01%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.01%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (0.92%) Operational Technology
13 9 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 76 (7.00%) Windows
2 53 (4.88%) Linux
3 21 (1.94%) Unix
4 18 (1.66%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.57%) Windows 7
6 10 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.65%) Android
7 7 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.28%) zOS
11 2 (0.18%) AIX
11 2 (0.18%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.092%) CentOS
12 1 (0.092%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.092%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 605 (55.76%) Problem-Solving
2 252 (23.23%) Agile
3 165 (15.21%) Project Management
4 160 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
5 120 (11.06%) Analytics
6 115 (10.60%) DevOps
7 103 (9.49%) Computer Science
7 103 (9.49%) Decision-Making
8 98 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 97 (8.94%) Data Analysis
10 96 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 78 (7.19%) Data Modelling
12 74 (6.82%) Visualisation
13 66 (6.08%) Analytical Thinking
14 65 (5.99%) Data Management
15 63 (5.81%) Business Analysis
15 63 (5.81%) SDLC
16 61 (5.62%) Data Governance
17 60 (5.53%) ITIL
18 58 (5.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 173 (15.94%) SQL
2 125 (11.52%) Python
3 74 (6.82%) Java
4 47 (4.33%) JavaScript
5 46 (4.24%) C#
6 26 (2.40%) PowerShell
6 26 (2.40%) R
7 24 (2.21%) Shell Script
8 22 (2.03%) C++
8 22 (2.03%) PL/SQL
9 19 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.29%) Go
11 12 (1.11%) Scala
12 7 (0.65%) Bash
13 6 (0.55%) Perl
13 6 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.46%) PHP
14 5 (0.46%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.37%) C
Qualifications
1 241 (22.21%) Degree
2 137 (12.63%) Security Cleared
3 110 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 74 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (4.24%) Master's Degree
6 28 (2.58%) CISSP
7 23 (2.12%) CISM
8 21 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.84%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (1.38%) PMP
13 13 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (1.20%) PMI Certification
14 11 (1.01%) CCNA
14 11 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (0.83%) CCNP
16 8 (0.74%) ISTQB
16 8 (0.74%) MCSE
17 6 (0.55%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (6.73%) Data Quality
2 66 (6.08%) QA
3 40 (3.69%) GDPR
4 27 (2.49%) SLA
5 24 (2.21%) NIST
6 20 (1.84%) PMO
7 19 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.55%) NCSC
12 5 (0.46%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.46%) P3O
12 5 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.37%) GAAP
13 4 (0.37%) IFRS
13 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.28%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 30 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.67%) Docker
3 13 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.01%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 5 (0.46%) Snort
6 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.28%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.18%) Firmware
8 1 (0.092%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.092%) HDFS
8 1 (0.092%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.092%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.092%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.49%) Terraform
3 25 (2.30%) Ansible
4 16 (1.47%) SCCM
5 14 (1.29%) Grafana
5 14 (1.29%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.01%) Consul
6 11 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
7 10 (0.92%) Puppet
8 8 (0.74%) Podman
9 7 (0.65%) Kibana
9 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.46%) NetBackup
11 4 (0.37%) QRadar
12 3 (0.28%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.28%) logstash
12 3 (0.28%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.18%) Nessus
13 2 (0.18%) Nexpose
13 2 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 212 (19.54%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.20%) Oracle
3 66 (6.08%) SAP
4 28 (2.58%) Google
5 21 (1.94%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.66%) Databricks
7 17 (1.57%) VMware
8 15 (1.38%) Cisco
8 15 (1.38%) Splunk
9 13 (1.20%) IBM
10 12 (1.11%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.01%) SaltStack
12 10 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.74%) Genesys
14 7 (0.65%) Adobe
14 7 (0.65%) Computacenter
14 7 (0.65%) F5
14 7 (0.65%) IFS
14 7 (0.65%) OneTrust
15 6 (0.55%) Atlassian