Analytical Thinking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 359 363
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 57 88 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.38% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.43% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 56 109
10th Percentile £175 £320 £323
25th Percentile £400 £417 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £765 £731 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £19.17 - £11.85
25th Percentile £21.19 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 - £16.00
75th Percentile £62.50 - £31.85
90th Percentile £67.78 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.65 £43.86 £23.93
% change year-on-year -43.80% +83.32% -51.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,354 20,436 27,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.24% 89.17% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,295 14,024 19,087
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £579
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,139 1,241 1,336
10th Percentile £12.47 £10.63 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £62.38
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Analytical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +36 27 £450 -5.26% 22
West Midlands +23 22 £450 -5.26% 14
North of England +27 11 £463 -13.95% 57
North West +21 10 £463 -6.57% 32
South East -9 9 £262 -44.01% 27
East Midlands +13 5 £173 - 8
East of England +1 5 £700 +27.27% 15
Scotland +30 2 £490 -10.91% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
Wales - 1 £425 -
North East - 1 - - 9
Analytical Thinking
UK

Analytical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.51%) Confluence
3 1 (1.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.75%) Appian
3 1 (1.75%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.02%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (3.51%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (10.53%) SAP SD
2 5 (8.77%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (8.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (5.26%) SAP CO
3 3 (5.26%) SAP FI
3 3 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (3.51%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.75%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (1.75%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.75%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.75%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.77%) OCI
1 5 (8.77%) Oracle Service Cloud
1 5 (8.77%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.26%) AWS
2 3 (5.26%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.75%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.75%) Azure
3 1 (1.75%) BrowserStack
3 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (1.75%) Serverless
3 1 (1.75%) SpeedCurve
3 1 (1.75%) Unqork
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Firewall
1 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.75%) VLAN
1 1 (1.75%) VPN
1 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) Power BI
2 4 (7.02%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.75%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) GoCD
3 1 (1.75%) Pa11y
3 1 (1.75%) TestCafe
General
1 57 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (50.88%) Social Skills
3 20 (35.09%) Finance
4 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.77%) German Language
5 5 (8.77%) Telecoms
6 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.02%) Publishing
7 3 (5.26%) French Language
7 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.51%) Law
8 2 (3.51%) Legal
9 1 (1.75%) Banking
9 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.75%) Marketing
9 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Analyst
2 8 (14.04%) Senior
3 6 (10.53%) Architect
4 5 (8.77%) Business Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Insight Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Report Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.26%) Change Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Consultant
5 3 (5.26%) IT Manager
5 3 (5.26%) Senior Test Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Test Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.51%) SAP CO Consultant
6 2 (3.51%) SAP FI Consultant
6 2 (3.51%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 2 (3.51%) Service Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Software Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) Middleware
2 3 (5.26%) React
3 2 (3.51%) Jest
3 2 (3.51%) Node.js
4 1 (1.75%) .NET
4 1 (1.75%) AWS CDK
4 1 (1.75%) HTML
4 1 (1.75%) JSON
4 1 (1.75%) Kafka
4 1 (1.75%) RESTful
4 1 (1.75%) SOAP
4 1 (1.75%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.75%) Web Services
4 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.77%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.77%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.77%) SCADA
2 5 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.02%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (7.02%) IoT
3 4 (7.02%) Taxonomies
4 3 (5.26%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.75%) Clustering
6 1 (1.75%) CMDB
6 1 (1.75%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.75%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.75%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.75%) PMI
6 1 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.77%) Unix
2 3 (5.26%) Windows
3 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (31.58%) Agile
3 13 (22.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (21.05%) Computer Science
5 10 (17.54%) Customer Service
5 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (15.79%) Change Management
6 9 (15.79%) ITIL
6 9 (15.79%) Roadmaps
7 8 (14.04%) Decision-Making
8 7 (12.28%) Business Transformation
8 7 (12.28%) Coaching
8 7 (12.28%) ERP
8 7 (12.28%) Service Management
9 6 (10.53%) Analytics
9 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (10.53%) Process Improvement
9 6 (10.53%) Project Management
9 6 (10.53%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) TypeScript
2 2 (3.51%) Java
2 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.75%) C#
3 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.75%) PHP
3 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (38.60%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) APMG
2 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
2 3 (5.26%) SAP Certification
2 3 (5.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (3.51%) MCSE
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.75%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.75%) CCNA
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.75%) PMP
4 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.26%) PMO
3 2 (3.51%) SLA
4 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.75%) GDPR
4 1 (1.75%) GxP
4 1 (1.75%) IFRS
4 1 (1.75%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Grafana
1 1 (1.75%) Kibana
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.75%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.05%) SAP
3 5 (8.77%) BMC
3 5 (8.77%) Oracle
4 2 (3.51%) Adobe
4 2 (3.51%) VMware
5 1 (1.75%) Apple
5 1 (1.75%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.75%) Avaya
5 1 (1.75%) Genesys
5 1 (1.75%) IBM
5 1 (1.75%) OpenText
5 1 (1.75%) Pega
5 1 (1.75%) Qualys
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) Workday