Analytical Thinking Contracts

Analytical Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 496 538
Rank change year-on-year +61 +42 -2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Thinking 146 200 345
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.35% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.39% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 115 223
10th Percentile £281 £381 £344
25th Percentile £413 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year - +0.48% +10.88%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £800 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 9
10th Percentile £18.97 £26.46 £12.25
25th Percentile £22.33 £37.65 £12.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 £43.86 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.80% +39.24% -34.44%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.02 £32.75
90th Percentile £67.91 £63.91 £51.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 - £23.75
% change year-on-year - - -40.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +80 135 £538 +2.38% 226
London +88 71 £575 +2.22% 80
Work from Home +97 69 £563 +16.88% 86
UK excluding London +24 60 £475 -5.00% 147
Midlands +29 30 £475 +5.56% 28
West Midlands +29 25 £525 +16.67% 19
North of England +31 13 £475 -12.64% 49
North West +23 11 £475 -3.80% 26
South East +2 8 £265 -47.00% 36
East Midlands +20 5 £173 - 9
East of England +5 5 £700 +40.00% 16
Scotland +29 2 £490 -6.67% 5
Yorkshire +12 1 - - 17
South West +5 1 - - 17
North East - 1 - - 9
Wales - 1 £425 - 1

Analytical Thinking
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 5 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.05%) Confluence
3 2 (1.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.37%) SAS
4 1 (0.68%) Appian
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.05%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.37%) Mingle
5 2 (1.37%) Sketch
6 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.68%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 8 (5.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (4.79%) SAP SD
3 5 (3.42%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (2.05%) SAP CO
4 3 (2.05%) SAP FI
4 3 (2.05%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (2.05%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (1.37%) Endur
5 2 (1.37%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.37%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.68%) Eikon
6 1 (0.68%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.68%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.68%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.96%) Azure
2 12 (8.22%) AWS
3 11 (7.53%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.79%) GCP
5 6 (4.11%) PaaS
6 5 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.42%) OCI
6 5 (3.42%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 4 (2.74%) SaaS
8 3 (2.05%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.05%) Figma
8 3 (2.05%) IaaS
8 3 (2.05%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (1.37%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.37%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.68%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.74%) Firewall
2 3 (2.05%) DNS
2 3 (2.05%) Kerberos
2 3 (2.05%) Network Security
2 3 (2.05%) VPN
3 2 (1.37%) Intranet
4 1 (0.68%) BGP
4 1 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.68%) HTTP
4 1 (0.68%) OSPF
4 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.68%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.27%) MongoDB
2 11 (7.53%) Power BI
3 7 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.42%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.74%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (2.05%) PostHog
6 3 (2.05%) Tableau
7 1 (0.68%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.68%) Big Data
7 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.68%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.68%) Impala
7 1 (0.68%) MS Access
7 1 (0.68%) MySQL
7 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.68%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.68%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Navigator
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.85%) JIRA
2 9 (6.16%) Git
3 3 (2.05%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.37%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.37%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.37%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.37%) FitNesse
4 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.37%) Maven
4 2 (1.37%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.68%) GoCD
5 1 (0.68%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.68%) TestCafe
5 1 (0.68%) Toad
General
1 146 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 86 (58.90%) Social Skills
3 43 (29.45%) Finance
4 9 (6.16%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Banking
6 6 (4.11%) German Language
6 6 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.42%) Legal
8 4 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.74%) French Language
8 4 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.74%) Marketing
8 4 (2.74%) Publishing
9 3 (2.05%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.05%) Retail
10 2 (1.37%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 30 (20.55%) Analyst
2 15 (10.27%) Architect
2 15 (10.27%) Business Analyst
3 14 (9.59%) Senior
4 13 (8.90%) Developer
5 10 (6.85%) Site Engineer
5 10 (6.85%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Consultant
6 9 (6.16%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (5.48%) Python Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Lead
9 5 (3.42%) Business IT Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) Incident Manager
9 5 (3.42%) Insight Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) IT Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) IT Business Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.42%) Java Engineer
9 5 (3.42%) Report Analyst
10 4 (2.74%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.53%) RESTful
2 10 (6.85%) Kafka
3 9 (6.16%) HTML
3 9 (6.16%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (4.79%) CSS
4 7 (4.79%) JSON
4 7 (4.79%) Middleware
5 5 (3.42%) Node.js
5 5 (3.42%) XML
6 4 (2.74%) .NET
6 4 (2.74%) Spring
6 4 (2.74%) Swagger
7 3 (2.05%) Flask
7 3 (2.05%) Hibernate
7 3 (2.05%) LDAP
7 3 (2.05%) OpenID
7 3 (2.05%) React
7 3 (2.05%) Regular Expression
7 3 (2.05%) SAML
7 3 (2.05%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.59%) Management Information System
2 13 (8.90%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.85%) Algorithms
3 10 (6.85%) Data Structures
3 10 (6.85%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (5.48%) IoT
5 7 (4.79%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.42%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.42%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.42%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (3.42%) SCADA
6 5 (3.42%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (2.74%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.74%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.37%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.37%) Derivative
8 2 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.16%) Linux
2 7 (4.79%) Windows
3 5 (3.42%) Unix
3 5 (3.42%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (49.32%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (32.88%) Agile
3 30 (20.55%) Computer Science
4 28 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (17.81%) Critical Thinking
6 24 (16.44%) Project Management
7 21 (14.38%) Decision-Making
8 20 (13.70%) Roadmaps
9 19 (13.01%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (10.96%) ITIL
11 15 (10.27%) DevOps
11 15 (10.27%) ERP
11 15 (10.27%) Microservices
12 13 (8.90%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (8.90%) Change Management
12 13 (8.90%) Risk Management
12 13 (8.90%) Validation
13 11 (7.53%) Customer Service
13 11 (7.53%) Migration
13 11 (7.53%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.38%) Java
2 16 (10.96%) Python
3 15 (10.27%) SQL
4 12 (8.22%) JavaScript
5 9 (6.16%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.79%) C++
6 7 (4.79%) Go
7 4 (2.74%) C#
7 4 (2.74%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.05%) Perl
8 3 (2.05%) PHP
8 3 (2.05%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.37%) R
10 1 (0.68%) ABAP
10 1 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 40 (27.40%) Degree
2 15 (10.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.11%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.74%) CISSP
5 3 (2.05%) MCSE
5 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.05%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.05%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.37%) MBA
6 2 (1.37%) PhD
6 2 (1.37%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.68%) CCNA
7 1 (0.68%) CCNP
7 1 (0.68%) MCP
7 1 (0.68%) MCSA
7 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.68%) PMP
7 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.11%) Accessibility
1 6 (4.11%) QA
1 6 (4.11%) SLA
2 5 (3.42%) PMO
3 2 (1.37%) Automotive SPICE
3 2 (1.37%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.68%) GxP
4 1 (0.68%) IFRS
4 1 (0.68%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (6.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 4 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.37%) Docker
4 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (6.85%) Grafana
2 9 (6.16%) Consul
2 9 (6.16%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.16%) Prometheus
3 3 (2.05%) PingFederate
3 3 (2.05%) SCCM
3 3 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.37%) Podman
5 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.68%) Kibana
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (22.60%) Microsoft
2 24 (16.44%) SAP
3 11 (7.53%) Oracle
4 9 (6.16%) SaltStack
5 5 (3.42%) BMC
6 4 (2.74%) Adobe
6 4 (2.74%) CA
6 4 (2.74%) VMware
7 3 (2.05%) Ping Identity
7 3 (2.05%) Qualys
7 3 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.37%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.37%) OpenText
8 2 (1.37%) Splunk
8 2 (1.37%) Workday
9 1 (0.68%) Ariba
9 1 (0.68%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.68%) Cisco
9 1 (0.68%) IBM
9 1 (0.68%) Reuters