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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 27 36
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,117 1,654 2,636
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.57% 6.71% 5.98%
As % of the General category 12.85% 11.48% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 1,166 1,903
10th Percentile £319 £348 £321
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £609 £649 £625
90th Percentile £719 £775 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 44 36
10th Percentile £10.77 £21.09 £12.75
25th Percentile £12.75 £22.44 £14.41
Median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% +25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £41.88 £59.69 £47.60
90th Percentile £54.26 £75.00 £69.63
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £40.25 £39.50
% change year-on-year -55.28% +1.90% +74.05%

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 8,690 14,404 24,087
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.87% 58.46% 54.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,713 10,150 17,491
10th Percentile £330 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 323 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.80 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +42.86% +52.17%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 42 (3.76%) Confluence
2 34 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.54%) Apache
5 6 (0.54%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.45%) CMS
7 4 (0.36%) Appian
8 3 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.27%) JBoss
8 3 (0.27%) nginx
8 3 (0.27%) SAS
8 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.27%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.27%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.18%) CICS
9 2 (0.18%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 95 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.78%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.36%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.36%) SPSS
8 3 (0.27%) Revit
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.090%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.090%) Sketch
9 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.97%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (0.98%) Endur
3 11 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.98%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (0.98%) SAP HCM
4 10 (0.90%) SAP HR
5 8 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
6 7 (0.63%) SAP SD
7 6 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.54%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.54%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle AGIS
9 4 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 161 (14.41%) Azure
2 140 (12.53%) Power Platform
3 89 (7.97%) AWS
4 45 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (3.94%) PowerApps
6 40 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
7 39 (3.49%) Power Automate
8 38 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
9 32 (2.86%) GCP
10 24 (2.15%) GitHub
11 16 (1.43%) OCI
12 13 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (1.16%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (0.98%) SaaS
13 11 (0.98%) Snowflake
14 10 (0.90%) Serverless
15 8 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.04%) Firewall
2 29 (2.60%) VPN
3 23 (2.06%) Network Security
4 17 (1.52%) DNS
5 16 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.98%) BGP
6 11 (0.98%) VLAN
7 10 (0.90%) OSPF
8 9 (0.81%) Internet
8 9 (0.81%) VoIP
8 9 (0.81%) WAN
9 8 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.63%) DHCP
10 7 (0.63%) HTTP
10 7 (0.63%) LAN
11 5 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.45%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.45%) SSL
11 5 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (12.00%) Power BI
2 45 (4.03%) SQL Server
3 41 (3.67%) Tableau
4 36 (3.22%) Relational Database
5 34 (3.04%) Data Lake
6 31 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (1.52%) Big Data
8 16 (1.43%) Metadata
8 16 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.34%) Hadoop
10 14 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (1.07%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.07%) Power Query
13 11 (0.98%) Oracle Database
14 10 (0.90%) MySQL
15 9 (0.81%) GIS
15 9 (0.81%) QlikView
16 8 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
17 7 (0.63%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 93 (8.33%) JIRA
2 35 (3.13%) Git
3 24 (2.15%) GitLab
3 24 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.61%) Selenium
5 11 (0.98%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.81%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.72%) REST Assured
7 8 (0.72%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.54%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.54%) MLflow
8 6 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (0.45%) Appium
9 5 (0.45%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.45%) webpack
10 4 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.36%) JMeter
10 4 (0.36%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.36%) RStudio
General
1 620 (55.51%) Social Skills
2 329 (29.45%) Finance
3 108 (9.67%) Public Sector
4 80 (7.16%) Banking
5 55 (4.92%) Retail
6 51 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
7 47 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (3.85%) Marketing
9 41 (3.67%) Legal
10 39 (3.49%) Manufacturing
11 37 (3.31%) Telecoms
12 34 (3.04%) Front Office
13 27 (2.42%) General Ledger
14 24 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.88%) Investment Banking
15 21 (1.88%) Law
16 18 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.52%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.25%) Electronics
19 12 (1.07%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 255 (22.83%) Analyst
2 132 (11.82%) Developer
3 104 (9.31%) Consultant
4 95 (8.50%) Business Analyst
5 89 (7.97%) Senior
6 77 (6.89%) Architect
7 72 (6.45%) Lead
8 58 (5.19%) Data Analyst
9 57 (5.10%) Project Manager
10 41 (3.67%) Data Engineer
11 29 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (2.15%) Full Stack Developer
13 22 (1.97%) Functional Consultant
14 20 (1.79%) Data Scientist
15 19 (1.70%) C# Developer
15 19 (1.70%) Senior Analyst
15 19 (1.70%) Senior Developer
15 19 (1.70%) Support Engineer
16 18 (1.61%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 18 (1.61%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.78%) React
2 29 (2.60%) RESTful
3 28 (2.51%) REST
4 27 (2.42%) AngularJS
5 26 (2.33%) HTML
6 25 (2.24%) Web Services
7 23 (2.06%) CSS
7 23 (2.06%) Kafka
8 20 (1.79%) .NET
8 20 (1.79%) XML
9 15 (1.34%) Middleware
10 13 (1.16%) Spring Boot
11 12 (1.07%) Node.js
11 12 (1.07%) RabbitMQ
11 12 (1.07%) SOAP
12 11 (0.98%) .NET Framework
12 11 (0.98%) JSON
12 11 (0.98%) PySpark
13 10 (0.90%) Spring
14 8 (0.72%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 50 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
3 47 (4.21%) Data Structures
4 45 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 31 (2.78%) Algorithms
6 28 (2.51%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.15%) Derivative
8 16 (1.43%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.07%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.07%) NHS
12 11 (0.98%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.98%) Fixed Income
12 11 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.90%) Operational Technology
14 9 (0.81%) Security Posture
14 9 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.89%) Windows
2 53 (4.74%) Linux
3 24 (2.15%) Unix
4 17 (1.52%) Windows 7
5 16 (1.43%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.90%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.63%) Android
8 6 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.27%) zOS
11 2 (0.18%) AIX
11 2 (0.18%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.090%) CentOS
12 1 (0.090%) Debian
12 1 (0.090%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.090%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (55.51%) Problem-Solving
2 268 (23.99%) Agile
3 179 (16.03%) Project Management
4 176 (15.76%) Business Intelligence
5 130 (11.64%) Analytics
6 113 (10.12%) DevOps
7 108 (9.67%) Data Analysis
8 105 (9.40%) Computer Science
9 103 (9.22%) Decision-Making
10 97 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 95 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (7.70%) Data Modelling
13 84 (7.52%) Visualisation
14 69 (6.18%) Analytical Thinking
15 66 (5.91%) Business Analysis
15 66 (5.91%) Data Management
16 63 (5.64%) ITIL
16 63 (5.64%) SDLC
17 62 (5.55%) Cybersecurity
17 62 (5.55%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 172 (15.40%) SQL
2 128 (11.46%) Python
3 72 (6.45%) Java
4 46 (4.12%) C#
5 45 (4.03%) JavaScript
6 25 (2.24%) R
7 24 (2.15%) PowerShell
8 22 (1.97%) PL/SQL
8 22 (1.97%) Shell Script
9 21 (1.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 20 (1.79%) C++
11 19 (1.70%) TypeScript
12 15 (1.34%) Scala
13 12 (1.07%) Go
14 8 (0.72%) Bash
14 8 (0.72%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.54%) Perl
16 5 (0.45%) PHP
16 5 (0.45%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 243 (21.75%) Degree
2 142 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 115 (10.30%) SC Cleared
4 75 (6.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (4.21%) Master's Degree
6 33 (2.95%) CISSP
7 27 (2.42%) CISM
8 22 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.88%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.43%) PMP
11 15 (1.34%) PMI Certification
12 13 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.98%) CCNA
14 10 (0.90%) CCNP
14 10 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (0.81%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.54%) CIMA
16 6 (0.54%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (6.62%) Data Quality
2 70 (6.27%) QA
3 40 (3.58%) GDPR
4 28 (2.51%) SLA
5 23 (2.06%) NIST
6 21 (1.88%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.79%) PMO
8 15 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (1.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.54%) NCSC
12 5 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.45%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.36%) GAAP
13 4 (0.36%) IFRS
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.36%) P3O
14 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (2.60%) Docker
2 27 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.81%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 5 (0.45%) Snort
6 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.18%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.090%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.090%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.090%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (3.58%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.33%) Ansible
2 26 (2.33%) Terraform
3 14 (1.25%) SCCM
4 12 (1.07%) Grafana
4 12 (1.07%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
5 11 (0.98%) Puppet
6 9 (0.81%) Consul
7 8 (0.72%) Podman
8 7 (0.63%) Kibana
9 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.45%) NetBackup
11 4 (0.36%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.36%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.36%) QRadar
12 3 (0.27%) logstash
13 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.18%) Nexpose
13 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 204 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 91 (8.15%) Oracle
3 71 (6.36%) SAP
4 31 (2.78%) Google
5 20 (1.79%) Databricks
5 20 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.43%) Splunk
7 14 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.16%) Cisco
8 13 (1.16%) IBM
8 13 (1.16%) VMware
9 9 (0.81%) SaltStack
10 8 (0.72%) Palo Alto
11 7 (0.63%) Adobe
11 7 (0.63%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.63%) Computacenter
11 7 (0.63%) Genesys
11 7 (0.63%) OneTrust
11 7 (0.63%) Qualys
12 6 (0.54%) Juniper