Analytical Mindset Job Trends in the Midlands

Analytical Mindset
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 243 179
Rank change year-on-year +106 -64 +123
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 75 32 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.29% 0.36% 0.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.69% 1.24% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 45 9 40
10th Percentile £25,625 £30,850 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,459 £46,189 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% +51.44% +10.91%
75th Percentile £82,500 £61,875 £53,750
90th Percentile - £68,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Analytical Mindset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,031 2,577 1,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.81% 28.96% 38.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,199 998 1,392
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,367 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,125 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.17% -4.00% -0.79%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Mindset relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Analytical Mindset
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Analytical Mindset.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Mindset in the Midlands

Analytical Mindset
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Mindset within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 November 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands +53 47 £80,000 +42.22% 14
West Midlands +56 28 £47,980 +3.88% 17
Analytical Mindset
England

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.00%) CMS
2 3 (4.00%) WordPress
3 1 (1.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.67%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (16.00%) Sprinklr
2 2 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.33%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (1.33%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.67%) Azure
2 10 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 6 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (5.33%) SaaS
6 2 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.67%) PaaS
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.33%) OCI
7 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.00%) Power BI
2 4 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (5.33%) Metadata
2 4 (5.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.67%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.33%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.33%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.33%) Power Query
4 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.33%) JMeter
2 1 (1.33%) Selenium
2 1 (1.33%) WebDriver
General
1 75 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (44.00%) Retail
3 31 (41.33%) Social Skills
4 30 (40.00%) Finance
5 9 (12.00%) Manufacturing
6 8 (10.67%) Law
7 6 (8.00%) Marketing
8 4 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (4.00%) Public Sector
9 3 (4.00%) Publishing
10 1 (1.33%) Billing
10 1 (1.33%) Legal
10 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (22.67%) Lead
2 12 (16.00%) Consultant
2 12 (16.00%) Implementation Consultant
3 10 (13.33%) Support Engineer
3 10 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (13.33%) Technical Support
3 10 (13.33%) Technical Support Engineer
4 8 (10.67%) Analyst
4 8 (10.67%) IT Support
5 5 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) Senior
7 3 (4.00%) Data Modeller
7 3 (4.00%) Marketing Executive
8 2 (2.67%) Business Analyst
8 2 (2.67%) Developer
8 2 (2.67%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.67%) Junior
8 2 (2.67%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (2.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.00%) CSS
1 12 (16.00%) HTML
2 2 (2.67%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.33%) Middleware
3 1 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.33%) Playwright
3 1 (1.33%) REST
3 1 (1.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.33%) Management Information System
2 17 (22.67%) FMCG
3 10 (13.33%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.33%) Data Structures
5 3 (4.00%) Social Media
6 2 (2.67%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.33%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.00%) Linux
1 3 (4.00%) Windows
2 2 (2.67%) Unix
3 1 (1.33%) Android
3 1 (1.33%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (64.00%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (53.33%) Analytics
3 35 (46.67%) CRM
3 35 (46.67%) Project Management
4 29 (38.67%) Decision-Making
5 27 (36.00%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (30.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (28.00%) Data Management
7 21 (28.00%) ERP
8 17 (22.67%) Change Management
8 17 (22.67%) Programme Management
9 14 (18.67%) Customer Service
10 12 (16.00%) Digital Innovation
11 8 (10.67%) Agile
11 8 (10.67%) Mentoring
11 8 (10.67%) Visualisation
12 7 (9.33%) ITIL
13 6 (8.00%) Actionable Insight
13 6 (8.00%) Data Governance
14 5 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (36.00%) SQL
2 13 (17.33%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.33%) Python
5 2 (2.67%) Bash
5 2 (2.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.67%) Perl
6 1 (1.33%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.33%) R
6 1 (1.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (28.00%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.67%) ACCA
3 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.67%) Data Quality
1 8 (10.67%) GDPR
2 7 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.67%) NIST
3 2 (2.67%) PMO
3 2 (2.67%) QA
4 1 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.33%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 6 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.67%) Kibana
3 1 (1.33%) Ansible
3 1 (1.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (25.33%) Salesforce
2 18 (24.00%) SAP
3 16 (21.33%) Microsoft
4 12 (16.00%) Adobe
5 5 (6.67%) Cisco
6 3 (4.00%) Databricks
7 2 (2.67%) IFS
7 2 (2.67%) LogRhythm
7 2 (2.67%) Oracle
7 2 (2.67%) Splunk
8 1 (1.33%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow