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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 226 176
Rank change year-on-year +85 -50 +126
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 74 40 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.18% 0.49% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.97% 1.54% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 44 16 39
10th Percentile £25,563 £31,125 £24,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,063 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,095 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.02% +43.65% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £58,594 £55,625
90th Percentile - £65,938 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 1,864 2,598 1,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.69% 32.05% 38.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,188 1,055 1,365
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,128
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +7.57% -1.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £63,929
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,145 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 +43 46 £60,000 +50.00% 13
West Midlands +55 27 £47,500 -5.00% 21
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 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.05%) CMS
2 3 (4.05%) WordPress
3 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (14.86%) Sprinklr
2 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.35%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (1.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.92%) Azure
2 9 (12.16%) Power Platform
3 6 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.76%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (6.76%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (4.05%) SaaS
7 2 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.70%) PaaS
8 1 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.35%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.35%) OCI
8 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.81%) Power BI
2 4 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (5.41%) Metadata
2 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.70%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.70%) Oracle Database
3 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.35%) Looker
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.35%) Power Query
4 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.35%) JMeter
2 1 (1.35%) Selenium
2 1 (1.35%) WebDriver
General
1 74 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (43.24%) Retail
3 31 (41.89%) Finance
3 31 (41.89%) Social Skills
4 9 (12.16%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.46%) Law
6 6 (8.11%) Marketing
7 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (4.05%) Publishing
9 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.35%) Billing
10 1 (1.35%) Legal
10 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (22.97%) Lead
2 11 (14.86%) Consultant
2 11 (14.86%) Implementation Consultant
3 10 (13.51%) Support Engineer
3 10 (13.51%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (13.51%) Technical Support
3 10 (13.51%) Technical Support Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) IT Support
5 5 (6.76%) IT Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Senior
7 3 (4.05%) Data Modeller
7 3 (4.05%) Marketing Executive
8 2 (2.70%) Administrator
8 2 (2.70%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.70%) Developer
8 2 (2.70%) ERP Support
8 2 (2.70%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.70%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.86%) CSS
1 11 (14.86%) HTML
2 1 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.35%) Middleware
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.35%) Playwright
2 1 (1.35%) REST
2 1 (1.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.68%) Management Information System
2 17 (22.97%) FMCG
3 10 (13.51%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.41%) Data Structures
5 3 (4.05%) Social Media
6 2 (2.70%) Digital Signage
6 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.35%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.35%) NHS
7 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.05%) Linux
1 3 (4.05%) Windows
2 2 (2.70%) Unix
3 1 (1.35%) Android
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (63.51%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (55.41%) Analytics
3 35 (47.30%) Project Management
4 34 (45.95%) CRM
5 30 (40.54%) Decision-Making
6 26 (35.14%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (31.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (29.73%) ERP
9 20 (27.03%) Data Management
10 18 (24.32%) Change Management
11 17 (22.97%) Programme Management
12 13 (17.57%) Customer Service
13 11 (14.86%) Digital Innovation
14 9 (12.16%) Agile
15 8 (10.81%) ITIL
15 8 (10.81%) Mentoring
16 7 (9.46%) Visualisation
17 6 (8.11%) Actionable Insight
17 6 (8.11%) Data Governance
18 5 (6.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 27 (36.49%) SQL
2 12 (16.22%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.76%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.05%) Python
5 2 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.35%) Bash
6 1 (1.35%) Perl
6 1 (1.35%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.35%) R
6 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (28.38%) Degree
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.70%) ACCA
3 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.35%) PMP
4 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) Data Quality
2 6 (8.11%) GDPR
2 6 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.05%) QA
4 1 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.35%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.35%) NIST
4 1 (1.35%) PMO
4 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.35%) Ansible
2 1 (1.35%) Kibana
2 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (25.68%) Salesforce
2 17 (22.97%) SAP
3 15 (20.27%) Microsoft
4 11 (14.86%) Adobe
5 5 (6.76%) Cisco
6 3 (4.05%) Databricks
6 3 (4.05%) Oracle
7 2 (2.70%) IFS
8 1 (1.35%) Google
8 1 (1.35%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.35%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.35%) Splunk