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 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 247 181
Rank change year-on-year +85 -66 +118
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 70 35 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.26% 0.38% 0.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.04% 1.32% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 46 11 43
10th Percentile £25,688 £21,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,625 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +69.35% -31.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £59,688 £55,625
90th Percentile - £61,875 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%

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 2,299 2,647 1,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 41.51% 28.39% 38.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,155 1,016 1,430
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £27,725
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £39,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +48 43 £60,000 +14.29% 8
West Midlands +52 27 £36,500 -27.86% 24
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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (17.14%) Sprinklr
2 2 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.43%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (1.43%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.71%) Azure
2 8 (11.43%) Power Platform
3 5 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 5 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.14%) SaaS
4 3 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.43%) PaaS
6 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.00%) Power BI
2 4 (5.71%) Metadata
3 3 (4.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.43%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (1.43%) Power Query
5 1 (1.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
2 2 (2.86%) JMeter
2 2 (2.86%) Selenium
2 2 (2.86%) WebDriver
General
1 70 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (47.14%) Retail
3 26 (37.14%) Finance
4 23 (32.86%) Social Skills
5 11 (15.71%) Law
6 7 (10.00%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (5.71%) Marketing
8 3 (4.29%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.43%) Local Government
9 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 17 (24.29%) Lead
2 12 (17.14%) Consultant
2 12 (17.14%) Implementation Consultant
3 10 (14.29%) Analyst
3 10 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 10 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 10 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
4 7 (10.00%) IT Support
5 5 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (5.71%) Senior
7 3 (4.29%) Data Modeller
7 3 (4.29%) SaaS Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) SaaS Business Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Junior
8 2 (2.86%) Junior Business Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Software Tester
8 2 (2.86%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.14%) CSS
1 12 (17.14%) HTML
2 2 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.86%) Playwright
3 1 (1.43%) Middleware
3 1 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.43%) REST
3 1 (1.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.14%) Management Information System
2 17 (24.29%) FMCG
3 9 (12.86%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.71%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.86%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.43%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.43%) Media Streaming
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Linux
1 2 (2.86%) Unix
1 2 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (51.43%) CRM
3 35 (50.00%) Analytics
4 33 (47.14%) Project Management
5 26 (37.14%) Decision-Making
6 25 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
7 22 (31.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (30.00%) Data Management
9 20 (28.57%) ERP
10 17 (24.29%) Change Management
10 17 (24.29%) Programme Management
11 14 (20.00%) Customer Service
12 12 (17.14%) Digital Innovation
13 9 (12.86%) Visualisation
14 7 (10.00%) Mentoring
14 7 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
15 6 (8.57%) Data Governance
16 5 (7.14%) Data Visualisation
16 5 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 5 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (37.14%) SQL
2 14 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.71%) Python
5 2 (2.86%) Bash
5 2 (2.86%) Perl
5 2 (2.86%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.43%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.43%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (27.14%) Degree
2 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.43%) ACCA
3 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 7 (10.00%) GDPR
1 7 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.29%) QA
3 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.86%) NIST
3 2 (2.86%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 5 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.86%) Kibana
3 1 (1.43%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 19 (27.14%) Salesforce
2 18 (25.71%) SAP
3 16 (22.86%) Microsoft
4 12 (17.14%) Adobe
5 5 (7.14%) Cisco
6 3 (4.29%) Databricks
7 2 (2.86%) LogRhythm
7 2 (2.86%) Splunk
8 1 (1.43%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.43%) IFS
8 1 (1.43%) Oracle