Analytical Mindset Job Trends in the North of England

Analytical Mindset
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 259 244
Rank change year-on-year +55 -15 +127
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 72 50 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.74% 0.41% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.11% 1.48% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 47 23 32
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £38,375 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +18.92% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile - £105,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +1.83%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,418 3,375 2,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 35.21% 27.39% 37.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 1,387 2,133
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,300
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £56,021
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -7.18% +1.86%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -0.79%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in the North of England

Analytical Mindset
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Analytical Mindset.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Mindset in the North of England

Analytical Mindset
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Mindset within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +44 58 £42,500 -22.73% 58
Yorkshire +12 9 £47,500 -24.00% 16
North East +12 5 - - 5
Analytical Mindset
England

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.78%) CMS
3 2 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (40.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.39%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (31.94%) Azure
1 23 (31.94%) Power Platform
2 15 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (19.44%) Entra ID
4 11 (15.28%) AWS
5 10 (13.89%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (13.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (4.17%) Google Analytics
8 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (1.39%) GitHub
9 1 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.39%) Google Ads
9 1 (1.39%) Google Sheets
9 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Advertising
9 1 (1.39%) SaaS
9 1 (1.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (31.94%) Power BI
2 11 (15.28%) SQL Server
3 10 (13.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (13.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (9.72%) Tableau
5 2 (2.78%) Metadata
5 2 (2.78%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.39%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Appium
2 1 (1.39%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.39%) Git
2 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.39%) Postman
2 1 (1.39%) REST Assured
2 1 (1.39%) Selenium
General
1 72 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 63 (87.50%) Social Skills
3 31 (43.06%) Finance
4 5 (6.94%) Billing
4 5 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.56%) Legal
5 4 (5.56%) Marketing
6 3 (4.17%) Retail
7 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Law
7 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Advertising
8 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (41.67%) Analyst
2 14 (19.44%) Support Engineer
3 9 (12.50%) Commercial Analyst
3 9 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
3 9 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 9 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 9 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
4 6 (8.33%) Business Systems Analyst
4 6 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 6 (8.33%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (6.94%) Business Manager
5 5 (6.94%) HR Specialist
5 5 (6.94%) Insight Analyst
5 5 (6.94%) Insight Manager
5 5 (6.94%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Report Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Lead
8 2 (2.78%) Marketing Manager
8 2 (2.78%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) HTML
2 2 (2.78%) CSS
3 1 (1.39%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (16.67%) Social Media
3 10 (13.89%) Cloud Native
3 10 (13.89%) Onboarding
4 9 (12.50%) Driving Licence
5 5 (6.94%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.78%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.78%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.39%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.39%) Derivative
7 1 (1.39%) Equities
7 1 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.39%) SCADA
7 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (40.28%) Decision-Making
3 24 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
4 23 (31.94%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (22.22%) Process Improvement
7 15 (20.83%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 15 (20.83%) Data Analysis
7 15 (20.83%) Visualisation
8 14 (19.44%) Agile
8 14 (19.44%) AI
8 14 (19.44%) Business Analysis
9 13 (18.06%) Analytics
10 12 (16.67%) ERP
11 10 (13.89%) Financial Modelling
11 10 (13.89%) Knowledge Management
11 10 (13.89%) Visual Analytics
11 10 (13.89%) WFM
12 9 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
12 9 (12.50%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 28 (38.89%) SQL
2 10 (13.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.78%) Python
6 1 (1.39%) Bicep
6 1 (1.39%) C#
6 1 (1.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (22.22%) Degree
2 10 (13.89%) DBS Check
3 9 (12.50%) ACCA
3 9 (12.50%) CIMA
4 5 (6.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 2 (2.78%) CISM
5 2 (2.78%) CISSP
6 1 (1.39%) CEH
6 1 (1.39%) CRISC
6 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.39%) MBA
6 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.94%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.94%) QA
3 3 (4.17%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.78%) PMO
5 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.39%) FINRA
5 1 (1.39%) GDPR
5 1 (1.39%) GRC
5 1 (1.39%) NIST
5 1 (1.39%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 9 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.72%) Google
3 5 (6.94%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.94%) Workday
4 4 (5.56%) Guidewire
4 4 (5.56%) Hotjar
5 2 (2.78%) Ahrefs
5 2 (2.78%) SAP
5 2 (2.78%) Screaming Frog
6 1 (1.39%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (1.39%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.39%) Ariba
6 1 (1.39%) Rollbar
6 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.39%) WooCommerce