Analytical Mindset Job Trends

Analytical Mindset
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 392 476
Rank change year-on-year +97 +84 +272
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 504 272 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.66% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 1.69% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 259 164 272
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,875 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £92,750 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -15.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,327 16,088 31,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.39% 38.89% 36.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11,831 8,877 22,066
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Mindset within the UK over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. 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
England +90 418 £45,000 -25.00% 223
UK excluding London +90 334 £42,500 -22.73% 160
London +49 145 £62,500 -12.28% 99
Work from Home +70 144 £47,500 -9.52% 107
North of England +14 94 £45,000 -28.00% 34
South East +7 57 £43,750 -23.91% 58
North West +1 54 £42,500 -34.62% 23
Midlands +2 51 £42,500 -17.07% 35
South West -3 39 £32,500 -40.91% 14
West Midlands +19 32 £45,000 +7.78% 24
East of England -10 27 £46,250 -13.95% 14
Scotland -11 27 £26,150 -57.31% 3
Northern Ireland -13 24 - - 2
Yorkshire -27 22 £56,500 +13.00% 9
East Midlands -33 18 £30,000 -45.45% 11
North East - 18 £38,500 - 2
Wales -1 15 £35,000 -28.72% 4

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (0.99%) Confluence
2 4 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.79%) CMS
2 4 (0.79%) WordPress
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.40%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Mendix
Applications
1 77 (15.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.39%) Maya
6 6 (1.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.40%) Sketch
7 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.99%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.79%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.60%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (19.25%) Azure
2 89 (17.66%) Power Platform
3 35 (6.94%) AWS
4 32 (6.35%) SaaS
5 29 (5.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 20 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.97%) GCP
8 19 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (3.57%) Power Automate
10 15 (2.98%) GitHub
11 13 (2.58%) dbt
12 11 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (1.98%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.59%) Datadog
14 8 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.59%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.39%) Asana
15 7 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (1.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.17%) SAN
2 15 (2.98%) Firewall
3 12 (2.38%) VPN
4 8 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.39%) WAN
6 6 (1.19%) LAN
7 4 (0.79%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.79%) Wireless
7 4 (0.79%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.60%) Network Security
9 2 (0.40%) Broadband
9 2 (0.40%) DHCP
9 2 (0.40%) DNS
9 2 (0.40%) GSM
9 2 (0.40%) LTE
9 2 (0.40%) Modbus
9 2 (0.40%) SMS
9 2 (0.40%) VLAN
9 2 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (17.26%) Power BI
2 46 (9.13%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (3.57%) Tableau
7 12 (2.38%) Metabase
8 10 (1.98%) Metadata
8 10 (1.98%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.59%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.39%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.79%) Looker
13 4 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (0.60%) Big Data
14 3 (0.60%) MySQL
14 3 (0.60%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 24 (4.76%) Git
2 16 (3.17%) JIRA
3 12 (2.38%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.18%) GitLab
5 8 (1.59%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.39%) ERwin
7 2 (0.40%) Selenium
7 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) TestRail
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 503 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 300 (59.52%) Social Skills
3 230 (45.63%) Finance
4 46 (9.13%) Marketing
5 42 (8.33%) Legal
6 34 (6.75%) Retail
7 31 (6.15%) Public Sector
8 30 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (5.36%) Manufacturing
10 23 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
10 23 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (4.17%) Law
12 19 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.98%) Banking
14 13 (2.58%) Billing
15 12 (2.38%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.79%) Automotive
16 9 (1.79%) Electronics
17 8 (1.59%) Games
17 8 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 105 (20.83%) Analyst
2 72 (14.29%) Head of QA
3 34 (6.75%) Senior
4 30 (5.95%) IT Support
5 26 (5.16%) IT Engineer
6 25 (4.96%) Lead
7 23 (4.56%) Business Manager
8 20 (3.97%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.77%) Consultant
9 19 (3.77%) Data Analyst
9 19 (3.77%) Financial Analyst
9 19 (3.77%) Systems Analyst
10 18 (3.57%) Developer
11 17 (3.37%) Administrator
11 17 (3.37%) IT Analyst
12 16 (3.17%) Support Analyst
13 15 (2.98%) Commercial Analyst
13 15 (2.98%) Field Engineer
13 15 (2.98%) Field Service Engineer
14 13 (2.58%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.98%) CSS
1 15 (2.98%) HTML
2 11 (2.18%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (1.98%) XML
4 8 (1.59%) JSON
4 8 (1.59%) OAuth
4 8 (1.59%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (1.59%) SAML
5 7 (1.39%) FpML
5 7 (1.39%) XML Schema
6 6 (1.19%) .NET
6 6 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (0.99%) REST
8 4 (0.79%) PySpark
8 4 (0.79%) React
8 4 (0.79%) RESTful
8 4 (0.79%) Sass
8 4 (0.79%) SOAP
8 4 (0.79%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.79%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.54%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.16%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.97%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.57%) Social Media
6 17 (3.37%) Product Ownership
7 16 (3.17%) Data Centre
8 15 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.98%) Smartphone
9 13 (2.58%) FMCG
10 10 (1.98%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.59%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.59%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.39%) e-Learning
12 7 (1.39%) IoT
13 6 (1.19%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.19%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
15 4 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.36%) Windows
2 17 (3.37%) Linux
3 10 (1.98%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.39%) Unix
5 6 (1.19%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (38.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 184 (36.51%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (35.32%) Analytics
4 120 (23.81%) Actionable Insight
5 118 (23.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 97 (19.25%) Customer Experience
7 95 (18.85%) Business Intelligence
8 86 (17.06%) Decision-Making
8 86 (17.06%) Root Cause Analysis
9 85 (16.87%) Service Delivery
10 84 (16.67%) PRINCE2
11 83 (16.47%) Agile
12 82 (16.27%) Process Improvement
13 80 (15.87%) Change Management
14 75 (14.88%) Quality Management
15 72 (14.29%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 56 (11.11%) Data Analysis
17 53 (10.52%) CI/CD
18 46 (9.13%) Visualisation
19 45 (8.93%) AI
Programming Languages
1 91 (18.06%) SQL
2 62 (12.30%) Python
3 30 (5.95%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 19 (3.77%) Bash
6 15 (2.98%) C++
7 14 (2.78%) Java
8 12 (2.38%) C#
8 12 (2.38%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.98%) C
10 7 (1.39%) Go
10 7 (1.39%) VBA
11 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.60%) Bicep
12 3 (0.60%) PHP
12 3 (0.60%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.60%) VC++
13 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.40%) Perl
13 2 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 76 (15.08%) Degree
2 72 (14.29%) IRCA
3 24 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.98%) A+ Certification
5 15 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.98%) CCNA
5 15 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (2.98%) MCSE
5 15 (2.98%) Network+ Certification
5 15 (2.98%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 13 (2.58%) ACCA
7 11 (2.18%) CIMA
7 11 (2.18%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.79%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.59%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.59%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.59%) PMP
10 7 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (19.25%) QA
2 84 (16.67%) GDPR
3 82 (16.27%) ISO 9001
4 31 (6.15%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.98%) GRC
7 10 (1.98%) NIST
8 9 (1.79%) SLA
9 7 (1.39%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.39%) ISO 14001
10 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.79%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.60%) EMIR
12 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.60%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.40%) IFRS
13 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (3.37%) Docker
2 8 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (4.17%) Terraform
2 19 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.59%) Grafana
3 8 (1.59%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.79%) Ansible
5 4 (0.79%) Control-M
6 2 (0.40%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 98 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.56%) Dell
3 22 (4.37%) SAP
4 18 (3.57%) Oracle
4 18 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.38%) Google
6 10 (1.98%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.79%) Adobe
7 9 (1.79%) Autodesk
7 9 (1.79%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.79%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.39%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.39%) Sparx
9 5 (0.99%) Apple
9 5 (0.99%) Informatica
10 4 (0.79%) BT
10 4 (0.79%) Databricks
10 4 (0.79%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.79%) Hotjar
10 4 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud