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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 268 444
Rank change year-on-year -154 +176 +52
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 455 545 366
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.10% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.45% 2.69% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 284 310 189
10th Percentile £28,825 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,688 £34,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,425 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £95,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.37% -9.52% +16.67%

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 31,313 20,262 23,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 40.95% 32.02%
Number of salaries quoted 19,384 10,150 12,113
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,152 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -12.38% -4.55%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -129 436 £49,425 -1.15% 489
UK excluding London -154 323 £44,000 -7.37% 218
Work from Home -60 142 £48,750 -2.50% 193
London -81 125 £65,000 - 313
South East -89 101 £49,425 -7.62% 61
North of England -64 65 £45,000 - 33
South West -77 65 £42,500 -15.00% 36
Midlands -49 62 £45,000 +15.38% 33
West Midlands -35 38 £45,000 +28.57% 18
North West -41 36 £37,500 -1.96% 26
Yorkshire -17 24 £90,000 +89.47% 7
East Midlands -52 22 £43,750 -45.31% 15
East of England -28 18 £42,879 -1.99% 23
Scotland +1 9 £26,150 - 14
North East -62 5 £52,500 -
Wales -71 2 - - 13
Northern Ireland -85 2 £63,750 - 9

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 16 (3.52%) Confluence
2 12 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.88%) Apache
3 4 (0.88%) SAS
3 4 (0.88%) WordPress
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.66%) CMS
4 3 (0.66%) IIS
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.44%) Luigi
5 2 (0.44%) Tornado
Applications
1 56 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.98%) Simulink
5 7 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.10%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.66%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.64%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.54%) Shopify
3 4 (0.88%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.88%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.88%) JDE World
4 3 (0.66%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.44%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.44%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.22%) iTrent
6 1 (0.22%) Magento
6 1 (0.22%) Odoo
6 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.22%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 68 (14.95%) Azure
2 50 (10.99%) Power Platform
3 43 (9.45%) SaaS
4 40 (8.79%) AWS
5 31 (6.81%) GCP
5 31 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (5.71%) Google Analytics
7 16 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.52%) PowerApps
8 12 (2.64%) Google Ads
9 10 (2.20%) Anthropic Claude
10 9 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
10 9 (1.98%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.76%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.54%) Meta Ads
13 6 (1.32%) Canva
13 6 (1.32%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.08%) SAN
1 14 (3.08%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.64%) HTTP
2 12 (2.64%) LAN
2 12 (2.64%) WAN
3 9 (1.98%) SMS
3 9 (1.98%) Wireshark
4 8 (1.76%) DNS
5 7 (1.54%) Firewall
6 6 (1.32%) FTP
6 6 (1.32%) Internet
6 6 (1.32%) SMTP
6 6 (1.32%) VPN
7 5 (1.10%) Unified Communications
7 5 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.88%) ATM
8 4 (0.88%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.88%) NAS
9 2 (0.44%) Broadband
9 2 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.79%) Power BI
2 19 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.30%) Tableau
4 11 (2.42%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.76%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.54%) GIS
7 6 (1.32%) Metadata
7 6 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.32%) Power Query
7 6 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.10%) Looker
8 5 (1.10%) MySQL
8 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.88%) Big Data
10 3 (0.66%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.66%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 25 (5.49%) JIRA
2 13 (2.86%) Eclipse
3 10 (2.20%) Git
4 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.66%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.44%) Ranorex
5 2 (0.44%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.44%) Selenium
5 2 (0.44%) TestRail
6 1 (0.22%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 455 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 227 (49.89%) Social Skills
3 114 (25.05%) Finance
4 76 (16.70%) Marketing
5 42 (9.23%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (8.13%) Public Sector
7 35 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (5.27%) Legal
9 22 (4.84%) Retail
10 21 (4.62%) Manufacturing
11 19 (4.18%) Advertising
12 17 (3.74%) Electronics
13 16 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (3.52%) Law
14 11 (2.42%) Aerospace
14 11 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.98%) Brand Awareness
16 8 (1.76%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.76%) Local Government
16 8 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (21.10%) Analyst
2 41 (9.01%) Senior
3 39 (8.57%) Lead
4 27 (5.93%) Developer
5 23 (5.05%) Business Analyst
6 22 (4.84%) Data Analyst
7 20 (4.40%) Support Analyst
8 19 (4.18%) IT Engineer
9 14 (3.08%) Field Engineer
9 14 (3.08%) Field Service Engineer
9 14 (3.08%) Product Owner
9 14 (3.08%) Senior Manager
10 12 (2.64%) Compliance Manager
10 12 (2.64%) Coordinator
10 12 (2.64%) Junior
10 12 (2.64%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (2.42%) Marketing Manager
11 11 (2.42%) SOC Analyst
12 10 (2.20%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.20%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.52%) JSON
2 14 (3.08%) .NET
3 10 (2.20%) HTML
4 9 (1.98%) CSS
4 9 (1.98%) Kafka
4 9 (1.98%) RESTful
5 8 (1.76%) REST
6 6 (1.32%) LDAP
6 6 (1.32%) Spring
6 6 (1.32%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.10%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.10%) Terraform
8 4 (0.88%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.88%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.66%) XML
10 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.44%) EDI
10 2 (0.44%) Jest
10 2 (0.44%) Middleware
10 2 (0.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.81%) Onboarding
2 27 (5.93%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.18%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (3.96%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (3.52%) Cyber Defence
7 16 (3.52%) Social Media
8 15 (3.30%) Driving Licence
8 15 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (3.08%) Data Centre
10 11 (2.42%) Blog
11 10 (2.20%) Web Conferencing
12 9 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.98%) Smartphone
13 8 (1.76%) Credit Risk
13 8 (1.76%) SCADA
14 7 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 6 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.37%) Windows
2 15 (3.30%) Linux
3 12 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.44%) Android
5 2 (0.44%) Debian
5 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 127 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (24.40%) Analytics
4 107 (23.52%) Agile
5 78 (17.14%) Decision-Making
6 76 (16.70%) AI
7 68 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (14.07%) Business Intelligence
8 64 (14.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 56 (12.31%) CRM
10 51 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
11 43 (9.45%) Roadmaps
12 41 (9.01%) Process Improvement
12 41 (9.01%) Validation
13 39 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
13 39 (8.57%) Scrum
14 38 (8.35%) DevOps
14 38 (8.35%) Risk Management
15 37 (8.13%) Project Management
15 37 (8.13%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.32%) SQL
2 40 (8.79%) Python
3 27 (5.93%) Java
4 21 (4.62%) MATLAB
5 20 (4.40%) C#
6 15 (3.30%) C
7 14 (3.08%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.86%) Embedded C
9 11 (2.42%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.76%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.54%) Scala
12 6 (1.32%) Bash
12 6 (1.32%) C++
12 6 (1.32%) Search Processing Language
13 5 (1.10%) PHP
13 5 (1.10%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.88%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.88%) Go
15 3 (0.66%) COBOL
15 3 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (16.04%) Degree
2 44 (9.67%) Security Cleared
3 28 (6.15%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.08%) A+ Certification
5 14 (3.08%) CCNA
5 14 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (3.08%) MCSE
5 14 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.54%) ACCA
7 7 (1.54%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.32%) CREST Certified
8 6 (1.32%) GCED
8 6 (1.32%) GCIA
8 6 (1.32%) GCIH
8 6 (1.32%) GIAC
8 6 (1.32%) OSCP
8 6 (1.32%) SANS
9 5 (1.10%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 39 (8.57%) QA
3 25 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.18%) GDPR
5 15 (3.30%) ISO 9001
6 12 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 12 (2.64%) ISO 14001
6 12 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 10 (2.20%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.76%) ARP4754
8 8 (1.76%) DO-254
9 6 (1.32%) ISO 8583
9 6 (1.32%) NIST
9 6 (1.32%) SLA
10 5 (1.10%) COBIT
10 5 (1.10%) GRC
10 5 (1.10%) ISO 19650
10 5 (1.10%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (2.42%) Firmware
2 9 (1.98%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (1.76%) Docker
4 6 (1.32%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.32%) Kibana
2 6 (1.32%) QRadar
3 5 (1.10%) Ansible
4 2 (0.44%) Argo
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 107 (23.52%) Microsoft
2 53 (11.65%) Google
3 25 (5.49%) HubSpot
4 19 (4.18%) SAP
5 15 (3.30%) Dell
6 14 (3.08%) Adobe
6 14 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.64%) Splunk
8 11 (2.42%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (1.98%) Facebook
9 9 (1.98%) Instagram
9 9 (1.98%) Oracle
10 8 (1.76%) YouTube
11 6 (1.32%) ArcSight
11 6 (1.32%) Carbon Black
11 6 (1.32%) Marketo
11 6 (1.32%) Pardot
12 5 (1.10%) Cisco
13 4 (0.88%) EMC
13 4 (0.88%) Infor