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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 359 486
Rank change year-on-year +57 +127 +221
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 523 314 442
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.75% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.10% 1.91% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 263 175 293
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +27.91% -14.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,879 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -18.33% +31.25% -20.00%

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 24,964 16,407 34,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.80% 39.42% 36.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12,816 9,150 22,981
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,487 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,555 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% -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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +60 439 £47,500 -17.39% 238
UK excluding London +77 367 £42,879 -18.33% 173
Work from Home +52 140 £48,750 -7.14% 91
London +14 131 £65,000 -7.14% 104
North of England -1 103 £47,500 -22.45% 42
South East +16 77 £45,000 -21.74% 63
Midlands 0 58 £44,000 -16.19% 30
North West -9 55 £42,500 -34.62% 27
West Midlands +8 41 £44,000 -12.00% 20
South West -31 36 £32,500 -27.78% 13
East of England -37 29 £40,000 -23.81% 13
Yorkshire -41 29 £67,500 +38.46% 12
Scotland -16 25 £26,150 -32.95% 5
Northern Ireland -18 24 - - 2
North East - 19 £64,250 - 4
East Midlands -45 16 £30,000 -45.45% 10
Wales -12 15 £35,000 -28.72% 7

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 6 (1.15%) SharePoint
1 6 (1.15%) WordPress
2 5 (0.96%) Confluence
3 4 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.76%) IIS
4 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.57%) CMS
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) Mendix
Applications
1 75 (14.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.38%) Maya
7 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.38%) Sketch
7 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.34%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.96%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.76%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.38%) Infor M3
5 2 (0.38%) JDE OneWorld
5 2 (0.38%) JDE World
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (20.46%) Azure
2 87 (16.63%) Power Platform
3 41 (7.84%) AWS
4 37 (7.07%) SaaS
5 31 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
6 27 (5.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 26 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (4.21%) GCP
8 22 (4.21%) Power Automate
9 15 (2.87%) dbt
9 15 (2.87%) GitHub
10 11 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.91%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.72%) Google Analytics
12 9 (1.72%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.53%) Datadog
13 8 (1.53%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.44%) SAN
2 15 (2.87%) Firewall
3 12 (2.29%) VPN
4 11 (2.10%) WAN
5 10 (1.91%) LAN
5 10 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.76%) Wireless
7 3 (0.57%) DNS
7 3 (0.57%) Internet
7 3 (0.57%) Network Security
7 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.38%) DHCP
8 2 (0.38%) FTP
8 2 (0.38%) HTTP
8 2 (0.38%) LTE
8 2 (0.38%) SMS
8 2 (0.38%) SMTP
8 2 (0.38%) VLAN
8 2 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (16.06%) Power BI
2 48 (9.18%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 26 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 26 (4.97%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.29%) Metabase
5 12 (2.29%) Tableau
6 10 (1.91%) Metadata
6 10 (1.91%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.34%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.96%) Big Data
10 5 (0.96%) MySQL
10 5 (0.96%) Power Query
11 4 (0.76%) Looker
11 4 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (4.97%) Git
2 16 (3.06%) JIRA
3 12 (2.29%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.10%) GitLab
5 8 (1.53%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.34%) ERwin
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Selenium
7 2 (0.38%) TestRail
7 2 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.19%) MLflow
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 522 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 305 (58.32%) Social Skills
3 228 (43.59%) Finance
4 45 (8.60%) Marketing
5 35 (6.69%) Legal
6 34 (6.50%) Public Sector
7 27 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (4.21%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (4.21%) Retail
10 21 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (3.06%) Banking
12 13 (2.49%) Billing
13 12 (2.29%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.10%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.91%) Law
16 9 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.34%) Advertising
17 7 (1.34%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 111 (21.22%) Analyst
2 72 (13.77%) Head of QA
3 34 (6.50%) IT Support
4 32 (6.12%) IT Engineer
4 32 (6.12%) Senior
5 28 (5.35%) Lead
6 26 (4.97%) Business Analyst
7 24 (4.59%) IT Analyst
8 21 (4.02%) Developer
9 20 (3.82%) Administrator
10 19 (3.63%) Business Manager
10 19 (3.63%) Systems Analyst
11 18 (3.44%) Consultant
11 18 (3.44%) Support Analyst
12 17 (3.25%) Field Engineer
12 17 (3.25%) Field Service Engineer
12 17 (3.25%) Financial Analyst
12 17 (3.25%) Support Engineer
13 16 (3.06%) Data Analyst
13 16 (3.06%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.82%) CSS
1 20 (3.82%) HTML
2 13 (2.49%) JSON
3 12 (2.29%) XML
4 11 (2.10%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (1.53%) OAuth
5 8 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (1.53%) SAML
6 7 (1.34%) .NET
6 7 (1.34%) FpML
6 7 (1.34%) REST
6 7 (1.34%) XML Schema
7 6 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
7 6 (1.15%) SOAP
8 5 (0.96%) PySpark
8 5 (0.96%) React
9 4 (0.76%) Flutter
9 4 (0.76%) Sass
9 4 (0.76%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.76%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.16%) Onboarding
1 27 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (3.82%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.44%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.25%) Social Media
5 15 (2.87%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.87%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.87%) Smartphone
6 10 (1.91%) Algorithms
6 10 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.91%) FMCG
7 9 (1.72%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.53%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.53%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.34%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.34%) IoT
10 6 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.15%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.54%) Windows
2 15 (2.87%) Linux
3 12 (2.29%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.53%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.15%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.96%) Unix
7 3 (0.57%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (38.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 194 (37.09%) Problem-Solving
3 170 (32.50%) Analytics
4 119 (22.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 118 (22.56%) Actionable Insight
6 94 (17.97%) Business Intelligence
7 90 (17.21%) Agile
7 90 (17.21%) Customer Experience
8 89 (17.02%) Root Cause Analysis
9 88 (16.83%) Decision-Making
10 86 (16.44%) Service Delivery
11 84 (16.06%) PRINCE2
12 80 (15.30%) Process Improvement
13 79 (15.11%) Change Management
14 77 (14.72%) Quality Management
15 72 (13.77%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 54 (10.33%) Data Analysis
17 47 (8.99%) CI/CD
18 46 (8.80%) Visualisation
19 45 (8.60%) AI
Programming Languages
1 105 (20.08%) SQL
2 63 (12.05%) Python
3 31 (5.93%) PowerShell
4 26 (4.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (3.82%) Bash
6 18 (3.44%) Java
7 16 (3.06%) C#
8 15 (2.87%) JavaScript
9 11 (2.10%) C++
10 8 (1.53%) Go
11 7 (1.34%) VBA
12 6 (1.15%) C
13 5 (0.96%) PHP
13 5 (0.96%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.76%) Bicep
14 4 (0.76%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.57%) Scala
15 3 (0.57%) VC++
16 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (14.15%) Degree
2 72 (13.77%) IRCA
3 23 (4.40%) Security Cleared
4 22 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (3.25%) A+ Certification
5 17 (3.25%) CCNA
5 17 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (3.25%) MCSE
5 17 (3.25%) Network+ Certification
6 16 (3.06%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 15 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.29%) SC Cleared
9 10 (1.91%) ACCA
10 9 (1.72%) CIMA
11 8 (1.53%) CISSP
11 8 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.53%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.53%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.53%) PMP
12 7 (1.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (19.31%) QA
2 85 (16.25%) ISO 9001
3 83 (15.87%) GDPR
4 39 (7.46%) Data Quality
5 16 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (2.10%) GRC
8 10 (1.91%) SLA
9 9 (1.72%) ISO 14001
9 9 (1.72%) NIST
10 8 (1.53%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.96%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.96%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.57%) EMIR
14 3 (0.57%) ITGC
15 2 (0.38%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 17 (3.25%) Docker
2 10 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (4.40%) Terraform
2 19 (3.63%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.72%) Grafana
4 8 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.96%) Ansible
7 4 (0.76%) Control-M
8 2 (0.38%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.38%) QRadar
9 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.19%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 108 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.02%) SAP
3 20 (3.82%) Dell
4 18 (3.44%) Google
5 16 (3.06%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.87%) Oracle
7 11 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.72%) Adobe
8 9 (1.72%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.34%) Databricks
9 7 (1.34%) Sparx
10 5 (0.96%) Apple
10 5 (0.96%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.96%) Informatica
11 4 (0.76%) BT
11 4 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.76%) IFS
11 4 (0.76%) Pardot
11 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud