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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 438 476
Rank change year-on-year +204 +38 +136
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 573 347 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.04% 0.55% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.03% 1.57% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 334 176 176
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,674 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £69,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +5.56%

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 18,895 22,161 19,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.40% 34.95% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 10,616 10,921 14,305
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,285 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.53% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 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
England +223 508 £50,000 -9.09% 266
UK excluding London +196 393 £45,000 -18.18% 205
Work from Home +139 206 £50,000 - 140
London +101 154 £65,000 - 105
South East +99 105 £45,000 -12.62% 62
Midlands +85 74 £50,000 +16.02% 35
South West +69 73 £50,000 -28.57% 26
North of England +67 72 £43,750 -20.45% 46
North West +66 54 £42,500 -20.93% 30
East Midlands +43 46 £60,000 +50.00% 13
West Midlands +55 27 £47,500 -5.00% 21
East of England +34 25 £56,250 +4.65% 22
Scotland +21 25 £26,150 -59.77% 11
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 4
Yorkshire +4 11 £47,500 -20.83% 11
North East - 7 £38,500 - 5
Wales +13 5 £47,500 -3.27% 5

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 18 (3.14%) Confluence
2 14 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.05%) CMS
5 4 (0.70%) IIS
5 4 (0.70%) SAS
6 3 (0.52%) WordPress
7 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 117 (20.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (4.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.44%) Maya
5 13 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.57%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.70%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.52%) Stata
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (3.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.92%) Shopify
2 11 (1.92%) Sprinklr
3 7 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.87%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.70%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.70%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.52%) SAP APO
6 3 (0.52%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.52%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.35%) Magento
7 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (20.42%) Power Platform
2 110 (19.20%) Azure
3 29 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
4 28 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 25 (4.36%) SaaS
7 22 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.66%) AWS
9 20 (3.49%) Google Analytics
10 19 (3.32%) Entra ID
11 15 (2.62%) Boomi
11 15 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (2.44%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 10 (1.75%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.57%) Google Ads
15 7 (1.22%) Asana
15 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
16 6 (1.05%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.05%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.71%) Network Security
2 14 (2.44%) Firewall
3 10 (1.75%) SAN
4 4 (0.70%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.70%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.52%) LAN
5 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.52%) WAN
6 2 (0.35%) GSM
6 2 (0.35%) LTE
6 2 (0.35%) VoIP
7 1 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.17%) FTP
7 1 (0.17%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.17%) Modbus
7 1 (0.17%) NAS
7 1 (0.17%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.17%) Skype
7 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (19.02%) Power BI
2 45 (7.85%) Tableau
3 40 (6.98%) SQL Server
4 28 (4.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 26 (4.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (2.79%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.22%) Metadata
9 5 (0.87%) Looker
10 4 (0.70%) Metabase
10 4 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.52%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.17%) MySQL
13 1 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 31 (5.41%) JIRA
2 8 (1.40%) Git
3 5 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.70%) Postman
4 4 (0.70%) Selenium
4 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.52%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.35%) GitLab
7 1 (0.17%) Appium
7 1 (0.17%) Bazaar
7 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.17%) JMeter
7 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.17%) MLflow
7 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 573 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 342 (59.69%) Social Skills
3 268 (46.77%) Finance
4 140 (24.43%) Marketing
5 71 (12.39%) Retail
6 52 (9.08%) Legal
7 50 (8.73%) Public Sector
8 49 (8.55%) Manufacturing
9 45 (7.85%) Law
10 35 (6.11%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (5.41%) Electronics
12 29 (5.06%) Telecoms
13 21 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (2.97%) Games
14 17 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (2.79%) Banking
16 15 (2.62%) Billing
16 15 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (2.44%) Advertising
18 13 (2.27%) French Language
Job Titles
1 126 (21.99%) Analyst
2 70 (12.22%) Lead
2 70 (12.22%) Senior
3 46 (8.03%) Consultant
4 40 (6.98%) Data Analyst
5 30 (5.24%) Architect
6 28 (4.89%) Commercial Analyst
6 28 (4.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 28 (4.89%) Security Consultant
7 25 (4.36%) Business Analyst
7 25 (4.36%) Support Engineer
8 23 (4.01%) Business Manager
9 18 (3.14%) Technical Engineer
9 18 (3.14%) Technical Support
9 18 (3.14%) Technical Support Engineer
10 17 (2.97%) Systems Analyst
11 16 (2.79%) IT Support
12 15 (2.62%) Administrator
12 15 (2.62%) CRM Architect
12 15 (2.62%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.84%) HTML
2 21 (3.66%) CSS
3 7 (1.22%) REST
4 5 (0.87%) .NET
5 4 (0.70%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.52%) EDI
6 3 (0.52%) Middleware
7 2 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.35%) Playwright
7 2 (0.35%) RESTful
7 2 (0.35%) Sass
7 2 (0.35%) SOAP
7 2 (0.35%) Spring
7 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.35%) XML
7 2 (0.35%) ZeroMQ
8 1 (0.17%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.73%) Onboarding
2 48 (8.38%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (7.68%) Management Information System
4 40 (6.98%) FMCG
5 38 (6.63%) Data Centre
6 32 (5.58%) Product Ownership
7 31 (5.41%) Cloud Native
8 23 (4.01%) Social Media
9 21 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (3.14%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.92%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.57%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.57%) Smartphone
14 6 (1.05%) Credit Risk
14 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.05%) IoT
14 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
15 5 (0.87%) Security Posture
16 4 (0.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.62%) Windows
2 7 (1.22%) Linux
3 3 (0.52%) Unix
4 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (44.33%) Problem-Solving
2 200 (34.90%) Analytics
3 165 (28.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 155 (27.05%) Business Intelligence
5 133 (23.21%) Decision-Making
6 107 (18.67%) Project Management
7 105 (18.32%) Agile
8 96 (16.75%) CRM
9 91 (15.88%) ERP
10 82 (14.31%) AI
11 81 (14.14%) Actionable Insight
12 79 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 74 (12.91%) Process Improvement
14 70 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
15 68 (11.87%) Business Strategy
16 63 (10.99%) Visualisation
17 55 (9.60%) Data Analysis
18 54 (9.42%) Change Management
19 52 (9.08%) Mentoring
20 50 (8.73%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (20.07%) SQL
2 45 (7.85%) Python
3 24 (4.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (3.66%) JavaScript
5 20 (3.49%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.92%) C#
7 8 (1.40%) C++
7 8 (1.40%) VBA
8 7 (1.22%) C
9 6 (1.05%) Bash
9 6 (1.05%) Java
9 6 (1.05%) R
10 4 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.52%) Bicep
11 3 (0.52%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.52%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.17%) Go
13 1 (0.17%) Perl
13 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 146 (25.48%) Degree
2 49 (8.55%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.58%) CISSP
4 27 (4.71%) CEH
5 25 (4.36%) CompTIA Security+
6 21 (3.66%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.32%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.44%) PMI Certification
9 14 (2.44%) PMP
10 13 (2.27%) ACCA
11 12 (2.09%) A+ Certification
11 12 (2.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 11 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.92%) CIMA
13 10 (1.75%) CISM
13 10 (1.75%) DBS Check
14 9 (1.57%) CCNA
14 9 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (6.11%) NIST
3 26 (4.54%) Data Quality
3 26 (4.54%) PCI DSS
3 26 (4.54%) QA
4 15 (2.62%) GDPR
5 13 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (2.09%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.57%) GRC
8 6 (1.05%) SLA
9 4 (0.70%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.70%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.70%) NEBOSH
10 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.52%) PMO
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.35%) FINRA
11 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.75%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.87%) Docker
3 5 (0.87%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.22%) Terraform
3 4 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.17%) Kibana
5 1 (0.17%) SCCM
5 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 131 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 72 (12.57%) SAP
3 46 (8.03%) Salesforce
4 33 (5.76%) Google
5 30 (5.24%) Adobe
6 23 (4.01%) Dell
7 22 (3.84%) Oracle
8 15 (2.62%) MuleSoft
9 11 (1.92%) Autodesk
10 8 (1.40%) Databricks
11 7 (1.22%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.05%) Cisco
12 6 (1.05%) Hotjar
12 6 (1.05%) Workday
13 4 (0.70%) Facebook
13 4 (0.70%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.70%) TikTok
14 3 (0.52%) Ahrefs
14 3 (0.52%) Avaloq
14 3 (0.52%) Zoho