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 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 326 483
Rank change year-on-year +1 +157 +176
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 514 406 474
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.91% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.19% 2.13% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 281 214 305
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,750 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.19% +23.53% -10.53%

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 23,438 19,089 36,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.28% 42.98% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 14,903 8,993 23,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,211
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% - -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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -5 450 £50,000 -13.04% 235
UK excluding London +28 375 £44,000 -16.19% 177
Work from Home +33 125 £50,000 -6.98% 102
London -26 123 £65,000 -18.75% 90
South East -6 97 £50,000 -13.04% 52
North of England +6 93 £50,000 -16.67% 40
Midlands +14 62 £44,000 -7.37% 36
South West -24 51 £32,500 -35.00% 21
North West +13 49 £45,000 -25.00% 25
West Midlands +1 41 £44,000 +20.55% 19
Yorkshire -12 30 £90,000 +89.47% 9
Scotland +20 23 £26,150 -32.95% 6
East of England -20 22 £40,000 +23.08% 17
East Midlands -12 21 £37,500 -34.78% 17
Northern Ireland -19 14 £63,750 +27.50% 5
North East -26 14 £58,500 - 7
Wales - 13 £35,000 - 3

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 10 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.17%) Confluence
3 5 (0.97%) WordPress
4 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.58%) CMS
5 3 (0.58%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Mendix
Applications
1 50 (9.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.58%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (1.75%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.78%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.78%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.78%) JDE World
4 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.58%) Shopify
5 2 (0.39%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.19%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 67 (13.04%) Azure
2 61 (11.87%) Power Platform
3 40 (7.78%) SaaS
4 34 (6.61%) AWS
5 30 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (3.89%) GCP
6 20 (3.89%) Power Automate
7 15 (2.92%) GitHub
7 15 (2.92%) Google Analytics
8 13 (2.53%) PowerApps
9 12 (2.33%) dbt
10 11 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.75%) Datadog
12 8 (1.56%) OpenShift
13 7 (1.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.36%) AWS Step Functions
13 7 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.36%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.11%) SAN
2 15 (2.92%) Firewall
2 15 (2.92%) LAN
2 15 (2.92%) VPN
2 15 (2.92%) WAN
3 13 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.95%) HTTP
5 9 (1.75%) DNS
6 8 (1.56%) SMS
7 6 (1.17%) Wireless
8 5 (0.97%) Internet
8 5 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.78%) Broadband
9 4 (0.78%) FTP
9 4 (0.78%) SMTP
10 3 (0.58%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.39%) Network Security
11 2 (0.39%) SSL
11 2 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (11.09%) Power BI
2 26 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (3.50%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.95%) Metadata
5 10 (1.95%) Tableau
6 9 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (1.56%) Metabase
7 8 (1.56%) MySQL
7 8 (1.56%) Power Query
8 7 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.36%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.17%) GIS
9 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.97%) Big Data
10 5 (0.97%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.47%) Git
2 12 (2.33%) JIRA
3 9 (1.75%) GitLab
4 8 (1.56%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.36%) ERwin
6 4 (0.78%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.78%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.58%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.39%) Ranorex
8 2 (0.39%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.39%) TestRail
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 513 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 273 (53.11%) Social Skills
3 188 (36.58%) Finance
4 54 (10.51%) Marketing
5 27 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (4.86%) Legal
7 24 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (4.67%) Public Sector
8 23 (4.47%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.28%) Retail
10 19 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.33%) Advertising
11 12 (2.33%) Electronics
11 12 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.14%) Banking
12 11 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.95%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.75%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 122 (23.74%) Analyst
2 72 (14.01%) Head of QA
3 40 (7.78%) Senior
4 36 (7.00%) Lead
5 29 (5.64%) IT Engineer
6 26 (5.06%) Business Analyst
6 26 (5.06%) IT Support
7 24 (4.67%) Developer
8 23 (4.47%) Data Analyst
8 23 (4.47%) Support Analyst
9 20 (3.89%) IT Analyst
10 16 (3.11%) Field Engineer
10 16 (3.11%) Field Service Engineer
10 16 (3.11%) Junior
11 15 (2.92%) Consultant
11 15 (2.92%) Junior Analyst
11 15 (2.92%) Support Engineer
12 13 (2.53%) Financial Analyst
12 13 (2.53%) IT Support Engineer
13 12 (2.33%) Compliance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.50%) HTML
2 17 (3.31%) CSS
2 17 (3.31%) JSON
3 10 (1.95%) .NET
3 10 (1.95%) XML
4 8 (1.56%) FIX Protocol
4 8 (1.56%) OAuth
4 8 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (1.56%) SAML
5 7 (1.36%) FpML
5 7 (1.36%) React
5 7 (1.36%) REST
5 7 (1.36%) XML Schema
6 6 (1.17%) SOAP
7 5 (0.97%) PySpark
8 4 (0.78%) Flutter
8 4 (0.78%) LDAP
9 3 (0.58%) EDI
9 3 (0.58%) RESTful
9 3 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.47%) Onboarding
2 18 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (3.11%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.11%) Social Media
4 12 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.33%) Smartphone
5 11 (2.14%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.14%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.75%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.75%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
9 7 (1.36%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.36%) FMCG
9 7 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
10 6 (1.17%) SCADA
11 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.97%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.81%) Windows
2 17 (3.31%) Linux
3 11 (2.14%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.78%) Unix
7 2 (0.39%) Android
7 2 (0.39%) Debian
7 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (35.80%) Continuous Improvement
2 162 (31.52%) Analytics
3 135 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (25.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 100 (19.46%) Actionable Insight
6 96 (18.68%) Root Cause Analysis
7 88 (17.12%) Service Delivery
8 86 (16.73%) Customer Experience
8 86 (16.73%) Decision-Making
9 84 (16.34%) Change Management
10 83 (16.15%) Agile
11 79 (15.37%) Quality Management
12 76 (14.79%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (14.79%) PRINCE2
13 72 (14.01%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 53 (10.31%) CRM
15 49 (9.53%) Process Improvement
16 39 (7.59%) ERP
17 38 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
18 37 (7.20%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 98 (19.07%) SQL
2 61 (11.87%) Python
3 24 (4.67%) PowerShell
4 21 (4.09%) C#
5 18 (3.50%) Java
6 14 (2.72%) Bash
7 12 (2.33%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.95%) MATLAB
9 9 (1.75%) C++
9 9 (1.75%) Go
9 9 (1.75%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.36%) PHP
10 7 (1.36%) Scala
11 6 (1.17%) C
11 6 (1.17%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.78%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.78%) Embedded C++
12 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (14.01%) IRCA
2 60 (11.67%) Degree
3 32 (6.23%) Security Cleared
4 22 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 18 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (3.11%) A+ Certification
6 16 (3.11%) CCNA
6 16 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (3.11%) MCSE
6 16 (3.11%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.75%) GCIH
8 9 (1.75%) GIAC
9 8 (1.56%) ACCA
9 8 (1.56%) GCIA
10 7 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.36%) OSCP
11 6 (1.17%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (18.68%) QA
2 91 (17.70%) ISO 9001
3 88 (17.12%) GDPR
4 53 (10.31%) Data Quality
5 20 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.53%) ISO 14001
7 12 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 9 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.75%) SLA
9 7 (1.36%) GRC
9 7 (1.36%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.17%) ARP4754
10 6 (1.17%) DO-254
11 5 (0.97%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.78%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.78%) NIST
12 4 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (2.14%) Docker
2 7 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) IAG
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (2.92%) Terraform
2 14 (2.72%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.75%) Grafana
4 8 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.17%) Kibana
6 4 (0.78%) Control-M
6 4 (0.78%) QRadar
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.39%) Ansible
8 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.19%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 104 (20.23%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.64%) Google
3 21 (4.09%) HubSpot
4 19 (3.70%) SAP
5 18 (3.50%) Dell
5 18 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.33%) Adobe
6 12 (2.33%) Oracle
7 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (1.95%) Splunk
9 8 (1.56%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.56%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.36%) Sparx
11 6 (1.17%) Carbon Black
11 6 (1.17%) Databricks
11 6 (1.17%) Marketo
11 6 (1.17%) Pardot
12 5 (0.97%) IFS
12 5 (0.97%) YouTube