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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 397 496
Rank change year-on-year +146 +99 +203
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 511 333 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 0.62% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.50% 1.67% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 286 171 179
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,250 £24,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,875 £72,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,375 £88,750 £80,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -

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 20,409 19,914 20,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.40% 37.07% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,240 9,364 14,857
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,580 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,793 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.31% +3.38% -3.64%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +163 448 £47,500 -13.64% 314
UK excluding London +151 352 £45,000 -18.18% 286
Work from Home +128 177 £50,000 - 131
London +65 139 £58,500 -2.50% 60
South East +83 92 £43,750 -19.72% 88
North of England +42 67 £42,500 -32.00% 55
South West +38 60 £46,750 -8.78% 44
Midlands +44 58 £39,000 -2.50% 38
North West +44 51 £40,000 -38.46% 24
East Midlands +8 35 £27,000 -32.50% 23
Scotland +4 28 £26,150 -62.64% 8
East of England +29 26 £60,000 +14.29% 43
West Midlands +41 22 £50,000 +14.94% 15
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 6
Yorkshire -18 10 £55,000 -8.33% 24
Wales +3 7 £35,000 -28.72% 12
North East - 6 £38,500 - 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 16 (3.13%) Confluence
2 11 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.78%) IIS
4 4 (0.78%) SAS
5 3 (0.59%) CMS
5 3 (0.59%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 107 (20.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.74%) Maya
5 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.57%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.78%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.59%) Stata
9 2 (0.39%) Sketch
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.17%) Shopify
4 5 (0.98%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.78%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.78%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.59%) SAP APO
6 3 (0.59%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.59%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.39%) Magento
7 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (20.94%) Azure
2 102 (19.96%) Power Platform
3 30 (5.87%) AWS
4 29 (5.68%) SaaS
5 27 (5.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 27 (5.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 23 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (3.13%) Entra ID
9 15 (2.94%) Boomi
10 14 (2.74%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 13 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (2.54%) GCP
11 13 (2.54%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.96%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.57%) Serverless
14 7 (1.37%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.37%) Asana
14 7 (1.37%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.72%) Firewall
2 15 (2.94%) Network Security
3 11 (2.15%) SAN
4 8 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.17%) VPN
6 5 (0.98%) WAN
7 4 (0.78%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.78%) LAN
7 4 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.78%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.39%) Broadband
8 2 (0.39%) DHCP
8 2 (0.39%) DNS
8 2 (0.39%) GSM
8 2 (0.39%) Internet
8 2 (0.39%) LTE
8 2 (0.39%) VLAN
8 2 (0.39%) VoIP
9 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.20%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (18.79%) Power BI
2 44 (8.61%) Tableau
3 41 (8.02%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (4.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (3.13%) Data Lake
6 16 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.98%) Looker
8 5 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.78%) Metabase
9 4 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.59%) Metadata
11 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.39%) Mixpanel
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (5.09%) JIRA
2 12 (2.35%) Git
3 6 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.78%) Postman
4 4 (0.78%) Selenium
4 4 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.59%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.39%) GitLab
7 1 (0.20%) Appium
7 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.20%) JMeter
7 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.20%) MLflow
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 511 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 322 (63.01%) Social Skills
3 239 (46.77%) Finance
4 110 (21.53%) Marketing
5 58 (11.35%) Retail
6 53 (10.37%) Legal
7 40 (7.83%) Law
8 38 (7.44%) Public Sector
9 35 (6.85%) Manufacturing
10 31 (6.07%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (3.72%) Telecoms
12 18 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (3.52%) Electronics
12 18 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (3.13%) Games
14 15 (2.94%) Billing
14 15 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.96%) Banking
16 8 (1.57%) Advertising
16 8 (1.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 107 (20.94%) Analyst
2 65 (12.72%) Lead
3 64 (12.52%) Senior
4 32 (6.26%) Data Analyst
5 30 (5.87%) Architect
6 28 (5.48%) Commercial Analyst
7 27 (5.28%) Support Engineer
8 23 (4.50%) Business Manager
8 23 (4.50%) IT Support
9 22 (4.31%) Consultant
10 21 (4.11%) Business Analyst
10 21 (4.11%) IT Engineer
11 18 (3.52%) Developer
12 17 (3.33%) Administrator
13 16 (3.13%) IT Administrator
14 15 (2.94%) CRM Architect
14 15 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 15 (2.94%) Technical Engineer
14 15 (2.94%) Technical Support
14 15 (2.94%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.15%) REST
2 10 (1.96%) CSS
2 10 (1.96%) HTML
3 6 (1.17%) SOAP
4 5 (0.98%) .NET
4 5 (0.98%) EDI
4 5 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (0.78%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.78%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.78%) Sass
5 4 (0.78%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (0.59%) Middleware
7 2 (0.39%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.39%) Blazor
7 2 (0.39%) Django
7 2 (0.39%) RESTful
7 2 (0.39%) Spring
7 2 (0.39%) XML
7 2 (0.39%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (8.41%) Management Information System
2 43 (8.41%) Onboarding
3 42 (8.22%) FMCG
4 39 (7.63%) Data Centre
5 32 (6.26%) Product Ownership
6 29 (5.68%) Cloud Native
7 21 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (4.11%) Social Media
8 14 (2.74%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.96%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.96%) Smartphone
10 9 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.37%) IoT
12 6 (1.17%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.17%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.98%) Web Conferencing
14 4 (0.78%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.91%) Windows
2 15 (2.94%) Linux
3 7 (1.37%) Unix
4 4 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.78%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (45.01%) Problem-Solving
2 173 (33.86%) Analytics
3 162 (31.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 133 (26.03%) Business Intelligence
5 120 (23.48%) Decision-Making
6 93 (18.20%) Agile
7 86 (16.83%) ERP
7 86 (16.83%) Project Management
8 75 (14.68%) CRM
9 74 (14.48%) Actionable Insight
10 73 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 72 (14.09%) AI
12 66 (12.92%) Business Strategy
12 66 (12.92%) Process Improvement
13 60 (11.74%) Cybersecurity
14 55 (10.76%) Visualisation
15 52 (10.18%) Change Management
15 52 (10.18%) Data Analysis
16 48 (9.39%) CI/CD
17 44 (8.61%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 102 (19.96%) SQL
2 55 (10.76%) Python
3 29 (5.68%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (2.35%) C#
6 11 (2.15%) C++
7 9 (1.76%) C
7 9 (1.76%) Java
7 9 (1.76%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.76%) VBA
8 8 (1.57%) Bash
9 6 (1.17%) R
10 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.59%) Bicep
11 3 (0.59%) Go
11 3 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.59%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.39%) Scala
12 2 (0.39%) VC++
Qualifications
1 127 (24.85%) Degree
2 35 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.52%) CISSP
3 18 (3.52%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (2.54%) CEH
6 13 (2.54%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.54%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.54%) PMP
7 12 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.35%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 11 (2.15%) ACCA
9 10 (1.96%) A+ Certification
9 10 (1.96%) CCNA
9 10 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.96%) MCSE
9 10 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.09%) Data Quality
3 24 (4.70%) QA
4 21 (4.11%) NIST
5 14 (2.74%) GDPR
6 13 (2.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (2.54%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.96%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.76%) GRC
9 6 (1.17%) SLA
10 4 (0.78%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.78%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.39%) EMIR
11 2 (0.39%) FINRA
11 2 (0.39%) GAAP
11 2 (0.39%) IFRS
11 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 13 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.37%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.17%) Docker
3 6 (1.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.96%) Terraform
3 7 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.78%) Control-M
5 3 (0.59%) Ansible
6 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 119 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.74%) SAP
3 44 (8.61%) Salesforce
4 27 (5.28%) Oracle
5 25 (4.89%) Dell
6 22 (4.31%) Google
7 18 (3.52%) Adobe
8 15 (2.94%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.15%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.17%) Cisco
11 5 (0.98%) Apple
11 5 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.78%) Databricks
12 4 (0.78%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.78%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.78%) Informatica
13 3 (0.59%) BT
13 3 (0.59%) Screaming Frog
13 3 (0.59%) Xero
13 3 (0.59%) YouTube