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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 360 496
Rank change year-on-year +48 +136 +212
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 514 308 436
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.74% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.08% 1.88% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 257 175 288
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £43,200
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +27.31% -13.60%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £93,000 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £40,001
% change year-on-year -19.05% +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 24,769 16,383 34,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.89% 39.50% 36.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12,698 9,112 22,964
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,739 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,725 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 16 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 16 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 +40 430 £47,500 -17.39% 240
UK excluding London +77 359 £42,500 -19.05% 170
Work from Home +48 141 £50,000 -4.76% 99
London +13 130 £65,000 -5.45% 107
North of England -1 101 £45,000 -26.53% 40
South East +9 74 £45,000 -21.74% 65
Midlands -7 57 £44,000 -16.19% 31
North West -12 56 £42,500 -34.62% 25
West Midlands +17 40 £44,500 -11.00% 20
South West -40 35 £32,500 -35.00% 10
East of England -33 28 £40,000 -23.81% 14
Yorkshire -30 26 £65,250 +33.85% 14
Scotland -15 25 £26,150 -32.95% 4
Northern Ireland -18 24 - - 2
North East - 19 £64,250 - 2
East Midlands -48 16 £30,000 -45.45% 11
Wales -14 15 £35,000 -28.72% 6

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 (1.17%) WordPress
2 5 (0.97%) Confluence
2 5 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.78%) CMS
3 4 (0.78%) IIS
4 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) Mendix
Applications
1 74 (14.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.39%) Maya
6 2 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.39%) Sketch
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.17%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.97%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.78%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.39%) Infor M3
5 2 (0.39%) JDE OneWorld
5 2 (0.39%) JDE World
5 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.39%) 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
1 103 (20.04%) Azure
2 86 (16.73%) Power Platform
3 39 (7.59%) AWS
4 35 (6.81%) SaaS
5 30 (5.84%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 24 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.09%) GCP
8 21 (4.09%) Power Automate
9 15 (2.92%) GitHub
10 14 (2.72%) dbt
11 11 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.95%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.56%) Datadog
13 8 (1.56%) Google Analytics
13 8 (1.56%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.56%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.31%) SAN
2 15 (2.92%) Firewall
3 12 (2.33%) VPN
4 11 (2.14%) WAN
5 10 (1.95%) LAN
5 10 (1.95%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.78%) Wireless
7 3 (0.58%) DNS
7 3 (0.58%) Internet
7 3 (0.58%) Network Security
7 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.39%) Broadband
8 2 (0.39%) DHCP
8 2 (0.39%) FTP
8 2 (0.39%) GSM
8 2 (0.39%) HTTP
8 2 (0.39%) LTE
8 2 (0.39%) SMS
8 2 (0.39%) SMTP
8 2 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (16.15%) Power BI
2 47 (9.14%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 26 (5.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.33%) Metabase
5 12 (2.33%) Tableau
6 10 (1.95%) Metadata
6 10 (1.95%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.36%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.97%) Big Data
10 5 (0.97%) MySQL
10 5 (0.97%) Power Query
11 4 (0.78%) Looker
11 4 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (5.06%) Git
2 16 (3.11%) JIRA
3 12 (2.33%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.14%) GitLab
5 8 (1.56%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.36%) ERwin
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) TestRail
7 2 (0.39%) 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
1 513 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 300 (58.37%) Social Skills
3 225 (43.77%) Finance
4 46 (8.95%) Marketing
5 36 (7.00%) Legal
6 33 (6.42%) Public Sector
7 26 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (4.47%) Retail
9 22 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (4.28%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (3.11%) Banking
12 13 (2.53%) Billing
13 12 (2.33%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.14%) Law
15 10 (1.95%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.56%) Automotive
17 8 (1.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 110 (21.40%) Analyst
2 72 (14.01%) Head of QA
3 33 (6.42%) IT Support
4 32 (6.23%) Senior
5 30 (5.84%) IT Engineer
6 26 (5.06%) Lead
7 24 (4.67%) Business Analyst
8 22 (4.28%) IT Analyst
9 21 (4.09%) Developer
10 20 (3.89%) Business Manager
11 19 (3.70%) Administrator
11 19 (3.70%) Support Analyst
11 19 (3.70%) Systems Analyst
12 18 (3.50%) Consultant
12 18 (3.50%) Data Analyst
13 17 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
14 16 (3.11%) Field Engineer
14 16 (3.11%) Field Service Engineer
14 16 (3.11%) Support Engineer
15 15 (2.92%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.70%) CSS
1 19 (3.70%) HTML
2 12 (2.33%) JSON
3 11 (2.14%) FIX Protocol
3 11 (2.14%) XML
4 8 (1.56%) OAuth
4 8 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (1.56%) SAML
5 7 (1.36%) .NET
5 7 (1.36%) FpML
5 7 (1.36%) XML Schema
6 6 (1.17%) REST
6 6 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (0.97%) PySpark
7 5 (0.97%) React
7 5 (0.97%) SOAP
8 4 (0.78%) Flutter
8 4 (0.78%) Sass
8 4 (0.78%) Spring
8 4 (0.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.06%) Onboarding
3 19 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.50%) Social Media
5 17 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.92%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.92%) Smartphone
7 11 (2.14%) FMCG
8 10 (1.95%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.75%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.56%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.36%) e-Learning
11 7 (1.36%) IoT
12 6 (1.17%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.45%) Windows
2 15 (2.92%) Linux
3 11 (2.14%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.97%) Unix
7 2 (0.39%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (38.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 191 (37.16%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (33.27%) Analytics
4 119 (23.15%) Actionable Insight
5 118 (22.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 92 (17.90%) Business Intelligence
7 90 (17.51%) Customer Experience
8 88 (17.12%) Root Cause Analysis
9 87 (16.93%) Agile
10 86 (16.73%) Decision-Making
10 86 (16.73%) Service Delivery
11 84 (16.34%) PRINCE2
12 80 (15.56%) Process Improvement
13 79 (15.37%) Change Management
14 77 (14.98%) Quality Management
15 72 (14.01%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 55 (10.70%) Data Analysis
17 47 (9.14%) Visualisation
18 46 (8.95%) CI/CD
19 45 (8.75%) AI
Programming Languages
1 101 (19.65%) SQL
2 62 (12.06%) Python
3 31 (6.03%) PowerShell
4 26 (5.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (3.89%) Bash
6 16 (3.11%) Java
7 15 (2.92%) C#
7 15 (2.92%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.33%) C++
9 8 (1.56%) Go
9 8 (1.56%) VBA
10 7 (1.36%) C
11 5 (0.97%) PHP
11 5 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.78%) Bicep
12 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.58%) VC++
14 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 73 (14.20%) Degree
2 72 (14.01%) IRCA
3 24 (4.67%) Security Cleared
4 21 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.11%) A+ Certification
5 16 (3.11%) CCNA
5 16 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.11%) MCSE
5 16 (3.11%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (3.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 15 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.53%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.95%) ACCA
9 9 (1.75%) CIMA
10 8 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.56%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.56%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.56%) PMP
11 7 (1.36%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (19.46%) QA
2 85 (16.54%) ISO 9001
3 83 (16.15%) GDPR
4 37 (7.20%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (2.14%) GRC
8 10 (1.95%) SLA
9 9 (1.75%) ISO 14001
10 8 (1.56%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.56%) NIST
11 6 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.97%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.58%) EMIR
15 2 (0.39%) IFRS
15 2 (0.39%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 17 (3.31%) Docker
2 9 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.39%) 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 (4.47%) Terraform
2 19 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.75%) Grafana
4 8 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.97%) Ansible
7 4 (0.78%) Control-M
8 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.39%) QRadar
9 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.19%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 102 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.89%) SAP
3 19 (3.70%) Dell
4 17 (3.31%) Google
5 16 (3.11%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.92%) Oracle
7 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.75%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.75%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.56%) Adobe
10 7 (1.36%) Sparx
11 6 (1.17%) Databricks
12 5 (0.97%) Apple
12 5 (0.97%) Informatica
13 4 (0.78%) BT
13 4 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.78%) Hotjar
13 4 (0.78%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.78%) IFS
13 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud