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 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 382 473
Rank change year-on-year +87 +91 +249
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 488 309 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.67% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.15% 1.73% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 253 173 276
10th Percentile £28,800 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £44,100
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +24.72% -16.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -15.00%

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 22,664 17,871 29,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.32% 38.59% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,509 8,883 21,128
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,639 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,720 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +10.00% -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 7 March 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 7 March 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 +115 419 £47,500 -17.39% 221
UK excluding London +100 321 £42,500 -22.73% 173
Work from Home +83 145 £48,750 -2.50% 95
London +70 143 £60,000 -7.69% 85
North of England +15 77 £45,000 -30.77% 43
South East +51 74 £43,750 -23.91% 64
Midlands +14 54 £42,000 -6.67% 26
North West +10 49 £42,500 -37.04% 29
South West +11 40 £45,000 -12.20% 17
East Midlands -16 28 £30,000 -45.45% 8
East of England +24 25 £40,000 -23.81% 19
West Midlands +17 25 £50,000 +41.84% 18
Scotland -13 21 £26,150 -62.64% 7
Northern Ireland -14 18 - - 1
Yorkshire -31 16 £70,000 +24.44% 12
Wales +2 12 £35,000 -28.72% 3
North East - 12 £38,500 - 2

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 5 (1.02%) Confluence
2 4 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.82%) IIS
2 4 (0.82%) WordPress
3 3 (0.61%) CMS
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.20%) Mendix
Applications
1 84 (17.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.84%) Maya
6 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.41%) Sketch
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.02%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.82%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.61%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.20%) Shopify
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 100 (20.49%) Azure
2 99 (20.29%) Power Platform
3 35 (7.17%) AWS
4 34 (6.97%) SaaS
5 29 (5.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 19 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (3.89%) GCP
8 18 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (3.69%) Power Automate
9 12 (2.46%) GitHub
10 11 (2.25%) dbt
11 10 (2.05%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.05%) Boomi
12 9 (1.84%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 8 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.64%) Serverless
14 7 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.43%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.48%) Firewall
2 15 (3.07%) SAN
3 10 (2.05%) VPN
4 8 (1.64%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.43%) WAN
6 6 (1.23%) LAN
7 4 (0.82%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.82%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.61%) Network Security
9 2 (0.41%) Broadband
9 2 (0.41%) DHCP
9 2 (0.41%) DNS
9 2 (0.41%) GSM
9 2 (0.41%) Internet
9 2 (0.41%) LTE
9 2 (0.41%) Modbus
9 2 (0.41%) VLAN
9 2 (0.41%) VoIP
9 2 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (19.67%) Power BI
2 48 (9.84%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (5.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (4.92%) Tableau
6 23 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (2.25%) Data Lake
7 11 (2.25%) Metabase
8 8 (1.64%) Metadata
9 6 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.02%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.82%) Looker
11 4 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
11 4 (0.82%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.61%) Power Query
12 3 (0.61%) SAP BW
13 2 (0.41%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 20 (4.10%) Git
2 15 (3.07%) JIRA
3 11 (2.25%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.43%) GitLab
4 7 (1.43%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.82%) ERwin
6 2 (0.41%) Postman
6 2 (0.41%) Selenium
6 2 (0.41%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.20%) MLflow
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.20%) TestRail
7 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 487 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 301 (61.68%) Social Skills
3 227 (46.52%) Finance
4 60 (12.30%) Marketing
5 47 (9.63%) Retail
6 41 (8.40%) Legal
7 32 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (6.15%) Public Sector
9 24 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (4.92%) Manufacturing
10 22 (4.51%) Law
10 22 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.28%) Banking
11 16 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.66%) Billing
13 10 (2.05%) Games
14 9 (1.84%) Automotive
14 9 (1.84%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.64%) Front Office
15 8 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 108 (22.13%) Analyst
2 50 (10.25%) Lead
2 50 (10.25%) Senior
3 36 (7.38%) Head of QA
4 29 (5.94%) IT Support
5 27 (5.53%) Data Analyst
6 25 (5.12%) IT Engineer
7 24 (4.92%) Business Manager
8 21 (4.30%) Commercial Analyst
8 21 (4.30%) Developer
9 20 (4.10%) Business Analyst
10 18 (3.69%) Financial Analyst
10 18 (3.69%) Systems Analyst
11 16 (3.28%) Administrator
11 16 (3.28%) Architect
12 15 (3.07%) Consultant
12 15 (3.07%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.07%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.87%) Field Engineer
13 14 (2.87%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.66%) CSS
1 13 (2.66%) HTML
2 9 (1.84%) .NET
3 8 (1.64%) FIX Protocol
4 7 (1.43%) SAP Fiori
4 7 (1.43%) XML
5 6 (1.23%) REST
6 5 (1.02%) JSON
6 5 (1.02%) OAuth
6 5 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.02%) SAML
6 5 (1.02%) SOAP
7 4 (0.82%) EDI
7 4 (0.82%) FpML
7 4 (0.82%) PySpark
7 4 (0.82%) Sass
7 4 (0.82%) XML Schema
7 4 (0.82%) ZeroMQ
8 3 (0.61%) Blazor
8 3 (0.61%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.99%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (6.15%) Data Centre
3 29 (5.94%) FMCG
3 29 (5.94%) Management Information System
4 27 (5.53%) Onboarding
5 22 (4.51%) Cloud Native
6 19 (3.89%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.89%) Social Media
7 16 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.87%) Smartphone
9 10 (2.05%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.64%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.43%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.43%) IoT
11 7 (1.43%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.23%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.02%) e-Learning
13 5 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.53%) Windows
2 17 (3.48%) Linux
3 8 (1.64%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.43%) Unix
5 6 (1.23%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (41.80%) Problem-Solving
2 175 (35.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 174 (35.66%) Analytics
4 114 (23.36%) Business Intelligence
5 101 (20.70%) Decision-Making
6 96 (19.67%) Actionable Insight
7 80 (16.39%) Agile
8 78 (15.98%) Process Improvement
9 76 (15.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 70 (14.34%) ERP
11 69 (14.14%) Change Management
12 65 (13.32%) Project Management
13 63 (12.91%) Customer Experience
14 59 (12.09%) Data Analysis
14 59 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
15 55 (11.27%) AI
15 55 (11.27%) Visualisation
16 51 (10.45%) CI/CD
17 50 (10.25%) CRM
18 49 (10.04%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 98 (20.08%) SQL
2 59 (12.09%) Python
3 29 (5.94%) PowerShell
4 25 (5.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (3.28%) Bash
6 13 (2.66%) C#
6 13 (2.66%) C++
7 11 (2.25%) Java
8 10 (2.05%) C
9 9 (1.84%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.43%) Go
10 7 (1.43%) VBA
11 4 (0.82%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.61%) Bicep
12 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.61%) VC++
13 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.41%) Perl
13 2 (0.41%) Scala
14 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 99 (20.29%) Degree
2 36 (7.38%) IRCA
3 26 (5.33%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (3.69%) SC Cleared
6 17 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.87%) A+ Certification
7 14 (2.87%) CCNA
7 14 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.87%) MCSE
7 14 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (2.66%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 12 (2.46%) ACCA
10 11 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.25%) DBS Check
11 10 (2.05%) CIMA
12 9 (1.84%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.84%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.64%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (12.50%) QA
2 51 (10.45%) GDPR
3 41 (8.40%) ISO 9001
4 31 (6.35%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.05%) GRC
7 10 (2.05%) NIST
8 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.23%) SLA
10 4 (0.82%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.61%) EMIR
11 3 (0.61%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.41%) IFRS
12 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (2.46%) Docker
2 7 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (3.69%) Terraform
2 15 (3.07%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.02%) Grafana
4 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.82%) Ansible
5 4 (0.82%) Control-M
6 2 (0.41%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 100 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.58%) SAP
3 30 (6.15%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.92%) Dell
5 21 (4.30%) Oracle
6 12 (2.46%) Adobe
6 12 (2.46%) Google
7 10 (2.05%) MuleSoft
8 9 (1.84%) Autodesk
9 7 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.23%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.23%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.02%) Apple
11 5 (1.02%) BT
11 5 (1.02%) Informatica
11 5 (1.02%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.82%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.82%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.82%) Sparx
13 3 (0.61%) Zoho