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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 263 447
Rank change year-on-year -156 +184 +62
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 474 550 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 1.12% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.54% 2.73% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 288 307 197
10th Percentile £29,525 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £34,770 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +14.44%

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 30,817 20,183 24,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.41% 41.21% 32.16%
Number of salaries quoted 19,118 10,123 12,507
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,182 £36,925 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,350 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -130 450 £50,000 - 540
UK excluding London -139 338 £45,000 -10.00% 226
Work from Home -69 142 £50,000 - 204
London -85 127 £65,000 - 365
South East -83 103 £49,425 -7.62% 55
North of England -46 71 £45,000 -5.26% 37
South West -74 67 £42,500 -15.00% 36
Midlands -58 63 £45,000 +5.88% 41
West Midlands -26 41 £45,000 +23.29% 24
North West -42 38 £37,500 -16.67% 24
Yorkshire -20 26 £90,000 +89.47% 12
East Midlands -50 20 £45,000 -43.75% 17
East of England -46 17 £42,879 -1.99% 21
Scotland -2 10 £26,150 - 17
North East -63 7 £57,500 - 1
Northern Ireland -81 4 £63,750 - 14
Wales -75 3 - - 9

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 (3.38%) Confluence
2 12 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.84%) Apache
3 4 (0.84%) SAS
3 4 (0.84%) WordPress
4 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.63%) CMS
4 3 (0.63%) IIS
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.42%) Luigi
5 2 (0.42%) Tornado
Applications
1 56 (11.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.90%) Simulink
5 7 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.27%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.63%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (2.53%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.48%) Shopify
3 4 (0.84%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.84%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.84%) JDE World
4 3 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.42%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.42%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.42%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.21%) iTrent
6 1 (0.21%) Magento
6 1 (0.21%) Odoo
6 1 (0.21%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.21%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 69 (14.56%) Azure
2 50 (10.55%) Power Platform
3 45 (9.49%) SaaS
4 40 (8.44%) AWS
5 31 (6.54%) GCP
5 31 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (5.27%) Google Analytics
7 16 (3.38%) PowerApps
8 15 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.32%) Google Ads
10 10 (2.11%) Anthropic Claude
11 9 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.90%) Copilot Studio
11 9 (1.90%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.69%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.27%) Canva
14 6 (1.27%) dbt
14 6 (1.27%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.95%) SAN
1 14 (2.95%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.53%) HTTP
2 12 (2.53%) LAN
2 12 (2.53%) WAN
3 9 (1.90%) DNS
3 9 (1.90%) SMS
3 9 (1.90%) Wireshark
4 8 (1.69%) Firewall
5 6 (1.27%) FTP
5 6 (1.27%) Internet
5 6 (1.27%) SMTP
5 6 (1.27%) VPN
6 5 (1.05%) Unified Communications
6 5 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.84%) ATM
7 4 (0.84%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.84%) NAS
8 2 (0.42%) Broadband
8 2 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.44%) Power BI
2 18 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.95%) Tableau
4 10 (2.11%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.69%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.48%) GIS
6 7 (1.48%) Metadata
6 7 (1.48%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.27%) Power Query
8 5 (1.05%) Big Data
8 5 (1.05%) Looker
8 5 (1.05%) MySQL
9 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.63%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.63%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (5.06%) JIRA
2 13 (2.74%) Eclipse
3 10 (2.11%) Git
4 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.63%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.42%) Ranorex
5 2 (0.42%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.42%) Selenium
5 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.42%) TestRail
5 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.21%) ERwin
6 1 (0.21%) JMeter
6 1 (0.21%) Postman
General
1 474 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 235 (49.58%) Social Skills
3 128 (27.00%) Finance
4 74 (15.61%) Marketing
5 43 (9.07%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (8.02%) Public Sector
8 24 (5.06%) Legal
9 22 (4.64%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.64%) Retail
10 19 (4.01%) Advertising
10 19 (4.01%) Electronics
11 16 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (3.16%) Law
13 13 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (2.53%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.90%) Brand Awareness
15 9 (1.90%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.69%) Local Government
16 8 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (20.68%) Analyst
2 42 (8.86%) Lead
3 41 (8.65%) Senior
4 27 (5.70%) Developer
5 25 (5.27%) Business Analyst
6 23 (4.85%) Data Analyst
7 20 (4.22%) Support Analyst
8 19 (4.01%) IT Engineer
9 14 (2.95%) Field Engineer
9 14 (2.95%) Field Service Engineer
9 14 (2.95%) Product Owner
9 14 (2.95%) Senior Manager
10 13 (2.74%) Compliance Manager
11 12 (2.53%) Head of QA
11 12 (2.53%) Junior
11 12 (2.53%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (2.32%) Architect
12 11 (2.32%) Coordinator
12 11 (2.32%) Data Engineer
12 11 (2.32%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.59%) JSON
2 14 (2.95%) .NET
3 10 (2.11%) HTML
4 9 (1.90%) CSS
4 9 (1.90%) Kafka
4 9 (1.90%) RESTful
5 8 (1.69%) REST
6 6 (1.27%) LDAP
6 6 (1.27%) Spring
6 6 (1.27%) Spring Boot
6 6 (1.27%) Terraform
7 5 (1.05%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.84%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.84%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.84%) XML
9 3 (0.63%) React
10 2 (0.42%) Flask
10 2 (0.42%) Node.js
10 2 (0.42%) Pandas
10 2 (0.42%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.75%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.27%) Management Information System
3 23 (4.85%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.01%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (3.80%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (3.38%) Social Media
8 15 (3.16%) Driving Licence
9 14 (2.95%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
11 11 (2.32%) Blog
12 10 (2.11%) Web Conferencing
13 9 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.90%) Smartphone
14 8 (1.69%) Credit Risk
14 8 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.69%) SCADA
15 7 (1.48%) Educational Technology
16 6 (1.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.12%) Windows
2 15 (3.16%) Linux
3 12 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.42%) Android
5 2 (0.42%) Debian
5 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (29.96%) Continuous Improvement
2 124 (26.16%) Analytics
2 124 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (22.57%) Agile
4 83 (17.51%) Decision-Making
5 82 (17.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 78 (16.46%) AI
7 65 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 62 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
9 56 (11.81%) CRM
10 53 (11.18%) Actionable Insight
11 48 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
11 48 (10.13%) Roadmaps
12 42 (8.86%) Validation
13 41 (8.65%) Process Improvement
14 39 (8.23%) Risk Management
15 38 (8.02%) Scrum
16 37 (7.81%) Project Management
16 37 (7.81%) Root Cause Analysis
16 37 (7.81%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 99 (20.89%) SQL
2 42 (8.86%) Python
3 28 (5.91%) Java
4 21 (4.43%) C#
4 21 (4.43%) MATLAB
5 15 (3.16%) C
5 15 (3.16%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.74%) Embedded C
7 11 (2.32%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.69%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.48%) Bash
9 7 (1.48%) Scala
10 6 (1.27%) C++
10 6 (1.27%) Search Processing Language
11 5 (1.05%) Go
11 5 (1.05%) PHP
11 5 (1.05%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.84%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.63%) COBOL
13 3 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (15.19%) Degree
2 45 (9.49%) Security Cleared
3 29 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (2.95%) A+ Certification
5 14 (2.95%) CCNA
5 14 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (2.95%) MCSE
5 14 (2.95%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.53%) IRCA
7 8 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.48%) ACCA
9 6 (1.27%) CREST Certified
9 6 (1.27%) GCED
9 6 (1.27%) GCIA
9 6 (1.27%) GCIH
9 6 (1.27%) GIAC
9 6 (1.27%) OSCP
9 6 (1.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.92%) Data Quality
2 53 (11.18%) QA
3 30 (6.33%) GDPR
4 29 (6.12%) ISO 9001
5 26 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (2.74%) ISO 14001
6 13 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 11 (2.32%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.69%) ARP4754
8 8 (1.69%) DO-254
9 6 (1.27%) ISO 8583
9 6 (1.27%) NIST
10 5 (1.05%) COBIT
10 5 (1.05%) GRC
10 5 (1.05%) ISO 19650
10 5 (1.05%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.05%) SLA
10 5 (1.05%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (2.32%) Firmware
2 9 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (1.69%) Docker
4 6 (1.27%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.21%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.27%) Ansible
2 6 (1.27%) Kibana
2 6 (1.27%) QRadar
3 2 (0.42%) Argo
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.21%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.21%) Grafana
4 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.21%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 108 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.97%) Google
3 25 (5.27%) HubSpot
4 19 (4.01%) SAP
5 15 (3.16%) Dell
6 14 (2.95%) Adobe
6 14 (2.95%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.53%) Splunk
8 11 (2.32%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (1.90%) Oracle
10 8 (1.69%) Facebook
10 8 (1.69%) Instagram
11 7 (1.48%) YouTube
12 6 (1.27%) ArcSight
12 6 (1.27%) Carbon Black
12 6 (1.27%) Marketo
12 6 (1.27%) Pardot
13 5 (1.05%) Cisco
14 4 (0.84%) EMC
14 4 (0.84%) Infor