Analytical Mindset Jobs

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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 483 664
Rank change year-on-year +130 +181 +58
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 430 490 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.45% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.01% 1.36% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 240 313 166
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,300 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,741 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £77,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +5.56%

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 21,434 36,125 38,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.67% 33.45% 43.05%
Number of salaries quoted 10,155 23,027 21,760
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,800 £55,000 £64,029
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% -14.10% +2.45%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £98,474 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset.

Salary trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025. 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 +99 382 £57,500 +30.42% 1,604
UK excluding London +115 254 £50,000 +17.65% 677
London +112 147 £75,000 +11.11% 1,002
Work from Home +78 105 £50,000 - 717
South East +54 93 £55,000 +15.79% 170
North of England +47 50 £47,500 +18.57% 213
North West +26 42 £55,000 +46.67% 152
Midlands +66 41 £56,250 +93.97% 82
East of England +39 29 £39,671 -6.66% 43
South West +88 21 £50,000 +25.00% 89
East Midlands +47 21 £80,000 +175.86% 35
West Midlands +60 20 £38,000 +8.57% 45
Scotland +87 16 £39,000 -38.58% 39
Yorkshire +50 7 £47,500 +10.96% 46
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 15
North East +46 1 - - 16
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.09%) CMS
2 9 (2.09%) Confluence
3 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.16%) nginx
4 4 (0.93%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.70%) WordPress
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) Drupal
7 1 (0.23%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 48 (11.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.56%) Maya
5 7 (1.63%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.93%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.47%) InDesign
8 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.47%) Sketch
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (4.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.79%) Sprinklr
3 11 (2.56%) Shopify
4 6 (1.40%) Raiser’s Edge
5 3 (0.70%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.47%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.47%) Magento
6 2 (0.47%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.23%) iTrent
7 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.23%) Primavera
7 1 (0.23%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (20.23%) Azure
2 68 (15.81%) Power Platform
3 34 (7.91%) SaaS
4 26 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (5.35%) AWS
5 23 (5.35%) Google Analytics
6 16 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.56%) Boomi
8 11 (2.56%) Google Ads
8 11 (2.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 10 (2.33%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.40%) Canva
10 6 (1.40%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.93%) Amazon Ads
11 4 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.70%) Contentsquare
12 3 (0.70%) Facebook Ads
12 3 (0.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.79%) Firewall
2 8 (1.86%) Network Security
3 7 (1.63%) LAN
3 7 (1.63%) WAN
3 7 (1.63%) Wireless
4 6 (1.40%) SMS
5 5 (1.16%) VPN
6 4 (0.93%) Skype
6 4 (0.93%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.47%) CHAP
8 2 (0.47%) DHCP
8 2 (0.47%) DNS
8 2 (0.47%) NetScaler
8 2 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.47%) SAN
8 2 (0.47%) Wireless Security
9 1 (0.23%) Intranet
9 1 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (13.26%) Power BI
2 52 (12.09%) Data Lake
3 18 (4.19%) Tableau
4 14 (3.26%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.09%) Metadata
6 9 (2.09%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.47%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.47%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.47%) DB2
9 2 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.47%) MySQL
10 1 (0.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (3.49%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.47%) Bazaar
4 2 (0.47%) Git
5 1 (0.23%) GitLab
5 1 (0.23%) JMeter
5 1 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.23%) Selenium
5 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 430 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 236 (54.88%) Social Skills
3 138 (32.09%) Finance
4 90 (20.93%) Marketing
5 69 (16.05%) Law
6 51 (11.86%) Retail
7 50 (11.63%) Influencing Skills
8 33 (7.67%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (6.74%) Banking
10 21 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (4.65%) Legal
12 17 (3.95%) Advertising
13 15 (3.49%) Games
14 13 (3.02%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.86%) Public Sector
15 8 (1.86%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.93%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.93%) French Language
17 4 (0.93%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 144 (33.49%) Analyst
2 96 (22.33%) Senior
3 40 (9.30%) Business Analyst
4 24 (5.58%) Lead
5 21 (4.88%) Consultant
5 21 (4.88%) Support Analyst
6 18 (4.19%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (3.49%) Architect
7 15 (3.49%) Data Analyst
7 15 (3.49%) Implementation Consultant
8 14 (3.26%) Financial Analyst
9 13 (3.02%) Developer
10 11 (2.56%) CRM Architect
10 11 (2.56%) Graduate
10 11 (2.56%) IT Architect
10 11 (2.56%) Salesforce Architect
11 9 (2.09%) Operations Analyst
11 9 (2.09%) Project Manager
12 8 (1.86%) Senior Architect
12 8 (1.86%) Senior Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.12%) HTML
2 19 (4.42%) CSS
3 7 (1.63%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.40%) React
4 6 (1.40%) XML
5 5 (1.16%) REST
6 4 (0.93%) SOAP
7 3 (0.70%) .NET
7 3 (0.70%) JSON
7 3 (0.70%) LDAP
8 2 (0.47%) JWT
8 2 (0.47%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.47%) Middleware
8 2 (0.47%) OAuth
8 2 (0.47%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.47%) OpenID
8 2 (0.47%) SAML
8 2 (0.47%) Spring
8 2 (0.47%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.23%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.42%) Social Media
2 17 (3.95%) Data Structures
3 15 (3.49%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.79%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.56%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.63%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.40%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.40%) Digital Media
8 6 (1.40%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.16%) IoT
9 5 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (0.93%) Video on Demand
11 3 (0.70%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.09%) Windows
2 4 (0.93%) Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (50.70%) Problem-Solving
2 132 (30.70%) Analytics
3 108 (25.12%) Agile
4 81 (18.84%) Project Management
5 77 (17.91%) Roadmaps
6 75 (17.44%) Actionable Insight
7 71 (16.51%) CRM
8 70 (16.28%) Decision-Making
9 67 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 58 (13.49%) Business Intelligence
11 57 (13.26%) Data Science
12 55 (12.79%) Strategic Roadmap
13 52 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 52 (12.09%) Thought Leadership
14 49 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (11.16%) Business Analysis
15 48 (11.16%) Machine Learning
16 44 (10.23%) ERP
17 41 (9.53%) Artificial Intelligence
17 41 (9.53%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 68 (15.81%) SQL
2 31 (7.21%) JavaScript
3 20 (4.65%) Python
4 12 (2.79%) C#
5 10 (2.33%) T-SQL
6 8 (1.86%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.40%) Java
8 4 (0.93%) R
9 3 (0.70%) Bash
10 2 (0.47%) Go
10 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.47%) VBA
11 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.23%) Perl
11 1 (0.23%) Scala
11 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 108 (25.12%) Degree
2 31 (7.21%) Master's Degree
3 29 (6.74%) CBAP
4 22 (5.12%) PMI Certification
5 19 (4.42%) PMP
6 18 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.63%) A+ Certification
8 7 (1.63%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.40%) ACCA
9 6 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.40%) CIMA
9 6 (1.40%) CISSP
10 5 (1.16%) CISM
10 5 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.16%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.93%) CCNA
11 4 (0.93%) CEH
11 4 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.93%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (3.95%) QA
3 16 (3.72%) GDPR
4 15 (3.49%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.33%) NIST
6 9 (2.09%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.40%) PMO
8 4 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.93%) SEPA
9 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.47%) SLA
10 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (2.56%) Docker
2 7 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.63%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.47%) Argo
4 2 (0.47%) Control-M
4 2 (0.47%) Graylog
4 2 (0.47%) Kibana
4 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.47%) SCCM
4 2 (0.47%) SCOM
4 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.23%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 81 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.37%) Adobe
2 36 (8.37%) Google
3 25 (5.81%) Salesforce
4 19 (4.42%) YouTube
5 17 (3.95%) SAP
6 15 (3.49%) Dell
6 15 (3.49%) Oracle
7 11 (2.56%) Facebook
7 11 (2.56%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.86%) TikTok
9 6 (1.40%) Databricks
9 6 (1.40%) Instagram
9 6 (1.40%) Splunk
10 5 (1.16%) Avaloq
10 5 (1.16%) Pinterest
11 4 (0.93%) Cisco
11 4 (0.93%) Screaming Frog
11 4 (0.93%) Snapchat
11 4 (0.93%) Xilinx