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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 405 489
Rank change year-on-year +147 +84 +189
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 509 334 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.85% 0.62% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.48% 1.66% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 288 169 171
10th Percentile £28,850 £35,850 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,125 £89,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +11.11%

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 20,565 20,090 19,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.39% 37.01% 36.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10,323 9,484 14,309
10th Percentile £27,787 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,116
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 £54,172 £54,000
% change year-on-year -12.32% +0.32% -1.82%

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 8 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 8 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 +163 445 £47,500 -13.64% 393
UK excluding London +156 351 £45,000 -18.18% 343
Work from Home +109 180 £50,000 - 156
London +68 136 £60,000 - 90
South East +77 90 £45,000 -12.62% 100
North of England +36 67 £42,500 -32.00% 69
South West +47 63 £47,500 -13.64% 51
Midlands +36 58 £39,000 -2.50% 49
North West +44 52 £42,500 -34.62% 30
East Midlands +18 35 £27,000 -32.50% 30
Scotland -2 27 £26,150 -62.64% 12
East of England +36 25 £62,500 +19.05% 51
West Midlands +27 22 £50,000 +14.94% 18
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 8
Yorkshire -14 9 £55,000 -8.33% 31
Wales +13 7 £35,000 -28.72% 14
North East - 6 £38,500 - 8

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 (3.14%) Confluence
2 11 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.79%) CMS
4 4 (0.79%) IIS
4 4 (0.79%) SAS
5 3 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.59%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 107 (21.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.75%) Maya
5 12 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.57%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.79%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.79%) 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 (3.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.38%) Shopify
4 5 (0.98%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.79%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.79%) 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 NAV
7 2 (0.39%) Magento
7 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 108 (21.22%) Azure
2 102 (20.04%) Power Platform
3 29 (5.70%) AWS
4 28 (5.50%) SaaS
5 27 (5.30%) Azure Data Factory
5 27 (5.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 23 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (3.14%) Entra ID
9 15 (2.95%) Boomi
9 15 (2.95%) Google Analytics
10 14 (2.75%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 13 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (2.55%) GCP
12 10 (1.96%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.57%) Serverless
14 7 (1.38%) Asana
14 7 (1.38%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.18%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.54%) Network Security
2 17 (3.34%) Firewall
3 11 (2.16%) SAN
4 7 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.79%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.79%) VPN
5 4 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.79%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.59%) WAN
7 2 (0.39%) DHCP
7 2 (0.39%) DNS
7 2 (0.39%) GSM
7 2 (0.39%) LAN
7 2 (0.39%) LTE
7 2 (0.39%) VLAN
7 2 (0.39%) VoIP
8 1 (0.20%) Modbus
8 1 (0.20%) NAS
8 1 (0.20%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (18.86%) Power BI
2 44 (8.64%) Tableau
3 40 (7.86%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (4.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (3.14%) Data Lake
6 16 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.98%) Looker
7 5 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.79%) Metabase
8 4 (0.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.59%) Metadata
10 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.39%) Big Data
10 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (5.11%) JIRA
2 11 (2.16%) Git
3 6 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.79%) Postman
4 4 (0.79%) Selenium
4 4 (0.79%) 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
1 509 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 319 (62.67%) Social Skills
3 240 (47.15%) Finance
4 115 (22.59%) Marketing
5 57 (11.20%) Retail
6 53 (10.41%) Legal
7 41 (8.06%) Public Sector
8 40 (7.86%) Law
9 38 (7.47%) Manufacturing
10 31 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (4.13%) Electronics
12 19 (3.73%) Telecoms
13 17 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (3.14%) Games
15 15 (2.95%) Billing
16 14 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.96%) Banking
18 9 (1.77%) French Language
19 8 (1.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 106 (20.83%) Analyst
2 66 (12.97%) Lead
3 62 (12.18%) Senior
4 33 (6.48%) Data Analyst
5 30 (5.89%) Architect
6 28 (5.50%) Commercial Analyst
7 25 (4.91%) Consultant
8 24 (4.72%) Support Engineer
9 23 (4.52%) Business Manager
10 20 (3.93%) IT Support
11 19 (3.73%) Business Analyst
12 18 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 18 (3.54%) IT Engineer
12 18 (3.54%) Security Consultant
13 17 (3.34%) Administrator
13 17 (3.34%) Developer
14 16 (3.14%) IT Administrator
15 15 (2.95%) Systems Analyst
15 15 (2.95%) Technical Engineer
15 15 (2.95%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.96%) CSS
1 10 (1.96%) HTML
1 10 (1.96%) REST
2 5 (0.98%) .NET
2 5 (0.98%) EDI
2 5 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (0.98%) SOAP
3 4 (0.79%) GraphQL
3 4 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (0.59%) Middleware
4 3 (0.59%) Sass
4 3 (0.59%) ZeroMQ
5 2 (0.39%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.39%) Blazor
5 2 (0.39%) Django
5 2 (0.39%) FastAPI
5 2 (0.39%) Playwright
5 2 (0.39%) RESTful
5 2 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.23%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (8.45%) Management Information System
2 43 (8.45%) Onboarding
3 42 (8.25%) FMCG
4 39 (7.66%) Data Centre
5 32 (6.29%) Product Ownership
6 29 (5.70%) Cloud Native
7 21 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (4.13%) Social Media
8 14 (2.75%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.96%) Smartphone
10 9 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.38%) IoT
12 6 (1.18%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.18%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.98%) Web Conferencing
14 4 (0.79%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.54%) Windows
2 13 (2.55%) Linux
3 6 (1.18%) Unix
4 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.39%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (45.19%) Problem-Solving
2 175 (34.38%) Analytics
3 164 (32.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 136 (26.72%) Business Intelligence
5 119 (23.38%) Decision-Making
6 93 (18.27%) Agile
7 86 (16.90%) ERP
7 86 (16.90%) Project Management
8 77 (15.13%) CRM
9 74 (14.54%) Actionable Insight
10 73 (14.34%) AI
10 73 (14.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 66 (12.97%) Business Strategy
11 66 (12.97%) Process Improvement
12 63 (12.38%) Cybersecurity
13 55 (10.81%) Visualisation
14 53 (10.41%) Data Analysis
15 52 (10.22%) Change Management
16 47 (9.23%) CI/CD
17 44 (8.64%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 101 (19.84%) SQL
2 55 (10.81%) Python
3 28 (5.50%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (2.16%) C#
6 10 (1.96%) C++
7 9 (1.77%) Java
7 9 (1.77%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.77%) VBA
8 8 (1.57%) Bash
8 8 (1.57%) C
9 6 (1.18%) R
10 4 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.59%) Bicep
11 3 (0.59%) Go
11 3 (0.59%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.59%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.39%) Scala
12 2 (0.39%) VC++
Qualifications
1 127 (24.95%) Degree
2 38 (7.47%) Security Cleared
3 21 (4.13%) CISSP
4 18 (3.54%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.34%) CompTIA Security+
6 16 (3.14%) CEH
7 15 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (2.55%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.55%) PMP
9 12 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.36%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.96%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.96%) ACCA
11 10 (1.96%) CCNA
11 10 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.96%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.96%) MCSE
11 10 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (4.91%) Data Quality
3 24 (4.72%) NIST
3 24 (4.72%) QA
4 16 (3.14%) PCI DSS
5 14 (2.75%) GDPR
6 13 (2.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.96%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.77%) GRC
9 6 (1.18%) SLA
10 4 (0.79%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.79%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.79%) 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%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.38%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.18%) Docker
3 6 (1.18%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.96%) Terraform
3 7 (1.38%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.59%) Ansible
4 3 (0.59%) Control-M
5 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.20%) SCCM
6 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 120 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 63 (12.38%) SAP
3 44 (8.64%) Salesforce
4 26 (5.11%) Oracle
5 25 (4.91%) Dell
6 23 (4.52%) Google
7 18 (3.54%) Adobe
8 15 (2.95%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.16%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.18%) Cisco
10 6 (1.18%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.79%) Apple
11 4 (0.79%) Databricks
11 4 (0.79%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.79%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.79%) Workday
12 3 (0.59%) Informatica
12 3 (0.59%) Screaming Frog
12 3 (0.59%) Xero
12 3 (0.59%) YouTube