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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 387 455
Rank change year-on-year +93 +68 +258
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 494 309 400
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.67% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% 1.75% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 256 171 274
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £43,200
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +27.31% -17.71%
75th Percentile £66,563 £75,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 22,730 17,681 28,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.48% 38.58% 36.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,551 8,660 20,584
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,525 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +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 6 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 6 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 +86 421 £47,500 -17.39% 230
UK excluding London +88 326 £42,500 -22.73% 178
Work from Home +75 150 £48,750 -2.50% 103
London +57 144 £60,000 -7.69% 89
North of England +4 78 £45,000 -30.77% 47
South East +27 74 £43,750 -23.91% 63
Midlands +4 54 £42,000 -6.67% 27
North West +8 50 £42,500 -39.29% 28
South West +2 40 £45,000 -12.20% 18
East Midlands -24 28 £30,000 -45.45% 8
East of England +13 25 £40,000 -23.81% 20
West Midlands +10 25 £50,000 +41.84% 19
Scotland -5 24 £26,150 -62.64% 7
Northern Ireland -13 19 - - 1
Yorkshire -31 16 £70,000 +12.00% 16
Wales +1 12 £35,000 -28.72% 3
North East - 12 £38,500 - 3

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 8 (1.62%) Confluence
2 4 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.81%) IIS
2 4 (0.81%) WordPress
3 3 (0.61%) CMS
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.20%) Mendix
Applications
1 86 (17.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.82%) Maya
6 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.40%) Sketch
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.01%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.81%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.61%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.40%) 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
1 104 (21.05%) Azure
2 101 (20.45%) Power Platform
3 36 (7.29%) AWS
4 35 (7.09%) SaaS
5 29 (5.87%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 22 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (3.85%) GCP
8 19 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (3.64%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.43%) GitHub
11 11 (2.23%) dbt
12 10 (2.02%) Amazon S3
12 10 (2.02%) Boomi
13 9 (1.82%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 8 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.62%) Serverless
14 8 (1.62%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.42%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.64%) Firewall
2 15 (3.04%) SAN
3 10 (2.02%) VPN
4 8 (1.62%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.42%) WAN
6 6 (1.21%) LAN
7 4 (0.81%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.81%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.61%) Network Security
9 2 (0.40%) Broadband
9 2 (0.40%) DHCP
9 2 (0.40%) DNS
9 2 (0.40%) GSM
9 2 (0.40%) Internet
9 2 (0.40%) LTE
9 2 (0.40%) Modbus
9 2 (0.40%) VLAN
9 2 (0.40%) VoIP
9 2 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (19.84%) Power BI
2 48 (9.72%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 26 (5.26%) Tableau
5 25 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (5.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.23%) Data Lake
6 11 (2.23%) Metabase
7 8 (1.62%) Metadata
8 6 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.81%) Looker
10 4 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.81%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.61%) Power Query
11 3 (0.61%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 20 (4.05%) Git
2 18 (3.64%) JIRA
3 11 (2.23%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.42%) GitLab
4 7 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.81%) ERwin
6 2 (0.40%) Postman
6 2 (0.40%) Selenium
6 2 (0.40%) 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
1 493 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 306 (61.94%) Social Skills
3 230 (46.56%) Finance
4 64 (12.96%) Marketing
5 47 (9.51%) Retail
6 41 (8.30%) Legal
7 32 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (6.07%) Public Sector
9 24 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (4.86%) Manufacturing
10 22 (4.45%) Law
10 22 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.24%) Banking
11 16 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.63%) Billing
13 10 (2.02%) Games
14 9 (1.82%) Automotive
14 9 (1.82%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.62%) Front Office
15 8 (1.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 111 (22.47%) Analyst
2 51 (10.32%) Lead
3 50 (10.12%) Senior
4 36 (7.29%) Head of QA
5 29 (5.87%) IT Support
6 27 (5.47%) Data Analyst
7 25 (5.06%) IT Engineer
8 24 (4.86%) Business Manager
9 21 (4.25%) Business Analyst
9 21 (4.25%) Commercial Analyst
9 21 (4.25%) Developer
10 19 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
11 18 (3.64%) Financial Analyst
12 16 (3.24%) Administrator
12 16 (3.24%) Architect
13 15 (3.04%) Consultant
13 15 (3.04%) IT Analyst
13 15 (3.04%) Support Analyst
14 14 (2.83%) Field Service Engineer
14 14 (2.83%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.63%) CSS
1 13 (2.63%) HTML
2 9 (1.82%) .NET
3 8 (1.62%) FIX Protocol
4 7 (1.42%) SAP Fiori
4 7 (1.42%) XML
5 6 (1.21%) REST
6 5 (1.01%) JSON
6 5 (1.01%) OAuth
6 5 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.01%) SAML
6 5 (1.01%) SOAP
7 4 (0.81%) EDI
7 4 (0.81%) FpML
7 4 (0.81%) PySpark
7 4 (0.81%) Sass
7 4 (0.81%) XML Schema
7 4 (0.81%) ZeroMQ
8 3 (0.61%) Blazor
8 3 (0.61%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.30%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (6.28%) Management Information System
3 30 (6.07%) Data Centre
3 30 (6.07%) FMCG
3 30 (6.07%) Onboarding
4 23 (4.66%) Cloud Native
5 22 (4.45%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.05%) Social Media
7 16 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.83%) Smartphone
9 10 (2.02%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.62%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.62%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.42%) IoT
11 7 (1.42%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.01%) e-Learning
13 5 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.47%) Windows
2 17 (3.44%) Linux
3 8 (1.62%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.42%) Unix
5 6 (1.21%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.40%) 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
1 206 (41.70%) Problem-Solving
2 178 (36.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 177 (35.83%) Analytics
4 117 (23.68%) Business Intelligence
5 101 (20.45%) Decision-Making
6 96 (19.43%) Actionable Insight
7 83 (16.80%) Agile
8 78 (15.79%) Process Improvement
9 76 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 71 (14.37%) ERP
11 69 (13.97%) Change Management
12 67 (13.56%) Project Management
13 64 (12.96%) Customer Experience
14 60 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
15 59 (11.94%) Data Analysis
16 58 (11.74%) AI
17 55 (11.13%) Visualisation
18 52 (10.53%) CRM
19 51 (10.32%) CI/CD
20 49 (9.92%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 102 (20.65%) SQL
2 61 (12.35%) Python
3 29 (5.87%) PowerShell
4 25 (5.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (3.24%) Bash
6 13 (2.63%) C#
6 13 (2.63%) C++
7 11 (2.23%) Java
8 10 (2.02%) C
9 9 (1.82%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.42%) Go
10 7 (1.42%) VBA
11 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.61%) Bicep
12 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.61%) VC++
13 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.40%) Perl
13 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 99 (20.04%) Degree
2 36 (7.29%) IRCA
3 26 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (3.64%) SC Cleared
6 17 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.83%) A+ Certification
7 14 (2.83%) CCNA
7 14 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.83%) MCSE
7 14 (2.83%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (2.43%) ACCA
8 12 (2.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 11 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.23%) DBS Check
10 10 (2.02%) CIMA
11 9 (1.82%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.82%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.62%) PMI Certification
12 8 (1.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.15%) QA
2 51 (10.32%) GDPR
3 40 (8.10%) ISO 9001
4 31 (6.28%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.43%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.02%) GRC
6 10 (2.02%) NIST
7 9 (1.82%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.21%) SLA
9 4 (0.81%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.61%) EMIR
10 3 (0.61%) NEBOSH
10 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.40%) GAAP
11 2 (0.40%) IFRS
11 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (2.43%) Docker
2 8 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (3.64%) Terraform
2 15 (3.04%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.01%) Grafana
4 5 (1.01%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.81%) Ansible
5 4 (0.81%) Control-M
6 2 (0.40%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 101 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.49%) SAP
3 30 (6.07%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.86%) Dell
5 22 (4.45%) Oracle
6 12 (2.43%) Adobe
6 12 (2.43%) Google
7 10 (2.02%) Autodesk
7 10 (2.02%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.21%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.21%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.01%) Apple
10 5 (1.01%) BT
10 5 (1.01%) Informatica
10 5 (1.01%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.81%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.81%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.81%) Sparx
12 3 (0.61%) Zoho