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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 397 474
Rank change year-on-year +102 +77 +251
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 467 285 410
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.65% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 1.67% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 250 167 266
10th Percentile £28,450 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,875 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.46% +24.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £93,875 £88,750 £74,375
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 22,564 17,106 30,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.91% 39.01% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11,413 8,826 21,600
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,790 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 11 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 11 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 +81 394 £47,500 -17.39% 227
UK excluding London +99 304 £42,500 -22.73% 179
Work from Home +83 144 £47,500 -5.00% 91
London +45 140 £62,500 -3.85% 61
North of England +7 81 £45,000 -23.40% 51
South East +20 56 £42,500 -26.09% 63
North West +6 49 £43,750 -32.69% 35
Midlands +3 48 £40,000 -11.11% 29
South West +1 38 £45,000 -12.20% 16
East of England +11 26 £40,000 -25.58% 16
West Midlands +8 25 £47,500 +34.75% 21
Scotland -10 22 £26,150 -62.64% 6
East Midlands -29 22 £30,000 -45.45% 8
Northern Ireland -8 20 - - 1
Yorkshire -27 18 £50,000 - 13
North East - 14 £38,500 - 3
Wales +4 13 £35,000 -28.72% 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 6 (1.28%) Confluence
2 4 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.86%) WordPress
3 3 (0.64%) CMS
3 3 (0.64%) IIS
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.21%) Mendix
Applications
1 79 (16.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.50%) Maya
6 5 (1.07%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.43%) Sketch
7 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.07%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.86%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.64%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.64%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.21%) Shopify
6 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (20.77%) Azure
2 89 (19.06%) Power Platform
3 34 (7.28%) AWS
3 34 (7.28%) SaaS
4 28 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 26 (5.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 20 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (4.07%) GCP
8 17 (3.64%) Power Automate
9 16 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (3.00%) GitHub
11 11 (2.36%) dbt
12 10 (2.14%) Amazon S3
12 10 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.71%) Boomi
13 8 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.50%) Asana
14 7 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 7 (1.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.43%) Firewall
2 15 (3.21%) SAN
3 10 (2.14%) VPN
4 8 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.50%) WAN
6 6 (1.28%) LAN
7 4 (0.86%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.86%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.64%) Network Security
9 2 (0.43%) Broadband
9 2 (0.43%) DHCP
9 2 (0.43%) DNS
9 2 (0.43%) GSM
9 2 (0.43%) LTE
9 2 (0.43%) Modbus
9 2 (0.43%) VLAN
9 2 (0.43%) VoIP
9 2 (0.43%) Wireless
10 1 (0.21%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (18.63%) Power BI
2 46 (9.85%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (5.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.50%) Tableau
6 11 (2.36%) Metabase
7 9 (1.93%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.93%) Metadata
8 7 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.28%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.07%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.86%) Looker
11 4 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.64%) Power Query
13 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
13 2 (0.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (4.50%) Git
2 17 (3.64%) JIRA
3 11 (2.36%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.93%) GitLab
5 7 (1.50%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.07%) ERwin
7 2 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.43%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.21%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.21%) MLflow
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.21%) Postman
8 1 (0.21%) TestRail
8 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 466 (99.79%) Analytical Skills
2 281 (60.17%) Social Skills
3 206 (44.11%) Finance
4 48 (10.28%) Marketing
5 41 (8.78%) Legal
6 38 (8.14%) Retail
7 30 (6.42%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.21%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (5.14%) Manufacturing
10 23 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (4.28%) Law
13 15 (3.21%) Banking
14 14 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (2.78%) Billing
16 10 (2.14%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.93%) Automotive
18 8 (1.71%) Games
18 8 (1.71%) Telecoms
19 7 (1.50%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 101 (21.63%) Analyst
2 48 (10.28%) Head of QA
3 33 (7.07%) Senior
4 29 (6.21%) IT Support
4 29 (6.21%) Lead
5 25 (5.35%) IT Engineer
6 24 (5.14%) Business Manager
7 20 (4.28%) Business Analyst
7 20 (4.28%) Data Analyst
8 18 (3.85%) Financial Analyst
8 18 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
9 17 (3.64%) Developer
10 16 (3.43%) Administrator
10 16 (3.43%) Consultant
11 15 (3.21%) Commercial Analyst
11 15 (3.21%) IT Analyst
11 15 (3.21%) Support Analyst
12 14 (3.00%) Field Engineer
12 14 (3.00%) Field Service Engineer
13 13 (2.78%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.57%) CSS
1 12 (2.57%) HTML
2 9 (1.93%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.71%) XML
4 7 (1.50%) .NET
4 7 (1.50%) OAuth
4 7 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (1.50%) SAML
5 6 (1.28%) JSON
5 6 (1.28%) REST
5 6 (1.28%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (1.07%) FpML
6 5 (1.07%) SOAP
6 5 (1.07%) XML Schema
7 4 (0.86%) PySpark
7 4 (0.86%) Sass
7 4 (0.86%) ZeroMQ
8 3 (0.64%) Flutter
8 3 (0.64%) React
8 3 (0.64%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.14%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.57%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.93%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.07%) Cloud Native
4 19 (4.07%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.85%) Social Media
6 17 (3.64%) FMCG
7 15 (3.21%) Data Centre
8 14 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (3.00%) Smartphone
9 10 (2.14%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.71%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.50%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.50%) IoT
12 6 (1.28%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.28%) e-Learning
12 6 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.28%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.57%) Windows
2 17 (3.64%) Linux
3 8 (1.71%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.50%) Unix
5 6 (1.28%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.21%) Android
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (38.54%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (35.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 154 (32.98%) Analytics
4 100 (21.41%) Business Intelligence
5 99 (21.20%) Actionable Insight
6 87 (18.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 86 (18.42%) Decision-Making
8 78 (16.70%) Process Improvement
9 77 (16.49%) Agile
10 73 (15.63%) Customer Experience
11 60 (12.85%) Change Management
11 60 (12.85%) PRINCE2
11 60 (12.85%) Service Delivery
12 59 (12.63%) Root Cause Analysis
13 58 (12.42%) Data Analysis
14 50 (10.71%) CI/CD
15 49 (10.49%) Quality Management
16 48 (10.28%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 48 (10.28%) ERP
16 48 (10.28%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.91%) SQL
2 61 (13.06%) Python
3 30 (6.42%) PowerShell
4 25 (5.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (3.85%) Bash
6 14 (3.00%) C++
7 13 (2.78%) C#
8 12 (2.57%) Java
9 10 (2.14%) C
10 9 (1.93%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.50%) Go
11 7 (1.50%) VBA
12 4 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.64%) Bicep
13 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.64%) VC++
14 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.43%) Perl
14 2 (0.43%) Scala
15 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (18.20%) Degree
2 48 (10.28%) IRCA
3 25 (5.35%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (3.64%) SC Cleared
6 16 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (3.00%) A+ Certification
7 14 (3.00%) CCNA
7 14 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.00%) MCSE
7 14 (3.00%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (2.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 12 (2.57%) ACCA
10 11 (2.36%) DBS Check
11 10 (2.14%) CIMA
11 10 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.93%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.93%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.71%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (15.20%) QA
2 61 (13.06%) GDPR
3 56 (11.99%) ISO 9001
4 31 (6.64%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (2.14%) GRC
7 10 (2.14%) NIST
8 7 (1.50%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.50%) ISO 14001
9 6 (1.28%) SLA
10 5 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.86%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.64%) EMIR
12 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.64%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.43%) GAAP
13 2 (0.43%) IFRS
System Software
1 15 (3.21%) Docker
2 6 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (4.28%) Terraform
2 17 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.50%) Grafana
3 7 (1.50%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.86%) Ansible
5 4 (0.86%) Control-M
6 2 (0.43%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) SCOM
Vendors
1 95 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.78%) SAP
3 22 (4.71%) Dell
4 21 (4.50%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.07%) Oracle
6 12 (2.57%) Google
7 9 (1.93%) Adobe
7 9 (1.93%) Autodesk
8 8 (1.71%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.71%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.71%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.07%) Apple
10 5 (1.07%) Informatica
10 5 (1.07%) Sparx
11 4 (0.86%) BT
11 4 (0.86%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.86%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.64%) Zoho