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

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	491	229	442
Rank change year-on-year	-262	+213	+52
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset	381	603	331
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.31%	1.16%	0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.11%	3.04%	1.51%
Number of salaries quoted	225	350	160
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£29,000	£36,325
25^th Percentile	£32,000	£36,250	£43,557
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£50,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-5.00%	-16.67%	+14.29%
75^th Percentile	£68,750	£67,500	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£87,500	£97,750
UK excluding London median annual salary	£42,500	£47,500	£56,250
% change year-on-year	-10.53%	-15.56%	+18.42%

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 citing generic IT skills.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	34,246	19,849	21,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	27.78%	38.18%	32.56%
Number of salaries quoted	20,305	10,610	10,491
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£27,750	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£35,854	£45,553
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£53,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.80%	-10.83%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£78,500	£77,500	£83,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£101,250	£110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£51,500	£45,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+14.44%	-16.67%	-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 Salary Trend

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 November 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 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-230	357	£47,500	-5.00%	321
UK excluding London	-257	248	£42,500	-10.53%	130
London	-103	121	£75,000	+36.36%	208
Work from Home	-159	114	£50,000	-	132
South East	-136	67	£50,000	+11.11%	28
North of England	-108	57	£37,500	-11.76%	18
South West	-104	51	£42,500	-15.00%	22
Midlands	-105	49	£43,750	-18.16%	25
North West	-86	32	£37,500	-11.76%	10
West Midlands	-56	28	£45,000	-6.21%	15
Yorkshire	-33	19	£80,000	+68.42%	7
East Midlands	-79	19	£30,750	-61.56%	10
East of England	-62	12	£35,000	-41.67%	15
Scotland	-26	9	£26,150	-	8
North East	-73	6	£50,000	-	1
Wales	-66	2	-	-	5
Northern Ireland	-92	2	£63,750	-	11

Analytical Mindset Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Mindset also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Analytical Mindset.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	32.8%	125
2	Problem-Solving	31.2%	119
3	Analytics	25.5%	97
4	Agile	23.9%	91
4	AI	23.9%	91
6	SQL	21.5%	82
7	Microsoft	18.9%	72
8	Stakeholder Management	18.6%	71
9	Decision-Making	18.4%	70
10	Degree	15.5%	59
11	Stakeholder Engagement	15.2%	58
12	Business Intelligence	14.4%	55
13	Data Quality	12.9%	49
14	Roadmaps	12.6%	48
15	Azure	12.3%	47
15	Microsoft Excel	12.3%	47
17	Actionable Insight	11.5%	44
17	Power Platform	11.5%	44
19	Process Improvement	10.8%	41
19	Python	10.8%	41
21	Cybersecurity	10.2%	39
22	CRM	10.0%	38
22	QA	10.0%	38
24	Google	9.7%	37
24	Security Cleared	9.7%	37
26	Power BI	9.2%	35
27	Scrum	8.9%	34
28	User Experience	8.4%	32
29	AWS	8.1%	31
29	Data Analysis	8.1%	31

Analytical Mindset Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Management Information System	6.8%	26
2	Onboarding	6.3%	24
3	Product Ownership	6.0%	23
4	Self-Motivation	4.7%	18
5	Cloud Native	4.2%	16
5	Cyber Defence	4.2%	16
7	Data Centre	3.9%	15
7	Enterprise Software	3.9%	15
9	Blog	3.1%	12
9	Smartphone	3.1%	12
11	Credit Risk	2.4%	9
11	Cyber Threat	2.4%	9
11	Driving Licence	2.4%	9
14	Distributed Systems	2.1%	8
14	Social Media	2.1%	8
16	Educational Technology	1.6%	6
16	Legacy Systems	1.6%	6
16	Marketing Technology	1.6%	6
19	AI Agents	1.3%	5
19	Cyber Kill Chain	1.3%	5