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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 398 487
Rank change year-on-year +147 +89 +192
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 531 341 227
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.61% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.54% 1.66% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 309 177 174
10th Percentile £28,900 £35,400 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £69,688
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,000 £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 20,883 20,595 19,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.83% 36.84% 37.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,515 9,939 14,092
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £44,388
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.89% -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 26 December 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 26 December 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 +169 468 £50,000 -10.51% 650
UK excluding London +170 368 £45,000 -18.18% 560
Work from Home +125 197 £50,000 - 538
London +66 139 £56,000 -10.40% 152
South East +81 91 £45,000 -12.62% 159
South West +60 74 £48,750 -30.36% 69
North of England +51 72 £45,000 -30.77% 125
Midlands +47 60 £40,000 - 94
North West +51 56 £42,500 -34.62% 74
East Midlands +8 35 £27,000 -32.50% 39
East of England +35 26 £60,000 +11.63% 72
Scotland +3 25 £26,150 -62.64% 25
West Midlands +40 24 £52,500 +2.44% 49
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 9
Yorkshire -15 10 £50,000 -16.67% 44
Wales +13 6 £41,250 -15.99% 15
North East - 6 £38,500 - 7

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 17 (3.20%) Confluence
2 12 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.94%) CMS
5 4 (0.75%) IIS
5 4 (0.75%) SAS
6 3 (0.56%) WordPress
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 111 (20.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.64%) Maya
5 12 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.69%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.75%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.56%) Stata
9 2 (0.38%) Sketch
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.51%) Shopify
3 5 (0.94%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.75%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.75%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.56%) SAP APO
5 3 (0.56%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.56%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.38%) Magento
6 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.19%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 108 (20.34%) Azure
2 106 (19.96%) Power Platform
3 28 (5.27%) SaaS
4 27 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
4 27 (5.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 26 (4.90%) AWS
6 24 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (3.20%) Entra ID
8 17 (3.20%) Google Analytics
9 15 (2.82%) Boomi
10 14 (2.64%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 13 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (2.26%) GCP
13 10 (1.88%) Snowflake
14 7 (1.32%) Asana
14 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.32%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.13%) Google Ads
15 6 (1.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.08%) Network Security
2 17 (3.20%) Firewall
3 11 (2.07%) SAN
4 7 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.75%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.75%) VPN
5 4 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.75%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.56%) WAN
7 2 (0.38%) DHCP
7 2 (0.38%) DNS
7 2 (0.38%) GSM
7 2 (0.38%) LAN
7 2 (0.38%) LTE
7 2 (0.38%) VLAN
7 2 (0.38%) VoIP
8 1 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.19%) Internet
8 1 (0.19%) Intranet
8 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (18.83%) Power BI
2 44 (8.29%) Tableau
3 38 (7.16%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.08%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (4.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (3.01%) Data Lake
6 16 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.94%) Looker
8 4 (0.75%) Metabase
8 4 (0.75%) Metadata
8 4 (0.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.38%) Big Data
10 2 (0.38%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.38%) Power Query
10 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (5.08%) JIRA
2 9 (1.69%) Git
3 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.75%) Postman
4 4 (0.75%) Selenium
4 4 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.56%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.38%) GitLab
7 1 (0.19%) Appium
7 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.19%) JMeter
7 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 531 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 325 (61.21%) Social Skills
3 251 (47.27%) Finance
4 128 (24.11%) Marketing
5 59 (11.11%) Retail
6 53 (9.98%) Legal
7 50 (9.42%) Public Sector
8 47 (8.85%) Manufacturing
9 41 (7.72%) Law
10 31 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (5.65%) Electronics
12 28 (5.27%) Telecoms
13 17 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (3.01%) Games
15 15 (2.82%) Billing
16 14 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.88%) Banking
17 10 (1.88%) French Language
18 8 (1.51%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 108 (20.34%) Analyst
2 67 (12.62%) Lead
3 64 (12.05%) Senior
4 36 (6.78%) Consultant
5 35 (6.59%) Data Analyst
6 30 (5.65%) Architect
7 28 (5.27%) Commercial Analyst
8 27 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 27 (5.08%) Security Consultant
9 25 (4.71%) Support Engineer
10 23 (4.33%) Business Manager
11 20 (3.77%) Business Analyst
11 20 (3.77%) IT Support
12 18 (3.39%) IT Engineer
13 17 (3.20%) Administrator
13 17 (3.20%) Developer
14 16 (3.01%) IT Administrator
14 16 (3.01%) Systems Analyst
15 15 (2.82%) CRM Architect
15 15 (2.82%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.07%) CSS
1 11 (2.07%) HTML
2 8 (1.51%) REST
3 5 (0.94%) .NET
3 5 (0.94%) EDI
3 5 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.75%) GraphQL
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.56%) Middleware
5 3 (0.56%) Sass
5 3 (0.56%) SOAP
5 3 (0.56%) ZeroMQ
6 2 (0.38%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.38%) Blazor
6 2 (0.38%) Django
6 2 (0.38%) RESTful
6 2 (0.38%) Spring
6 2 (0.38%) XML
6 2 (0.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.85%) Onboarding
1 47 (8.85%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (8.10%) Management Information System
3 40 (7.53%) FMCG
4 39 (7.34%) Data Centre
5 32 (6.03%) Product Ownership
6 29 (5.46%) Cloud Native
7 22 (4.14%) Social Media
8 21 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.64%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.88%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.69%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.32%) IoT
13 6 (1.13%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.13%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
14 5 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
15 4 (0.75%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.39%) Windows
2 11 (2.07%) Linux
3 4 (0.75%) Unix
4 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (44.07%) Problem-Solving
2 181 (34.09%) Analytics
3 165 (31.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 147 (27.68%) Business Intelligence
5 121 (22.79%) Decision-Making
6 98 (18.46%) Agile
7 89 (16.76%) Project Management
8 88 (16.57%) ERP
9 81 (15.25%) CRM
10 80 (15.07%) AI
11 77 (14.50%) Actionable Insight
12 74 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
13 72 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
14 68 (12.81%) Process Improvement
15 66 (12.43%) Business Strategy
16 59 (11.11%) Visualisation
17 54 (10.17%) Data Analysis
18 52 (9.79%) Change Management
19 49 (9.23%) Programme Management
20 47 (8.85%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 101 (19.02%) SQL
2 55 (10.36%) Python
3 28 (5.27%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (2.07%) C#
6 10 (1.88%) C++
6 10 (1.88%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.69%) Java
7 9 (1.69%) VBA
8 8 (1.51%) Bash
8 8 (1.51%) C
9 6 (1.13%) R
10 4 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.56%) Bicep
11 3 (0.56%) Go
11 3 (0.56%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.38%) Perl
12 2 (0.38%) Scala
12 2 (0.38%) VC++
Qualifications
1 132 (24.86%) Degree
2 48 (9.04%) Security Cleared
3 30 (5.65%) CISSP
4 26 (4.90%) CompTIA Security+
5 25 (4.71%) CEH
6 19 (3.58%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.82%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (2.45%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.45%) PMP
9 12 (2.26%) ACCA
9 12 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.07%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.88%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.88%) CCNA
11 10 (1.88%) CIMA
11 10 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (6.40%) NIST
3 25 (4.71%) PCI DSS
3 25 (4.71%) QA
4 24 (4.52%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.82%) GDPR
6 13 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.69%) GRC
9 6 (1.13%) SLA
10 4 (0.75%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.75%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.75%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.38%) EMIR
12 2 (0.38%) FINRA
12 2 (0.38%) IFRS
12 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.32%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.13%) Docker
3 6 (1.13%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.88%) Terraform
3 7 (1.32%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.56%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.19%) Control-M
5 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.19%) Kibana
5 1 (0.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 125 (23.54%) Microsoft
2 72 (13.56%) SAP
3 43 (8.10%) Salesforce
4 28 (5.27%) Google
5 25 (4.71%) Dell
6 24 (4.52%) Oracle
7 19 (3.58%) Adobe
8 15 (2.82%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.07%) Autodesk
10 8 (1.51%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.13%) Cisco
11 6 (1.13%) Workday
12 5 (0.94%) Databricks
12 5 (0.94%) Hotjar
13 4 (0.75%) Apple
13 4 (0.75%) Guidewire
14 3 (0.56%) Hootsuite
14 3 (0.56%) Screaming Frog
14 3 (0.56%) Xero
14 3 (0.56%) Zoho