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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 400 482
Rank change year-on-year +147 +82 +202
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 506 334 254
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.83% 0.63% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.46% 1.69% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 275 173 193
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £25,150
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,350 £89,750 £81,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +22.22% -2.17%

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 20,610 19,755 21,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.82% 37.19% 36.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,316 9,215 15,843
10th Percentile £27,850 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

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 19 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 19 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 +158 441 £45,000 -18.18% 325
UK excluding London +151 344 £42,500 -22.73% 309
Work from Home +119 170 £50,000 - 150
London +73 141 £65,000 - 64
South East +84 93 £42,500 -22.02% 102
North of England +38 65 £42,500 -34.62% 56
Midlands +44 58 £40,000 - 40
South West +33 53 £45,000 -5.26% 38
North West +36 50 £40,000 -38.46% 23
East Midlands +8 35 £28,000 -30.00% 23
Scotland -1 29 £26,150 -62.64% 13
East of England +39 25 £60,000 +14.29% 49
West Midlands +35 22 £50,000 +35.14% 17
Northern Ireland +4 14 - - 7
Yorkshire -21 9 £50,000 -16.67% 25
Wales +10 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 (3.16%) Confluence
2 10 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.79%) IIS
5 3 (0.59%) CMS
5 3 (0.59%) SAS
5 3 (0.59%) WordPress
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 101 (19.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.77%) Maya
5 12 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (1.38%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.79%) PlantUML
9 2 (0.40%) Sketch
9 2 (0.40%) Stata
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (3.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.19%) Shopify
4 5 (0.99%) 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 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.40%) Magento
7 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 109 (21.54%) Azure
2 105 (20.75%) Power Platform
3 31 (6.13%) AWS
4 29 (5.73%) SaaS
5 28 (5.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 27 (5.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 24 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.96%) Boomi
9 15 (2.96%) Entra ID
10 14 (2.77%) GCP
10 14 (2.77%) Google Analytics
10 14 (2.77%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 12 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.98%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.58%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.58%) Serverless
14 7 (1.38%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.38%) Asana
14 7 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.75%) Firewall
2 12 (2.37%) SAN
3 8 (1.58%) Network Security
3 8 (1.58%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.38%) VPN
5 5 (0.99%) WAN
6 4 (0.79%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.79%) LAN
6 4 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.79%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.40%) Broadband
7 2 (0.40%) DHCP
7 2 (0.40%) DNS
7 2 (0.40%) GSM
7 2 (0.40%) Internet
7 2 (0.40%) LTE
7 2 (0.40%) VLAN
7 2 (0.40%) VoIP
8 1 (0.20%) Intranet
8 1 (0.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (19.57%) Power BI
2 43 (8.50%) Tableau
3 42 (8.30%) SQL Server
4 28 (5.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (4.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (3.16%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.99%) Looker
9 5 (0.99%) Metabase
9 5 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.59%) Metadata
12 2 (0.40%) Big Data
12 2 (0.40%) Mixpanel
12 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (5.34%) JIRA
2 12 (2.37%) Git
3 5 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.99%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.59%) Postman
5 2 (0.40%) GitLab
5 2 (0.40%) Selenium
5 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.20%) MLflow
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.20%) TestRail
6 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 506 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 319 (63.04%) Social Skills
3 236 (46.64%) Finance
4 101 (19.96%) Marketing
5 60 (11.86%) Retail
6 53 (10.47%) Legal
7 40 (7.91%) Law
8 33 (6.52%) Public Sector
9 31 (6.13%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (5.53%) Manufacturing
11 19 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.96%) Billing
13 15 (2.96%) Games
13 15 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.37%) Telecoms
15 11 (2.17%) Electronics
16 10 (1.98%) Banking
17 9 (1.78%) Advertising
18 8 (1.58%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 110 (21.74%) Analyst
2 65 (12.85%) Lead
3 64 (12.65%) Senior
4 31 (6.13%) Data Analyst
5 30 (5.93%) Architect
6 28 (5.53%) Commercial Analyst
7 27 (5.34%) Support Engineer
8 25 (4.94%) IT Support
9 24 (4.74%) Business Manager
10 23 (4.55%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.55%) IT Engineer
11 19 (3.75%) Developer
12 16 (3.16%) Administrator
12 16 (3.16%) Systems Analyst
13 15 (2.96%) CRM Architect
13 15 (2.96%) IT Administrator
13 15 (2.96%) Technical Engineer
13 15 (2.96%) Technical Support
13 15 (2.96%) Technical Support Engineer
14 14 (2.77%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.98%) CSS
1 10 (1.98%) HTML
1 10 (1.98%) REST
2 6 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (0.99%) .NET
3 5 (0.99%) SOAP
4 4 (0.79%) EDI
4 4 (0.79%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (0.79%) GraphQL
4 4 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.79%) Sass
4 4 (0.79%) ZeroMQ
5 3 (0.59%) Middleware
5 3 (0.59%) RESTful
5 3 (0.59%) Spring
5 3 (0.59%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.40%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.40%) Django
6 2 (0.40%) XML
6 2 (0.40%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.88%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (8.50%) FMCG
2 43 (8.50%) Management Information System
3 42 (8.30%) Onboarding
4 39 (7.71%) Data Centre
5 33 (6.52%) Product Ownership
6 30 (5.93%) Cloud Native
7 21 (4.15%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (3.95%) Social Media
9 14 (2.77%) Driving Licence
10 11 (2.17%) Smartphone
11 10 (1.98%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.38%) IoT
14 6 (1.19%) Security Posture
15 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
15 5 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
16 3 (0.59%) CMDB
16 3 (0.59%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.15%) Windows
2 15 (2.96%) Linux
3 7 (1.38%) Unix
4 5 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.79%) 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
1 230 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 174 (34.39%) Analytics
3 164 (32.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 128 (25.30%) Business Intelligence
5 120 (23.72%) Decision-Making
6 93 (18.38%) Agile
7 86 (17.00%) ERP
7 86 (17.00%) Project Management
8 76 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 73 (14.43%) Actionable Insight
10 72 (14.23%) CRM
11 70 (13.83%) AI
12 66 (13.04%) Business Strategy
12 66 (13.04%) Process Improvement
13 56 (11.07%) Visualisation
14 53 (10.47%) Data Analysis
15 52 (10.28%) Change Management
16 51 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
17 48 (9.49%) CI/CD
18 43 (8.50%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 104 (20.55%) SQL
2 54 (10.67%) Python
3 27 (5.34%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (2.17%) C#
5 11 (2.17%) C++
6 9 (1.78%) C
6 9 (1.78%) Java
7 8 (1.58%) Bash
7 8 (1.58%) VBA
8 7 (1.38%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.79%) R
9 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.59%) Bicep
10 3 (0.59%) Go
10 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.40%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.40%) Perl
11 2 (0.40%) Scala
11 2 (0.40%) VC++
Qualifications
1 123 (24.31%) Degree
2 32 (6.32%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.75%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.57%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.57%) PMP
6 12 (2.37%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.17%) A+ Certification
7 11 (2.17%) CCNA
7 11 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.17%) DBS Check
7 11 (2.17%) MCSE
7 11 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (1.98%) ACCA
8 10 (1.98%) CISSP
9 9 (1.78%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.58%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (4.94%) Data Quality
3 22 (4.35%) QA
4 14 (2.77%) GDPR
5 13 (2.57%) Actionable Recommendations
5 13 (2.57%) NIST
6 10 (1.98%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.58%) GRC
8 7 (1.38%) SLA
9 6 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.79%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.79%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.79%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.40%) EMIR
11 2 (0.40%) FINRA
11 2 (0.40%) GAAP
11 2 (0.40%) IFRS
11 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.96%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.38%) Docker
2 7 (1.38%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.19%) Firmware
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.98%) Terraform
3 8 (1.58%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.79%) Control-M
5 3 (0.59%) Ansible
6 2 (0.40%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 118 (23.32%) Microsoft
2 54 (10.67%) SAP
3 43 (8.50%) Salesforce
4 27 (5.34%) Oracle
5 26 (5.14%) Dell
6 23 (4.55%) Google
7 18 (3.56%) Adobe
8 15 (2.96%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.17%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.19%) Cisco
10 6 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.99%) Apple
11 5 (0.99%) BT
12 4 (0.79%) Databricks
12 4 (0.79%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.79%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.79%) Informatica
12 4 (0.79%) YouTube
13 3 (0.59%) Ahrefs
13 3 (0.59%) TikTok