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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 403 499
Rank change year-on-year +148 +96 +201
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 514 330 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 0.62% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.51% 1.67% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 287 170 184
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,175 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £88,875 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +5.56%

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 20,441 19,816 20,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.27% 37.14% 36.56%
Number of salaries quoted 10,264 9,266 14,883
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,000 £42,500
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,744
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.28% -4.10%

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 13 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 13 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 +164 450 £47,500 -13.64% 297
UK excluding London +163 354 £45,000 -18.18% 277
Work from Home +119 178 £50,000 - 122
London +75 140 £58,500 -2.50% 56
South East +77 93 £43,750 -19.72% 87
North of England +51 67 £42,500 -32.00% 55
South West +45 60 £46,750 -1.58% 40
Midlands +48 58 £39,000 -2.50% 35
North West +47 51 £42,500 -34.62% 25
East Midlands +7 35 £27,000 -32.50% 22
Scotland +3 29 £26,150 -62.64% 8
East of England +35 26 £60,000 +14.29% 41
West Midlands +30 22 £50,000 +14.94% 13
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 6
Yorkshire -10 10 £55,000 -8.33% 23
Wales +8 7 £35,000 -28.72% 13
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 16 (3.11%) Confluence
2 10 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.78%) IIS
4 4 (0.78%) SAS
5 3 (0.58%) CMS
5 3 (0.58%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 107 (20.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.72%) Maya
5 12 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.56%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.78%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.58%) Stata
9 2 (0.39%) Sketch
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.17%) Shopify
4 5 (0.97%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.78%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.78%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.58%) SAP APO
6 3 (0.58%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.58%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.39%) Magento
7 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 107 (20.82%) Azure
2 102 (19.84%) Power Platform
3 30 (5.84%) AWS
4 29 (5.64%) SaaS
5 27 (5.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 27 (5.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 22 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.92%) Boomi
8 15 (2.92%) Entra ID
9 14 (2.72%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 13 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (2.53%) GCP
10 13 (2.53%) Google Analytics
11 10 (1.95%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.56%) Serverless
13 7 (1.36%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.36%) Asana
13 7 (1.36%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.70%) Firewall
2 15 (2.92%) Network Security
3 12 (2.33%) SAN
4 8 (1.56%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.17%) VPN
6 5 (0.97%) WAN
7 4 (0.78%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.78%) LAN
7 4 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.78%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.39%) Broadband
8 2 (0.39%) DHCP
8 2 (0.39%) DNS
8 2 (0.39%) GSM
8 2 (0.39%) Internet
8 2 (0.39%) LTE
8 2 (0.39%) VLAN
8 2 (0.39%) VoIP
9 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (18.68%) Power BI
2 44 (8.56%) Tableau
3 41 (7.98%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (4.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (3.11%) Data Lake
6 16 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.97%) Looker
8 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.78%) Metabase
9 4 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.58%) Metadata
11 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.39%) Mixpanel
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (5.06%) JIRA
2 12 (2.33%) Git
3 6 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.78%) Postman
4 4 (0.78%) Selenium
4 4 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.58%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.39%) 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
1 514 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 322 (62.65%) Social Skills
3 242 (47.08%) Finance
4 110 (21.40%) Marketing
5 58 (11.28%) Retail
6 54 (10.51%) Legal
7 40 (7.78%) Law
8 39 (7.59%) Public Sector
9 35 (6.81%) Manufacturing
10 31 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (3.70%) Telecoms
12 18 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (3.50%) Electronics
12 18 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (3.11%) Games
14 15 (2.92%) Billing
14 15 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.95%) Banking
16 8 (1.56%) Advertising
16 8 (1.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 109 (21.21%) Analyst
2 66 (12.84%) Senior
3 65 (12.65%) Lead
4 32 (6.23%) Data Analyst
5 30 (5.84%) Architect
6 28 (5.45%) Commercial Analyst
7 26 (5.06%) Support Engineer
8 24 (4.67%) Business Manager
9 23 (4.47%) Business Analyst
9 23 (4.47%) IT Support
10 22 (4.28%) Consultant
10 22 (4.28%) IT Engineer
11 18 (3.50%) Developer
12 17 (3.31%) Administrator
13 16 (3.11%) IT Administrator
14 15 (2.92%) CRM Architect
14 15 (2.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 15 (2.92%) Systems Analyst
14 15 (2.92%) Technical Engineer
14 15 (2.92%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.14%) REST
2 10 (1.95%) CSS
2 10 (1.95%) HTML
3 6 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
3 6 (1.17%) SOAP
4 5 (0.97%) .NET
4 5 (0.97%) EDI
5 4 (0.78%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.78%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.78%) Sass
5 4 (0.78%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (0.58%) Middleware
7 2 (0.39%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.39%) Blazor
7 2 (0.39%) Django
7 2 (0.39%) RESTful
7 2 (0.39%) Spring
7 2 (0.39%) XML
7 2 (0.39%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.92%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (8.37%) FMCG
2 43 (8.37%) Management Information System
3 42 (8.17%) Onboarding
4 40 (7.78%) Data Centre
5 32 (6.23%) Product Ownership
6 29 (5.64%) Cloud Native
7 21 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (4.09%) Social Media
8 14 (2.72%) Driving Licence
9 11 (2.14%) Smartphone
10 10 (1.95%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.36%) IoT
13 6 (1.17%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.17%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
14 5 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.97%) Web Conferencing
15 4 (0.78%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.89%) Windows
2 15 (2.92%) Linux
3 7 (1.36%) Unix
4 4 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.78%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.19%) Android
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (45.14%) Problem-Solving
2 173 (33.66%) Analytics
3 163 (31.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 133 (25.88%) Business Intelligence
5 121 (23.54%) Decision-Making
6 93 (18.09%) Agile
7 86 (16.73%) ERP
7 86 (16.73%) Project Management
8 75 (14.59%) CRM
9 74 (14.40%) Actionable Insight
9 74 (14.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 72 (14.01%) AI
11 66 (12.84%) Business Strategy
11 66 (12.84%) Process Improvement
12 60 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
13 55 (10.70%) Visualisation
14 52 (10.12%) Change Management
14 52 (10.12%) Data Analysis
15 48 (9.34%) CI/CD
16 44 (8.56%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 102 (19.84%) SQL
2 55 (10.70%) Python
3 28 (5.45%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (2.33%) C#
6 11 (2.14%) C++
7 9 (1.75%) C
7 9 (1.75%) Java
7 9 (1.75%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.75%) VBA
8 8 (1.56%) Bash
9 6 (1.17%) R
10 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.58%) Bicep
11 3 (0.58%) Go
11 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.58%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.39%) Perl
12 2 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 127 (24.71%) Degree
2 35 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.50%) CISSP
3 18 (3.50%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (2.72%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.53%) CEH
6 13 (2.53%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.53%) PMP
7 12 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.33%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 11 (2.14%) A+ Certification
8 11 (2.14%) ACCA
8 11 (2.14%) CCNA
8 11 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.14%) MCSE
8 11 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 24 (4.67%) QA
4 21 (4.09%) NIST
5 14 (2.72%) GDPR
6 13 (2.53%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (2.53%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.95%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.75%) GRC
9 6 (1.17%) SLA
10 4 (0.78%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.78%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.39%) EMIR
11 2 (0.39%) FINRA
11 2 (0.39%) GAAP
11 2 (0.39%) IFRS
11 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.36%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.17%) Docker
3 6 (1.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.95%) Terraform
3 7 (1.36%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.78%) Control-M
5 3 (0.58%) Ansible
6 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 118 (22.96%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.87%) SAP
3 44 (8.56%) Salesforce
4 27 (5.25%) Oracle
5 26 (5.06%) Dell
6 22 (4.28%) Google
7 18 (3.50%) Adobe
8 15 (2.92%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.14%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.17%) Cisco
11 5 (0.97%) Apple
11 5 (0.97%) BT
11 5 (0.97%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.78%) Databricks
12 4 (0.78%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.78%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.78%) Informatica
13 3 (0.58%) Screaming Frog
13 3 (0.58%) Xero
13 3 (0.58%) YouTube