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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 378 470
Rank change year-on-year +77 +92 +262
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 507 287 432
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.70% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.13% 1.81% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 256 164 281
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £43,200
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +33.10% -17.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £73,750
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 23,815 15,852 32,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.74% 38.75% 36.37%
Number of salaries quoted 12,196 8,889 22,415
10th Percentile £29,125 £32,000 £28,038
25th Percentile £38,984 £43,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £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 3 April 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 3 April 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 +66 422 £50,000 -16.67% 223
UK excluding London +85 345 £42,500 -22.73% 165
Work from Home +62 144 £50,000 -4.76% 107
London +25 137 £65,000 -10.34% 94
North of England -10 99 £50,000 -20.00% 40
South East +10 66 £45,000 -21.74% 59
Midlands -3 55 £44,000 -16.19% 33
North West -10 55 £42,500 -34.62% 26
West Midlands +10 38 £47,500 -5.00% 23
South West -19 34 £31,915 -41.97% 15
Scotland -18 26 £26,150 -57.31% 2
East of England -26 26 £42,879 -20.23% 13
Yorkshire -35 25 £65,250 +30.50% 12
Northern Ireland -15 24 - - 2
North East - 19 £64,250 - 2
East Midlands -40 16 £30,000 -45.45% 10
Wales -9 15 £35,000 -28.72% 5

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 5 (0.99%) Confluence
2 4 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.79%) CMS
2 4 (0.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.79%) WordPress
3 3 (0.59%) IIS
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) Mendix
Applications
1 81 (15.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.59%) Maya
6 2 (0.39%) Sketch
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.99%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.79%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.39%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (19.33%) Azure
2 89 (17.55%) Power Platform
3 37 (7.30%) AWS
4 34 (6.71%) SaaS
5 30 (5.92%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 20 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.94%) GCP
7 20 (3.94%) Power Automate
8 19 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (2.96%) GitHub
10 14 (2.76%) dbt
11 11 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.97%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.58%) Datadog
13 8 (1.58%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.38%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (1.38%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.35%) SAN
2 15 (2.96%) Firewall
3 12 (2.37%) VPN
4 9 (1.78%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.58%) WAN
6 7 (1.38%) LAN
7 4 (0.79%) Wireless
8 3 (0.59%) DNS
8 3 (0.59%) Network Security
9 2 (0.39%) Broadband
9 2 (0.39%) DHCP
9 2 (0.39%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.39%) Internet
9 2 (0.39%) LTE
9 2 (0.39%) Modbus
9 2 (0.39%) SMS
9 2 (0.39%) VLAN
9 2 (0.39%) VoIP
9 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (16.96%) Power BI
2 46 (9.07%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (4.54%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.96%) Tableau
7 12 (2.37%) Metabase
8 10 (1.97%) Metadata
8 10 (1.97%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.38%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.99%) Power Query
13 4 (0.79%) Big Data
13 4 (0.79%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.79%) Looker
13 4 (0.79%) MySQL
13 4 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 25 (4.93%) Git
2 16 (3.16%) JIRA
3 12 (2.37%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.17%) GitLab
5 8 (1.58%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.38%) ERwin
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) TestRail
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 506 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 291 (57.40%) Social Skills
3 229 (45.17%) Finance
4 43 (8.48%) Marketing
5 41 (8.09%) Legal
6 33 (6.51%) Public Sector
7 28 (5.52%) Retail
8 26 (5.13%) Manufacturing
9 25 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (3.16%) Banking
14 14 (2.76%) Billing
14 14 (2.76%) Law
15 12 (2.37%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.78%) Automotive
17 9 (1.78%) Electronics
18 8 (1.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 108 (21.30%) Analyst
2 72 (14.20%) Head of QA
3 31 (6.11%) Senior
4 30 (5.92%) IT Support
5 28 (5.52%) IT Engineer
6 26 (5.13%) Lead
7 22 (4.34%) Business Analyst
8 21 (4.14%) Business Manager
9 20 (3.94%) Data Analyst
9 20 (3.94%) Systems Analyst
10 19 (3.75%) Consultant
10 19 (3.75%) Developer
10 19 (3.75%) Financial Analyst
10 19 (3.75%) IT Analyst
11 18 (3.55%) Administrator
12 17 (3.35%) Support Analyst
13 16 (3.16%) Commercial Analyst
13 16 (3.16%) Field Engineer
13 16 (3.16%) Field Service Engineer
14 14 (2.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.35%) CSS
1 17 (3.35%) HTML
2 11 (2.17%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (1.97%) JSON
3 10 (1.97%) XML
4 8 (1.58%) OAuth
4 8 (1.58%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (1.58%) SAML
5 7 (1.38%) FpML
5 7 (1.38%) XML Schema
6 6 (1.18%) .NET
6 6 (1.18%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (0.99%) React
7 5 (0.99%) REST
8 4 (0.79%) Flutter
8 4 (0.79%) PySpark
8 4 (0.79%) RESTful
8 4 (0.79%) Sass
8 4 (0.79%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.79%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (5.33%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.55%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.55%) Social Media
4 17 (3.35%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.35%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.16%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.96%) Smartphone
7 12 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.37%) FMCG
8 10 (1.97%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.58%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.58%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.38%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.38%) IoT
11 6 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.18%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.99%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.52%) Windows
2 17 (3.35%) Linux
3 10 (1.97%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.38%) Unix
5 6 (1.18%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (38.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 184 (36.29%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (33.73%) Analytics
4 122 (24.06%) Actionable Insight
5 119 (23.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 93 (18.34%) Business Intelligence
6 93 (18.34%) Customer Experience
7 88 (17.36%) Root Cause Analysis
8 86 (16.96%) Service Delivery
9 85 (16.77%) Decision-Making
10 84 (16.57%) Agile
10 84 (16.57%) Process Improvement
11 83 (16.37%) PRINCE2
12 79 (15.58%) Change Management
13 77 (15.19%) Quality Management
14 72 (14.20%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 56 (11.05%) Data Analysis
16 48 (9.47%) CI/CD
17 47 (9.27%) AI
17 47 (9.27%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 94 (18.54%) SQL
2 61 (12.03%) Python
3 31 (6.11%) PowerShell
4 26 (5.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (3.94%) Bash
6 15 (2.96%) Java
7 14 (2.76%) JavaScript
8 13 (2.56%) C#
8 13 (2.56%) C++
9 8 (1.58%) C
9 8 (1.58%) Go
9 8 (1.58%) VBA
10 4 (0.79%) Bicep
10 4 (0.79%) PHP
10 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.59%) VC++
12 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.39%) Perl
12 2 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (14.20%) IRCA
2 69 (13.61%) Degree
3 23 (4.54%) Security Cleared
4 21 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.16%) A+ Certification
5 16 (3.16%) CCNA
5 16 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.16%) MCSE
5 16 (3.16%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (3.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 15 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.56%) ACCA
7 13 (2.56%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.17%) CIMA
9 10 (1.97%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.58%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.58%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.58%) PMP
11 7 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (19.33%) QA
2 86 (16.96%) ISO 9001
3 84 (16.57%) GDPR
4 33 (6.51%) Data Quality
5 16 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.97%) GRC
7 10 (1.97%) ISO 14001
7 10 (1.97%) NIST
8 9 (1.78%) SLA
9 8 (1.58%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.79%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.59%) EMIR
12 3 (0.59%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.39%) GAAP
13 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (3.35%) Docker
2 8 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (4.34%) Terraform
2 19 (3.75%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.58%) Grafana
3 8 (1.58%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.99%) Ansible
4 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.79%) Control-M
6 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) QRadar
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 96 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.94%) Dell
3 17 (3.35%) SAP
4 15 (2.96%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.76%) Oracle
6 13 (2.56%) Google
7 10 (1.97%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.78%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.78%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.38%) Sparx
10 6 (1.18%) Adobe
11 5 (0.99%) Apple
11 5 (0.99%) Informatica
12 4 (0.79%) Autodesk
12 4 (0.79%) BT
12 4 (0.79%) Databricks
12 4 (0.79%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.79%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.59%) MuleSoft