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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 297 489
Rank change year-on-year -62 +192 +95
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 548 486 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.97% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.97% 2.36% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 297 292 212
10th Percentile £28,125 £29,100 £29,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,940 £87,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

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 27,833 20,572 27,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.11% 41.25% 32.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,474 10,356 16,078
10th Percentile £31,055 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -48 495 £50,000 - 472
UK excluding London -29 397 £45,000 -10.00% 190
Work from Home -24 144 £50,000 - 174
London -64 137 £62,500 -7.41% 320
South East -17 108 £50,000 -3.85% 46
North of England +2 99 £45,000 -2.70% 48
South West -61 70 £35,000 -30.00% 29
Midlands -18 62 £45,000 -14.29% 32
North West -7 48 £45,000 - 33
West Midlands -9 42 £42,500 +21.43% 20
Yorkshire -1 35 £80,571 +69.62% 11
East Midlands -29 19 £45,000 -43.75% 11
Scotland +4 18 £26,150 - 9
East of England -30 17 £41,439 +14.32% 16
North East -44 16 £57,500 - 5
Northern Ireland - 14 £63,750 - 6
Wales - 9 - - 6

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 11 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.64%) Confluence
3 5 (0.91%) WordPress
4 4 (0.73%) Apache
4 4 (0.73%) CMS
4 4 (0.73%) SAS
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.55%) IIS
6 2 (0.36%) Luigi
6 2 (0.36%) Tornado
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 57 (10.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.55%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.36%) Simulink
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (2.19%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.73%) Infor M3
2 4 (0.73%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (0.73%) JDE World
2 4 (0.73%) Shopify
3 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.36%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.36%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.18%) Odoo
5 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 80 (14.60%) Azure
2 61 (11.13%) Power Platform
3 42 (7.66%) AWS
4 41 (7.48%) SaaS
5 34 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (5.47%) GCP
7 21 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (3.65%) Google Analytics
9 19 (3.47%) PowerApps
10 16 (2.92%) Power Automate
11 11 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (1.82%) dbt
12 10 (1.82%) GitHub
13 9 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.64%) Google Ads
14 8 (1.46%) Datadog
14 8 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.28%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.74%) SAN
2 13 (2.37%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.01%) HTTP
3 11 (2.01%) LAN
3 11 (2.01%) WAN
4 9 (1.64%) DNS
4 9 (1.64%) SMS
5 8 (1.46%) Firewall
5 8 (1.46%) VPN
6 5 (0.91%) FTP
6 5 (0.91%) Internet
6 5 (0.91%) SMTP
6 5 (0.91%) Unified Communications
6 5 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.73%) ATM
7 4 (0.73%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.73%) NAS
7 4 (0.73%) Wireless
8 2 (0.36%) Broadband
8 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (9.31%) Power BI
2 26 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.37%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.19%) Tableau
5 11 (2.01%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.82%) Metadata
7 8 (1.46%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.46%) MySQL
8 7 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.28%) GIS
8 7 (1.28%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.28%) Power Query
9 6 (1.09%) Looker
10 5 (0.91%) Big Data
10 5 (0.91%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.73%) Metabase
11 4 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.73%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.55%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.55%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 23 (4.20%) Git
2 18 (3.28%) JIRA
3 8 (1.46%) GitLab
4 6 (1.09%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.91%) ERwin
5 5 (0.91%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.73%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.73%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.55%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.36%) Ranorex
8 2 (0.36%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.36%) Selenium
8 2 (0.36%) TestRail
9 1 (0.18%) JMeter
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
9 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 548 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 283 (51.64%) Social Skills
3 189 (34.49%) Finance
4 63 (11.50%) Marketing
5 39 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
6 35 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (6.20%) Public Sector
8 25 (4.56%) Manufacturing
9 24 (4.38%) Legal
10 20 (3.65%) Retail
11 19 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (2.74%) Advertising
13 15 (2.74%) Electronics
14 13 (2.37%) Banking
14 13 (2.37%) Financial Institution
15 12 (2.19%) Aerospace
16 11 (2.01%) Law
16 11 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (1.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 112 (20.44%) Analyst
2 72 (13.14%) Head of QA
3 44 (8.03%) Senior
4 41 (7.48%) Lead
5 27 (4.93%) Business Analyst
5 27 (4.93%) Developer
6 24 (4.38%) Support Analyst
7 22 (4.01%) Data Analyst
8 20 (3.65%) IT Engineer
9 16 (2.92%) Compliance Manager
10 15 (2.74%) Field Engineer
10 15 (2.74%) Field Service Engineer
10 15 (2.74%) IT Analyst
11 14 (2.55%) IT Support
12 13 (2.37%) Junior
13 12 (2.19%) Consultant
13 12 (2.19%) Data Engineer
14 11 (2.01%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (2.01%) Junior Analyst
14 11 (2.01%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.65%) JSON
2 14 (2.55%) HTML
3 13 (2.37%) CSS
4 12 (2.19%) .NET
5 8 (1.46%) Kafka
5 8 (1.46%) OAuth
5 8 (1.46%) SAML
5 8 (1.46%) XML
6 7 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
6 7 (1.28%) REST
6 7 (1.28%) RESTful
7 6 (1.09%) Spring
7 6 (1.09%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.91%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.91%) FpML
8 5 (0.91%) LDAP
8 5 (0.91%) React
8 5 (0.91%) XML Schema
9 4 (0.73%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.93%) Onboarding
2 24 (4.38%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.65%) Cloud Native
4 18 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.10%) Social Media
6 15 (2.74%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.55%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.19%) Driving Licence
9 11 (2.01%) Cyber Defence
10 10 (1.82%) Blog
10 10 (1.82%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.46%) SCADA
12 8 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (1.28%) Credit Risk
13 7 (1.28%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.02%) Windows
2 15 (2.74%) Linux
3 12 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.73%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.36%) Android
5 2 (0.36%) Debian
5 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (39.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 180 (32.85%) Analytics
3 147 (26.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 134 (24.45%) Problem-Solving
5 110 (20.07%) Actionable Insight
6 106 (19.34%) Agile
7 98 (17.88%) Root Cause Analysis
8 91 (16.61%) Customer Experience
8 91 (16.61%) Decision-Making
9 86 (15.69%) Service Delivery
10 85 (15.51%) Change Management
11 81 (14.78%) Quality Management
12 79 (14.42%) PRINCE2
13 74 (13.50%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 70 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
15 67 (12.23%) AI
16 61 (11.13%) Stakeholder Management
17 53 (9.67%) CRM
18 50 (9.12%) Process Improvement
19 47 (8.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 100 (18.25%) SQL
2 50 (9.12%) Python
3 24 (4.38%) C#
4 23 (4.20%) Java
5 21 (3.83%) PowerShell
6 15 (2.74%) Bash
7 14 (2.55%) MATLAB
8 11 (2.01%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.82%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.46%) C++
11 7 (1.28%) C
11 7 (1.28%) PHP
11 7 (1.28%) Scala
12 6 (1.09%) Embedded C
12 6 (1.09%) Go
12 6 (1.09%) Search Processing Language
13 5 (0.91%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.73%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.73%) VBA
15 3 (0.55%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 72 (13.14%) IRCA
2 66 (12.04%) Degree
3 41 (7.48%) Security Cleared
4 26 (4.74%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (2.74%) A+ Certification
6 15 (2.74%) CCNA
6 15 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.74%) MCSE
6 15 (2.74%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.01%) ACCA
9 9 (1.64%) CIMA
10 7 (1.28%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.28%) GCIA
10 7 (1.28%) GCIH
10 7 (1.28%) GIAC
11 6 (1.09%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.09%) GCED
11 6 (1.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (20.07%) QA
2 96 (17.52%) ISO 9001
3 89 (16.24%) GDPR
4 65 (11.86%) Data Quality
5 29 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (3.10%) ISO 14001
7 16 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 13 (2.37%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.46%) ARP4754
9 8 (1.46%) DO-254
9 8 (1.46%) SLA
10 7 (1.28%) GRC
10 7 (1.28%) NIST
11 6 (1.09%) COBIT
11 6 (1.09%) ISO 8583
11 6 (1.09%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.91%) ISO 19650
12 5 (0.91%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (2.92%) Docker
2 8 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.55%) Firmware
4 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) IAG
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.37%) Terraform
3 8 (1.46%) Grafana
4 7 (1.28%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.09%) Ansible
5 6 (1.09%) Kibana
6 5 (0.91%) QRadar
7 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.36%) Argo
9 1 (0.18%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 115 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.39%) Google
3 23 (4.20%) HubSpot
4 18 (3.28%) SAP
5 16 (2.92%) Dell
6 13 (2.37%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.19%) Adobe
8 11 (2.01%) Splunk
9 10 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.82%) Oracle
10 7 (1.28%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.28%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.28%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.09%) Carbon Black
11 6 (1.09%) Databricks
11 6 (1.09%) Marketo
11 6 (1.09%) Pardot
12 5 (0.91%) ArcSight
12 5 (0.91%) IFS
12 5 (0.91%) Sparx