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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 385 464
Rank change year-on-year +86 +79 +262
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 472 290 412
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.66% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 1.70% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 253 167 267
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,875 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.46% +24.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £93,500 £88,750 £74,250
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 22,782 17,043 30,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.90% 39.03% 36.20%
Number of salaries quoted 11,575 8,794 21,623
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 13 March 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 March 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 +100 396 £45,000 -21.74% 234
UK excluding London +89 310 £42,500 -22.73% 185
Work from Home +78 144 £47,500 -5.00% 101
London +43 138 £60,000 -7.69% 94
North of England 0 84 £45,000 -23.40% 47
South East +13 56 £42,500 -26.09% 65
North West 0 51 £42,500 -34.62% 34
Midlands -3 49 £40,000 -11.11% 32
South West -2 38 £43,750 -14.63% 19
East of England +10 26 £40,000 -25.58% 14
West Midlands +7 25 £47,500 +34.75% 24
Scotland -11 24 £26,150 -62.64% 5
East Midlands -27 23 £30,000 -45.45% 8
Northern Ireland -10 20 - - 2
Yorkshire -39 19 £50,000 - 11
North East - 14 £38,500 - 2
Wales +1 13 £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 (1.06%) Confluence
2 4 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.85%) WordPress
3 3 (0.64%) CMS
3 3 (0.64%) IIS
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.21%) Mendix
Applications
1 79 (16.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.48%) Maya
6 5 (1.06%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.42%) Sketch
7 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.06%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.85%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.64%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.64%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.21%) Shopify
6 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (20.76%) Azure
2 89 (18.86%) Power Platform
3 35 (7.42%) AWS
4 33 (6.99%) SaaS
5 28 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 20 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.24%) GCP
8 17 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (3.60%) Power Automate
9 14 (2.97%) GitHub
10 11 (2.33%) dbt
11 10 (2.12%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.69%) Boomi
12 8 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (1.48%) Datadog
13 7 (1.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.39%) Firewall
1 16 (3.39%) SAN
2 10 (2.12%) VPN
3 8 (1.69%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.48%) WAN
5 6 (1.27%) LAN
6 4 (0.85%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.85%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.64%) Network Security
8 2 (0.42%) Broadband
8 2 (0.42%) DHCP
8 2 (0.42%) DNS
8 2 (0.42%) GSM
8 2 (0.42%) LTE
8 2 (0.42%) Modbus
8 2 (0.42%) SMS
8 2 (0.42%) VLAN
8 2 (0.42%) VoIP
8 2 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (18.43%) Power BI
2 46 (9.75%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (5.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.45%) Tableau
6 11 (2.33%) Metabase
7 9 (1.91%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.91%) Metadata
8 8 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.06%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.85%) Looker
11 4 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.64%) Power Query
13 2 (0.42%) Mixpanel
13 2 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 21 (4.45%) Git
2 16 (3.39%) JIRA
3 11 (2.33%) Visual Studio
4 10 (2.12%) GitLab
5 8 (1.69%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.06%) ERwin
7 2 (0.42%) Selenium
7 2 (0.42%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.21%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.21%) MLflow
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.21%) Postman
8 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.21%) TestRail
8 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 471 (99.79%) Analytical Skills
2 280 (59.32%) Social Skills
3 206 (43.64%) Finance
4 48 (10.17%) Marketing
5 42 (8.90%) Legal
6 38 (8.05%) Retail
7 31 (6.57%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (5.30%) Manufacturing
10 23 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
10 23 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (4.24%) Law
12 16 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (3.18%) Banking
14 13 (2.75%) Billing
15 10 (2.12%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.91%) Automotive
17 8 (1.69%) Games
17 8 (1.69%) Telecoms
18 7 (1.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 101 (21.40%) Analyst
2 48 (10.17%) Head of QA
3 34 (7.20%) Senior
4 29 (6.14%) IT Support
4 29 (6.14%) Lead
5 26 (5.51%) IT Engineer
6 24 (5.08%) Business Manager
7 20 (4.24%) Data Analyst
8 19 (4.03%) Business Analyst
9 18 (3.81%) Financial Analyst
9 18 (3.81%) Systems Analyst
10 17 (3.60%) Administrator
10 17 (3.60%) Consultant
10 17 (3.60%) Developer
11 16 (3.39%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.18%) Commercial Analyst
12 15 (3.18%) Field Engineer
12 15 (3.18%) Field Service Engineer
12 15 (3.18%) Support Analyst
13 13 (2.75%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.75%) CSS
1 13 (2.75%) HTML
2 9 (1.91%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.69%) XML
4 7 (1.48%) .NET
4 7 (1.48%) OAuth
4 7 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (1.48%) SAML
5 6 (1.27%) JSON
5 6 (1.27%) REST
5 6 (1.27%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (1.06%) FpML
6 5 (1.06%) SOAP
6 5 (1.06%) XML Schema
7 4 (0.85%) React
7 4 (0.85%) RESTful
7 4 (0.85%) Sass
7 4 (0.85%) Spring
7 4 (0.85%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.85%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.51%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.24%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.81%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.81%) Social Media
6 17 (3.60%) FMCG
7 16 (3.39%) Data Centre
8 15 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (3.18%) Smartphone
9 10 (2.12%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.48%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.48%) IoT
12 6 (1.27%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.27%) e-Learning
12 6 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.27%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.51%) Windows
2 17 (3.60%) Linux
3 8 (1.69%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.48%) Unix
5 6 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.21%) Android
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (38.77%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (34.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 154 (32.63%) Analytics
4 100 (21.19%) Business Intelligence
5 98 (20.76%) Actionable Insight
6 89 (18.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 87 (18.43%) Decision-Making
8 78 (16.53%) Agile
8 78 (16.53%) Process Improvement
9 73 (15.47%) Customer Experience
10 60 (12.71%) Change Management
10 60 (12.71%) PRINCE2
10 60 (12.71%) Service Delivery
11 59 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
12 57 (12.08%) Data Analysis
13 51 (10.81%) CI/CD
14 49 (10.38%) ERP
14 49 (10.38%) Quality Management
15 48 (10.17%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 48 (10.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.70%) SQL
2 60 (12.71%) Python
3 30 (6.36%) PowerShell
4 25 (5.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (3.81%) Bash
6 14 (2.97%) C++
7 13 (2.75%) C#
7 13 (2.75%) Java
8 10 (2.12%) C
8 10 (2.12%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.48%) Go
9 7 (1.48%) VBA
10 4 (0.85%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.64%) Bicep
11 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.64%) VC++
12 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.42%) Perl
12 2 (0.42%) Scala
13 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 85 (18.01%) Degree
2 48 (10.17%) IRCA
3 25 (5.30%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (3.39%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.18%) A+ Certification
6 15 (3.18%) CCNA
6 15 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (3.18%) MCSE
6 15 (3.18%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 12 (2.54%) ACCA
9 11 (2.33%) DBS Check
10 10 (2.12%) CIMA
11 9 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.91%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.91%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.69%) PMI Certification
12 8 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (15.04%) QA
2 61 (12.92%) GDPR
3 56 (11.86%) ISO 9001
4 31 (6.57%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (2.12%) GRC
7 10 (2.12%) NIST
8 7 (1.48%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.48%) ISO 14001
8 7 (1.48%) SLA
9 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.64%) EMIR
11 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.64%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.42%) GAAP
12 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (3.39%) Docker
2 6 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (4.24%) Terraform
2 18 (3.81%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.48%) Grafana
3 7 (1.48%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.85%) Ansible
5 4 (0.85%) Control-M
6 2 (0.42%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) SCOM
Vendors
1 96 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.72%) SAP
3 23 (4.87%) Dell
4 22 (4.66%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.03%) Oracle
6 12 (2.54%) Google
7 9 (1.91%) Adobe
7 9 (1.91%) Autodesk
8 8 (1.69%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.69%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.69%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.06%) Apple
10 5 (1.06%) Informatica
10 5 (1.06%) Sparx
11 4 (0.85%) BT
11 4 (0.85%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.85%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.64%) TikTok