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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 288 487
Rank change year-on-year -97 +199 +81
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 505 515 359
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 1.03% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.78% 2.50% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 284 305 215
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £33,986 £34,540 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,425 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £73,750 £70,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £86,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.70%

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 28,341 20,617 27,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.90% 41.24% 32.40%
Number of salaries quoted 17,813 10,401 15,480
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,309
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.58% -8.53%

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 28 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 28 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 -90 465 £50,000 - 451
UK excluding London -57 370 £45,000 -10.00% 198
Work from Home -35 141 £50,000 - 160
London -66 124 £65,000 -7.14% 310
South East -40 107 £49,713 -3.47% 41
North of England -21 87 £45,000 - 47
South West -64 68 £42,500 -15.00% 46
Midlands -23 61 £45,000 +5.88% 28
North West -30 43 £37,500 -14.29% 34
West Midlands -14 41 £42,500 +21.43% 16
Yorkshire -17 32 £90,000 +89.47% 11
East Midlands -38 18 £50,000 -37.50% 12
East of England -37 16 £42,879 +7.20% 16
Scotland -2 15 £26,150 - 12
North East -42 12 £57,500 - 3
Northern Ireland -72 10 £63,750 - 4
Wales -67 6 - - 4

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 12 (2.38%) Confluence
1 12 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.79%) Apache
2 4 (0.79%) CMS
2 4 (0.79%) SAS
2 4 (0.79%) WordPress
3 3 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.59%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.59%) IIS
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.40%) Luigi
4 2 (0.40%) Tornado
Applications
1 52 (10.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.79%) Simulink
6 3 (0.59%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (2.38%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.39%) Shopify
3 4 (0.79%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.79%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.79%) JDE World
4 3 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.40%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.40%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.20%) Odoo
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.20%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 72 (14.26%) Azure
2 52 (10.30%) Power Platform
3 39 (7.72%) AWS
3 39 (7.72%) SaaS
4 36 (7.13%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (5.94%) GCP
6 23 (4.55%) Google Analytics
7 18 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (3.17%) PowerApps
9 10 (1.98%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (1.78%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.78%) Google Ads
11 8 (1.58%) dbt
12 7 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.19%) Anthropic Claude
13 6 (1.19%) Canva
13 6 (1.19%) GitHub
13 6 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.57%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.38%) SAN
3 11 (2.18%) HTTP
3 11 (2.18%) LAN
3 11 (2.18%) WAN
4 10 (1.98%) SMS
5 9 (1.78%) DNS
6 8 (1.58%) Firewall
6 8 (1.58%) VPN
7 5 (0.99%) FTP
7 5 (0.99%) Internet
7 5 (0.99%) SMTP
7 5 (0.99%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.79%) ATM
8 4 (0.79%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.79%) NAS
8 4 (0.79%) Wireless
8 4 (0.79%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.40%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.32%) Power BI
2 19 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.18%) Relational Database
3 11 (2.18%) Tableau
4 10 (1.98%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.58%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.58%) Metadata
5 8 (1.58%) MySQL
6 7 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.39%) GIS
6 7 (1.39%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.19%) Looker
8 5 (0.99%) Big Data
8 5 (0.99%) Power Query
9 4 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.59%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.59%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 21 (4.16%) JIRA
2 17 (3.37%) Git
3 8 (1.58%) Eclipse
4 5 (0.99%) GitLab
5 4 (0.79%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.59%) ERwin
6 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.59%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.40%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.40%) Selenium
7 2 (0.40%) TestRail
8 1 (0.20%) JMeter
8 1 (0.20%) Postman
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
General
1 505 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 256 (50.69%) Social Skills
3 156 (30.89%) Finance
4 64 (12.67%) Marketing
5 40 (7.92%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (6.34%) Public Sector
8 23 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.96%) Legal
10 18 (3.56%) Retail
11 17 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (3.37%) Electronics
11 17 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (3.17%) Advertising
13 12 (2.38%) Law
14 10 (1.98%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.98%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.58%) Banking
16 8 (1.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 102 (20.20%) Analyst
2 48 (9.50%) Head of QA
3 40 (7.92%) Lead
3 40 (7.92%) Senior
4 26 (5.15%) Developer
5 25 (4.95%) Business Analyst
6 22 (4.36%) Support Analyst
7 20 (3.96%) Data Analyst
8 17 (3.37%) IT Engineer
9 16 (3.17%) Compliance Manager
10 13 (2.57%) IT Analyst
11 12 (2.38%) Data Engineer
11 12 (2.38%) Field Engineer
11 12 (2.38%) Field Service Engineer
11 12 (2.38%) IT Support
11 12 (2.38%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (2.18%) Architect
12 11 (2.18%) Senior Manager
12 11 (2.18%) Vendor Manager
13 10 (1.98%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.56%) JSON
2 14 (2.77%) HTML
3 13 (2.57%) .NET
3 13 (2.57%) CSS
4 10 (1.98%) Terraform
5 8 (1.58%) Kafka
5 8 (1.58%) RESTful
6 7 (1.39%) REST
7 6 (1.19%) Spring
7 6 (1.19%) Spring Boot
7 6 (1.19%) XML
8 5 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.99%) LDAP
8 5 (0.99%) OAuth
8 5 (0.99%) React
8 5 (0.99%) SAML
9 4 (0.79%) PyTorch
9 4 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.79%) TensorFlow
10 3 (0.59%) FpML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.74%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.56%) Cloud Native
3 18 (3.56%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (3.37%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.37%) Social Media
5 12 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.38%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.18%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (1.98%) Blog
8 9 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.58%) SCADA
9 8 (1.58%) Web Conferencing
10 7 (1.39%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.39%) Educational Technology
10 7 (1.39%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.14%) Windows
2 14 (2.77%) Linux
3 12 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.79%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.40%) Android
5 2 (0.40%) Debian
5 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (36.04%) Continuous Improvement
2 152 (30.10%) Analytics
3 122 (24.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 119 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (20.00%) Agile
6 87 (17.23%) Decision-Making
7 85 (16.83%) Actionable Insight
8 74 (14.65%) Root Cause Analysis
9 68 (13.47%) Customer Experience
10 65 (12.87%) AI
11 61 (12.08%) Business Intelligence
11 61 (12.08%) Service Delivery
12 60 (11.88%) Change Management
13 58 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 57 (11.29%) Quality Management
15 53 (10.50%) PRINCE2
16 51 (10.10%) CRM
17 50 (9.90%) Anti-Money Laundering
18 46 (9.11%) Roadmaps
19 45 (8.91%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 93 (18.42%) SQL
2 44 (8.71%) Python
3 26 (5.15%) Java
4 23 (4.55%) C#
5 19 (3.76%) PowerShell
6 16 (3.17%) MATLAB
7 11 (2.18%) Bash
7 11 (2.18%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.18%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.98%) C
9 8 (1.58%) C++
9 8 (1.58%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.39%) PHP
10 7 (1.39%) Scala
11 6 (1.19%) Go
11 6 (1.19%) Search Processing Language
12 5 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.79%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.59%) COBOL
14 3 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (12.48%) Degree
2 48 (9.50%) IRCA
3 41 (8.12%) Security Cleared
4 26 (5.15%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.38%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.38%) CCNA
6 12 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.38%) MCSE
6 12 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.78%) ACCA
9 7 (1.39%) CIMA
9 7 (1.39%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.19%) CISA
10 6 (1.19%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.19%) GCIA
10 6 (1.19%) GCIH
10 6 (1.19%) GIAC
10 6 (1.19%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (17.43%) QA
2 71 (14.06%) ISO 9001
3 64 (12.67%) GDPR
4 62 (12.28%) Data Quality
5 29 (5.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 16 (3.17%) ISO 14001
6 16 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 11 (2.18%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.58%) ARP4754
8 8 (1.58%) DO-254
8 8 (1.58%) SLA
9 6 (1.19%) COBIT
9 6 (1.19%) ISO 8583
9 6 (1.19%) NIST
10 5 (0.99%) GRC
10 5 (0.99%) ISO 19650
10 5 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.99%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.57%) Docker
2 8 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.19%) Firmware
4 4 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 13 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.19%) Ansible
2 6 (1.19%) Kibana
3 5 (0.99%) Grafana
3 5 (0.99%) QRadar
4 4 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.40%) Argo
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 110 (21.78%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.90%) Google
3 23 (4.55%) HubSpot
4 17 (3.37%) SAP
5 14 (2.77%) Adobe
6 13 (2.57%) Dell
6 13 (2.57%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.18%) Splunk
8 10 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (1.78%) Oracle
10 6 (1.19%) Carbon Black
10 6 (1.19%) Databricks
10 6 (1.19%) Facebook
10 6 (1.19%) Instagram
10 6 (1.19%) Marketo
10 6 (1.19%) Pardot
10 6 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.99%) ArcSight
11 5 (0.99%) Cisco
11 5 (0.99%) IFS