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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 384 470
Rank change year-on-year +71 +86 +269
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 469 282 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.65% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.04% 1.68% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 253 168 267
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,438 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% +23.19% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £93,500 £89,125 £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 22,953 16,827 30,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.76% 39.02% 36.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,654 8,923 21,737
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 16 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 16 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 +90 393 £45,000 -21.74% 195
UK excluding London +83 307 £42,500 -22.73% 151
Work from Home +77 143 £47,500 -5.00% 89
London +34 138 £60,000 -9.43% 76
North of England -1 83 £45,000 -23.40% 38
South East +25 57 £43,750 -23.91% 55
North West -1 50 £42,500 -34.62% 27
Midlands +3 47 £40,000 -20.00% 29
South West -14 37 £43,750 -14.63% 16
East of England +6 26 £40,000 -25.58% 11
West Midlands +10 25 £47,500 +28.38% 23
Scotland -8 24 £26,150 -62.64% 2
East Midlands -31 21 £30,000 -45.45% 6
Northern Ireland -14 20 - - 1
Yorkshire -30 19 £50,000 - 10
North East - 14 £38,500 - 1
Wales -6 13 £35,000 -28.72% 3

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 (1.07%) 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 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.21%) Mendix
Applications
1 77 (16.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.49%) Maya
6 5 (1.07%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.43%) Sketch
7 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.07%) 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
5 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.43%) 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 97 (20.68%) Azure
2 87 (18.55%) Power Platform
3 35 (7.46%) AWS
4 33 (7.04%) SaaS
5 28 (5.97%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 20 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.26%) GCP
8 17 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (3.62%) Power Automate
9 14 (2.99%) GitHub
10 11 (2.35%) dbt
11 10 (2.13%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.71%) Boomi
12 8 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.49%) Asana
13 7 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.41%) Firewall
1 16 (3.41%) SAN
2 10 (2.13%) VPN
3 8 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.49%) WAN
5 6 (1.28%) 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 (0.43%) Broadband
8 2 (0.43%) DHCP
8 2 (0.43%) DNS
8 2 (0.43%) GSM
8 2 (0.43%) LTE
8 2 (0.43%) Modbus
8 2 (0.43%) SMS
8 2 (0.43%) VLAN
8 2 (0.43%) VoIP
8 2 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (18.12%) Power BI
2 46 (9.81%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (5.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (4.05%) Tableau
7 11 (2.35%) Metabase
8 9 (1.92%) Metadata
9 8 (1.71%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.28%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.07%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.85%) Looker
12 4 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.64%) Power Query
14 2 (0.43%) Big Data
14 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 21 (4.48%) Git
2 16 (3.41%) JIRA
3 11 (2.35%) Visual Studio
4 10 (2.13%) GitLab
5 8 (1.71%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.07%) ERwin
7 2 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.43%) 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
1 468 (99.79%) Analytical Skills
2 279 (59.49%) Social Skills
3 203 (43.28%) Finance
4 47 (10.02%) Marketing
5 42 (8.96%) Legal
6 36 (7.68%) Retail
7 31 (6.61%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (5.54%) Manufacturing
10 23 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
10 23 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (4.26%) Law
12 16 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (3.20%) Banking
14 13 (2.77%) Billing
15 10 (2.13%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.92%) Automotive
17 8 (1.71%) Electronics
17 8 (1.71%) Games
17 8 (1.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (21.32%) Analyst
2 48 (10.23%) Head of QA
3 34 (7.25%) Senior
4 29 (6.18%) IT Support
5 26 (5.54%) IT Engineer
5 26 (5.54%) Lead
6 23 (4.90%) Business Manager
7 20 (4.26%) Data Analyst
8 18 (3.84%) Business Analyst
8 18 (3.84%) Financial Analyst
8 18 (3.84%) Systems Analyst
9 17 (3.62%) Administrator
9 17 (3.62%) Consultant
9 17 (3.62%) Developer
10 16 (3.41%) IT Analyst
11 15 (3.20%) Commercial Analyst
11 15 (3.20%) Field Engineer
11 15 (3.20%) Field Service Engineer
11 15 (3.20%) Support Analyst
12 13 (2.77%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.77%) CSS
1 13 (2.77%) HTML
2 9 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.71%) XML
4 7 (1.49%) .NET
4 7 (1.49%) OAuth
4 7 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (1.49%) SAML
5 6 (1.28%) JSON
5 6 (1.28%) REST
5 6 (1.28%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (1.07%) FpML
6 5 (1.07%) SOAP
6 5 (1.07%) XML Schema
7 4 (0.85%) PySpark
7 4 (0.85%) React
7 4 (0.85%) RESTful
7 4 (0.85%) Sass
7 4 (0.85%) Spring
7 4 (0.85%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.54%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.69%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.26%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.84%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.84%) Social Media
6 16 (3.41%) Data Centre
7 15 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (3.20%) FMCG
7 15 (3.20%) Smartphone
8 10 (2.13%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.71%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.49%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.49%) IoT
11 6 (1.28%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.28%) e-Learning
11 6 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.28%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.54%) Windows
2 17 (3.62%) Linux
3 8 (1.71%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.49%) Unix
5 6 (1.28%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.43%) 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
1 181 (38.59%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (34.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 151 (32.20%) Analytics
4 97 (20.68%) Actionable Insight
5 96 (20.47%) Business Intelligence
6 89 (18.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 84 (17.91%) Decision-Making
8 79 (16.84%) Process Improvement
9 78 (16.63%) Agile
10 73 (15.57%) Customer Experience
11 60 (12.79%) PRINCE2
11 60 (12.79%) Root Cause Analysis
11 60 (12.79%) Service Delivery
12 58 (12.37%) Change Management
13 56 (11.94%) Data Analysis
14 51 (10.87%) CI/CD
15 50 (10.66%) Quality Management
16 48 (10.23%) Anti-Money Laundering
17 47 (10.02%) Visualisation
18 46 (9.81%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 92 (19.62%) SQL
2 59 (12.58%) Python
3 30 (6.40%) PowerShell
4 25 (5.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (3.84%) Bash
6 14 (2.99%) C++
7 13 (2.77%) C#
7 13 (2.77%) Java
8 10 (2.13%) C
8 10 (2.13%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.49%) Go
9 7 (1.49%) 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 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.43%) Perl
12 2 (0.43%) Scala
13 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 81 (17.27%) Degree
2 48 (10.23%) IRCA
3 24 (5.12%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.20%) A+ Certification
5 15 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.20%) CCNA
5 15 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (3.20%) MCSE
5 15 (3.20%) Network+ Certification
5 15 (3.20%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 12 (2.56%) ACCA
8 11 (2.35%) DBS Check
9 10 (2.13%) CIMA
10 9 (1.92%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.71%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.71%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (15.35%) QA
2 61 (13.01%) GDPR
3 57 (12.15%) ISO 9001
4 31 (6.61%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (2.35%) NIST
8 10 (2.13%) GRC
9 7 (1.49%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.49%) ISO 14001
9 7 (1.49%) SLA
10 5 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.64%) EMIR
12 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.64%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.43%) IFRS
13 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (3.41%) Docker
2 6 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (4.26%) Terraform
2 18 (3.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.49%) Grafana
3 7 (1.49%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.85%) Ansible
5 4 (0.85%) Control-M
6 2 (0.43%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) SCOM
Vendors
1 96 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.12%) SAP
3 23 (4.90%) Dell
4 20 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.05%) Oracle
6 12 (2.56%) Google
7 9 (1.92%) Adobe
7 9 (1.92%) Autodesk
8 8 (1.71%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.71%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.71%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.07%) Apple
10 5 (1.07%) Informatica
10 5 (1.07%) 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%) Zoho