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 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 433 494
Rank change year-on-year +207 +61 +131
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 604 333 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 0.49% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.21% 1.51% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 348 163 189
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,150 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,063 £43,205 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,056 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.39% +21.05% +5.56%

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 18,810 22,098 20,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.09% 32.47% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,624 10,729 15,507
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,188 £45,750 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,600 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% +0.22%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025. 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 +223 542 £50,000 -16.67% 822
UK excluding London +195 425 £47,500 -17.39% 595
Work from Home +111 208 £50,000 -9.09% 385
London +86 155 £55,000 -18.52% 435
South East +108 138 £50,000 -2.91% 351
Midlands +94 76 £53,459 +15.74% 56
South West +86 75 £50,000 -28.57% 25
North of England +41 74 £42,500 -22.73% 75
North West +47 60 £42,500 -22.73% 52
East Midlands +56 47 £80,000 +42.22% 31
West Midlands +59 29 £47,980 +3.88% 22
Scotland -11 24 £26,150 -59.77% 7
East of England +46 20 £55,750 +5.69% 61
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 12
Yorkshire +14 9 £47,500 -24.00% 19
North East +14 5 - - 4
Wales +13 5 £47,500 - 11

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 18 (2.98%) Confluence
2 17 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.32%) CMS
4 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.66%) IIS
5 4 (0.66%) SAS
6 3 (0.50%) WordPress
7 2 (0.33%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 123 (20.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.99%) Maya
5 11 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.49%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.66%) PlantUML
8 3 (0.50%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.50%) Sketch
8 3 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.50%) Stata
Business Applications
1 22 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.99%) Shopify
2 12 (1.99%) Sprinklr
3 4 (0.66%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.50%) SAP APO
4 3 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.33%) Magento
5 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.33%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.33%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 134 (22.19%) Azure
2 122 (20.20%) Power Platform
3 31 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
3 31 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (4.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 27 (4.47%) SaaS
5 23 (3.81%) Google Analytics
6 22 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.31%) Entra ID
8 17 (2.81%) AWS
8 17 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.15%) Boomi
10 12 (1.99%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 9 (1.49%) Google Ads
11 9 (1.49%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.32%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.16%) Asana
13 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.30%) Network Security
2 16 (2.65%) Firewall
3 5 (0.83%) LAN
3 5 (0.83%) SAN
3 5 (0.83%) WAN
4 4 (0.66%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.66%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.33%) Skype
5 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.33%) VoIP
6 1 (0.17%) DHCP
6 1 (0.17%) DNS
6 1 (0.17%) FTP
6 1 (0.17%) Internet
6 1 (0.17%) Intranet
6 1 (0.17%) PBX
6 1 (0.17%) RTP
6 1 (0.17%) SSL
6 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (18.38%) Power BI
2 47 (7.78%) Data Lake
3 42 (6.95%) Tableau
4 41 (6.79%) SQL Server
5 30 (4.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 26 (4.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.32%) Metadata
9 6 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.50%) Amazon QuickSight
10 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.50%) Looker
10 3 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.33%) MySQL
12 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.17%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 28 (4.64%) JIRA
2 4 (0.66%) Git
2 4 (0.66%) Postman
3 3 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.33%) Bazaar
4 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.33%) Selenium
5 1 (0.17%) Appium
5 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.17%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) JMeter
5 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 604 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 381 (63.08%) Social Skills
3 264 (43.71%) Finance
4 143 (23.68%) Marketing
5 74 (12.25%) Law
6 71 (11.75%) Retail
7 51 (8.44%) Manufacturing
8 45 (7.45%) Legal
9 43 (7.12%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (6.95%) Public Sector
11 34 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (4.80%) Electronics
12 29 (4.80%) Telecoms
13 23 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.65%) Games
15 15 (2.48%) Advertising
15 15 (2.48%) Billing
15 15 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (2.15%) Banking
17 12 (1.99%) French Language
Job Titles
1 146 (24.17%) Analyst
2 100 (16.56%) Senior
3 68 (11.26%) Lead
4 44 (7.28%) Consultant
5 40 (6.62%) Data Analyst
6 29 (4.80%) Architect
7 28 (4.64%) Business Analyst
8 27 (4.47%) Commercial Analyst
8 27 (4.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 27 (4.47%) Security Consultant
9 25 (4.14%) Support Engineer
10 24 (3.97%) Business Manager
11 19 (3.15%) Technical Engineer
11 19 (3.15%) Technical Support
11 19 (3.15%) Technical Support Engineer
12 18 (2.98%) Insight Analyst
12 18 (2.98%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.32%) Graduate
14 13 (2.15%) CRM Architect
14 13 (2.15%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.30%) HTML
2 24 (3.97%) CSS
3 8 (1.32%) REST
4 6 (0.99%) .NET
5 4 (0.66%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.50%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.50%) EDI
6 3 (0.50%) Middleware
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.50%) SOAP
6 3 (0.50%) XML
7 2 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.33%) JSON
8 1 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.17%) Kafka
8 1 (0.17%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.17%) Sass
8 1 (0.17%) XSLT
8 1 (0.17%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.61%) Self-Motivation
2 51 (8.44%) Onboarding
3 46 (7.62%) Management Information System
4 40 (6.62%) FMCG
5 33 (5.46%) Data Centre
6 27 (4.47%) Cloud Native
7 26 (4.30%) Product Ownership
7 26 (4.30%) Social Media
8 20 (3.31%) Driving Licence
9 15 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.15%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.49%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.99%) Credit Risk
13 6 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.99%) IoT
14 5 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
14 5 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
15 4 (0.66%) CMDB
15 4 (0.66%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.48%) Windows
2 5 (0.83%) Linux
3 3 (0.50%) Unix
3 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.17%) Android
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (45.36%) Problem-Solving
2 238 (39.40%) Analytics
3 155 (25.66%) Business Intelligence
4 154 (25.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 140 (23.18%) Decision-Making
6 129 (21.36%) Agile
7 122 (20.20%) Actionable Insight
8 108 (17.88%) Project Management
9 101 (16.72%) CRM
10 94 (15.56%) ERP
11 84 (13.91%) AI
12 72 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (11.75%) Process Improvement
13 71 (11.75%) Roadmaps
14 64 (10.60%) Business Strategy
15 62 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
16 61 (10.10%) Visualisation
17 54 (8.94%) Change Management
17 54 (8.94%) Mentoring
18 50 (8.28%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 125 (20.70%) SQL
2 39 (6.46%) Python
3 25 (4.14%) JavaScript
4 24 (3.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (3.31%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.15%) C#
7 8 (1.32%) R
7 8 (1.32%) VBA
8 7 (1.16%) C++
9 6 (0.99%) C
9 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.66%) Bash
11 3 (0.50%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.33%) Java
12 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.33%) Perl
13 1 (0.17%) Go
13 1 (0.17%) PHP
13 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 146 (24.17%) Degree
2 44 (7.28%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.97%) CISSP
4 27 (4.47%) CEH
5 25 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
6 20 (3.31%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.81%) SC Cleared
8 14 (2.32%) ACCA
9 13 (2.15%) DBS Check
9 13 (2.15%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.15%) PMP
10 12 (1.99%) CIMA
10 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (1.49%) A+ Certification
11 9 (1.49%) CISM
11 9 (1.49%) MBA
12 8 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.32%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.63%) NIST
3 29 (4.80%) Data Quality
4 26 (4.30%) PCI DSS
5 20 (3.31%) QA
6 18 (2.98%) GDPR
7 13 (2.15%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (1.99%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.16%) GRC
10 5 (0.83%) PMO
11 4 (0.66%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.66%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.66%) NEBOSH
11 4 (0.66%) SLA
12 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.33%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.33%) FINRA
13 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 16 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.99%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.83%) Firmware
4 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.50%) Terraform
3 2 (0.33%) Kibana
4 1 (0.17%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.17%) Ansible
4 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.17%) SCCM
4 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 65 (10.76%) SAP
3 48 (7.95%) Salesforce
4 39 (6.46%) Google
5 31 (5.13%) Adobe
6 18 (2.98%) Dell
6 18 (2.98%) Oracle
7 13 (2.15%) MuleSoft
8 11 (1.82%) Autodesk
9 7 (1.16%) Databricks
9 7 (1.16%) Hotjar
9 7 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.99%) Cisco
10 6 (0.99%) Facebook
10 6 (0.99%) Workday
11 5 (0.83%) Ahrefs
11 5 (0.83%) Screaming Frog
12 4 (0.66%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.66%) TikTok
13 3 (0.50%) Hootsuite