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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 425 478
Rank change year-on-year +189 +53 +143
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 565 347 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 0.56% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.81% 1.59% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 329 177 179
10th Percentile £28,900 £33,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,732 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -18.18% +12.82% +8.33%

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 20,104 21,861 19,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.65% 35.19% 38.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,526 10,793 14,491
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £33,210
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,877 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% -4.00% -0.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +207 500 £50,000 -9.09% 3,141
UK excluding London +179 387 £45,000 -18.18% 3,170
Work from Home +133 203 £50,000 - 3,364
London +100 152 £65,000 - 253
South East +101 101 £45,000 -12.62% 713
South West +73 73 £50,000 -20.00% 364
Midlands +68 72 £47,500 +10.22% 625
North of England +56 72 £43,750 -20.45% 696
North West +63 54 £42,500 -22.73% 318
East Midlands +38 45 £40,000 - 273
West Midlands +42 26 £47,500 -5.00% 316
East of England +35 25 £56,250 +4.65% 520
Scotland 0 25 £26,150 -59.77% 144
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 60
Yorkshire -7 11 £47,500 -20.83% 331
North East - 7 £38,500 - 47
Wales +7 5 £47,500 -3.27% 95

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 (3.19%) Confluence
2 13 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.06%) CMS
5 4 (0.71%) IIS
5 4 (0.71%) SAS
6 3 (0.53%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 115 (20.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.48%) Maya
5 13 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.42%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.71%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.53%) Stata
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.95%) Shopify
3 10 (1.77%) Sprinklr
4 7 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.88%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.71%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.71%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.53%) SAP APO
7 3 (0.53%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.53%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.35%) Magento
8 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 116 (20.53%) Power Platform
2 110 (19.47%) Azure
3 29 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
4 28 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 25 (4.42%) SaaS
7 22 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.72%) AWS
9 19 (3.36%) Entra ID
9 19 (3.36%) Google Analytics
10 15 (2.65%) Boomi
10 15 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (2.48%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 10 (1.77%) Snowflake
13 9 (1.59%) Google Ads
14 7 (1.24%) Asana
14 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.06%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.06%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.78%) Network Security
2 14 (2.48%) Firewall
3 10 (1.77%) SAN
4 4 (0.71%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.71%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.35%) GSM
6 2 (0.35%) LAN
6 2 (0.35%) LTE
6 2 (0.35%) VoIP
6 2 (0.35%) WAN
7 1 (0.18%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.18%) DHCP
7 1 (0.18%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.18%) Modbus
7 1 (0.18%) NAS
7 1 (0.18%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.18%) PBX
7 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (19.12%) Power BI
2 45 (7.96%) Tableau
3 40 (7.08%) SQL Server
4 28 (4.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 26 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (2.83%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.24%) Metadata
9 5 (0.88%) Looker
10 4 (0.71%) Metabase
10 4 (0.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.53%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.18%) MySQL
13 1 (0.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 31 (5.49%) JIRA
2 8 (1.42%) Git
3 5 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.71%) Postman
4 4 (0.71%) Selenium
4 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.53%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.35%) GitLab
7 1 (0.18%) Appium
7 1 (0.18%) Bazaar
7 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.18%) JMeter
7 1 (0.18%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.18%) MLflow
7 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 565 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 338 (59.82%) Social Skills
3 265 (46.90%) Finance
4 139 (24.60%) Marketing
5 70 (12.39%) Retail
6 51 (9.03%) Legal
7 50 (8.85%) Public Sector
8 49 (8.67%) Manufacturing
9 44 (7.79%) Law
10 35 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (5.49%) Electronics
12 29 (5.13%) Telecoms
13 21 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (3.01%) Games
14 17 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (2.83%) Banking
16 15 (2.65%) Billing
16 15 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (2.48%) Advertising
18 13 (2.30%) French Language
Job Titles
1 123 (21.77%) Analyst
2 69 (12.21%) Senior
3 68 (12.04%) Lead
4 45 (7.96%) Consultant
5 40 (7.08%) Data Analyst
6 30 (5.31%) Architect
7 28 (4.96%) Commercial Analyst
7 28 (4.96%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 28 (4.96%) Security Consultant
8 25 (4.42%) Support Engineer
9 24 (4.25%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.07%) Business Manager
11 18 (3.19%) Technical Engineer
11 18 (3.19%) Technical Support
11 18 (3.19%) Technical Support Engineer
12 17 (3.01%) Systems Analyst
13 16 (2.83%) IT Support
14 15 (2.65%) CRM Architect
14 15 (2.65%) Developer
14 15 (2.65%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.72%) HTML
2 20 (3.54%) CSS
3 7 (1.24%) REST
4 5 (0.88%) .NET
5 4 (0.71%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.53%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.53%) EDI
6 3 (0.53%) Middleware
7 2 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.35%) Playwright
7 2 (0.35%) RESTful
7 2 (0.35%) Sass
7 2 (0.35%) SOAP
7 2 (0.35%) Spring
7 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.35%) XML
7 2 (0.35%) ZeroMQ
8 1 (0.18%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.67%) Onboarding
2 48 (8.50%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (7.61%) Management Information System
4 40 (7.08%) FMCG
5 38 (6.73%) Data Centre
6 32 (5.66%) Product Ownership
7 31 (5.49%) Cloud Native
8 23 (4.07%) Social Media
9 21 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (3.19%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.77%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.59%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.59%) Smartphone
13 6 (1.06%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.06%) IoT
13 6 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
14 5 (0.88%) Security Posture
15 4 (0.71%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.48%) Windows
2 7 (1.24%) Linux
3 3 (0.53%) Unix
4 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (44.25%) Problem-Solving
2 198 (35.04%) Analytics
3 163 (28.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 154 (27.26%) Business Intelligence
5 131 (23.19%) Decision-Making
6 105 (18.58%) Agile
7 104 (18.41%) Project Management
8 94 (16.64%) CRM
9 90 (15.93%) ERP
10 81 (14.34%) Actionable Insight
10 81 (14.34%) AI
11 77 (13.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 73 (12.92%) Process Improvement
13 70 (12.39%) Cybersecurity
14 68 (12.04%) Business Strategy
15 63 (11.15%) Visualisation
16 55 (9.73%) Data Analysis
17 53 (9.38%) Change Management
18 51 (9.03%) Mentoring
19 50 (8.85%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (20.18%) SQL
2 45 (7.96%) Python
3 24 (4.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (3.54%) JavaScript
4 20 (3.54%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.95%) C#
6 8 (1.42%) C++
6 8 (1.42%) VBA
7 7 (1.24%) C
8 6 (1.06%) Bash
8 6 (1.06%) Java
8 6 (1.06%) R
9 4 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.53%) Bicep
10 3 (0.53%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.18%) ABAP
12 1 (0.18%) Go
12 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 145 (25.66%) Degree
2 49 (8.67%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.66%) CISSP
4 27 (4.78%) CEH
5 25 (4.42%) CompTIA Security+
6 20 (3.54%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.36%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.48%) PMI Certification
9 14 (2.48%) PMP
10 13 (2.30%) ACCA
11 12 (2.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 11 (1.95%) A+ Certification
12 11 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.95%) CIMA
13 10 (1.77%) CISM
13 10 (1.77%) DBS Check
14 9 (1.59%) CCNA
14 9 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (9.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (6.19%) NIST
3 26 (4.60%) Data Quality
3 26 (4.60%) PCI DSS
3 26 (4.60%) QA
4 15 (2.65%) GDPR
5 13 (2.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (2.12%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.59%) GRC
8 6 (1.06%) SLA
9 4 (0.71%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.71%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.71%) NEBOSH
10 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.53%) PMO
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.35%) IFRS
11 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.77%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.88%) Docker
3 5 (0.88%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.24%) Terraform
3 4 (0.71%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.18%) Kibana
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 130 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 72 (12.74%) SAP
3 46 (8.14%) Salesforce
4 32 (5.66%) Google
5 29 (5.13%) Adobe
6 23 (4.07%) Dell
7 22 (3.89%) Oracle
8 15 (2.65%) MuleSoft
9 11 (1.95%) Autodesk
10 8 (1.42%) Databricks
11 7 (1.24%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.06%) Cisco
12 6 (1.06%) Workday
13 5 (0.88%) Hotjar
14 4 (0.71%) Facebook
14 4 (0.71%) Guidewire
14 4 (0.71%) TikTok
15 3 (0.53%) Ahrefs
15 3 (0.53%) Avaloq
15 3 (0.53%) Zoho