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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 349 483
Rank change year-on-year +24 +134 +209
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 492 350 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.80% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.03% 1.88% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 263 196 305
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,350
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £91,750 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,879 £53,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.23% +26.47% -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 24,245 18,647 34,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 42.61% 35.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13,667 9,166 22,986
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 May 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 May 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 +39 430 £49,425 -14.04% 257
UK excluding London +62 357 £42,879 -20.23% 183
Work from Home +48 118 £50,000 -4.76% 123
London -25 117 £65,000 -18.75% 106
North of England +18 91 £62,500 +4.17% 41
South East +22 87 £45,000 -21.74% 71
Midlands +7 58 £42,500 -5.56% 22
North West +11 48 £45,000 -28.00% 24
South West -21 46 £32,500 -35.00% 21
West Midlands -11 40 £44,000 +17.33% 14
East of England -17 28 £40,000 -20.00% 18
Yorkshire -29 28 £90,000 +84.62% 8
Scotland +1 23 £26,150 -50.19% 7
East Midlands -25 17 £32,500 -40.91% 8
North East - 15 £64,250 - 10
Northern Ireland -29 12 - - 1
Wales - 12 £35,000 - 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 8 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.02%) Confluence
2 5 (1.02%) WordPress
3 4 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.61%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Mendix
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 47 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.61%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.41%) Maya
6 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (2.03%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.81%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.81%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.81%) JDE World
4 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (16.26%) Azure
2 59 (11.99%) Power Platform
3 38 (7.72%) SaaS
4 37 (7.52%) AWS
5 29 (5.89%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (5.08%) GCP
7 24 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (4.47%) Power Automate
9 15 (3.05%) GitHub
10 14 (2.85%) dbt
11 13 (2.64%) Google Analytics
12 11 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (1.83%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.63%) Datadog
14 8 (1.63%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.42%) AWS Step Functions
15 7 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.42%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.07%) SAN
2 15 (3.05%) Firewall
3 14 (2.85%) VPN
4 13 (2.64%) WAN
5 12 (2.44%) LAN
6 11 (2.24%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.42%) DNS
8 6 (1.22%) HTTP
9 4 (0.81%) Broadband
9 4 (0.81%) Internet
9 4 (0.81%) SMS
9 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.81%) Wireless
10 3 (0.61%) FTP
10 3 (0.61%) SMTP
11 2 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.41%) Network Security
11 2 (0.41%) SSL
11 2 (0.41%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.20%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (11.79%) Power BI
2 27 (5.49%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (4.07%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.24%) Tableau
5 10 (2.03%) Metabase
5 10 (2.03%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.83%) Metadata
7 8 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.42%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.22%) MySQL
9 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.02%) Big Data
10 5 (1.02%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.02%) Power Query
11 4 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.81%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.61%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.61%) Looker
Development Applications
1 23 (4.67%) Git
2 10 (2.03%) JIRA
2 10 (2.03%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.83%) GitLab
4 7 (1.42%) ERwin
5 6 (1.22%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.81%) Selenium
7 3 (0.61%) TestRail
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.41%) Ranorex
8 2 (0.41%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.41%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.41%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 491 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 267 (54.27%) Social Skills
3 192 (39.02%) Finance
4 45 (9.15%) Marketing
5 31 (6.30%) Legal
6 28 (5.69%) Public Sector
7 23 (4.67%) Retail
8 22 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (4.27%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.64%) Banking
13 11 (2.24%) Electronics
13 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.24%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.03%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.83%) Advertising
15 9 (1.83%) Law
16 7 (1.42%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 109 (22.15%) Analyst
2 72 (14.63%) Head of QA
3 36 (7.32%) IT Engineer
4 34 (6.91%) Lead
5 32 (6.50%) IT Support
6 31 (6.30%) Senior
7 25 (5.08%) Business Analyst
8 23 (4.67%) IT Analyst
9 20 (4.07%) Field Engineer
9 20 (4.07%) Field Service Engineer
9 20 (4.07%) Support Analyst
10 19 (3.86%) Developer
11 18 (3.66%) Support Engineer
12 17 (3.46%) Data Analyst
13 16 (3.25%) Administrator
13 16 (3.25%) IT Support Engineer
13 16 (3.25%) Junior
14 15 (3.05%) Consultant
14 15 (3.05%) Financial Analyst
14 15 (3.05%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.05%) CSS
1 15 (3.05%) HTML
2 13 (2.64%) JSON
3 11 (2.24%) XML
4 9 (1.83%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (1.63%) .NET
5 8 (1.63%) OAuth
5 8 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (1.63%) SAML
6 7 (1.42%) FpML
6 7 (1.42%) XML Schema
7 6 (1.22%) REST
7 6 (1.22%) SOAP
8 5 (1.02%) PySpark
8 5 (1.02%) React
8 5 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (0.81%) Flutter
9 4 (0.81%) RESTful
10 3 (0.61%) Playwright
10 3 (0.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.88%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.07%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.25%) Smartphone
3 16 (3.25%) Social Media
4 14 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (2.64%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.24%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.03%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.03%) FMCG
8 9 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.83%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.63%) Web Conferencing
10 7 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.42%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.22%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.02%) IoT
12 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.50%) Windows
2 16 (3.25%) Linux
3 12 (2.44%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.22%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.81%) Unix
7 2 (0.41%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (36.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 154 (31.30%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (30.89%) Analytics
4 121 (24.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 93 (18.90%) Root Cause Analysis
6 92 (18.70%) Actionable Insight
7 86 (17.48%) Service Delivery
8 85 (17.28%) Customer Experience
9 81 (16.46%) Agile
10 80 (16.26%) Change Management
11 78 (15.85%) Quality Management
12 76 (15.45%) PRINCE2
13 73 (14.84%) Decision-Making
14 72 (14.63%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 72 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (9.35%) Process Improvement
16 43 (8.74%) CRM
17 42 (8.54%) CI/CD
17 42 (8.54%) ERP
18 41 (8.33%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 90 (18.29%) SQL
2 64 (13.01%) Python
3 30 (6.10%) PowerShell
4 21 (4.27%) Java
5 18 (3.66%) C#
6 16 (3.25%) Bash
7 11 (2.24%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.83%) C++
8 9 (1.83%) Go
9 7 (1.42%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.22%) MATLAB
10 6 (1.22%) Scala
11 5 (1.02%) C
11 5 (1.02%) PHP
11 5 (1.02%) VBA
12 4 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 72 (14.63%) IRCA
2 53 (10.77%) Degree
3 24 (4.88%) Security Cleared
4 23 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (4.07%) A+ Certification
5 20 (4.07%) CCNA
5 20 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (4.07%) MCSE
5 20 (4.07%) Network+ Certification
6 16 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (3.05%) SC Cleared
8 9 (1.83%) GIAC
9 7 (1.42%) CISSP
9 7 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.42%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.42%) GCIH
10 6 (1.22%) ACCA
10 6 (1.22%) GCIA
11 5 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (20.12%) QA
2 88 (17.89%) ISO 9001
3 83 (16.87%) GDPR
4 41 (8.33%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.03%) ISO 14001
7 9 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 9 (1.83%) SLA
8 8 (1.63%) GRC
9 7 (1.42%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.22%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.22%) NIST
11 5 (1.02%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.81%) ARP4754
12 4 (0.81%) DO-254
12 4 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.61%) COBIT
13 3 (0.61%) ITGC
System Software
1 13 (2.64%) Docker
2 8 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) IAG
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (3.46%) Terraform
2 16 (3.25%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.83%) Grafana
4 8 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.81%) Control-M
7 3 (0.61%) Ansible
7 3 (0.61%) Kibana
7 3 (0.61%) QRadar
8 2 (0.41%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 103 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.08%) Google
3 23 (4.67%) Dell
4 19 (3.86%) SAP
5 15 (3.05%) Oracle
5 15 (3.05%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.85%) HubSpot
7 13 (2.64%) Adobe
8 11 (2.24%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.83%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (1.63%) Databricks
10 8 (1.63%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.63%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.42%) Sparx
12 6 (1.22%) Splunk
13 5 (1.02%) Apple
13 5 (1.02%) IFS
13 5 (1.02%) Informatica
13 5 (1.02%) YouTube
14 4 (0.81%) ConnectWise