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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 304 470
Rank change year-on-year -42 +166 +144
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 530 452 465
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.92% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 2.24% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 294 264 288
10th Percentile £28,613 £31,250 £29,025
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,184 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £46,845
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.41% -6.31%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,500 £50,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -11.00% +16.28% -9.47%

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 25,615 20,176 33,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.89% 41.07% 33.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16,347 10,012 21,055
10th Percentile £30,700 £29,250 £28,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,445 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% +4.55% -15.37%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -36 475 £50,000 -9.09% 180
UK excluding London +11 392 £44,500 -11.00% 138
Work from Home -5 137 £50,000 - 96
London -45 124 £65,000 -5.45% 72
South East -9 106 £50,000 -9.09% 37
North of England +10 96 £62,500 +31.58% 34
Midlands -8 65 £44,000 -21.78% 26
South West -24 64 £32,500 -35.00% 19
North West -7 47 £45,000 -5.26% 15
West Midlands +5 45 £44,000 +12.82% 12
Yorkshire -9 33 £90,000 +89.47% 13
East Midlands -15 20 £42,500 -46.88% 13
East of England -23 19 £40,000 -14.61% 11
Scotland +8 17 £26,150 -32.95% 7
North East -42 16 £57,500 - 6
Northern Ireland -45 14 £63,750 +27.50% 2
Wales - 11 £31,750 - 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 10 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.32%) Confluence
3 5 (0.94%) WordPress
4 4 (0.75%) CMS
4 4 (0.75%) SAS
5 3 (0.57%) IIS
6 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) Mendix
Applications
1 53 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.57%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.19%) Simulink
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.45%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.75%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.75%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.75%) JDE World
4 3 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.38%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.19%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 75 (14.15%) Azure
2 66 (12.45%) Power Platform
3 38 (7.17%) SaaS
4 35 (6.60%) AWS
5 33 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (4.15%) GCP
8 19 (3.58%) Power Automate
9 18 (3.40%) PowerApps
10 16 (3.02%) Google Analytics
11 15 (2.83%) GitHub
12 12 (2.26%) dbt
12 12 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (1.70%) Datadog
16 8 (1.51%) OpenShift
17 7 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 7 (1.32%) Google Ads
17 7 (1.32%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.64%) SAN
2 12 (2.26%) LAN
2 12 (2.26%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.26%) WAN
3 11 (2.08%) VPN
4 10 (1.89%) Firewall
4 10 (1.89%) HTTP
5 9 (1.70%) DNS
6 8 (1.51%) SMS
7 5 (0.94%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.94%) Wireless
8 4 (0.75%) FTP
8 4 (0.75%) Internet
8 4 (0.75%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.75%) NAS
8 4 (0.75%) SMTP
9 2 (0.38%) Broadband
9 2 (0.38%) SSL
9 2 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (10.75%) Power BI
2 29 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.45%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.26%) Metadata
4 12 (2.26%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.08%) Tableau
6 8 (1.51%) MySQL
7 7 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.32%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.32%) Metabase
7 7 (1.32%) Power Query
7 7 (1.32%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.13%) GIS
9 4 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.57%) Big Data
10 3 (0.57%) Looker
11 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.38%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (4.15%) Git
2 16 (3.02%) JIRA
3 9 (1.70%) GitLab
4 8 (1.51%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.32%) ERwin
6 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.94%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.75%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.57%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.38%) Ranorex
10 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.38%) Selenium
10 2 (0.38%) TestRail
11 1 (0.19%) JMeter
11 1 (0.19%) Postman
11 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 529 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 281 (53.02%) Social Skills
3 183 (34.53%) Finance
4 56 (10.57%) Marketing
5 38 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (5.28%) Manufacturing
7 25 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (4.53%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.77%) Retail
10 19 (3.58%) Legal
11 15 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.45%) Electronics
12 13 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (2.26%) Aerospace
14 11 (2.08%) Advertising
14 11 (2.08%) Banking
14 11 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.89%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.70%) Law
17 6 (1.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 116 (21.89%) Analyst
2 72 (13.58%) Head of QA
3 44 (8.30%) Lead
4 39 (7.36%) Senior
5 26 (4.91%) Developer
5 26 (4.91%) Support Analyst
6 25 (4.72%) Business Analyst
7 23 (4.34%) Data Analyst
8 22 (4.15%) IT Engineer
9 20 (3.77%) IT Support
10 18 (3.40%) IT Analyst
11 16 (3.02%) Compliance Manager
11 16 (3.02%) Consultant
12 15 (2.83%) Junior
13 14 (2.64%) Field Engineer
13 14 (2.64%) Field Service Engineer
13 14 (2.64%) Junior Analyst
14 13 (2.45%) DevOps Engineer
15 10 (1.89%) IT Support Analyst
15 10 (1.89%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.77%) JSON
2 18 (3.40%) HTML
3 17 (3.21%) CSS
4 13 (2.45%) .NET
5 10 (1.89%) XML
6 8 (1.51%) OAuth
6 8 (1.51%) RabbitMQ
6 8 (1.51%) SAML
7 7 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (1.32%) FpML
7 7 (1.32%) XML Schema
8 6 (1.13%) React
9 4 (0.75%) LDAP
9 4 (0.75%) PySpark
9 4 (0.75%) REST
9 4 (0.75%) RESTful
10 3 (0.57%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.57%) Kafka
10 3 (0.57%) Spring
10 3 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.15%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.21%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.83%) Social Media
5 14 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.26%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (1.89%) Smartphone
8 9 (1.70%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.51%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.51%) e-Learning
9 8 (1.51%) SCADA
9 8 (1.51%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.94%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.79%) Windows
2 16 (3.02%) Linux
3 12 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.38%) Android
6 2 (0.38%) Debian
6 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (38.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 171 (32.26%) Analytics
3 148 (27.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 135 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (18.87%) Actionable Insight
6 95 (17.92%) Root Cause Analysis
7 94 (17.74%) Agile
8 86 (16.23%) Customer Experience
8 86 (16.23%) Decision-Making
9 85 (16.04%) Change Management
9 85 (16.04%) Service Delivery
10 79 (14.91%) Quality Management
11 77 (14.53%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (14.34%) PRINCE2
13 72 (13.58%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 57 (10.75%) Process Improvement
15 54 (10.19%) CRM
16 45 (8.49%) ERP
17 42 (7.92%) DevOps
18 41 (7.74%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (17.92%) SQL
2 54 (10.19%) Python
3 23 (4.34%) PowerShell
4 22 (4.15%) C#
5 20 (3.77%) Java
6 17 (3.21%) Bash
7 13 (2.45%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.45%) MATLAB
8 11 (2.08%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.70%) Go
10 8 (1.51%) C++
11 7 (1.32%) PHP
11 7 (1.32%) Scala
12 6 (1.13%) C
12 6 (1.13%) Search Processing Language
13 5 (0.94%) Embedded C
13 5 (0.94%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.75%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.75%) VBA
15 2 (0.38%) RPG
Qualifications
1 72 (13.58%) IRCA
2 63 (11.89%) Degree
3 36 (6.79%) Security Cleared
4 25 (4.72%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (2.64%) A+ Certification
6 14 (2.64%) CCNA
6 14 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (2.64%) MCSE
6 14 (2.64%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (2.08%) ACCA
8 10 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.70%) CIMA
10 8 (1.51%) GCIA
10 8 (1.51%) GCIH
10 8 (1.51%) GIAC
11 6 (1.13%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.13%) GCED
11 6 (1.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (20.00%) QA
2 95 (17.92%) ISO 9001
3 89 (16.79%) GDPR
4 54 (10.19%) Data Quality
5 24 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (3.21%) ISO 14001
7 16 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 15 (2.83%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.51%) ARP4754
9 8 (1.51%) DO-254
9 8 (1.51%) SLA
10 7 (1.32%) GRC
10 7 (1.32%) ISO 19650
10 7 (1.32%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.94%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.75%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.75%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (2.26%) Docker
2 9 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) IAG
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (3.21%) Terraform
2 15 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.70%) Grafana
4 8 (1.51%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.32%) Ansible
6 6 (1.13%) Kibana
7 4 (0.75%) QRadar
8 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.19%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 110 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.42%) Google
3 22 (4.15%) HubSpot
4 21 (3.96%) SAP
5 16 (3.02%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.83%) Dell
7 12 (2.26%) Adobe
8 10 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (1.89%) Splunk
9 9 (1.70%) Oracle
10 8 (1.51%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.51%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.51%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.32%) Sparx
12 6 (1.13%) Carbon Black
12 6 (1.13%) Databricks
12 6 (1.13%) Marketo
12 6 (1.13%) Pardot
13 5 (0.94%) IFS
14 4 (0.75%) Hotjar