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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 266 446
Rank change year-on-year -163 +180 +41
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 457 551 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.11% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% 2.72% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 287 309 201
10th Percentile £29,450 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £34,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,425 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,750 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -7.37% -7.77% +14.44%

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 31,179 20,283 24,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 40.97% 32.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19,338 10,179 12,548
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.83% -11.43% -4.55%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -132 438 £50,000 - 515
UK excluding London -161 325 £44,000 -7.37% 219
Work from Home -68 140 £50,000 - 200
London -83 124 £65,000 - 342
South East -68 102 £49,425 -7.62% 59
South West -76 66 £42,500 -15.00% 38
North of England -50 64 £45,000 - 31
Midlands -52 62 £45,000 +15.38% 38
West Midlands -25 39 £45,000 +28.57% 23
North West -38 36 £37,500 -1.96% 21
Yorkshire -26 24 £90,000 +89.47% 9
East Midlands -47 21 £45,000 -43.75% 15
East of England -34 18 £42,879 -1.99% 23
Scotland -3 9 £26,150 - 15
North East -59 4 £55,000 - 1
Wales -63 2 - - 6
Northern Ireland -85 2 £63,750 - 13

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 16 (3.50%) Confluence
2 12 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.88%) Apache
3 4 (0.88%) SAS
3 4 (0.88%) WordPress
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.66%) CMS
4 3 (0.66%) IIS
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.44%) Luigi
5 2 (0.44%) Tornado
Applications
1 58 (12.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.97%) Simulink
5 7 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.09%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.66%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (2.63%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.53%) Shopify
3 4 (0.88%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.88%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.88%) JDE World
4 3 (0.66%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.44%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.44%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.22%) iTrent
6 1 (0.22%) Magento
6 1 (0.22%) Odoo
6 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.22%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 67 (14.66%) Azure
2 51 (11.16%) Power Platform
3 45 (9.85%) SaaS
4 40 (8.75%) AWS
5 31 (6.78%) GCP
5 31 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (5.47%) Google Analytics
7 16 (3.50%) PowerApps
8 15 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.41%) Google Ads
10 10 (2.19%) Anthropic Claude
11 9 (1.97%) Copilot Studio
11 9 (1.97%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.75%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.31%) Canva
14 6 (1.31%) Google Sheets
14 6 (1.31%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.06%) SAN
1 14 (3.06%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.63%) HTTP
2 12 (2.63%) LAN
2 12 (2.63%) WAN
3 9 (1.97%) SMS
3 9 (1.97%) Wireshark
4 8 (1.75%) DNS
5 7 (1.53%) Firewall
6 6 (1.31%) FTP
6 6 (1.31%) Internet
6 6 (1.31%) SMTP
6 6 (1.31%) VPN
7 5 (1.09%) Unified Communications
7 5 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.88%) ATM
8 4 (0.88%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.88%) NAS
9 2 (0.44%) Broadband
9 2 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.97%) Power BI
2 19 (4.16%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.28%) Tableau
4 11 (2.41%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.75%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.53%) GIS
6 7 (1.53%) Power Query
7 6 (1.31%) Metadata
7 6 (1.31%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.31%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.09%) Looker
8 5 (1.09%) MySQL
8 5 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.88%) Big Data
10 3 (0.66%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.66%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (5.25%) JIRA
2 13 (2.84%) Eclipse
3 10 (2.19%) Git
4 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.66%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.44%) Ranorex
5 2 (0.44%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.44%) Selenium
5 2 (0.44%) TestRail
6 1 (0.22%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 457 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 225 (49.23%) Social Skills
3 117 (25.60%) Finance
4 74 (16.19%) Marketing
5 43 (9.41%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (8.10%) Public Sector
7 35 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (5.25%) Legal
9 23 (5.03%) Retail
10 22 (4.81%) Manufacturing
11 19 (4.16%) Advertising
11 19 (4.16%) Electronics
12 16 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (3.50%) Law
13 13 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (2.63%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.97%) Brand Awareness
16 8 (1.75%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.75%) Local Government
16 8 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (21.44%) Analyst
2 42 (9.19%) Lead
3 40 (8.75%) Senior
4 28 (6.13%) Developer
5 24 (5.25%) Business Analyst
6 23 (5.03%) Data Analyst
7 20 (4.38%) Support Analyst
8 19 (4.16%) IT Engineer
9 14 (3.06%) Field Engineer
9 14 (3.06%) Field Service Engineer
9 14 (3.06%) Product Owner
10 13 (2.84%) Senior Manager
11 12 (2.63%) Compliance Manager
11 12 (2.63%) Junior
11 12 (2.63%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (2.41%) Coordinator
12 11 (2.41%) Marketing Manager
12 11 (2.41%) SOC Analyst
12 11 (2.41%) Vendor Manager
13 10 (2.19%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.50%) JSON
2 14 (3.06%) .NET
3 10 (2.19%) HTML
4 9 (1.97%) CSS
4 9 (1.97%) Kafka
4 9 (1.97%) RESTful
5 8 (1.75%) REST
6 6 (1.31%) LDAP
6 6 (1.31%) Spring
6 6 (1.31%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.09%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.09%) Terraform
8 4 (0.88%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.88%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.66%) React
9 3 (0.66%) XML
10 2 (0.44%) Django
10 2 (0.44%) EDI
10 2 (0.44%) Middleware
10 2 (0.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.22%) Onboarding
2 27 (5.91%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.03%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.16%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (3.94%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (3.50%) Social Media
8 15 (3.28%) Driving Licence
9 14 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
9 14 (3.06%) Data Centre
10 11 (2.41%) Blog
11 10 (2.19%) Web Conferencing
12 9 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.97%) Smartphone
13 8 (1.75%) Credit Risk
13 8 (1.75%) SCADA
14 7 (1.53%) Educational Technology
14 7 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (1.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.35%) Windows
2 15 (3.28%) Linux
3 12 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.44%) Android
5 2 (0.44%) Debian
5 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (28.23%) Continuous Improvement
2 125 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (24.07%) Analytics
4 105 (22.98%) Agile
5 81 (17.72%) Decision-Making
6 78 (17.07%) AI
7 67 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 65 (14.22%) Business Intelligence
8 65 (14.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (12.04%) CRM
10 49 (10.72%) Cybersecurity
11 45 (9.85%) Roadmaps
12 42 (9.19%) Validation
13 41 (8.97%) Process Improvement
14 40 (8.75%) Actionable Insight
15 38 (8.32%) Risk Management
15 38 (8.32%) Scrum
16 37 (8.10%) DevOps
16 37 (8.10%) Project Management
16 37 (8.10%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 98 (21.44%) SQL
2 41 (8.97%) Python
3 28 (6.13%) Java
4 21 (4.60%) C#
4 21 (4.60%) MATLAB
5 15 (3.28%) C
6 14 (3.06%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.84%) Embedded C
8 11 (2.41%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.75%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.53%) Scala
11 6 (1.31%) Bash
11 6 (1.31%) C++
11 6 (1.31%) Search Processing Language
12 5 (1.09%) Go
12 5 (1.09%) PHP
12 5 (1.09%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.88%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.66%) COBOL
14 3 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (15.75%) Degree
2 44 (9.63%) Security Cleared
3 28 (6.13%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.06%) A+ Certification
5 14 (3.06%) CCNA
5 14 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (3.06%) MCSE
5 14 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.53%) ACCA
7 7 (1.53%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.31%) CREST Certified
8 6 (1.31%) GCED
8 6 (1.31%) GCIA
8 6 (1.31%) GCIH
8 6 (1.31%) GIAC
8 6 (1.31%) OSCP
8 6 (1.31%) SANS
9 5 (1.09%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (14.44%) Data Quality
2 41 (8.97%) QA
3 25 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.16%) GDPR
5 16 (3.50%) ISO 9001
6 12 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 12 (2.63%) ISO 14001
6 12 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 10 (2.19%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.75%) ARP4754
8 8 (1.75%) DO-254
9 6 (1.31%) ISO 8583
9 6 (1.31%) NIST
10 5 (1.09%) COBIT
10 5 (1.09%) GRC
10 5 (1.09%) ISO 19650
10 5 (1.09%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.09%) SLA
10 5 (1.09%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (2.41%) Firmware
2 9 (1.97%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (1.75%) Docker
4 6 (1.31%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (1.97%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.31%) Kibana
2 6 (1.31%) QRadar
3 5 (1.09%) Ansible
4 2 (0.44%) Argo
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 108 (23.63%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.38%) Google
3 25 (5.47%) HubSpot
4 19 (4.16%) SAP
5 15 (3.28%) Dell
6 14 (3.06%) Adobe
6 14 (3.06%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.63%) Splunk
8 11 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (1.97%) Oracle
10 8 (1.75%) Facebook
10 8 (1.75%) Instagram
11 7 (1.53%) YouTube
12 6 (1.31%) ArcSight
12 6 (1.31%) Carbon Black
12 6 (1.31%) Marketo
12 6 (1.31%) Pardot
13 5 (1.09%) Cisco
14 4 (0.88%) EMC
14 4 (0.88%) Infor