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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 417 479
Rank change year-on-year +168 +62 +188
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 537 340 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.91% 0.61% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.58% 1.64% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 316 176 172
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,125 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,188 £42,500 £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 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +11.11%

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 20,847 20,682 18,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.17% 36.82% 37.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10,495 10,044 13,734
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.97% -5.84%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.94% -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 24 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 24 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 +187 472 £50,000 -10.51% 467
UK excluding London +165 371 £45,000 -18.18% 364
Work from Home +140 198 £50,000 - 320
London +65 140 £57,000 -8.80% 145
South East +83 91 £45,000 -12.62% 100
South West +63 75 £50,000 -28.57% 43
North of England +46 71 £45,000 -28.00% 93
Midlands +48 63 £40,000 - 65
North West +53 55 £42,500 -34.62% 60
East Midlands +12 37 £30,000 -25.00% 30
East of England +36 26 £60,000 +11.63% 44
West Midlands +47 25 £50,000 -2.44% 33
Scotland -1 25 £26,150 -62.64% 11
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 5
Yorkshire -4 10 £50,000 -16.67% 29
Wales +4 6 £41,250 -15.99% 8
North East - 6 £38,500 - 4

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 17 (3.17%) Confluence
2 12 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.93%) CMS
5 4 (0.74%) IIS
5 4 (0.74%) SAS
6 3 (0.56%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 112 (20.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.61%) Maya
5 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.68%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.74%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.56%) Stata
9 2 (0.37%) Sketch
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.68%) Shopify
3 8 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.93%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.74%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.74%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.56%) SAP APO
6 3 (0.56%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.56%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.56%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.37%) Magento
7 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 107 (19.93%) Azure
1 107 (19.93%) Power Platform
2 28 (5.21%) SaaS
3 27 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
3 27 (5.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 25 (4.66%) AWS
5 24 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (3.35%) Google Analytics
8 17 (3.17%) Entra ID
9 15 (2.79%) Boomi
10 14 (2.61%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 13 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (2.05%) GCP
13 10 (1.86%) Snowflake
14 7 (1.30%) Asana
14 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.30%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.12%) Google Ads
15 6 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.21%) Network Security
2 17 (3.17%) Firewall
3 11 (2.05%) SAN
4 7 (1.30%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.74%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.74%) VPN
5 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.74%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.56%) WAN
7 2 (0.37%) DHCP
7 2 (0.37%) DNS
7 2 (0.37%) GSM
7 2 (0.37%) LAN
7 2 (0.37%) LTE
7 2 (0.37%) VLAN
7 2 (0.37%) VoIP
8 1 (0.19%) Modbus
8 1 (0.19%) NAS
8 1 (0.19%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (18.81%) Power BI
2 44 (8.19%) Tableau
3 38 (7.08%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (4.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (2.98%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.93%) Looker
8 4 (0.74%) Metabase
8 4 (0.74%) Metadata
8 4 (0.74%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.37%) Power Query
10 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 28 (5.21%) JIRA
2 9 (1.68%) Git
3 6 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.74%) Postman
4 4 (0.74%) Selenium
4 4 (0.74%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.56%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.37%) GitLab
7 1 (0.19%) Appium
7 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.19%) JMeter
7 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 537 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 325 (60.52%) Social Skills
3 255 (47.49%) Finance
4 131 (24.39%) Marketing
5 61 (11.36%) Retail
6 53 (9.87%) Legal
7 52 (9.68%) Public Sector
8 48 (8.94%) Manufacturing
9 41 (7.64%) Law
10 31 (5.77%) Electronics
10 31 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (5.40%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (2.98%) Games
14 15 (2.79%) Billing
15 14 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (2.05%) Banking
16 11 (2.05%) French Language
17 8 (1.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 109 (20.30%) Analyst
2 68 (12.66%) Lead
3 65 (12.10%) Senior
4 39 (7.26%) Consultant
5 35 (6.52%) Data Analyst
6 30 (5.59%) Architect
7 28 (5.21%) Commercial Analyst
7 28 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 28 (5.21%) Security Consultant
8 25 (4.66%) Support Engineer
9 23 (4.28%) Business Manager
10 20 (3.72%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.72%) IT Support
11 18 (3.35%) IT Engineer
12 17 (3.17%) Administrator
12 17 (3.17%) Developer
13 16 (2.98%) IT Administrator
13 16 (2.98%) Systems Analyst
14 15 (2.79%) CRM Architect
14 15 (2.79%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.42%) CSS
1 13 (2.42%) HTML
2 8 (1.49%) REST
3 5 (0.93%) .NET
3 5 (0.93%) EDI
3 5 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.74%) GraphQL
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.56%) Middleware
5 3 (0.56%) Sass
5 3 (0.56%) SOAP
5 3 (0.56%) ZeroMQ
6 2 (0.37%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.37%) Django
6 2 (0.37%) RESTful
6 2 (0.37%) Spring
6 2 (0.37%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.37%) XML
6 2 (0.37%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.75%) Onboarding
1 47 (8.75%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (8.01%) Management Information System
3 40 (7.45%) FMCG
4 39 (7.26%) Data Centre
5 32 (5.96%) Product Ownership
6 29 (5.40%) Cloud Native
7 22 (4.10%) Social Media
8 21 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.61%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.86%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.30%) IoT
13 6 (1.12%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.12%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
14 5 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
15 4 (0.74%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.35%) Windows
2 11 (2.05%) Linux
3 4 (0.74%) Unix
4 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (43.95%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (34.26%) Analytics
3 166 (30.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 149 (27.75%) Business Intelligence
5 121 (22.53%) Decision-Making
6 97 (18.06%) Agile
7 92 (17.13%) Project Management
8 88 (16.39%) ERP
9 86 (16.01%) CRM
10 79 (14.71%) AI
11 77 (14.34%) Actionable Insight
12 75 (13.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 73 (13.59%) Cybersecurity
14 68 (12.66%) Process Improvement
15 66 (12.29%) Business Strategy
16 59 (10.99%) Visualisation
17 54 (10.06%) Data Analysis
18 52 (9.68%) Change Management
19 50 (9.31%) Programme Management
20 48 (8.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 102 (18.99%) SQL
2 54 (10.06%) Python
3 28 (5.21%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (2.23%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.05%) C#
7 10 (1.86%) C++
8 9 (1.68%) VBA
9 8 (1.49%) Bash
9 8 (1.49%) C
9 8 (1.49%) Java
10 6 (1.12%) R
11 4 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.56%) Bicep
12 3 (0.56%) Go
12 3 (0.56%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.37%) Perl
13 2 (0.37%) VC++
14 1 (0.19%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 131 (24.39%) Degree
2 49 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 31 (5.77%) CISSP
4 27 (5.03%) CompTIA Security+
5 26 (4.84%) CEH
6 19 (3.54%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.79%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (2.42%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.42%) PMP
9 12 (2.23%) ACCA
9 12 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.05%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.86%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.86%) CCNA
11 10 (1.86%) CIMA
11 10 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (6.52%) NIST
3 26 (4.84%) PCI DSS
4 25 (4.66%) QA
5 24 (4.47%) Data Quality
6 15 (2.79%) GDPR
7 13 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.86%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.68%) GRC
10 6 (1.12%) SLA
11 4 (0.74%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.74%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.74%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.37%) EMIR
13 2 (0.37%) FINRA
13 2 (0.37%) IFRS
13 2 (0.37%) PMO
13 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.42%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.30%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.12%) Docker
3 6 (1.12%) Firmware
4 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.86%) Terraform
3 7 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.56%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.19%) Control-M
5 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.19%) Kibana
5 1 (0.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 126 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 73 (13.59%) SAP
3 44 (8.19%) Salesforce
4 29 (5.40%) Google
5 25 (4.66%) Dell
6 24 (4.47%) Oracle
7 21 (3.91%) Adobe
8 15 (2.79%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.05%) Autodesk
10 8 (1.49%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.12%) Cisco
11 6 (1.12%) Workday
12 5 (0.93%) Databricks
12 5 (0.93%) Hotjar
13 4 (0.74%) Apple
13 4 (0.74%) Guidewire
14 3 (0.56%) Hootsuite
14 3 (0.56%) Screaming Frog
14 3 (0.56%) Xero
14 3 (0.56%) Zoho