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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 315 488
Rank change year-on-year -14 +173 +170
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 521 406 480
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.91% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 2.12% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 281 216 308
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,184 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £79,063 £61,563
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,750 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.19% +23.53% -10.53%

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 23,695 19,180 36,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.34% 43.03% 33.65%
Number of salaries quoted 15,086 9,070 23,523
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,750 £28,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.12% - -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 June 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 June 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 -10 457 £50,000 -13.04% 299
UK excluding London +29 385 £44,000 -16.19% 261
Work from Home +40 127 £50,000 -6.98% 215
London -54 121 £65,000 -18.75% 92
South East -7 99 £50,000 -13.04% 70
North of England +18 96 £50,000 -16.67% 55
Midlands +12 62 £44,000 -7.37% 45
South West -17 56 £32,500 -35.00% 22
North West +9 52 £45,000 -25.00% 28
West Midlands +6 41 £44,000 +20.55% 18
Yorkshire -15 30 £90,000 +89.47% 16
Scotland +12 23 £26,150 -32.95% 16
East of England -19 22 £40,000 +0.83% 37
East Midlands -20 21 £37,500 -34.78% 27
Northern Ireland -19 14 £63,750 +27.50% 11
North East -34 14 £58,500 - 12
Wales - 13 £35,000 - 10

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 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.15%) Confluence
3 5 (0.96%) WordPress
4 4 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.58%) CMS
5 3 (0.58%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Mendix
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 51 (9.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.58%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (1.73%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.77%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.77%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.77%) JDE World
4 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.58%) Shopify
5 2 (0.38%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
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 HCM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.19%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 68 (13.05%) Azure
2 62 (11.90%) Power Platform
3 41 (7.87%) SaaS
4 35 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (6.33%) AWS
6 21 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.84%) Power Automate
8 19 (3.65%) GCP
9 16 (3.07%) Google Analytics
10 14 (2.69%) GitHub
10 14 (2.69%) PowerApps
11 12 (2.30%) dbt
12 11 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (1.73%) Datadog
14 8 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.54%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.34%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.34%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.88%) SAN
2 14 (2.69%) LAN
2 14 (2.69%) VPN
2 14 (2.69%) WAN
3 13 (2.50%) Firewall
3 13 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.92%) HTTP
5 9 (1.73%) DNS
5 9 (1.73%) SMS
6 6 (1.15%) Wireless
7 5 (0.96%) Internet
7 5 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.77%) Broadband
8 4 (0.77%) FTP
8 4 (0.77%) SMTP
9 3 (0.58%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.38%) Network Security
10 2 (0.38%) SSL
10 2 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (10.94%) Power BI
2 27 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.30%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.92%) Metadata
5 10 (1.92%) Tableau
6 9 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (1.54%) Metabase
7 8 (1.54%) MySQL
7 8 (1.54%) Power Query
8 7 (1.34%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.15%) GIS
9 6 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.96%) Big Data
10 5 (0.96%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (4.61%) Git
2 13 (2.50%) JIRA
3 9 (1.73%) GitLab
4 8 (1.54%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.34%) ERwin
6 4 (0.77%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.77%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.58%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.38%) Ranorex
8 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.38%) Selenium
8 2 (0.38%) TestRail
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 520 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 277 (53.17%) Social Skills
3 189 (36.28%) Finance
4 55 (10.56%) Marketing
5 33 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (5.37%) Manufacturing
7 24 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (4.61%) Public Sector
8 22 (4.22%) Legal
9 21 (4.03%) Retail
10 19 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.30%) Advertising
12 12 (2.30%) Electronics
13 11 (2.11%) Banking
13 11 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.92%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.73%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.73%) Law
15 9 (1.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 122 (23.42%) Analyst
2 72 (13.82%) Head of QA
3 40 (7.68%) Lead
3 40 (7.68%) Senior
4 27 (5.18%) IT Engineer
5 26 (4.99%) Business Analyst
6 25 (4.80%) Developer
6 25 (4.80%) IT Support
7 24 (4.61%) Support Analyst
8 23 (4.41%) Data Analyst
9 20 (3.84%) IT Analyst
10 16 (3.07%) Junior
11 15 (2.88%) Consultant
11 15 (2.88%) Field Engineer
11 15 (2.88%) Field Service Engineer
11 15 (2.88%) Junior Analyst
12 14 (2.69%) Compliance Manager
12 14 (2.69%) Support Engineer
13 13 (2.50%) Financial Analyst
14 12 (2.30%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.45%) HTML
1 18 (3.45%) JSON
2 17 (3.26%) CSS
3 11 (2.11%) .NET
4 10 (1.92%) XML
5 8 (1.54%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (1.54%) OAuth
5 8 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (1.54%) SAML
6 7 (1.34%) FpML
6 7 (1.34%) React
6 7 (1.34%) REST
6 7 (1.34%) XML Schema
7 6 (1.15%) SOAP
8 5 (0.96%) PySpark
9 4 (0.77%) Flutter
9 4 (0.77%) LDAP
10 3 (0.58%) EDI
10 3 (0.58%) RESTful
10 3 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.61%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (3.07%) Social Media
4 15 (2.88%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.30%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.11%) Smartphone
8 10 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (1.92%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.73%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.54%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.54%) Web Conferencing
11 7 (1.34%) FMCG
11 7 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (1.15%) SCADA
13 5 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.96%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.72%) Windows
2 18 (3.45%) Linux
3 10 (1.92%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.77%) Unix
6 2 (0.38%) Android
6 2 (0.38%) Debian
6 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (36.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 163 (31.29%) Analytics
3 139 (26.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 134 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (19.19%) Actionable Insight
6 96 (18.43%) Root Cause Analysis
7 88 (16.89%) Service Delivery
8 86 (16.51%) Customer Experience
8 86 (16.51%) Decision-Making
9 84 (16.12%) Change Management
10 83 (15.93%) Agile
11 79 (15.16%) Quality Management
12 76 (14.59%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (14.59%) PRINCE2
13 72 (13.82%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 55 (10.56%) Process Improvement
15 53 (10.17%) CRM
16 39 (7.49%) ERP
17 38 (7.29%) Stakeholder Management
18 37 (7.10%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 98 (18.81%) SQL
2 58 (11.13%) Python
3 22 (4.22%) C#
3 22 (4.22%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.45%) Java
5 14 (2.69%) Bash
6 12 (2.30%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.92%) MATLAB
7 10 (1.92%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.73%) C++
8 9 (1.73%) Go
9 7 (1.34%) PHP
9 7 (1.34%) Scala
10 6 (1.15%) C
10 6 (1.15%) Search Processing Language
11 4 (0.77%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.77%) Embedded C++
11 4 (0.77%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.77%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.77%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (13.82%) IRCA
2 61 (11.71%) Degree
3 33 (6.33%) Security Cleared
4 23 (4.41%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (2.88%) A+ Certification
6 15 (2.88%) CCNA
6 15 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.88%) MCSE
6 15 (2.88%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.54%) ACCA
8 8 (1.54%) GCIA
8 8 (1.54%) GCIH
8 8 (1.54%) GIAC
9 7 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.15%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.15%) GCED
10 6 (1.15%) OSCP
10 6 (1.15%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (18.62%) QA
2 93 (17.85%) ISO 9001
3 88 (16.89%) GDPR
4 53 (10.17%) Data Quality
5 22 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.88%) ISO 14001
7 14 (2.69%) Accessibility
7 14 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 9 (1.73%) SLA
9 7 (1.34%) GRC
9 7 (1.34%) ISO 19650
9 7 (1.34%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.15%) ARP4754
10 6 (1.15%) DO-254
11 5 (0.96%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.77%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.77%) NIST
12 4 (0.77%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (2.11%) Docker
2 8 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) IAG
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.69%) Terraform
2 13 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.73%) Grafana
4 8 (1.54%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.15%) Kibana
6 4 (0.77%) Control-M
6 4 (0.77%) QRadar
7 3 (0.58%) Ansible
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.19%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 109 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.57%) Google
3 21 (4.03%) HubSpot
4 19 (3.65%) SAP
5 18 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.26%) Dell
7 12 (2.30%) Adobe
7 12 (2.30%) Oracle
8 11 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.92%) Splunk
10 8 (1.54%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.54%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.34%) Sparx
12 6 (1.15%) Carbon Black
12 6 (1.15%) Databricks
12 6 (1.15%) Marketo
12 6 (1.15%) Pardot
13 5 (0.96%) IFS
13 5 (0.96%) Informatica