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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 328 486
Rank change year-on-year +1 +158 +179
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 514 399 467
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.90% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 2.10% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 284 210 302
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,575
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,713 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £79,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £93,375 £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 23,131 19,034 35,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.16% 43.02% 34.11%
Number of salaries quoted 14,609 8,931 23,338
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,116
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
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 £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -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 9 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 9 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 +4 451 £50,000 -13.04% 194
UK excluding London +31 375 £44,000 -16.19% 155
London -57 123 £65,000 -17.46% 74
Work from Home +35 121 £50,000 -6.98% 94
South East -7 95 £50,000 -13.04% 44
North of England +6 94 £53,050 -11.58% 31
Midlands +12 62 £44,000 -16.19% 26
South West -10 52 £32,500 -38.10% 20
North West +13 50 £45,000 -25.00% 21
West Midlands +3 41 £44,000 +20.55% 12
Yorkshire -16 30 £90,000 +89.47% 7
Scotland +14 23 £26,150 -50.19% 8
East of England -11 23 £40,000 +23.08% 19
East Midlands -14 21 £37,500 -34.78% 14
Northern Ireland -26 14 £63,750 +27.50% 8
North East -30 14 £58,500 - 3
Wales - 12 £35,000 - 2

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 9 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.97%) Confluence
2 5 (0.97%) WordPress
3 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Mendix
Applications
1 50 (9.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.58%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.75%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.78%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.78%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.78%) JDE World
4 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.58%) Shopify
5 2 (0.39%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.39%) 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
Cloud Services
1 68 (13.23%) Azure
2 60 (11.67%) Power Platform
3 40 (7.78%) SaaS
4 36 (7.00%) AWS
5 30 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (4.28%) GCP
7 20 (3.89%) Power Automate
8 19 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.92%) GitHub
9 15 (2.92%) Google Analytics
10 13 (2.53%) PowerApps
11 12 (2.33%) dbt
12 11 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (1.75%) Datadog
14 8 (1.56%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.36%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.36%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.31%) SAN
2 16 (3.11%) Firewall
2 16 (3.11%) VPN
3 14 (2.72%) LAN
3 14 (2.72%) WAN
4 13 (2.53%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.75%) DNS
5 9 (1.75%) HTTP
6 8 (1.56%) SMS
7 4 (0.78%) Broadband
7 4 (0.78%) Internet
7 4 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.78%) Wireless
8 3 (0.58%) FTP
8 3 (0.58%) SMTP
8 3 (0.58%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.39%) SSL
9 2 (0.39%) VoIP
10 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.89%) Power BI
2 26 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (3.31%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.14%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.95%) Metadata
5 10 (1.95%) Tableau
6 9 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (1.56%) Metabase
7 8 (1.56%) MySQL
8 7 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.36%) Power Query
8 7 (1.36%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.17%) GIS
9 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.97%) Big Data
10 5 (0.97%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (4.09%) Git
2 10 (1.95%) JIRA
3 9 (1.75%) GitLab
4 8 (1.56%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.36%) ERwin
6 4 (0.78%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.58%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.39%) Ranorex
8 2 (0.39%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.39%) TestRail
9 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
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
1 513 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 274 (53.31%) Social Skills
3 184 (35.80%) Finance
4 52 (10.12%) Marketing
5 27 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (4.86%) Legal
6 25 (4.86%) Public Sector
7 24 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (4.47%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.28%) Retail
10 19 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.33%) Electronics
11 12 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.14%) Banking
12 11 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.95%) Advertising
13 10 (1.95%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.75%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 116 (22.57%) Analyst
2 72 (14.01%) Head of QA
3 37 (7.20%) Senior
4 36 (7.00%) Lead
5 31 (6.03%) IT Engineer
6 28 (5.45%) IT Support
7 24 (4.67%) Business Analyst
8 23 (4.47%) Developer
9 22 (4.28%) Data Analyst
9 22 (4.28%) Support Analyst
10 20 (3.89%) IT Analyst
11 17 (3.31%) Field Engineer
11 17 (3.31%) Field Service Engineer
11 17 (3.31%) Support Engineer
12 16 (3.11%) Consultant
12 16 (3.11%) Junior
13 15 (2.92%) IT Support Engineer
13 15 (2.92%) Junior Analyst
14 13 (2.53%) Administrator
14 13 (2.53%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.50%) HTML
2 17 (3.31%) CSS
3 14 (2.72%) JSON
4 10 (1.95%) XML
5 9 (1.75%) .NET
6 8 (1.56%) FIX Protocol
6 8 (1.56%) OAuth
6 8 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
6 8 (1.56%) SAML
7 7 (1.36%) FpML
7 7 (1.36%) React
7 7 (1.36%) REST
7 7 (1.36%) XML Schema
8 6 (1.17%) SOAP
9 5 (0.97%) PySpark
10 4 (0.78%) EDI
10 4 (0.78%) Flutter
10 4 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
11 3 (0.58%) LDAP
11 3 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.67%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
2 17 (3.31%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.11%) Social Media
4 13 (2.53%) Smartphone
5 12 (2.33%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.14%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.95%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.75%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.75%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.56%) FMCG
9 8 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
10 7 (1.36%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (1.17%) SCADA
12 5 (0.97%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.81%) Windows
2 18 (3.50%) Linux
3 12 (2.33%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.78%) Unix
7 2 (0.39%) Android
7 2 (0.39%) Debian
7 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (35.99%) Continuous Improvement
2 161 (31.32%) Analytics
3 139 (27.04%) Problem-Solving
4 131 (25.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 98 (19.07%) Actionable Insight
6 96 (18.68%) Root Cause Analysis
7 88 (17.12%) Service Delivery
8 86 (16.73%) Customer Experience
8 86 (16.73%) Decision-Making
9 83 (16.15%) Agile
10 82 (15.95%) Change Management
11 79 (15.37%) Quality Management
12 76 (14.79%) PRINCE2
13 75 (14.59%) Business Intelligence
14 72 (14.01%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 53 (10.31%) CRM
16 49 (9.53%) Process Improvement
17 40 (7.78%) Stakeholder Management
18 39 (7.59%) ERP
19 38 (7.39%) AI
Programming Languages
1 93 (18.09%) SQL
2 62 (12.06%) Python
3 27 (5.25%) PowerShell
4 19 (3.70%) C#
5 18 (3.50%) Java
6 15 (2.92%) Bash
7 12 (2.33%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.95%) MATLAB
9 9 (1.75%) C++
9 9 (1.75%) Go
10 8 (1.56%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.36%) PHP
11 7 (1.36%) Scala
12 6 (1.17%) C
12 6 (1.17%) Search Processing Language
13 4 (0.78%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.78%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (14.01%) IRCA
2 58 (11.28%) Degree
3 31 (6.03%) Security Cleared
4 22 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.31%) A+ Certification
6 17 (3.31%) CCNA
6 17 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (3.31%) MCSE
6 17 (3.31%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.95%) GIAC
9 9 (1.75%) GCIH
10 8 (1.56%) ACCA
10 8 (1.56%) GCIA
11 7 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.36%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.36%) OSCP
12 6 (1.17%) CREST Certified
12 6 (1.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (18.48%) QA
2 91 (17.70%) ISO 9001
3 86 (16.73%) GDPR
4 51 (9.92%) Data Quality
5 20 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.53%) ISO 14001
7 12 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 9 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.75%) SLA
9 7 (1.36%) GRC
10 6 (1.17%) ARP4754
10 6 (1.17%) DO-254
10 6 (1.17%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.97%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.78%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.78%) NIST
12 4 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.58%) COBIT
System Software
1 11 (2.14%) Docker
2 7 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) IAG
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (3.11%) Terraform
2 14 (2.72%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.75%) Grafana
4 8 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.17%) Kibana
6 4 (0.78%) Control-M
7 3 (0.58%) Ansible
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.58%) QRadar
8 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.19%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 103 (20.04%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.45%) Google
3 21 (4.09%) HubSpot
4 20 (3.89%) SAP
5 19 (3.70%) Dell
6 18 (3.50%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.33%) Adobe
8 11 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
8 11 (2.14%) Oracle
8 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.75%) Splunk
10 8 (1.56%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.56%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.36%) Sparx
12 6 (1.17%) Carbon Black
12 6 (1.17%) Databricks
12 6 (1.17%) Marketo
12 6 (1.17%) Pardot
13 5 (0.97%) Informatica
13 5 (0.97%) YouTube