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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 366 482
Rank change year-on-year +65 +116 +247
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 511 292 428
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.71% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.11% 1.83% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 258 166 280
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,688 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £43,200
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +33.10% -15.71%
75th Percentile £67,188 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +30.95% -16.00%

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 24,271 15,969 33,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.28% 39.06% 36.24%
Number of salaries quoted 12,458 9,051 22,686
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £43,750 £38,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 April 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 April 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 +73 426 £47,500 -19.26% 223
UK excluding London +77 351 £42,500 -22.73% 165
Work from Home +70 143 £50,000 -9.09% 107
London +13 135 £62,500 -13.79% 94
North of England -13 103 £45,000 -28.00% 40
South East +17 68 £44,500 -22.61% 59
North West -12 58 £42,500 -34.62% 26
Midlands -7 55 £43,250 -17.62% 33
West Midlands +8 38 £45,000 -10.00% 23
South West -17 33 £31,330 -43.04% 15
East of England -27 27 £40,000 -25.58% 13
Scotland -3 26 £26,150 -57.31% 2
Yorkshire -37 26 £65,250 +30.50% 12
Northern Ireland -17 24 - - 2
North East - 19 £64,250 - 2
East Midlands -50 16 £30,000 -45.45% 10
Wales -14 15 £35,000 -28.72% 5

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 5 (0.98%) Confluence
1 5 (0.98%) WordPress
2 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.78%) CMS
2 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.59%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.59%) IIS
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Mendix
Applications
1 80 (15.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.98%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Maya
6 2 (0.39%) Sketch
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.98%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.78%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.20%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.20%) JDE OneWorld
5 1 (0.20%) JDE World
5 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
5 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 102 (19.96%) Azure
2 90 (17.61%) Power Platform
3 37 (7.24%) AWS
4 35 (6.85%) SaaS
5 30 (5.87%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 21 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (3.91%) GCP
8 20 (3.91%) Power Automate
9 15 (2.94%) GitHub
10 14 (2.74%) dbt
11 11 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.96%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.57%) Datadog
13 8 (1.57%) Google Analytics
13 8 (1.57%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.37%) Asana
14 7 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.33%) SAN
2 15 (2.94%) Firewall
3 12 (2.35%) VPN
4 9 (1.76%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.57%) WAN
6 7 (1.37%) LAN
7 4 (0.78%) Wireless
8 3 (0.59%) DNS
8 3 (0.59%) Network Security
8 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.39%) Broadband
9 2 (0.39%) DHCP
9 2 (0.39%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.39%) Internet
9 2 (0.39%) LTE
9 2 (0.39%) Modbus
9 2 (0.39%) SMS
9 2 (0.39%) VLAN
9 2 (0.39%) VoIP
9 2 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (17.03%) Power BI
2 47 (9.20%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (4.70%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (2.74%) Tableau
7 12 (2.35%) Metabase
8 10 (1.96%) Metadata
8 10 (1.96%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.37%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.98%) Big Data
12 5 (0.98%) Power Query
13 4 (0.78%) Looker
13 4 (0.78%) MySQL
13 4 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (5.09%) Git
2 16 (3.13%) JIRA
3 12 (2.35%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.15%) GitLab
5 8 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.37%) ERwin
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) TestRail
7 2 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 510 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 293 (57.34%) Social Skills
3 227 (44.42%) Finance
4 44 (8.61%) Marketing
5 40 (7.83%) Legal
6 33 (6.46%) Public Sector
7 26 (5.09%) Retail
8 25 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (4.31%) Manufacturing
11 17 (3.33%) Banking
12 14 (2.74%) Billing
12 14 (2.74%) Law
13 12 (2.35%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.76%) Automotive
14 9 (1.76%) Electronics
14 9 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 109 (21.33%) Analyst
2 72 (14.09%) Head of QA
3 32 (6.26%) IT Support
3 32 (6.26%) Senior
4 29 (5.68%) IT Engineer
5 26 (5.09%) Lead
6 22 (4.31%) Business Analyst
7 21 (4.11%) Business Manager
8 20 (3.91%) Data Analyst
8 20 (3.91%) Developer
8 20 (3.91%) IT Analyst
8 20 (3.91%) Systems Analyst
9 19 (3.72%) Administrator
9 19 (3.72%) Consultant
10 18 (3.52%) Financial Analyst
10 18 (3.52%) Support Analyst
11 16 (3.13%) Field Engineer
11 16 (3.13%) Field Service Engineer
12 15 (2.94%) Commercial Analyst
12 15 (2.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.52%) CSS
1 18 (3.52%) HTML
2 11 (2.15%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (1.96%) JSON
3 10 (1.96%) XML
4 8 (1.57%) OAuth
4 8 (1.57%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (1.57%) SAML
5 7 (1.37%) .NET
5 7 (1.37%) FpML
5 7 (1.37%) XML Schema
6 6 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (0.98%) PySpark
7 5 (0.98%) React
7 5 (0.98%) REST
8 4 (0.78%) Flutter
8 4 (0.78%) RESTful
8 4 (0.78%) Sass
8 4 (0.78%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.78%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.52%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.33%) Social Media
5 15 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.94%) Smartphone
6 11 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.15%) FMCG
7 10 (1.96%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.57%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.57%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.37%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.37%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.37%) IoT
10 6 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.17%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.78%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.48%) Windows
2 17 (3.33%) Linux
3 11 (2.15%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.37%) Unix
5 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.39%) Android
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (38.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 187 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (33.46%) Analytics
4 121 (23.68%) Actionable Insight
5 118 (23.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 95 (18.59%) Business Intelligence
7 92 (18.00%) Customer Experience
8 88 (17.22%) Root Cause Analysis
9 86 (16.83%) Agile
9 86 (16.83%) Decision-Making
9 86 (16.83%) Service Delivery
10 83 (16.24%) PRINCE2
11 81 (15.85%) Process Improvement
12 80 (15.66%) Change Management
13 77 (15.07%) Quality Management
14 72 (14.09%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 57 (11.15%) Data Analysis
16 50 (9.78%) Visualisation
17 48 (9.39%) AI
17 48 (9.39%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 98 (19.18%) SQL
2 63 (12.33%) Python
3 31 (6.07%) PowerShell
4 26 (5.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (3.91%) Bash
6 15 (2.94%) C#
6 15 (2.94%) Java
7 14 (2.74%) JavaScript
8 13 (2.54%) C++
9 8 (1.57%) C
9 8 (1.57%) Go
9 8 (1.57%) VBA
10 4 (0.78%) Bicep
10 4 (0.78%) PHP
10 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.59%) VC++
12 2 (0.39%) Perl
12 2 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (14.09%) IRCA
2 70 (13.70%) Degree
3 24 (4.70%) Security Cleared
4 21 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.13%) A+ Certification
5 16 (3.13%) CCNA
5 16 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.13%) MCSE
5 16 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (3.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 15 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.74%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.15%) ACCA
9 10 (1.96%) CIMA
10 9 (1.76%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.57%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.57%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.57%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.57%) PMP
12 7 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (19.37%) QA
2 86 (16.83%) ISO 9001
3 84 (16.44%) GDPR
4 37 (7.24%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (2.15%) GRC
8 10 (1.96%) ISO 14001
8 10 (1.96%) NIST
8 10 (1.96%) SLA
9 8 (1.57%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.59%) EMIR
12 3 (0.59%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.59%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.39%) GAAP
System Software
1 17 (3.33%) Docker
2 9 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (4.50%) Terraform
2 19 (3.72%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.76%) Grafana
4 8 (1.57%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.98%) Ansible
7 4 (0.78%) Control-M
8 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.20%) QRadar
9 1 (0.20%) SCCM
9 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 101 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.72%) Dell
3 18 (3.52%) SAP
4 15 (2.94%) Google
5 14 (2.74%) Oracle
5 14 (2.74%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.15%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.76%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.76%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.37%) Sparx
9 6 (1.17%) Adobe
9 6 (1.17%) Databricks
10 5 (0.98%) Apple
10 5 (0.98%) Informatica
11 4 (0.78%) BT
11 4 (0.78%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.78%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.59%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.59%) Xero