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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 389 478
Rank change year-on-year +82 +89 +248
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 463 287 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.65% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.05% 1.68% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 246 166 266
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,438 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% +23.19% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,188 £60,938
90th Percentile £93,125 £88,750 £74,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -15.00%

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 22,531 17,121 30,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.94% 38.99% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11,371 8,801 21,595
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,790 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,979 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.95% +10.00% -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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +101 390 £47,500 -17.39% 225
UK excluding London +87 300 £42,500 -22.73% 178
Work from Home +95 141 £47,500 -5.00% 90
London +45 140 £60,000 -7.69% 58
North of England +4 80 £45,000 -23.40% 49
South East +12 53 £42,500 -26.09% 61
North West +4 49 £43,750 -32.69% 33
Midlands +2 48 £40,000 -11.11% 29
South West -8 39 £45,000 -12.20% 19
East of England +15 25 £40,000 -25.58% 18
West Midlands +13 25 £47,500 +34.75% 21
Scotland -12 22 £26,150 -62.64% 6
East Midlands -23 22 £30,000 -45.45% 8
Northern Ireland -12 20 - - 1
Yorkshire -36 17 £70,000 +40.00% 13
North East - 14 £38,500 - 3
Wales +3 13 £35,000 -28.72% 3

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 (1.08%) Confluence
2 4 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.86%) WordPress
3 3 (0.65%) CMS
3 3 (0.65%) IIS
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.22%) Mendix
Applications
1 78 (16.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.51%) Maya
6 4 (0.86%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.43%) Sketch
7 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.08%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.86%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.65%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.65%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.65%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.22%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.22%) Shopify
6 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (20.95%) Azure
2 89 (19.22%) Power Platform
3 34 (7.34%) SaaS
4 33 (7.13%) AWS
5 28 (6.05%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 20 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (4.10%) GCP
9 17 (3.67%) Power Automate
10 16 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (3.02%) GitHub
12 11 (2.38%) dbt
13 10 (2.16%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.73%) Boomi
14 8 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.51%) Asana
15 7 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (1.51%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 7 (1.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.46%) Firewall
2 15 (3.24%) SAN
3 10 (2.16%) VPN
4 8 (1.73%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.51%) WAN
6 6 (1.30%) LAN
7 4 (0.86%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.86%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.65%) Network Security
9 2 (0.43%) Broadband
9 2 (0.43%) DHCP
9 2 (0.43%) DNS
9 2 (0.43%) GSM
9 2 (0.43%) LTE
9 2 (0.43%) Modbus
9 2 (0.43%) VLAN
9 2 (0.43%) VoIP
9 2 (0.43%) Wireless
10 1 (0.22%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (18.79%) Power BI
2 46 (9.94%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (5.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (4.54%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.54%) Tableau
6 11 (2.38%) Metabase
7 9 (1.94%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.94%) Metadata
8 6 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.30%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.08%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.86%) Looker
10 4 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.65%) Power Query
12 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
12 2 (0.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (4.54%) Git
2 15 (3.24%) JIRA
3 11 (2.38%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.94%) GitLab
5 7 (1.51%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.08%) ERwin
7 2 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.43%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.22%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.22%) MLflow
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.22%) Postman
8 1 (0.22%) TestRail
8 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 462 (99.78%) Analytical Skills
2 281 (60.69%) Social Skills
3 206 (44.49%) Finance
4 49 (10.58%) Marketing
5 41 (8.86%) Legal
6 39 (8.42%) Retail
7 30 (6.48%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.26%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (5.18%) Manufacturing
10 23 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (4.32%) Law
13 15 (3.24%) Banking
14 14 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (2.81%) Billing
16 10 (2.16%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.94%) Automotive
18 8 (1.73%) Games
18 8 (1.73%) Telecoms
19 7 (1.51%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 101 (21.81%) Analyst
2 48 (10.37%) Head of QA
3 32 (6.91%) Senior
4 29 (6.26%) IT Support
4 29 (6.26%) Lead
5 25 (5.40%) IT Engineer
6 24 (5.18%) Business Manager
7 20 (4.32%) Business Analyst
7 20 (4.32%) Data Analyst
8 18 (3.89%) Financial Analyst
8 18 (3.89%) Systems Analyst
9 17 (3.67%) Developer
10 16 (3.46%) Administrator
10 16 (3.46%) Consultant
11 15 (3.24%) Commercial Analyst
11 15 (3.24%) IT Analyst
11 15 (3.24%) Support Analyst
12 14 (3.02%) Field Engineer
12 14 (3.02%) Field Service Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.59%) CSS
1 12 (2.59%) HTML
2 9 (1.94%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.73%) XML
4 7 (1.51%) .NET
4 7 (1.51%) OAuth
4 7 (1.51%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (1.51%) SAML
5 6 (1.30%) JSON
5 6 (1.30%) REST
5 6 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (1.08%) FpML
6 5 (1.08%) SOAP
6 5 (1.08%) XML Schema
7 4 (0.86%) PySpark
7 4 (0.86%) Sass
7 4 (0.86%) ZeroMQ
8 3 (0.65%) Flutter
8 3 (0.65%) React
8 3 (0.65%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.21%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.10%) Cloud Native
4 19 (4.10%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.89%) Social Media
6 17 (3.67%) FMCG
7 15 (3.24%) Data Centre
8 14 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (3.02%) Smartphone
9 10 (2.16%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.73%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.51%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.51%) IoT
12 6 (1.30%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.30%) e-Learning
12 6 (1.30%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.62%) Windows
2 17 (3.67%) Linux
3 8 (1.73%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.51%) Unix
5 6 (1.30%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.22%) Android
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (38.23%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (35.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 154 (33.26%) Analytics
4 100 (21.60%) Actionable Insight
5 99 (21.38%) Business Intelligence
6 86 (18.57%) Decision-Making
6 86 (18.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 78 (16.85%) Process Improvement
8 76 (16.41%) Agile
9 73 (15.77%) Customer Experience
10 60 (12.96%) Change Management
10 60 (12.96%) PRINCE2
10 60 (12.96%) Service Delivery
11 59 (12.74%) Root Cause Analysis
12 58 (12.53%) Data Analysis
13 49 (10.58%) CI/CD
13 49 (10.58%) Quality Management
14 48 (10.37%) AI
14 48 (10.37%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 48 (10.37%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (20.09%) SQL
2 60 (12.96%) Python
3 30 (6.48%) PowerShell
4 25 (5.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (3.89%) Bash
6 13 (2.81%) C++
7 12 (2.59%) C#
8 11 (2.38%) Java
9 10 (2.16%) C
10 9 (1.94%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.51%) Go
11 7 (1.51%) VBA
12 4 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.65%) Bicep
13 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.65%) VC++
14 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.43%) Perl
14 2 (0.43%) Scala
15 1 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 85 (18.36%) Degree
2 48 (10.37%) IRCA
3 26 (5.62%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (3.89%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.02%) A+ Certification
6 14 (3.02%) CCNA
6 14 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.02%) MCSE
6 14 (3.02%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 12 (2.59%) ACCA
9 11 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.38%) DBS Check
10 10 (2.16%) CIMA
11 9 (1.94%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.94%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.73%) PMI Certification
12 8 (1.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (15.33%) QA
2 61 (13.17%) GDPR
3 54 (11.66%) ISO 9001
4 30 (6.48%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.16%) GRC
7 10 (2.16%) NIST
8 7 (1.51%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.30%) SLA
10 5 (1.08%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.86%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.65%) EMIR
12 3 (0.65%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.43%) GAAP
13 2 (0.43%) IFRS
13 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 14 (3.02%) Docker
2 6 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (4.32%) Terraform
2 17 (3.67%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.51%) Grafana
3 7 (1.51%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.86%) Ansible
5 4 (0.86%) Control-M
6 2 (0.43%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.22%) SCCM
7 1 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 95 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.83%) SAP
3 22 (4.75%) Dell
4 21 (4.54%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.10%) Oracle
6 12 (2.59%) Google
7 9 (1.94%) Adobe
7 9 (1.94%) Autodesk
8 8 (1.73%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.73%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.73%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.51%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.08%) Apple
10 5 (1.08%) Informatica
10 5 (1.08%) Sparx
11 4 (0.86%) BT
11 4 (0.86%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.86%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.65%) Zoho