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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 379 472
Rank change year-on-year +104 +93 +232
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 495 334 359
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.65% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% 1.75% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 267 181 264
10th Percentile £28,800 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,125 £42,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +29.41% -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 21,272 19,059 26,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.73% 37.35% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 10,719 8,866 19,470
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,125 £29,440
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,644 £57,023
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +8.10% -12.27%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 6 February 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 6 February 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 +138 425 £47,500 -17.39% 220
UK excluding London +123 332 £44,000 -20.00% 167
Work from Home +114 164 £50,000 - 138
London +63 142 £65,000 - 90
South East +66 89 £42,500 -26.09% 62
North of England +7 65 £45,000 -30.77% 33
Midlands +36 58 £44,000 +10.00% 32
North West +24 48 £42,500 -37.04% 18
South West +22 41 £45,000 -12.20% 20
East Midlands 0 34 £30,000 -25.00% 10
Scotland 0 32 £26,150 -62.64% 7
East of England +30 24 £62,500 +16.28% 14
West Midlands +32 23 £50,000 +41.84% 22
Northern Ireland -5 14 - -
Yorkshire -21 11 £50,000 -18.37% 14
Wales +10 9 £35,000 -28.72% 3
North East - 6 £38,500 - 1

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 (3.43%) Confluence
2 6 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.81%) IIS
4 3 (0.61%) CMS
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.61%) WordPress
5 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.40%) SAS
6 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 95 (19.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.63%) Maya
5 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.81%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.40%) Sketch
8 2 (0.40%) Stata
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (4.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.01%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.81%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.81%) Shopify
5 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.61%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.61%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.40%) Magento
6 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.40%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 113 (22.83%) Azure
2 106 (21.41%) Power Platform
3 33 (6.67%) AWS
4 29 (5.86%) SaaS
5 28 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 27 (5.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 24 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (3.23%) GCP
10 14 (2.83%) Boomi
11 13 (2.63%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 12 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (2.42%) Google Analytics
13 10 (2.02%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.02%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.02%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.62%) Serverless
15 7 (1.41%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.41%) Asana
15 7 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.24%) Firewall
2 13 (2.63%) SAN
3 10 (2.02%) VPN
4 8 (1.62%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.41%) WAN
6 6 (1.21%) LAN
7 4 (0.81%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.81%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.61%) Network Security
9 2 (0.40%) Broadband
9 2 (0.40%) DHCP
9 2 (0.40%) DNS
9 2 (0.40%) GSM
9 2 (0.40%) Internet
9 2 (0.40%) LTE
9 2 (0.40%) Modbus
9 2 (0.40%) VLAN
9 2 (0.40%) VoIP
9 2 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (20.61%) Power BI
2 45 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 37 (7.47%) Tableau
4 28 (5.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (5.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (3.03%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.41%) Metabase
9 6 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.01%) Looker
10 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.81%) Metadata
11 4 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.40%) Big Data
13 2 (0.40%) Mixpanel
13 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (5.66%) JIRA
2 12 (2.42%) Git
3 7 (1.41%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.21%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.61%) Postman
6 2 (0.40%) GitLab
6 2 (0.40%) Selenium
6 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.20%) MLflow
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.20%) TestRail
7 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 494 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 315 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 226 (45.66%) Finance
4 93 (18.79%) Marketing
5 55 (11.11%) Retail
6 46 (9.29%) Legal
7 34 (6.87%) Law
8 32 (6.46%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (5.66%) Public Sector
10 24 (4.85%) Manufacturing
11 21 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (3.03%) Billing
15 14 (2.83%) Games
16 9 (1.82%) Advertising
17 8 (1.62%) Banking
17 8 (1.62%) Financial Institution
17 8 (1.62%) Telecoms
18 7 (1.41%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 112 (22.63%) Analyst
2 66 (13.33%) Lead
3 63 (12.73%) Senior
4 30 (6.06%) Data Analyst
5 29 (5.86%) Architect
6 28 (5.66%) Commercial Analyst
6 28 (5.66%) IT Support
7 25 (5.05%) IT Engineer
8 24 (4.85%) Business Manager
9 23 (4.65%) Business Analyst
10 22 (4.44%) Support Engineer
11 20 (4.04%) Developer
12 18 (3.64%) Systems Analyst
13 16 (3.23%) Administrator
14 15 (3.03%) Financial Analyst
14 15 (3.03%) IT Support Engineer
15 14 (2.83%) CRM Architect
16 13 (2.63%) Insight Analyst
16 13 (2.63%) Insight Manager
16 13 (2.63%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.63%) CSS
1 13 (2.63%) HTML
2 10 (2.02%) REST
3 7 (1.41%) .NET
3 7 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (1.01%) SOAP
5 4 (0.81%) EDI
5 4 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.81%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.81%) PySpark
5 4 (0.81%) Sass
5 4 (0.81%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (0.61%) Blazor
6 3 (0.61%) Middleware
6 3 (0.61%) RESTful
6 3 (0.61%) Spring
6 3 (0.61%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.40%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.70%) Self-Motivation
2 42 (8.48%) FMCG
3 40 (8.08%) Data Centre
4 39 (7.88%) Management Information System
5 38 (7.68%) Onboarding
6 34 (6.87%) Product Ownership
7 30 (6.06%) Cloud Native
8 20 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (4.04%) Social Media
9 13 (2.63%) Driving Licence
10 12 (2.42%) Smartphone
11 10 (2.02%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.62%) IoT
14 7 (1.41%) Security Posture
15 6 (1.21%) Web Conferencing
16 5 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
17 4 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
17 4 (0.81%) Operational Technology
18 3 (0.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.05%) Windows
2 16 (3.23%) Linux
3 8 (1.62%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.41%) Unix
5 6 (1.21%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (46.26%) Problem-Solving
2 173 (34.95%) Analytics
3 161 (32.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 126 (25.45%) Business Intelligence
5 119 (24.04%) Decision-Making
6 94 (18.99%) Agile
7 90 (18.18%) ERP
8 84 (16.97%) Project Management
9 74 (14.95%) CRM
10 72 (14.55%) Actionable Insight
10 72 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 70 (14.14%) AI
12 67 (13.54%) Process Improvement
13 63 (12.73%) Business Strategy
14 58 (11.72%) Visualisation
15 54 (10.91%) Data Analysis
16 52 (10.51%) Change Management
17 50 (10.10%) CI/CD
18 46 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
19 45 (9.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 108 (21.82%) SQL
2 59 (11.92%) Python
3 25 (5.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 25 (5.05%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.42%) C#
4 12 (2.42%) C++
5 10 (2.02%) C
5 10 (2.02%) Java
6 9 (1.82%) Bash
6 9 (1.82%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.62%) VBA
8 5 (1.01%) Go
9 4 (0.81%) R
9 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.61%) Bicep
10 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.40%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.40%) Scala
11 2 (0.40%) VC++
Qualifications
1 117 (23.64%) Degree
2 26 (5.25%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.63%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.42%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.42%) CCNA
6 12 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.42%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.42%) MCSE
6 12 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (2.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.02%) ACCA
9 9 (1.82%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.82%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.82%) PMP
10 8 (1.62%) CIMA
11 7 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.66%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.65%) QA
3 18 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.23%) GDPR
5 13 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (2.02%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.82%) NIST
8 8 (1.62%) GRC
9 4 (0.81%) SLA
10 3 (0.61%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.61%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.61%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.40%) EMIR
11 2 (0.40%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.40%) IFRS
11 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 14 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.41%) Docker
2 7 (1.41%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.81%) Firmware
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.22%) Terraform
3 9 (1.82%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.81%) Control-M
5 3 (0.61%) Ansible
6 2 (0.40%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 111 (22.42%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.90%) SAP
3 43 (8.69%) Salesforce
4 26 (5.25%) Dell
4 26 (5.25%) Oracle
5 21 (4.24%) Google
6 17 (3.43%) Adobe
7 14 (2.83%) MuleSoft
8 12 (2.42%) Autodesk
9 6 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.01%) Apple
10 5 (1.01%) BT
10 5 (1.01%) Informatica
11 4 (0.81%) Cisco
11 4 (0.81%) Databricks
11 4 (0.81%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.81%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.81%) YouTube
12 3 (0.61%) Screaming Frog