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 have cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 493 613 669
Rank change year-on-year +120 +56 -70
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 257 514 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.41% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 0.96% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 176 247 255
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,188 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £69,063 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £92,500 £90,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £41,025
% change year-on-year +5.56% +9.69% +0.67%

All Generic Skills
UK

Analytical Mindset is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,607 53,764 56,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.83% 43.38% 44.03%
Number of salaries quoted 14,348 29,746 33,691
10th Percentile £33,250 £34,875 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -
75th Percentile £84,056 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset.

Salary trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Top 15 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 4 December 2023. 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 +109 208 £52,500 +10.53% 215
UK excluding London +175 175 £47,500 +5.56% 122
Work from Home +196 86 £52,500 +10.53% 78
London +101 73 £73,500 +33.64% 108
Midlands +111 44 £30,000 +9.09% 24
West Midlands +125 42 £31,000 +12.73% 19
North of England +124 40 £38,750 -13.89% 32
Wales +42 33 £63,040 +157.31% 3
South East +149 32 £52,500 +10.53% 33
North West +102 24 £38,750 +4.32% 17
Yorkshire +75 16 £51,750 +3.50% 10
East of England +104 10 £50,000 +5.26% 11
Scotland +55 10 £52,500 +110.00% 9
South West +70 7 £37,500 -19.53% 7
East Midlands +37 2 £25,500 -32.45% 5

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.39%) Apache
2 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.39%) Luigi
2 1 (0.39%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (8.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.56%) Trello
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.78%) Primavera
2 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.39%) iTrent
2 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.39%) SAP SCM
2 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.40%) Azure
2 32 (12.45%) Power Platform
3 18 (7.00%) AWS
4 15 (5.84%) SaaS
5 11 (4.28%) GitHub
6 10 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.50%) GCP
8 6 (2.33%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.56%) PaaS
10 3 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.17%) IaaS
11 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.78%) dbt
11 2 (0.78%) Lucidchart
11 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 49 (19.07%) Network Security
2 47 (18.29%) VPN
3 46 (17.90%) Firewall
4 35 (13.62%) HTTP
4 35 (13.62%) SMTP
5 34 (13.23%) WAN
6 33 (12.84%) FTP
6 33 (12.84%) LAN
7 32 (12.45%) Internet
7 32 (12.45%) Sourcefire
7 32 (12.45%) TCP/IP
8 29 (11.28%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (3.50%) DNS
10 6 (2.33%) DHCP
11 5 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.78%) GSM
12 2 (0.78%) SAN
12 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.39%) SSL
13 1 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.45%) Power BI
2 11 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (4.28%) Tableau
3 10 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.95%) MySQL
4 5 (1.95%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.56%) Big Data
5 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.17%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.17%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.17%) Looker
6 3 (1.17%) Metadata
6 3 (1.17%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.78%) Power Query
7 2 (0.78%) QlikView
7 2 (0.78%) Sisense
8 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.39%) OLTP
8 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (5.06%) JIRA
2 4 (1.56%) JMeter
2 4 (1.56%) Postman
3 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.39%) ERwin
3 1 (0.39%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) Gradle
3 1 (0.39%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.39%) Maven
3 1 (0.39%) MSI
3 1 (0.39%) Selenium
3 1 (0.39%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 257 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 124 (48.25%) Social Skills
3 52 (20.23%) Finance
4 32 (12.45%) Games
5 30 (11.67%) Retail
6 16 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (5.84%) Marketing
8 11 (4.28%) Legal
9 10 (3.89%) Banking
10 8 (3.11%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.95%) Advertising
12 5 (1.95%) Law
12 5 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.95%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.56%) Electronics
13 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.56%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.17%) Aviation
14 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 120 (46.69%) Analyst
2 36 (14.01%) SOC Analyst
3 33 (12.84%) Senior
4 16 (6.23%) Security Analyst
4 16 (6.23%) Senior Analyst
5 14 (5.45%) Consultant
6 13 (5.06%) IT Analyst
6 13 (5.06%) IT Security Analyst
7 12 (4.67%) Developer
7 12 (4.67%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.89%) Data Analyst
8 10 (3.89%) Digital Analyst
8 10 (3.89%) Forensic Analyst
8 10 (3.89%) Programmer
8 10 (3.89%) Supply Chain Analyst
9 9 (3.50%) Architect
9 9 (3.50%) Business Analyst
9 9 (3.50%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 9 (3.50%) IT Manager
9 9 (3.50%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.84%) LDAP
2 8 (3.11%) JSON
3 7 (2.72%) CSS
3 7 (2.72%) XML
4 6 (2.33%) .NET
4 6 (2.33%) React
5 5 (1.95%) HTML
5 5 (1.95%) Vue
6 4 (1.56%) Laravel
6 4 (1.56%) Node.js
6 4 (1.56%) RESTful
7 2 (0.78%) Kafka
7 2 (0.78%) PySpark
7 2 (0.78%) REST
8 1 (0.39%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.39%) Blazor
8 1 (0.39%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.39%) gRPC
8 1 (0.39%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.79%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (12.45%) PKI
2 32 (12.45%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.67%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.28%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.95%) Fat Client
7 5 (1.95%) Social Media
7 5 (1.95%) Thin Client
8 4 (1.56%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.56%) Hackathon
8 4 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.17%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (1.17%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.17%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.17%) SCADA
9 3 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.00%) Windows
2 11 (4.28%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.11%) Linux
4 3 (1.17%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.78%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.78%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.39%) Unix
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (50.97%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (24.12%) Agile
3 49 (19.07%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (18.29%) Time Management
5 46 (17.90%) Analytics
6 43 (16.73%) SIEM
7 42 (16.34%) Actionable Insight
8 39 (15.18%) Security Operations
9 38 (14.79%) Computer Science
10 36 (14.01%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (13.23%) Kalman Filter
12 33 (12.84%) Data Loss Prevention
13 32 (12.45%) Blue Team
13 32 (12.45%) Compliance Audit
13 32 (12.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 32 (12.45%) Two-Factor Authentication
14 30 (11.67%) Mentoring
15 27 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
16 26 (10.12%) Project Management
17 25 (9.73%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.45%) SQL
2 17 (6.61%) Python
3 16 (6.23%) C
4 7 (2.72%) Java
4 7 (2.72%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.33%) C#
5 6 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.95%) C++
7 4 (1.56%) PHP
7 4 (1.56%) R
8 2 (0.78%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.78%) Scala
9 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.39%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.39%) RPG
9 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (31.91%) Degree
2 38 (14.79%) Security Cleared
3 22 (8.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.28%) Master's Degree
4 11 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.72%) CISM
5 7 (2.72%) CISSP
5 7 (2.72%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.72%) ISEB
6 6 (2.33%) ACCA
6 6 (2.33%) CIMA
7 5 (1.95%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.56%) PhD
8 4 (1.56%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.17%) CCNA
9 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.78%) CCNP
10 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.78%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.33%) GDPR
2 6 (2.33%) PMO
2 6 (2.33%) QA
3 4 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 4 (1.56%) MISRA
3 4 (1.56%) MISRA C
3 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.17%) NIST
5 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.78%) GAAP
5 2 (0.78%) GRC
5 2 (0.78%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) P3O
6 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.72%) Docker
2 7 (2.72%) Firmware
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (12.45%) FortiGate
2 8 (3.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.17%) Grafana
3 3 (1.17%) Terraform
4 1 (0.39%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.39%) Puppet
4 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.62%) Splunk
3 33 (12.84%) Cisco
3 33 (12.84%) F5
3 33 (12.84%) IBM
3 33 (12.84%) Juniper
4 32 (12.45%) ArcSight
4 32 (12.45%) CheckPoint
4 32 (12.45%) TippingPoint
4 32 (12.45%) Trend Micro
5 10 (3.89%) Google
6 9 (3.50%) SAP
7 6 (2.33%) Databricks
8 4 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.17%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.17%) Guidewire
9 3 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.78%) Facebook
10 2 (0.78%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.78%) Twitter