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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 362 485
Rank change year-on-year +62 +123 +242
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 513 299 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.73% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.10% 1.87% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 259 169 280
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,875 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £43,200
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +33.10% -13.60%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £94,000 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £40,750
% change year-on-year -22.73% +34.97% -18.50%

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 24,405 15,964 33,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.20% 38.92% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12,534 9,072 22,728
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,358 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,400 £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 11 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 11 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 +50 428 £47,500 -17.39% 223
UK excluding London +68 354 £42,500 -22.73% 165
Work from Home +61 140 £48,750 -9.30% 107
London +12 134 £60,000 -17.24% 94
North of England -4 103 £45,000 -26.53% 40
South East +8 71 £45,000 -21.74% 59
North West -12 58 £42,500 -34.62% 26
Midlands -12 55 £43,250 -17.62% 33
West Midlands +14 38 £45,000 -10.00% 23
South West -35 33 £31,915 -41.97% 15
East of England -33 27 £40,000 -25.58% 13
Scotland -10 26 £26,150 -57.31% 2
Yorkshire -33 26 £65,250 +33.85% 12
Northern Ireland -18 24 - - 2
North East - 19 £64,250 - 2
East Midlands -47 16 £30,000 -45.45% 10
Wales -16 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 (0.97%) Confluence
1 5 (0.97%) SharePoint
1 5 (0.97%) WordPress
2 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.78%) CMS
3 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.58%) IIS
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.19%) Apache
4 1 (0.19%) Mendix
Applications
1 78 (15.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Maya
6 2 (0.39%) Sketch
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.97%) 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 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.19%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.19%) JDE OneWorld
5 1 (0.19%) JDE World
5 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 102 (19.88%) Azure
2 90 (17.54%) Power Platform
3 39 (7.60%) AWS
4 35 (6.82%) SaaS
5 30 (5.85%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 22 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.09%) GCP
8 21 (4.09%) Power Automate
9 15 (2.92%) GitHub
10 14 (2.73%) dbt
11 11 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.95%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.56%) Datadog
13 8 (1.56%) Google Analytics
13 8 (1.56%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.56%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.36%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (1.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.31%) SAN
2 15 (2.92%) Firewall
3 12 (2.34%) VPN
4 9 (1.75%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.56%) WAN
6 7 (1.36%) LAN
7 4 (0.78%) Wireless
8 3 (0.58%) DNS
8 3 (0.58%) Network Security
9 2 (0.39%) Broadband
9 2 (0.39%) DHCP
9 2 (0.39%) GSM
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%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.19%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (16.96%) Power BI
2 47 (9.16%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 26 (5.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.53%) Tableau
6 12 (2.34%) Metabase
7 10 (1.95%) Metadata
7 10 (1.95%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.36%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.97%) Big Data
11 5 (0.97%) Power Query
12 4 (0.78%) Looker
12 4 (0.78%) MySQL
12 4 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (5.07%) Git
2 16 (3.12%) JIRA
3 12 (2.34%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.14%) GitLab
5 8 (1.56%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.36%) ERwin
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) TestRail
7 2 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.19%) MLflow
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 512 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 295 (57.50%) Social Skills
3 229 (44.64%) Finance
4 45 (8.77%) Marketing
5 37 (7.21%) Legal
6 34 (6.63%) Public Sector
7 25 (4.87%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (4.87%) Retail
8 23 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (4.29%) Manufacturing
10 21 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (3.31%) Banking
12 14 (2.73%) Billing
13 12 (2.34%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.14%) Law
15 9 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.75%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.56%) Automotive
16 8 (1.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 108 (21.05%) Analyst
2 72 (14.04%) Head of QA
3 32 (6.24%) IT Support
3 32 (6.24%) Senior
4 29 (5.65%) IT Engineer
5 26 (5.07%) Lead
6 24 (4.68%) Business Analyst
7 21 (4.09%) Business Manager
7 21 (4.09%) Developer
7 21 (4.09%) IT Analyst
8 20 (3.90%) Systems Analyst
9 19 (3.70%) Administrator
9 19 (3.70%) Consultant
10 18 (3.51%) Financial Analyst
11 17 (3.31%) Data Analyst
11 17 (3.31%) Support Analyst
12 16 (3.12%) Field Engineer
12 16 (3.12%) Field Service Engineer
13 15 (2.92%) Commercial Analyst
13 15 (2.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.51%) CSS
1 18 (3.51%) HTML
2 11 (2.14%) FIX Protocol
2 11 (2.14%) JSON
2 11 (2.14%) XML
3 8 (1.56%) OAuth
3 8 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
3 8 (1.56%) SAML
4 7 (1.36%) .NET
4 7 (1.36%) FpML
4 7 (1.36%) XML Schema
5 6 (1.17%) REST
5 6 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (0.97%) PySpark
6 5 (0.97%) React
6 5 (0.97%) SOAP
7 4 (0.78%) Flutter
7 4 (0.78%) Sass
7 4 (0.78%) Spring
7 4 (0.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.46%) Onboarding
1 28 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (3.51%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.31%) Data Centre
3 17 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.31%) Social Media
4 15 (2.92%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.92%) Smartphone
5 11 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.14%) FMCG
6 10 (1.95%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.56%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.56%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.36%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.36%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.36%) IoT
9 6 (1.17%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.46%) Windows
2 17 (3.31%) Linux
3 11 (2.14%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.36%) Unix
5 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.39%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (38.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 189 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 172 (33.53%) Analytics
4 120 (23.39%) Actionable Insight
5 119 (23.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 96 (18.71%) Business Intelligence
7 92 (17.93%) Customer Experience
8 88 (17.15%) Root Cause Analysis
9 87 (16.96%) Decision-Making
10 86 (16.76%) Agile
10 86 (16.76%) Service Delivery
11 83 (16.18%) PRINCE2
12 82 (15.98%) Process Improvement
13 80 (15.59%) Change Management
14 77 (15.01%) Quality Management
15 72 (14.04%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 55 (10.72%) Data Analysis
17 49 (9.55%) Visualisation
18 48 (9.36%) AI
19 46 (8.97%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 99 (19.30%) SQL
2 62 (12.09%) Python
3 31 (6.04%) PowerShell
4 26 (5.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (3.90%) Bash
6 16 (3.12%) Java
7 15 (2.92%) C#
8 14 (2.73%) JavaScript
9 12 (2.34%) C++
10 8 (1.56%) Go
11 7 (1.36%) C
11 7 (1.36%) VBA
12 4 (0.78%) Bicep
12 4 (0.78%) PHP
12 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.78%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.58%) VC++
14 2 (0.39%) Perl
14 2 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (14.04%) IRCA
2 70 (13.65%) Degree
3 23 (4.48%) Security Cleared
4 21 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.12%) A+ Certification
5 16 (3.12%) CCNA
5 16 (3.12%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.12%) MCSE
5 16 (3.12%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (3.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 15 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.53%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.14%) ACCA
9 10 (1.95%) CIMA
10 9 (1.75%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.56%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.56%) PMP
12 7 (1.36%) CISSP
12 7 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (19.49%) QA
2 86 (16.76%) ISO 9001
3 84 (16.37%) GDPR
4 38 (7.41%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (2.34%) GRC
7 10 (1.95%) ISO 14001
7 10 (1.95%) NIST
7 10 (1.95%) SLA
8 8 (1.56%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 5 (0.97%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.58%) EMIR
12 3 (0.58%) NEBOSH
13 2 (0.39%) IFRS
System Software
1 17 (3.31%) Docker
2 9 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (4.48%) Terraform
2 19 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.75%) Grafana
4 8 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.97%) Ansible
7 4 (0.78%) Control-M
8 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.19%) QRadar
9 1 (0.19%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 100 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.70%) Dell
3 18 (3.51%) SAP
4 16 (3.12%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.92%) Google
6 14 (2.73%) Oracle
7 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.75%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.75%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.36%) Sparx
10 6 (1.17%) Adobe
10 6 (1.17%) Databricks
11 5 (0.97%) Apple
11 5 (0.97%) Informatica
12 4 (0.78%) BT
12 4 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.78%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.78%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.58%) HubSpot