Analytical Mindset Jobs

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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 491 709
Rank change year-on-year +95 +218 +41
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 328 455 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.46% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.82% 1.30% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 192 298 179
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £23,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £35,427
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,100 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.61% -13.80% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £70,625
90th Percentile £88,750 £74,125 £96,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% +11.11%

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 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Top 18 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 1 May 2025. 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 +70 281 £56,688 +33.38% 628
UK excluding London +80 176 £52,500 +31.25% 383
London +120 125 £75,000 +15.38% 339
Work from Home +168 94 £52,500 +10.53% 271
North of England +81 43 £62,500 +66.67% 86
North West +42 39 £65,000 +73.33% 62
East of England +66 34 £52,500 +23.53% 33
South East +19 30 £57,500 +15.00% 144
Midlands +64 28 £40,000 +37.93% 54
South West +78 18 £50,000 +25.00% 56
Scotland +129 16 £52,500 -0.66% 21
East Midlands +49 14 £55,000 +89.66% 16
West Midlands +33 14 £35,000 +16.67% 30
Yorkshire +62 4 £48,750 +37.32% 19
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 2
Isle of Man +13 2 £43,000 - 2
Wales +40 1 £49,104 -1.79% 6
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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 13 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.66%) CMS
2 12 (3.66%) Confluence
3 10 (3.05%) nginx
4 7 (2.13%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.91%) WordPress
7 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.61%) IIS
8 1 (0.30%) Apache
8 1 (0.30%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (9.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (3.35%) Maya
5 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.22%) Adobe XD
6 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.22%) Photoshop
6 4 (1.22%) Sketch
6 4 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.91%) Trello
8 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.61%) InDesign
9 1 (0.30%) Notion
9 1 (0.30%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 17 (5.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.83%) Raiser’s Edge
2 6 (1.83%) Shopify
3 3 (0.91%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.61%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.61%) Magento
4 2 (0.61%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 41 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 38 (11.59%) SaaS
3 35 (10.67%) Azure
4 24 (7.32%) AWS
5 22 (6.71%) Google Analytics
6 18 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (3.35%) Boomi
7 11 (3.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 10 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.13%) Google Ads
11 6 (1.83%) Canva
11 6 (1.83%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.22%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.22%) Datadog
12 4 (1.22%) Figma
13 3 (0.91%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.91%) MailChimp
13 3 (0.91%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.44%) Firewall
1 8 (2.44%) Wireless
2 6 (1.83%) Network Security
2 6 (1.83%) SMS
3 5 (1.52%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.52%) VPN
4 3 (0.91%) DNS
4 3 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.61%) CHAP
5 2 (0.61%) DHCP
5 2 (0.61%) LAN
5 2 (0.61%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.61%) SAN
5 2 (0.61%) WAN
5 2 (0.61%) Wireless Security
6 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.30%) Intranet
6 1 (0.30%) Skype
6 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.67%) Power BI
2 15 (4.57%) Tableau
3 13 (3.96%) Data Lake
4 7 (2.13%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.52%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.22%) Metadata
8 3 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.61%) DB2
10 1 (0.30%) Big Data
10 1 (0.30%) Looker
10 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.30%) Power Query
10 1 (0.30%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 18 (5.49%) JIRA
2 5 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.61%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) JMeter
4 1 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.30%) Selenium
4 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 328 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 181 (55.18%) Social Skills
3 97 (29.57%) Finance
4 77 (23.48%) Marketing
5 35 (10.67%) Organisational Skills
6 33 (10.06%) Retail
7 26 (7.93%) Law
7 26 (7.93%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (7.01%) Banking
9 22 (6.71%) Legal
10 19 (5.79%) Advertising
11 14 (4.27%) Games
12 10 (3.05%) Publishing
13 7 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.13%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.91%) Environmental Health
15 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.61%) Automotive
16 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 103 (31.40%) Analyst
2 62 (18.90%) Senior
3 34 (10.37%) Business Analyst
4 16 (4.88%) Developer
4 16 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
5 15 (4.57%) Architect
5 15 (4.57%) Lead
6 13 (3.96%) Project Manager
7 11 (3.35%) CRM Architect
7 11 (3.35%) Data Analyst
7 11 (3.35%) IT Architect
7 11 (3.35%) Salesforce Architect
8 10 (3.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 10 (3.05%) Product Manager
9 9 (2.74%) Security Analyst
9 9 (2.74%) Support Analyst
10 8 (2.44%) Graduate
10 8 (2.44%) Senior Architect
10 8 (2.44%) Senior Salesforce Architect
11 7 (2.13%) Digital Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.57%) HTML
2 14 (4.27%) CSS
3 12 (3.66%) AngularJS
4 10 (3.05%) React
5 6 (1.83%) XML
6 4 (1.22%) REST
7 3 (0.91%) LDAP
7 3 (0.91%) SOAP
8 2 (0.61%) .NET
8 2 (0.61%) JSON
8 2 (0.61%) JWT
8 2 (0.61%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.61%) Middleware
8 2 (0.61%) OAuth
8 2 (0.61%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.61%) OpenID
8 2 (0.61%) SAML
8 2 (0.61%) Spring
8 2 (0.61%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.30%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.27%) Social Media
2 11 (3.35%) Cloud Native
2 11 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.44%) Blog
4 8 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.13%) PMI
5 7 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (1.83%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.83%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.91%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.91%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.91%) IoT
8 3 (0.91%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.91%) New Media
8 3 (0.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.83%) Linux
2 5 (1.52%) Windows
3 4 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (50.91%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (19.51%) Analytics
3 62 (18.90%) Agile
4 60 (18.29%) Project Management
5 59 (17.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 55 (16.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 50 (15.24%) Business Analysis
7 50 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (14.63%) Decision-Making
9 45 (13.72%) CRM
10 40 (12.20%) Roadmaps
11 36 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
12 34 (10.37%) Artificial Intelligence
12 34 (10.37%) Visualisation
13 30 (9.15%) Critical Thinking
13 30 (9.15%) PRINCE2
14 28 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
14 28 (8.54%) User Experience
15 27 (8.23%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 27 (8.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.67%) SQL
2 23 (7.01%) JavaScript
3 21 (6.40%) Python
4 6 (1.83%) C#
5 5 (1.52%) Java
5 5 (1.52%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.52%) R
6 4 (1.22%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.61%) Bash
7 2 (0.61%) Go
7 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.61%) VBA
8 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 100 (30.49%) Degree
2 28 (8.54%) CBAP
3 25 (7.62%) PMI Certification
4 24 (7.32%) Master's Degree
5 18 (5.49%) PMP
6 14 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.83%) CISSP
9 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.52%) CISM
9 5 (1.52%) CRISC
9 5 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.22%) CCNA
10 4 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.91%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.91%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.62%) QA
2 16 (4.88%) GDPR
3 14 (4.27%) Accessibility
3 14 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.66%) NIST
5 9 (2.74%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.44%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.52%) GRC
8 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.91%) PMO
9 2 (0.61%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.61%) SEPA
9 2 (0.61%) SLA
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (4.88%) Docker
2 5 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 6 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.91%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.61%) Argo
5 2 (0.61%) Control-M
5 2 (0.61%) Graylog
5 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.61%) SCCM
5 2 (0.61%) SCOM
6 1 (0.30%) Ansible
6 1 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.30%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.23%) Google
3 25 (7.62%) Adobe
3 25 (7.62%) Salesforce
4 19 (5.79%) YouTube
5 14 (4.27%) Dell
5 14 (4.27%) Oracle
5 14 (4.27%) SAP
6 11 (3.35%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.74%) Ahrefs
7 9 (2.74%) Screaming Frog
8 7 (2.13%) Facebook
8 7 (2.13%) Sitecore
9 6 (1.83%) Instagram
9 6 (1.83%) TikTok
10 5 (1.52%) Cisco
10 5 (1.52%) Splunk
10 5 (1.52%) Xilinx
11 3 (0.91%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.91%) Zoho