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 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 262 451
Rank change year-on-year -169 +189 +50
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 451 547 366
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 1.10% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.43% 2.69% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 282 312 189
10th Percentile £28,775 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,938 £34,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,425 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £95,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.37% -9.52% +16.67%

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 31,435 20,329 24,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 40.99% 32.03%
Number of salaries quoted 19,419 10,189 12,169
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,063 £36,250 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.56% -14.29% -4.55%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -139 431 £49,425 -1.15% 539
UK excluding London -149 318 £44,000 -7.37% 216
Work from Home -61 139 £47,500 -5.00% 202
London -82 125 £65,000 - 352
South East -83 99 £49,425 -7.62% 70
South West -72 65 £42,500 -15.00% 27
North of England -56 64 £45,000 - 36
Midlands -56 59 £45,000 +15.38% 36
North West -43 36 £37,500 -1.96% 27
West Midlands -34 35 £43,750 +25.00% 19
Yorkshire -16 23 £90,000 +89.47% 9
East Midlands -56 22 £43,750 -45.31% 17
East of England -39 19 £42,879 -1.99% 21
Scotland -4 9 £26,150 - 13
North East -58 5 £52,500 -
Wales -74 2 - - 7
Northern Ireland -86 2 £63,750 - 10

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 15 (3.33%) Confluence
2 12 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.89%) Apache
3 4 (0.89%) SAS
3 4 (0.89%) WordPress
4 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.67%) CMS
4 3 (0.67%) IIS
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.44%) Luigi
5 2 (0.44%) Tornado
Applications
1 54 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.00%) Simulink
5 7 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.11%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.67%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.66%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.55%) Shopify
3 4 (0.89%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.89%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.89%) JDE World
4 3 (0.67%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.44%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.44%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.22%) iTrent
6 1 (0.22%) Magento
6 1 (0.22%) Odoo
6 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.22%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 66 (14.63%) Azure
2 48 (10.64%) Power Platform
3 43 (9.53%) SaaS
4 40 (8.87%) AWS
5 31 (6.87%) GCP
5 31 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (5.54%) Google Analytics
7 16 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.33%) PowerApps
9 12 (2.66%) Google Ads
10 10 (2.22%) Anthropic Claude
11 9 (2.00%) Copilot Studio
11 9 (2.00%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.55%) Meta Ads
12 7 (1.55%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.33%) Canva
13 6 (1.33%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.33%) SAN
2 14 (3.10%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.66%) HTTP
3 12 (2.66%) LAN
3 12 (2.66%) WAN
4 9 (2.00%) SMS
4 9 (2.00%) Wireshark
5 8 (1.77%) DNS
6 7 (1.55%) Firewall
7 6 (1.33%) FTP
7 6 (1.33%) Internet
7 6 (1.33%) SMTP
7 6 (1.33%) VPN
8 5 (1.11%) Unified Communications
8 5 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.89%) ATM
9 4 (0.89%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.89%) NAS
10 2 (0.44%) Broadband
10 2 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.65%) Power BI
2 18 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (3.10%) Tableau
4 11 (2.44%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.77%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.55%) GIS
7 6 (1.33%) Metadata
7 6 (1.33%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.33%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.11%) Looker
8 5 (1.11%) MySQL
8 5 (1.11%) Power Query
8 5 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.89%) Big Data
10 3 (0.67%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.67%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (5.32%) JIRA
2 13 (2.88%) Eclipse
3 9 (2.00%) Git
4 3 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.67%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.44%) Ranorex
5 2 (0.44%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.44%) Selenium
5 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.44%) TestRail
6 1 (0.22%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 451 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 227 (50.33%) Social Skills
3 114 (25.28%) Finance
4 74 (16.41%) Marketing
5 43 (9.53%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (8.43%) Public Sector
7 35 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (5.76%) Legal
9 22 (4.88%) Retail
10 21 (4.66%) Manufacturing
11 19 (4.21%) Advertising
12 18 (3.99%) Electronics
13 17 (3.77%) Law
14 16 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (2.44%) Aerospace
15 11 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (2.00%) Brand Awareness
17 8 (1.77%) Financial Institution
17 8 (1.77%) Local Government
17 8 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (21.06%) Analyst
2 41 (9.09%) Senior
3 39 (8.65%) Lead
4 27 (5.99%) Developer
5 23 (5.10%) Business Analyst
6 21 (4.66%) Data Analyst
7 20 (4.43%) IT Engineer
7 20 (4.43%) Support Analyst
8 15 (3.33%) Field Engineer
8 15 (3.33%) Field Service Engineer
9 14 (3.10%) Product Owner
9 14 (3.10%) Senior Manager
10 12 (2.66%) Coordinator
10 12 (2.66%) Junior
10 12 (2.66%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (2.44%) Compliance Manager
11 11 (2.44%) Marketing Manager
11 11 (2.44%) SOC Analyst
12 10 (2.22%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.22%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.33%) JSON
2 14 (3.10%) .NET
3 9 (2.00%) HTML
3 9 (2.00%) Kafka
3 9 (2.00%) RESTful
4 8 (1.77%) CSS
4 8 (1.77%) REST
5 6 (1.33%) LDAP
5 6 (1.33%) Spring
5 6 (1.33%) Spring Boot
6 5 (1.11%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.11%) Terraform
7 4 (0.89%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.89%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.67%) XML
9 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.44%) Django
9 2 (0.44%) EDI
9 2 (0.44%) Playwright
9 2 (0.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.87%) Onboarding
2 27 (5.99%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.21%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (3.99%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (3.55%) Cyber Defence
6 16 (3.55%) Social Media
7 15 (3.33%) Data Centre
7 15 (3.33%) Driving Licence
7 15 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.44%) Blog
9 10 (2.22%) Smartphone
9 10 (2.22%) Web Conferencing
10 9 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.77%) Credit Risk
11 8 (1.77%) SCADA
12 7 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 6 (1.33%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.43%) Windows
2 15 (3.33%) Linux
3 12 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.44%) Android
5 2 (0.44%) Debian
5 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (28.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 127 (28.16%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (24.17%) Analytics
4 105 (23.28%) Agile
5 77 (17.07%) AI
6 76 (16.85%) Decision-Making
7 66 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 63 (13.97%) Business Intelligence
10 55 (12.20%) CRM
11 51 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
12 44 (9.76%) Roadmaps
13 41 (9.09%) Process Improvement
14 40 (8.87%) Validation
15 38 (8.43%) Actionable Insight
15 38 (8.43%) DevOps
15 38 (8.43%) Scrum
16 37 (8.20%) Risk Management
17 36 (7.98%) User Stories
18 35 (7.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (21.06%) SQL
2 40 (8.87%) Python
3 27 (5.99%) Java
4 21 (4.66%) MATLAB
5 20 (4.43%) C#
6 15 (3.33%) C
7 14 (3.10%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.88%) Embedded C
9 11 (2.44%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.55%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.55%) Scala
11 6 (1.33%) Bash
11 6 (1.33%) C++
11 6 (1.33%) Search Processing Language
12 5 (1.11%) PHP
12 5 (1.11%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.89%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.89%) Go
14 3 (0.67%) COBOL
14 3 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (16.19%) Degree
2 44 (9.76%) Security Cleared
3 28 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.33%) A+ Certification
5 15 (3.33%) CCNA
5 15 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (3.33%) MCSE
5 15 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
6 13 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.55%) ACCA
7 7 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.33%) CREST Certified
8 6 (1.33%) GCED
8 6 (1.33%) GCIA
8 6 (1.33%) GCIH
8 6 (1.33%) GIAC
8 6 (1.33%) OSCP
8 6 (1.33%) SANS
9 5 (1.11%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (14.41%) Data Quality
2 39 (8.65%) QA
3 24 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.21%) GDPR
5 14 (3.10%) ISO 9001
6 11 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (2.44%) ISO 14001
6 11 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 10 (2.22%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.77%) ARP4754
8 8 (1.77%) DO-254
9 6 (1.33%) ISO 8583
9 6 (1.33%) NIST
9 6 (1.33%) SLA
10 5 (1.11%) COBIT
10 5 (1.11%) GRC
10 5 (1.11%) ISO 19650
10 5 (1.11%) ISO 22301
10 5 (1.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (2.44%) Firmware
2 9 (2.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (1.77%) Docker
4 6 (1.33%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.33%) Kibana
2 6 (1.33%) QRadar
3 5 (1.11%) Ansible
4 2 (0.44%) Argo
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 104 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.53%) Google
3 25 (5.54%) HubSpot
4 20 (4.43%) SAP
5 16 (3.55%) Dell
6 13 (2.88%) Adobe
6 13 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.66%) Splunk
8 11 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (2.00%) Facebook
9 9 (2.00%) Instagram
9 9 (2.00%) Oracle
10 8 (1.77%) YouTube
11 6 (1.33%) ArcSight
11 6 (1.33%) Carbon Black
11 6 (1.33%) Marketo
11 6 (1.33%) Pardot
12 5 (1.11%) Cisco
13 4 (0.89%) EMC
13 4 (0.89%) Infor