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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 357 493
Rank change year-on-year +39 +136 +216
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 503 325 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.77% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 1.91% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 261 189 295
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +27.91% -14.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +31.25% -20.00%

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 25,308 16,993 34,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.21% 40.12% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13,109 9,188 22,923
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 29 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 29 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 +53 430 £45,000 -21.74% 195
UK excluding London +62 354 £42,500 -19.05% 155
London -13 128 £65,000 -11.86% 77
Work from Home +21 119 £46,750 -10.95% 92
North of England -1 94 £52,500 -16.00% 38
South East +24 84 £44,500 -22.61% 63
Midlands -5 55 £42,500 -5.56% 20
North West -20 51 £45,000 -30.77% 20
West Midlands -6 38 £44,000 +25.71% 11
South West -27 36 £32,500 -35.00% 12
East of England -23 29 £40,000 -23.81% 14
Yorkshire -37 28 £67,500 +38.46% 11
Scotland -16 23 £26,150 -50.19% 5
Northern Ireland -19 20 - - 2
East Midlands -46 16 £30,000 -45.45% 9
North East - 15 £64,250 - 8
Wales -18 13 £35,000 -28.72% 4

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 7 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.19%) WordPress
3 4 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.80%) Confluence
4 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.60%) IIS
5 2 (0.40%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) Mendix
Applications
1 52 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.60%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.40%) Maya
7 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.79%) NetSuite
1 9 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.99%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.80%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.60%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.60%) JDE OneWorld
4 3 (0.60%) JDE World
5 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 89 (17.69%) Azure
2 63 (12.52%) Power Platform
3 41 (8.15%) AWS
4 39 (7.75%) SaaS
5 30 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (4.97%) GCP
7 24 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (4.57%) Power Automate
9 16 (3.18%) dbt
10 15 (2.98%) GitHub
11 11 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (2.19%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.99%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.79%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.59%) Datadog
14 8 (1.59%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.39%) Asana
15 7 (1.39%) AWS Step Functions
15 7 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.18%) Firewall
1 16 (3.18%) SAN
2 13 (2.58%) VPN
3 12 (2.39%) WAN
4 11 (2.19%) LAN
5 10 (1.99%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.19%) DNS
7 4 (0.80%) Broadband
7 4 (0.80%) HTTP
7 4 (0.80%) Network Security
7 4 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.80%) Wireless
8 3 (0.60%) Internet
9 2 (0.40%) FTP
9 2 (0.40%) GSM
9 2 (0.40%) LTE
9 2 (0.40%) Modbus
9 2 (0.40%) SMS
9 2 (0.40%) SMTP
9 2 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (12.13%) Power BI
2 28 (5.57%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.37%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.39%) Metabase
4 12 (2.39%) Tableau
5 10 (1.99%) Metadata
5 10 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.39%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.19%) MySQL
8 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.99%) Big Data
9 5 (0.99%) Power Query
10 4 (0.80%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.80%) Looker
10 4 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.60%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.60%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 25 (4.97%) Git
2 16 (3.18%) JIRA
3 12 (2.39%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.99%) GitLab
5 7 (1.39%) ERwin
5 7 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.60%) TestRail
7 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.40%) Selenium
7 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 502 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 287 (57.06%) Social Skills
3 202 (40.16%) Finance
4 42 (8.35%) Marketing
5 34 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 33 (6.56%) Legal
7 22 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.37%) Manufacturing
7 22 (4.37%) Retail
8 21 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (3.38%) Banking
11 15 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.39%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.39%) Law
13 11 (2.19%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.59%) Electronics
14 8 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.39%) Advertising
16 6 (1.19%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 110 (21.87%) Analyst
2 72 (14.31%) Head of QA
3 35 (6.96%) IT Support
4 34 (6.76%) Senior
5 32 (6.36%) IT Engineer
6 31 (6.16%) Lead
7 29 (5.77%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.97%) IT Analyst
9 20 (3.98%) Administrator
9 20 (3.98%) Support Analyst
10 19 (3.78%) Developer
11 18 (3.58%) Consultant
11 18 (3.58%) Support Engineer
11 18 (3.58%) Systems Analyst
12 17 (3.38%) Data Analyst
12 17 (3.38%) Financial Analyst
13 16 (3.18%) Field Engineer
13 16 (3.18%) Field Service Engineer
13 16 (3.18%) IT Support Engineer
14 15 (2.98%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.38%) CSS
1 17 (3.38%) HTML
2 14 (2.78%) JSON
3 12 (2.39%) XML
4 10 (1.99%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (1.59%) .NET
5 8 (1.59%) OAuth
5 8 (1.59%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (1.59%) SAML
6 7 (1.39%) FpML
6 7 (1.39%) REST
6 7 (1.39%) XML Schema
7 6 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
7 6 (1.19%) SOAP
8 5 (0.99%) PySpark
8 5 (0.99%) React
8 5 (0.99%) RESTful
9 4 (0.80%) Flutter
9 4 (0.80%) Spring
9 4 (0.80%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.37%) Onboarding
2 18 (3.58%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.38%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.38%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.38%) Social Media
4 16 (3.18%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.78%) Smartphone
6 11 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (1.99%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.79%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.79%) FMCG
9 8 (1.59%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.59%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.39%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.19%) IoT
11 6 (1.19%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.56%) Windows
2 17 (3.38%) Linux
3 12 (2.39%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.19%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.80%) Unix
7 3 (0.60%) Android
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (37.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 172 (34.19%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (29.42%) Analytics
4 121 (24.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 92 (18.29%) Root Cause Analysis
6 91 (18.09%) Actionable Insight
7 90 (17.89%) Customer Experience
8 89 (17.69%) Agile
9 87 (17.30%) Service Delivery
10 85 (16.90%) PRINCE2
11 78 (15.51%) Change Management
12 77 (15.31%) Quality Management
13 72 (14.31%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 71 (14.12%) Business Intelligence
15 66 (13.12%) Decision-Making
16 55 (10.93%) Process Improvement
17 48 (9.54%) CI/CD
18 47 (9.34%) DevOps
19 45 (8.95%) ERP
20 43 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (16.90%) SQL
2 66 (13.12%) Python
3 32 (6.36%) PowerShell
4 20 (3.98%) Java
5 18 (3.58%) Bash
5 18 (3.58%) C#
6 14 (2.78%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.99%) C++
8 9 (1.79%) Go
9 7 (1.39%) VBA
10 6 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.99%) C
11 5 (0.99%) PHP
12 4 (0.80%) Bicep
12 4 (0.80%) Scala
12 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.60%) VC++
Qualifications
1 72 (14.31%) IRCA
2 65 (12.92%) Degree
3 26 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.18%) A+ Certification
5 16 (3.18%) CCNA
5 16 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.18%) MCSE
5 16 (3.18%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (3.18%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.79%) ACCA
8 8 (1.59%) CIMA
8 8 (1.59%) GIAC
8 8 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.59%) PMP
9 7 (1.39%) CISSP
9 7 (1.39%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (20.28%) QA
2 87 (17.30%) ISO 9001
3 80 (15.90%) GDPR
4 32 (6.36%) Data Quality
5 19 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.99%) GRC
6 10 (1.99%) SLA
7 9 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.79%) ISO 14001
8 8 (1.59%) NIST
9 7 (1.39%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 7 (1.39%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.39%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.80%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.60%) COBIT
11 3 (0.60%) EMIR
11 3 (0.60%) ITGC
12 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (3.18%) Docker
2 9 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) IAG
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (4.37%) Terraform
2 18 (3.58%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.79%) Grafana
4 8 (1.59%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.99%) Ansible
7 4 (0.80%) Control-M
8 2 (0.40%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.40%) Kibana
8 2 (0.40%) QRadar
9 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 116 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.57%) Google
3 22 (4.37%) SAP
4 19 (3.78%) Dell
5 17 (3.38%) Oracle
6 14 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.19%) Adobe
8 10 (1.99%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (1.59%) Databricks
9 8 (1.59%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.59%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.39%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.39%) Sparx
11 5 (0.99%) Apple
11 5 (0.99%) Informatica
12 4 (0.80%) BT
12 4 (0.80%) Marketo
12 4 (0.80%) Pardot
12 4 (0.80%) Splunk