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 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 258 459
Rank change year-on-year -139 +201 +78
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 497 560 368
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 1.13% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% 2.75% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 289 309 208
10th Percentile £29,600 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £33,945 £34,540 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,425 £50,000 £52,097
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -4.02% +4.19%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £71,563
90th Percentile £87,750 £87,500 £88,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +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 29,315 20,384 25,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.06% 41.11% 32.20%
Number of salaries quoted 18,426 10,234 13,367
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -116 463 £49,425 -1.15% 468
UK excluding London -108 363 £45,000 -10.00% 200
Work from Home -61 141 £50,000 - 174
London -86 124 £65,000 -5.45% 321
South East -54 106 £49,425 -4.03% 47
North of England -36 83 £45,000 -5.26% 42
South West -63 69 £42,500 -15.00% 37
Midlands -48 63 £45,000 +5.88% 34
West Midlands -20 42 £42,500 +11.84% 19
North West -22 42 £37,500 -16.67% 29
Yorkshire -23 30 £80,571 +69.62% 11
East Midlands -48 19 £45,000 -43.75% 15
East of England -50 16 £42,879 -1.99% 18
Scotland -5 13 £26,150 - 13
North East -54 11 £57,500 - 3
Northern Ireland -72 8 £63,750 - 7
Wales -66 5 - - 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 16 (3.22%) Confluence
2 12 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.80%) Apache
3 4 (0.80%) CMS
3 4 (0.80%) SAS
3 4 (0.80%) WordPress
4 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.60%) IIS
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.40%) Luigi
5 2 (0.40%) Tornado
Applications
1 52 (10.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.41%) Simulink
5 6 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.60%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (2.41%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.41%) Shopify
3 4 (0.80%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.80%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.80%) JDE World
4 3 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.40%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.40%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.20%) Odoo
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.20%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 72 (14.49%) Azure
2 50 (10.06%) Power Platform
3 42 (8.45%) SaaS
4 41 (8.25%) AWS
5 34 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (6.24%) GCP
7 24 (4.83%) Google Analytics
8 17 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (3.22%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.01%) Anthropic Claude
10 10 (2.01%) Google Ads
11 9 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.81%) Copilot Studio
11 9 (1.81%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.81%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.41%) dbt
12 7 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.21%) Canva
14 5 (1.01%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.62%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.41%) SAN
3 11 (2.21%) HTTP
3 11 (2.21%) LAN
3 11 (2.21%) WAN
4 10 (2.01%) SMS
5 9 (1.81%) DNS
6 8 (1.61%) Firewall
6 8 (1.61%) VPN
7 7 (1.41%) Wireshark
8 5 (1.01%) FTP
8 5 (1.01%) Internet
8 5 (1.01%) SMTP
8 5 (1.01%) Unified Communications
8 5 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.80%) ATM
9 4 (0.80%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.80%) NAS
9 4 (0.80%) Wireless
10 2 (0.40%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.05%) Power BI
2 18 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.41%) Tableau
4 11 (2.21%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.01%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.61%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.61%) Metadata
6 8 (1.61%) MySQL
7 7 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.41%) GIS
7 7 (1.41%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.21%) Looker
9 5 (1.01%) Big Data
9 5 (1.01%) Power Query
10 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.60%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
11 3 (0.60%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (5.03%) JIRA
2 16 (3.22%) Git
3 11 (2.21%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.80%) GitLab
4 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.60%) ERwin
5 3 (0.60%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.40%) Ranorex
6 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.40%) Selenium
6 2 (0.40%) TestRail
6 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.20%) JMeter
7 1 (0.20%) Postman
7 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 497 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 248 (49.90%) Social Skills
3 147 (29.58%) Finance
4 65 (13.08%) Marketing
5 39 (7.85%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (6.84%) Public Sector
8 23 (4.63%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.02%) Legal
10 19 (3.82%) Electronics
10 19 (3.82%) Retail
11 16 (3.22%) Advertising
11 16 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.62%) Law
13 11 (2.21%) Aerospace
13 11 (2.21%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.61%) Local Government
16 7 (1.41%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 99 (19.92%) Analyst
2 41 (8.25%) Lead
3 38 (7.65%) Senior
4 36 (7.24%) Head of QA
5 28 (5.63%) Developer
6 25 (5.03%) Business Analyst
7 21 (4.23%) Support Analyst
8 20 (4.02%) Data Analyst
9 17 (3.42%) IT Engineer
10 15 (3.02%) Compliance Manager
11 13 (2.62%) Product Owner
12 12 (2.41%) Data Engineer
12 12 (2.41%) Field Engineer
12 12 (2.41%) Field Service Engineer
12 12 (2.41%) Systems Engineer
13 11 (2.21%) Architect
13 11 (2.21%) Coordinator
13 11 (2.21%) IT Support
13 11 (2.21%) Junior
13 11 (2.21%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.82%) JSON
2 14 (2.82%) .NET
2 14 (2.82%) HTML
3 13 (2.62%) CSS
4 10 (2.01%) RESTful
5 9 (1.81%) Kafka
5 9 (1.81%) Terraform
6 8 (1.61%) REST
7 7 (1.41%) Spring
7 7 (1.41%) Spring Boot
8 6 (1.21%) XML
9 5 (1.01%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.01%) LDAP
10 4 (0.80%) OAuth
10 4 (0.80%) PyTorch
10 4 (0.80%) React
10 4 (0.80%) SAML
10 4 (0.80%) TensorFlow
11 3 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.60%) FpML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.84%) Onboarding
2 24 (4.83%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.43%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.82%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.62%) Cyber Threat
6 17 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.82%) Driving Licence
7 14 (2.82%) Social Media
8 12 (2.41%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.21%) Cyber Defence
10 10 (2.01%) Blog
11 9 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.61%) Credit Risk
12 8 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.61%) SCADA
12 8 (1.61%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (1.41%) Educational Technology
13 7 (1.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.24%) Windows
2 15 (3.02%) Linux
3 12 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.80%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.40%) Android
5 2 (0.40%) Debian
5 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (34.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 144 (28.97%) Analytics
3 126 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (21.93%) Agile
4 109 (21.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 85 (17.10%) Decision-Making
6 74 (14.89%) Actionable Insight
7 69 (13.88%) AI
8 62 (12.47%) Root Cause Analysis
8 62 (12.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (11.87%) Business Intelligence
10 56 (11.27%) Customer Experience
11 52 (10.46%) CRM
12 50 (10.06%) Service Delivery
13 49 (9.86%) Change Management
14 46 (9.26%) Roadmaps
15 44 (8.85%) Quality Management
16 42 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
16 42 (8.45%) Validation
17 41 (8.25%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 99 (19.92%) SQL
2 44 (8.85%) Python
3 29 (5.84%) Java
4 23 (4.63%) C#
5 19 (3.82%) MATLAB
6 18 (3.62%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.62%) C
8 11 (2.21%) Embedded C
8 11 (2.21%) JavaScript
8 11 (2.21%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.01%) Bash
10 8 (1.61%) C++
11 7 (1.41%) PHP
11 7 (1.41%) Scala
12 6 (1.21%) Search Processing Language
13 5 (1.01%) Go
13 5 (1.01%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.80%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.60%) COBOL
15 3 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (13.48%) Degree
2 43 (8.65%) Security Cleared
3 36 (7.24%) IRCA
4 27 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.41%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.41%) CCNA
6 12 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.41%) MCSE
6 12 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.61%) ACCA
9 7 (1.41%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.21%) CIMA
10 6 (1.21%) CISA
10 6 (1.21%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.21%) GCIA
10 6 (1.21%) GCIH
10 6 (1.21%) GIAC
10 6 (1.21%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (15.90%) QA
2 64 (12.88%) Data Quality
3 57 (11.47%) ISO 9001
4 53 (10.66%) GDPR
5 28 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 15 (3.02%) ISO 14001
6 15 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 10 (2.01%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.61%) ARP4754
8 8 (1.61%) DO-254
9 7 (1.41%) SLA
10 6 (1.21%) COBIT
10 6 (1.21%) ISO 8583
10 6 (1.21%) NIST
11 5 (1.01%) GRC
11 5 (1.01%) ISO 19650
11 5 (1.01%) PCI DSS
11 5 (1.01%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.62%) Docker
2 9 (1.81%) Firmware
3 8 (1.61%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 13 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.21%) Ansible
2 6 (1.21%) Kibana
3 5 (1.01%) QRadar
4 4 (0.80%) Grafana
5 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.40%) Argo
6 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 107 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.26%) Google
3 23 (4.63%) HubSpot
4 18 (3.62%) SAP
5 14 (2.82%) Adobe
6 13 (2.62%) Dell
6 13 (2.62%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.21%) Splunk
8 10 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (1.81%) Oracle
10 6 (1.21%) Carbon Black
10 6 (1.21%) Databricks
10 6 (1.21%) Facebook
10 6 (1.21%) Instagram
10 6 (1.21%) Marketo
10 6 (1.21%) Pardot
10 6 (1.21%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.01%) Cisco
11 5 (1.01%) IFS
11 5 (1.01%) YouTube