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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 359 485
Rank change year-on-year +50 +126 +231
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 520 325 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.78% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 1.97% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 260 184 290
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,188 £42,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £55,000 £43,100
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% +27.61% -13.80%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £88,740 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,879 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -18.33% +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 25,162 16,518 34,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.57% 39.39% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 12,953 9,236 22,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +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 23 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 23 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 +57 437 £49,425 -14.04% 191
UK excluding London +76 368 £42,879 -18.33% 158
Work from Home +64 139 £48,750 -11.36% 91
London -8 128 £65,000 -10.34% 71
North of England -4 104 £50,000 -20.00% 41
South East +16 77 £45,000 -21.74% 54
Midlands 0 59 £44,000 -16.19% 22
North West -11 56 £43,750 -32.69% 24
West Midlands +6 41 £44,000 -2.22% 12
South West -30 36 £32,500 -35.00% 14
Yorkshire -27 29 £67,500 +38.46% 12
East of England -42 28 £40,000 -23.81% 15
Scotland -13 25 £26,150 -32.95% 4
Northern Ireland -17 24 - - 3
North East - 19 £64,250 - 6
East Midlands -44 17 £30,000 -45.45% 10
Wales -8 15 £35,000 -28.72% 7

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 6 (1.15%) SharePoint
1 6 (1.15%) WordPress
2 5 (0.96%) Confluence
3 4 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.77%) IIS
4 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Mendix
Applications
1 75 (14.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.38%) Maya
7 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.35%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.96%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.77%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.77%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.38%) Infor M3
5 2 (0.38%) JDE OneWorld
5 2 (0.38%) JDE World
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 108 (20.77%) Azure
2 86 (16.54%) Power Platform
3 40 (7.69%) AWS
4 37 (7.12%) SaaS
5 31 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 27 (5.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 24 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (4.23%) GCP
9 22 (4.23%) Power Automate
10 16 (3.08%) dbt
11 15 (2.88%) GitHub
12 11 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.73%) Google Analytics
13 9 (1.73%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.54%) Datadog
14 8 (1.54%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.35%) Asana
15 7 (1.35%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.27%) SAN
2 14 (2.69%) Firewall
3 11 (2.12%) VPN
3 11 (2.12%) WAN
4 10 (1.92%) LAN
5 8 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.77%) Broadband
6 4 (0.77%) Wireless
7 3 (0.58%) Internet
7 3 (0.58%) Network Security
7 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.38%) DNS
8 2 (0.38%) FTP
8 2 (0.38%) GSM
8 2 (0.38%) HTTP
8 2 (0.38%) LTE
8 2 (0.38%) Modbus
8 2 (0.38%) SMS
8 2 (0.38%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (16.15%) Power BI
2 47 (9.04%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (5.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 26 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (2.31%) Metabase
5 12 (2.31%) Tableau
6 10 (1.92%) Metadata
6 10 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.35%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.15%) MySQL
9 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.96%) Big Data
10 5 (0.96%) Power Query
11 4 (0.77%) Looker
11 4 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 25 (4.81%) Git
2 16 (3.08%) JIRA
3 12 (2.31%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.92%) GitLab
5 7 (1.35%) ERwin
5 7 (1.35%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.38%) Selenium
6 2 (0.38%) TestRail
6 2 (0.38%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 519 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 303 (58.27%) Social Skills
3 225 (43.27%) Finance
4 43 (8.27%) Marketing
5 34 (6.54%) Legal
6 33 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 26 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (4.23%) Retail
9 21 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (4.04%) Manufacturing
9 21 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (3.08%) Banking
12 13 (2.50%) Billing
13 12 (2.31%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.12%) Law
15 10 (1.92%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.35%) Advertising
17 7 (1.35%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 113 (21.73%) Analyst
2 72 (13.85%) Head of QA
3 35 (6.73%) IT Support
4 33 (6.35%) IT Engineer
5 32 (6.15%) Senior
6 30 (5.77%) Lead
7 26 (5.00%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.81%) IT Analyst
9 20 (3.85%) Developer
9 20 (3.85%) Support Analyst
10 19 (3.65%) Administrator
10 19 (3.65%) Business Manager
10 19 (3.65%) Consultant
10 19 (3.65%) Support Engineer
11 18 (3.46%) Systems Analyst
12 17 (3.27%) Data Analyst
12 17 (3.27%) Field Engineer
12 17 (3.27%) Field Service Engineer
12 17 (3.27%) Financial Analyst
12 17 (3.27%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.65%) CSS
1 19 (3.65%) HTML
2 14 (2.69%) JSON
3 12 (2.31%) XML
4 10 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (1.54%) OAuth
5 8 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (1.54%) SAML
6 7 (1.35%) .NET
6 7 (1.35%) FpML
6 7 (1.35%) REST
6 7 (1.35%) XML Schema
7 6 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
7 6 (1.15%) SOAP
8 5 (0.96%) PySpark
8 5 (0.96%) React
9 4 (0.77%) Flutter
9 4 (0.77%) RESTful
9 4 (0.77%) Spring
9 4 (0.77%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.19%) Onboarding
1 27 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (3.65%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.46%) Social Media
4 17 (3.27%) Data Centre
5 16 (3.08%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.88%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.88%) Smartphone
7 10 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.92%) FMCG
8 9 (1.73%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.54%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.54%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.54%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.35%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.35%) IoT
11 6 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.15%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.58%) Windows
2 13 (2.50%) Linux
3 12 (2.31%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.15%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.77%) Unix
7 3 (0.58%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (38.08%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (37.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 170 (32.69%) Analytics
4 120 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 117 (22.50%) Actionable Insight
6 95 (18.27%) Business Intelligence
7 90 (17.31%) Customer Experience
7 90 (17.31%) Root Cause Analysis
8 89 (17.12%) Agile
9 88 (16.92%) Decision-Making
10 86 (16.54%) Service Delivery
11 85 (16.35%) PRINCE2
12 81 (15.58%) Process Improvement
13 79 (15.19%) Change Management
14 77 (14.81%) Quality Management
15 72 (13.85%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 56 (10.77%) Data Analysis
17 47 (9.04%) AI
17 47 (9.04%) CI/CD
18 46 (8.85%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 106 (20.38%) SQL
2 62 (11.92%) Python
3 30 (5.77%) PowerShell
4 26 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (3.46%) Bash
5 18 (3.46%) Java
6 15 (2.88%) C#
6 15 (2.88%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.92%) C++
8 8 (1.54%) Go
8 8 (1.54%) VBA
9 6 (1.15%) PHP
10 5 (0.96%) C
10 5 (0.96%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.77%) Bicep
11 4 (0.77%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.58%) Scala
12 3 (0.58%) VC++
13 2 (0.38%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 75 (14.42%) Degree
2 72 (13.85%) IRCA
3 21 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (3.85%) Security Cleared
5 17 (3.27%) A+ Certification
5 17 (3.27%) CCNA
5 17 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (3.27%) MCSE
5 17 (3.27%) Network+ Certification
6 16 (3.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 15 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.92%) ACCA
8 10 (1.92%) SC Cleared
9 9 (1.73%) CIMA
10 8 (1.54%) CISSP
10 8 (1.54%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.54%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.54%) PMP
11 7 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (19.42%) QA
2 84 (16.15%) ISO 9001
3 81 (15.58%) GDPR
4 40 (7.69%) Data Quality
5 16 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.92%) GRC
7 10 (1.92%) SLA
8 9 (1.73%) NIST
9 8 (1.54%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.54%) ISO 14001
10 6 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.15%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.77%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.58%) COBIT
12 3 (0.58%) EMIR
12 3 (0.58%) ITGC
System Software
1 16 (3.08%) Docker
2 9 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) IAG
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (4.23%) Terraform
2 18 (3.46%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.73%) Grafana
4 8 (1.54%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.96%) Ansible
7 4 (0.77%) Control-M
8 2 (0.38%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.38%) QRadar
9 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 107 (20.58%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.04%) SAP
3 20 (3.85%) Dell
4 18 (3.46%) Google
5 16 (3.08%) Oracle
6 15 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.12%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.73%) Adobe
8 9 (1.73%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.54%) Databricks
9 8 (1.54%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.35%) Sparx
11 5 (0.96%) Apple
11 5 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (0.96%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.96%) Informatica
12 4 (0.77%) BT
12 4 (0.77%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.77%) IFS
13 3 (0.58%) Xero