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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 262 436
Rank change year-on-year -181 +174 +56
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 427 552 356
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 1.12% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.34% 2.76% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 263 327 182
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,625 £34,770 £41,732
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.37% -13.64% +15.79%

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 31,812 19,994 23,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.97% 40.67% 32.08%
Number of salaries quoted 19,473 10,163 11,491
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,750 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +14.44% -15.09% -3.64%

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 12 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 12 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 -155 407 £50,000 - 498
UK excluding London -176 294 £44,000 -7.37% 186
Work from Home -85 130 £50,000 - 191
London -86 125 £70,000 +7.69% 324
South East -91 90 £49,713 -5.31% 52
South West -84 61 £42,500 -15.00% 21
Midlands -52 59 £45,000 +15.38% 34
North of England -55 57 £45,000 - 33
West Midlands -33 34 £45,000 +23.29% 19
North West -47 30 £37,500 -9.91% 25
East Midlands -48 23 £41,250 -48.44% 15
Yorkshire -25 22 £90,000 +89.47% 8
East of England -42 15 £42,879 -9.73% 19
Scotland -9 9 £26,150 - 16
North East -63 5 £52,500 -
Wales -67 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland -73 2 £63,750 - 11

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 (3.51%) Confluence
2 10 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.94%) SAS
3 4 (0.94%) WordPress
4 3 (0.70%) Apache
4 3 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.70%) CMS
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.47%) IIS
5 2 (0.47%) Luigi
5 2 (0.47%) Tornado
Applications
1 52 (12.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.11%) Simulink
5 7 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.17%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.47%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.34%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.64%) Shopify
3 3 (0.70%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.70%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.70%) JDE OneWorld
3 3 (0.70%) JDE World
3 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.47%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.47%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.23%) iTrent
5 1 (0.23%) Magento
5 1 (0.23%) Odoo
5 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.23%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 61 (14.29%) Azure
2 45 (10.54%) Power Platform
3 41 (9.60%) SaaS
4 36 (8.43%) AWS
5 30 (7.03%) GCP
6 28 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (5.62%) Google Analytics
8 15 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.04%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.58%) Google Ads
11 10 (2.34%) Anthropic Claude
12 9 (2.11%) Copilot Studio
12 9 (2.11%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.41%) Google Sheets
14 6 (1.41%) Meta Ads
15 5 (1.17%) Canva
15 5 (1.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.28%) SAN
2 13 (3.04%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.58%) HTTP
3 11 (2.58%) LAN
3 11 (2.58%) WAN
4 9 (2.11%) SMS
4 9 (2.11%) Wireshark
5 8 (1.87%) DNS
6 7 (1.64%) Firewall
7 6 (1.41%) VPN
8 5 (1.17%) FTP
8 5 (1.17%) Internet
8 5 (1.17%) SMTP
8 5 (1.17%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.94%) ATM
9 4 (0.94%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.94%) NAS
9 4 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.47%) Broadband
10 2 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.43%) Power BI
2 17 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (3.28%) Tableau
4 11 (2.58%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.87%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.41%) GIS
7 6 (1.41%) Metadata
7 6 (1.41%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.41%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.17%) Looker
8 5 (1.17%) Power Query
9 4 (0.94%) MySQL
9 4 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.70%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.47%) Big Data
11 2 (0.47%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (5.62%) JIRA
2 13 (3.04%) Eclipse
3 8 (1.87%) Git
4 3 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.70%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.47%) Ranorex
5 2 (0.47%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.47%) Selenium
5 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.23%) JMeter
6 1 (0.23%) Postman
6 1 (0.23%) TestRail
General
1 427 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 213 (49.88%) Social Skills
3 110 (25.76%) Finance
4 71 (16.63%) Marketing
5 43 (10.07%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (8.43%) Public Sector
7 34 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (5.85%) Legal
9 23 (5.39%) Manufacturing
9 23 (5.39%) Retail
10 18 (4.22%) Electronics
11 17 (3.98%) Advertising
12 16 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (3.75%) Law
13 11 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.34%) Aerospace
15 9 (2.11%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.87%) Brand Awareness
16 8 (1.87%) Local Government
16 8 (1.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (21.08%) Analyst
2 41 (9.60%) Senior
3 37 (8.67%) Lead
4 25 (5.85%) Developer
5 21 (4.92%) Data Analyst
6 19 (4.45%) Business Analyst
6 19 (4.45%) Support Analyst
7 17 (3.98%) IT Engineer
8 15 (3.51%) Senior Manager
9 14 (3.28%) Field Engineer
9 14 (3.28%) Field Service Engineer
9 14 (3.28%) Product Owner
10 13 (3.04%) Coordinator
11 12 (2.81%) Junior
12 11 (2.58%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (2.34%) Applications Engineer
13 10 (2.34%) Compliance Manager
13 10 (2.34%) Marketing Manager
13 10 (2.34%) SOC Analyst
13 10 (2.34%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.04%) .NET
1 13 (3.04%) JSON
2 9 (2.11%) RESTful
3 8 (1.87%) HTML
3 8 (1.87%) Kafka
4 7 (1.64%) CSS
4 7 (1.64%) REST
5 6 (1.41%) Spring
5 6 (1.41%) Spring Boot
6 5 (1.17%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.17%) LDAP
7 4 (0.94%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.94%) TensorFlow
7 4 (0.94%) Terraform
8 2 (0.47%) Flask
8 2 (0.47%) Jest
8 2 (0.47%) Pandas
8 2 (0.47%) pytest
8 2 (0.47%) React
8 2 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.56%) Management Information System
1 28 (6.56%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 18 (4.22%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.75%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.28%) Data Centre
6 14 (3.28%) Social Media
7 13 (3.04%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.58%) Blog
9 10 (2.34%) Smartphone
10 9 (2.11%) Credit Risk
10 9 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.11%) Web Conferencing
11 7 (1.64%) SCADA
12 6 (1.41%) Educational Technology
13 5 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.56%) Windows
2 15 (3.51%) Linux
3 11 (2.58%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.47%) Android
5 2 (0.47%) Debian
5 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (29.98%) Continuous Improvement
2 120 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (24.82%) Analytics
4 100 (23.42%) Agile
5 77 (18.03%) AI
6 73 (17.10%) Decision-Making
7 68 (15.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 59 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 58 (13.58%) Business Intelligence
10 51 (11.94%) CRM
11 47 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
12 44 (10.30%) Roadmaps
13 40 (9.37%) Actionable Insight
13 40 (9.37%) Process Improvement
14 37 (8.67%) Risk Management
14 37 (8.67%) Validation
15 36 (8.43%) Scrum
16 35 (8.20%) Data Analysis
16 35 (8.20%) DevOps
17 34 (7.96%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (21.78%) SQL
2 40 (9.37%) Python
3 26 (6.09%) Java
4 20 (4.68%) MATLAB
5 18 (4.22%) C#
6 15 (3.51%) C
7 14 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.04%) Embedded C
9 10 (2.34%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.64%) Scala
11 6 (1.41%) Bash
11 6 (1.41%) C++
11 6 (1.41%) JavaScript
11 6 (1.41%) PHP
11 6 (1.41%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.94%) Embedded C++
12 4 (0.94%) Go
12 4 (0.94%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.70%) COBOL
13 3 (0.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (16.39%) Degree
2 41 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.09%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.28%) A+ Certification
5 14 (3.28%) CCNA
5 14 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (3.28%) MCSE
5 14 (3.28%) Network+ Certification
6 13 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.64%) ACCA
8 6 (1.41%) CREST Certified
8 6 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.41%) GCED
8 6 (1.41%) GCIA
8 6 (1.41%) GCIH
8 6 (1.41%) GIAC
8 6 (1.41%) OSCP
8 6 (1.41%) SANS
9 5 (1.17%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (14.05%) Data Quality
2 37 (8.67%) QA
3 21 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.45%) GDPR
5 13 (3.04%) ISO 9001
6 12 (2.81%) Accessibility
7 10 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (2.34%) ISO 14001
7 10 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 7 (1.64%) ARP4754
8 7 (1.64%) DO-254
8 7 (1.64%) SLA
9 6 (1.41%) ISO 22301
9 6 (1.41%) ISO 8583
9 6 (1.41%) NIST
10 5 (1.17%) COBIT
10 5 (1.17%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.94%) Def Stans
System Software
1 11 (2.58%) Firmware
2 9 (2.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (1.87%) Docker
4 6 (1.41%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.23%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.41%) Kibana
3 5 (1.17%) Ansible
3 5 (1.17%) QRadar
4 2 (0.47%) Argo
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.23%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.23%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 94 (22.01%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.71%) Google
3 24 (5.62%) HubSpot
4 19 (4.45%) SAP
5 15 (3.51%) Dell
6 11 (2.58%) Adobe
6 11 (2.58%) Splunk
7 10 (2.34%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (2.11%) Facebook
8 9 (2.11%) Instagram
8 9 (2.11%) Oracle
9 8 (1.87%) YouTube
10 6 (1.41%) Carbon Black
11 5 (1.17%) ArcSight
11 5 (1.17%) Cisco
11 5 (1.17%) Marketo
11 5 (1.17%) Pardot
12 4 (0.94%) EMC
12 4 (0.94%) VocaLink