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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 258 450
Rank change year-on-year -172 +192 +41
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 435 551 362
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 1.11% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.38% 2.71% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 273 323 187
10th Percentile £28,550 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £34,395 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,425 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -9.09% +7.32%
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 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.37% -9.52% +10.53%

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 31,520 20,297 23,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.77% 40.87% 32.10%
Number of salaries quoted 19,378 10,198 11,792
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,325 £32,008
25th Percentile £40,793 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
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 8 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 8 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 -142 415 £49,713 -0.58% 548
UK excluding London -142 303 £44,000 -7.37% 214
Work from Home -70 131 £48,750 -2.50% 203
London -90 124 £67,500 +3.85% 355
South East -92 93 £49,713 -5.31% 67
South West -77 62 £42,500 -15.00% 25
North of England -60 60 £45,000 - 36
Midlands -50 58 £45,000 +15.38% 38
West Midlands -33 34 £43,750 +19.86% 22
North West -35 33 £37,500 -1.96% 26
Yorkshire -19 22 £90,000 +89.47% 9
East Midlands -50 22 £42,500 -46.88% 16
East of England -31 18 £42,879 -1.99% 17
Scotland -13 9 £26,150 - 14
North East -56 5 £52,500 - 1
Wales -74 2 - - 6
Northern Ireland -78 2 £63,750 - 15

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 (3.45%) Confluence
2 11 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.92%) SAS
4 3 (0.69%) Apache
4 3 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.69%) CMS
4 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.69%) WordPress
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.46%) IIS
5 2 (0.46%) Luigi
5 2 (0.46%) Tornado
Applications
1 52 (11.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.07%) Simulink
5 7 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.15%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.46%) 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 (2.30%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.61%) Shopify
3 3 (0.69%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.69%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.69%) JDE OneWorld
3 3 (0.69%) JDE World
3 3 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.46%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.46%) 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 63 (14.48%) Azure
2 47 (10.80%) Power Platform
3 42 (9.66%) SaaS
4 38 (8.74%) AWS
5 31 (7.13%) GCP
6 29 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (5.52%) Google Analytics
8 15 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.22%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.53%) Google Ads
11 10 (2.30%) Anthropic Claude
12 9 (2.07%) Copilot Studio
12 9 (2.07%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.38%) Google Sheets
14 6 (1.38%) Meta Ads
14 6 (1.38%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.22%) SAN
2 13 (2.99%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.53%) HTTP
3 11 (2.53%) LAN
3 11 (2.53%) WAN
4 9 (2.07%) SMS
4 9 (2.07%) Wireshark
5 8 (1.84%) DNS
6 7 (1.61%) Firewall
7 6 (1.38%) VPN
8 5 (1.15%) FTP
8 5 (1.15%) Internet
8 5 (1.15%) SMTP
8 5 (1.15%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.92%) ATM
9 4 (0.92%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.92%) NAS
9 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.46%) J1939
10 2 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.74%) Power BI
2 17 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (3.22%) Tableau
4 11 (2.53%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.84%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.38%) GIS
7 6 (1.38%) Metadata
7 6 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.38%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.15%) Looker
8 5 (1.15%) Power Query
8 5 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.92%) MySQL
10 3 (0.69%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.46%) Big Data
11 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (5.52%) JIRA
2 13 (2.99%) Eclipse
3 9 (2.07%) Git
4 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.69%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.46%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.46%) Ranorex
5 2 (0.46%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.46%) Selenium
5 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.23%) JMeter
6 1 (0.23%) Postman
6 1 (0.23%) TestRail
General
1 435 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 218 (50.11%) Social Skills
3 111 (25.52%) Finance
4 73 (16.78%) Marketing
5 42 (9.66%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (8.51%) Public Sector
7 34 (7.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (5.75%) Legal
9 23 (5.29%) Retail
10 22 (5.06%) Manufacturing
11 18 (4.14%) Electronics
12 17 (3.91%) Advertising
13 16 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (3.68%) Law
14 11 (2.53%) Aerospace
14 11 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.84%) Brand Awareness
15 8 (1.84%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.84%) Local Government
15 8 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (20.69%) Analyst
2 41 (9.43%) Senior
3 37 (8.51%) Lead
4 26 (5.98%) Developer
5 21 (4.83%) Business Analyst
6 20 (4.60%) Data Analyst
7 18 (4.14%) IT Engineer
7 18 (4.14%) Support Analyst
8 15 (3.45%) Senior Manager
9 14 (3.22%) Field Engineer
9 14 (3.22%) Field Service Engineer
9 14 (3.22%) Product Owner
10 13 (2.99%) Coordinator
11 12 (2.76%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (2.53%) Junior
12 11 (2.53%) Marketing Manager
13 10 (2.30%) Applications Engineer
13 10 (2.30%) Compliance Manager
13 10 (2.30%) SOC Analyst
13 10 (2.30%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.22%) JSON
2 13 (2.99%) .NET
3 9 (2.07%) RESTful
4 8 (1.84%) HTML
4 8 (1.84%) Kafka
4 8 (1.84%) REST
5 7 (1.61%) CSS
6 6 (1.38%) Spring
6 6 (1.38%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.15%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.15%) LDAP
8 4 (0.92%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.92%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.92%) Terraform
9 3 (0.69%) XML
10 2 (0.46%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.46%) EDI
10 2 (0.46%) Middleware
10 2 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 27 (6.21%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.14%) Cloud Native
4 18 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
6 15 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (3.22%) Data Centre
7 14 (3.22%) Social Media
8 13 (2.99%) Driving Licence
9 11 (2.53%) Blog
10 10 (2.30%) Smartphone
11 9 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (2.07%) Web Conferencing
12 8 (1.84%) Credit Risk
12 8 (1.84%) SCADA
13 6 (1.38%) Educational Technology
14 5 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.15%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.44%) Windows
2 15 (3.45%) Linux
3 11 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.46%) Android
5 2 (0.46%) Debian
5 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (29.20%) Continuous Improvement
2 123 (28.28%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (24.60%) Analytics
4 102 (23.45%) Agile
5 77 (17.70%) AI
6 76 (17.47%) Decision-Making
7 66 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 61 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
9 60 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 53 (12.18%) CRM
11 47 (10.80%) Cybersecurity
12 44 (10.11%) Roadmaps
13 40 (9.20%) Process Improvement
14 39 (8.97%) Actionable Insight
14 39 (8.97%) Validation
15 37 (8.51%) Risk Management
16 36 (8.28%) DevOps
16 36 (8.28%) Scrum
17 34 (7.82%) User Stories
18 33 (7.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 92 (21.15%) SQL
2 40 (9.20%) Python
3 27 (6.21%) Java
4 21 (4.83%) MATLAB
5 19 (4.37%) C#
6 15 (3.45%) C
7 14 (3.22%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.99%) Embedded C
9 10 (2.30%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.61%) Scala
11 6 (1.38%) Bash
11 6 (1.38%) C++
11 6 (1.38%) JavaScript
11 6 (1.38%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.92%) Embedded C++
12 4 (0.92%) Go
12 4 (0.92%) PHP
12 4 (0.92%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.69%) COBOL
14 2 (0.46%) RPG
Qualifications
1 71 (16.32%) Degree
2 42 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.22%) A+ Certification
5 14 (3.22%) CCNA
5 14 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (3.22%) MCSE
5 14 (3.22%) Network+ Certification
6 13 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.61%) ACCA
7 7 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.38%) CREST Certified
8 6 (1.38%) GCED
8 6 (1.38%) GCIA
8 6 (1.38%) GCIH
8 6 (1.38%) GIAC
8 6 (1.38%) OSCP
8 6 (1.38%) SANS
9 5 (1.15%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 38 (8.74%) QA
3 22 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.37%) GDPR
5 13 (2.99%) ISO 9001
6 10 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (2.30%) ISO 14001
6 10 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 8 (1.84%) ARP4754
7 8 (1.84%) DO-254
8 6 (1.38%) ISO 8583
8 6 (1.38%) NIST
8 6 (1.38%) SLA
9 5 (1.15%) COBIT
9 5 (1.15%) ISO 19650
9 5 (1.15%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.92%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.53%) Firmware
2 9 (2.07%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (1.84%) Docker
4 6 (1.38%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.23%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.38%) Kibana
3 5 (1.15%) Ansible
3 5 (1.15%) QRadar
4 2 (0.46%) Argo
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.23%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.23%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 96 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.49%) Google
3 24 (5.52%) HubSpot
4 18 (4.14%) SAP
5 15 (3.45%) Dell
6 12 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.53%) Adobe
7 11 (2.53%) Splunk
8 10 (2.30%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (2.07%) Facebook
9 9 (2.07%) Instagram
10 8 (1.84%) Oracle
10 8 (1.84%) YouTube
11 6 (1.38%) Carbon Black
12 5 (1.15%) ArcSight
12 5 (1.15%) Cisco
12 5 (1.15%) Marketo
12 5 (1.15%) Pardot
13 4 (0.92%) EMC
13 4 (0.92%) VocaLink