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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	446	258	430
Rank change year-on-year	-188	+172	+63
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset	425	553	352
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.36%	1.13%	0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.31%	2.82%	1.55%
Number of salaries quoted	261	331	177
10^th Percentile	£28,750	£29,000	£33,250
25^th Percentile	£33,750	£35,000	£41,732
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£50,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-16.67%	+20.00%
75^th Percentile	£71,250	£70,000	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£87,500	£96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	£44,000	£47,500	£56,250
% change year-on-year	-7.37%	-15.56%	+18.42%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	32,399	19,616	22,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	27.20%	40.11%	32.22%
Number of salaries quoted	19,826	10,179	11,256
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£28,000	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£36,250	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-8.33%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£78,750	£77,500	£83,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£102,500	£110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£51,359	£45,000	£53,522
% change year-on-year	+14.13%	-15.92%	-2.69%

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 Salary Trend

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 16 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 16 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	-162	405	£50,000	-	300
UK excluding London	-184	286	£44,000	-7.37%	118
London	-90	131	£70,000	+7.69%	190
Work from Home	-87	128	£50,000	-	154
South East	-101	86	£50,000	-4.31%	36
South West	-80	61	£42,500	-15.00%	12
North of England	-63	59	£45,000	-	11
Midlands	-60	55	£45,000	+12.50%	24
West Midlands	-39	32	£45,000	+23.29%	16
North West	-48	31	£37,500	-7.12%	9
Yorkshire	-18	23	£90,000	+89.47%	2
East Midlands	-59	21	£40,000	-33.33%	8
East of England	-51	13	£45,439	-9.12%	16
Scotland	-10	9	£26,150	-15.85%	12
North East	-67	5	£52,500	-
Wales	-75	2	-	-	2
Northern Ireland	-81	2	£63,750	-	7

Analytical Mindset Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Mindset also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Analytical Mindset.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	30.1%	128
2	Problem-Solving	27.8%	118
3	Analytics	25.4%	108
4	Agile	23.3%	99
5	SQL	21.6%	92
6	Microsoft	21.2%	90
7	AI	19.1%	81
8	Decision-Making	17.4%	74
9	Stakeholder Management	16.5%	70
10	Degree	16.0%	68
11	Azure	14.1%	60
11	Data Quality	14.1%	60
13	Business Intelligence	13.9%	59
14	Stakeholder Engagement	13.6%	58
15	Microsoft Excel	12.0%	51
16	CRM	11.5%	49
17	Google	11.3%	48
18	Cybersecurity	11.1%	47
19	Power Platform	10.8%	46
19	Roadmaps	10.8%	46
21	Python	10.1%	43
22	Actionable Insight	9.9%	42
23	Process Improvement	9.6%	41
24	Security Cleared	9.4%	40
25	SaaS	9.2%	39
26	Power BI	8.7%	37
26	QA	8.7%	37
26	Validation	8.7%	37
29	AWS	8.5%	36
29	Risk Management	8.5%	36

Analytical Mindset Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Management Information System	6.6%	28
2	Onboarding	6.4%	27
3	Product Ownership	4.9%	21
4	Cloud Native	4.2%	18
4	Cyber Defence	4.2%	18
4	Self-Motivation	4.2%	18
7	Cyber Threat	3.5%	15
7	Enterprise Software	3.5%	15
9	Data Centre	3.3%	14
10	Blog	3.1%	13
11	Social Media	2.8%	12
12	Driving Licence	2.4%	10
12	Smartphone	2.4%	10
14	Credit Risk	2.1%	9
14	Distributed Systems	2.1%	9
16	Web Conferencing	1.9%	8
17	SCADA	1.6%	7
18	Educational Technology	1.4%	6
19	AI Agents	1.2%	5
19	Legacy Systems	1.2%	5