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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 374 482
Rank change year-on-year +83 +108 +250
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 511 283 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.69% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.15% 1.79% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 265 166 281
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -15.00%

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 23,714 15,848 32,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.88% 38.78% 36.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12,125 8,891 22,338
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £44,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 1 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 1 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 +85 425 £47,500 -20.83% 223
UK excluding London +82 345 £42,500 -22.73% 165
Work from Home +60 146 £50,000 -4.76% 107
London +21 141 £65,000 -10.34% 94
North of England +4 98 £47,500 -24.00% 40
South East +6 63 £45,000 -21.74% 59
North West -3 55 £42,500 -34.62% 26
Midlands +3 54 £44,000 -16.19% 33
West Midlands +15 37 £47,500 -5.00% 23
South West -15 37 £33,750 -38.64% 15
Scotland -10 27 £26,150 -57.31% 2
East of England -23 27 £46,250 -13.95% 13
Northern Ireland -14 24 - - 2
Yorkshire -30 24 £63,000 +26.00% 12
North East - 19 £64,250 - 2
East Midlands -39 16 £30,000 -45.45% 10
Wales -10 15 £35,000 -28.72% 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 5 (0.98%) Confluence
2 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.78%) CMS
2 4 (0.78%) WordPress
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.39%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Mendix
Applications
1 81 (15.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.59%) Maya
6 2 (0.39%) Sketch
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.98%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.78%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.39%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 100 (19.57%) Azure
2 88 (17.22%) Power Platform
3 35 (6.85%) AWS
4 34 (6.65%) SaaS
5 30 (5.87%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (5.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 20 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.91%) GCP
8 19 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (3.72%) Power Automate
9 15 (2.94%) GitHub
10 13 (2.54%) dbt
11 11 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.96%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.57%) Datadog
13 8 (1.57%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.37%) Asana
14 7 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.13%) Firewall
1 16 (3.13%) SAN
2 12 (2.35%) VPN
3 8 (1.57%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.37%) WAN
5 6 (1.17%) LAN
6 4 (0.78%) Wireless
7 3 (0.59%) DNS
7 3 (0.59%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.59%) Network Security
7 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.59%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.39%) Broadband
8 2 (0.39%) DHCP
8 2 (0.39%) GSM
8 2 (0.39%) LTE
8 2 (0.39%) Modbus
8 2 (0.39%) SMS
8 2 (0.39%) VLAN
8 2 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (16.63%) Power BI
2 46 (9.00%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.94%) Tableau
7 12 (2.35%) Metabase
8 10 (1.96%) Metadata
8 10 (1.96%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.37%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.98%) Power Query
13 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.78%) Looker
13 4 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
14 3 (0.59%) Big Data
14 3 (0.59%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 25 (4.89%) Git
2 16 (3.13%) JIRA
3 12 (2.35%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.15%) GitLab
5 8 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.37%) ERwin
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) TestRail
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 510 (99.80%) Analytical Skills
2 296 (57.93%) Social Skills
3 228 (44.62%) Finance
4 44 (8.61%) Marketing
5 43 (8.41%) Legal
6 33 (6.46%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.68%) Retail
8 28 (5.48%) Manufacturing
9 25 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (3.13%) Banking
13 16 (3.13%) Law
14 14 (2.74%) Billing
15 12 (2.35%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.96%) Electronics
16 10 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.76%) Automotive
18 8 (1.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 106 (20.74%) Analyst
2 72 (14.09%) Head of QA
3 31 (6.07%) Senior
4 30 (5.87%) IT Support
5 26 (5.09%) IT Engineer
5 26 (5.09%) Lead
6 23 (4.50%) Business Manager
7 20 (3.91%) Business Analyst
7 20 (3.91%) Data Analyst
7 20 (3.91%) Systems Analyst
8 19 (3.72%) Consultant
8 19 (3.72%) Developer
8 19 (3.72%) Financial Analyst
9 18 (3.52%) Administrator
10 17 (3.33%) IT Analyst
11 16 (3.13%) Commercial Analyst
11 16 (3.13%) Support Analyst
12 15 (2.94%) Field Engineer
12 15 (2.94%) Field Service Engineer
13 13 (2.54%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.13%) CSS
1 16 (3.13%) HTML
2 11 (2.15%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (1.96%) XML
4 9 (1.76%) JSON
5 8 (1.57%) OAuth
5 8 (1.57%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (1.57%) SAML
6 7 (1.37%) FpML
6 7 (1.37%) XML Schema
7 6 (1.17%) .NET
7 6 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (0.98%) React
8 5 (0.98%) REST
9 4 (0.78%) Flutter
9 4 (0.78%) PySpark
9 4 (0.78%) RESTful
9 4 (0.78%) Sass
9 4 (0.78%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.78%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.52%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.52%) Social Media
4 17 (3.33%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 16 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.94%) Smartphone
7 12 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.35%) FMCG
8 10 (1.96%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.57%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.57%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.37%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.37%) IoT
11 6 (1.17%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.17%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.28%) Windows
2 17 (3.33%) Linux
3 10 (1.96%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.37%) Unix
5 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (38.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 184 (36.01%) Problem-Solving
3 172 (33.66%) Analytics
4 122 (23.87%) Actionable Insight
5 117 (22.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 93 (18.20%) Customer Experience
7 92 (18.00%) Business Intelligence
8 88 (17.22%) Root Cause Analysis
9 87 (17.03%) Decision-Making
10 86 (16.83%) Agile
10 86 (16.83%) Service Delivery
11 84 (16.44%) PRINCE2
12 83 (16.24%) Process Improvement
13 80 (15.66%) Change Management
14 77 (15.07%) Quality Management
15 72 (14.09%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 56 (10.96%) Data Analysis
17 50 (9.78%) CI/CD
18 47 (9.20%) AI
18 47 (9.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (18.20%) SQL
2 62 (12.13%) Python
3 31 (6.07%) PowerShell
4 26 (5.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (3.91%) Bash
6 15 (2.94%) Java
7 14 (2.74%) C++
8 13 (2.54%) C#
8 13 (2.54%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.76%) C
10 8 (1.57%) Go
11 7 (1.37%) VBA
12 4 (0.78%) Bicep
12 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.59%) PHP
13 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.59%) VC++
14 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.39%) Perl
14 2 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (14.09%) IRCA
2 69 (13.50%) Degree
3 24 (4.70%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 15 (2.94%) A+ Certification
6 15 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.94%) CCNA
6 15 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.94%) MCSE
6 15 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 13 (2.54%) ACCA
8 11 (2.15%) CIMA
8 11 (2.15%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.76%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.57%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.57%) PMP
11 7 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (19.37%) QA
2 85 (16.63%) ISO 9001
3 84 (16.44%) GDPR
4 32 (6.26%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.96%) GRC
7 10 (1.96%) NIST
8 9 (1.76%) ISO 14001
8 9 (1.76%) SLA
9 8 (1.57%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.59%) EMIR
13 3 (0.59%) NEBOSH
13 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.39%) GAAP
14 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (3.33%) Docker
2 8 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (4.31%) Terraform
2 19 (3.72%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.57%) Grafana
3 8 (1.57%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.98%) Ansible
4 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.78%) Control-M
6 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 99 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.72%) Dell
3 17 (3.33%) SAP
4 14 (2.74%) Oracle
4 14 (2.74%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.54%) Google
6 10 (1.96%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.76%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.76%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.37%) Sparx
9 6 (1.17%) Adobe
9 6 (1.17%) Autodesk
10 5 (0.98%) Apple
10 5 (0.98%) Informatica
11 4 (0.78%) BT
11 4 (0.78%) Databricks
11 4 (0.78%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.78%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.59%) MuleSoft