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 14 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	501	229	444
Rank change year-on-year	-272	+215	+31
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset	375	602	336
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.30%	1.14%	0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.09%	3.03%	1.51%
Number of salaries quoted	221	348	165
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£29,000	£39,850
25^th Percentile	£32,000	£35,375	£43,910
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£50,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-5.00%	-16.67%	+17.07%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£67,581	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£87,500	£97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£42,500	£45,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	-5.56%	-21.74%	+21.05%

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 citing generic IT skills.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	34,285	19,890	22,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	27.80%	37.54%	32.69%
Number of salaries quoted	20,311	10,756	10,761
10^th Percentile	£30,854	£27,750	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£40,250	£36,000	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£53,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.80%	-10.83%	-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	£51,500	£45,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+14.44%	-16.67%	-1.82%

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 14 November 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 14 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-243	352	£47,500	-5.00%	368
UK excluding London	-257	243	£42,500	-5.56%	175
London	-100	120	£73,750	+20.41%	212
Work from Home	-161	113	£50,000	-	149
South East	-135	67	£50,000	+11.11%	49
North of England	-120	55	£37,500	-11.76%	31
South West	-105	50	£43,250	-13.50%	27
Midlands	-96	49	£43,750	-18.16%	31
North West	-101	31	£37,500	-11.76%	15
West Midlands	-56	28	£45,000	-6.21%	18
East Midlands	-74	19	£30,750	-61.56%	13
Yorkshire	-26	18	£70,000	+47.37%	15
East of England	-61	11	£35,000	-41.67%	21
Scotland	-11	9	£26,150	-	10
North East	-67	6	£50,000	-	1
Northern Ireland	-91	2	£63,750	-	12
Wales	-76	1	-	-	5

Analytical Mindset Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 citing Analytical Mindset.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	32.8%	123
2	Problem-Solving	31.5%	118
3	Analytics	25.3%	95
4	AI	24.3%	91
5	Agile	23.5%	88
6	SQL	21.6%	81
7	Microsoft	19.2%	72
8	Decision-Making	18.7%	70
9	Stakeholder Management	18.4%	69
10	Degree	15.5%	58
11	Stakeholder Engagement	14.9%	56
12	Business Intelligence	14.7%	55
13	Microsoft Excel	12.8%	48
14	Data Quality	12.5%	47
15	Azure	12.3%	46
16	Power Platform	12.0%	45
16	Roadmaps	12.0%	45
18	Actionable Insight	11.7%	44
19	Process Improvement	10.9%	41
20	Python	10.7%	40
21	Cybersecurity	10.1%	38
22	CRM	9.9%	37
22	Google	9.9%	37
22	QA	9.9%	37
25	Power BI	9.6%	36
25	Security Cleared	9.6%	36
27	Scrum	8.8%	33
28	User Experience	8.5%	32
29	Data Analysis	8.3%	31
30	AWS	8.0%	30

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	6.9%	26
2	Onboarding	6.4%	24
3	Product Ownership	5.9%	22
4	Self-Motivation	4.8%	18
5	Cloud Native	4.3%	16
6	Cyber Defence	4.0%	15
6	Data Centre	4.0%	15
6	Enterprise Software	4.0%	15
9	Blog	3.2%	12
9	Smartphone	3.2%	12
11	Credit Risk	2.4%	9
11	Driving Licence	2.4%	9
13	Cyber Threat	2.1%	8
13	Distributed Systems	2.1%	8
13	Social Media	2.1%	8
16	Educational Technology	1.6%	6
16	Legacy Systems	1.6%	6
16	Marketing Technology	1.6%	6
19	AI Agents	1.3%	5
20	BBC	1.1%	4