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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 355 484
Rank change year-on-year +54 +129 +232
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 526 318 437
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.76% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.09% 1.92% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 265 178 290
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,313 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £43,100
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +27.61% -13.80%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £91,500 £88,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,879 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -18.33% +31.25% -20.00%

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 25,115 16,543 34,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.63% 39.55% 36.07%
Number of salaries quoted 12,888 9,178 22,822
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,800 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 21 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 21 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 +53 443 £47,500 -17.39% 237
UK excluding London +71 371 £42,879 -18.33% 171
Work from Home +50 141 £47,500 -9.52% 96
London 0 131 £62,500 -12.28% 105
North of England -2 105 £47,500 -22.45% 46
South East +9 77 £45,000 -21.74% 57
Midlands +3 60 £44,000 -16.19% 26
North West -16 57 £42,500 -34.62% 26
West Midlands +5 42 £44,000 -2.22% 16
South West -39 36 £32,500 -27.78% 13
Yorkshire -33 29 £67,500 +38.46% 15
East of England -38 29 £40,000 -23.81% 15
Scotland -12 25 £26,150 -32.95% 5
Northern Ireland -20 24 - - 4
North East - 19 £64,250 - 6
East Midlands -52 17 £30,000 -45.45% 10
Wales -15 15 £35,000 -28.72% 7

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 6 (1.14%) SharePoint
1 6 (1.14%) WordPress
2 5 (0.95%) Confluence
3 4 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.76%) IIS
4 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.57%) CMS
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Mendix
Applications
1 75 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.38%) Maya
7 2 (0.38%) Sketch
7 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.33%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.95%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.76%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.38%) Infor M3
5 2 (0.38%) JDE OneWorld
5 2 (0.38%) JDE World
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (20.34%) Azure
2 87 (16.54%) Power Platform
3 40 (7.60%) AWS
4 37 (7.03%) SaaS
5 31 (5.89%) Azure Data Factory
6 27 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 25 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (4.18%) GCP
8 22 (4.18%) Power Automate
9 15 (2.85%) dbt
9 15 (2.85%) GitHub
10 11 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.71%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.71%) Google Analytics
11 9 (1.71%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.52%) Datadog
12 8 (1.52%) OpenShift
13 7 (1.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.33%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.23%) SAN
2 14 (2.66%) Firewall
3 11 (2.09%) VPN
3 11 (2.09%) WAN
4 10 (1.90%) LAN
5 9 (1.71%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.76%) Broadband
6 4 (0.76%) Wireless
7 3 (0.57%) Internet
7 3 (0.57%) Network Security
7 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.38%) DNS
8 2 (0.38%) FTP
8 2 (0.38%) GSM
8 2 (0.38%) HTTP
8 2 (0.38%) LTE
8 2 (0.38%) Modbus
8 2 (0.38%) SMS
8 2 (0.38%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (15.97%) Power BI
2 47 (8.94%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 26 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 26 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.28%) Metabase
5 12 (2.28%) Tableau
6 10 (1.90%) Metadata
6 10 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.33%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.14%) MySQL
9 6 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.95%) Big Data
10 5 (0.95%) Power Query
11 4 (0.76%) Looker
11 4 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.57%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 25 (4.75%) Git
2 16 (3.04%) JIRA
3 12 (2.28%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.90%) GitLab
5 7 (1.33%) ERwin
5 7 (1.33%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.38%) Selenium
6 2 (0.38%) TestRail
6 2 (0.38%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 525 (99.81%) Analytical Skills
2 308 (58.56%) Social Skills
3 226 (42.97%) Finance
4 45 (8.56%) Marketing
5 34 (6.46%) Legal
5 34 (6.46%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (4.18%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.18%) Retail
9 21 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (3.04%) Banking
12 13 (2.47%) Billing
13 12 (2.28%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.90%) Law
14 10 (1.90%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.33%) Advertising
15 7 (1.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 113 (21.48%) Analyst
2 72 (13.69%) Head of QA
3 35 (6.65%) IT Support
4 33 (6.27%) IT Engineer
5 32 (6.08%) Senior
6 28 (5.32%) Lead
7 26 (4.94%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.75%) IT Analyst
9 22 (4.18%) Developer
10 20 (3.80%) Administrator
10 20 (3.80%) Business Manager
10 20 (3.80%) Support Analyst
11 19 (3.61%) Support Engineer
11 19 (3.61%) Systems Analyst
12 18 (3.42%) Consultant
13 17 (3.23%) Data Analyst
13 17 (3.23%) Field Engineer
13 17 (3.23%) Field Service Engineer
13 17 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
13 17 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.99%) CSS
1 21 (3.99%) HTML
2 14 (2.66%) JSON
3 12 (2.28%) XML
4 11 (2.09%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (1.52%) OAuth
5 8 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (1.52%) SAML
6 7 (1.33%) .NET
6 7 (1.33%) FpML
6 7 (1.33%) REST
6 7 (1.33%) XML Schema
7 6 (1.14%) SAP Fiori
7 6 (1.14%) SOAP
8 5 (0.95%) PySpark
8 5 (0.95%) React
9 4 (0.76%) Flutter
9 4 (0.76%) Sass
9 4 (0.76%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.76%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.13%) Onboarding
1 27 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (3.80%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.42%) Social Media
4 17 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.85%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.85%) Smartphone
6 10 (1.90%) Algorithms
6 10 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.90%) FMCG
7 9 (1.71%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.52%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.52%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.33%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.33%) IoT
10 6 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.14%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.51%) Windows
2 14 (2.66%) Linux
3 12 (2.28%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.14%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.76%) Unix
7 3 (0.57%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (37.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 197 (37.45%) Problem-Solving
3 170 (32.32%) Analytics
4 119 (22.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 118 (22.43%) Actionable Insight
6 95 (18.06%) Business Intelligence
7 90 (17.11%) Agile
7 90 (17.11%) Customer Experience
8 89 (16.92%) Decision-Making
8 89 (16.92%) Root Cause Analysis
9 86 (16.35%) Service Delivery
10 85 (16.16%) PRINCE2
11 81 (15.40%) Process Improvement
12 79 (15.02%) Change Management
13 77 (14.64%) Quality Management
14 72 (13.69%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 55 (10.46%) Data Analysis
16 46 (8.75%) CI/CD
16 46 (8.75%) Visualisation
17 45 (8.56%) AI
Programming Languages
1 106 (20.15%) SQL
2 62 (11.79%) Python
3 30 (5.70%) PowerShell
4 26 (4.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (3.42%) Bash
5 18 (3.42%) Java
6 16 (3.04%) C#
6 16 (3.04%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.09%) C++
8 8 (1.52%) Go
8 8 (1.52%) VBA
9 6 (1.14%) C
9 6 (1.14%) PHP
10 5 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.76%) Bicep
11 4 (0.76%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.57%) Scala
12 3 (0.57%) VC++
13 2 (0.38%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 76 (14.45%) Degree
2 72 (13.69%) IRCA
3 21 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (3.99%) Security Cleared
4 17 (3.23%) A+ Certification
4 17 (3.23%) CCNA
4 17 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (3.23%) MCSE
4 17 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (3.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 15 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.09%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.90%) ACCA
9 9 (1.71%) CIMA
10 8 (1.52%) CISSP
10 8 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.52%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.52%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.52%) PMP
11 7 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (19.20%) QA
2 85 (16.16%) ISO 9001
3 82 (15.59%) GDPR
4 40 (7.60%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (2.09%) GRC
8 10 (1.90%) SLA
9 9 (1.71%) ISO 14001
9 9 (1.71%) NIST
10 8 (1.52%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
11 6 (1.14%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.57%) EMIR
13 3 (0.57%) ITGC
14 2 (0.38%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 16 (3.04%) Docker
2 9 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (4.18%) Terraform
2 18 (3.42%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.71%) Grafana
4 8 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.95%) Ansible
7 4 (0.76%) Control-M
8 2 (0.38%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.38%) QRadar
9 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 107 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.99%) SAP
3 20 (3.80%) Dell
4 18 (3.42%) Google
5 16 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.85%) Oracle
7 11 (2.09%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.90%) Adobe
9 9 (1.71%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.52%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.33%) Databricks
11 7 (1.33%) Sparx
12 5 (0.95%) Apple
12 5 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.95%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.95%) Informatica
13 4 (0.76%) BT
13 4 (0.76%) IFS
13 4 (0.76%) Pardot
13 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud