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 3 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 423 478
Rank change year-on-year +193 +55 +143
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 574 344 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.05% 0.54% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.05% 1.55% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 333 174 177
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,732 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,825 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £86,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +5.56%

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 18,795 22,125 19,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.41% 34.87% 38.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10,562 10,888 14,443
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £33,428
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,600 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 +227 509 £50,000 -9.09% 249
UK excluding London +177 394 £45,000 -18.18% 214
Work from Home +143 206 £50,000 - 124
London +88 154 £65,000 - 108
South East +108 108 £45,000 -12.62% 93
South West +70 73 £50,000 -28.57% 22
Midlands +86 72 £50,480 +17.14% 25
North of England +55 72 £43,750 -20.45% 41
North West +62 54 £42,500 -20.93% 29
East Midlands +42 46 £60,000 +50.00% 8
West Midlands +51 26 £50,480 +0.96% 16
East of England +50 25 £56,250 +4.65% 21
Scotland +12 25 £26,150 -59.77% 9
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 4
Yorkshire +1 11 £47,500 -20.83% 9
North East - 7 £38,500 - 3
Wales +11 5 £47,500 -3.27% 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 18 (3.14%) Confluence
2 15 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.05%) CMS
5 4 (0.70%) IIS
5 4 (0.70%) SAS
6 3 (0.52%) WordPress
7 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 117 (20.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (4.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.44%) Maya
5 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.57%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.70%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.52%) Stata
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (4.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.92%) Shopify
2 11 (1.92%) Sprinklr
3 7 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.87%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.70%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.70%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.52%) SAP APO
6 3 (0.52%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.52%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.35%) Magento
7 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 118 (20.56%) Power Platform
2 114 (19.86%) Azure
3 30 (5.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 29 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 25 (4.36%) SaaS
7 23 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.66%) AWS
9 19 (3.31%) Entra ID
9 19 (3.31%) Google Analytics
10 16 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (2.61%) Boomi
12 14 (2.44%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 10 (1.74%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.57%) Google Ads
15 7 (1.22%) Asana
15 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (1.22%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.05%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.70%) Network Security
2 14 (2.44%) Firewall
3 10 (1.74%) SAN
4 4 (0.70%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.70%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.52%) LAN
5 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.52%) WAN
6 2 (0.35%) GSM
6 2 (0.35%) LTE
6 2 (0.35%) VoIP
7 1 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.17%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.17%) Modbus
7 1 (0.17%) NAS
7 1 (0.17%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.17%) Skype
7 1 (0.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (18.99%) Power BI
2 45 (7.84%) Tableau
3 40 (6.97%) SQL Server
4 28 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 26 (4.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.31%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.22%) Metadata
9 4 (0.70%) Looker
9 4 (0.70%) Metabase
9 4 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
10 3 (0.52%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.17%) MySQL
12 1 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 31 (5.40%) JIRA
2 8 (1.39%) Git
3 5 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.70%) Postman
4 4 (0.70%) Selenium
4 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.52%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.35%) GitLab
7 1 (0.17%) Appium
7 1 (0.17%) Bazaar
7 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.17%) JMeter
7 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.17%) MLflow
7 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 574 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 345 (60.10%) Social Skills
3 268 (46.69%) Finance
4 141 (24.56%) Marketing
5 70 (12.20%) Retail
6 52 (9.06%) Legal
7 50 (8.71%) Public Sector
8 49 (8.54%) Manufacturing
9 48 (8.36%) Law
10 35 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (5.40%) Electronics
12 29 (5.05%) Telecoms
13 21 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (2.96%) Games
14 17 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (2.79%) Banking
16 15 (2.61%) Billing
16 15 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (2.44%) Advertising
18 13 (2.26%) French Language
Job Titles
1 124 (21.60%) Analyst
2 73 (12.72%) Senior
3 70 (12.20%) Lead
4 46 (8.01%) Consultant
5 39 (6.79%) Data Analyst
6 30 (5.23%) Architect
7 28 (4.88%) Commercial Analyst
7 28 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 28 (4.88%) Security Consultant
8 25 (4.36%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.36%) Support Engineer
9 23 (4.01%) Business Manager
10 18 (3.14%) Technical Engineer
10 18 (3.14%) Technical Support
10 18 (3.14%) Technical Support Engineer
11 16 (2.79%) IT Support
11 16 (2.79%) Systems Analyst
12 15 (2.61%) Administrator
12 15 (2.61%) CRM Architect
12 15 (2.61%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.83%) HTML
2 21 (3.66%) CSS
3 7 (1.22%) REST
4 5 (0.87%) .NET
5 4 (0.70%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.52%) EDI
6 3 (0.52%) Middleware
7 2 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.35%) Playwright
7 2 (0.35%) RESTful
7 2 (0.35%) Sass
7 2 (0.35%) SOAP
7 2 (0.35%) Spring
7 2 (0.35%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.35%) XML
7 2 (0.35%) ZeroMQ
8 1 (0.17%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.71%) Onboarding
2 47 (8.19%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (7.67%) Management Information System
4 40 (6.97%) FMCG
5 38 (6.62%) Data Centre
6 32 (5.57%) Product Ownership
7 31 (5.40%) Cloud Native
8 23 (4.01%) Social Media
9 21 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (3.14%) Driving Licence
11 12 (2.09%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.57%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.57%) Smartphone
14 6 (1.05%) Credit Risk
14 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.05%) IoT
14 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
15 5 (0.87%) Security Posture
16 4 (0.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.61%) Windows
2 7 (1.22%) Linux
3 3 (0.52%) Unix
4 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (44.77%) Problem-Solving
2 201 (35.02%) Analytics
3 164 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 155 (27.00%) Business Intelligence
5 132 (23.00%) Decision-Making
6 108 (18.82%) Agile
7 106 (18.47%) Project Management
8 97 (16.90%) CRM
9 90 (15.68%) ERP
10 83 (14.46%) Actionable Insight
11 82 (14.29%) AI
12 79 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 73 (12.72%) Process Improvement
14 70 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
15 68 (11.85%) Business Strategy
16 62 (10.80%) Visualisation
17 54 (9.41%) Change Management
17 54 (9.41%) Data Analysis
18 52 (9.06%) Mentoring
19 50 (8.71%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (20.03%) SQL
2 44 (7.67%) Python
3 24 (4.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (3.83%) JavaScript
5 20 (3.48%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.09%) C#
7 8 (1.39%) C++
7 8 (1.39%) VBA
8 7 (1.22%) C
9 6 (1.05%) Bash
9 6 (1.05%) R
10 5 (0.87%) Java
11 4 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.52%) Bicep
12 3 (0.52%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.17%) ABAP
14 1 (0.17%) Go
14 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 146 (25.44%) Degree
2 49 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.57%) CISSP
4 27 (4.70%) CEH
5 25 (4.36%) CompTIA Security+
6 20 (3.48%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.31%) SC Cleared
8 16 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.26%) ACCA
9 13 (2.26%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.26%) PMP
10 12 (2.09%) A+ Certification
10 12 (2.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 11 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.92%) CIMA
12 10 (1.74%) CISM
12 10 (1.74%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (6.10%) NIST
3 26 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 26 (4.53%) PCI DSS
3 26 (4.53%) QA
4 15 (2.61%) GDPR
5 13 (2.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (2.09%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.57%) GRC
8 6 (1.05%) SLA
9 4 (0.70%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.70%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.70%) NEBOSH
10 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.52%) PMO
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.35%) FINRA
11 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.74%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.87%) Docker
3 5 (0.87%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.22%) Terraform
3 4 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.17%) Kibana
5 1 (0.17%) SCCM
5 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 132 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 72 (12.54%) SAP
3 46 (8.01%) Salesforce
4 32 (5.57%) Google
5 30 (5.23%) Adobe
6 23 (4.01%) Dell
7 22 (3.83%) Oracle
8 15 (2.61%) MuleSoft
9 11 (1.92%) Autodesk
10 8 (1.39%) Databricks
11 7 (1.22%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.05%) Cisco
12 6 (1.05%) Hotjar
12 6 (1.05%) Workday
13 4 (0.70%) Facebook
13 4 (0.70%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.70%) TikTok
14 3 (0.52%) Ahrefs
14 3 (0.52%) Avaloq
14 3 (0.52%) Zoho