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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 403 494
Rank change year-on-year +155 +91 +193
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 525 341 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.62% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.53% 1.67% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 303 176 173
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,125 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,375 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +11.11%

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 20,741 20,415 19,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.98% 36.94% 37.37%
Number of salaries quoted 10,403 9,792 14,066
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,785
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,160 £54,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.72% -1.59% -

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 30 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 30 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 +160 461 £50,000 -9.09% 875
UK excluding London +158 363 £45,000 -18.18% 803
Work from Home +125 192 £50,000 - 499
London +69 138 £57,000 -5.00% 144
South East +83 91 £45,000 -12.62% 212
South West +60 72 £48,750 -22.00% 96
North of England +44 70 £42,500 -32.00% 173
Midlands +47 58 £40,000 - 149
North West +47 55 £42,500 -34.62% 95
East Midlands +2 34 £26,375 -34.06% 63
East of England +33 26 £60,000 +11.63% 117
Scotland +13 26 £26,150 -62.64% 32
West Midlands +30 23 £52,500 +5.00% 78
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 14
Yorkshire 0 9 £55,000 -8.33% 69
Wales +6 6 £41,250 -15.99% 21
North East - 6 £38,500 - 9

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 16 (3.05%) Confluence
2 12 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.76%) CMS
4 4 (0.76%) IIS
4 4 (0.76%) SAS
5 3 (0.57%) WordPress
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 111 (21.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.67%) Maya
5 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.71%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.76%) PlantUML
7 4 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.57%) Stata
9 2 (0.38%) Sketch
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.52%) Shopify
3 5 (0.95%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.76%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.76%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.57%) SAP APO
5 3 (0.57%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.57%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.38%) Magento
6 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (20.38%) Azure
2 105 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 29 (5.52%) SaaS
4 27 (5.14%) AWS
4 27 (5.14%) Azure Data Factory
4 27 (5.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 24 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.24%) Entra ID
8 16 (3.05%) Google Analytics
9 15 (2.86%) Boomi
10 14 (2.67%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 13 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (2.29%) GCP
13 10 (1.90%) Snowflake
14 7 (1.33%) Asana
14 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.33%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.33%) Serverless
15 6 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.95%) Network Security
2 17 (3.24%) Firewall
3 11 (2.10%) SAN
4 7 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.76%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.76%) VPN
5 4 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.76%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.57%) WAN
7 2 (0.38%) DHCP
7 2 (0.38%) DNS
7 2 (0.38%) GSM
7 2 (0.38%) LAN
7 2 (0.38%) LTE
7 2 (0.38%) VLAN
7 2 (0.38%) VoIP
8 1 (0.19%) Modbus
8 1 (0.19%) NAS
8 1 (0.19%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (18.86%) Power BI
2 44 (8.38%) Tableau
3 39 (7.43%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (3.05%) Data Lake
6 16 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.95%) Looker
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.76%) Metabase
8 4 (0.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.57%) Metadata
9 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.38%) Big Data
10 2 (0.38%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (4.95%) JIRA
2 10 (1.90%) Git
3 6 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.76%) Postman
4 4 (0.76%) Selenium
4 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.57%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.38%) GitLab
7 1 (0.19%) Appium
7 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.19%) JMeter
7 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 525 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 323 (61.52%) Social Skills
3 249 (47.43%) Finance
4 126 (24.00%) Marketing
5 58 (11.05%) Retail
6 53 (10.10%) Legal
7 49 (9.33%) Public Sector
8 46 (8.76%) Manufacturing
9 41 (7.81%) Law
10 31 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (5.52%) Electronics
12 27 (5.14%) Telecoms
13 17 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (3.05%) Games
15 15 (2.86%) Billing
16 14 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.90%) Banking
17 10 (1.90%) French Language
18 8 (1.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 106 (20.19%) Analyst
2 67 (12.76%) Lead
3 64 (12.19%) Senior
4 34 (6.48%) Consultant
4 34 (6.48%) Data Analyst
5 30 (5.71%) Architect
6 28 (5.33%) Commercial Analyst
7 26 (4.95%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 26 (4.95%) Security Consultant
8 25 (4.76%) Support Engineer
9 23 (4.38%) Business Manager
10 20 (3.81%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.81%) IT Support
11 18 (3.43%) IT Engineer
12 17 (3.24%) Administrator
12 17 (3.24%) Developer
13 16 (3.05%) IT Administrator
14 15 (2.86%) CRM Architect
14 15 (2.86%) Technical Engineer
14 15 (2.86%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.90%) CSS
1 10 (1.90%) HTML
2 9 (1.71%) REST
3 5 (0.95%) .NET
3 5 (0.95%) EDI
3 5 (0.95%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.76%) GraphQL
4 4 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.76%) SOAP
5 3 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.57%) Middleware
5 3 (0.57%) Sass
5 3 (0.57%) ZeroMQ
6 2 (0.38%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.38%) Django
6 2 (0.38%) RESTful
6 2 (0.38%) Spring
6 2 (0.38%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.38%) XML
6 2 (0.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.95%) Onboarding
1 47 (8.95%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (8.19%) Management Information System
3 41 (7.81%) FMCG
4 39 (7.43%) Data Centre
5 32 (6.10%) Product Ownership
6 29 (5.52%) Cloud Native
7 22 (4.19%) Social Media
8 21 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.67%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.90%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.71%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.33%) IoT
13 6 (1.14%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.14%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
14 5 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
15 4 (0.76%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.43%) Windows
2 12 (2.29%) Linux
3 5 (0.95%) Unix
4 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (44.38%) Problem-Solving
2 178 (33.90%) Analytics
3 166 (31.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 146 (27.81%) Business Intelligence
5 120 (22.86%) Decision-Making
6 96 (18.29%) Agile
7 88 (16.76%) ERP
8 87 (16.57%) Project Management
9 80 (15.24%) CRM
10 77 (14.67%) AI
11 76 (14.48%) Actionable Insight
12 73 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (13.52%) Cybersecurity
14 67 (12.76%) Process Improvement
15 66 (12.57%) Business Strategy
16 58 (11.05%) Visualisation
17 54 (10.29%) Data Analysis
18 52 (9.90%) Change Management
19 49 (9.33%) Programme Management
20 46 (8.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 100 (19.05%) SQL
2 55 (10.48%) Python
3 28 (5.33%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (2.10%) C#
6 10 (1.90%) C++
7 9 (1.71%) Java
7 9 (1.71%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.71%) VBA
8 8 (1.52%) Bash
8 8 (1.52%) C
9 6 (1.14%) R
10 4 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.57%) Bicep
11 3 (0.57%) Go
11 3 (0.57%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.38%) Perl
12 2 (0.38%) Scala
12 2 (0.38%) VC++
Qualifications
1 131 (24.95%) Degree
2 47 (8.95%) Security Cleared
3 29 (5.52%) CISSP
4 25 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 24 (4.57%) CEH
6 19 (3.62%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.67%) Master's Degree
9 13 (2.48%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.48%) PMP
10 12 (2.29%) ACCA
10 12 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (2.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 11 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (2.10%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.90%) A+ Certification
12 10 (1.90%) CCNA
12 10 (1.90%) CIMA
12 10 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.90%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (6.29%) NIST
3 25 (4.76%) QA
4 24 (4.57%) Data Quality
4 24 (4.57%) PCI DSS
5 15 (2.86%) GDPR
6 13 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.90%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.71%) GRC
9 6 (1.14%) SLA
10 4 (0.76%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.76%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.76%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.38%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.38%) FINRA
12 2 (0.38%) IFRS
12 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.14%) Docker
3 6 (1.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.90%) Terraform
3 7 (1.33%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.57%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.19%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 124 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 71 (13.52%) SAP
3 44 (8.38%) Salesforce
4 26 (4.95%) Google
5 25 (4.76%) Dell
5 25 (4.76%) Oracle
6 18 (3.43%) Adobe
7 15 (2.86%) MuleSoft
8 11 (2.10%) Autodesk
9 8 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.14%) Cisco
10 6 (1.14%) Workday
11 4 (0.76%) Apple
11 4 (0.76%) Databricks
11 4 (0.76%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.76%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.57%) Hootsuite
12 3 (0.57%) Screaming Frog
12 3 (0.57%) Xero
12 3 (0.57%) Zoho