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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 285 489
Rank change year-on-year -86 +204 +87
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 527 504 346
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.01% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.88% 2.45% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 292 303 214
10th Percentile £28,188 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £33,986 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,125 £69,688
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.82%

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 28,002 20,577 27,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.02% 41.26% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17,577 10,358 15,777
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -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 August 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 August 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 -60 480 £50,000 - 163
UK excluding London -55 385 £45,000 -10.00% 123
Work from Home -34 141 £50,000 - 73
London -75 130 £65,000 -5.45% 67
South East -25 108 £50,000 -2.91% 40
North of England -8 94 £45,000 - 32
South West -58 69 £36,000 -28.00% 17
Midlands -32 61 £45,000 -5.26% 21
North West -23 47 £41,250 -5.71% 20
West Midlands -18 42 £42,500 +21.43% 13
Yorkshire -13 33 £90,000 +89.47% 10
East Midlands -30 18 £50,000 -37.50% 7
Scotland +7 17 £26,150 - 4
East of England -29 16 £42,879 +18.29% 7
North East -41 14 £57,500 - 3
Northern Ireland -68 12 £63,750 - 2
Wales - 8 - - 1

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 12 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.90%) Confluence
3 5 (0.95%) WordPress
4 4 (0.76%) Apache
4 4 (0.76%) CMS
4 4 (0.76%) SAS
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.57%) IIS
6 2 (0.38%) Luigi
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.38%) Tornado
Applications
1 55 (10.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.57%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.57%) Simulink
6 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (2.28%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.95%) Shopify
3 4 (0.76%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.76%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (0.76%) JDE World
4 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.38%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.19%) Odoo
6 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.19%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 77 (14.61%) Azure
2 57 (10.82%) Power Platform
3 42 (7.97%) AWS
4 39 (7.40%) SaaS
5 36 (6.83%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (5.88%) GCP
7 21 (3.98%) Google Analytics
8 20 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (3.42%) PowerApps
10 14 (2.66%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.71%) dbt
12 9 (1.71%) Google Ads
13 8 (1.52%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.52%) GitHub
13 8 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (1.33%) Datadog
14 7 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (1.14%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.66%) SAN
2 13 (2.47%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.09%) HTTP
3 11 (2.09%) LAN
3 11 (2.09%) WAN
4 9 (1.71%) DNS
4 9 (1.71%) SMS
5 8 (1.52%) Firewall
5 8 (1.52%) VPN
6 5 (0.95%) FTP
6 5 (0.95%) Internet
6 5 (0.95%) SMTP
6 5 (0.95%) Unified Communications
6 5 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.76%) ATM
7 4 (0.76%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.76%) NAS
7 4 (0.76%) Wireless
8 3 (0.57%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.92%) Power BI
2 22 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.28%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.09%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.09%) Tableau
5 9 (1.71%) Metadata
6 8 (1.52%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.52%) MySQL
7 7 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.33%) GIS
7 7 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.14%) Looker
8 6 (1.14%) Power Query
9 5 (0.95%) Big Data
10 4 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.76%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.57%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.57%) Metabase
11 3 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
11 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.98%) Git
2 19 (3.61%) JIRA
3 7 (1.33%) Eclipse
3 7 (1.33%) GitLab
4 4 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.76%) ERwin
4 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.57%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.38%) Ranorex
6 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.38%) Selenium
6 2 (0.38%) TestRail
7 1 (0.19%) JMeter
7 1 (0.19%) Postman
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
General
1 527 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 269 (51.04%) Social Skills
3 173 (32.83%) Finance
4 62 (11.76%) Marketing
5 39 (7.40%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (6.45%) Public Sector
8 24 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 23 (4.36%) Legal
10 19 (3.61%) Retail
11 18 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (3.04%) Advertising
13 16 (3.04%) Electronics
14 12 (2.28%) Financial Institution
14 12 (2.28%) Law
15 11 (2.09%) Banking
16 10 (1.90%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (1.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 106 (20.11%) Analyst
2 60 (11.39%) Head of QA
3 43 (8.16%) Senior
4 41 (7.78%) Lead
5 27 (5.12%) Developer
6 25 (4.74%) Business Analyst
7 23 (4.36%) Support Analyst
8 21 (3.98%) Data Analyst
9 19 (3.61%) IT Engineer
10 16 (3.04%) Compliance Manager
11 14 (2.66%) Field Engineer
11 14 (2.66%) Field Service Engineer
11 14 (2.66%) IT Analyst
12 13 (2.47%) IT Support
13 12 (2.28%) Data Engineer
14 11 (2.09%) Architect
14 11 (2.09%) Consultant
14 11 (2.09%) Senior Manager
14 11 (2.09%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (2.09%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.61%) JSON
2 14 (2.66%) HTML
3 13 (2.47%) .NET
3 13 (2.47%) CSS
4 12 (2.28%) Terraform
5 8 (1.52%) Kafka
5 8 (1.52%) RESTful
5 8 (1.52%) XML
6 7 (1.33%) OAuth
6 7 (1.33%) REST
6 7 (1.33%) SAML
7 6 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (1.14%) Spring
7 6 (1.14%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.95%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.95%) LDAP
8 5 (0.95%) React
9 4 (0.76%) FpML
9 4 (0.76%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.76%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.31%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.80%) Cloud Native
4 18 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.23%) Social Media
6 15 (2.85%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.66%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.28%) Driving Licence
9 11 (2.09%) Cyber Defence
10 10 (1.90%) Blog
10 10 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.71%) Smartphone
12 8 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.52%) SCADA
12 8 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (1.33%) Credit Risk
13 7 (1.33%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.07%) Windows
2 15 (2.85%) Linux
3 12 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.76%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.38%) Android
5 2 (0.38%) Debian
5 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (38.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 163 (30.93%) Analytics
3 135 (25.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 129 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (19.54%) Agile
6 97 (18.41%) Actionable Insight
7 89 (16.89%) Decision-Making
8 86 (16.32%) Root Cause Analysis
9 80 (15.18%) Customer Experience
10 74 (14.04%) Service Delivery
11 73 (13.85%) Change Management
12 69 (13.09%) Quality Management
13 66 (12.52%) AI
13 66 (12.52%) Business Intelligence
13 66 (12.52%) PRINCE2
14 62 (11.76%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 58 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
16 51 (9.68%) CRM
17 49 (9.30%) Process Improvement
18 47 (8.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 96 (18.22%) SQL
2 48 (9.11%) Python
3 25 (4.74%) Java
4 24 (4.55%) C#
5 21 (3.98%) PowerShell
6 15 (2.85%) MATLAB
7 14 (2.66%) Bash
8 11 (2.09%) JavaScript
8 11 (2.09%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.52%) C
9 8 (1.52%) C++
10 7 (1.33%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.33%) PHP
10 7 (1.33%) Scala
11 6 (1.14%) Go
11 6 (1.14%) Search Processing Language
12 5 (0.95%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.76%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.76%) VBA
14 3 (0.57%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 65 (12.33%) Degree
2 60 (11.39%) IRCA
3 41 (7.78%) Security Cleared
4 26 (4.93%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (2.66%) A+ Certification
6 14 (2.66%) CCNA
6 14 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (2.66%) MCSE
6 14 (2.66%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.90%) ACCA
9 8 (1.52%) CIMA
10 7 (1.33%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.33%) GCIA
10 7 (1.33%) GCIH
10 7 (1.33%) GIAC
11 6 (1.14%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.14%) GCED
11 6 (1.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (18.60%) QA
2 84 (15.94%) ISO 9001
3 77 (14.61%) GDPR
4 63 (11.95%) Data Quality
5 29 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (3.23%) ISO 14001
7 16 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 12 (2.28%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.52%) ARP4754
9 8 (1.52%) DO-254
9 8 (1.52%) SLA
10 7 (1.33%) NIST
11 6 (1.14%) COBIT
11 6 (1.14%) GRC
11 6 (1.14%) ISO 8583
11 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.95%) ISO 19650
12 5 (0.95%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.85%) Docker
2 8 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.76%) Firmware
4 3 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.33%) Grafana
3 6 (1.14%) Ansible
3 6 (1.14%) Kibana
3 6 (1.14%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.95%) QRadar
5 2 (0.38%) Argo
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 113 (21.44%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.11%) Google
3 23 (4.36%) HubSpot
4 17 (3.23%) SAP
5 15 (2.85%) Dell
6 13 (2.47%) Adobe
6 13 (2.47%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.09%) Splunk
8 10 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (1.90%) Oracle
9 7 (1.33%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.14%) Carbon Black
10 6 (1.14%) Databricks
10 6 (1.14%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.14%) Marketo
10 6 (1.14%) Pardot
10 6 (1.14%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.95%) ArcSight
11 5 (0.95%) Cisco
11 5 (0.95%) Facebook