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

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	460	250	440
Rank change year-on-year	-210	+190	+50
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset	399	558	333
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.33%	1.13%	0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.20%	2.88%	1.50%
Number of salaries quoted	243	334	165
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£29,000	£39,850
25^th Percentile	£33,000	£35,688	£44,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£50,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-16.67%	+14.29%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£70,000	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£88,375	£96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	£44,500	£47,500	£58,750
% change year-on-year	-6.32%	-19.15%	+23.68%

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 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	33,122	19,351	22,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	27.40%	39.20%	32.42%
Number of salaries quoted	20,068	10,257	10,943
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£28,000	£32,750
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£36,000	£45,317
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	£51,358	£45,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+14.13%	-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 25 October 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 25 October 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	-209	377	£50,000	-	337
UK excluding London	-202	265	£44,500	-6.32%	148
London	-85	126	£72,500	+16.00%	213
Work from Home	-113	122	£50,000	-	170
South East	-122	76	£50,000	-2.91%	34
South West	-94	59	£42,500	-15.00%	23
North of England	-87	53	£45,000	+5.88%	21
Midlands	-74	51	£45,000	+5.88%	27
West Midlands	-41	29	£46,250	+8.82%	18
North West	-61	28	£37,500	-7.12%	17
Yorkshire	-21	20	£90,000	+89.47%	3
East Midlands	-68	20	£31,500	-47.50%	9
East of England	-43	12	£48,000	-6.80%	18
Scotland	-1	11	£26,150	-	13
North East	-65	5	£52,500	-	1
Wales	-72	2	-	-	6
Northern Ireland	-75	2	£63,750	-	8

Analytical Mindset Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 October 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	31.6%	126
2	Problem-Solving	28.1%	112
3	Analytics	25.3%	101
4	Agile	23.8%	95
5	SQL	21.6%	86
6	AI	20.1%	80
7	Microsoft	19.3%	77
8	Decision-Making	18.3%	73
9	Stakeholder Management	17.0%	68
10	Degree	16.0%	64
11	Business Intelligence	14.5%	58
11	Stakeholder Engagement	14.5%	58
13	Data Quality	13.5%	54
14	Azure	13.0%	52
15	Microsoft Excel	12.3%	49
15	Roadmaps	12.3%	49
17	Power Platform	11.8%	47
18	Actionable Insight	11.0%	44
18	Google	11.0%	44
20	CRM	10.5%	42
21	Python	10.3%	41
22	Cybersecurity	9.8%	39
22	Process Improvement	9.8%	39
22	Security Cleared	9.8%	39
25	Power BI	9.5%	38
26	QA	8.8%	35
26	Validation	8.8%	35
28	AWS	8.5%	34
28	Risk Management	8.5%	34
28	SaaS	8.5%	34

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	6.5%	26
2	Onboarding	5.5%	22
3	Product Ownership	5.3%	21
4	Cloud Native	4.5%	18
4	Self-Motivation	4.5%	18
6	Cyber Defence	4.3%	17
7	Data Centre	3.8%	15
7	Enterprise Software	3.8%	15
9	Blog	3.3%	13
10	Smartphone	3.0%	12
11	Cyber Threat	2.8%	11
12	Credit Risk	2.3%	9
12	Distributed Systems	2.3%	9
14	Driving Licence	2.0%	8
14	Social Media	2.0%	8
16	Educational Technology	1.5%	6
16	Legacy Systems	1.5%	6
16	SCADA	1.5%	6
19	AI Agents	1.3%	5
19	Marketing Technology	1.3%	5