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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 398 491
Rank change year-on-year +146 +93 +198
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 503 335 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.81% 0.63% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.41% 1.70% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 273 176 211
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,875 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,800 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -9.09%

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 20,829 19,764 22,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.63% 37.20% 36.31%
Number of salaries quoted 10,491 9,228 16,641
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,064
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -13.64% +5.26% -5.00%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +157 437 £45,000 -18.18% 297
UK excluding London +131 341 £42,500 -22.73% 281
Work from Home +114 166 £48,750 -2.50% 155
London +67 141 £62,500 -3.85% 64
South East +84 94 £42,500 -22.02% 98
North of England +39 64 £42,500 -34.62% 51
Midlands +40 58 £40,000 - 33
North West +42 49 £42,500 -34.62% 21
South West +37 49 £45,000 -5.26% 36
East Midlands +12 35 £28,000 -30.00% 17
Scotland -5 29 £26,150 -62.64% 12
East of England +31 25 £60,000 +14.29% 41
West Midlands +35 22 £52,500 +41.89% 16
Northern Ireland +2 14 - - 6
Yorkshire -18 9 £50,000 -16.67% 23
Wales +9 8 £36,000 -26.69% 13
North East - 6 £38,500 - 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 16 (3.18%) Confluence
2 10 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.80%) IIS
5 3 (0.60%) CMS
5 3 (0.60%) SAS
5 3 (0.60%) WordPress
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 100 (19.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.78%) Maya
5 12 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (1.39%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.80%) PlantUML
9 2 (0.40%) Sketch
9 2 (0.40%) Stata
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (3.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.99%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.99%) Shopify
4 4 (0.80%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.80%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.60%) SAP APO
5 3 (0.60%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.40%) Magento
6 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 110 (21.87%) Azure
2 104 (20.68%) Power Platform
3 31 (6.16%) AWS
4 28 (5.57%) Azure Data Factory
4 28 (5.57%) SaaS
5 27 (5.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 23 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.98%) Boomi
9 14 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 14 (2.78%) GCP
9 14 (2.78%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 13 (2.58%) Google Analytics
11 12 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.99%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.59%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.59%) Serverless
14 7 (1.39%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.39%) Asana
14 7 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.17%) Firewall
2 12 (2.39%) SAN
3 9 (1.79%) VPN
4 8 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.39%) WAN
6 6 (1.19%) LAN
7 5 (0.99%) Network Security
8 4 (0.80%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.80%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.40%) Broadband
9 2 (0.40%) DHCP
9 2 (0.40%) DNS
9 2 (0.40%) GSM
9 2 (0.40%) Internet
9 2 (0.40%) LTE
9 2 (0.40%) Modbus
9 2 (0.40%) VLAN
9 2 (0.40%) VoIP
10 1 (0.20%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (19.48%) Power BI
2 43 (8.55%) SQL Server
3 42 (8.35%) Tableau
4 28 (5.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (4.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (3.18%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.99%) Looker
9 5 (0.99%) Metabase
9 5 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.80%) Metadata
10 4 (0.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.40%) Big Data
12 2 (0.40%) Mixpanel
12 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (5.37%) JIRA
2 12 (2.39%) Git
3 5 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.99%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.60%) Postman
5 2 (0.40%) GitLab
5 2 (0.40%) Selenium
5 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.20%) MLflow
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.20%) TestRail
6 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 503 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 322 (64.02%) Social Skills
3 232 (46.12%) Finance
4 97 (19.28%) Marketing
5 59 (11.73%) Retail
6 54 (10.74%) Legal
7 40 (7.95%) Law
8 31 (6.16%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (5.96%) Public Sector
10 25 (4.97%) Manufacturing
11 19 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.98%) Billing
13 15 (2.98%) Games
13 15 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (2.19%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.99%) Banking
16 9 (1.79%) Advertising
17 8 (1.59%) Automotive
17 8 (1.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 109 (21.67%) Analyst
2 65 (12.92%) Lead
3 64 (12.72%) Senior
4 30 (5.96%) Architect
4 30 (5.96%) Data Analyst
5 28 (5.57%) Commercial Analyst
6 27 (5.37%) IT Support
6 27 (5.37%) Support Engineer
7 25 (4.97%) IT Engineer
8 24 (4.77%) Business Manager
9 23 (4.57%) Business Analyst
10 19 (3.78%) Developer
11 17 (3.38%) Administrator
12 16 (3.18%) IT Support Engineer
12 16 (3.18%) Systems Analyst
13 15 (2.98%) CRM Architect
13 15 (2.98%) IT Administrator
14 14 (2.78%) IT Architect
14 14 (2.78%) Technical Engineer
14 14 (2.78%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.19%) CSS
1 11 (2.19%) HTML
2 10 (1.99%) REST
3 6 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (0.99%) .NET
4 5 (0.99%) SOAP
5 4 (0.80%) EDI
5 4 (0.80%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.80%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.80%) Sass
5 4 (0.80%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (0.60%) Middleware
6 3 (0.60%) RESTful
6 3 (0.60%) Spring
6 3 (0.60%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.40%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.40%) Django
7 2 (0.40%) XML
7 2 (0.40%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.94%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (8.55%) FMCG
2 43 (8.55%) Management Information System
3 41 (8.15%) Onboarding
4 39 (7.75%) Data Centre
5 33 (6.56%) Product Ownership
6 30 (5.96%) Cloud Native
7 21 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (3.98%) Social Media
9 14 (2.78%) Driving Licence
10 11 (2.19%) Smartphone
11 10 (1.99%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.39%) IoT
14 6 (1.19%) Security Posture
15 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
15 5 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
16 4 (0.80%) CMDB
16 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
17 3 (0.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.57%) Windows
2 15 (2.98%) Linux
3 7 (1.39%) Unix
3 7 (1.39%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (45.53%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (34.19%) Analytics
3 163 (32.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 125 (24.85%) Business Intelligence
5 119 (23.66%) Decision-Making
6 93 (18.49%) Agile
7 86 (17.10%) ERP
8 85 (16.90%) Project Management
9 76 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 73 (14.51%) CRM
11 72 (14.31%) Actionable Insight
12 70 (13.92%) AI
13 66 (13.12%) Business Strategy
14 65 (12.92%) Process Improvement
15 55 (10.93%) Visualisation
16 52 (10.34%) Change Management
16 52 (10.34%) Data Analysis
17 48 (9.54%) CI/CD
17 48 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
18 43 (8.55%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 106 (21.07%) SQL
2 54 (10.74%) Python
3 28 (5.57%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (2.39%) C++
6 11 (2.19%) C#
7 10 (1.99%) C
8 9 (1.79%) Java
9 8 (1.59%) Bash
9 8 (1.59%) VBA
10 7 (1.39%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.80%) R
11 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.60%) Bicep
12 3 (0.60%) Go
12 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.40%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.40%) Perl
13 2 (0.40%) Scala
13 2 (0.40%) VC++
Qualifications
1 123 (24.45%) Degree
2 29 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.78%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.58%) DBS Check
5 13 (2.58%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.58%) PMP
6 12 (2.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.19%) A+ Certification
7 11 (2.19%) CCNA
7 11 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.19%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.19%) MCSE
7 11 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (1.99%) ACCA
9 9 (1.79%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.59%) CIMA
11 7 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.17%) QA
4 15 (2.98%) GDPR
5 13 (2.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.99%) NIST
7 8 (1.59%) GRC
8 7 (1.39%) SLA
9 4 (0.80%) NEBOSH
10 3 (0.60%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.40%) EMIR
11 2 (0.40%) FINRA
11 2 (0.40%) GAAP
11 2 (0.40%) IFRS
11 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.39%) Docker
2 7 (1.39%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.19%) Firmware
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.99%) Terraform
3 8 (1.59%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.80%) Control-M
5 3 (0.60%) Ansible
6 2 (0.40%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 118 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.14%) SAP
3 44 (8.75%) Salesforce
4 27 (5.37%) Oracle
5 26 (5.17%) Dell
6 22 (4.37%) Google
7 18 (3.58%) Adobe
8 15 (2.98%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.19%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.19%) Cisco
10 6 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.99%) Apple
11 5 (0.99%) BT
11 5 (0.99%) Informatica
12 4 (0.80%) Databricks
12 4 (0.80%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.80%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.80%) YouTube
13 3 (0.60%) Ahrefs
13 3 (0.60%) TikTok