Analytical Mindset Jobs

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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 508 673
Rank change year-on-year +127 +165 +95
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 382 461 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.44% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 1.28% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 205 302 181
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,575 £24,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,125 £35,392
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% +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 20,759 35,951 41,403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.15% 34.25% 43.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9,573 23,207 22,414
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -9.09% +4.76%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Mindset.

Salary trend for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Mindset in the UK

Analytical Mindset
Top 16 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 2 June 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 +123 336 £57,500 +33.72% 2,513
UK excluding London +97 218 £52,500 +23.53% 2,264
London +121 137 £77,500 +19.23% 506
Work from Home +83 93 £55,000 +10.00% 1,547
South East +36 77 £57,500 +21.05% 613
North of England +51 47 £60,000 +39.53% 520
North West +25 44 £60,000 +11.63% 270
East of England +49 28 £32,500 -23.53% 321
Midlands +53 25 £47,500 +63.79% 442
South West +92 20 £50,000 +25.00% 266
Scotland +105 17 £52,500 -17.32% 84
West Midlands +52 15 £36,500 +26.96% 234
East Midlands +33 10 £57,500 +98.28% 180
Yorkshire +44 3 £47,500 +10.96% 193
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 29
Channel Islands - 1 - - 7

Analytical Mindset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.14%) CMS
3 10 (2.62%) nginx
4 9 (2.36%) Confluence
5 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.79%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.79%) WordPress
7 2 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) Drupal
8 1 (0.26%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 46 (12.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.88%) Maya
5 6 (1.57%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.05%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.52%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.52%) InDesign
8 2 (0.52%) Sketch
9 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (4.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.83%) Raiser’s Edge
2 7 (1.83%) Shopify
3 3 (0.79%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.52%) Magento
4 2 (0.52%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.26%) iTrent
5 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.26%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.26%) Primavera
5 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.26%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 75 (19.63%) Azure
2 55 (14.40%) Power Platform
3 40 (10.47%) SaaS
4 27 (7.07%) AWS
5 23 (6.02%) Google Analytics
6 21 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.88%) Boomi
9 11 (2.88%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 7 (1.83%) Google Ads
10 7 (1.83%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.57%) Canva
12 4 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (1.05%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.05%) Datadog
12 4 (1.05%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.36%) Firewall
2 8 (2.09%) Wireless
3 6 (1.57%) SMS
4 5 (1.31%) Network Security
4 5 (1.31%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (1.31%) VPN
5 4 (1.05%) LAN
5 4 (1.05%) WAN
6 3 (0.79%) Skype
7 2 (0.52%) CHAP
7 2 (0.52%) DHCP
7 2 (0.52%) DNS
7 2 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.52%) NetScaler
7 2 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.52%) SAN
7 2 (0.52%) Wireless Security
8 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.26%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (12.83%) Data Lake
2 47 (12.30%) Power BI
3 16 (4.19%) Tableau
4 10 (2.62%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.31%) Metadata
8 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.52%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.52%) DB2
9 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.52%) MySQL
9 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.26%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 15 (3.93%) JIRA
2 5 (1.31%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.52%) Git
3 2 (0.52%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.26%) Bazaar
4 1 (0.26%) JMeter
4 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) WebDriver
General
1 382 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 218 (57.07%) Social Skills
3 114 (29.84%) Finance
4 77 (20.16%) Marketing
5 62 (16.23%) Law
6 44 (11.52%) Influencing Skills
7 36 (9.42%) Retail
8 34 (8.90%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (6.28%) Banking
10 23 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (4.45%) Advertising
11 17 (4.45%) Legal
12 14 (3.66%) Games
13 9 (2.36%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.83%) Publishing
15 4 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.05%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.79%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 128 (33.51%) Analyst
2 89 (23.30%) Senior
3 39 (10.21%) Business Analyst
4 18 (4.71%) Developer
4 18 (4.71%) Lead
5 17 (4.45%) Support Analyst
6 16 (4.19%) Architect
7 15 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (2.88%) CRM Architect
8 11 (2.88%) Financial Analyst
8 11 (2.88%) IT Architect
8 11 (2.88%) Project Manager
8 11 (2.88%) Salesforce Architect
9 10 (2.62%) Data Analyst
9 10 (2.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 9 (2.36%) Consultant
10 9 (2.36%) Graduate
10 9 (2.36%) Security Analyst
11 8 (2.09%) Product Manager
11 8 (2.09%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.93%) HTML
2 13 (3.40%) CSS
3 12 (3.14%) AngularJS
4 10 (2.62%) React
5 6 (1.57%) XML
6 5 (1.31%) REST
7 4 (1.05%) SOAP
8 3 (0.79%) .NET
8 3 (0.79%) JSON
8 3 (0.79%) LDAP
9 2 (0.52%) JWT
9 2 (0.52%) Keycloak
9 2 (0.52%) Middleware
9 2 (0.52%) OAuth
9 2 (0.52%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.52%) OpenID
9 2 (0.52%) SAML
9 2 (0.52%) Spring
9 2 (0.52%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.26%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.19%) Social Media
2 12 (3.14%) Cloud Native
3 11 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (2.88%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.83%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.57%) Blog
7 6 (1.57%) IoT
7 6 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.57%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.31%) PMI
9 4 (1.05%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.05%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.79%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.79%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.83%) Windows
2 5 (1.31%) Linux
2 5 (1.31%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (50.52%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (28.80%) Analytics
3 102 (26.70%) Agile
4 73 (19.11%) Actionable Insight
4 73 (19.11%) Roadmaps
5 63 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 62 (16.23%) Project Management
7 61 (15.97%) Data Science
8 57 (14.92%) Decision-Making
9 53 (13.87%) CRM
9 53 (13.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (13.61%) Strategic Roadmap
11 51 (13.35%) Business Analysis
12 47 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (12.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (12.30%) Machine Learning
13 42 (10.99%) Thought Leadership
14 41 (10.73%) ERP
15 39 (10.21%) Innovative Thinking
16 38 (9.95%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.30%) SQL
2 22 (5.76%) JavaScript
3 19 (4.97%) Python
4 8 (2.09%) C#
5 7 (1.83%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.57%) Java
6 6 (1.57%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.05%) R
8 3 (0.79%) Bash
9 2 (0.52%) Go
9 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.52%) VBA
10 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.26%) Perl
10 1 (0.26%) Scala
10 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 95 (24.87%) Degree
2 28 (7.33%) CBAP
3 23 (6.02%) Master's Degree
3 23 (6.02%) PMI Certification
4 18 (4.71%) PMP
5 15 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.31%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.05%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.05%) ACCA
9 4 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.05%) CCNA
9 4 (1.05%) CIMA
9 4 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.05%) CISSP
9 4 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.05%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.79%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.24%) GDPR
2 19 (4.97%) QA
3 15 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 12 (3.14%) NIST
5 11 (2.88%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.09%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.31%) PMO
8 4 (1.05%) GRC
9 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.52%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.52%) SEPA
10 2 (0.52%) SLA
11 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (4.19%) Docker
2 4 (1.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.05%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.52%) Argo
3 2 (0.52%) Control-M
3 2 (0.52%) Graylog
3 2 (0.52%) Kibana
3 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.52%) SCCM
3 2 (0.52%) SCOM
3 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 74 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.12%) Google
3 27 (7.07%) Salesforce
4 24 (6.28%) Adobe
5 19 (4.97%) YouTube
6 15 (3.93%) Dell
6 15 (3.93%) Oracle
7 14 (3.66%) SAP
8 11 (2.88%) MuleSoft
9 9 (2.36%) Ahrefs
9 9 (2.36%) Facebook
9 9 (2.36%) Screaming Frog
10 6 (1.57%) Instagram
10 6 (1.57%) Splunk
10 6 (1.57%) TikTok
11 5 (1.31%) Sitecore
11 5 (1.31%) Xilinx
12 4 (1.05%) Cisco
13 3 (0.79%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.79%) Zoho