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 have cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 704 776
Rank change year-on-year +209 +72 -116
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 457 280 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.28% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.30% 0.66% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 304 181 214
10th Percentile £26,325 £23,750 £29,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £79,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +4.65%

All Generic Skills
UK

Analytical Mindset is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024. 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 +210 405 £42,500 -15.00% 184
UK excluding London +86 312 £42,500 -15.00% 116
Work from Home +107 124 £48,750 -15.22% 79
South East +73 121 £47,500 +6.15% 21
London +143 119 £62,500 -3.85% 73
North of England +37 47 £37,500 -20.63% 41
South West +5 47 £40,000 -23.81% 18
Midlands +9 43 £29,000 -42.00% 13
North West +6 30 £37,500 -16.67% 22
West Midlands +17 27 £32,500 -31.58% 7
East of England +20 24 £42,500 -34.62% 14
Scotland -47 21 £62,500 +155.10% 7
Yorkshire +84 16 £38,810 -13.76% 15
East Midlands +5 16 £29,000 -55.38% 6
Wales -4 5 £50,000 +11.11% 1
Isle of Man - 4 - - 2
North East -23 1 £29,500 -44.46% 4

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 15 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.44%) Apache
4 2 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 66 (14.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.09%) OrCAD
3 5 (1.09%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
1 3 (0.66%) Shopify
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.44%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.22%) iTrent
3 1 (0.22%) JDE OneWorld
3 1 (0.22%) JDE World
3 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 77 (16.85%) Power Platform
2 51 (11.16%) Azure
3 29 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (5.69%) AWS
5 14 (3.06%) SaaS
6 12 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (1.53%) GCP
8 7 (1.53%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.53%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.09%) Google Analytics
10 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.66%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.66%) IaaS
11 3 (0.66%) PaaS
11 3 (0.66%) Serverless
11 3 (0.66%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.28%) Ethernet
2 11 (2.41%) RS-232
3 9 (1.97%) DNS
4 8 (1.75%) Intranet
5 7 (1.53%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (1.31%) Firewall
7 4 (0.88%) HTTP
7 4 (0.88%) Profibus
7 4 (0.88%) WAN
8 3 (0.66%) LAN
8 3 (0.66%) SAN
9 2 (0.44%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.44%) DHCP
9 2 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.44%) Network Security
9 2 (0.44%) SMTP
9 2 (0.44%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.22%) HSRP
10 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (13.79%) Power BI
2 22 (4.81%) Tableau
3 11 (2.41%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (1.53%) Spotfire
6 6 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.88%) Big Data
7 4 (0.88%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.88%) PowerPivot
7 4 (0.88%) QlikView
8 3 (0.66%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.44%) DB2
9 2 (0.44%) Looker
9 2 (0.44%) Redis
9 2 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (1.75%) Git
1 8 (1.75%) JIRA
2 7 (1.53%) RStudio
3 5 (1.09%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.22%) Bugzilla
5 1 (0.22%) Selenium
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 457 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 248 (54.27%) Social Skills
3 95 (20.79%) Marketing
4 77 (16.85%) Retail
5 75 (16.41%) Finance
6 61 (13.35%) Advertising
7 53 (11.60%) German Language
7 53 (11.60%) Manufacturing
8 29 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (6.13%) Electronics
10 26 (5.69%) Legal
11 20 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (3.50%) Public Sector
13 15 (3.28%) Law
14 14 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (2.41%) Aerospace
16 9 (1.97%) Banking
16 9 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.09%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 107 (23.41%) Analyst
2 58 (12.69%) Graduate
3 34 (7.44%) Lead
4 33 (7.22%) Senior
5 29 (6.35%) Developer
6 22 (4.81%) Data Analyst
7 17 (3.72%) Architect
7 17 (3.72%) Software Engineer
8 14 (3.06%) IT Support
8 14 (3.06%) Product Manager
9 13 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.63%) Data Manager
10 12 (2.63%) Data Steward
11 11 (2.41%) Applications Support
11 11 (2.41%) IT Analyst
11 11 (2.41%) Support Analyst
12 10 (2.19%) Business Manager
12 10 (2.19%) Consultant
12 10 (2.19%) Junior
12 10 (2.19%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.19%) .NET
1 10 (2.19%) HTML
2 4 (0.88%) ARM Templates
2 4 (0.88%) CSS
2 4 (0.88%) JSON
3 3 (0.66%) Django
3 3 (0.66%) Flask
3 3 (0.66%) Guice
3 3 (0.66%) Hibernate
3 3 (0.66%) RESTful
3 3 (0.66%) Spring
3 3 (0.66%) Spring Boot
3 3 (0.66%) Web Services
3 3 (0.66%) XML
4 2 (0.44%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.44%) EDI
4 2 (0.44%) HTML5
4 2 (0.44%) Memcached
4 2 (0.44%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.69%) Social Media
2 52 (11.38%) Photography
3 33 (7.22%) Management Information System
4 30 (6.56%) Algorithms
5 22 (4.81%) Analogue Electronics
5 22 (4.81%) Product Ownership
5 22 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (4.38%) Data Structures
7 17 (3.72%) FPGA
8 14 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
9 11 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.41%) VHDL
10 9 (1.97%) Fibre Optics
10 9 (1.97%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.53%) Biopharmaceutical
11 7 (1.53%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.53%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.53%) Robotics
12 6 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.94%) Linux
1 18 (3.94%) Windows
2 6 (1.31%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.88%) Android
5 2 (0.44%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.44%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.44%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (47.70%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 75 (16.41%) Analytics
4 68 (14.88%) Project Management
5 60 (13.13%) Business Intelligence
6 56 (12.25%) Agile
7 55 (12.04%) Decision-Making
7 55 (12.04%) Strategic Planning
8 53 (11.60%) Computer Science
9 51 (11.16%) Mathematics
10 44 (9.63%) Physics
11 42 (9.19%) ERP
12 39 (8.53%) Customer Service
13 33 (7.22%) Data Analysis
14 31 (6.78%) Roadmaps
15 29 (6.35%) Collaborative Working
16 28 (6.13%) Cybersecurity
16 28 (6.13%) E-Commerce
16 28 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (6.13%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 60 (13.13%) SQL
2 52 (11.38%) Python
3 36 (7.88%) C
4 23 (5.03%) Java
5 22 (4.81%) C++
6 17 (3.72%) C#
6 17 (3.72%) Fortran
7 12 (2.63%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.53%) R
9 6 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.88%) Bicep
10 4 (0.88%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.66%) Scala
12 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.44%) RPG
12 2 (0.44%) Tcl
12 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 171 (37.42%) Degree
2 63 (13.79%) DBS Check
3 31 (6.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (6.13%) PhD
4 28 (6.13%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.13%) Security Cleared
5 22 (4.81%) Master's Degree
6 19 (4.16%) Azure Certification
7 18 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.41%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.97%) CISSP
11 7 (1.53%) A+ Certification
11 7 (1.53%) CCNP
11 7 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (1.31%) CCNA
12 6 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.88%) CEH
13 4 (0.88%) CISM
14 3 (0.66%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.91%) QA
2 22 (4.81%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.97%) GDPR
6 4 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.88%) ISO 13485
6 4 (0.88%) NIST
6 4 (0.88%) SLA
7 3 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.44%) MISRA
8 2 (0.44%) MISRA C
8 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.44%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.22%) JTAG
9 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (2.63%) Firmware
2 9 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.31%) QRadar
2 4 (0.88%) Terraform
3 3 (0.66%) Ansible
3 3 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.22%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 102 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.84%) Splunk
3 10 (2.19%) Google
4 9 (1.97%) Meraki
5 8 (1.75%) IBM
6 7 (1.53%) Alteryx
6 7 (1.53%) Cisco
6 7 (1.53%) ForeScout
6 7 (1.53%) SAP
7 6 (1.31%) Canon
7 6 (1.31%) McAfee
7 6 (1.31%) Rapid7
8 5 (1.09%) Apple
8 5 (1.09%) Oracle
8 5 (1.09%) VMware
9 4 (0.88%) IFS
9 4 (0.88%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.66%) Cadence
10 3 (0.66%) Dell
10 3 (0.66%) Facebook