Hybrid/Remote Analytical Mindset Job Trends

Analytical Mindset
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 261 347
Rank change year-on-year -59 +86 +81
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 143 163 145
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 1.00% 0.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.59% 2.38% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 97 114 78
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £39,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £64,500 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £90,750 £90,125
UK median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £52,097
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.02% +4.19%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,015 6,835 7,846
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.65% 42.13% 33.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,416 3,555 4,898
10th Percentile £33,250 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Mindset and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Analytical Mindset
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Mindset.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Mindset over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Analytical Mindset salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Analytical Mindset
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (2.80%) WordPress
2 2 (1.40%) Apache
2 2 (1.40%) Confluence
2 2 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (2.10%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.70%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.59%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.80%) Infor M3
2 4 (2.80%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (2.80%) JDE World
3 3 (2.10%) Shopify
4 2 (1.40%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.70%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.29%) Azure
2 14 (9.79%) Google Analytics
2 14 (9.79%) Power Platform
3 13 (9.09%) SaaS
4 9 (6.29%) AWS
4 9 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.20%) Canva
5 6 (4.20%) GCP
6 5 (3.50%) Bloomreach
6 5 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.80%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.10%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.40%) dbt
9 2 (1.40%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.40%) GitHub
9 2 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.40%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.70%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.90%) SMS
2 4 (2.80%) FTP
2 4 (2.80%) HTTP
2 4 (2.80%) Internet
2 4 (2.80%) LAN
2 4 (2.80%) SMTP
2 4 (2.80%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.80%) WAN
3 2 (1.40%) J1939
4 1 (0.70%) 5G
4 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.09%) Power BI
2 4 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.10%) Big Data
4 2 (1.40%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.40%) Metadata
4 2 (1.40%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.70%) GIS
5 1 (0.70%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.70%) Power Query
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Git
2 4 (2.80%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.10%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.10%) JIRA
4 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.70%) JMeter
4 1 (0.70%) Postman
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 143 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 59 (41.26%) Social Skills
3 35 (24.48%) Finance
4 23 (16.08%) Marketing
5 14 (9.79%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (6.99%) Advertising
8 8 (5.59%) Legal
9 7 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (4.20%) Brand Awareness
11 5 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.50%) German Language
11 5 (3.50%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.80%) Law
12 4 (2.80%) Manufacturing
13 3 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (2.10%) Retail
14 2 (1.40%) Local Government
15 1 (0.70%) Billing
15 1 (0.70%) French Language
Job Titles
1 28 (19.58%) Analyst
2 15 (10.49%) Compliance Manager
3 10 (6.99%) Developer
3 10 (6.99%) Lead
4 9 (6.29%) Applications Support
5 8 (5.59%) Applications Support Analyst
5 8 (5.59%) Business Analyst
5 8 (5.59%) Support Analyst
6 7 (4.90%) Commercial Manager
6 7 (4.90%) Senior
6 7 (4.90%) Vendor Manager
7 6 (4.20%) Marketing Manager
8 5 (3.50%) Coordinator
8 5 (3.50%) CRM Coordinator
8 5 (3.50%) Marketing Executive
8 5 (3.50%) Sales and Marketing Manager
8 5 (3.50%) Sales Manager
8 5 (3.50%) Software Developer
9 4 (2.80%) Accountant
9 4 (2.80%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.59%) .NET
2 6 (4.20%) JSON
3 5 (3.50%) AngularJS
3 5 (3.50%) Terraform
4 4 (2.80%) LDAP
5 2 (1.40%) HTML
5 2 (1.40%) Kafka
5 2 (1.40%) RESTful
6 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.70%) CSS
6 1 (0.70%) Ember.js
6 1 (0.70%) Flutter
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.70%) Phoenix
6 1 (0.70%) Phoenix Framework
6 1 (0.70%) PySpark
6 1 (0.70%) React
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.70%) TAPI
6 1 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.99%) Blog
2 8 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.59%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.90%) Credit Risk
3 7 (4.90%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.20%) Social Media
4 6 (4.20%) Video Editing
5 5 (3.50%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.80%) Podcast
6 4 (2.80%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.10%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 39 (27.27%) Analytics
3 37 (25.87%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (22.38%) Project Management
5 29 (20.28%) Decision-Making
6 26 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 22 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (14.69%) Agile
8 21 (14.69%) AI
9 19 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (12.59%) Project Delivery
10 18 (12.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (11.89%) CRM
11 17 (11.89%) Logistics
12 16 (11.19%) Data Security
13 15 (10.49%) DevOps
13 15 (10.49%) Internal Audit
13 15 (10.49%) Performance Management
13 15 (10.49%) Regulatory Compliance
13 15 (10.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.18%) SQL
2 14 (9.79%) Python
3 11 (7.69%) T-SQL
4 7 (4.90%) C#
5 6 (4.20%) Java
6 4 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.80%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.10%) C++
7 3 (2.10%) Go
8 2 (1.40%) C
8 2 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.70%) Bash
9 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.70%) Elm
9 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.70%) Scala
9 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.70%) VB
9 1 (0.70%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.70%) XPath
Qualifications
1 22 (15.38%) Degree
2 13 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.59%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.50%) ACCA
4 5 (3.50%) CIMA
5 4 (2.80%) AAT
5 4 (2.80%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.10%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.40%) IRCA
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.70%) CFA
8 1 (0.70%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.69%) Data Quality
2 17 (11.89%) ISO 9001
3 16 (11.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (10.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (10.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 15 (10.49%) ISO 14001
4 15 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 13 (9.09%) QA
6 9 (6.29%) GDPR
7 3 (2.10%) PMO
8 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.70%) GRC
8 1 (0.70%) MiFID
8 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.40%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.80%) QRadar
2 2 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Ansible
3 1 (0.70%) Grafana
3 1 (0.70%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 22 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.59%) Google
3 8 (5.59%) Adobe
4 7 (4.90%) HubSpot
4 7 (4.90%) Oracle
5 6 (4.20%) SAP
6 4 (2.80%) ArcSight
6 4 (2.80%) Epicor
6 4 (2.80%) IFS
6 4 (2.80%) Infor
6 4 (2.80%) JD Edwards
6 4 (2.80%) Marketo
6 4 (2.80%) Pardot
6 4 (2.80%) Splunk
7 3 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.40%) Facebook
8 2 (1.40%) Instagram
8 2 (1.40%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.70%) Thales
9 1 (0.70%) YouTube