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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 334 449
Rank change year-on-year +95 +115 +145
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 141 88 112
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.85% 0.63% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.46% 1.50% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 80 62 86
10th Percentile £30,149 £31,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -20.83%
75th Percentile £79,063 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,875 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,438 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.83% +23.19% -14.29%

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 5,742 5,869 11,030
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.60% 41.92% 36.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,530 3,560 8,984
10th Percentile £29,590 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +9.09% -15.38%

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 March 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 1 (0.71%) Confluence
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 36 (25.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.13%) SAP FI
1 3 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.42%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.42%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.42%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.71%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.71%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 50 (35.46%) Azure
2 35 (24.82%) Power Platform
3 26 (18.44%) Azure Data Factory
3 26 (18.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 11 (7.80%) AWS
5 10 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (6.38%) SaaS
7 7 (4.96%) GitHub
8 6 (4.26%) GCP
8 6 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.13%) Google Analytics
10 3 (2.13%) Tricentis Tosca
11 2 (1.42%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.71%) Figma
12 1 (0.71%) IaaS
12 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.55%) Firewall
1 5 (3.55%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.84%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.84%) Wireshark
3 3 (2.13%) Network Security
4 1 (0.71%) Broadband
4 1 (0.71%) DHCP
4 1 (0.71%) DNS
4 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.71%) VLAN
4 1 (0.71%) VoIP
4 1 (0.71%) VPN
4 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (24.11%) Power BI
2 27 (19.15%) SQL Server
3 26 (18.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (17.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (3.55%) Tableau
6 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.42%) Metadata
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.71%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.71%) Looker
8 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.84%) JIRA
2 3 (2.13%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.71%) Git
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.71%) Postman
3 1 (0.71%) TestRail
3 1 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 140 (99.29%) Analytical Skills
2 100 (70.92%) Social Skills
3 56 (39.72%) Finance
4 18 (12.77%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (9.22%) Billing
5 13 (9.22%) Legal
6 10 (7.09%) Marketing
7 9 (6.38%) Law
7 9 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 9 (6.38%) Retail
8 8 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.96%) Front Office
9 7 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (4.26%) Automotive
10 6 (4.26%) Public Sector
11 5 (3.55%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.84%) Electronics
12 4 (2.84%) French Language
12 4 (2.84%) German Language
12 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (34.04%) Analyst
2 15 (10.64%) Data Analyst
3 13 (9.22%) Business Analyst
3 13 (9.22%) Business Manager
3 13 (9.22%) Insight Analyst
4 12 (8.51%) Commercial Analyst
4 12 (8.51%) Insight Manager
5 10 (7.09%) Lead
6 8 (5.67%) Sales Manager
6 8 (5.67%) Senior
7 6 (4.26%) Developer
7 6 (4.26%) Junior
7 6 (4.26%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) IT Support
8 5 (3.55%) Sales Executive
9 4 (2.84%) Head of QA
9 4 (2.84%) Junior Data Analyst
9 4 (2.84%) Sales Analyst
9 4 (2.84%) Sales Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.84%) FIX Protocol
1 4 (2.84%) Sass
1 4 (2.84%) ZeroMQ
2 3 (2.13%) .NET
2 3 (2.13%) CSS
2 3 (2.13%) Flutter
2 3 (2.13%) HTML
2 3 (2.13%) React
2 3 (2.13%) XML
2 3 (2.13%) XSLT
3 1 (0.71%) Django
3 1 (0.71%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.71%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (0.71%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.15%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.38%) Algorithms
2 9 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.96%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.26%) Social Media
5 5 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.55%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.55%) FMCG
5 5 (3.55%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.84%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.13%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.13%) PKI
7 3 (2.13%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.42%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.42%) Life Science
8 2 (1.42%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.42%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.96%) Windows
2 6 (4.26%) Linux
3 2 (1.42%) Unix
4 1 (0.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (39.72%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (37.59%) Analytics
3 49 (34.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (26.95%) Decision-Making
5 37 (26.24%) Actionable Insight
6 36 (25.53%) Data Analysis
7 35 (24.82%) Business Intelligence
7 35 (24.82%) Process Improvement
8 33 (23.40%) Visualisation
9 27 (19.15%) Agile
10 24 (17.02%) AI
10 24 (17.02%) Visual Analytics
10 24 (17.02%) WFM
11 20 (14.18%) CI/CD
12 16 (11.35%) DevOps
12 16 (11.35%) Performance Monitoring
13 15 (10.64%) Data Modelling
13 15 (10.64%) Time Management
14 14 (9.93%) Customer Experience
15 13 (9.22%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 44 (31.21%) SQL
2 30 (21.28%) Python
3 24 (17.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (7.80%) C#
4 11 (7.80%) C++
5 8 (5.67%) C
6 7 (4.96%) Go
6 7 (4.96%) VBA
7 6 (4.26%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.55%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.84%) Java
10 3 (2.13%) Bash
10 3 (2.13%) Bicep
10 3 (2.13%) VC++
11 2 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.71%) PHP
12 1 (0.71%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (26.24%) Degree
2 15 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.93%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 8 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.96%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.55%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.84%) IRCA
9 3 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.13%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (1.42%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.71%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.77%) QA
2 17 (12.06%) Data Quality
3 12 (8.51%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (5.67%) ISO 9001
5 6 (4.26%) GDPR
5 6 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (3.55%) GRC
7 4 (2.84%) ISO 14001
7 4 (2.84%) Software Quality Assurance
8 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.13%) EMIR
8 3 (2.13%) NEBOSH
9 2 (1.42%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.42%) GAAP
9 2 (1.42%) IFRS
9 2 (1.42%) NIST
9 2 (1.42%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.71%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.71%) Docker
3 1 (0.71%) Firmware
3 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (7.09%) Terraform
2 5 (3.55%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.13%) Ansible
5 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 35 (24.82%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.38%) Autodesk
3 5 (3.55%) Google
4 4 (2.84%) Oracle
5 3 (2.13%) Apple
5 3 (2.13%) SAP
5 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.42%) Ahrefs
6 2 (1.42%) BT
6 2 (1.42%) Databricks
6 2 (1.42%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.42%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (0.71%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.71%) Dell
7 1 (0.71%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.71%) HP