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 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 327 396
Rank change year-on-year +152 +69 +228
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 212 144 89
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 0.72% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.92% 1.98% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 135 80 71
10th Percentile £28,500 £34,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £80,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%

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 5,409 7,269 8,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.75% 36.26% 39.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,516 4,168 6,536
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,713 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 24 November 2025.

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 15 (7.08%) Confluence
2 5 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.89%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) Drupal
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 52 (24.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.47%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.42%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.94%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.94%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.47%) iTrent
4 1 (0.47%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.47%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.72%) Azure
2 48 (22.64%) Power Platform
3 32 (15.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 27 (12.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 19 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.19%) Google Analytics
7 10 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (4.25%) SaaS
9 8 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.77%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.83%) AWS
11 5 (2.36%) Google Ads
12 4 (1.89%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.42%) Contentsquare
14 2 (0.94%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 2 (0.94%) MailChimp
15 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
15 1 (0.47%) GCP
15 1 (0.47%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.74%) Network Security
2 4 (1.89%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.89%) LAN
2 4 (1.89%) WAN
2 4 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.89%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.42%) Firewall
4 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.47%) Internet
5 1 (0.47%) Intranet
5 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (19.34%) Power BI
2 28 (13.21%) SQL Server
3 26 (12.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (11.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (5.19%) Tableau
6 10 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.94%) Looker
7 2 (0.94%) Metadata
7 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.47%) Power Query
8 1 (0.47%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 15 (7.08%) JIRA
2 4 (1.89%) Postman
3 1 (0.47%) Appium
3 1 (0.47%) Bazaar
3 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.47%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 212 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 134 (63.21%) Social Skills
3 87 (41.04%) Finance
4 63 (29.72%) Marketing
5 39 (18.40%) Manufacturing
6 31 (14.62%) Public Sector
7 29 (13.68%) Electronics
8 25 (11.79%) Telecoms
9 21 (9.91%) Legal
10 16 (7.55%) Law
11 15 (7.08%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (6.13%) Billing
13 11 (5.19%) Retail
14 9 (4.25%) French Language
14 9 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (2.83%) Mandarin Language
16 6 (2.83%) Portuguese Language
16 6 (2.83%) Spanish Language
17 5 (2.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 62 (29.25%) Analyst
2 28 (13.21%) Consultant
3 26 (12.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 26 (12.26%) Security Consultant
4 20 (9.43%) Business Analyst
5 14 (6.60%) Insight Analyst
6 13 (6.13%) Business Manager
7 12 (5.66%) Commercial Analyst
7 12 (5.66%) Data Analyst
7 12 (5.66%) Insight Manager
8 11 (5.19%) Graduate
8 11 (5.19%) Sales Manager
9 10 (4.72%) Lead
10 9 (4.25%) Architect
10 9 (4.25%) Senior
11 8 (3.77%) Enterprise Architect
11 8 (3.77%) Sales Executive
11 8 (3.77%) Support Analyst
12 7 (3.30%) Systems Analyst
13 6 (2.83%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.36%) HTML
2 4 (1.89%) CSS
3 2 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.94%) REST
3 2 (0.94%) Sass
3 2 (0.94%) XML
3 2 (0.94%) ZeroMQ
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
4 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.47%) Blazor
4 1 (0.47%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.47%) JSON
4 1 (0.47%) Middleware
4 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.21%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (10.38%) Onboarding
3 20 (9.43%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.25%) Social Media
6 8 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.83%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.83%) FMCG
8 4 (1.89%) CMDB
8 4 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.42%) PKI
9 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.94%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.94%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.77%) Windows
2 4 (1.89%) Linux
3 2 (0.94%) Unix
4 1 (0.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (36.32%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (32.08%) Analytics
2 68 (32.08%) Business Intelligence
3 62 (29.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (25.47%) AI
4 54 (25.47%) Decision-Making
5 45 (21.23%) Agile
6 42 (19.81%) Actionable Insight
7 38 (17.92%) Process Improvement
8 35 (16.51%) Cybersecurity
8 35 (16.51%) Data Analysis
9 33 (15.57%) Digital Marketing
9 33 (15.57%) Visualisation
10 31 (14.62%) DevOps
11 30 (14.15%) Mentoring
12 26 (12.26%) CRM
12 26 (12.26%) Programme Management
13 25 (11.79%) Vulnerability Management
14 24 (11.32%) Visual Analytics
14 24 (11.32%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.42%) SQL
2 24 (11.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 24 (11.32%) Python
3 11 (5.19%) C#
4 9 (4.25%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.30%) C++
6 6 (2.83%) C
7 5 (2.36%) VBA
8 3 (1.42%) Bicep
9 2 (0.94%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.94%) R
10 1 (0.47%) Bash
10 1 (0.47%) Go
10 1 (0.47%) Java
10 1 (0.47%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) VC++
Qualifications
1 44 (20.75%) Degree
2 38 (17.92%) Security Cleared
3 28 (13.21%) CISSP
4 26 (12.26%) CEH
5 25 (11.79%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (6.13%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.66%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 7 (3.30%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.89%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.42%) CISM
11 3 (1.42%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.47%) CISA
13 1 (0.47%) CRISC
13 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (13.21%) NIST
3 25 (11.79%) PCI DSS
4 13 (6.13%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (6.13%) Data Quality
5 11 (5.19%) Accessibility
6 8 (3.77%) QA
7 6 (2.83%) GDPR
7 6 (2.83%) GRC
8 3 (1.42%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.42%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.42%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.94%) GAAP
9 2 (0.94%) IFRS
9 2 (0.94%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.47%) EMIR
10 1 (0.47%) PMO
10 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.89%) Terraform
2 1 (0.47%) Ansible
2 1 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.47%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 31 (14.62%) SAP
3 18 (8.49%) Google
4 11 (5.19%) Autodesk
5 7 (3.30%) Hotjar
6 6 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.36%) Workday
8 4 (1.89%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.42%) Ahrefs
9 3 (1.42%) Databricks
9 3 (1.42%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.94%) Adobe
10 2 (0.94%) Hootsuite
10 2 (0.94%) Instagram
10 2 (0.94%) Oracle
10 2 (0.94%) YouTube
11 1 (0.47%) Apple
11 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.47%) BT
11 1 (0.47%) Pinterest