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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 314 431
Rank change year-on-year +88 +117 +152
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 162 119 100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.02% 0.74% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.00% 1.87% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 90 75 81
10th Percentile £30,165 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.98%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,875 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.46% +24.17% -10.00%

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 5,403 6,367 10,320
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.12% 39.83% 37.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,408 3,485 8,351
10th Percentile £28,500 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,800 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,206 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.14% +6.45% -11.54%

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 3 February 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 13 (8.02%) Confluence
2 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 43 (26.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.62%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (1.85%) SAP FI
1 3 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.23%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.23%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.23%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.62%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.62%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 65 (40.12%) Azure
2 43 (26.54%) Power Platform
3 28 (17.28%) Azure Data Factory
4 27 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 19 (11.73%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.17%) AWS
7 8 (4.94%) SaaS
7 8 (4.94%) Snowflake
8 6 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (3.09%) Google Analytics
10 4 (2.47%) GCP
11 3 (1.85%) GitHub
12 2 (1.23%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (1.23%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (1.23%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.23%) Google Ads
12 2 (1.23%) MailChimp
12 2 (1.23%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.09%) Firewall
1 5 (3.09%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.47%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.47%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.85%) Network Security
4 1 (0.62%) Broadband
4 1 (0.62%) DHCP
4 1 (0.62%) DNS
4 1 (0.62%) Internet
4 1 (0.62%) Intranet
4 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.62%) VLAN
4 1 (0.62%) VoIP
4 1 (0.62%) VPN
4 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (25.31%) Power BI
2 29 (17.90%) SQL Server
3 28 (17.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (14.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (8.02%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (6.79%) Tableau
7 3 (1.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.23%) Looker
8 2 (1.23%) Metadata
9 1 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.62%) Power Query
9 1 (0.62%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 16 (9.88%) JIRA
2 3 (1.85%) Postman
3 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.62%) Git
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.62%) TestRail
4 1 (0.62%) Zephyr
General
1 161 (99.38%) Analytical Skills
2 112 (69.14%) Social Skills
3 64 (39.51%) Finance
4 28 (17.28%) Marketing
5 21 (12.96%) Legal
6 14 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (8.02%) Billing
7 13 (8.02%) Law
8 11 (6.79%) Manufacturing
9 10 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (4.94%) Retail
11 7 (4.32%) French Language
11 7 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (3.70%) Front Office
12 6 (3.70%) Mandarin Language
12 6 (3.70%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (3.70%) Public Sector
12 6 (3.70%) Spanish Language
13 5 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (35.19%) Analyst
2 16 (9.88%) Business Analyst
3 14 (8.64%) Data Analyst
4 13 (8.02%) Business Manager
4 13 (8.02%) Insight Analyst
5 12 (7.41%) Commercial Analyst
5 12 (7.41%) Insight Manager
5 12 (7.41%) Senior
6 11 (6.79%) Sales Manager
7 9 (5.56%) Architect
7 9 (5.56%) Developer
7 9 (5.56%) Lead
8 8 (4.94%) Enterprise Architect
8 8 (4.94%) Sales Executive
9 5 (3.09%) IT Support
9 5 (3.09%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (2.47%) Campaign Manager
10 4 (2.47%) Front Office Developer
10 4 (2.47%) Support Analyst
10 4 (2.47%) UX Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.47%) CSS
1 4 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
1 4 (2.47%) HTML
1 4 (2.47%) Sass
1 4 (2.47%) ZeroMQ
2 2 (1.23%) Flutter
2 2 (1.23%) React
2 2 (1.23%) XML
2 2 (1.23%) XSLT
3 1 (0.62%) .NET
3 1 (0.62%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.62%) Blazor
3 1 (0.62%) Django
3 1 (0.62%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.62%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.62%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (0.62%) Middleware
3 1 (0.62%) Playwright
3 1 (0.62%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.90%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (13.58%) Product Ownership
3 15 (9.26%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.79%) Management Information System
5 10 (6.17%) Social Media
6 9 (5.56%) Algorithms
7 8 (4.94%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (3.09%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.09%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.09%) FMCG
8 5 (3.09%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.47%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.85%) PKI
11 2 (1.23%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (1.23%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.23%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.70%) Linux
1 6 (3.70%) Windows
2 2 (1.23%) Unix
3 1 (0.62%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (37.65%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (37.04%) Analytics
3 59 (36.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (29.63%) Decision-Making
5 46 (28.40%) Agile
6 43 (26.54%) Business Intelligence
7 40 (24.69%) Actionable Insight
8 39 (24.07%) AI
9 36 (22.22%) Data Analysis
10 33 (20.37%) Process Improvement
10 33 (20.37%) Visualisation
11 28 (17.28%) DevOps
12 24 (14.81%) Visual Analytics
12 24 (14.81%) WFM
13 20 (12.35%) CI/CD
14 19 (11.73%) CRM
15 18 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
16 17 (10.49%) Data Modelling
17 16 (9.88%) Time Management
17 16 (9.88%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 57 (35.19%) SQL
2 37 (22.84%) Python
3 24 (14.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (6.79%) C#
5 10 (6.17%) C++
6 8 (4.94%) C
7 6 (3.70%) VBA
8 5 (3.09%) Go
8 5 (3.09%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.09%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.85%) Bicep
9 3 (1.85%) Java
10 2 (1.23%) Bash
10 2 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.23%) R
10 2 (1.23%) VC++
11 1 (0.62%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (22.84%) Degree
2 15 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 8 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.32%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.09%) Master's Degree
7 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.47%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.85%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.62%) CISA
11 1 (0.62%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.62%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.62%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.26%) Data Quality
2 13 (8.02%) Actionable Recommendations
3 12 (7.41%) QA
4 10 (6.17%) Accessibility
5 5 (3.09%) GRC
5 5 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.47%) GDPR
7 3 (1.85%) ISO 14001
7 3 (1.85%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.85%) NEBOSH
8 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.23%) EMIR
8 2 (1.23%) GAAP
8 2 (1.23%) IFRS
8 2 (1.23%) NIST
8 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.62%) Firmware
2 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.94%) Terraform
2 4 (2.47%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.23%) Ansible
5 1 (0.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.62%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (25.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.79%) Autodesk
3 9 (5.56%) Google
4 5 (3.09%) SAP
5 3 (1.85%) Ahrefs
5 3 (1.85%) Apple
5 3 (1.85%) BT
5 3 (1.85%) Databricks
5 3 (1.85%) Oracle
5 3 (1.85%) Screaming Frog
6 2 (1.23%) Hootsuite
6 2 (1.23%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.23%) Instagram
6 2 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.23%) YouTube
7 1 (0.62%) Adobe
7 1 (0.62%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.62%) Dell
7 1 (0.62%) HP
7 1 (0.62%) Salesforce