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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 306 453
Rank change year-on-year +31 +147 +128
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 119 93 119
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 0.69% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.91% 1.63% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 78 63 87
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,978 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £71,938 £77,500 £63,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £43,100
% change year-on-year -18.18% +27.61% -13.80%

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 6,219 5,709 11,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.34% 42.41% 36.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,925 3,697 9,252
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,001
90th Percentile £101,150 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 30 April 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 (3.36%) WordPress
2 3 (2.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) Apache
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (2.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.84%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 4 (3.36%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.52%) Infor M3
2 3 (2.52%) JDE OneWorld
2 3 (2.52%) JDE World
2 3 (2.52%) SAP FI
2 3 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.68%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.68%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.68%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.84%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.84%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.85%) Azure
2 14 (11.76%) AWS
3 11 (9.24%) Power Platform
3 11 (9.24%) SaaS
4 10 (8.40%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.72%) GCP
5 8 (6.72%) Google Analytics
6 7 (5.88%) GitHub
7 6 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.36%) Canva
9 3 (2.52%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.52%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (1.68%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.68%) dbt
10 2 (1.68%) Figma
10 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.04%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.20%) Firewall
3 3 (2.52%) Network Security
3 3 (2.52%) WAN
4 2 (1.68%) FTP
4 2 (1.68%) HTTP
4 2 (1.68%) Internet
4 2 (1.68%) LAN
4 2 (1.68%) SMTP
5 1 (0.84%) Broadband
5 1 (0.84%) DHCP
5 1 (0.84%) DNS
5 1 (0.84%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.84%) SMS
5 1 (0.84%) VLAN
5 1 (0.84%) VoIP
5 1 (0.84%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) Power BI
2 6 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.36%) Tableau
4 3 (2.52%) Big Data
4 3 (2.52%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.68%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.68%) Metadata
5 2 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.84%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.84%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.84%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) JIRA
2 3 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.68%) Git
4 1 (0.84%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.84%) TestRail
4 1 (0.84%) Zephyr
General
1 118 (99.16%) Analytical Skills
2 67 (56.30%) Social Skills
3 33 (27.73%) Finance
4 16 (13.45%) Marketing
5 11 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.56%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (5.88%) Legal
9 6 (5.04%) Front Office
10 5 (4.20%) Advertising
10 5 (4.20%) German Language
10 5 (4.20%) Law
10 5 (4.20%) Public Sector
10 5 (4.20%) Retail
11 4 (3.36%) Brand Awareness
12 3 (2.52%) Automotive
12 3 (2.52%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.68%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (29.41%) Analyst
2 15 (12.61%) Business Analyst
2 15 (12.61%) Lead
3 9 (7.56%) Senior
4 8 (6.72%) Developer
5 7 (5.88%) Compliance Manager
5 7 (5.88%) Data Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (5.04%) Head of QA
6 6 (5.04%) Junior
6 6 (5.04%) Junior Analyst
7 4 (3.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (3.36%) Data Engineer
7 4 (3.36%) Junior Data Analyst
7 4 (3.36%) Lead Business Analyst
7 4 (3.36%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 4 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (3.36%) SOC Analyst
7 4 (3.36%) Support Analyst
7 4 (3.36%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) .NET
1 4 (3.36%) Flutter
1 4 (3.36%) React
2 3 (2.52%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.52%) Sass
2 3 (2.52%) XML
2 3 (2.52%) XSLT
2 3 (2.52%) ZeroMQ
3 2 (1.68%) CSS
3 2 (1.68%) HTML
3 2 (1.68%) LDAP
4 1 (0.84%) Django
4 1 (0.84%) DOM
4 1 (0.84%) Ember.js
4 1 (0.84%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.84%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (0.84%) JSON
4 1 (0.84%) Kafka
4 1 (0.84%) Phoenix Framework
4 1 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.88%) Algorithms
1 7 (5.88%) Cloud Native
1 7 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.04%) Social Media
2 6 (5.04%) Web Conferencing
3 5 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.20%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.20%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.36%) Podcast
4 4 (3.36%) Video Editing
5 3 (2.52%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.68%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.20%) Windows
2 3 (2.52%) Linux
3 1 (0.84%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.97%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (26.05%) Analytics
3 30 (25.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (24.37%) Agile
5 19 (15.97%) DevOps
6 17 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 17 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (12.61%) Project Management
8 14 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (11.76%) Decision-Making
9 13 (10.92%) Project Delivery
10 12 (10.08%) Infrastructure as Code
10 12 (10.08%) Service Delivery
10 12 (10.08%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.24%) CRM
11 11 (9.24%) Customer Experience
11 11 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (9.24%) ERP
11 11 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (9.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.53%) Python
2 22 (18.49%) SQL
3 11 (9.24%) C#
4 8 (6.72%) Java
5 7 (5.88%) C++
5 7 (5.88%) Go
6 6 (5.04%) PowerShell
7 5 (4.20%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.36%) VBA
9 3 (2.52%) Bash
9 3 (2.52%) Bicep
9 3 (2.52%) C
9 3 (2.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.52%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.52%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.52%) VC++
10 1 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.84%) Elm
10 1 (0.84%) Scala
10 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (17.65%) Degree
2 11 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.72%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.04%) IRCA
5 4 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.36%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.52%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.68%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.84%) ACCA
8 1 (0.84%) CIMA
8 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.84%) IIBA
8 1 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.84%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.81%) QA
2 13 (10.92%) ISO 9001
3 12 (10.08%) Data Quality
4 9 (7.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (7.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (6.72%) GDPR
6 7 (5.88%) ISO 14001
6 7 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 4 (3.36%) Software Quality Assurance
8 3 (2.52%) EMIR
9 2 (1.68%) GAAP
9 2 (1.68%) GRC
9 2 (1.68%) IFRS
9 2 (1.68%) NIST
9 2 (1.68%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.84%) PMO
10 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.68%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.84%) Firmware
3 1 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (9.24%) Terraform
2 5 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.52%) Ansible
5 2 (1.68%) QRadar
6 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.84%) Grafana
Vendors
1 32 (26.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.24%) Google
3 8 (6.72%) Oracle
4 6 (5.04%) Adobe
4 6 (5.04%) SAP
5 5 (4.20%) HubSpot
6 4 (3.36%) Marketo
6 4 (3.36%) Pardot
7 3 (2.52%) Apple
7 3 (2.52%) Databricks
7 3 (2.52%) Epicor
7 3 (2.52%) IFS
7 3 (2.52%) Infor
7 3 (2.52%) JD Edwards
7 3 (2.52%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.68%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.68%) BT
8 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.68%) Splunk
9 1 (0.84%) Hotjar