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 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 314 391
Rank change year-on-year +131 +77 +213
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 202 134 82
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 0.76% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.79% 1.96% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 128 74 65
10th Percentile £30,165 £37,550 £31,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,625 £70,938 £65,769
90th Percentile £91,275 £85,250 £88,023
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 5,325 6,837 7,711
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.72% 38.85% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,464 3,922 6,013
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,063 £83,750 £82,674
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.34%

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 16 December 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 14 (6.93%) Confluence
2 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.99%) CMS
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 51 (25.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.97%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.50%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.49%) SAP FI
1 3 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.99%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.99%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.50%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 63 (31.19%) Azure
2 42 (20.79%) Power Platform
3 28 (13.86%) Azure Data Factory
4 27 (13.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 17 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.96%) Snowflake
7 7 (3.47%) AWS
7 7 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.47%) Google Analytics
7 7 (3.47%) SaaS
8 6 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.48%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.99%) GCP
10 2 (0.99%) MailChimp
10 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.50%) Google Tag Manager
11 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.86%) Network Security
2 5 (2.48%) Firewall
3 4 (1.98%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.98%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.98%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.99%) WAN
5 1 (0.50%) DHCP
5 1 (0.50%) DNS
5 1 (0.50%) Internet
5 1 (0.50%) Intranet
5 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.50%) LAN
5 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.50%) VLAN
5 1 (0.50%) VoIP
5 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (19.31%) Power BI
2 28 (13.86%) SQL Server
3 27 (13.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (11.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (5.45%) Tableau
6 10 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.99%) Looker
7 2 (0.99%) Metadata
7 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.50%) Power Query
8 1 (0.50%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 16 (7.92%) JIRA
2 4 (1.98%) Postman
3 1 (0.50%) Appium
3 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.50%) Git
3 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.50%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.50%) Selenium
3 1 (0.50%) TestRail
General
1 202 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 128 (63.37%) Social Skills
3 88 (43.56%) Finance
4 59 (29.21%) Marketing
5 37 (18.32%) Manufacturing
6 31 (15.35%) Public Sector
7 29 (14.36%) Electronics
8 25 (12.38%) Telecoms
9 24 (11.88%) Legal
10 14 (6.93%) Law
10 14 (6.93%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (6.44%) Billing
12 10 (4.95%) Retail
13 9 (4.46%) French Language
13 9 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (2.97%) Mandarin Language
15 6 (2.97%) Portuguese Language
15 6 (2.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 57 (28.22%) Analyst
2 28 (13.86%) Consultant
3 26 (12.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 26 (12.87%) Security Consultant
4 17 (8.42%) Business Analyst
5 13 (6.44%) Business Manager
5 13 (6.44%) Data Analyst
5 13 (6.44%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (5.94%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (5.94%) Insight Manager
7 11 (5.45%) Sales Manager
8 10 (4.95%) Senior
9 9 (4.46%) Architect
10 8 (3.96%) Enterprise Architect
10 8 (3.96%) Graduate
10 8 (3.96%) Sales Executive
11 7 (3.47%) Developer
11 7 (3.47%) Lead
11 7 (3.47%) Systems Analyst
12 5 (2.48%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.98%) CSS
1 4 (1.98%) HTML
2 3 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.49%) Sass
2 3 (1.49%) ZeroMQ
3 2 (0.99%) XML
3 2 (0.99%) XSLT
4 1 (0.50%) .NET
4 1 (0.50%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.50%) Blazor
4 1 (0.50%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.50%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (0.50%) Middleware
4 1 (0.50%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.50%) Playwright
4 1 (0.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.37%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (10.40%) Product Ownership
3 20 (9.90%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.45%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.46%) Social Media
6 8 (3.96%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.47%) FMCG
8 5 (2.48%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.48%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.98%) CMDB
9 4 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.49%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.49%) PKI
11 2 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.99%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.97%) Windows
2 5 (2.48%) Linux
3 2 (0.99%) Unix
4 1 (0.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (34.16%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (32.67%) Business Intelligence
3 62 (30.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 60 (29.70%) Analytics
5 52 (25.74%) AI
6 50 (24.75%) Decision-Making
7 46 (22.77%) Agile
8 40 (19.80%) Actionable Insight
9 37 (18.32%) Data Analysis
10 36 (17.82%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (17.82%) Process Improvement
11 33 (16.34%) Digital Marketing
11 33 (16.34%) Visualisation
12 29 (14.36%) Mentoring
13 27 (13.37%) DevOps
14 26 (12.87%) Programme Management
15 25 (12.38%) Vulnerability Management
16 24 (11.88%) Visual Analytics
16 24 (11.88%) WFM
17 20 (9.90%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 55 (27.23%) SQL
2 29 (14.36%) Python
3 24 (11.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (4.95%) C#
5 9 (4.46%) C++
6 7 (3.47%) C
7 6 (2.97%) VBA
8 5 (2.48%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.98%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.49%) Bicep
11 2 (0.99%) Bash
11 2 (0.99%) Java
11 2 (0.99%) R
11 2 (0.99%) VC++
12 1 (0.50%) Go
12 1 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (20.79%) Degree
2 38 (18.81%) Security Cleared
3 27 (13.37%) CISSP
4 26 (12.87%) CEH
5 25 (12.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (6.44%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 7 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.47%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.98%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.49%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.99%) CISM
13 1 (0.50%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.50%) CISA
13 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (13.86%) NIST
3 25 (12.38%) PCI DSS
4 13 (6.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (6.44%) Data Quality
5 12 (5.94%) QA
6 10 (4.95%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.97%) GRC
8 4 (1.98%) GDPR
9 3 (1.49%) ISO 14001
9 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.49%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.99%) EMIR
10 2 (0.99%) GAAP
10 2 (0.99%) IFRS
10 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.50%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Firmware
2 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.48%) Terraform
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.99%) Ansible
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.85%) SAP
3 14 (6.93%) Google
4 11 (5.45%) Autodesk
5 5 (2.48%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.48%) Workday
6 4 (1.98%) Hotjar
7 3 (1.49%) Ahrefs
7 3 (1.49%) Databricks
7 3 (1.49%) Oracle
7 3 (1.49%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.99%) Apple
8 2 (0.99%) Hootsuite
8 2 (0.99%) Instagram
8 2 (0.99%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.99%) YouTube
9 1 (0.50%) Adobe
9 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.50%) BT
9 1 (0.50%) Fortinet