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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 260 346
Rank change year-on-year -69 +86 +65
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 136 172 146
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 1.02% 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.43% 2.48% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 88 121 80
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £41,144 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,750 £88,375
UK median annual salary £49,425 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.15% -9.09% +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 9,496 6,947 7,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.18% 41.22% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,475 3,485 4,431
10th Percentile £32,530 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,000 £46,278
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -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 4 October 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 (2.94%) WordPress
2 2 (1.47%) Apache
2 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.74%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 15 (11.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (2.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (5.88%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.94%) Infor M3
2 4 (2.94%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (2.94%) JDE World
3 3 (2.21%) Elite 3E
3 3 (2.21%) Shopify
4 2 (1.47%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.24%) Azure
2 14 (10.29%) Power Platform
3 13 (9.56%) SaaS
4 12 (8.82%) Google Analytics
5 9 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.15%) AWS
7 6 (4.41%) Canva
7 6 (4.41%) GCP
8 5 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.94%) Bloomreach
10 3 (2.21%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.47%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.47%) GitHub
11 2 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.47%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.74%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.74%) OCI
12 1 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.41%) SMS
2 3 (2.21%) FTP
2 3 (2.21%) HTTP
2 3 (2.21%) Internet
2 3 (2.21%) LAN
2 3 (2.21%) SMTP
2 3 (2.21%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.21%) WAN
3 2 (1.47%) J1939
4 1 (0.74%) 5G
4 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.29%) Power BI
2 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.47%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.47%) Metadata
3 2 (1.47%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.74%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.74%) Big Data
4 1 (0.74%) GIS
4 1 (0.74%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.74%) Power Query
4 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Git
2 4 (2.94%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.74%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) JMeter
4 1 (0.74%) Postman
General
1 136 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 66 (48.53%) Social Skills
3 35 (25.74%) Finance
4 20 (14.71%) Marketing
5 17 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (8.09%) Legal
8 10 (7.35%) Advertising
9 8 (5.88%) Public Sector
10 6 (4.41%) Brand Awareness
10 6 (4.41%) Law
10 6 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.68%) German Language
12 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.94%) Retail
13 3 (2.21%) Aviation
14 2 (1.47%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 27 (19.85%) Analyst
2 10 (7.35%) Applications Support
2 10 (7.35%) Compliance Manager
2 10 (7.35%) Developer
3 8 (5.88%) Applications Support Analyst
3 8 (5.88%) Support Analyst
4 7 (5.15%) Commercial Manager
4 7 (5.15%) Lead
4 7 (5.15%) Vendor Manager
5 6 (4.41%) Business Analyst
5 6 (4.41%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (4.41%) Senior
6 5 (3.68%) Data Analyst
6 5 (3.68%) Marketing Executive
6 5 (3.68%) Sales and Marketing Manager
6 5 (3.68%) Sales Manager
6 5 (3.68%) Service Manager
6 5 (3.68%) Software Developer
7 4 (2.94%) Coordinator
7 4 (2.94%) Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.88%) .NET
2 5 (3.68%) AngularJS
2 5 (3.68%) JSON
2 5 (3.68%) Terraform
3 3 (2.21%) LDAP
4 2 (1.47%) Kafka
4 2 (1.47%) RESTful
4 2 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.74%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.74%) HTML
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.74%) PySpark
5 1 (0.74%) TAPI
5 1 (0.74%) XML
5 1 (0.74%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.35%) Blog
1 10 (7.35%) Management Information System
1 10 (7.35%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 7 (5.15%) Credit Risk
5 6 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (4.41%) Social Media
5 6 (4.41%) Video Editing
6 5 (3.68%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.94%) Podcast
7 4 (2.94%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (2.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.21%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (1.47%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (33.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 39 (28.68%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (25.00%) Analytics
4 30 (22.06%) Project Management
5 29 (21.32%) Decision-Making
6 27 (19.85%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (16.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (16.18%) AI
8 22 (16.18%) Risk Management
9 21 (15.44%) Agile
10 15 (11.03%) Budgeting
10 15 (11.03%) CRM
10 15 (11.03%) DevOps
10 15 (11.03%) Performance Management
11 14 (10.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 14 (10.29%) Logistics
11 14 (10.29%) Process Improvement
11 14 (10.29%) Roadmaps
12 13 (9.56%) Project Delivery
12 13 (9.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 25 (18.38%) SQL
2 13 (9.56%) Python
3 11 (8.09%) T-SQL
4 5 (3.68%) C#
5 4 (2.94%) Java
5 4 (2.94%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.21%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.47%) C
7 2 (1.47%) C++
7 2 (1.47%) Go
7 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.74%) Bash
8 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.74%) Scala
8 1 (0.74%) VB
8 1 (0.74%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.74%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (15.44%) Degree
2 14 (10.29%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.35%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.94%) AAT
4 4 (2.94%) ACCA
4 4 (2.94%) CIMA
4 4 (2.94%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.21%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.47%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.74%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.97%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.82%) QA
3 11 (8.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 10 (7.35%) ISO 14001
4 10 (7.35%) ISO 9001
4 10 (7.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (5.88%) GDPR
6 3 (2.21%) ISO 22301
6 3 (2.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.74%) GRC
7 1 (0.74%) MiFID
7 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.21%) QRadar
2 2 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) Grafana
3 1 (0.74%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 22 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.76%) Google
3 7 (5.15%) Adobe
3 7 (5.15%) HubSpot
3 7 (5.15%) Oracle
3 7 (5.15%) SAP
4 4 (2.94%) Epicor
4 4 (2.94%) IFS
4 4 (2.94%) Infor
4 4 (2.94%) JD Edwards
4 4 (2.94%) Marketo
4 4 (2.94%) Pardot
5 3 (2.21%) ArcSight
5 3 (2.21%) Splunk
6 2 (1.47%) Aderant
6 2 (1.47%) Facebook
6 2 (1.47%) Instagram
6 2 (1.47%) Intapp
6 2 (1.47%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.47%) Thales