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

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 323 389
Rank change year-on-year +133 +66 +241
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 203 140 87
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 0.74% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.79% 1.97% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 127 79 70
10th Percentile £30,165 £36,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +12.63%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,875 £64,951
90th Percentile £90,750 £81,500 £89,221
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 5,358 7,117 7,999
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.03% 37.85% 38.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,451 4,088 6,293
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £53,877 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.21% -4.00% -0.33%

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 12 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 15 (7.39%) Confluence
2 3 (1.48%) CMS
2 3 (1.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 52 (25.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.96%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.49%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.48%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.99%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.99%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.49%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (30.54%) Azure
2 43 (21.18%) Power Platform
3 29 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
4 27 (13.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 17 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.94%) Google Analytics
6 8 (3.94%) Snowflake
7 7 (3.45%) SaaS
8 6 (2.96%) AWS
8 6 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.46%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.99%) MailChimp
10 2 (0.99%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.49%) GCP
11 1 (0.49%) GitHub
11 1 (0.49%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.30%) Network Security
2 4 (1.97%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.97%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.48%) Firewall
4 2 (0.99%) LAN
4 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.99%) WAN
5 1 (0.49%) Internet
5 1 (0.49%) Intranet
5 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (19.21%) Power BI
2 27 (13.30%) SQL Server
3 26 (12.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (11.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (5.42%) Tableau
6 10 (4.93%) 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 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.49%) Power Query
8 1 (0.49%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 17 (8.37%) JIRA
2 4 (1.97%) Postman
3 1 (0.49%) Appium
3 1 (0.49%) Bazaar
3 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.49%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.49%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.49%) Selenium
3 1 (0.49%) TestRail
General
1 203 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 129 (63.55%) Social Skills
3 86 (42.36%) Finance
4 61 (30.05%) Marketing
5 37 (18.23%) Manufacturing
6 31 (15.27%) Public Sector
7 29 (14.29%) Electronics
8 25 (12.32%) Telecoms
9 22 (10.84%) Legal
10 15 (7.39%) Law
10 15 (7.39%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (6.40%) Billing
12 11 (5.42%) Retail
13 9 (4.43%) French Language
13 9 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (2.96%) Mandarin Language
15 6 (2.96%) Portuguese Language
15 6 (2.96%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 56 (27.59%) Analyst
2 28 (13.79%) Consultant
3 26 (12.81%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 26 (12.81%) Security Consultant
4 17 (8.37%) Business Analyst
5 13 (6.40%) Business Manager
5 13 (6.40%) Data Analyst
5 13 (6.40%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (5.91%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (5.91%) Insight Manager
7 11 (5.42%) Sales Manager
8 9 (4.43%) Architect
8 9 (4.43%) Graduate
8 9 (4.43%) Senior
9 8 (3.94%) Enterprise Architect
9 8 (3.94%) Lead
9 8 (3.94%) Sales Executive
10 7 (3.45%) Developer
10 7 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (2.96%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.97%) CSS
1 4 (1.97%) HTML
2 2 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.99%) Sass
2 2 (0.99%) ZeroMQ
3 1 (0.49%) .NET
3 1 (0.49%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.49%) Blazor
3 1 (0.49%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.49%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (0.49%) Middleware
3 1 (0.49%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.49%) Playwright
3 1 (0.49%) REST
3 1 (0.49%) XML
3 1 (0.49%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.81%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (10.34%) Product Ownership
3 20 (9.85%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.42%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.43%) Social Media
6 8 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.96%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.96%) FMCG
8 4 (1.97%) CMDB
8 4 (1.97%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.97%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.97%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.97%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.48%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.48%) PKI
10 2 (0.99%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.99%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.99%) Video Editing
10 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.96%) Windows
2 4 (1.97%) Linux
3 2 (0.99%) Unix
4 1 (0.49%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (35.47%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (32.51%) Business Intelligence
3 62 (30.54%) Analytics
4 60 (29.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (26.11%) AI
6 51 (25.12%) Decision-Making
7 47 (23.15%) Agile
8 40 (19.70%) Actionable Insight
9 37 (18.23%) Data Analysis
10 36 (17.73%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (17.73%) Process Improvement
11 33 (16.26%) Digital Marketing
11 33 (16.26%) Visualisation
12 30 (14.78%) Mentoring
13 27 (13.30%) DevOps
14 26 (12.81%) Programme Management
15 25 (12.32%) Vulnerability Management
16 24 (11.82%) Visual Analytics
16 24 (11.82%) WFM
17 22 (10.84%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 52 (25.62%) SQL
2 25 (12.32%) Python
3 24 (11.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (4.43%) C#
5 7 (3.45%) C++
6 6 (2.96%) C
6 6 (2.96%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.46%) VBA
8 3 (1.48%) Bicep
9 2 (0.99%) Java
9 2 (0.99%) R
10 1 (0.49%) Bash
10 1 (0.49%) Go
10 1 (0.49%) PHP
10 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.49%) VC++
Qualifications
1 43 (21.18%) Degree
2 38 (18.72%) Security Cleared
3 28 (13.79%) CISSP
4 26 (12.81%) CEH
5 25 (12.32%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (6.40%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 7 (3.45%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.48%) CISM
12 3 (1.48%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.48%) NVQ Level 3
13 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.99%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.49%) PhD
14 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (13.79%) NIST
3 25 (12.32%) PCI DSS
4 13 (6.40%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (6.40%) Data Quality
5 11 (5.42%) Accessibility
5 11 (5.42%) QA
6 6 (2.96%) GRC
7 4 (1.97%) GDPR
8 3 (1.48%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.48%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.48%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.99%) GAAP
9 2 (0.99%) IFRS
9 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.49%) EMIR
10 1 (0.49%) PMO
10 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.97%) Terraform
2 1 (0.49%) Ansible
2 1 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (23.65%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.78%) SAP
3 15 (7.39%) Google
4 11 (5.42%) Autodesk
5 5 (2.46%) Hotjar
5 5 (2.46%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.46%) Workday
6 3 (1.48%) Ahrefs
6 3 (1.48%) Databricks
6 3 (1.48%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (0.99%) Adobe
7 2 (0.99%) Hootsuite
7 2 (0.99%) Instagram
7 2 (0.99%) Oracle
7 2 (0.99%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.99%) YouTube
8 1 (0.49%) Apple
8 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.49%) BT
8 1 (0.49%) Pinterest