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 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 327 455
Rank change year-on-year +46 +128 +101
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 118 92 118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.64% 0.63% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.88% 1.42% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 81 62 87
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,575 £31,700
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,967 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £63,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £46,750 £55,000 £44,100
% change year-on-year -15.00% +24.72% -11.80%

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 6,275 6,475 11,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.03% 44.30% 36.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,992 3,701 9,290
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £59,513
Median % change year-on-year - +5.02% -8.44%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £101,375
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 11 May 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 (3.39%) WordPress
2 3 (2.54%) Confluence
3 1 (0.85%) Apache
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.54%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.85%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 5 (4.24%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.39%) Infor M3
2 4 (3.39%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (3.39%) JDE World
3 3 (2.54%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.69%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.69%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.85%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.85%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.19%) Azure
2 13 (11.02%) AWS
3 12 (10.17%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.32%) SaaS
5 10 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.78%) GCP
7 7 (5.93%) GitHub
8 6 (5.08%) Google Analytics
9 5 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (3.39%) Canva
11 3 (2.54%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.54%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (1.69%) dbt
12 2 (1.69%) Figma
12 2 (1.69%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.24%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.39%) Firewall
3 3 (2.54%) WAN
4 2 (1.69%) FTP
4 2 (1.69%) HTTP
4 2 (1.69%) Internet
4 2 (1.69%) LAN
4 2 (1.69%) Network Security
4 2 (1.69%) SMTP
5 1 (0.85%) Broadband
5 1 (0.85%) DHCP
5 1 (0.85%) DNS
5 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.85%) SMS
5 1 (0.85%) VLAN
5 1 (0.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.32%) Power BI
2 6 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.39%) Tableau
4 3 (2.54%) Big Data
4 3 (2.54%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.85%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.85%) Metadata
6 1 (0.85%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) JIRA
2 3 (2.54%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.69%) Git
4 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.85%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.85%) TestRail
4 1 (0.85%) Zephyr
General
1 117 (99.15%) Analytical Skills
2 63 (53.39%) Social Skills
3 34 (28.81%) Finance
4 14 (11.86%) Marketing
5 10 (8.47%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (5.08%) Advertising
8 6 (5.08%) German Language
8 6 (5.08%) Legal
9 4 (3.39%) Brand Awareness
9 4 (3.39%) Front Office
9 4 (3.39%) Law
9 4 (3.39%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.69%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.69%) Automotive
11 2 (1.69%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (30.51%) Analyst
2 14 (11.86%) Lead
3 13 (11.02%) Business Analyst
4 9 (7.63%) Compliance Manager
4 9 (7.63%) Senior
5 7 (5.93%) Data Analyst
5 7 (5.93%) Developer
6 6 (5.08%) Head of QA
6 6 (5.08%) Junior
6 6 (5.08%) Junior Analyst
7 5 (4.24%) Applications Support
7 5 (4.24%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (4.24%) Marketing Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Sales Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Support Analyst
8 4 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 4 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.39%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.39%) .NET
1 4 (3.39%) Flutter
1 4 (3.39%) React
2 2 (1.69%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.69%) LDAP
2 2 (1.69%) Sass
2 2 (1.69%) XML
2 2 (1.69%) XSLT
2 2 (1.69%) ZeroMQ
3 1 (0.85%) Django
3 1 (0.85%) Ember.js
3 1 (0.85%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.85%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (0.85%) JSON
3 1 (0.85%) Kafka
3 1 (0.85%) Phoenix
3 1 (0.85%) Phoenix Framework
3 1 (0.85%) Playwright
3 1 (0.85%) PySpark
3 1 (0.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.08%) Cloud Native
1 6 (5.08%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.24%) Social Media
2 5 (4.24%) Web Conferencing
3 4 (3.39%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.39%) Podcast
3 4 (3.39%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.39%) Video Editing
4 3 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.39%) Windows
2 2 (1.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (34.75%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (26.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (25.42%) Analytics
4 28 (23.73%) Agile
5 18 (15.25%) DevOps
5 18 (15.25%) Project Management
5 18 (15.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 17 (14.41%) Decision-Making
7 16 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (13.56%) CI/CD
8 14 (11.86%) Project Delivery
9 13 (11.02%) Validation
10 12 (10.17%) CRM
10 12 (10.17%) ERP
10 12 (10.17%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.32%) Coaching
11 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure as Code
11 11 (9.32%) Risk Management
11 11 (9.32%) Service Delivery
12 10 (8.47%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.03%) Python
2 23 (19.49%) SQL
3 9 (7.63%) C#
4 8 (6.78%) Java
5 7 (5.93%) Go
6 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
7 5 (4.24%) C++
8 4 (3.39%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.39%) PL/SQL
8 4 (3.39%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.54%) Bash
9 3 (2.54%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.69%) Bicep
10 2 (1.69%) C
10 2 (1.69%) VBA
10 2 (1.69%) VC++
11 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.85%) Elm
11 1 (0.85%) Scala
11 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (16.10%) Degree
2 11 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.08%) IRCA
5 5 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.39%) ISTQB
7 3 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.54%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.54%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.85%) ACCA
9 1 (0.85%) CIMA
9 1 (0.85%) IIBA
9 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.95%) QA
2 15 (12.71%) ISO 9001
3 14 (11.86%) Data Quality
4 10 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 10 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (7.63%) ISO 14001
5 9 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (6.78%) GDPR
7 4 (3.39%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (1.69%) EMIR
8 2 (1.69%) GAAP
8 2 (1.69%) IFRS
9 1 (0.85%) GRC
9 1 (0.85%) NIST
9 1 (0.85%) PMO
9 1 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.69%) Docker
1 2 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.85%) Firmware
2 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (8.47%) Terraform
2 5 (4.24%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.54%) Ansible
5 2 (1.69%) QRadar
6 1 (0.85%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.85%) Grafana
Vendors
1 27 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.78%) Google
2 8 (6.78%) Oracle
3 7 (5.93%) SAP
4 6 (5.08%) Adobe
4 6 (5.08%) HubSpot
5 4 (3.39%) Epicor
5 4 (3.39%) IFS
5 4 (3.39%) Infor
5 4 (3.39%) JD Edwards
5 4 (3.39%) Marketo
5 4 (3.39%) Pardot
6 3 (2.54%) Apple
6 3 (2.54%) Databricks
6 3 (2.54%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.69%) ArcSight
7 2 (1.69%) BT
7 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.69%) Splunk
8 1 (0.85%) Autodesk