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 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 319 431
Rank change year-on-year +70 +112 +164
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 142 83 117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 0.62% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.43% 1.46% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 83 60 86
10th Percentile £30,165 £31,025 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +13.51% -22.92%
75th Percentile £79,375 £70,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,875 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,438 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.83% +23.19% -14.29%

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 5,840 5,688 11,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.63% 42.16% 36.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,583 3,568 9,016
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% +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 18 March 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 2 (1.41%) Confluence
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (26.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.11%) SAP FI
1 3 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.41%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.41%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.41%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.41%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.70%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 50 (35.21%) Azure
2 35 (24.65%) Power Platform
3 26 (18.31%) Azure Data Factory
3 26 (18.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 12 (8.45%) AWS
5 10 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (6.34%) SaaS
7 7 (4.93%) GitHub
8 6 (4.23%) GCP
8 6 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.82%) Google Analytics
11 3 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.11%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (1.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.70%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 1 (0.70%) Bloomreach
13 1 (0.70%) Miro
13 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.52%) Firewall
1 5 (3.52%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.82%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.82%) Wireshark
3 3 (2.11%) Network Security
4 1 (0.70%) Broadband
4 1 (0.70%) DHCP
4 1 (0.70%) DNS
4 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.70%) SMS
4 1 (0.70%) VLAN
4 1 (0.70%) VoIP
4 1 (0.70%) VPN
4 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (23.94%) Power BI
2 27 (19.01%) SQL Server
3 26 (18.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (16.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (3.52%) Tableau
6 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.41%) Metadata
7 2 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.70%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (3.52%) JIRA
2 3 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.70%) Git
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.70%) TestRail
3 1 (0.70%) Zephyr
General
1 141 (99.30%) Analytical Skills
2 97 (68.31%) Social Skills
3 57 (40.14%) Finance
4 18 (12.68%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (9.15%) Billing
5 13 (9.15%) Legal
6 11 (7.75%) Marketing
7 9 (6.34%) Law
7 9 (6.34%) Manufacturing
7 9 (6.34%) Retail
8 8 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.93%) Front Office
9 7 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (4.23%) Automotive
10 6 (4.23%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.82%) Electronics
11 4 (2.82%) French Language
11 4 (2.82%) German Language
11 4 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.11%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 45 (31.69%) Analyst
2 15 (10.56%) Data Analyst
3 13 (9.15%) Business Manager
4 12 (8.45%) Commercial Analyst
4 12 (8.45%) Insight Analyst
4 12 (8.45%) Insight Manager
5 11 (7.75%) Business Analyst
6 10 (7.04%) Lead
7 9 (6.34%) Senior
8 8 (5.63%) Sales Manager
9 6 (4.23%) Developer
9 6 (4.23%) Junior
9 6 (4.23%) Junior Analyst
10 5 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (3.52%) Head of QA
10 5 (3.52%) IT Support
10 5 (3.52%) Sales Executive
11 4 (2.82%) Architect
11 4 (2.82%) Sales Analyst
11 4 (2.82%) Sales Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) FIX Protocol
1 4 (2.82%) Sass
1 4 (2.82%) ZeroMQ
2 3 (2.11%) .NET
2 3 (2.11%) CSS
2 3 (2.11%) Flutter
2 3 (2.11%) HTML
2 3 (2.11%) React
2 3 (2.11%) XML
2 3 (2.11%) XSLT
3 1 (0.70%) Django
3 1 (0.70%) Ember.js
3 1 (0.70%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.70%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (0.70%) Phoenix
3 1 (0.70%) Phoenix Framework
3 1 (0.70%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.31%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.34%) Algorithms
2 9 (6.34%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.93%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.23%) Social Media
5 5 (3.52%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.52%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.52%) FMCG
5 5 (3.52%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.11%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.41%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.41%) Life Science
8 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.41%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.93%) Windows
2 6 (4.23%) Linux
3 2 (1.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (41.55%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (38.03%) Analytics
3 49 (34.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 39 (27.46%) Decision-Making
5 37 (26.06%) Actionable Insight
6 35 (24.65%) Business Intelligence
6 35 (24.65%) Data Analysis
6 35 (24.65%) Process Improvement
7 33 (23.24%) Visualisation
8 29 (20.42%) Agile
9 24 (16.90%) Visual Analytics
9 24 (16.90%) WFM
10 20 (14.08%) AI
10 20 (14.08%) CI/CD
11 16 (11.27%) DevOps
11 16 (11.27%) Performance Monitoring
12 15 (10.56%) Customer Experience
12 15 (10.56%) Data Modelling
12 15 (10.56%) Time Management
13 13 (9.15%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 42 (29.58%) SQL
2 30 (21.13%) Python
3 24 (16.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 12 (8.45%) C++
5 11 (7.75%) C#
6 8 (5.63%) C
7 7 (4.93%) Go
7 7 (4.93%) VBA
8 6 (4.23%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.52%) Java
9 5 (3.52%) JavaScript
10 3 (2.11%) Bash
10 3 (2.11%) Bicep
10 3 (2.11%) VC++
11 2 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.70%) Elm
12 1 (0.70%) PHP
12 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (24.65%) Degree
2 12 (8.45%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 11 (7.75%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.52%) IRCA
5 5 (3.52%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.11%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.68%) QA
2 17 (11.97%) Data Quality
3 12 (8.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 11 (7.75%) ISO 9001
5 8 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (4.93%) GDPR
7 6 (4.23%) ISO 14001
8 5 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (3.52%) GRC
9 4 (2.82%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (2.11%) EMIR
10 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (2.11%) NEBOSH
11 2 (1.41%) Accessibility
11 2 (1.41%) GAAP
11 2 (1.41%) IFRS
11 2 (1.41%) NIST
11 2 (1.41%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.41%) Docker
2 2 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.70%) Firmware
3 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (7.04%) Terraform
2 5 (3.52%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 35 (24.65%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) Autodesk
3 6 (4.23%) Google
4 4 (2.82%) Oracle
5 3 (2.11%) Apple
5 3 (2.11%) SAP
5 3 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.41%) Ahrefs
6 2 (1.41%) BT
6 2 (1.41%) Databricks
6 2 (1.41%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.41%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (0.70%) Dell
7 1 (0.70%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.70%) HP
7 1 (0.70%) Salesforce