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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 333 442
Rank change year-on-year +40 +109 +91
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 127 94 145
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.64% 0.61% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.74% 1.37% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 86 66 100
10th Percentile £30,375 £28,500 £34,475
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £79,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £78,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -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 7,296 6,854 12,078
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.54% 44.65% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,476 3,449 9,315
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
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 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 17 June 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 (3.15%) WordPress
2 3 (2.36%) Confluence
3 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.57%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.79%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.94%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.15%) Infor M3
2 4 (3.15%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (3.15%) JDE World
3 2 (1.57%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.17%) Azure
2 15 (11.81%) Power Platform
3 14 (11.02%) SaaS
4 10 (7.87%) Google Analytics
5 9 (7.09%) AWS
5 9 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.72%) GCP
6 6 (4.72%) GitHub
7 5 (3.94%) Bloomreach
7 5 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.15%) Canva
8 4 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.36%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.36%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.36%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (1.57%) dbt
10 2 (1.57%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.57%) Figma
10 2 (1.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.72%) SMS
2 5 (3.94%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.15%) FTP
3 4 (3.15%) HTTP
3 4 (3.15%) Internet
3 4 (3.15%) LAN
3 4 (3.15%) SMTP
3 4 (3.15%) WAN
4 1 (0.79%) Broadband
4 1 (0.79%) Firewall
4 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.02%) Power BI
2 6 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.15%) Tableau
4 3 (2.36%) Big Data
5 2 (1.57%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.79%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.79%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.79%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.79%) Metadata
6 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.79%) Power Query
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.94%) JIRA
2 4 (3.15%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.36%) Git
3 3 (2.36%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.79%) Zephyr
General
1 126 (99.21%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (48.82%) Social Skills
3 33 (25.98%) Finance
4 17 (13.39%) Marketing
5 10 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (5.51%) Advertising
8 6 (4.72%) German Language
9 4 (3.15%) Brand Awareness
10 3 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.36%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.57%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.57%) Automotive
11 2 (1.57%) Front Office
11 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.57%) Law
11 2 (1.57%) Legal
11 2 (1.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (30.71%) Analyst
2 14 (11.02%) Compliance Manager
2 14 (11.02%) Lead
3 10 (7.87%) Business Analyst
4 9 (7.09%) Senior
5 8 (6.30%) Applications Support
5 8 (6.30%) Applications Support Analyst
5 8 (6.30%) Data Analyst
5 8 (6.30%) Developer
5 8 (6.30%) Support Analyst
6 6 (4.72%) Head of QA
6 6 (4.72%) Junior
6 6 (4.72%) Junior Analyst
6 6 (4.72%) Marketing Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Coordinator
7 5 (3.94%) CRM Coordinator
7 5 (3.94%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Sales Manager
7 5 (3.94%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) .NET
2 4 (3.15%) Flutter
2 4 (3.15%) LDAP
2 4 (3.15%) React
3 3 (2.36%) JSON
4 2 (1.57%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.57%) HTML
5 1 (0.79%) CSS
5 1 (0.79%) DOM
5 1 (0.79%) Ember.js
5 1 (0.79%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.79%) Kafka
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.79%) PySpark
5 1 (0.79%) RESTful
5 1 (0.79%) Sass
5 1 (0.79%) TAPI
5 1 (0.79%) XML
5 1 (0.79%) XSLT
5 1 (0.79%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.94%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (3.94%) Social Media
2 5 (3.94%) Web Conferencing
3 4 (3.15%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (3.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (3.15%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.15%) Podcast
3 4 (3.15%) Video Editing
4 3 (2.36%) Blog
4 3 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.36%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.57%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.57%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.57%) Life Science
5 2 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (25.20%) Analytics
3 30 (23.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (19.69%) Agile
5 22 (17.32%) Decision-Making
5 22 (17.32%) Project Management
6 21 (16.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 19 (14.96%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (14.17%) CRM
8 18 (14.17%) Project Delivery
9 17 (13.39%) Risk Management
10 16 (12.60%) Process Improvement
11 15 (11.81%) Change Management
11 15 (11.81%) Coaching
11 15 (11.81%) Data Security
11 15 (11.81%) Logistics
12 14 (11.02%) DevOps
12 14 (11.02%) Internal Audit
12 14 (11.02%) Regulatory Compliance
13 13 (10.24%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.47%) SQL
2 17 (13.39%) Python
3 9 (7.09%) C#
4 7 (5.51%) Go
4 7 (5.51%) Java
4 7 (5.51%) T-SQL
5 5 (3.94%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.15%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.36%) C++
7 3 (2.36%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.79%) Bash
9 1 (0.79%) C
9 1 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.79%) Elm
9 1 (0.79%) Scala
9 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.79%) VB
9 1 (0.79%) VBA
9 1 (0.79%) VC++
Qualifications
1 20 (15.75%) Degree
2 13 (10.24%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.51%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.72%) IRCA
5 4 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.36%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.79%) ACCA
8 1 (0.79%) CIMA
8 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.79%) IIBA
8 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.75%) ISO 9001
2 18 (14.17%) Data Quality
3 17 (13.39%) QA
4 14 (11.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (11.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 14 (11.02%) ISO 14001
4 14 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 14 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (8.66%) GDPR
6 4 (3.15%) Software Quality Assurance
7 3 (2.36%) PMO
8 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.79%) EMIR
8 1 (0.79%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.79%) Docker
1 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Terraform
2 4 (3.15%) QRadar
3 3 (2.36%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.79%) Ansible
4 1 (0.79%) Grafana
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.79%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 23 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.45%) Google
3 7 (5.51%) HubSpot
4 6 (4.72%) Adobe
4 6 (4.72%) Oracle
5 5 (3.94%) SAP
5 5 (3.94%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.15%) ArcSight
6 4 (3.15%) Epicor
6 4 (3.15%) IFS
6 4 (3.15%) Infor
6 4 (3.15%) JD Edwards
6 4 (3.15%) Marketo
6 4 (3.15%) Pardot
6 4 (3.15%) Splunk
7 3 (2.36%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.57%) BT
8 2 (1.57%) Dell
9 1 (0.79%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.79%) HP