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 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 321 434
Rank change year-on-year +83 +113 +151
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 154 105 104
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 0.70% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.68% 1.71% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 90 66 84
10th Percentile £30,165 £31,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,563 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -26.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,750 £66,750
UK median annual salary £45,500 £55,000 £43,200
% change year-on-year -17.27% +27.31% -17.71%

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 5,742 6,127 10,352
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.90% 40.95% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,574 3,505 8,429
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,102
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,200 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 28 February 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 (2.60%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (24.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.60%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) SAP FI
1 3 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.30%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.30%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.65%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.65%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 59 (38.31%) Azure
2 39 (25.32%) Power Platform
3 28 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
4 27 (17.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 14 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (7.79%) AWS
7 10 (6.49%) SaaS
8 7 (4.55%) GitHub
9 6 (3.90%) GCP
9 6 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.60%) Google Analytics
12 3 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.95%) Tricentis Tosca
13 2 (1.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 2 (1.30%) Entra ID
13 2 (1.30%) Serverless
13 2 (1.30%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.25%) Firewall
1 5 (3.25%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.60%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.60%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.95%) Network Security
4 1 (0.65%) Broadband
4 1 (0.65%) DHCP
4 1 (0.65%) DNS
4 1 (0.65%) Internet
4 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.65%) VLAN
4 1 (0.65%) VoIP
4 1 (0.65%) VPN
4 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (24.68%) Power BI
2 29 (18.83%) SQL Server
3 28 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (15.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.55%) Tableau
6 3 (1.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.30%) Metadata
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.65%) Looker
8 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (4.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.95%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.95%) Postman
3 1 (0.65%) Git
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.65%) TestRail
3 1 (0.65%) Zephyr
General
1 153 (99.35%) Analytical Skills
2 108 (70.13%) Social Skills
3 59 (38.31%) Finance
4 18 (11.69%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (10.39%) Legal
5 16 (10.39%) Marketing
6 13 (8.44%) Billing
7 11 (7.14%) Law
8 10 (6.49%) Manufacturing
9 9 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (5.84%) Retail
10 7 (4.55%) Front Office
10 7 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (3.90%) Automotive
11 6 (3.90%) French Language
11 6 (3.90%) Public Sector
12 5 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (3.25%) German Language
12 5 (3.25%) Portuguese Language
12 5 (3.25%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 52 (33.77%) Analyst
2 15 (9.74%) Business Analyst
2 15 (9.74%) Data Analyst
3 13 (8.44%) Business Manager
3 13 (8.44%) Insight Analyst
4 12 (7.79%) Commercial Analyst
4 12 (7.79%) Insight Manager
5 11 (7.14%) Senior
6 9 (5.84%) Developer
6 9 (5.84%) Lead
6 9 (5.84%) Sales Manager
7 6 (3.90%) Architect
7 6 (3.90%) Enterprise Architect
7 6 (3.90%) Junior
7 6 (3.90%) Junior Analyst
7 6 (3.90%) Sales Executive
8 5 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (3.25%) IT Support
9 4 (2.60%) Data Engineer
9 4 (2.60%) Digital Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.60%) .NET
1 4 (2.60%) FIX Protocol
1 4 (2.60%) Sass
1 4 (2.60%) ZeroMQ
2 3 (1.95%) CSS
2 3 (1.95%) HTML
2 3 (1.95%) XML
2 3 (1.95%) XSLT
3 2 (1.30%) Flutter
3 2 (1.30%) React
4 1 (0.65%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.65%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.65%) Blazor
4 1 (0.65%) Django
4 1 (0.65%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.65%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (0.65%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.83%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (7.79%) Product Ownership
3 10 (6.49%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.84%) Algorithms
4 9 (5.84%) Social Media
5 6 (3.90%) FMCG
5 6 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.25%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.25%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.25%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.60%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.60%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.95%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.95%) PKI
9 2 (1.30%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.30%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.30%) Life Science
9 2 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.55%) Windows
2 6 (3.90%) Linux
3 2 (1.30%) Unix
4 1 (0.65%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (38.96%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (37.66%) Analytics
3 54 (35.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (27.27%) Decision-Making
5 39 (25.32%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (24.03%) Actionable Insight
6 37 (24.03%) Agile
7 36 (23.38%) Data Analysis
7 36 (23.38%) Process Improvement
8 35 (22.73%) Visualisation
9 26 (16.88%) AI
10 24 (15.58%) Visual Analytics
10 24 (15.58%) WFM
11 23 (14.94%) CI/CD
11 23 (14.94%) DevOps
12 16 (10.39%) Data Modelling
12 16 (10.39%) Performance Monitoring
12 16 (10.39%) Time Management
13 15 (9.74%) Infrastructure as Code
14 14 (9.09%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 52 (33.77%) SQL
2 32 (20.78%) Python
3 24 (15.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 12 (7.79%) C#
5 11 (7.14%) C++
6 8 (5.19%) C
7 7 (4.55%) VBA
8 6 (3.90%) Go
8 6 (3.90%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.25%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.95%) Bash
10 3 (1.95%) Bicep
10 3 (1.95%) Java
10 3 (1.95%) VC++
11 2 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.65%) PHP
12 1 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (24.03%) Degree
2 15 (9.74%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 8 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.25%) Master's Degree
7 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.60%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.95%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (1.30%) IRCA
11 1 (0.65%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.65%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.04%) Data Quality
1 17 (11.04%) QA
2 12 (7.79%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (3.25%) GDPR
3 5 (3.25%) GRC
3 5 (3.25%) ISO 9001
3 5 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.60%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.60%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.95%) EMIR
5 3 (1.95%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.95%) NEBOSH
6 2 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.30%) GAAP
6 2 (1.30%) IFRS
6 2 (1.30%) NIST
6 2 (1.30%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.65%) PMO
7 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.65%) Firmware
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (6.49%) Terraform
2 5 (3.25%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.95%) Ansible
5 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 40 (25.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.49%) Autodesk
3 6 (3.90%) Google
4 4 (2.60%) Oracle
4 4 (2.60%) SAP
5 3 (1.95%) Apple
5 3 (1.95%) BT
5 3 (1.95%) Databricks
5 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.30%) Ahrefs
6 2 (1.30%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.30%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (0.65%) Adobe
7 1 (0.65%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.65%) Dell
7 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.65%) Hootsuite
7 1 (0.65%) HP
7 1 (0.65%) Instagram
7 1 (0.65%) YouTube