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 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 316 419
Rank change year-on-year +124 +103 +164
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 178 126 74
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.18% 0.76% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.43% 1.94% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 106 74 58
10th Percentile £30,165 £37,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.99% +5.25%
75th Percentile £67,119 £70,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £79,250 £73,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 5,195 6,501 8,191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.50% 39.46% 38.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,323 3,588 6,440
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 10 January 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 12 (6.74%) Confluence
2 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (26.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.81%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.56%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) SAP FI
1 3 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.12%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.12%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.12%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 63 (35.39%) Azure
2 41 (23.03%) Power Platform
3 27 (15.17%) Azure Data Factory
3 27 (15.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 17 (9.55%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (5.06%) AWS
6 8 (4.49%) Snowflake
7 7 (3.93%) SaaS
8 6 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.81%) Google Analytics
9 5 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.69%) GCP
10 3 (1.69%) GitHub
11 2 (1.12%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.12%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.12%) Google Ads
11 2 (1.12%) MailChimp
11 2 (1.12%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.56%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.99%) Network Security
2 5 (2.81%) Firewall
2 5 (2.81%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.25%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.25%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.56%) Broadband
4 1 (0.56%) DHCP
4 1 (0.56%) DNS
4 1 (0.56%) Internet
4 1 (0.56%) Intranet
4 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.56%) VLAN
4 1 (0.56%) VoIP
4 1 (0.56%) VPN
4 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (21.91%) Power BI
2 28 (15.73%) SQL Server
3 27 (15.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (13.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (6.18%) Tableau
6 10 (5.62%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.12%) Looker
7 2 (1.12%) Metadata
8 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.56%) Power Query
8 1 (0.56%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 14 (7.87%) JIRA
2 4 (2.25%) Postman
3 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.56%) Appium
4 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.56%) Git
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.56%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.56%) Selenium
4 1 (0.56%) TestRail
General
1 178 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 118 (66.29%) Social Skills
3 77 (43.26%) Finance
4 41 (23.03%) Marketing
5 24 (13.48%) Legal
5 24 (13.48%) Manufacturing
6 19 (10.67%) Public Sector
7 17 (9.55%) Electronics
8 14 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (7.30%) Billing
9 13 (7.30%) Law
9 13 (7.30%) Telecoms
10 10 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (4.49%) Retail
12 7 (3.93%) French Language
13 6 (3.37%) Front Office
13 6 (3.37%) Mandarin Language
13 6 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (3.37%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (3.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 54 (30.34%) Analyst
2 16 (8.99%) Consultant
3 15 (8.43%) Business Analyst
4 14 (7.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 14 (7.87%) Security Consultant
5 13 (7.30%) Business Manager
5 13 (7.30%) Data Analyst
5 13 (7.30%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (6.74%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (6.74%) Insight Manager
7 11 (6.18%) Sales Manager
8 9 (5.06%) Architect
8 9 (5.06%) Senior
9 8 (4.49%) Developer
9 8 (4.49%) Enterprise Architect
9 8 (4.49%) Lead
9 8 (4.49%) Sales Executive
10 6 (3.37%) Graduate
11 5 (2.81%) IT Support
11 5 (2.81%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.25%) CSS
1 4 (2.25%) FIX Protocol
1 4 (2.25%) HTML
1 4 (2.25%) Sass
1 4 (2.25%) ZeroMQ
2 2 (1.12%) XML
2 2 (1.12%) XSLT
3 1 (0.56%) .NET
3 1 (0.56%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.56%) Blazor
3 1 (0.56%) Django
3 1 (0.56%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.56%) Flutter
3 1 (0.56%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.56%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (0.56%) Middleware
3 1 (0.56%) Playwright
3 1 (0.56%) React
3 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.73%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (11.80%) Product Ownership
3 17 (9.55%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.18%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.62%) Social Media
6 9 (5.06%) Algorithms
7 8 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.81%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.81%) FMCG
8 5 (2.81%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.25%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.25%) CMDB
9 4 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.25%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.69%) PKI
11 2 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.12%) Video Editing
11 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.37%) Linux
1 6 (3.37%) Windows
2 2 (1.12%) Unix
3 1 (0.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (34.83%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (33.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 58 (32.58%) Analytics
4 54 (30.34%) Business Intelligence
5 48 (26.97%) Decision-Making
6 43 (24.16%) Agile
6 43 (24.16%) AI
7 40 (22.47%) Actionable Insight
8 36 (20.22%) Data Analysis
9 33 (18.54%) Process Improvement
10 32 (17.98%) Visualisation
11 26 (14.61%) DevOps
12 24 (13.48%) Visual Analytics
12 24 (13.48%) WFM
13 23 (12.92%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (11.80%) Digital Marketing
15 19 (10.67%) CI/CD
15 19 (10.67%) CRM
15 19 (10.67%) Performance Monitoring
16 17 (9.55%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 54 (30.34%) SQL
2 34 (19.10%) Python
3 24 (13.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (6.18%) C#
5 10 (5.62%) C++
6 8 (4.49%) C
7 6 (3.37%) VBA
8 5 (2.81%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.81%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.69%) Bicep
9 3 (1.69%) Go
9 3 (1.69%) Java
10 2 (1.12%) Bash
10 2 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.12%) R
10 2 (1.12%) VC++
11 1 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (21.91%) Degree
2 26 (14.61%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.87%) CISSP
4 13 (7.30%) CEH
4 13 (7.30%) CompTIA Security+
4 13 (7.30%) SC Cleared
5 12 (6.74%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 8 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.93%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (2.81%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.69%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.69%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.56%) CISA
11 1 (0.56%) CISM
11 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (8.99%) NIST
3 13 (7.30%) Actionable Recommendations
3 13 (7.30%) Data Quality
3 13 (7.30%) PCI DSS
4 12 (6.74%) QA
5 10 (5.62%) Accessibility
6 6 (3.37%) GRC
7 4 (2.25%) GDPR
8 3 (1.69%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.69%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.69%) NEBOSH
9 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.12%) EMIR
9 2 (1.12%) GAAP
9 2 (1.12%) IFRS
9 2 (1.12%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Firmware
2 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (3.93%) Terraform
2 3 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.12%) Ansible
4 1 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.56%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 46 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.11%) SAP
3 11 (6.18%) Autodesk
4 9 (5.06%) Google
5 3 (1.69%) Ahrefs
5 3 (1.69%) Apple
5 3 (1.69%) Databricks
5 3 (1.69%) Oracle
5 3 (1.69%) Screaming Frog
5 3 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.12%) BT
6 2 (1.12%) Hootsuite
6 2 (1.12%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.12%) Instagram
6 2 (1.12%) Workday
6 2 (1.12%) YouTube
7 1 (0.56%) Adobe
7 1 (0.56%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.56%) Salesforce