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 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 259 346
Rank change year-on-year -58 +87 +71
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 143 163 143
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 1.01% 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.54% 2.39% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 94 112 77
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,048 £58,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,425 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

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 9,290 6,824 7,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.94% 42.28% 33.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,461 3,494 4,654
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,788 £85,000 £89,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

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 22 September 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 (2.80%) WordPress
2 2 (1.40%) Apache
2 2 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (2.10%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.40%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.70%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.59%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.80%) Infor M3
2 4 (2.80%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (2.80%) JDE World
3 3 (2.10%) Shopify
4 2 (1.40%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (1.40%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.29%) Azure
2 15 (10.49%) Power Platform
3 13 (9.09%) Google Analytics
3 13 (9.09%) SaaS
4 9 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.59%) AWS
6 6 (4.20%) Canva
6 6 (4.20%) GCP
7 5 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.80%) Bloomreach
8 4 (2.80%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.10%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.40%) dbt
10 2 (1.40%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.40%) GitHub
10 2 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.40%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.70%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.20%) SMS
2 4 (2.80%) FTP
2 4 (2.80%) HTTP
2 4 (2.80%) Internet
2 4 (2.80%) LAN
2 4 (2.80%) SMTP
2 4 (2.80%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.80%) WAN
3 2 (1.40%) J1939
4 1 (0.70%) 5G
4 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.79%) Power BI
2 4 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.10%) Big Data
4 2 (1.40%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.40%) Metadata
4 2 (1.40%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.70%) GIS
5 1 (0.70%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.70%) Power Query
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Git
2 4 (2.80%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.40%) JIRA
5 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.70%) JMeter
5 1 (0.70%) Postman
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 143 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 63 (44.06%) Social Skills
3 36 (25.17%) Finance
4 22 (15.38%) Marketing
5 16 (11.19%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (6.99%) Advertising
8 9 (6.29%) Legal
9 7 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.90%) Public Sector
10 6 (4.20%) Brand Awareness
11 5 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.50%) German Language
11 5 (3.50%) Law
12 4 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.80%) Retail
13 2 (1.40%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.40%) Local Government
14 1 (0.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 30 (20.98%) Analyst
2 13 (9.09%) Compliance Manager
3 10 (6.99%) Developer
3 10 (6.99%) Lead
4 9 (6.29%) Applications Support
5 8 (5.59%) Applications Support Analyst
5 8 (5.59%) Business Analyst
5 8 (5.59%) Support Analyst
6 7 (4.90%) Commercial Manager
6 7 (4.90%) Vendor Manager
7 6 (4.20%) Marketing Manager
7 6 (4.20%) Senior
8 5 (3.50%) Data Analyst
8 5 (3.50%) Marketing Executive
8 5 (3.50%) Sales and Marketing Manager
8 5 (3.50%) Sales Manager
8 5 (3.50%) Software Developer
9 4 (2.80%) Accountant
9 4 (2.80%) CRM Coordinator
9 4 (2.80%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.59%) .NET
2 6 (4.20%) JSON
3 5 (3.50%) AngularJS
3 5 (3.50%) Terraform
4 4 (2.80%) LDAP
5 2 (1.40%) HTML
5 2 (1.40%) Kafka
5 2 (1.40%) RESTful
6 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.70%) CSS
6 1 (0.70%) DOM
6 1 (0.70%) Flutter
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.70%) PySpark
6 1 (0.70%) React
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.70%) TAPI
6 1 (0.70%) XML
6 1 (0.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.99%) Blog
2 9 (6.29%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.59%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.90%) Credit Risk
5 6 (4.20%) Social Media
5 6 (4.20%) Video Editing
6 5 (3.50%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.80%) Podcast
7 4 (2.80%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.10%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 39 (27.27%) Analytics
3 38 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (23.08%) Project Management
5 30 (20.98%) Decision-Making
6 26 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 25 (17.48%) Risk Management
8 22 (15.38%) AI
9 21 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (13.99%) Agile
11 17 (11.89%) CRM
11 17 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (11.19%) Logistics
12 16 (11.19%) Project Delivery
13 15 (10.49%) Budgeting
13 15 (10.49%) DevOps
13 15 (10.49%) Performance Management
13 15 (10.49%) User Experience
14 14 (9.79%) Data Security
14 14 (9.79%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.18%) SQL
2 14 (9.79%) Python
3 11 (7.69%) T-SQL
4 6 (4.20%) C#
5 5 (3.50%) Java
6 4 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.80%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.10%) Go
8 2 (1.40%) C
8 2 (1.40%) C++
8 2 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.70%) Bash
9 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.70%) Scala
9 1 (0.70%) VB
9 1 (0.70%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.70%) XPath
Qualifications
1 22 (15.38%) Degree
2 15 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.80%) AAT
4 4 (2.80%) ACCA
4 4 (2.80%) CIMA
4 4 (2.80%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.10%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CFA
7 1 (0.70%) IIBA
7 1 (0.70%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.69%) Data Quality
2 14 (9.79%) ISO 9001
2 14 (9.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 13 (9.09%) ISO 14001
3 13 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 13 (9.09%) QA
4 9 (6.29%) GDPR
5 3 (2.10%) PMO
6 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.70%) GRC
6 1 (0.70%) MiFID
6 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.80%) QRadar
2 2 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Ansible
3 1 (0.70%) Grafana
3 1 (0.70%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 23 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.89%) Google
3 8 (5.59%) Adobe
4 7 (4.90%) HubSpot
4 7 (4.90%) Oracle
5 6 (4.20%) SAP
6 4 (2.80%) ArcSight
6 4 (2.80%) Epicor
6 4 (2.80%) IFS
6 4 (2.80%) Infor
6 4 (2.80%) JD Edwards
6 4 (2.80%) Marketo
6 4 (2.80%) Pardot
6 4 (2.80%) Splunk
7 2 (1.40%) Facebook
7 2 (1.40%) Instagram
7 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.40%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.40%) Thales
8 1 (0.70%) Dell