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 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 312 396
Rank change year-on-year +122 +84 +206
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 202 132 81
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 0.76% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.80% 1.95% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 127 76 64
10th Percentile £30,165 £38,250 £31,775
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year - -8.68% +15.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,563 £63,317
90th Percentile £93,500 £83,750 £88,023
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 5,315 6,775 7,668
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 39.03% 38.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,436 3,862 5,979
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,713 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,725 £103,800
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

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 20 December 2025.

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 14 (6.93%) Confluence
2 2 (0.99%) CMS
2 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 51 (25.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.97%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.50%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (1.49%) SAP FI
1 3 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.99%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.99%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.50%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 63 (31.19%) Azure
2 41 (20.30%) Power Platform
3 27 (13.37%) Azure Data Factory
3 27 (13.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 17 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (4.46%) AWS
6 8 (3.96%) Snowflake
7 7 (3.47%) Google Analytics
7 7 (3.47%) SaaS
8 6 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.98%) Google Ads
11 3 (1.49%) GCP
11 3 (1.49%) GitHub
12 2 (0.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.99%) MailChimp
12 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.50%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.86%) Network Security
2 5 (2.48%) Firewall
3 4 (1.98%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.98%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.98%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.50%) Broadband
4 1 (0.50%) DHCP
4 1 (0.50%) DNS
4 1 (0.50%) Internet
4 1 (0.50%) Intranet
4 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.50%) VLAN
4 1 (0.50%) VoIP
4 1 (0.50%) VPN
4 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (19.31%) Power BI
2 28 (13.86%) SQL Server
3 27 (13.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (11.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (5.45%) Tableau
6 10 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.99%) Looker
7 2 (0.99%) Metadata
7 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.50%) Power Query
8 1 (0.50%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 16 (7.92%) JIRA
2 4 (1.98%) Postman
3 2 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) Appium
4 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.50%) Git
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.50%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.50%) Selenium
4 1 (0.50%) TestRail
General
1 202 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 127 (62.87%) Social Skills
3 88 (43.56%) Finance
4 57 (28.22%) Marketing
5 36 (17.82%) Manufacturing
6 31 (15.35%) Public Sector
7 29 (14.36%) Electronics
8 25 (12.38%) Legal
8 25 (12.38%) Telecoms
9 14 (6.93%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (6.44%) Billing
10 13 (6.44%) Law
11 10 (4.95%) Retail
12 9 (4.46%) French Language
12 9 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (2.97%) Mandarin Language
14 6 (2.97%) Portuguese Language
14 6 (2.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 58 (28.71%) Analyst
2 28 (13.86%) Consultant
3 26 (12.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 26 (12.87%) Security Consultant
4 17 (8.42%) Business Analyst
5 13 (6.44%) Business Manager
5 13 (6.44%) Data Analyst
5 13 (6.44%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (5.94%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (5.94%) Insight Manager
7 11 (5.45%) Sales Manager
8 10 (4.95%) Senior
9 9 (4.46%) Architect
10 8 (3.96%) Enterprise Architect
10 8 (3.96%) Graduate
10 8 (3.96%) Lead
10 8 (3.96%) Sales Executive
11 7 (3.47%) Developer
11 7 (3.47%) Systems Analyst
12 5 (2.48%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.98%) CSS
1 4 (1.98%) HTML
2 3 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.49%) Sass
2 3 (1.49%) ZeroMQ
3 2 (0.99%) XML
3 2 (0.99%) XSLT
4 1 (0.50%) .NET
4 1 (0.50%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.50%) Blazor
4 1 (0.50%) Django
4 1 (0.50%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.50%) Flutter
4 1 (0.50%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.50%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (0.50%) Middleware
4 1 (0.50%) Playwright
4 1 (0.50%) React
4 1 (0.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.37%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (10.40%) Product Ownership
3 20 (9.90%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.45%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.95%) Social Media
6 8 (3.96%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.47%) FMCG
8 5 (2.48%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.48%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.98%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.98%) CMDB
9 4 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.49%) PKI
11 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.99%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.99%) Video Editing
11 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.97%) Windows
2 5 (2.48%) Linux
3 2 (0.99%) Unix
4 1 (0.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (33.17%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (32.67%) Business Intelligence
3 63 (31.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 60 (29.70%) Analytics
5 52 (25.74%) AI
6 50 (24.75%) Decision-Making
7 48 (23.76%) Agile
8 40 (19.80%) Actionable Insight
9 37 (18.32%) Data Analysis
10 36 (17.82%) Process Improvement
11 35 (17.33%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (16.34%) Digital Marketing
12 33 (16.34%) Visualisation
13 29 (14.36%) Mentoring
14 26 (12.87%) DevOps
14 26 (12.87%) Programme Management
15 25 (12.38%) Vulnerability Management
16 24 (11.88%) Visual Analytics
16 24 (11.88%) WFM
17 20 (9.90%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 55 (27.23%) SQL
2 33 (16.34%) Python
3 24 (11.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (4.95%) C#
5 9 (4.46%) C++
6 7 (3.47%) C
7 6 (2.97%) VBA
8 5 (2.48%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.48%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.49%) Bicep
9 3 (1.49%) Go
9 3 (1.49%) Java
10 2 (0.99%) Bash
10 2 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.99%) R
10 2 (0.99%) VC++
11 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (20.30%) Degree
2 38 (18.81%) Security Cleared
3 26 (12.87%) CISSP
4 25 (12.38%) CEH
4 25 (12.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (6.44%) SC Cleared
6 12 (5.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 7 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.47%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.49%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.50%) CISA
11 1 (0.50%) CISM
11 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (13.86%) NIST
3 25 (12.38%) PCI DSS
4 13 (6.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (6.44%) Data Quality
4 13 (6.44%) QA
5 10 (4.95%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.97%) GRC
7 4 (1.98%) GDPR
8 3 (1.49%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.49%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.99%) EMIR
9 2 (0.99%) GAAP
9 2 (0.99%) IFRS
9 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.50%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Firmware
2 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (3.47%) Terraform
2 3 (1.49%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.99%) Ansible
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 49 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.85%) SAP
3 13 (6.44%) Google
4 11 (5.45%) Autodesk
5 6 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.48%) Workday
7 4 (1.98%) Hotjar
8 3 (1.49%) Ahrefs
8 3 (1.49%) Apple
8 3 (1.49%) Databricks
8 3 (1.49%) Oracle
8 3 (1.49%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.99%) Hootsuite
9 2 (0.99%) Instagram
9 2 (0.99%) YouTube
10 1 (0.50%) Adobe
10 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.50%) BT
10 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.50%) Salesforce