Hybrid/Remote Analytical Skills Job Trends

Analytical Skills
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,158 2,340 2,872
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.73% 14.19% 12.47%
As % of the General category 14.23% 19.89% 19.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,313 914 1,125
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £34,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,250
90th Percentile £88,630 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

Analytical Skills falls under the General 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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 15,167 11,766 14,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.38% 71.37% 62.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,235 6,295 8,225
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.14% -5.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Analytical Skills salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Analytical Skills
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 58 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.07%) Confluence
3 21 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.56%) IIS
6 11 (0.51%) Apache
6 11 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.37%) CMS
7 8 (0.37%) SAS
8 7 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.32%) WordPress
9 2 (0.093%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.093%) Hedera
9 2 (0.093%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (0.093%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.046%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.046%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.046%) Appian
10 1 (0.046%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 228 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 111 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.32%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) InDesign
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 2 (0.093%) SPSS
13 1 (0.046%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.046%) EPLAN
13 1 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.046%) Trello
Business Applications
1 51 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.48%) Dynamics GP
3 16 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.74%) Shopify
4 14 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (0.32%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.28%) Exchequer
7 6 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 6 (0.28%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.23%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.23%) JDE World
8 5 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.23%) Sage 50
9 4 (0.19%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 281 (13.02%) Power Platform
2 263 (12.19%) Azure
3 175 (8.11%) AWS
4 128 (5.93%) SaaS
5 97 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (3.57%) GCP
7 71 (3.29%) Google Analytics
8 45 (2.09%) Entra ID
9 39 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (1.62%) GitHub
11 35 (1.62%) Serverless
12 31 (1.44%) PowerApps
13 30 (1.39%) Google Ads
14 28 (1.30%) Amazon S3
15 26 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
16 25 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
16 25 (1.16%) Google Tag Manager
16 25 (1.16%) Snowflake
17 24 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.90%) Broadband
2 32 (1.48%) Firewall
3 24 (1.11%) Network Security
4 20 (0.93%) 5G
4 20 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 19 (0.88%) VPN
6 18 (0.83%) DNS
7 15 (0.70%) DHCP
7 15 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.65%) SMS
8 14 (0.65%) WAN
9 12 (0.56%) LAN
10 11 (0.51%) Internet
11 7 (0.32%) VLAN
11 7 (0.32%) Wireless
12 5 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.23%) HTTP
13 4 (0.19%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.19%) SMTP
13 4 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (11.40%) Power BI
2 70 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.15%) Tableau
4 62 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (1.99%) Metadata
6 37 (1.71%) Relational Database
7 36 (1.67%) Looker
8 35 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
9 33 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (1.34%) MySQL
11 25 (1.16%) Data Lake
12 24 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
13 23 (1.07%) Big Data
14 19 (0.88%) Power Query
15 17 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 16 (0.74%) NoSQL
17 15 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
18 14 (0.65%) Oracle Database
18 14 (0.65%) Spark SQL
19 13 (0.60%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 78 (3.61%) Git
2 74 (3.43%) JIRA
3 13 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.51%) GitLab
5 10 (0.46%) LabVIEW
6 8 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.28%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.28%) Balsamiq
7 6 (0.28%) MLflow
8 4 (0.19%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.19%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.19%) Postman
8 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.14%) JMeter
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.14%) RStudio
General
1 1,089 (50.46%) Social Skills
2 742 (34.38%) Finance
3 250 (11.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 237 (10.98%) Marketing
5 236 (10.94%) Organisational Skills
6 192 (8.90%) Retail
7 188 (8.71%) Law
7 188 (8.71%) Public Sector
8 185 (8.57%) Legal
9 131 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
10 83 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
11 69 (3.20%) Banking
12 66 (3.06%) Manufacturing
13 54 (2.50%) Telecoms
14 46 (2.13%) Advertising
15 34 (1.58%) Games
16 32 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
17 30 (1.39%) Aerospace
17 30 (1.39%) Billing
17 30 (1.39%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 554 (25.67%) Analyst
2 294 (13.62%) Senior
3 146 (6.77%) Lead
4 119 (5.51%) Business Analyst
5 113 (5.24%) Data Analyst
6 112 (5.19%) Senior Analyst
7 100 (4.63%) Developer
8 93 (4.31%) Architect
9 85 (3.94%) Consultant
10 83 (3.85%) Data Engineer
11 80 (3.71%) Support Analyst
12 57 (2.64%) Accountant
12 57 (2.64%) Applications Support
12 57 (2.64%) Service Manager
13 52 (2.41%) Delivery Manager
14 47 (2.18%) Marketing Manager
15 46 (2.13%) Senior Manager
16 40 (1.85%) Security Analyst
17 39 (1.81%) Financial Analyst
17 39 (1.81%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (3.01%) .NET
2 51 (2.36%) HTML
3 43 (1.99%) CSS
3 43 (1.99%) PySpark
4 41 (1.90%) Terraform
5 33 (1.53%) REST
6 31 (1.44%) JSON
7 26 (1.20%) XML
8 23 (1.07%) React
8 23 (1.07%) RESTful
9 20 (0.93%) Middleware
10 16 (0.74%) .NET Core
11 15 (0.70%) AngularJS
11 15 (0.70%) PyTorch
11 15 (0.70%) Web Services
12 13 (0.60%) ASP.NET
12 13 (0.60%) Pandas
12 13 (0.60%) TensorFlow
13 12 (0.56%) .NET Framework
13 12 (0.56%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 184 (8.53%) Management Information System
2 140 (6.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 127 (5.89%) Self-Motivation
4 99 (4.59%) Product Ownership
5 98 (4.54%) Onboarding
6 74 (3.43%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.15%) Blog
8 48 (2.22%) Credit Risk
8 48 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (1.81%) Driving Licence
10 37 (1.71%) Cloud Native
10 37 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
11 36 (1.67%) Social Media
12 35 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
13 34 (1.58%) Security Posture
14 28 (1.30%) AI Agents
15 26 (1.20%) Data Structures
16 25 (1.16%) Mobile App
17 24 (1.11%) Algorithms
18 20 (0.93%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 94 (4.36%) Windows
2 58 (2.69%) Linux
3 39 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.56%) Android
5 11 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.23%) OpenVMS
10 5 (0.23%) Unix
11 2 (0.093%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.046%) AIX
12 1 (0.046%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,021 (47.31%) Problem-Solving
2 684 (31.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 599 (27.76%) Decision-Making
4 513 (23.77%) Analytics
5 494 (22.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 431 (19.97%) AI
7 410 (19.00%) Agile
8 294 (13.62%) Business Intelligence
9 262 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 257 (11.91%) Roadmaps
11 252 (11.68%) Project Management
12 249 (11.54%) Actionable Insight
13 248 (11.49%) Process Improvement
14 227 (10.52%) Mentoring
15 209 (9.68%) Project Delivery
16 203 (9.41%) CRM
17 190 (8.80%) Data Analysis
18 188 (8.71%) Coaching
19 187 (8.67%) Validation
20 181 (8.39%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 456 (21.13%) SQL
2 317 (14.69%) Python
3 90 (4.17%) C#
4 89 (4.12%) JavaScript
5 62 (2.87%) Java
6 57 (2.64%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.53%) C++
8 32 (1.48%) T-SQL
9 28 (1.30%) R
10 21 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 19 (0.88%) Bash
11 19 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 19 (0.88%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.51%) Go
13 10 (0.46%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.42%) C
14 9 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.37%) Scala
16 6 (0.28%) PHP
16 6 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 382 (17.70%) Degree
2 235 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 179 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 115 (5.33%) ACCA
5 112 (5.19%) CIMA
6 59 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 58 (2.69%) DBS Check
8 47 (2.18%) CISSP
9 41 (1.90%) CISM
10 35 (1.62%) DV Cleared
11 27 (1.25%) Azure Certification
12 25 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (0.97%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (0.79%) PMI Certification
15 16 (0.74%) AAT
15 16 (0.74%) CRISC
16 15 (0.70%) GIAC
16 15 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (10.89%) Data Quality
2 120 (5.56%) GDPR
3 104 (4.82%) Accessibility
4 89 (4.12%) QA
5 86 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 57 (2.64%) SLA
7 56 (2.59%) NIST
8 39 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 37 (1.71%) PMO
10 28 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 28 (1.30%) GRC
11 25 (1.16%) IFRS
12 21 (0.97%) ISO 9001
13 20 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 17 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 15 (0.70%) GAAP
16 14 (0.65%) ISO 14001
16 14 (0.65%) PCI DSS
16 14 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 11 (0.51%) NCSC
System Software
1 62 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.20%) Docker
3 11 (0.51%) Firmware
4 9 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.046%) HDFS
6 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.046%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (0.74%) Ansible
4 14 (0.65%) Grafana
5 8 (0.37%) QRadar
6 5 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.19%) Kubeflow
7 4 (0.19%) Nmap
8 3 (0.14%) Packer
9 2 (0.093%) CASB
9 2 (0.093%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.093%) Graylog
9 2 (0.093%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.046%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.046%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.046%) Kibana
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.046%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.046%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.046%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 442 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 126 (5.84%) Google
3 72 (3.34%) SAP
4 63 (2.92%) Oracle
5 57 (2.64%) Salesforce
6 43 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 43 (1.99%) YouTube
7 33 (1.53%) Adobe
8 30 (1.39%) Sage
9 27 (1.25%) HubSpot
10 25 (1.16%) Cisco
10 25 (1.16%) Databricks
11 20 (0.93%) Splunk
12 17 (0.79%) Yardi
13 15 (0.70%) VMware
14 12 (0.56%) Apple
14 12 (0.56%) Dynatrace
15 11 (0.51%) Qualys
15 11 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 10 (0.46%) JD Edwards