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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,471 2,101 3,304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.60% 14.11% 9.79%
As % of the General category 13.20% 18.83% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 969 885 1,880
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £86,500 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £54,150 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.55% +10.00% -8.90%

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 11,144 11,160 20,535
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.60% 74.97% 60.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,252 6,155 15,132
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,927 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%

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 6 June 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 37 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.22%) Confluence
4 13 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.82%) Apache
6 11 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.75%) WordPress
7 7 (0.48%) SAS
8 6 (0.41%) CMS
8 6 (0.41%) IIS
9 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.068%) Appian
12 1 (0.068%) Drupal
12 1 (0.068%) Moodle
12 1 (0.068%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 144 (9.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.61%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.20%) Blender
8 3 (0.20%) Maya
9 1 (0.068%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.068%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.068%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.75%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.41%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.27%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.27%) JDE World
7 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.068%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 257 (17.47%) Azure
2 233 (15.84%) Power Platform
3 135 (9.18%) AWS
4 111 (7.55%) SaaS
5 62 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.47%) Google Analytics
7 49 (3.33%) GCP
8 48 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (2.58%) GitHub
10 32 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (2.18%) Entra ID
11 22 (1.50%) Amazon S3
12 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
12 19 (1.29%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (1.22%) Serverless
14 16 (1.09%) OCI
15 13 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.01%) Broadband
2 51 (3.47%) Firewall
3 23 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.09%) NGFW
4 16 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.09%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.02%) VXLAN
6 10 (0.68%) VPN
7 8 (0.54%) SMS
7 8 (0.54%) WAN
8 7 (0.48%) 5G
8 7 (0.48%) DNS
8 7 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.41%) Network Security
10 5 (0.34%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.34%) VLAN
11 4 (0.27%) HTTP
11 4 (0.27%) LAN
11 4 (0.27%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (13.32%) Power BI
2 64 (4.35%) Tableau
3 61 (4.15%) SQL Server
4 45 (3.06%) Metadata
5 31 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (1.77%) MySQL
8 24 (1.63%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.29%) Big Data
10 18 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.16%) Oracle Database
12 16 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 16 (1.09%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.82%) Power Query
14 11 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.61%) Looker
16 8 (0.54%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
17 7 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 44 (2.99%) JIRA
2 37 (2.52%) Git
3 12 (0.82%) GitLab
4 8 (0.54%) Axure RP
4 8 (0.54%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.20%) Babel
7 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.20%) Subversion
7 3 (0.20%) webpack
8 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.14%) ERwin
8 2 (0.14%) MLflow
8 2 (0.14%) Postman
8 2 (0.14%) Storybook
General
1 662 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 468 (31.82%) Finance
3 165 (11.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (9.79%) Public Sector
5 126 (8.57%) Marketing
6 93 (6.32%) Law
7 91 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
8 90 (6.12%) Retail
9 89 (6.05%) Legal
10 53 (3.60%) Banking
11 50 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
13 34 (2.31%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.04%) Advertising
15 29 (1.97%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.77%) Publishing
17 24 (1.63%) Automotive
18 16 (1.09%) Financial Institution
19 14 (0.95%) Games
Job Titles
1 382 (25.97%) Analyst
2 202 (13.73%) Senior
3 102 (6.93%) Lead
4 91 (6.19%) Business Analyst
5 89 (6.05%) Architect
6 84 (5.71%) Developer
7 82 (5.57%) Data Analyst
8 62 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
9 51 (3.47%) Data Engineer
10 48 (3.26%) Consultant
11 42 (2.86%) Senior Manager
12 40 (2.72%) Report Analyst
13 37 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (2.24%) Applications Support
14 33 (2.24%) Product Manager
15 32 (2.18%) Accountant
15 32 (2.18%) Support Analyst
16 29 (1.97%) Data Scientist
16 29 (1.97%) Security Analyst
17 28 (1.90%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.60%) HTML
2 47 (3.20%) CSS
3 43 (2.92%) .NET
4 36 (2.45%) JSON
5 33 (2.24%) React
6 27 (1.84%) REST
7 26 (1.77%) TensorFlow
8 25 (1.70%) PyTorch
9 23 (1.56%) Middleware
9 23 (1.56%) XML
10 16 (1.09%) Node.js
11 15 (1.02%) React Native
12 14 (0.95%) RESTful
13 12 (0.82%) Bootstrap
14 10 (0.68%) PySpark
15 9 (0.61%) SOAP
16 7 (0.48%) Flutter
16 7 (0.48%) Kafka
16 7 (0.48%) OAuth
16 7 (0.48%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 96 (6.53%) Product Ownership
3 72 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 42 (2.86%) Algorithms
6 42 (2.86%) Data Structures
7 40 (2.72%) Virtual Team
8 33 (2.24%) Cloud Native
9 31 (2.11%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.84%) Driving Licence
10 27 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.84%) Security Posture
11 25 (1.70%) PKI
12 23 (1.56%) Mobile App
12 23 (1.56%) Public Cloud
12 23 (1.56%) Social Media
12 23 (1.56%) Video\Live Streaming
13 22 (1.50%) FMCG
14 19 (1.29%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.49%) Windows
2 40 (2.72%) Linux
3 28 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.82%) Unix
5 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.27%) Android
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.14%) AIX
8 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.068%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.068%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.068%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.068%) Solaris
9 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 687 (46.70%) Problem-Solving
2 366 (24.88%) Decision-Making
3 345 (23.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 326 (22.16%) Agile
5 315 (21.41%) Analytics
6 258 (17.54%) AI
7 217 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
8 187 (12.71%) Mentoring
9 186 (12.64%) Roadmaps
10 168 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 167 (11.35%) Project Management
12 163 (11.08%) Actionable Insight
13 152 (10.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 148 (10.06%) Coaching
15 141 (9.59%) Analytical Thinking
16 138 (9.38%) Data Modelling
17 135 (9.18%) Process Improvement
18 129 (8.77%) DevOps
19 121 (8.23%) CI/CD
19 121 (8.23%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 313 (21.28%) SQL
2 290 (19.71%) Python
3 81 (5.51%) JavaScript
4 62 (4.21%) PowerShell
5 54 (3.67%) C#
6 48 (3.26%) Java
7 28 (1.90%) T-SQL
8 19 (1.29%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.22%) R
10 14 (0.95%) C++
11 12 (0.82%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.68%) Bash
13 9 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.61%) Go
14 6 (0.41%) VBA
15 5 (0.34%) C
15 5 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.34%) PHP
15 5 (0.34%) Ruby
15 5 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 299 (20.33%) Degree
2 152 (10.33%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 103 (7.00%) ACCA
5 99 (6.73%) CIMA
6 51 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.52%) DBS Check
8 30 (2.04%) CISSP
9 28 (1.90%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.63%) CISM
11 17 (1.16%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 16 (1.09%) AAT
12 16 (1.09%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (1.09%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.82%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (0.82%) HNC
13 12 (0.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (9.65%) Data Quality
2 102 (6.93%) GDPR
3 77 (5.23%) QA
4 71 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (3.47%) SLA
6 50 (3.40%) Accessibility
7 46 (3.13%) NIST
8 23 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.43%) GRC
10 20 (1.36%) PMO
11 19 (1.29%) ISO 9001
12 18 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (0.95%) COREP
13 14 (0.95%) FINREP
14 13 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.88%) IFRS
15 12 (0.82%) NCSC
15 12 (0.82%) PCI DSS
15 12 (0.82%) WCAG
16 11 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 48 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.88%) Docker
4 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) Firmware
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.068%) KVM
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.068%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.47%) Terraform
2 26 (1.77%) Ansible
3 17 (1.16%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.48%) Kubeflow
5 7 (0.48%) QRadar
6 6 (0.41%) Grafana
6 6 (0.41%) Packer
7 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.20%) SCCM
8 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 2 (0.14%) Nmap
8 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.068%) CASB
9 1 (0.068%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.068%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.068%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.068%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.068%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 249 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.57%) Google
3 61 (4.15%) Oracle
3 61 (4.15%) SAP
4 56 (3.81%) Salesforce
5 31 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.36%) Adobe
7 17 (1.16%) Cisco
8 15 (1.02%) Arista
8 15 (1.02%) Aruba
8 15 (1.02%) Databricks
8 15 (1.02%) NetScout
9 14 (0.95%) VMware
10 13 (0.88%) HubSpot
11 12 (0.82%) F5
11 12 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 11 (0.75%) Pardot
13 10 (0.68%) Sage
14 9 (0.61%) JD Edwards
14 9 (0.61%) Red Hat