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 27 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 15 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,424 1,667 3,267
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.86% 12.34% 10.05%
As % of the General category 14.06% 17.11% 16.23%
Number of salaries quoted 886 931 1,910
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £44,603 £40,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 10,126 9,743 20,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.91% 72.14% 61.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,731 6,499 15,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,270 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -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 27 April 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 25 (1.76%) Confluence
1 25 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.91%) CMS
3 13 (0.91%) WordPress
4 10 (0.70%) Apache
4 10 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.21%) Drupal
8 1 (0.070%) Appian
8 1 (0.070%) IIS
8 1 (0.070%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.070%) Umbraco
Applications
1 169 (11.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.62%) Chatbot
5 16 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.91%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Notion
9 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 31 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.54%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.77%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.42%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.28%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.21%) Infor M3
9 3 (0.21%) JDE OneWorld
9 3 (0.21%) JDE World
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.21%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.14%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 290 (20.37%) Azure
2 222 (15.59%) Power Platform
3 124 (8.71%) AWS
4 97 (6.81%) SaaS
5 76 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (4.35%) GitHub
7 61 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
8 56 (3.93%) GCP
9 51 (3.58%) Google Analytics
10 49 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 45 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
12 34 (2.39%) Snowflake
13 33 (2.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 28 (1.97%) Entra ID
15 24 (1.69%) dbt
16 20 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
18 18 (1.26%) Azure Machine Learning
18 18 (1.26%) OCI
18 18 (1.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.09%) Firewall
2 39 (2.74%) Broadband
3 20 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.12%) NGFW
4 16 (1.12%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.05%) VXLAN
6 9 (0.63%) WAN
7 8 (0.56%) DNS
7 8 (0.56%) Network Security
7 8 (0.56%) Telnet
8 7 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (0.35%) DHCP
10 5 (0.35%) VPN
11 4 (0.28%) HTTP
11 4 (0.28%) LAN
11 4 (0.28%) Modbus
11 4 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (13.76%) Power BI
2 84 (5.90%) SQL Server
3 63 (4.42%) Tableau
4 41 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 39 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
6 36 (2.53%) Metadata
7 33 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (1.54%) MySQL
9 19 (1.33%) Data Lake
10 18 (1.26%) Oracle Database
10 18 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (1.12%) Relational Database
11 16 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.91%) Power Query
13 12 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.77%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.63%) Looker
16 8 (0.56%) Big Data
16 8 (0.56%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 68 (4.78%) JIRA
2 36 (2.53%) Git
3 15 (1.05%) GitLab
4 13 (0.91%) Axure RP
4 13 (0.91%) Balsamiq
5 12 (0.84%) Subversion
6 10 (0.70%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.35%) Babel
8 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.35%) webpack
9 4 (0.28%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.28%) ERwin
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.21%) Maven
10 3 (0.21%) MLflow
10 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.14%) Postman
11 2 (0.14%) Storybook
11 2 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 692 (48.60%) Social Skills
2 507 (35.60%) Finance
3 142 (9.97%) Marketing
4 133 (9.34%) Public Sector
5 130 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 91 (6.39%) Presentation Skills
7 86 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
8 82 (5.76%) Retail
9 80 (5.62%) Law
10 64 (4.49%) Legal
11 51 (3.58%) Banking
12 42 (2.95%) Advertising
12 42 (2.95%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.46%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.83%) Automotive
14 26 (1.83%) Publishing
15 22 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.40%) Front Office
17 19 (1.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 358 (25.14%) Analyst
2 174 (12.22%) Senior
3 95 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 91 (6.39%) Developer
5 88 (6.18%) Lead
6 76 (5.34%) Architect
7 57 (4.00%) Data Analyst
8 49 (3.44%) Consultant
9 48 (3.37%) Data Engineer
9 48 (3.37%) Financial Analyst
10 44 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
11 42 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
12 40 (2.81%) Report Analyst
13 37 (2.60%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.46%) Product Manager
15 31 (2.18%) Accountant
15 31 (2.18%) Alliance Manager
16 29 (2.04%) Support Analyst
17 28 (1.97%) Security Analyst
18 24 (1.69%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (4.07%) HTML
2 52 (3.65%) CSS
3 47 (3.30%) .NET
4 38 (2.67%) React
5 33 (2.32%) JSON
6 27 (1.90%) REST
7 22 (1.54%) XML
8 21 (1.47%) Middleware
9 19 (1.33%) React Native
10 17 (1.19%) TensorFlow
11 16 (1.12%) Bootstrap
12 15 (1.05%) PyTorch
13 14 (0.98%) Node.js
14 12 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
14 12 (0.84%) SOAP
15 10 (0.70%) Sass
16 9 (0.63%) Flash
17 8 (0.56%) OAuth
17 8 (0.56%) RESTful
18 7 (0.49%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 138 (9.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 108 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
3 100 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 49 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 46 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 41 (2.88%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.67%) Cloud Native
8 35 (2.46%) Virtual Team
9 33 (2.32%) Algorithms
10 29 (2.04%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.97%) Low-Code
12 27 (1.90%) Driving Licence
13 26 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
13 26 (1.83%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.76%) Social Media
15 24 (1.69%) Mobile App
16 22 (1.54%) PKI
17 21 (1.47%) FMCG
18 20 (1.40%) Public Cloud
19 19 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 61 (4.28%) Windows
2 39 (2.74%) Linux
3 24 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.05%) Unix
5 5 (0.35%) Android
6 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.14%) AIX
7 2 (0.14%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.070%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.070%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.070%) Solaris
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 635 (44.59%) Problem-Solving
2 355 (24.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 355 (24.93%) Decision-Making
3 299 (21.00%) Agile
4 296 (20.79%) Analytics
5 275 (19.31%) AI
6 234 (16.43%) Business Intelligence
7 165 (11.59%) Mentoring
8 160 (11.24%) DevOps
9 154 (10.81%) Actionable Insight
10 152 (10.67%) Data Modelling
11 148 (10.39%) Coaching
12 147 (10.32%) Project Management
13 144 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
14 143 (10.04%) Analytical Thinking
15 142 (9.97%) Process Improvement
16 138 (9.69%) CI/CD
17 128 (8.99%) ERP
18 120 (8.43%) Roadmaps
19 112 (7.87%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 284 (19.94%) SQL
2 232 (16.29%) Python
3 81 (5.69%) JavaScript
4 62 (4.35%) C#
5 59 (4.14%) PowerShell
6 51 (3.58%) Java
7 31 (2.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 25 (1.76%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.40%) TypeScript
10 18 (1.26%) C++
11 16 (1.12%) R
12 11 (0.77%) Bash
13 9 (0.63%) Go
13 9 (0.63%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.56%) VBA
15 6 (0.42%) C
16 5 (0.35%) Ruby
17 4 (0.28%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
18 3 (0.21%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 306 (21.49%) Degree
2 137 (9.62%) ACCA
2 137 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 127 (8.92%) CIMA
4 97 (6.81%) SC Cleared
5 50 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (2.74%) Master's Degree
7 26 (1.83%) PhD
8 25 (1.76%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.69%) CISSP
10 21 (1.47%) AAT
11 20 (1.40%) CISM
11 20 (1.40%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.40%) PMI Certification
12 19 (1.33%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.12%) PMP
14 12 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.77%) HNC
15 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (9.06%) Data Quality
2 77 (5.41%) QA
3 75 (5.27%) GDPR
4 53 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 35 (2.46%) NIST
7 33 (2.32%) SLA
8 25 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
8 25 (1.76%) PMO
9 19 (1.33%) WCAG
10 16 (1.12%) GRC
10 16 (1.12%) ISO 9001
11 13 (0.91%) IFRS
12 12 (0.84%) COREP
12 12 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.84%) FINREP
13 10 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.70%) GAAP
13 10 (0.70%) NCSC
14 9 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.63%) Docker
4 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.070%) KVM
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (3.51%) Terraform
2 28 (1.97%) Ansible
3 17 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.49%) Grafana
5 7 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.35%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.35%) Packer
7 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.28%) QRadar
8 3 (0.21%) SCCM
9 2 (0.14%) Graylog
9 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.070%) CASB
10 1 (0.070%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.070%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.070%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 252 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 79 (5.55%) Google
3 62 (4.35%) SAP
4 56 (3.93%) Oracle
5 53 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 22 (1.54%) Adobe
8 21 (1.47%) PayPal
9 19 (1.33%) Databricks
10 15 (1.05%) Arista
10 15 (1.05%) Aruba
10 15 (1.05%) NetScout
11 13 (0.91%) Cisco
11 13 (0.91%) VMware
12 12 (0.84%) Atlassian
12 12 (0.84%) Pardot
13 11 (0.77%) F5
13 11 (0.77%) Palo Alto
13 11 (0.77%) Xero
14 10 (0.70%) Workday