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 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,728 1,775 2,343
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.61% 11.28% 8.53%
As % of the General category 18.05% 16.21% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 808 911 1,705
10th Percentile £30,165 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,257 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -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 9,572 10,949 17,045
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.78% 69.58% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,026 6,278 13,551
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 12 February 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 40 (2.31%) Confluence
2 24 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.69%) CMS
5 9 (0.52%) WordPress
6 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.35%) Apache
8 5 (0.29%) SAS
9 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.12%) Drupal
10 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.058%) IIS
11 1 (0.058%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 375 (21.70%) Chatbot
2 189 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 89 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.69%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.058%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.058%) Notion
9 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.058%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.058%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
4 10 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
4 10 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 9 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
7 4 (0.23%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.23%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.17%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.17%) Shopify
9 2 (0.12%) Primavera
9 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 286 (16.55%) Azure
2 222 (12.85%) Power Platform
3 115 (6.66%) AWS
4 99 (5.73%) SaaS
5 95 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (3.99%) GitHub
7 66 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
8 51 (2.95%) Snowflake
9 50 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (2.60%) GCP
11 39 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
12 36 (2.08%) Google Analytics
13 34 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 30 (1.74%) dbt
15 28 (1.62%) Entra ID
16 26 (1.50%) GitHub Copilot
17 22 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (1.27%) OCI
18 19 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
18 19 (1.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.37%) Firewall
2 33 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
3 27 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.33%) Wireshark
5 19 (1.10%) Broadband
6 16 (0.93%) NGFW
7 15 (0.87%) VXLAN
8 14 (0.81%) DNS
8 14 (0.81%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.69%) Network Security
9 12 (0.69%) VPN
9 12 (0.69%) WAN
10 8 (0.46%) DHCP
10 8 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (0.46%) Telnet
11 6 (0.35%) Internet
11 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.23%) 5G
12 4 (0.23%) DSL
12 4 (0.23%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (11.52%) Power BI
2 75 (4.34%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.22%) Tableau
4 69 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (2.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 37 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 28 (1.62%) MySQL
8 26 (1.50%) Metadata
9 17 (0.98%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
11 12 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
11 12 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (0.64%) Geospatial Data
12 11 (0.64%) Power Query
13 10 (0.58%) Data Mining
14 9 (0.52%) Relational Database
15 8 (0.46%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.46%) Looker
Development Applications
1 92 (5.32%) JIRA
2 28 (1.62%) Git
3 17 (0.98%) GitLab
4 13 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.75%) Subversion
5 12 (0.69%) Axure RP
5 12 (0.69%) Balsamiq
5 12 (0.69%) ER Studio
5 12 (0.69%) ERwin
6 8 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.46%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (0.46%) Selenium
7 7 (0.41%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.29%) Babel
8 5 (0.29%) Postman
8 5 (0.29%) webpack
9 3 (0.17%) Maven
9 3 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 757 (43.81%) Social Skills
2 527 (30.50%) Finance
3 138 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 138 (7.99%) Public Sector
4 133 (7.70%) Marketing
5 120 (6.94%) Retail
6 82 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
7 81 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
8 80 (4.63%) Law
9 78 (4.51%) Legal
10 42 (2.43%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.14%) Advertising
12 35 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (2.03%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (1.27%) Back Office
15 21 (1.22%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.16%) Automotive
16 20 (1.16%) Banking
17 19 (1.10%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 372 (21.53%) Trainer
2 366 (21.18%) Analyst
3 147 (8.51%) Senior
4 115 (6.66%) Developer
5 87 (5.03%) Business Analyst
6 83 (4.80%) Lead
7 79 (4.57%) Architect
8 68 (3.94%) Data Analyst
9 54 (3.13%) Support Analyst
10 47 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
11 45 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
12 44 (2.55%) Consultant
13 39 (2.26%) IT Analyst
14 35 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
15 34 (1.97%) 2nd Line Support
16 31 (1.79%) Alliance Manager
16 31 (1.79%) IT Support
16 31 (1.79%) Report Analyst
17 28 (1.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 27 (1.56%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.24%) HTML
2 50 (2.89%) CSS
3 39 (2.26%) React
4 33 (1.91%) .NET
5 23 (1.33%) REST
6 21 (1.22%) Middleware
7 20 (1.16%) JSON
8 16 (0.93%) Flash
8 16 (0.93%) XML
9 15 (0.87%) Node.js
9 15 (0.87%) SOAP
10 14 (0.81%) Bootstrap
10 14 (0.81%) React Native
11 12 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
11 12 (0.69%) Sass
11 12 (0.69%) TensorFlow
12 10 (0.58%) OAuth
13 9 (0.52%) PyTorch
14 8 (0.46%) Playwright
14 8 (0.46%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 164 (9.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 122 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
3 102 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 94 (5.44%) Product Ownership
5 52 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.49%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.20%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.14%) Algorithms
9 30 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 28 (1.62%) Data Centre
10 28 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.50%) PKI
12 25 (1.45%) Low-Code
13 23 (1.33%) FMCG
14 22 (1.27%) Driving Licence
14 22 (1.27%) Social Media
15 21 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 21 (1.22%) Security Posture
16 14 (0.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 62 (3.59%) Windows
2 45 (2.60%) Linux
3 19 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.87%) Unix
5 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.23%) Android
6 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.058%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 625 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
2 620 (35.88%) AI
3 381 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 376 (21.76%) Chemistry
5 375 (21.70%) Conversational UI
6 307 (17.77%) Decision-Making
7 299 (17.30%) Agile
8 290 (16.78%) Analytics
9 231 (13.37%) Business Intelligence
10 169 (9.78%) DevOps
11 165 (9.55%) Mentoring
12 158 (9.14%) Analytical Thinking
13 157 (9.09%) Project Management
14 154 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 145 (8.39%) Data Analysis
15 145 (8.39%) Data Modelling
16 144 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
17 142 (8.22%) ERP
18 138 (7.99%) Coaching
19 123 (7.12%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 313 (18.11%) SQL
2 214 (12.38%) Python
3 81 (4.69%) C#
4 68 (3.94%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.36%) PowerShell
6 39 (2.26%) Java
7 31 (1.79%) C++
8 30 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (1.10%) R
9 19 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 18 (1.04%) C
11 15 (0.87%) TypeScript
12 13 (0.75%) Bash
13 11 (0.64%) Go
14 8 (0.46%) Bicep
14 8 (0.46%) VBA
15 6 (0.35%) PHP
16 5 (0.29%) Scala
17 4 (0.23%) Groovy
17 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 663 (38.37%) Degree
2 397 (22.97%) Master's Degree
3 377 (21.82%) PhD
4 141 (8.16%) Security Cleared
5 113 (6.54%) SC Cleared
6 103 (5.96%) ACCA
7 94 (5.44%) CIMA
8 59 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (2.03%) CISSP
10 30 (1.74%) DBS Check
11 27 (1.56%) CISM
11 27 (1.56%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.39%) AAT
13 23 (1.33%) PMI Certification
14 22 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
15 21 (1.22%) CISA
16 19 (1.10%) Azure Certification
17 18 (1.04%) PMP
18 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
19 13 (0.75%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 87 (5.03%) QA
3 59 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (2.95%) GDPR
5 49 (2.84%) Accessibility
6 38 (2.20%) PMO
7 37 (2.14%) NIST
8 19 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (0.98%) GRC
9 17 (0.98%) WCAG
10 11 (0.64%) IFRS
11 10 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.58%) SLA
12 9 (0.52%) NCSC
13 7 (0.41%) GAAP
14 5 (0.29%) COBIT
14 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.23%) ISO 14001
15 4 (0.23%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.23%) ITGC
System Software
1 45 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.87%) Docker
2 15 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.17%) vSphere
6 1 (0.058%) Firmware
6 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (2.60%) Terraform
2 25 (1.45%) Ansible
3 16 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.46%) Grafana
4 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 5 (0.29%) SCOM
7 4 (0.23%) QRadar
8 3 (0.17%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.17%) SCCM
9 1 (0.058%) CASB
9 1 (0.058%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.058%) Nessus
9 1 (0.058%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 372 (21.53%) PayPal
2 264 (15.28%) Microsoft
3 54 (3.13%) Google
4 50 (2.89%) Oracle
4 50 (2.89%) SAP
5 42 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.22%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.16%) Databricks
8 18 (1.04%) Adobe
9 16 (0.93%) Aruba
9 16 (0.93%) VMware
10 15 (0.87%) Arista
10 15 (0.87%) NetScout
11 13 (0.75%) Xero
12 12 (0.69%) IBM
13 11 (0.64%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.52%) Atlassian
14 9 (0.52%) Splunk
14 9 (0.52%) Workday
15 8 (0.46%) Charles River