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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 16 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,716 1,940 2,155
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.97% 11.86% 8.49%
As % of the General category 18.41% 17.16% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 807 997 1,539
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £89,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 9,321 11,306 15,839
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.59% 69.11% 62.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,876 6,393 12,535
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +5.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £99,375 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -12.00%

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 January 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 (2.16%) Confluence
2 25 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.70%) CMS
4 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.35%) SAS
7 5 (0.29%) Apache
7 5 (0.29%) WordPress
8 3 (0.17%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.17%) IIS
9 2 (0.12%) Drupal
9 2 (0.12%) nginx
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.058%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 383 (22.32%) Chatbot
2 186 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 100 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.64%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.29%) 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 28 (1.63%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
3 10 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
3 10 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
4 9 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.23%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
6 4 (0.23%) Markit EDM
6 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.23%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.23%) Shopify
7 3 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.17%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 277 (16.14%) Azure
2 199 (11.60%) Power Platform
3 112 (6.53%) AWS
4 95 (5.54%) SaaS
5 92 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (3.67%) GitHub
7 59 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
8 53 (3.09%) Snowflake
9 51 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
10 41 (2.39%) GCP
11 34 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 32 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
13 30 (1.75%) dbt
14 27 (1.57%) Google Analytics
15 26 (1.52%) GitHub Copilot
16 25 (1.46%) Entra ID
17 21 (1.22%) OCI
18 20 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
19 19 (1.11%) Power Automate
20 17 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.21%) Firewall
2 36 (2.10%) Remote Desktop
3 27 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (1.28%) Wireshark
5 15 (0.87%) VPN
6 14 (0.82%) DNS
6 14 (0.82%) NGFW
6 14 (0.82%) VXLAN
7 13 (0.76%) Network Security
7 13 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.76%) WAN
8 12 (0.70%) Broadband
9 8 (0.47%) DHCP
9 8 (0.47%) Telnet
10 6 (0.35%) Internet
10 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.29%) LAN
11 5 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.23%) 5G
12 4 (0.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (10.43%) Power BI
2 72 (4.20%) SQL Server
3 70 (4.08%) Tableau
4 68 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 37 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (1.22%) MySQL
8 18 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
8 18 (1.05%) Metadata
9 17 (0.99%) Data Lake
10 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
12 13 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
12 13 (0.76%) GIS
13 11 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (0.64%) Data Mining
13 11 (0.64%) Power Query
13 11 (0.64%) Relational Database
14 10 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
15 8 (0.47%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 92 (5.36%) JIRA
2 28 (1.63%) Git
3 16 (0.93%) GitLab
4 13 (0.76%) Subversion
5 12 (0.70%) ER Studio
5 12 (0.70%) ERwin
5 12 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.64%) Axure RP
6 11 (0.64%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.52%) Cypress.io
7 9 (0.52%) Selenium
8 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.47%) WebDriver
9 4 (0.23%) Babel
9 4 (0.23%) Postman
9 4 (0.23%) webpack
10 3 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 743 (43.30%) Social Skills
2 540 (31.47%) Finance
3 140 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (7.98%) Public Sector
5 121 (7.05%) Marketing
6 109 (6.35%) Retail
7 86 (5.01%) Legal
8 81 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
9 77 (4.49%) Law
9 77 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
10 45 (2.62%) Manufacturing
11 40 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (2.04%) Advertising
13 34 (1.98%) Telecoms
14 27 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
15 23 (1.34%) Back Office
16 20 (1.17%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.17%) Banking
16 20 (1.17%) Billing
16 20 (1.17%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 380 (22.14%) Trainer
2 350 (20.40%) Analyst
3 145 (8.45%) Senior
4 114 (6.64%) Developer
5 87 (5.07%) Lead
6 86 (5.01%) Business Analyst
7 78 (4.55%) Architect
8 57 (3.32%) Data Analyst
9 53 (3.09%) Support Analyst
10 48 (2.80%) Financial Analyst
11 46 (2.68%) IT Analyst
12 45 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
13 39 (2.27%) Consultant
14 37 (2.16%) 2nd Line Support
15 36 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (1.92%) IT Support
17 31 (1.81%) Alliance Manager
18 29 (1.69%) Data Engineer
19 28 (1.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
20 27 (1.57%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.91%) HTML
2 45 (2.62%) CSS
3 33 (1.92%) React
4 29 (1.69%) .NET
5 27 (1.57%) REST
6 23 (1.34%) Middleware
7 20 (1.17%) SOAP
8 18 (1.05%) Flash
9 15 (0.87%) JSON
9 15 (0.87%) OAuth
10 14 (0.82%) XML
11 13 (0.76%) SAML
12 12 (0.70%) Bootstrap
12 12 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
12 12 (0.70%) Node.js
12 12 (0.70%) React Native
13 11 (0.64%) BAPI
13 11 (0.64%) IBM Integration Bus
13 11 (0.64%) JMS
13 11 (0.64%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 128 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 103 (6.00%) Onboarding
4 96 (5.59%) Product Ownership
5 63 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 33 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 31 (1.81%) Algorithms
7 31 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 29 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 28 (1.63%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 24 (1.40%) PKI
13 23 (1.34%) Driving Licence
13 23 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 21 (1.22%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.22%) Social Media
15 19 (1.11%) FMCG
16 15 (0.87%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 65 (3.79%) Windows
2 48 (2.80%) Linux
3 19 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.99%) 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
8 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.058%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (36.89%) Problem-Solving
2 620 (36.13%) AI
3 386 (22.49%) Chemistry
4 384 (22.38%) Conversational UI
5 375 (21.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 314 (18.30%) Decision-Making
7 300 (17.48%) Agile
8 276 (16.08%) Analytics
9 210 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
10 169 (9.85%) DevOps
11 159 (9.27%) Analytical Thinking
12 155 (9.03%) Project Management
13 154 (8.97%) Mentoring
14 142 (8.28%) ERP
15 140 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
16 138 (8.04%) Actionable Insight
17 136 (7.93%) Data Analysis
18 130 (7.58%) Data Modelling
19 129 (7.52%) Coaching
20 116 (6.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 308 (17.95%) SQL
2 196 (11.42%) Python
3 82 (4.78%) C#
4 55 (3.21%) JavaScript
5 52 (3.03%) PowerShell
6 37 (2.16%) Java
7 34 (1.98%) C++
8 28 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 17 (0.99%) C
9 17 (0.99%) R
9 17 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.70%) Bash
12 9 (0.52%) VBA
13 8 (0.47%) Bicep
13 8 (0.47%) Go
14 5 (0.29%) ABAP
14 5 (0.29%) PHP
14 5 (0.29%) Scala
15 4 (0.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 671 (39.10%) Degree
2 404 (23.54%) Master's Degree
3 385 (22.44%) PhD
4 143 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 117 (6.82%) SC Cleared
6 100 (5.83%) ACCA
7 91 (5.30%) CIMA
8 59 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (2.27%) CISSP
10 36 (2.10%) DBS Check
11 32 (1.86%) DV Cleared
12 29 (1.69%) CISM
13 24 (1.40%) CISA
14 23 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 22 (1.28%) PMI Certification
16 21 (1.22%) AAT
17 19 (1.11%) Azure Certification
18 18 (1.05%) PMP
19 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
20 13 (0.76%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.59%) Data Quality
2 88 (5.13%) QA
3 62 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (2.91%) GDPR
5 46 (2.68%) Accessibility
6 44 (2.56%) PMO
7 40 (2.33%) NIST
8 17 (0.99%) GRC
9 16 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.87%) WCAG
11 13 (0.76%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.52%) IFRS
13 8 (0.47%) NCSC
13 8 (0.47%) SLA
14 6 (0.35%) COBIT
14 6 (0.35%) GAAP
14 6 (0.35%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.29%) ITGC
15 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 41 (2.39%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.82%) Docker
4 9 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.17%) vSphere
7 1 (0.058%) Firmware
7 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (2.51%) Terraform
2 25 (1.46%) Ansible
3 15 (0.87%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.41%) Grafana
6 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 5 (0.29%) SCOM
8 4 (0.23%) QRadar
9 3 (0.17%) SCCM
10 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.058%) CASB
11 1 (0.058%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.058%) Nessus
11 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 380 (22.14%) PayPal
2 284 (16.55%) Microsoft
3 53 (3.09%) SAP
4 52 (3.03%) Oracle
5 44 (2.56%) Google
6 30 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.22%) Databricks
7 21 (1.22%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.05%) VMware
9 16 (0.93%) Adobe
10 15 (0.87%) Aruba
10 15 (0.87%) IBM
11 14 (0.82%) Arista
11 14 (0.82%) NetScout
11 14 (0.82%) Xero
12 11 (0.64%) Autodesk
13 10 (0.58%) Workday
14 9 (0.52%) Splunk
15 8 (0.47%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.47%) Charles River