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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,484 2,159 3,362
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.52% 14.17% 9.77%
As % of the General category 12.97% 18.97% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 987 900 1,904
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,156 £41,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,808 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.35% +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 11,439 11,380 20,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.93% 74.67% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,464 6,238 15,280
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,903 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -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 13 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 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.15%) Confluence
4 13 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.81%) Apache
6 11 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.74%) WordPress
7 7 (0.47%) IIS
7 7 (0.47%) SAS
8 6 (0.40%) CMS
9 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.067%) Appian
12 1 (0.067%) Drupal
12 1 (0.067%) Moodle
12 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 148 (9.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.88%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.61%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.20%) Blender
7 3 (0.20%) Maya
8 1 (0.067%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.27%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.27%) JDE World
6 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 252 (16.98%) Azure
2 233 (15.70%) Power Platform
3 135 (9.10%) AWS
4 116 (7.82%) SaaS
5 59 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.50%) Google Analytics
7 48 (3.23%) GCP
8 45 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (2.29%) GitHub
10 29 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 22 (1.48%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (1.15%) OCI
13 17 (1.15%) Serverless
13 17 (1.15%) Snowflake
14 13 (0.88%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.81%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.51%) Broadband
2 52 (3.50%) Firewall
3 23 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.08%) NGFW
4 16 (1.08%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.01%) VXLAN
6 10 (0.67%) VPN
7 9 (0.61%) SMS
8 8 (0.54%) WAN
9 7 (0.47%) 5G
9 7 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.40%) DNS
10 6 (0.40%) Network Security
11 5 (0.34%) HTTP
11 5 (0.34%) LAN
11 5 (0.34%) SMTP
11 5 (0.34%) Wireless
12 4 (0.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (13.27%) Power BI
2 64 (4.31%) Tableau
3 60 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 46 (3.10%) Metadata
5 32 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (1.82%) MySQL
8 25 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.28%) Oracle Database
10 18 (1.21%) Big Data
10 18 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.08%) NoSQL
13 14 (0.94%) Data Lake
13 14 (0.94%) Power Query
14 11 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.61%) Looker
16 8 (0.54%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
17 7 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 41 (2.76%) JIRA
2 36 (2.43%) Git
3 12 (0.81%) GitLab
4 8 (0.54%) Axure RP
4 8 (0.54%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.20%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.20%) Postman
9 2 (0.13%) Babel
9 2 (0.13%) MLflow
9 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.13%) webpack
10 1 (0.067%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.067%) WebDriver
General
1 674 (45.42%) Social Skills
2 469 (31.60%) Finance
3 157 (10.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 126 (8.49%) Marketing
6 93 (6.27%) Law
6 93 (6.27%) Retail
7 90 (6.06%) Legal
7 90 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (3.77%) Banking
9 52 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (2.16%) Advertising
11 32 (2.16%) Manufacturing
12 28 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.75%) Publishing
14 25 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
15 23 (1.55%) Automotive
16 19 (1.28%) Games
17 16 (1.08%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 395 (26.62%) Analyst
2 206 (13.88%) Senior
3 104 (7.01%) Lead
4 91 (6.13%) Business Analyst
5 90 (6.06%) Architect
6 84 (5.66%) Data Analyst
7 80 (5.39%) Developer
8 68 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
9 52 (3.50%) Consultant
10 48 (3.23%) Data Engineer
11 42 (2.83%) Report Analyst
12 41 (2.76%) Senior Manager
13 37 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
14 34 (2.29%) Applications Support
14 34 (2.29%) Support Analyst
15 33 (2.22%) Accountant
16 31 (2.09%) Product Manager
17 30 (2.02%) Security Analyst
18 29 (1.95%) Data Scientist
19 28 (1.89%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.37%) HTML
2 44 (2.96%) .NET
3 43 (2.90%) CSS
4 37 (2.49%) JSON
5 31 (2.09%) React
6 27 (1.82%) REST
6 27 (1.82%) TensorFlow
7 26 (1.75%) PyTorch
8 23 (1.55%) Middleware
8 23 (1.55%) XML
9 14 (0.94%) Node.js
9 14 (0.94%) RESTful
10 13 (0.88%) React Native
11 11 (0.74%) PySpark
12 10 (0.67%) Bootstrap
13 8 (0.54%) SOAP
13 8 (0.54%) TFX
14 7 (0.47%) FastAPI
14 7 (0.47%) Flutter
14 7 (0.47%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 124 (8.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 91 (6.13%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 62 (4.18%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.76%) Virtual Team
7 40 (2.70%) Algorithms
7 40 (2.70%) Data Structures
8 32 (2.16%) Cloud Native
8 32 (2.16%) Security Posture
9 30 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.95%) Social Media
11 28 (1.89%) Data Centre
12 26 (1.75%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.68%) PKI
14 24 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
15 23 (1.55%) Public Cloud
16 22 (1.48%) FMCG
17 21 (1.42%) Mobile App
18 20 (1.35%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 64 (4.31%) Windows
2 40 (2.70%) Linux
3 28 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.81%) Unix
5 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.34%) Android
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.067%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.067%) Solaris
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 699 (47.10%) Problem-Solving
2 372 (25.07%) Decision-Making
3 355 (23.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 322 (21.70%) Agile
5 317 (21.36%) Analytics
6 259 (17.45%) AI
7 217 (14.62%) Business Intelligence
8 189 (12.74%) Roadmaps
9 188 (12.67%) Mentoring
10 171 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 168 (11.32%) Project Management
12 162 (10.92%) Actionable Insight
13 159 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 146 (9.84%) Coaching
15 144 (9.70%) Analytical Thinking
15 144 (9.70%) Process Improvement
16 134 (9.03%) Data Modelling
17 123 (8.29%) DevOps
18 121 (8.15%) Validation
19 119 (8.02%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 314 (21.16%) SQL
2 286 (19.27%) Python
3 79 (5.32%) JavaScript
4 55 (3.71%) PowerShell
5 54 (3.64%) C#
6 48 (3.23%) Java
7 29 (1.95%) T-SQL
8 19 (1.28%) R
9 17 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.94%) PL/SQL
11 13 (0.88%) C++
12 10 (0.67%) Bash
12 10 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.61%) Go
14 6 (0.40%) PHP
15 5 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.34%) Ruby
15 5 (0.34%) VBA
16 4 (0.27%) C
16 4 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 300 (20.22%) Degree
2 155 (10.44%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.95%) SC Cleared
4 104 (7.01%) ACCA
5 100 (6.74%) CIMA
6 46 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.56%) DBS Check
8 36 (2.43%) CISSP
9 30 (2.02%) CISM
10 28 (1.89%) Azure Certification
11 18 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (1.15%) AAT
12 17 (1.15%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (0.94%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
16 12 (0.81%) HNC
17 11 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (9.70%) Data Quality
2 109 (7.35%) GDPR
3 79 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 77 (5.19%) QA
5 54 (3.64%) SLA
6 51 (3.44%) NIST
7 48 (3.23%) Accessibility
8 26 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.48%) ISO 9001
10 21 (1.42%) GRC
10 21 (1.42%) PMO
11 18 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 16 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 15 (1.01%) IFRS
13 15 (1.01%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.94%) COREP
14 14 (0.94%) FINREP
14 14 (0.94%) NCSC
15 13 (0.88%) ISO 14001
15 13 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 46 (3.10%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.94%) Docker
2 14 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.067%) KVM
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (3.50%) Terraform
2 26 (1.75%) Ansible
3 18 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.54%) Kubeflow
5 8 (0.54%) QRadar
6 6 (0.40%) Grafana
6 6 (0.40%) Packer
7 3 (0.20%) Nmap
7 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.20%) SCCM
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
8 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.067%) CASB
9 1 (0.067%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.067%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.067%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 245 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.66%) Google
3 63 (4.25%) SAP
4 62 (4.18%) Oracle
5 56 (3.77%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.35%) Adobe
8 18 (1.21%) Cisco
9 16 (1.08%) Databricks
10 15 (1.01%) Arista
10 15 (1.01%) Aruba
10 15 (1.01%) NetScout
11 14 (0.94%) VMware
12 13 (0.88%) HubSpot
13 12 (0.81%) F5
13 12 (0.81%) Palo Alto
13 12 (0.81%) Sage
13 12 (0.81%) Splunk
14 11 (0.74%) Pardot
15 10 (0.67%) Qualys