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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 25
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,739 1,968 1,873
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.37% 11.99% 8.61%
As % of the General category 18.89% 17.41% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 826 1,016 1,282
10th Percentile £29,625 £33,199 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.75% +3.64%
75th Percentile £70,515 £72,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
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 9,207 11,302 13,554
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.20% 68.87% 62.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,847 6,378 10,553
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,175 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.51% -6.64%

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 16 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 34 (1.96%) Confluence
2 25 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.75%) CMS
4 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.40%) 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 (22.02%) Chatbot
2 196 (11.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 101 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 18 (1.04%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.75%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.058%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.058%) InVision
11 1 (0.058%) Notion
11 1 (0.058%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.058%) Sketch
11 1 (0.058%) SmartSuite
11 1 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 30 (1.73%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (0.92%) 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 7 (0.40%) Shopify
8 4 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
8 4 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
8 4 (0.23%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.23%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.17%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 269 (15.47%) Azure
2 199 (11.44%) Power Platform
3 109 (6.27%) AWS
4 94 (5.41%) SaaS
5 88 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (3.62%) GitHub
7 58 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
8 54 (3.11%) Snowflake
9 53 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 41 (2.36%) GCP
11 34 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 33 (1.90%) Google Analytics
13 31 (1.78%) dbt
14 30 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
15 26 (1.50%) GitHub Copilot
16 23 (1.32%) Entra ID
17 21 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
18 19 (1.09%) Power Automate
19 15 (0.86%) OCI
19 15 (0.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
2 31 (1.78%) Firewall
3 24 (1.38%) Network Security
4 23 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (1.04%) VPN
6 16 (0.92%) WAN
7 15 (0.86%) DNS
7 15 (0.86%) Wireshark
8 13 (0.75%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.58%) Broadband
10 8 (0.46%) DHCP
10 8 (0.46%) LAN
10 8 (0.46%) NGFW
10 8 (0.46%) Telnet
10 8 (0.46%) VXLAN
11 6 (0.35%) Internet
11 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.29%) Wireless
13 4 (0.23%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (10.41%) Power BI
2 72 (4.14%) Tableau
3 69 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 68 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 36 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 22 (1.27%) Metadata
8 19 (1.09%) MySQL
9 18 (1.04%) Geospatial Data
10 17 (0.98%) Data Lake
10 17 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
12 13 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
12 13 (0.75%) GIS
12 13 (0.75%) Power Query
12 13 (0.75%) Relational Database
13 12 (0.69%) Data Mining
14 11 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.46%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 91 (5.23%) JIRA
2 31 (1.78%) Git
3 16 (0.92%) GitLab
4 14 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.75%) Subversion
6 12 (0.69%) Axure RP
6 12 (0.69%) Balsamiq
6 12 (0.69%) ER Studio
6 12 (0.69%) ERwin
7 11 (0.63%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.63%) Selenium
8 8 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.46%) WebDriver
9 5 (0.29%) Postman
10 4 (0.23%) Babel
10 4 (0.23%) webpack
11 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 749 (43.07%) Social Skills
2 558 (32.09%) Finance
3 142 (8.17%) Public Sector
4 139 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 135 (7.76%) Marketing
6 109 (6.27%) Retail
7 87 (5.00%) Legal
8 85 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
9 77 (4.43%) Law
10 76 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
11 57 (3.28%) Manufacturing
12 43 (2.47%) Telecoms
13 40 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
14 35 (2.01%) Advertising
15 26 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (1.50%) Electronics
16 21 (1.21%) Banking
17 20 (1.15%) Back Office
17 20 (1.15%) Billing
17 20 (1.15%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 380 (21.85%) Trainer
2 354 (20.36%) Analyst
3 147 (8.45%) Senior
4 111 (6.38%) Developer
5 85 (4.89%) Business Analyst
6 83 (4.77%) Lead
7 76 (4.37%) Architect
8 59 (3.39%) Data Analyst
9 53 (3.05%) Financial Analyst
10 51 (2.93%) Support Analyst
11 50 (2.88%) Consultant
12 47 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
13 44 (2.53%) IT Analyst
14 38 (2.19%) 2nd Line Support
15 36 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (1.84%) IT Support
17 31 (1.78%) Alliance Manager
17 31 (1.78%) Data Engineer
18 28 (1.61%) 1st/2nd Line Support
19 27 (1.55%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.99%) HTML
2 46 (2.65%) CSS
3 33 (1.90%) React
4 28 (1.61%) .NET
4 28 (1.61%) REST
5 21 (1.21%) SOAP
6 20 (1.15%) Middleware
7 18 (1.04%) Flash
8 16 (0.92%) OAuth
9 14 (0.81%) JSON
9 14 (0.81%) SAML
9 14 (0.81%) XML
10 12 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
10 12 (0.69%) Node.js
11 11 (0.63%) BAPI
11 11 (0.63%) Bootstrap
11 11 (0.63%) IBM Integration Bus
11 11 (0.63%) JMS
11 11 (0.63%) React Native
11 11 (0.63%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 176 (10.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 131 (7.53%) Self-Motivation
3 102 (5.87%) Onboarding
4 95 (5.46%) Product Ownership
5 63 (3.62%) Management Information System
6 32 (1.84%) Cloud Native
7 31 (1.78%) Algorithms
8 30 (1.73%) Virtual Team
9 26 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 25 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 25 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 23 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.27%) Driving Licence
12 22 (1.27%) Social Media
13 21 (1.21%) Low-Code
14 20 (1.15%) Security Posture
15 18 (1.04%) FMCG
16 16 (0.92%) e-Learning
16 16 (0.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 67 (3.85%) Windows
2 49 (2.82%) Linux
3 19 (1.09%) Unix
3 19 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.23%) Android
5 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.17%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.058%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (36.86%) Problem-Solving
2 623 (35.83%) AI
3 387 (22.25%) Chemistry
4 384 (22.08%) Conversational UI
5 379 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 318 (18.29%) Decision-Making
7 302 (17.37%) Agile
8 282 (16.22%) Analytics
9 222 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
10 166 (9.55%) DevOps
11 164 (9.43%) Analytical Thinking
12 156 (8.97%) Mentoring
13 152 (8.74%) Project Management
14 144 (8.28%) ERP
15 143 (8.22%) Actionable Insight
16 142 (8.17%) Data Analysis
17 136 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
18 129 (7.42%) Data Modelling
19 120 (6.90%) Coaching
20 119 (6.84%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 319 (18.34%) SQL
2 188 (10.81%) Python
3 81 (4.66%) C#
4 55 (3.16%) JavaScript
5 48 (2.76%) PowerShell
6 40 (2.30%) Java
7 33 (1.90%) C++
8 28 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (1.09%) R
10 17 (0.98%) C
11 15 (0.86%) T-SQL
12 13 (0.75%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.69%) VBA
14 11 (0.63%) Bash
15 8 (0.46%) Bicep
15 8 (0.46%) Go
16 5 (0.29%) ABAP
16 5 (0.29%) PHP
16 5 (0.29%) Scala
17 4 (0.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 681 (39.16%) Degree
2 405 (23.29%) Master's Degree
3 386 (22.20%) PhD
4 157 (9.03%) Security Cleared
5 122 (7.02%) SC Cleared
6 104 (5.98%) ACCA
7 95 (5.46%) CIMA
8 60 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 47 (2.70%) CISSP
10 37 (2.13%) DBS Check
11 36 (2.07%) DV Cleared
12 27 (1.55%) CISM
13 25 (1.44%) CISA
14 23 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
15 22 (1.27%) PMI Certification
16 20 (1.15%) AAT
17 19 (1.09%) CEH
17 19 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
17 19 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
18 18 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.52%) Data Quality
2 92 (5.29%) QA
3 68 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (2.76%) Accessibility
4 48 (2.76%) GDPR
5 47 (2.70%) NIST
6 46 (2.65%) PMO
7 20 (1.15%) PCI DSS
8 17 (0.98%) GRC
8 17 (0.98%) WCAG
9 16 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.52%) IFRS
11 7 (0.40%) SLA
12 6 (0.35%) COBIT
12 6 (0.35%) GAAP
12 6 (0.35%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.35%) NCSC
13 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.29%) ITGC
13 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 40 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.81%) Docker
4 9 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.17%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.058%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.058%) Firmware
8 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (2.19%) Terraform
2 20 (1.15%) Ansible
3 15 (0.86%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.40%) Grafana
6 7 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) SCOM
8 4 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.17%) QRadar
9 3 (0.17%) SCCM
10 1 (0.058%) CASB
10 1 (0.058%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.058%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.058%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.058%) Nessus
10 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 380 (21.85%) PayPal
2 293 (16.85%) Microsoft
3 63 (3.62%) SAP
4 53 (3.05%) Oracle
5 51 (2.93%) Google
6 30 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.38%) Databricks
8 20 (1.15%) ServiceNow
8 20 (1.15%) VMware
9 17 (0.98%) Adobe
10 15 (0.86%) IBM
11 14 (0.81%) Xero
12 11 (0.63%) Autodesk
12 11 (0.63%) Workday
13 9 (0.52%) Aruba
13 9 (0.52%) Sage
14 8 (0.46%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.46%) Charles River
14 8 (0.46%) Cisco
14 8 (0.46%) Splunk