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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,759 2,333 2,767
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.90% 14.14% 10.94%
As % of the General category 13.21% 19.48% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,164 996 1,332
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,285 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% +0.22%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -1.87% +4.39% -6.72%

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 13,317 11,978 15,462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.79% 72.59% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,514 6,695 10,479
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 4 August 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 41 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.97%) Confluence
4 13 (0.74%) Apache
5 12 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.63%) IIS
7 7 (0.40%) SAS
7 7 (0.40%) WordPress
8 5 (0.28%) CMS
8 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.17%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.057%) Appian
11 1 (0.057%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.057%) Drupal
11 1 (0.057%) Moodle
11 1 (0.057%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 184 (10.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.51%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.17%) Blender
9 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.17%) Maya
10 1 (0.057%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 39 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.76%) Dynamics GP
3 29 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.63%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 10 (0.57%) SAP FI
6 10 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.28%) JDE World
9 5 (0.28%) Sage 200
10 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 257 (14.61%) Azure
2 247 (14.04%) Power Platform
3 144 (8.19%) AWS
4 125 (7.11%) SaaS
5 69 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 68 (3.87%) GCP
7 52 (2.96%) Google Analytics
8 38 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (2.05%) Entra ID
10 33 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
11 30 (1.71%) GitHub
12 26 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
13 23 (1.31%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.14%) Amazon S3
15 17 (0.97%) PowerApps
16 15 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.85%) Serverless
17 13 (0.74%) Power Automate
18 12 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
19 11 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.41%) Broadband
2 37 (2.10%) Firewall
3 18 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.97%) VPN
5 15 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (0.74%) Network Security
6 13 (0.74%) SMS
7 11 (0.63%) WAN
8 9 (0.51%) DNS
8 9 (0.51%) LAN
9 7 (0.40%) 5G
9 7 (0.40%) Wireless
10 6 (0.34%) DHCP
10 6 (0.34%) HTTP
11 5 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.28%) SMTP
11 5 (0.28%) SSL
12 4 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (11.88%) Power BI
2 74 (4.21%) SQL Server
3 67 (3.81%) Tableau
4 50 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (2.33%) Metadata
6 33 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 32 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 31 (1.76%) MySQL
9 20 (1.14%) Big Data
9 20 (1.14%) Looker
9 20 (1.14%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.14%) Oracle Database
10 19 (1.08%) Data Lake
11 18 (1.02%) Power Query
12 17 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.57%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 58 (3.30%) JIRA
2 55 (3.13%) Git
3 14 (0.80%) GitLab
4 10 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.45%) Axure RP
6 8 (0.45%) Balsamiq
6 8 (0.45%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.28%) Postman
8 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.23%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.23%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.23%) MLflow
8 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.17%) JMeter
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 814 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 538 (30.59%) Finance
3 190 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 169 (9.61%) Marketing
5 152 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
6 145 (8.24%) Public Sector
7 137 (7.79%) Retail
8 136 (7.73%) Legal
9 122 (6.94%) Law
10 86 (4.89%) Influencing Skills
11 70 (3.98%) Banking
12 60 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (2.56%) Manufacturing
14 39 (2.22%) Advertising
15 38 (2.16%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.48%) Games
18 22 (1.25%) Automotive
19 21 (1.19%) Local Government
20 20 (1.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 457 (25.98%) Analyst
2 245 (13.93%) Senior
3 125 (7.11%) Lead
4 103 (5.86%) Business Analyst
5 94 (5.34%) Data Analyst
6 90 (5.12%) Architect
7 88 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
8 76 (4.32%) Developer
9 67 (3.81%) Data Engineer
10 66 (3.75%) Consultant
11 54 (3.07%) Support Analyst
12 48 (2.73%) Service Manager
13 46 (2.62%) Marketing Manager
14 45 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
15 44 (2.50%) Report Analyst
16 42 (2.39%) Applications Support
17 40 (2.27%) Accountant
17 40 (2.27%) Financial Analyst
18 38 (2.16%) Senior Manager
19 35 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.79%) .NET
2 47 (2.67%) HTML
3 40 (2.27%) CSS
4 33 (1.88%) REST
5 31 (1.76%) JSON
6 22 (1.25%) XML
7 21 (1.19%) Middleware
7 21 (1.19%) PySpark
7 21 (1.19%) PyTorch
7 21 (1.19%) React
8 20 (1.14%) RESTful
9 19 (1.08%) TensorFlow
10 11 (0.63%) .NET Core
10 11 (0.63%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.63%) Kafka
11 10 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
12 9 (0.51%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.51%) Node.js
13 8 (0.45%) LDAP
13 8 (0.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 144 (8.19%) Analytical Mindset
2 111 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
3 98 (5.57%) Management Information System
4 96 (5.46%) Product Ownership
5 77 (4.38%) Virtual Team
6 72 (4.09%) Onboarding
7 62 (3.52%) Blog
8 40 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (1.99%) Cloud Native
10 34 (1.93%) Security Posture
11 32 (1.82%) Data Structures
11 32 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
12 31 (1.76%) Algorithms
12 31 (1.76%) Credit Risk
12 31 (1.76%) Driving Licence
12 31 (1.76%) Social Media
13 24 (1.36%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
15 22 (1.25%) Mobile App
16 20 (1.14%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 82 (4.66%) Windows
2 58 (3.30%) Linux
3 33 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.63%) Android
5 10 (0.57%) Unix
6 7 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.28%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.11%) AIX
9 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.057%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.057%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.057%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 833 (47.36%) Problem-Solving
2 507 (28.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 471 (26.78%) Decision-Making
4 398 (22.63%) Analytics
5 360 (20.47%) Agile
6 336 (19.10%) AI
7 286 (16.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 242 (13.76%) Business Intelligence
9 222 (12.62%) Project Management
9 222 (12.62%) Roadmaps
10 210 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 200 (11.37%) Actionable Insight
12 184 (10.46%) Process Improvement
13 181 (10.29%) Mentoring
14 164 (9.32%) Analytical Thinking
15 156 (8.87%) Data Modelling
16 155 (8.81%) Project Delivery
17 153 (8.70%) Validation
18 150 (8.53%) CRM
19 142 (8.07%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 371 (21.09%) SQL
2 293 (16.66%) Python
3 73 (4.15%) JavaScript
4 69 (3.92%) C#
5 53 (3.01%) PowerShell
6 48 (2.73%) Java
7 31 (1.76%) T-SQL
8 24 (1.36%) R
9 20 (1.14%) C++
10 19 (1.08%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.74%) Bash
13 12 (0.68%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.51%) MATLAB
15 7 (0.40%) C
15 7 (0.40%) PHP
15 7 (0.40%) Scala
16 6 (0.34%) Go
16 6 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 331 (18.82%) Degree
2 190 (10.80%) Security Cleared
3 145 (8.24%) SC Cleared
4 106 (6.03%) ACCA
5 101 (5.74%) CIMA
6 55 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (2.33%) DBS Check
8 40 (2.27%) CISSP
9 35 (1.99%) CISM
10 24 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.36%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.31%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.08%) AAT
13 17 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (0.85%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 128 (7.28%) GDPR
3 91 (5.17%) QA
4 90 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 64 (3.64%) Accessibility
5 64 (3.64%) SLA
6 54 (3.07%) NIST
7 40 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 31 (1.76%) ISO 9001
9 30 (1.71%) PMO
10 26 (1.48%) GRC
11 22 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 22 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 20 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 19 (1.08%) IFRS
14 18 (1.02%) ISO 14001
15 14 (0.80%) COREP
15 14 (0.80%) FINREP
16 13 (0.74%) GAAP
16 13 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (3.18%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.08%) Docker
3 10 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.34%) Firmware
6 1 (0.057%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.057%) KVM
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (2.39%) Terraform
2 23 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.97%) Ansible
5 11 (0.63%) Grafana
6 8 (0.45%) QRadar
7 6 (0.34%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.34%) Packer
8 4 (0.23%) Nmap
9 2 (0.11%) Graylog
9 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.057%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.057%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.057%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.057%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.057%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 317 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.29%) Google
3 72 (4.09%) SAP
4 64 (3.64%) Oracle
5 51 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 33 (1.88%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.42%) Cisco
8 23 (1.31%) Databricks
9 22 (1.25%) Adobe
10 18 (1.02%) Sage
11 17 (0.97%) Palo Alto
12 15 (0.85%) Splunk
13 14 (0.80%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.74%) JD Edwards
14 13 (0.74%) VMware
15 12 (0.68%) Qualys
15 12 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 11 (0.63%) F5
16 11 (0.63%) Red Hat
17 9 (0.51%) SunGard