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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,715 1,950 2,088
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.03% 11.89% 8.56%
As % of the General category 18.48% 17.23% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 806 1,008 1,472
10th Percentile £29,625 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,956 £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 £89,875
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 9,280 11,317 15,211
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.71% 69.03% 62.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,858 6,402 11,974
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,717 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.86%

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 23 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 24 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.70%) CMS
4 9 (0.52%) 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 (22.33%) Chatbot
2 185 (10.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 100 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 19 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.70%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.058%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.058%) Notion
10 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.058%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.058%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.69%) 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%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.23%) Shopify
7 3 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.17%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 272 (15.86%) Azure
2 195 (11.37%) Power Platform
3 110 (6.41%) AWS
4 95 (5.54%) SaaS
5 91 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (3.67%) GitHub
7 58 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
8 53 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 53 (3.09%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.39%) GCP
10 34 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 30 (1.75%) dbt
12 29 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
13 28 (1.63%) Google Analytics
14 26 (1.52%) GitHub Copilot
15 24 (1.40%) Entra ID
16 20 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.11%) Power Automate
18 18 (1.05%) OCI
19 16 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.10%) Remote Desktop
2 34 (1.98%) Firewall
3 24 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (1.11%) Wireshark
5 15 (0.87%) VPN
6 14 (0.82%) DNS
6 14 (0.82%) Network Security
7 13 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.76%) WAN
8 12 (0.70%) Broadband
9 11 (0.64%) NGFW
9 11 (0.64%) VXLAN
10 8 (0.47%) DHCP
10 8 (0.47%) Telnet
11 6 (0.35%) Internet
11 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.29%) LAN
12 5 (0.29%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.23%) 5G
13 4 (0.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (10.26%) Power BI
2 70 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 70 (4.08%) Tableau
3 68 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 37 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (1.17%) Metadata
5 20 (1.17%) MySQL
6 18 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
7 17 (0.99%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
10 13 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
10 13 (0.76%) GIS
11 12 (0.70%) Data Mining
12 11 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (0.64%) Power Query
12 11 (0.64%) Relational Database
13 9 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
14 8 (0.47%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 94 (5.48%) JIRA
2 29 (1.69%) Git
3 16 (0.93%) GitLab
4 13 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.76%) Subversion
5 12 (0.70%) Axure RP
5 12 (0.70%) Balsamiq
5 12 (0.70%) ER Studio
5 12 (0.70%) ERwin
6 10 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.58%) Selenium
7 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.47%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.23%) Babel
8 4 (0.23%) Postman
8 4 (0.23%) webpack
9 3 (0.17%) Gatling
9 3 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 744 (43.38%) Social Skills
2 540 (31.49%) Finance
3 140 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (7.99%) Public Sector
5 122 (7.11%) Marketing
6 108 (6.30%) Retail
7 87 (5.07%) Legal
8 82 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
9 77 (4.49%) Law
9 77 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 40 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (2.04%) Advertising
12 35 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (1.28%) Back Office
15 21 (1.22%) Banking
16 20 (1.17%) Billing
16 20 (1.17%) Front Office
17 19 (1.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 380 (22.16%) Trainer
2 351 (20.47%) Analyst
3 146 (8.51%) Senior
4 114 (6.65%) Developer
5 87 (5.07%) Business Analyst
5 87 (5.07%) Lead
6 78 (4.55%) Architect
7 57 (3.32%) Data Analyst
8 53 (3.09%) Support Analyst
9 48 (2.80%) Financial Analyst
10 46 (2.68%) IT Analyst
10 46 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
11 41 (2.39%) Consultant
12 37 (2.16%) 2nd Line Support
13 36 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.92%) IT Support
15 31 (1.81%) Alliance Manager
15 31 (1.81%) Data Engineer
16 28 (1.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 27 (1.57%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.97%) HTML
2 46 (2.68%) CSS
3 34 (1.98%) React
4 29 (1.69%) .NET
5 27 (1.57%) REST
6 22 (1.28%) Middleware
7 20 (1.17%) SOAP
8 18 (1.05%) Flash
9 15 (0.87%) OAuth
10 13 (0.76%) JSON
10 13 (0.76%) SAML
10 13 (0.76%) XML
11 12 (0.70%) Bootstrap
11 12 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
11 12 (0.70%) Node.js
11 12 (0.70%) React Native
12 11 (0.64%) BAPI
12 11 (0.64%) IBM Integration Bus
12 11 (0.64%) JMS
12 11 (0.64%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 165 (9.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 129 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
3 102 (5.95%) Onboarding
4 97 (5.66%) Product Ownership
5 63 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 33 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 32 (1.87%) Algorithms
8 31 (1.81%) Virtual Team
9 28 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.46%) Data Centre
13 23 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 22 (1.28%) Driving Licence
14 22 (1.28%) Low-Code
15 21 (1.22%) PKI
15 21 (1.22%) Security Posture
15 21 (1.22%) Social Media
16 19 (1.11%) FMCG
17 15 (0.87%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 64 (3.73%) Windows
2 47 (2.74%) 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
1 631 (36.79%) Problem-Solving
2 621 (36.21%) AI
3 387 (22.57%) Chemistry
4 384 (22.39%) Conversational UI
5 373 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 314 (18.31%) Decision-Making
7 303 (17.67%) Agile
8 276 (16.09%) Analytics
9 210 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
10 167 (9.74%) DevOps
11 161 (9.39%) Analytical Thinking
12 156 (9.10%) Project Management
13 153 (8.92%) Mentoring
14 143 (8.34%) ERP
15 141 (8.22%) Actionable Insight
16 140 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
17 136 (7.93%) Data Analysis
18 129 (7.52%) Data Modelling
19 126 (7.35%) Coaching
20 116 (6.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 309 (18.02%) SQL
2 190 (11.08%) Python
3 81 (4.72%) C#
4 56 (3.27%) JavaScript
5 50 (2.92%) PowerShell
6 38 (2.22%) Java
7 33 (1.92%) C++
8 28 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 17 (0.99%) C
10 16 (0.93%) R
10 16 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 13 (0.76%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.64%) Bash
13 9 (0.52%) VBA
14 8 (0.47%) Bicep
14 8 (0.47%) Go
15 5 (0.29%) ABAP
15 5 (0.29%) PHP
15 5 (0.29%) Scala
16 4 (0.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 671 (39.13%) Degree
2 404 (23.56%) Master's Degree
3 385 (22.45%) PhD
4 146 (8.51%) Security Cleared
5 120 (7.00%) SC Cleared
6 99 (5.77%) ACCA
7 90 (5.25%) CIMA
8 59 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (2.33%) CISSP
10 37 (2.16%) DBS Check
11 32 (1.87%) 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 (5.60%) Data Quality
2 89 (5.19%) QA
3 62 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (2.86%) GDPR
5 47 (2.74%) Accessibility
6 45 (2.62%) PMO
7 41 (2.39%) NIST
8 17 (0.99%) GRC
9 16 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 16 (0.93%) WCAG
10 14 (0.82%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.52%) IFRS
12 8 (0.47%) NCSC
13 7 (0.41%) 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 40 (2.33%) 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%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.058%) Firmware
8 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (2.33%) Terraform
2 22 (1.28%) 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 (22.16%) PayPal
2 283 (16.50%) Microsoft
3 55 (3.21%) SAP
4 51 (2.97%) Oracle
5 45 (2.62%) Google
6 30 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.28%) Databricks
8 21 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.05%) VMware
10 17 (0.99%) Adobe
11 15 (0.87%) IBM
12 14 (0.82%) Xero
13 12 (0.70%) Aruba
14 11 (0.64%) Arista
14 11 (0.64%) Autodesk
14 11 (0.64%) NetScout
15 10 (0.58%) Workday
16 9 (0.52%) Splunk
17 8 (0.47%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.47%) Sage