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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 10 16
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,259 2,401 2,228
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.98% 14.52% 10.70%
As % of the General category 14.57% 20.49% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 918 1,038
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,000 £34,646
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,625 £41,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -2.65%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% -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 15,504 11,718 12,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.67% 70.88% 62.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,296 6,190 7,465
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,709 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% -3.33%

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 15 October 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 61 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.06%) Confluence
4 20 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.53%) IIS
7 11 (0.49%) Apache
8 10 (0.44%) CMS
8 10 (0.44%) WordPress
9 9 (0.40%) SAS
10 8 (0.35%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
13 3 (0.13%) nginx
14 2 (0.089%) Ethereum
14 2 (0.089%) Hedera
14 2 (0.089%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.089%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 1 (0.044%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.044%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 244 (10.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 124 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.35%) Notion
8 7 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.18%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.13%) Blender
11 3 (0.13%) InDesign
11 3 (0.13%) Maya
12 2 (0.089%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.089%) Navisworks
12 2 (0.089%) SPSS
13 1 (0.044%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.044%) Trello
Business Applications
1 52 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.42%) Dynamics GP
3 17 (0.75%) Shopify
4 12 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 7 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.31%) SAP FI
5 7 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.31%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
6 6 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.22%) FastStats
7 5 (0.22%) Sage 50
8 4 (0.18%) JDE World
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 307 (13.59%) Power Platform
2 301 (13.32%) Azure
3 196 (8.68%) AWS
4 130 (5.75%) SaaS
5 116 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
6 91 (4.03%) GCP
7 69 (3.05%) Google Analytics
8 60 (2.66%) Entra ID
9 43 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (1.59%) GitHub
11 36 (1.59%) Serverless
12 33 (1.46%) PowerApps
13 32 (1.42%) Google Ads
14 31 (1.37%) Snowflake
15 29 (1.28%) Google Tag Manager
16 28 (1.24%) Amazon S3
17 27 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
18 24 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
18 24 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.86%) Broadband
2 34 (1.51%) Firewall
3 28 (1.24%) Network Security
4 27 (1.20%) DNS
5 24 (1.06%) DHCP
6 22 (0.97%) VPN
7 21 (0.93%) 5G
8 19 (0.84%) TCP/IP
9 17 (0.75%) WAN
9 17 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (0.66%) SMS
11 13 (0.58%) LAN
12 12 (0.53%) Internet
13 7 (0.31%) VLAN
13 7 (0.31%) Wireless
14 5 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (0.22%) FTP
15 4 (0.18%) HTTP
15 4 (0.18%) SSL
15 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 272 (12.04%) Power BI
2 73 (3.23%) Tableau
3 70 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (3.10%) SQL Server
4 49 (2.17%) Metadata
5 40 (1.77%) Looker
6 39 (1.73%) Relational Database
7 37 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (1.28%) MySQL
10 27 (1.20%) Big Data
11 26 (1.15%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
13 23 (1.02%) Power Query
14 19 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.75%) BigQuery
15 17 (0.75%) Data Mining
15 17 (0.75%) Spark SQL
16 16 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (0.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 86 (3.81%) Git
2 81 (3.59%) JIRA
3 18 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.75%) GitLab
5 10 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.31%) Burp Suite
6 7 (0.31%) Metasploit
6 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.27%) Balsamiq
7 6 (0.27%) MLflow
8 5 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.18%) Postman
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.13%) RStudio
10 3 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,150 (50.91%) Social Skills
2 778 (34.44%) Finance
3 267 (11.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 252 (11.16%) Marketing
5 244 (10.80%) Organisational Skills
6 213 (9.43%) Retail
7 199 (8.81%) Law
8 198 (8.76%) Public Sector
9 193 (8.54%) Legal
10 146 (6.46%) Influencing Skills
11 88 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
12 79 (3.50%) Manufacturing
13 69 (3.05%) Banking
14 55 (2.43%) Telecoms
15 49 (2.17%) Advertising
16 40 (1.77%) Aerospace
17 35 (1.55%) Electronics
18 34 (1.51%) Games
19 33 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
20 30 (1.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 587 (25.98%) Analyst
2 307 (13.59%) Senior
3 155 (6.86%) Lead
4 124 (5.49%) Data Analyst
5 115 (5.09%) Business Analyst
6 113 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
7 110 (4.87%) Developer
8 98 (4.34%) Architect
9 87 (3.85%) Consultant
9 87 (3.85%) Data Engineer
10 85 (3.76%) Support Analyst
11 67 (2.97%) Service Manager
12 58 (2.57%) Applications Support
13 56 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
14 50 (2.21%) Marketing Manager
15 49 (2.17%) Accountant
16 46 (2.04%) Senior Manager
17 41 (1.81%) Security Analyst
18 39 (1.73%) Financial Analyst
19 36 (1.59%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (3.19%) .NET
2 48 (2.12%) PySpark
3 47 (2.08%) Terraform
4 45 (1.99%) HTML
5 37 (1.64%) CSS
6 36 (1.59%) REST
7 26 (1.15%) RESTful
8 25 (1.11%) JSON
8 25 (1.11%) XML
9 24 (1.06%) React
10 18 (0.80%) Middleware
11 17 (0.75%) Web Services
12 16 (0.71%) .NET Core
13 15 (0.66%) AngularJS
13 15 (0.66%) PyTorch
14 13 (0.58%) .NET Framework
14 13 (0.58%) ASP.NET
14 13 (0.58%) EDI
14 13 (0.58%) TensorFlow
15 12 (0.53%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 196 (8.68%) Management Information System
2 133 (5.89%) Self-Motivation
3 132 (5.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 109 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 93 (4.12%) Product Ownership
6 74 (3.28%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.01%) Blog
8 58 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
9 55 (2.43%) Credit Risk
10 44 (1.95%) Driving Licence
11 40 (1.77%) Cloud Native
11 40 (1.77%) Social Media
12 39 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
13 35 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
14 33 (1.46%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.24%) AI Agents
15 28 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 26 (1.15%) Algorithms
17 22 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
18 21 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 105 (4.65%) Windows
2 65 (2.88%) Linux
3 50 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (0.49%) Android
5 11 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.49%) macOS
5 11 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.22%) OpenVMS
6 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.089%) Unix
7 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,087 (48.12%) Problem-Solving
2 740 (32.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 619 (27.40%) Decision-Making
4 561 (24.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 554 (24.52%) Analytics
6 475 (21.03%) AI
7 433 (19.17%) Agile
8 318 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
9 270 (11.95%) Actionable Insight
10 266 (11.78%) Roadmaps
11 265 (11.73%) Project Management
12 264 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 258 (11.42%) Process Improvement
14 243 (10.76%) Mentoring
15 225 (9.96%) Data Analysis
16 223 (9.87%) CRM
17 210 (9.30%) Project Delivery
18 208 (9.21%) Validation
19 205 (9.07%) Service Delivery
20 202 (8.94%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 500 (22.13%) SQL
2 344 (15.23%) Python
3 92 (4.07%) C#
4 88 (3.90%) JavaScript
5 62 (2.74%) PowerShell
6 54 (2.39%) Java
7 39 (1.73%) R
8 31 (1.37%) C++
8 31 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 26 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 22 (0.97%) Bash
11 18 (0.80%) PL/SQL
11 18 (0.80%) TypeScript
12 14 (0.62%) Go
13 10 (0.44%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.40%) C
14 9 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.35%) Scala
16 6 (0.27%) PHP
16 6 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 396 (17.53%) Degree
2 254 (11.24%) Security Cleared
3 198 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 102 (4.52%) ACCA
5 101 (4.47%) CIMA
6 61 (2.70%) DBS Check
7 52 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.04%) CISSP
9 40 (1.77%) CISM
10 38 (1.68%) Azure Certification
11 36 (1.59%) DV Cleared
12 30 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (0.89%) AWS Certification
13 20 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
14 18 (0.80%) AAT
14 18 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (0.80%) CRISC
15 17 (0.75%) PMI Certification
16 16 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (11.20%) Data Quality
2 127 (5.62%) GDPR
3 122 (5.40%) Accessibility
4 90 (3.98%) QA
5 85 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 57 (2.52%) NIST
7 50 (2.21%) SLA
8 40 (1.77%) PMO
9 39 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
10 38 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 29 (1.28%) GRC
12 25 (1.11%) IFRS
13 19 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 19 (0.84%) ISO 9001
14 16 (0.71%) GAAP
14 16 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 15 (0.66%) PCI DSS
16 13 (0.58%) ISO 14001
17 11 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 35 (1.55%) Docker
3 13 (0.58%) Firmware
4 12 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.089%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.044%) HDFS
8 1 (0.044%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.75%) Ansible
4 16 (0.71%) Grafana
5 9 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.31%) Nmap
6 7 (0.31%) QRadar
7 5 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
8 4 (0.18%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.13%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.13%) Kibana
9 3 (0.13%) Nagios
9 3 (0.13%) SCCM
9 3 (0.13%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.13%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.089%) CASB
10 2 (0.089%) Graylog
10 2 (0.089%) Packer
Vendors
1 497 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 135 (5.98%) Google
3 68 (3.01%) SAP
4 65 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 57 (2.52%) Oracle
6 52 (2.30%) YouTube
7 47 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 35 (1.55%) Databricks
9 33 (1.46%) Adobe
10 32 (1.42%) Sage
11 28 (1.24%) Cisco
12 27 (1.20%) HubSpot
13 21 (0.93%) VMware
14 20 (0.89%) Splunk
15 14 (0.62%) Apple
16 13 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 13 (0.58%) Yardi
17 12 (0.53%) Dynatrace
18 10 (0.44%) FIS
18 10 (0.44%) Qualys