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 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,959 2,201 2,855
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.33% 13.65% 12.17%
As % of the General category 13.83% 19.06% 19.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 936 1,192
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £35,953
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,688
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 14,165 11,547 14,499
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.26% 71.59% 61.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,865 6,392 8,878
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,525 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,764
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -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 5 September 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 50 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.87%) Confluence
4 12 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.61%) IIS
5 11 (0.56%) Apache
6 10 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.41%) SAS
8 7 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.26%) WordPress
10 4 (0.20%) CMS
11 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.051%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.051%) Appian
13 1 (0.051%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.051%) Drupal
13 1 (0.051%) Moodle
Applications
1 187 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 88 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.07%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.41%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.15%) Blender
9 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.15%) Maya
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.051%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.051%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.051%) SPSS
10 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 46 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.63%) Dynamics GP
3 19 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.77%) Shopify
5 14 (0.71%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.41%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.36%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.31%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.31%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.26%) JDE World
9 5 (0.26%) Sage 50
10 4 (0.20%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.20%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.20%) JDE OneWorld
Cloud Services
1 260 (13.27%) Power Platform
2 259 (13.22%) Azure
3 166 (8.47%) AWS
4 126 (6.43%) SaaS
5 79 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (3.73%) GCP
7 67 (3.42%) Google Analytics
8 43 (2.19%) Entra ID
9 40 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 34 (1.74%) GitHub
12 28 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 27 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
13 27 (1.38%) Serverless
14 23 (1.17%) Amazon S3
14 23 (1.17%) Snowflake
15 22 (1.12%) Power Automate
16 21 (1.07%) Amazon EMR
17 20 (1.02%) Google Ads
18 19 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.50%) Broadband
2 34 (1.74%) Firewall
3 21 (1.07%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.02%) Network Security
5 18 (0.92%) VPN
6 17 (0.87%) DNS
7 15 (0.77%) SMS
8 14 (0.71%) DHCP
8 14 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.66%) WAN
10 11 (0.56%) LAN
11 7 (0.36%) 5G
12 6 (0.31%) Wireless
13 5 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.26%) HTTP
13 5 (0.26%) Internet
13 5 (0.26%) VLAN
14 4 (0.20%) NGN
14 4 (0.20%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.20%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 224 (11.43%) Power BI
2 74 (3.78%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.47%) Tableau
4 58 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
5 40 (2.04%) Metadata
6 38 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 33 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 32 (1.63%) Looker
9 29 (1.48%) MySQL
10 21 (1.07%) Big Data
11 19 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
11 19 (0.97%) Data Lake
12 17 (0.87%) NoSQL
12 17 (0.87%) Power Query
13 16 (0.82%) Oracle Database
13 16 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (0.66%) Spark SQL
15 11 (0.56%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.56%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 67 (3.42%) JIRA
2 62 (3.16%) Git
3 12 (0.61%) GitLab
4 10 (0.51%) LabVIEW
5 9 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.36%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.36%) Balsamiq
6 7 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.20%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.20%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.20%) MLflow
7 4 (0.20%) Postman
7 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.15%) JMeter
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.15%) RStudio
9 2 (0.10%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 932 (47.58%) Social Skills
2 622 (31.75%) Finance
3 235 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 195 (9.95%) Marketing
5 187 (9.55%) Organisational Skills
6 174 (8.88%) Law
7 169 (8.63%) Public Sector
8 168 (8.58%) Retail
9 159 (8.12%) Legal
10 116 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
11 80 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
12 65 (3.32%) Banking
13 51 (2.60%) Manufacturing
14 44 (2.25%) Telecoms
15 42 (2.14%) Advertising
16 35 (1.79%) Games
17 29 (1.48%) Electronics
18 27 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
19 26 (1.33%) Local Government
20 24 (1.23%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 509 (25.98%) Analyst
2 271 (13.83%) Senior
3 136 (6.94%) Lead
4 116 (5.92%) Senior Analyst
5 115 (5.87%) Business Analyst
6 104 (5.31%) Data Analyst
7 92 (4.70%) Architect
8 88 (4.49%) Developer
9 77 (3.93%) Data Engineer
10 71 (3.62%) Support Analyst
11 66 (3.37%) Consultant
12 54 (2.76%) Service Manager
13 50 (2.55%) Applications Support
14 46 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
15 44 (2.25%) Accountant
15 44 (2.25%) Marketing Manager
16 41 (2.09%) Senior Manager
17 40 (2.04%) Senior Business Analyst
18 39 (1.99%) Financial Analyst
19 37 (1.89%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (3.16%) .NET
2 49 (2.50%) HTML
3 43 (2.19%) CSS
4 41 (2.09%) Terraform
5 34 (1.74%) PySpark
6 30 (1.53%) REST
7 27 (1.38%) JSON
8 24 (1.23%) XML
9 20 (1.02%) Middleware
9 20 (1.02%) RESTful
10 19 (0.97%) React
11 17 (0.87%) PyTorch
12 15 (0.77%) .NET Core
12 15 (0.77%) AngularJS
12 15 (0.77%) TensorFlow
13 13 (0.66%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.61%) ASP.NET
14 12 (0.61%) EDI
15 11 (0.56%) LDAP
15 11 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 140 (7.15%) Analytical Mindset
2 137 (6.99%) Management Information System
3 117 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
4 107 (5.46%) Product Ownership
5 87 (4.44%) Onboarding
6 77 (3.93%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.47%) Blog
8 49 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (2.09%) Credit Risk
10 35 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
11 34 (1.74%) Social Media
12 33 (1.68%) Driving Licence
13 32 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
13 32 (1.63%) Security Posture
14 29 (1.48%) Cloud Native
15 26 (1.33%) Algorithms
16 24 (1.23%) Data Structures
16 24 (1.23%) Mobile App
17 21 (1.07%) AI Agents
18 20 (1.02%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 91 (4.65%) Windows
2 57 (2.91%) Linux
3 40 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.56%) Android
5 9 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.36%) Unix
8 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.26%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.051%) AIX
10 1 (0.051%) Solaris
10 1 (0.051%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 935 (47.73%) Problem-Solving
2 598 (30.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 536 (27.36%) Decision-Making
4 460 (23.48%) Analytics
5 399 (20.37%) Agile
6 392 (20.01%) AI
7 382 (19.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 266 (13.58%) Business Intelligence
9 246 (12.56%) Roadmaps
10 242 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 241 (12.30%) Project Management
12 225 (11.49%) Actionable Insight
13 204 (10.41%) Process Improvement
14 203 (10.36%) Mentoring
15 200 (10.21%) Project Delivery
16 177 (9.04%) Coaching
16 177 (9.04%) CRM
17 171 (8.73%) Data Analysis
18 169 (8.63%) Analytical Thinking
19 164 (8.37%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 418 (21.34%) SQL
2 297 (15.16%) Python
3 85 (4.34%) C#
3 85 (4.34%) JavaScript
4 59 (3.01%) Java
5 56 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 34 (1.74%) C++
7 30 (1.53%) T-SQL
8 23 (1.17%) R
9 20 (1.02%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 15 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 13 (0.66%) Bash
13 10 (0.51%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.46%) C
15 8 (0.41%) PHP
15 8 (0.41%) Scala
16 7 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.20%) Go
17 4 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 359 (18.33%) Degree
2 224 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 171 (8.73%) SC Cleared
4 101 (5.16%) ACCA
5 96 (4.90%) CIMA
6 58 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (2.35%) CISSP
8 42 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 40 (2.04%) CISM
10 35 (1.79%) DV Cleared
11 26 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.17%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.92%) PMI Certification
14 17 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
16 15 (0.77%) AAT
17 13 (0.66%) CRISC
17 13 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
17 13 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (10.52%) Data Quality
2 122 (6.23%) GDPR
3 95 (4.85%) QA
4 91 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (3.98%) Accessibility
6 57 (2.91%) NIST
6 57 (2.91%) SLA
7 42 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (1.38%) ISO 9001
8 27 (1.38%) PMO
9 26 (1.33%) GRC
10 23 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 23 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 21 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 20 (1.02%) IFRS
13 18 (0.92%) ISO 14001
14 15 (0.77%) GAAP
15 13 (0.66%) PCI DSS
15 13 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 63 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.07%) Docker
3 11 (0.56%) Firmware
4 8 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.051%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.92%) Ansible
2 18 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.61%) Grafana
4 8 (0.41%) QRadar
5 6 (0.31%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.31%) Packer
6 5 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.20%) Nmap
8 2 (0.10%) CASB
8 2 (0.10%) Graylog
9 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.051%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.051%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 373 (19.04%) Microsoft
2 111 (5.67%) Google
3 70 (3.57%) SAP
4 58 (2.96%) Oracle
5 49 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 37 (1.89%) YouTube
7 28 (1.43%) Adobe
8 27 (1.38%) Cisco
9 24 (1.23%) Sage
10 21 (1.07%) Databricks
11 20 (1.02%) HubSpot
12 17 (0.87%) VMware
13 16 (0.82%) Splunk
14 14 (0.71%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.61%) Apple
16 11 (0.56%) Dynatrace
16 11 (0.56%) JD Edwards
16 11 (0.56%) Qualys
17 10 (0.51%) FIS