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 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,602 2,283 3,294
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.56% 13.91% 10.11%
As % of the General category 12.70% 19.15% 16.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,094 959 1,841
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,370 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -3.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,350
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -8.90%

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 12,617 11,921 20,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.51% 72.66% 61.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,220 6,677 14,546
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +7.21% -11.20%
75th Percentile £79,127 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 9 July 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 39 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.31%) Confluence
4 12 (0.75%) Apache
4 12 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.69%) IIS
6 10 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.62%) WordPress
7 7 (0.44%) SAS
8 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.25%) CMS
10 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.062%) Appian
12 1 (0.062%) Drupal
12 1 (0.062%) Moodle
12 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 170 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.37%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.19%) Blender
9 3 (0.19%) Maya
10 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.69%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 6 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 5 (0.31%) JDE World
8 4 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
8 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.25%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 271 (16.92%) Azure
2 245 (15.29%) Power Platform
3 136 (8.49%) AWS
4 126 (7.87%) SaaS
5 67 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.18%) GCP
7 49 (3.06%) Google Analytics
8 42 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (2.25%) Entra ID
10 30 (1.87%) GitHub
11 28 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.19%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.12%) OCI
15 16 (1.00%) Serverless
16 15 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
16 15 (0.94%) PowerApps
17 13 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (0.81%) Snowflake
17 13 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.31%) Broadband
2 56 (3.50%) Firewall
3 28 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (1.19%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.00%) NGFW
5 16 (1.00%) VPN
5 16 (1.00%) Wireshark
6 15 (0.94%) VXLAN
7 12 (0.75%) WAN
8 11 (0.69%) Network Security
8 11 (0.69%) SMS
9 9 (0.56%) LAN
10 7 (0.44%) 5G
10 7 (0.44%) DNS
10 7 (0.44%) Wireless
11 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.37%) HTTP
11 6 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (12.92%) Power BI
2 70 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 59 (3.68%) Tableau
4 46 (2.87%) Metadata
5 40 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (2.00%) MySQL
8 26 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (1.25%) Oracle Database
11 18 (1.12%) Big Data
11 18 (1.12%) Power Query
12 15 (0.94%) NoSQL
13 14 (0.87%) Data Lake
14 12 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
15 10 (0.62%) Looker
16 9 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
17 8 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
17 8 (0.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 54 (3.37%) JIRA
2 42 (2.62%) Git
3 15 (0.94%) GitLab
4 7 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.44%) LabVIEW
5 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.31%) Axure RP
6 5 (0.31%) Balsamiq
6 5 (0.31%) Postman
7 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.19%) JMeter
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.12%) Babel
9 2 (0.12%) MLflow
9 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 743 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 495 (30.90%) Finance
3 152 (9.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 126 (7.87%) Marketing
6 116 (7.24%) Organisational Skills
7 113 (7.05%) Retail
8 100 (6.24%) Law
9 97 (6.05%) Legal
10 62 (3.87%) Banking
11 57 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
12 49 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (2.50%) Advertising
13 40 (2.50%) Manufacturing
14 34 (2.12%) Telecoms
15 28 (1.75%) Automotive
15 28 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
16 25 (1.56%) Publishing
17 19 (1.19%) Games
18 17 (1.06%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 425 (26.53%) Analyst
2 224 (13.98%) Senior
3 114 (7.12%) Lead
4 94 (5.87%) Business Analyst
5 89 (5.56%) Architect
5 89 (5.56%) Data Analyst
6 80 (4.99%) Developer
7 72 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
8 62 (3.87%) Consultant
9 54 (3.37%) Data Engineer
10 48 (3.00%) Report Analyst
11 46 (2.87%) Support Analyst
12 44 (2.75%) Senior Manager
13 40 (2.50%) Accountant
13 40 (2.50%) Applications Support
14 38 (2.37%) Financial Analyst
15 35 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
16 34 (2.12%) Security Analyst
17 31 (1.94%) Product Manager
17 31 (1.94%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.87%) .NET
2 45 (2.81%) HTML
3 38 (2.37%) JSON
4 37 (2.31%) CSS
5 29 (1.81%) REST
6 27 (1.69%) XML
7 26 (1.62%) PyTorch
7 26 (1.62%) TensorFlow
8 25 (1.56%) Middleware
8 25 (1.56%) React
9 17 (1.06%) PySpark
9 17 (1.06%) RESTful
10 10 (0.62%) ASP.NET
10 10 (0.62%) Node.js
10 10 (0.62%) React Native
11 9 (0.56%) Kafka
12 8 (0.50%) LDAP
12 8 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
12 8 (0.50%) Pandas
12 8 (0.50%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 134 (8.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 90 (5.62%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.12%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 56 (3.50%) Virtual Team
7 39 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (2.31%) Algorithms
8 37 (2.31%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.31%) Data Structures
9 36 (2.25%) Security Posture
10 30 (1.87%) Driving Licence
11 29 (1.81%) Social Media
12 28 (1.75%) Data Centre
13 25 (1.56%) PKI
14 24 (1.50%) Credit Risk
14 24 (1.50%) Video\Live Streaming
15 23 (1.44%) Public Cloud
16 22 (1.37%) Blog
17 21 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 76 (4.74%) Windows
2 56 (3.50%) Linux
3 30 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.69%) Unix
5 9 (0.56%) Android
6 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.31%) OpenVMS
7 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.062%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.062%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 778 (48.56%) Problem-Solving
2 406 (25.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 398 (24.84%) Decision-Making
4 329 (20.54%) Analytics
5 324 (20.22%) Agile
6 264 (16.48%) AI
7 228 (14.23%) Business Intelligence
8 209 (13.05%) Roadmaps
9 206 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 197 (12.30%) Mentoring
11 192 (11.99%) Project Management
12 180 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 172 (10.74%) Actionable Insight
14 160 (9.99%) Process Improvement
15 147 (9.18%) Coaching
16 146 (9.11%) Analytical Thinking
17 143 (8.93%) Data Modelling
18 136 (8.49%) Validation
19 125 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
19 125 (7.80%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 336 (20.97%) SQL
2 300 (18.73%) Python
3 74 (4.62%) JavaScript
4 62 (3.87%) C#
5 59 (3.68%) PowerShell
6 47 (2.93%) Java
7 33 (2.06%) T-SQL
8 22 (1.37%) R
9 17 (1.06%) C++
10 16 (1.00%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.81%) Bash
12 13 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.50%) Go
13 8 (0.50%) PHP
14 7 (0.44%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.37%) C
15 6 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.31%) Ruby
16 5 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 311 (19.41%) Degree
2 166 (10.36%) Security Cleared
3 124 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 106 (6.62%) ACCA
5 102 (6.37%) CIMA
6 49 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.62%) CISSP
8 40 (2.50%) DBS Check
9 37 (2.31%) CISM
10 27 (1.69%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.37%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.31%) AAT
13 19 (1.19%) DV Cleared
14 17 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
15 15 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.75%) HNC
18 11 (0.69%) PhD
18 11 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (9.61%) Data Quality
2 117 (7.30%) GDPR
3 94 (5.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 86 (5.37%) QA
5 60 (3.75%) SLA
6 54 (3.37%) NIST
7 47 (2.93%) Accessibility
8 37 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.94%) ISO 9001
10 26 (1.62%) PMO
11 25 (1.56%) GRC
12 21 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 19 (1.19%) IFRS
13 19 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 18 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (1.12%) ISO 14001
15 14 (0.87%) COREP
15 14 (0.87%) FINREP
16 13 (0.81%) PCI DSS
17 12 (0.75%) GAAP
System Software
1 55 (3.43%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.06%) Docker
3 11 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.12%) Firmware
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.062%) KVM
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.062%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.062%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 53 (3.31%) Terraform
2 29 (1.81%) Ansible
3 23 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 16 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.56%) QRadar
6 8 (0.50%) Grafana
6 8 (0.50%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.37%) Packer
8 4 (0.25%) Nmap
9 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.062%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.062%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.062%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.062%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 282 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.31%) Google
3 66 (4.12%) SAP
4 61 (3.81%) Oracle
5 58 (3.62%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.44%) Cisco
8 19 (1.19%) Databricks
9 18 (1.12%) Adobe
10 17 (1.06%) Sage
11 15 (0.94%) Arista
11 15 (0.94%) Aruba
11 15 (0.94%) NetScout
11 15 (0.94%) Palo Alto
11 15 (0.94%) Splunk
12 14 (0.87%) JD Edwards
13 13 (0.81%) HubSpot
13 13 (0.81%) Qualys
14 12 (0.75%) F5
14 12 (0.75%) Red Hat