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 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,419 1,575 2,917
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.14% 11.99% 9.15%
As % of the General category 14.41% 16.75% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 871 938 1,904
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,956 £40,669
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -3.18%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,375 £88,750
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% +10.00% -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 9,848 9,403 19,668
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.46% 71.56% 61.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,540 6,459 15,089
10th Percentile £30,161 £31,235 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,404 £43,750 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,408 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +7.26% -9.89%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 14 April 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 27 (1.90%) Confluence
2 23 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.85%) CMS
5 10 (0.70%) WordPress
6 9 (0.63%) Apache
6 9 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.56%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.35%) SAS
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.14%) Drupal
12 1 (0.070%) Appian
12 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.070%) IIS
12 1 (0.070%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.070%) Umbraco
Applications
1 182 (12.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.62%) Chatbot
5 18 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.99%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.070%) Notion
9 1 (0.070%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 27 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (1.76%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.28%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.21%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.14%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 286 (20.16%) Azure
2 223 (15.72%) Power Platform
3 128 (9.02%) AWS
4 104 (7.33%) SaaS
5 81 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (4.86%) GitHub
7 65 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (4.02%) GCP
9 52 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 46 (3.24%) Google Analytics
11 43 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 32 (2.26%) Snowflake
14 24 (1.69%) dbt
15 23 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (1.55%) Entra ID
16 22 (1.55%) Power Automate
17 19 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
17 19 (1.34%) OCI
18 18 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.89%) Firewall
2 38 (2.68%) Broadband
3 24 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (1.41%) Wireshark
5 16 (1.13%) NGFW
6 15 (1.06%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.06%) VXLAN
7 11 (0.78%) Network Security
8 10 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (0.56%) DNS
9 8 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.56%) Telnet
9 8 (0.56%) WAN
10 6 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.42%) DHCP
11 4 (0.28%) HTTP
11 4 (0.28%) LAN
11 4 (0.28%) Modbus
11 4 (0.28%) VPN
12 3 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (14.02%) Power BI
2 92 (6.48%) SQL Server
3 61 (4.30%) Tableau
4 44 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 36 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (2.26%) Metadata
8 28 (1.97%) MySQL
9 19 (1.34%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (1.20%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 16 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (1.06%) Power Query
13 14 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
14 12 (0.85%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.63%) Data Mining
16 8 (0.56%) Big Data
16 8 (0.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 69 (4.86%) JIRA
2 34 (2.40%) Git
3 19 (1.34%) GitLab
4 14 (0.99%) Axure RP
4 14 (0.99%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.92%) Subversion
6 9 (0.63%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.42%) Babel
7 6 (0.42%) webpack
8 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.28%) ERwin
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.28%) Selenium
8 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.21%) Maven
9 3 (0.21%) MLflow
9 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 713 (50.25%) Social Skills
2 511 (36.01%) Finance
3 137 (9.65%) Marketing
4 135 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 134 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 90 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
6 90 (6.34%) Retail
7 87 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
8 81 (5.71%) Law
9 60 (4.23%) Legal
10 51 (3.59%) Banking
11 42 (2.96%) Manufacturing
12 40 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 38 (2.68%) Advertising
14 29 (2.04%) Automotive
15 27 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.83%) Publishing
17 21 (1.48%) Back Office
18 20 (1.41%) Electronics
18 20 (1.41%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 356 (25.09%) Analyst
2 169 (11.91%) Senior
3 101 (7.12%) Developer
4 94 (6.62%) Lead
5 92 (6.48%) Business Analyst
6 73 (5.14%) Architect
7 59 (4.16%) Data Analyst
8 50 (3.52%) Financial Analyst
9 46 (3.24%) Consultant
9 46 (3.24%) Data Engineer
10 43 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
11 42 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
12 40 (2.82%) Report Analyst
12 40 (2.82%) Support Analyst
13 34 (2.40%) Senior Manager
14 32 (2.26%) Product Manager
15 31 (2.18%) Alliance Manager
16 27 (1.90%) Accountant
17 23 (1.62%) Commercial Analyst
17 23 (1.62%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.37%) HTML
2 56 (3.95%) CSS
3 46 (3.24%) .NET
4 39 (2.75%) React
5 32 (2.26%) JSON
6 24 (1.69%) REST
6 24 (1.69%) XML
7 18 (1.27%) Middleware
8 17 (1.20%) React Native
8 17 (1.20%) TensorFlow
9 16 (1.13%) Bootstrap
10 15 (1.06%) PyTorch
11 14 (0.99%) Node.js
12 13 (0.92%) FIX Protocol
12 13 (0.92%) Flash
13 12 (0.85%) Sass
13 12 (0.85%) SOAP
14 8 (0.56%) CSS3
14 8 (0.56%) HTML5
14 8 (0.56%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 136 (9.58%) Analytical Mindset
2 112 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
3 101 (7.12%) Product Ownership
4 59 (4.16%) Onboarding
5 45 (3.17%) Data Structures
6 40 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.68%) Cloud Native
8 36 (2.54%) Algorithms
9 35 (2.47%) Virtual Team
10 29 (2.04%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.04%) Security Posture
11 28 (1.97%) Low-Code
12 26 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
13 25 (1.76%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.76%) Social Media
14 23 (1.62%) FMCG
15 22 (1.55%) PKI
16 20 (1.41%) Mobile App
17 18 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 17 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.44%) Windows
2 45 (3.17%) Linux
3 22 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.34%) Unix
5 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.21%) Android
7 2 (0.14%) AIX
7 2 (0.14%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.070%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.070%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.070%) Solaris
8 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (45.67%) Problem-Solving
2 358 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 346 (24.38%) Decision-Making
4 297 (20.93%) Analytics
5 294 (20.72%) Agile
6 270 (19.03%) AI
7 240 (16.91%) Business Intelligence
8 165 (11.63%) DevOps
9 163 (11.49%) Mentoring
10 151 (10.64%) Actionable Insight
10 151 (10.64%) Data Modelling
11 150 (10.57%) Project Management
12 148 (10.43%) Analytical Thinking
13 146 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
14 142 (10.01%) Coaching
15 138 (9.73%) CI/CD
16 133 (9.37%) Process Improvement
17 129 (9.09%) ERP
18 120 (8.46%) Data Analysis
19 115 (8.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 294 (20.72%) SQL
2 233 (16.42%) Python
3 83 (5.85%) JavaScript
4 69 (4.86%) C#
5 61 (4.30%) PowerShell
6 51 (3.59%) Java
7 33 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 24 (1.69%) T-SQL
9 21 (1.48%) C++
10 19 (1.34%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.20%) R
12 14 (0.99%) Bash
13 11 (0.78%) Go
14 10 (0.70%) C
14 10 (0.70%) VBA
15 5 (0.35%) PHP
15 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.35%) Ruby
16 4 (0.28%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 305 (21.49%) Degree
2 143 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 134 (9.44%) ACCA
4 123 (8.67%) CIMA
5 103 (7.26%) SC Cleared
6 58 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.96%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.83%) CISSP
8 26 (1.83%) PhD
9 25 (1.76%) DV Cleared
10 24 (1.69%) AAT
11 23 (1.62%) DBS Check
12 22 (1.55%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.41%) CISM
14 17 (1.20%) PMP
15 16 (1.13%) Azure Certification
16 12 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 11 (0.78%) AWS Certification
17 11 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (8.95%) Data Quality
2 80 (5.64%) QA
3 75 (5.29%) GDPR
4 50 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (3.17%) Accessibility
6 33 (2.33%) NIST
7 29 (2.04%) PMO
8 28 (1.97%) SLA
9 24 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 20 (1.41%) WCAG
11 16 (1.13%) ISO 9001
12 15 (1.06%) GRC
13 11 (0.78%) IFRS
14 10 (0.70%) COREP
14 10 (0.70%) FINREP
15 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.63%) GAAP
15 9 (0.63%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (2.96%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.92%) Docker
3 12 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.070%) Firmware
7 1 (0.070%) KVM
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.59%) Terraform
2 30 (2.11%) Ansible
3 19 (1.34%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.70%) Grafana
5 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.35%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.35%) QRadar
9 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.28%) Packer
10 3 (0.21%) SCCM
11 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.070%) CASB
12 1 (0.070%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.070%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.070%) Oracle Flashback
12 1 (0.070%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.070%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 257 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.14%) Google
3 58 (4.09%) SAP
4 57 (4.02%) Oracle
5 48 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.76%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.62%) Databricks
8 21 (1.48%) PayPal
9 20 (1.41%) Adobe
10 15 (1.06%) Arista
10 15 (1.06%) Aruba
10 15 (1.06%) NetScout
11 13 (0.92%) Atlassian
11 13 (0.92%) Xero
12 12 (0.85%) VMware
13 11 (0.78%) Cisco
14 10 (0.70%) F5
14 10 (0.70%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.70%) Splunk
14 10 (0.70%) Workday