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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,426 1,644 3,259
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.96% 12.28% 10.03%
As % of the General category 14.17% 17.12% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 885 941 1,913
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 10,062 9,602 20,114
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.20% 71.74% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,699 6,533 15,164
10th Percentile £31,100 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,100 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.34% +10.67% -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 23 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 25 (1.75%) Confluence
1 25 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.91%) CMS
4 12 (0.84%) WordPress
5 10 (0.70%) Apache
5 10 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.21%) Drupal
9 1 (0.070%) Appian
9 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.070%) IIS
9 1 (0.070%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.070%) Umbraco
Applications
1 172 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (5.40%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.61%) Chatbot
5 16 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.98%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Notion
9 1 (0.070%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.63%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.42%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.28%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.21%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.14%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.14%) JDE OneWorld
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.14%) Sage X3
10 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 288 (20.20%) Azure
2 221 (15.50%) Power Platform
3 126 (8.84%) AWS
4 100 (7.01%) SaaS
5 77 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (4.35%) GitHub
7 61 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
8 54 (3.79%) GCP
9 50 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 49 (3.44%) Google Analytics
11 45 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (2.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 33 (2.31%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.89%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.68%) dbt
15 19 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
15 19 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.33%) Serverless
16 18 (1.26%) Azure Machine Learning
16 18 (1.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.09%) Firewall
2 39 (2.73%) Broadband
3 22 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (1.33%) Wireshark
5 16 (1.12%) NGFW
6 15 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.05%) VXLAN
7 10 (0.70%) Network Security
8 9 (0.63%) WAN
9 8 (0.56%) Telnet
10 7 (0.49%) DNS
10 7 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.35%) DHCP
12 5 (0.35%) VPN
13 4 (0.28%) HTTP
13 4 (0.28%) LAN
13 4 (0.28%) Modbus
14 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (13.67%) Power BI
2 85 (5.96%) SQL Server
3 63 (4.42%) Tableau
4 40 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 36 (2.52%) Metadata
6 34 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 22 (1.54%) MySQL
8 19 (1.33%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.26%) Oracle Database
9 18 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.12%) Relational Database
11 14 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.91%) Power Query
13 12 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.70%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.63%) Looker
16 8 (0.56%) Big Data
16 8 (0.56%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.49%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 68 (4.77%) JIRA
2 35 (2.45%) Git
3 15 (1.05%) GitLab
4 14 (0.98%) Axure RP
4 14 (0.98%) Balsamiq
5 12 (0.84%) Subversion
6 10 (0.70%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.35%) Babel
8 5 (0.35%) webpack
9 4 (0.28%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.28%) ERwin
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.21%) Maven
10 3 (0.21%) MLflow
10 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.14%) Postman
11 2 (0.14%) Storybook
11 2 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 695 (48.74%) Social Skills
2 511 (35.83%) Finance
3 139 (9.75%) Marketing
4 133 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 128 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 91 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
7 89 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
8 86 (6.03%) Retail
9 80 (5.61%) Law
10 63 (4.42%) Legal
11 51 (3.58%) Banking
12 42 (2.95%) Advertising
13 40 (2.81%) Manufacturing
14 36 (2.52%) Telecoms
15 27 (1.89%) Automotive
16 26 (1.82%) Publishing
17 21 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
18 20 (1.40%) Front Office
19 19 (1.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 356 (24.96%) Analyst
2 172 (12.06%) Senior
3 96 (6.73%) Business Analyst
4 91 (6.38%) Developer
5 90 (6.31%) Lead
6 76 (5.33%) Architect
7 57 (4.00%) Data Analyst
8 49 (3.44%) Data Engineer
9 48 (3.37%) Consultant
9 48 (3.37%) Financial Analyst
10 43 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
11 42 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
12 40 (2.81%) Report Analyst
13 36 (2.52%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.45%) Product Manager
15 32 (2.24%) Support Analyst
16 31 (2.17%) Accountant
16 31 (2.17%) Alliance Manager
17 27 (1.89%) Security Analyst
18 23 (1.61%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.28%) HTML
2 55 (3.86%) CSS
3 47 (3.30%) .NET
4 38 (2.66%) React
5 33 (2.31%) JSON
6 26 (1.82%) REST
7 22 (1.54%) XML
8 21 (1.47%) Middleware
9 18 (1.26%) React Native
10 17 (1.19%) TensorFlow
11 16 (1.12%) Bootstrap
12 15 (1.05%) PyTorch
13 14 (0.98%) Node.js
14 12 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
14 12 (0.84%) SOAP
15 10 (0.70%) Sass
16 9 (0.63%) Flash
17 8 (0.56%) OAuth
17 8 (0.56%) RESTful
18 7 (0.49%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 138 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 106 (7.43%) Self-Motivation
3 105 (7.36%) Product Ownership
4 54 (3.79%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.37%) Management Information System
6 44 (3.09%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.66%) Cloud Native
8 36 (2.52%) Virtual Team
9 34 (2.38%) Algorithms
10 29 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.03%) Security Posture
11 28 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (1.82%) Low-Code
12 26 (1.82%) Social Media
13 25 (1.75%) Driving Licence
14 23 (1.61%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.54%) FMCG
15 22 (1.54%) PKI
16 19 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (4.35%) Windows
2 40 (2.81%) Linux
3 23 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.05%) Unix
5 4 (0.28%) Android
5 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.14%) AIX
6 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) OpenWrt
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.070%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.070%) Solaris
7 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 639 (44.81%) Problem-Solving
2 359 (25.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 350 (24.54%) Decision-Making
4 301 (21.11%) Agile
5 294 (20.62%) Analytics
6 271 (19.00%) AI
7 235 (16.48%) Business Intelligence
8 169 (11.85%) Mentoring
9 161 (11.29%) DevOps
10 153 (10.73%) Data Modelling
11 152 (10.66%) Actionable Insight
12 150 (10.52%) Project Management
13 148 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 147 (10.31%) Coaching
15 145 (10.17%) Analytical Thinking
16 142 (9.96%) Process Improvement
17 136 (9.54%) CI/CD
18 129 (9.05%) ERP
19 119 (8.35%) Roadmaps
20 114 (7.99%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 283 (19.85%) SQL
2 236 (16.55%) Python
3 83 (5.82%) JavaScript
4 65 (4.56%) C#
5 60 (4.21%) PowerShell
6 51 (3.58%) Java
7 31 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 22 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.40%) TypeScript
10 18 (1.26%) C++
11 16 (1.12%) R
12 11 (0.77%) Bash
12 11 (0.77%) Go
13 9 (0.63%) VBA
14 7 (0.49%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.42%) C
16 5 (0.35%) PHP
16 5 (0.35%) Ruby
17 4 (0.28%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 304 (21.32%) Degree
2 136 (9.54%) ACCA
3 134 (9.40%) Security Cleared
4 127 (8.91%) CIMA
5 95 (6.66%) SC Cleared
6 50 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (2.81%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.82%) PhD
9 24 (1.68%) CISSP
10 23 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 21 (1.47%) AAT
12 20 (1.40%) CISM
12 20 (1.40%) DV Cleared
12 20 (1.40%) PMI Certification
13 17 (1.19%) Azure Certification
14 16 (1.12%) PMP
15 12 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 11 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (9.05%) Data Quality
2 80 (5.61%) QA
3 74 (5.19%) GDPR
4 51 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (3.02%) Accessibility
6 34 (2.38%) NIST
7 32 (2.24%) SLA
8 28 (1.96%) PMO
9 25 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
10 20 (1.40%) WCAG
11 16 (1.12%) GRC
12 15 (1.05%) ISO 9001
13 13 (0.91%) IFRS
14 12 (0.84%) COREP
14 12 (0.84%) FINREP
15 11 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
16 10 (0.70%) GAAP
16 10 (0.70%) NCSC
17 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 9 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.70%) Docker
4 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.070%) KVM
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (3.51%) Terraform
2 27 (1.89%) Ansible
3 16 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.49%) Grafana
5 7 (0.49%) QRadar
5 7 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.35%) Kubeflow
7 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 4 (0.28%) Packer
7 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) SCCM
9 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.070%) CASB
10 1 (0.070%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.070%) Graylog
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.070%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 252 (17.67%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.33%) Google
3 59 (4.14%) SAP
4 55 (3.86%) Oracle
5 53 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.96%) ServiceNow
7 22 (1.54%) Adobe
8 21 (1.47%) PayPal
9 19 (1.33%) Databricks
10 15 (1.05%) Arista
10 15 (1.05%) Aruba
10 15 (1.05%) NetScout
11 12 (0.84%) Atlassian
11 12 (0.84%) Cisco
11 12 (0.84%) VMware
12 11 (0.77%) Pardot
12 11 (0.77%) Workday
12 11 (0.77%) Xero
13 10 (0.70%) F5
13 10 (0.70%) Palo Alto