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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 16 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,713 1,871 2,319
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.76% 11.76% 8.46%
As % of the General category 18.18% 17.00% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 801 975 1,694
10th Percentile £30,165 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,603 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% -1.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -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 9,425 11,009 17,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.19% 69.21% 62.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,940 6,258 13,547
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,600 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +12.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,063
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.29%

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 4 February 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 37 (2.16%) Confluence
2 25 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.64%) CMS
5 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.35%) SAS
6 6 (0.35%) WordPress
7 5 (0.29%) Apache
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.12%) Drupal
8 2 (0.12%) nginx
9 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.058%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.058%) IIS
9 1 (0.058%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 383 (22.36%) Chatbot
2 184 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 96 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.11%) MS Visio
6 18 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.64%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.058%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.058%) Notion
10 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.058%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.058%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 31 (1.81%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 9 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.23%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
8 4 (0.23%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.23%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.23%) Shopify
9 3 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
9 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 281 (16.40%) Azure
2 212 (12.38%) Power Platform
3 108 (6.30%) AWS
4 96 (5.60%) SaaS
5 95 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
6 67 (3.91%) GitHub
7 61 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
8 51 (2.98%) Snowflake
9 50 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 42 (2.45%) GCP
11 37 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
12 34 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 30 (1.75%) dbt
13 30 (1.75%) Google Analytics
14 26 (1.52%) Entra ID
14 26 (1.52%) GitHub Copilot
15 22 (1.28%) OCI
16 21 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (1.17%) Power Automate
18 19 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.28%) Firewall
2 34 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
3 27 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.34%) Wireshark
5 18 (1.05%) Broadband
6 16 (0.93%) NGFW
7 15 (0.88%) DNS
7 15 (0.88%) VXLAN
8 14 (0.82%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.76%) Network Security
9 13 (0.76%) VPN
9 13 (0.76%) WAN
10 8 (0.47%) DHCP
10 8 (0.47%) Telnet
11 7 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.35%) Internet
12 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.23%) 5G
13 4 (0.23%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.23%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (11.09%) Power BI
2 76 (4.44%) SQL Server
3 71 (4.14%) Tableau
4 67 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (2.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 37 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 26 (1.52%) MySQL
8 23 (1.34%) Metadata
9 17 (0.99%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
10 14 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
10 14 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (0.70%) Relational Database
13 10 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (0.58%) Data Mining
13 10 (0.58%) GIS
13 10 (0.58%) Power Query
14 8 (0.47%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 89 (5.20%) JIRA
2 28 (1.63%) Git
3 16 (0.93%) GitLab
4 13 (0.76%) Subversion
5 12 (0.70%) ER Studio
5 12 (0.70%) ERwin
5 12 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.64%) Axure RP
6 11 (0.64%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 9 (0.53%) Selenium
8 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.47%) WebDriver
9 4 (0.23%) Babel
9 4 (0.23%) Postman
9 4 (0.23%) webpack
10 3 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 746 (43.55%) Social Skills
2 531 (31.00%) Finance
3 137 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 135 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 124 (7.24%) Marketing
6 115 (6.71%) Retail
7 80 (4.67%) Legal
8 78 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 78 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 77 (4.50%) Law
10 44 (2.57%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.16%) Advertising
11 37 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (1.28%) Back Office
15 20 (1.17%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.17%) Billing
16 19 (1.11%) Front Office
17 18 (1.05%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 380 (22.18%) Trainer
2 359 (20.96%) Analyst
3 144 (8.41%) Senior
4 113 (6.60%) Developer
5 88 (5.14%) Business Analyst
6 85 (4.96%) Lead
7 78 (4.55%) Architect
8 61 (3.56%) Data Analyst
9 54 (3.15%) Support Analyst
10 46 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
11 44 (2.57%) IT Analyst
11 44 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
12 40 (2.34%) Consultant
13 35 (2.04%) 2nd Line Support
13 35 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (1.87%) IT Support
15 31 (1.81%) Alliance Manager
16 29 (1.69%) Report Analyst
17 28 (1.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 26 (1.52%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.09%) HTML
2 48 (2.80%) CSS
3 38 (2.22%) React
4 30 (1.75%) .NET
5 24 (1.40%) REST
6 23 (1.34%) Middleware
7 19 (1.11%) JSON
8 17 (0.99%) SOAP
9 16 (0.93%) Flash
10 15 (0.88%) XML
11 14 (0.82%) Bootstrap
11 14 (0.82%) Node.js
11 14 (0.82%) React Native
12 12 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
12 12 (0.70%) OAuth
12 12 (0.70%) TensorFlow
13 11 (0.64%) Sass
14 10 (0.58%) SAML
15 9 (0.53%) BAPI
15 9 (0.53%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 163 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 121 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
3 99 (5.78%) Onboarding
4 93 (5.43%) Product Ownership
5 56 (3.27%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.04%) Algorithms
6 35 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 35 (2.04%) Data Structures
7 31 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 28 (1.63%) Data Centre
9 27 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 25 (1.46%) PKI
12 24 (1.40%) Low-Code
13 21 (1.23%) Driving Licence
13 21 (1.23%) FMCG
13 21 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 21 (1.23%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.23%) Social Media
14 14 (0.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 62 (3.62%) Windows
2 44 (2.57%) Linux
3 19 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.82%) Unix
5 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.23%) Android
6 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.18%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.058%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (36.54%) AI
2 618 (36.08%) Problem-Solving
3 385 (22.48%) Chemistry
4 383 (22.36%) Conversational UI
5 375 (21.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 307 (17.92%) Decision-Making
7 299 (17.45%) Agile
8 280 (16.35%) Analytics
9 219 (12.78%) Business Intelligence
10 167 (9.75%) DevOps
11 162 (9.46%) Mentoring
12 160 (9.34%) Project Management
13 156 (9.11%) Analytical Thinking
14 153 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
15 143 (8.35%) Actionable Insight
16 142 (8.29%) Data Analysis
17 140 (8.17%) ERP
18 137 (8.00%) Data Modelling
19 134 (7.82%) Coaching
20 118 (6.89%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 308 (17.98%) SQL
2 207 (12.08%) Python
3 81 (4.73%) C#
4 61 (3.56%) JavaScript
5 55 (3.21%) PowerShell
6 38 (2.22%) Java
7 31 (1.81%) C++
8 29 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 18 (1.05%) C
9 18 (1.05%) R
10 17 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 13 (0.76%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.70%) Bash
13 10 (0.58%) Go
14 8 (0.47%) Bicep
14 8 (0.47%) VBA
15 6 (0.35%) PHP
16 5 (0.29%) Scala
17 4 (0.23%) Groovy
17 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 665 (38.82%) Degree
2 404 (23.58%) Master's Degree
3 384 (22.42%) PhD
4 133 (7.76%) Security Cleared
5 109 (6.36%) SC Cleared
6 99 (5.78%) ACCA
7 90 (5.25%) CIMA
8 56 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.98%) CISSP
10 33 (1.93%) DBS Check
11 28 (1.63%) DV Cleared
12 26 (1.52%) CISM
13 23 (1.34%) AAT
13 23 (1.34%) PMI Certification
14 22 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
14 22 (1.28%) CISA
15 18 (1.05%) Azure Certification
15 18 (1.05%) PMP
16 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.37%) Data Quality
2 86 (5.02%) QA
3 58 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (2.92%) GDPR
5 46 (2.69%) Accessibility
6 43 (2.51%) PMO
7 37 (2.16%) NIST
8 17 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
8 17 (0.99%) GRC
9 15 (0.88%) WCAG
10 9 (0.53%) IFRS
10 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.53%) SLA
11 8 (0.47%) NCSC
12 6 (0.35%) COBIT
12 6 (0.35%) GAAP
13 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.29%) ITGC
13 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 43 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.88%) Docker
2 15 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.18%) vSphere
6 1 (0.058%) Firmware
6 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (2.51%) Terraform
2 25 (1.46%) Ansible
3 15 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.41%) Grafana
6 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 5 (0.29%) SCOM
8 4 (0.23%) QRadar
9 3 (0.18%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.18%) SCCM
10 1 (0.058%) CASB
10 1 (0.058%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.058%) Nessus
10 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 380 (22.18%) PayPal
2 272 (15.88%) Microsoft
3 49 (2.86%) Oracle
3 49 (2.86%) SAP
4 47 (2.74%) Google
5 35 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.23%) Databricks
6 21 (1.23%) ServiceNow
7 16 (0.93%) Adobe
7 16 (0.93%) Aruba
7 16 (0.93%) VMware
8 15 (0.88%) Arista
8 15 (0.88%) NetScout
9 14 (0.82%) Xero
10 13 (0.76%) IBM
11 12 (0.70%) Autodesk
12 9 (0.53%) Splunk
13 8 (0.47%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.47%) Charles River
13 8 (0.47%) Sage