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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,382 1,696 3,247
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.62% 12.59% 9.98%
As % of the General category 13.68% 17.44% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 873 934 1,898
10th Percentile £36,300 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £43,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,875
UK median annual salary £53,150 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.36% +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 10,101 9,722 20,128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.68% 72.19% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,733 6,497 15,129
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 2 May 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 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.59%) Confluence
3 21 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.94%) CMS
4 13 (0.94%) WordPress
5 10 (0.72%) Apache
5 10 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.22%) Drupal
9 1 (0.072%) Appian
9 1 (0.072%) IIS
9 1 (0.072%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.072%) Umbraco
Applications
1 144 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.66%) Chatbot
4 22 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.94%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.072%) Notion
9 1 (0.072%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 31 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.52%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.80%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.43%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.29%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.22%) Infor M3
9 3 (0.22%) JDE OneWorld
9 3 (0.22%) JDE World
9 3 (0.22%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.22%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
11 1 (0.072%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.072%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 262 (18.96%) Azure
2 200 (14.47%) Power Platform
3 123 (8.90%) AWS
4 99 (7.16%) SaaS
5 72 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
7 57 (4.12%) GCP
8 56 (4.05%) GitHub
9 51 (3.69%) Google Analytics
10 46 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
11 33 (2.39%) Snowflake
12 27 (1.95%) Entra ID
13 24 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (1.66%) dbt
15 19 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
16 18 (1.30%) Azure Machine Learning
16 18 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (1.23%) OCI
18 16 (1.16%) Serverless
19 15 (1.09%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.18%) Broadband
1 44 (3.18%) Firewall
2 18 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (1.16%) NGFW
3 16 (1.16%) Wireshark
4 15 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.09%) VXLAN
5 8 (0.58%) Telnet
5 8 (0.58%) WAN
6 7 (0.51%) DNS
6 7 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (0.51%) Network Security
7 6 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.43%) VPN
8 4 (0.29%) HTTP
8 4 (0.29%) Modbus
8 4 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (0.29%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.29%) VLAN
9 3 (0.22%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (12.52%) Power BI
2 62 (4.49%) Tableau
3 58 (4.20%) SQL Server
4 38 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (2.60%) Metadata
6 20 (1.45%) MySQL
7 19 (1.37%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.30%) Oracle Database
8 18 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.94%) Power Query
12 11 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (0.72%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.65%) Big Data
14 9 (0.65%) Looker
15 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.58%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.51%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 62 (4.49%) JIRA
2 36 (2.60%) Git
3 13 (0.94%) GitLab
4 12 (0.87%) Axure RP
4 12 (0.87%) Balsamiq
5 11 (0.80%) Subversion
6 9 (0.65%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.36%) Babel
8 5 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.36%) webpack
9 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.29%) ERwin
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.22%) Maven
10 3 (0.22%) MLflow
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 643 (46.53%) Social Skills
2 460 (33.29%) Finance
3 139 (10.06%) Marketing
4 134 (9.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 121 (8.76%) Public Sector
6 85 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
7 83 (6.01%) Retail
8 81 (5.86%) Law
9 66 (4.78%) Legal
10 63 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (3.62%) Banking
12 39 (2.82%) Advertising
13 38 (2.75%) Manufacturing
14 32 (2.32%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.88%) Publishing
16 25 (1.81%) Automotive
17 23 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
18 20 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
18 20 (1.45%) Front Office
19 19 (1.37%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 349 (25.25%) Analyst
2 178 (12.88%) Senior
3 90 (6.51%) Business Analyst
4 88 (6.37%) Developer
5 85 (6.15%) Lead
6 64 (4.63%) Architect
7 57 (4.12%) Data Analyst
8 48 (3.47%) Consultant
8 48 (3.47%) Data Engineer
9 46 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
9 46 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
10 40 (2.89%) Report Analyst
11 39 (2.82%) Senior Manager
12 35 (2.53%) Product Manager
13 31 (2.24%) Accountant
13 31 (2.24%) Alliance Manager
13 31 (2.24%) Security Analyst
14 30 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (2.10%) Support Analyst
16 24 (1.74%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.98%) HTML
2 49 (3.55%) CSS
3 46 (3.33%) .NET
4 34 (2.46%) React
5 32 (2.32%) JSON
6 27 (1.95%) REST
7 22 (1.59%) XML
8 21 (1.52%) Middleware
9 18 (1.30%) React Native
9 18 (1.30%) TensorFlow
10 16 (1.16%) PyTorch
11 15 (1.09%) Bootstrap
12 13 (0.94%) Node.js
13 12 (0.87%) FIX Protocol
13 12 (0.87%) SOAP
14 10 (0.72%) Sass
15 9 (0.65%) RESTful
16 8 (0.58%) Flash
16 8 (0.58%) OAuth
17 7 (0.51%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 99 (7.16%) Product Ownership
3 83 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
4 49 (3.55%) Onboarding
5 47 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 40 (2.89%) Data Structures
7 39 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 34 (2.46%) Algorithms
9 30 (2.17%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.88%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.88%) Low-Code
11 26 (1.88%) Security Posture
12 24 (1.74%) Social Media
13 23 (1.66%) Mobile App
13 23 (1.66%) Virtual Team
14 22 (1.59%) PKI
15 21 (1.52%) FMCG
15 21 (1.52%) Public Cloud
16 19 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 58 (4.20%) Windows
2 37 (2.68%) Linux
3 23 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.01%) Unix
5 3 (0.22%) Android
5 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) AIX
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.072%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.072%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.072%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.072%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.072%) Solaris
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (42.84%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (23.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 323 (23.37%) Decision-Making
3 296 (21.42%) Agile
4 256 (18.52%) Analytics
5 254 (18.38%) AI
6 205 (14.83%) Business Intelligence
7 167 (12.08%) Mentoring
8 154 (11.14%) DevOps
9 148 (10.71%) Coaching
10 139 (10.06%) Data Modelling
10 139 (10.06%) Project Management
11 137 (9.91%) Analytical Thinking
12 135 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 131 (9.48%) Actionable Insight
13 131 (9.48%) CI/CD
14 121 (8.76%) ERP
15 118 (8.54%) Process Improvement
16 117 (8.47%) Roadmaps
17 114 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 258 (18.67%) SQL
2 232 (16.79%) Python
3 78 (5.64%) JavaScript
4 61 (4.41%) C#
5 58 (4.20%) PowerShell
6 50 (3.62%) Java
7 24 (1.74%) T-SQL
8 18 (1.30%) C++
9 17 (1.23%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.09%) R
11 11 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.72%) Bash
13 9 (0.65%) Go
14 8 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.58%) VBA
15 6 (0.43%) C
16 5 (0.36%) Ruby
16 5 (0.36%) Scala
17 4 (0.29%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 298 (21.56%) Degree
2 138 (9.99%) Security Cleared
3 136 (9.84%) ACCA
4 126 (9.12%) CIMA
5 99 (7.16%) SC Cleared
6 50 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.75%) Master's Degree
8 28 (2.03%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.88%) PhD
10 25 (1.81%) CISSP
11 20 (1.45%) AAT
11 20 (1.45%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.45%) CISM
11 20 (1.45%) PMI Certification
12 18 (1.30%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.09%) PMP
14 12 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.80%) HNC
16 10 (0.72%) CISA
16 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (8.83%) Data Quality
2 82 (5.93%) GDPR
3 75 (5.43%) QA
4 55 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (3.11%) Accessibility
6 37 (2.68%) NIST
7 34 (2.46%) SLA
8 18 (1.30%) PMO
8 18 (1.30%) WCAG
9 17 (1.23%) GRC
10 16 (1.16%) ISO 9001
11 13 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.94%) IFRS
12 12 (0.87%) COREP
12 12 (0.87%) FINREP
13 11 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.80%) NCSC
14 10 (0.72%) GAAP
14 10 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.51%) Docker
4 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.072%) KVM
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.072%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (3.40%) Terraform
2 27 (1.95%) Ansible
3 15 (1.09%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.43%) Grafana
5 6 (0.43%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.36%) Packer
7 4 (0.29%) QRadar
8 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) SCCM
9 2 (0.14%) Graylog
9 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.072%) CASB
10 1 (0.072%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.072%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.072%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.072%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 251 (18.16%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.86%) Google
3 59 (4.27%) Oracle
4 58 (4.20%) SAP
5 53 (3.84%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 22 (1.59%) Adobe
8 21 (1.52%) PayPal
9 19 (1.37%) Databricks
10 15 (1.09%) Arista
10 15 (1.09%) Aruba
10 15 (1.09%) NetScout
11 14 (1.01%) Cisco
12 13 (0.94%) VMware
13 12 (0.87%) Pardot
14 11 (0.80%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.80%) F5
14 11 (0.80%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.80%) Xero
15 10 (0.72%) HubSpot