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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,183 2,469 2,831
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.77% 14.67% 12.67%
As % of the General category 14.31% 20.75% 20.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 904 1,086
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,839 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,039 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% -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 15,251 11,896 14,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.30% 70.70% 62.88%
Number of salaries quoted 9,222 6,225 7,859
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 3 October 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 59 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.10%) Confluence
3 22 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.55%) IIS
7 11 (0.50%) Apache
8 10 (0.46%) CMS
8 10 (0.46%) WordPress
9 8 (0.37%) SAS
10 7 (0.32%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
13 2 (0.092%) Ethereum
13 2 (0.092%) Hedera
13 2 (0.092%) nginx
13 2 (0.092%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.092%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.046%) Apache Superset
14 1 (0.046%) Appian
Applications
1 233 (10.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.32%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.23%) Notion
10 4 (0.18%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) InDesign
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 2 (0.092%) SPSS
13 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.046%) EPLAN
13 1 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.046%) Trello
Business Applications
1 52 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.47%) Dynamics GP
3 16 (0.73%) Shopify
4 15 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.64%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.32%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.32%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.32%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.27%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.23%) JDE World
9 5 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.23%) Sage 50
10 4 (0.18%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 290 (13.28%) Power Platform
2 271 (12.41%) Azure
3 185 (8.47%) AWS
4 128 (5.86%) SaaS
5 101 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
6 82 (3.76%) GCP
7 71 (3.25%) Google Analytics
8 50 (2.29%) Entra ID
9 40 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (1.60%) Serverless
12 34 (1.56%) GitHub
13 31 (1.42%) Google Ads
13 31 (1.42%) PowerApps
14 27 (1.24%) Amazon S3
14 27 (1.24%) Google Tag Manager
15 26 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
15 26 (1.19%) Snowflake
16 24 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
17 23 (1.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.92%) Broadband
2 33 (1.51%) Firewall
3 26 (1.19%) Network Security
4 21 (0.96%) VPN
5 20 (0.92%) 5G
5 20 (0.92%) DNS
6 19 (0.87%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.78%) DHCP
7 17 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (0.69%) WAN
9 14 (0.64%) SMS
10 11 (0.50%) LAN
11 10 (0.46%) Internet
12 7 (0.32%) VLAN
12 7 (0.32%) Wireless
13 5 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (0.18%) HTTP
14 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.18%) SSL
14 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (11.77%) Power BI
2 71 (3.25%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (3.11%) Tableau
4 48 (2.20%) Metadata
5 39 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 37 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (1.60%) Looker
8 32 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (1.33%) MySQL
10 24 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
10 24 (1.10%) Data Lake
11 22 (1.01%) Big Data
11 22 (1.01%) Power Query
12 18 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (0.78%) NoSQL
14 16 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 16 (0.73%) Spark SQL
15 15 (0.69%) BigQuery
16 14 (0.64%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 85 (3.89%) Git
2 79 (3.62%) JIRA
3 16 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.60%) GitLab
5 10 (0.46%) LabVIEW
6 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.27%) Balsamiq
7 6 (0.27%) MLflow
8 5 (0.23%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.23%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.18%) Postman
9 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.14%) JMeter
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.14%) RStudio
10 3 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,111 (50.89%) Social Skills
2 749 (34.31%) Finance
3 257 (11.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 244 (11.18%) Marketing
5 237 (10.86%) Organisational Skills
6 201 (9.21%) Retail
7 195 (8.93%) Law
8 191 (8.75%) Legal
9 190 (8.70%) Public Sector
10 137 (6.28%) Influencing Skills
11 86 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
12 70 (3.21%) Manufacturing
13 67 (3.07%) Banking
14 58 (2.66%) Telecoms
15 48 (2.20%) Advertising
16 34 (1.56%) Games
17 33 (1.51%) Aerospace
17 33 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
18 31 (1.42%) Electronics
19 30 (1.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 562 (25.74%) Analyst
2 292 (13.38%) Senior
3 150 (6.87%) Lead
4 119 (5.45%) Data Analyst
5 116 (5.31%) Business Analyst
6 109 (4.99%) Senior Analyst
7 104 (4.76%) Developer
8 94 (4.31%) Architect
9 85 (3.89%) Consultant
10 83 (3.80%) Data Engineer
10 83 (3.80%) Support Analyst
11 60 (2.75%) Service Manager
12 57 (2.61%) Applications Support
13 55 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
14 52 (2.38%) Accountant
15 47 (2.15%) Marketing Manager
16 44 (2.02%) Senior Manager
17 42 (1.92%) Security Analyst
18 37 (1.69%) Financial Analyst
18 37 (1.69%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (3.07%) .NET
2 48 (2.20%) HTML
3 46 (2.11%) PySpark
4 45 (2.06%) Terraform
5 40 (1.83%) CSS
6 35 (1.60%) REST
7 28 (1.28%) JSON
8 25 (1.15%) XML
9 23 (1.05%) React
9 23 (1.05%) RESTful
10 20 (0.92%) Middleware
11 17 (0.78%) Web Services
12 16 (0.73%) .NET Core
13 15 (0.69%) AngularJS
13 15 (0.69%) PyTorch
14 13 (0.60%) ASP.NET
14 13 (0.60%) EDI
14 13 (0.60%) Pandas
14 13 (0.60%) TensorFlow
15 12 (0.55%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 189 (8.66%) Management Information System
2 136 (6.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 127 (5.82%) Self-Motivation
4 101 (4.63%) Onboarding
5 97 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 74 (3.39%) Virtual Team
7 69 (3.16%) Blog
8 52 (2.38%) Credit Risk
9 50 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (1.83%) Driving Licence
11 38 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 38 (1.74%) Social Media
12 36 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
13 35 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
13 35 (1.60%) Security Posture
14 28 (1.28%) AI Agents
15 27 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 24 (1.10%) Algorithms
16 24 (1.10%) Mobile App
17 21 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 98 (4.49%) Windows
2 62 (2.84%) Linux
3 42 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.55%) Android
5 11 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.23%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.14%) Unix
11 2 (0.092%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.046%) AIX
12 1 (0.046%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,036 (47.46%) Problem-Solving
2 708 (32.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 612 (28.03%) Decision-Making
4 528 (24.19%) Analytics
5 516 (23.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 445 (20.38%) AI
7 417 (19.10%) Agile
8 304 (13.93%) Business Intelligence
9 262 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 257 (11.77%) Roadmaps
11 253 (11.59%) Project Management
12 251 (11.50%) Actionable Insight
13 249 (11.41%) Process Improvement
14 232 (10.63%) Mentoring
15 214 (9.80%) CRM
16 206 (9.44%) Project Delivery
17 205 (9.39%) Data Analysis
18 197 (9.02%) Validation
19 191 (8.75%) Coaching
20 189 (8.66%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 476 (21.80%) SQL
2 328 (15.03%) Python
3 92 (4.21%) C#
4 88 (4.03%) JavaScript
5 62 (2.84%) Java
6 56 (2.57%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.51%) C++
8 32 (1.47%) T-SQL
9 30 (1.37%) R
10 25 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 21 (0.96%) Bash
12 19 (0.87%) PL/SQL
12 19 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.55%) Go
14 10 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.46%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.41%) C
16 8 (0.37%) Scala
17 6 (0.27%) PHP
17 6 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 387 (17.73%) Degree
2 239 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 185 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 106 (4.86%) ACCA
5 105 (4.81%) CIMA
6 59 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 58 (2.66%) DBS Check
8 46 (2.11%) CISSP
9 39 (1.79%) CISM
10 35 (1.60%) DV Cleared
11 27 (1.24%) Azure Certification
12 25 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (1.01%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
15 16 (0.73%) AAT
15 16 (0.73%) CRISC
15 16 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 15 (0.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (10.99%) Data Quality
2 122 (5.59%) GDPR
3 108 (4.95%) Accessibility
4 88 (4.03%) QA
5 84 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 57 (2.61%) NIST
7 55 (2.52%) SLA
8 37 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 36 (1.65%) PMO
10 29 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 27 (1.24%) GRC
12 26 (1.19%) IFRS
13 19 (0.87%) ISO 9001
14 18 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 15 (0.69%) GAAP
15 15 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 15 (0.69%) PCI DSS
15 15 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.55%) ISO 14001
17 11 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 68 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.37%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) Firmware
4 10 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.046%) HDFS
7 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 19 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.78%) Ansible
4 16 (0.73%) Grafana
5 7 (0.32%) QRadar
6 5 (0.23%) Nmap
6 5 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.092%) CASB
9 2 (0.092%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.092%) Graylog
9 2 (0.092%) Kibana
9 2 (0.092%) Nagios
9 2 (0.092%) Packer
10 1 (0.046%) Control-M
10 1 (0.046%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 457 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 126 (5.77%) Google
3 71 (3.25%) SAP
4 65 (2.98%) Salesforce
5 62 (2.84%) Oracle
6 48 (2.20%) YouTube
7 44 (2.02%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.51%) Adobe
9 31 (1.42%) Databricks
10 30 (1.37%) Sage
11 27 (1.24%) HubSpot
12 24 (1.10%) Cisco
13 19 (0.87%) Splunk
14 17 (0.78%) VMware
15 16 (0.73%) Yardi
16 13 (0.60%) Dynatrace
16 13 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 12 (0.55%) Apple
18 11 (0.50%) Qualys
19 10 (0.46%) JD Edwards