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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,489 2,180 3,357
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.46% 14.20% 9.71%
As % of the General category 12.81% 19.04% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 997 902 1,897
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,875 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £73,453 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 11,626 11,450 20,857
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.23% 74.59% 60.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,580 6,288 15,255
10th Percentile £31,975 £27,500 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,753 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,271 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,565 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.02% +5.84% -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 17 June 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 39 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.14%) Confluence
4 13 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.81%) Apache
6 11 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.74%) WordPress
7 9 (0.60%) IIS
8 7 (0.47%) SAS
9 5 (0.34%) CMS
9 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.067%) Appian
12 1 (0.067%) Drupal
12 1 (0.067%) Moodle
12 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 150 (10.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.60%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.20%) Blender
8 3 (0.20%) Maya
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.40%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.40%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.27%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.27%) JDE World
7 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 253 (16.99%) Azure
2 234 (15.72%) Power Platform
3 129 (8.66%) AWS
4 118 (7.92%) SaaS
5 60 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (3.56%) Google Analytics
7 48 (3.22%) GCP
8 43 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.08%) Entra ID
9 31 (2.08%) GitHub
10 27 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (1.48%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.14%) OCI
13 17 (1.14%) Serverless
14 16 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (1.07%) Snowflake
15 13 (0.87%) PowerApps
16 12 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (0.81%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.70%) Broadband
2 53 (3.56%) Firewall
3 24 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.07%) NGFW
4 16 (1.07%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.01%) VXLAN
6 11 (0.74%) VPN
7 10 (0.67%) SMS
8 9 (0.60%) WAN
9 7 (0.47%) 5G
9 7 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.40%) DNS
10 6 (0.40%) LAN
10 6 (0.40%) Network Security
11 5 (0.34%) HTTP
11 5 (0.34%) SMTP
11 5 (0.34%) Wireless
12 4 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (13.36%) Power BI
2 65 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 64 (4.30%) Tableau
4 46 (3.09%) Metadata
5 32 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
7 29 (1.95%) MySQL
8 25 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.28%) Oracle Database
9 19 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (1.14%) Big Data
10 17 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.07%) NoSQL
12 13 (0.87%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.87%) Power Query
13 11 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.60%) Looker
15 8 (0.54%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
16 7 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 42 (2.82%) JIRA
2 39 (2.62%) Git
3 14 (0.94%) GitLab
4 8 (0.54%) Axure RP
4 8 (0.54%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.20%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.20%) Postman
8 2 (0.13%) Babel
8 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.13%) webpack
9 1 (0.067%) ERwin
9 1 (0.067%) Toad
General
1 679 (45.60%) Social Skills
2 468 (31.43%) Finance
3 152 (10.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 126 (8.46%) Marketing
6 94 (6.31%) Retail
7 93 (6.25%) Law
8 91 (6.11%) Legal
9 90 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (3.69%) Banking
11 52 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
12 44 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.22%) Advertising
14 32 (2.15%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.01%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.75%) Publishing
17 25 (1.68%) Automotive
17 25 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.28%) Games
19 15 (1.01%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 395 (26.53%) Analyst
2 208 (13.97%) Senior
3 107 (7.19%) Lead
4 91 (6.11%) Business Analyst
5 89 (5.98%) Architect
6 86 (5.78%) Data Analyst
7 79 (5.31%) Developer
8 69 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
9 52 (3.49%) Consultant
10 48 (3.22%) Data Engineer
11 42 (2.82%) Report Analyst
12 41 (2.75%) Senior Manager
13 37 (2.48%) Applications Support
14 36 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (2.42%) Support Analyst
15 34 (2.28%) Accountant
16 31 (2.08%) Product Manager
16 31 (2.08%) Security Analyst
17 29 (1.95%) Data Scientist
18 27 (1.81%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.29%) HTML
2 46 (3.09%) .NET
3 42 (2.82%) CSS
4 38 (2.55%) JSON
5 29 (1.95%) React
6 27 (1.81%) PyTorch
6 27 (1.81%) REST
6 27 (1.81%) TensorFlow
7 24 (1.61%) Middleware
8 23 (1.54%) XML
9 16 (1.07%) RESTful
10 13 (0.87%) Node.js
10 13 (0.87%) PySpark
11 12 (0.81%) React Native
12 9 (0.60%) ASP.NET
12 9 (0.60%) Bootstrap
12 9 (0.60%) TFX
13 8 (0.54%) SOAP
14 7 (0.47%) LangChain
14 7 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (8.46%) Analytical Mindset
2 91 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 69 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
4 65 (4.37%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.89%) Virtual Team
7 40 (2.69%) Algorithms
8 39 (2.62%) Data Structures
9 33 (2.22%) Cloud Native
10 32 (2.15%) Security Posture
11 31 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (2.01%) Social Media
13 28 (1.88%) Data Centre
14 26 (1.75%) Driving Licence
14 26 (1.75%) PKI
15 25 (1.68%) Video\Live Streaming
16 23 (1.54%) Credit Risk
16 23 (1.54%) Public Cloud
17 21 (1.41%) FMCG
17 21 (1.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.43%) Windows
2 41 (2.75%) Linux
3 29 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.74%) Unix
5 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.34%) Android
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.067%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.067%) Solaris
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 701 (47.08%) Problem-Solving
2 375 (25.18%) Decision-Making
3 356 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 320 (21.49%) Agile
5 317 (21.29%) Analytics
6 257 (17.26%) AI
7 218 (14.64%) Business Intelligence
8 191 (12.83%) Mentoring
8 191 (12.83%) Roadmaps
9 175 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 173 (11.62%) Project Management
11 163 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 161 (10.81%) Actionable Insight
13 149 (10.01%) Process Improvement
14 147 (9.87%) Coaching
15 145 (9.74%) Analytical Thinking
16 135 (9.07%) Data Modelling
17 123 (8.26%) DevOps
18 122 (8.19%) Validation
19 120 (8.06%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 320 (21.49%) SQL
2 285 (19.14%) Python
3 78 (5.24%) JavaScript
4 56 (3.76%) C#
4 56 (3.76%) PowerShell
5 46 (3.09%) Java
6 31 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 21 (1.41%) R
8 17 (1.14%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 13 (0.87%) C++
11 11 (0.74%) Bash
12 10 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.60%) Go
14 6 (0.40%) PHP
15 5 (0.34%) Ruby
15 5 (0.34%) VBA
16 4 (0.27%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 304 (20.42%) Degree
2 155 (10.41%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.92%) SC Cleared
4 103 (6.92%) ACCA
5 99 (6.65%) CIMA
6 45 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (2.62%) DBS Check
8 37 (2.48%) CISSP
9 31 (2.08%) CISM
10 28 (1.88%) Azure Certification
11 18 (1.21%) AAT
11 18 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (1.14%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (0.94%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
16 12 (0.81%) HNC
17 11 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (9.81%) Data Quality
2 111 (7.45%) GDPR
3 82 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 79 (5.31%) QA
5 58 (3.90%) SLA
6 51 (3.43%) Accessibility
6 51 (3.43%) NIST
7 28 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 24 (1.61%) ISO 9001
9 22 (1.48%) GRC
10 21 (1.41%) PMO
11 18 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 18 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (1.07%) IFRS
13 15 (1.01%) ISO 14001
13 15 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 15 (1.01%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.94%) COREP
14 14 (0.94%) FINREP
14 14 (0.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 49 (3.29%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.07%) Docker
3 13 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.067%) KVM
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.43%) Terraform
2 25 (1.68%) Ansible
3 19 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.60%) Kubeflow
6 8 (0.54%) QRadar
7 6 (0.40%) Grafana
7 6 (0.40%) Packer
8 3 (0.20%) Nmap
8 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.20%) SCCM
9 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.067%) CASB
10 1 (0.067%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.067%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 247 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.71%) Google
3 63 (4.23%) SAP
4 62 (4.16%) Oracle
5 59 (3.96%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.34%) Adobe
8 18 (1.21%) Cisco
8 18 (1.21%) Databricks
9 15 (1.01%) Arista
9 15 (1.01%) Aruba
9 15 (1.01%) NetScout
10 13 (0.87%) HubSpot
10 13 (0.87%) Palo Alto
10 13 (0.87%) Sage
10 13 (0.87%) VMware
11 12 (0.81%) F5
11 12 (0.81%) Splunk
12 11 (0.74%) Pardot
12 11 (0.74%) Qualys