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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,500 2,187 3,362
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.47% 14.17% 9.69%
As % of the General category 12.81% 19.01% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 907 1,904
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,750 £40,975
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 11,708 11,502 20,934
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.27% 74.53% 60.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,633 6,340 15,331
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,615 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 19 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 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.20%) Confluence
4 12 (0.80%) Apache
4 12 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.73%) WordPress
6 10 (0.67%) IIS
7 7 (0.47%) SAS
8 5 (0.33%) CMS
8 5 (0.33%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.067%) Appian
11 1 (0.067%) Drupal
11 1 (0.067%) Moodle
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 154 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.53%) 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 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.73%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 255 (17.00%) Azure
2 237 (15.80%) Power Platform
3 128 (8.53%) AWS
4 119 (7.93%) SaaS
5 62 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.47%) Google Analytics
7 48 (3.20%) GCP
8 42 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.07%) Entra ID
9 31 (2.07%) GitHub
10 28 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (1.33%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.13%) OCI
14 16 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (1.07%) Serverless
15 15 (1.00%) Snowflake
16 13 (0.87%) PowerApps
17 12 (0.80%) Azure Machine Learning
17 12 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.60%) Broadband
2 54 (3.60%) Firewall
3 24 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.07%) NGFW
4 16 (1.07%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.00%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
6 11 (0.73%) 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%) HTTP
10 6 (0.40%) LAN
10 6 (0.40%) Network Security
11 5 (0.33%) SMTP
11 5 (0.33%) Wireless
12 4 (0.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (13.40%) Power BI
2 65 (4.33%) SQL Server
3 64 (4.27%) Tableau
4 46 (3.07%) Metadata
5 32 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
7 29 (1.93%) MySQL
8 25 (1.67%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.27%) Oracle Database
9 19 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (1.13%) Big Data
10 17 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.07%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.93%) Power Query
13 13 (0.87%) Data Lake
14 11 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.60%) Looker
16 8 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.53%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 44 (2.93%) JIRA
2 39 (2.60%) Git
3 14 (0.93%) GitLab
4 7 (0.47%) Axure RP
4 7 (0.47%) 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%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.067%) Zephyr
General
1 686 (45.73%) Social Skills
2 472 (31.47%) Finance
3 151 (10.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 142 (9.47%) Public Sector
5 128 (8.53%) Marketing
6 95 (6.33%) Retail
7 94 (6.27%) Law
7 94 (6.27%) Legal
8 92 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
9 56 (3.73%) Banking
10 52 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (2.40%) Manufacturing
13 34 (2.27%) Advertising
14 30 (2.00%) Telecoms
15 27 (1.80%) Publishing
16 26 (1.73%) Automotive
17 25 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.27%) Games
19 15 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 400 (26.67%) Analyst
2 209 (13.93%) Senior
3 108 (7.20%) Lead
4 90 (6.00%) Business Analyst
5 89 (5.93%) Data Analyst
6 88 (5.87%) Architect
7 84 (5.60%) Developer
8 69 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
9 52 (3.47%) Consultant
10 46 (3.07%) Data Engineer
11 44 (2.93%) Report Analyst
12 41 (2.73%) Senior Manager
13 36 (2.40%) Applications Support
13 36 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
14 35 (2.33%) Support Analyst
15 34 (2.27%) Accountant
16 32 (2.13%) Security Analyst
17 30 (2.00%) Product Manager
18 29 (1.93%) Data Scientist
18 29 (1.93%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.27%) HTML
2 47 (3.13%) .NET
3 41 (2.73%) CSS
4 39 (2.60%) JSON
5 28 (1.87%) React
5 28 (1.87%) REST
6 27 (1.80%) PyTorch
6 27 (1.80%) TensorFlow
7 25 (1.67%) Middleware
8 24 (1.60%) XML
9 16 (1.07%) RESTful
10 12 (0.80%) Node.js
10 12 (0.80%) PySpark
10 12 (0.80%) React Native
11 9 (0.60%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.60%) Bootstrap
11 9 (0.60%) TFX
12 8 (0.53%) SOAP
13 7 (0.47%) Kafka
13 7 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 89 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.87%) Virtual Team
7 40 (2.67%) Algorithms
8 39 (2.60%) Data Structures
9 35 (2.33%) Security Posture
10 34 (2.27%) Cloud Native
11 32 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
12 29 (1.93%) Social Media
13 28 (1.87%) Data Centre
14 26 (1.73%) Driving Licence
15 25 (1.67%) PKI
15 25 (1.67%) Video\Live Streaming
16 23 (1.53%) Credit Risk
16 23 (1.53%) Public Cloud
17 21 (1.40%) FMCG
17 21 (1.40%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (4.47%) Windows
2 43 (2.87%) Linux
3 30 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.73%) Unix
5 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.33%) Android
6 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.27%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.13%) AIX
8 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.067%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.067%) Solaris
9 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 708 (47.20%) Problem-Solving
2 377 (25.13%) Decision-Making
3 358 (23.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 318 (21.20%) Agile
4 318 (21.20%) Analytics
5 261 (17.40%) AI
6 219 (14.60%) Business Intelligence
7 192 (12.80%) Roadmaps
8 190 (12.67%) Mentoring
9 175 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 173 (11.53%) Project Management
11 165 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 161 (10.73%) Actionable Insight
13 150 (10.00%) Process Improvement
14 146 (9.73%) Coaching
15 143 (9.53%) Analytical Thinking
16 135 (9.00%) Data Modelling
17 123 (8.20%) Validation
18 122 (8.13%) DevOps
19 119 (7.93%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 326 (21.73%) SQL
2 288 (19.20%) Python
3 77 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 58 (3.87%) PowerShell
5 57 (3.80%) C#
6 45 (3.00%) Java
7 31 (2.07%) T-SQL
8 21 (1.40%) R
9 16 (1.07%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.93%) PL/SQL
11 13 (0.87%) C++
12 11 (0.73%) Bash
12 11 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.60%) Go
14 7 (0.47%) PHP
15 5 (0.33%) Ruby
15 5 (0.33%) VBA
16 4 (0.27%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.27%) C
16 4 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 304 (20.27%) Degree
2 151 (10.07%) Security Cleared
3 114 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 107 (7.13%) ACCA
5 103 (6.87%) CIMA
6 45 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.53%) CISSP
7 38 (2.53%) DBS Check
8 32 (2.13%) CISM
9 27 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.27%) AAT
11 17 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
12 16 (1.07%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (0.87%) PMI Certification
16 12 (0.80%) HNC
17 11 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (9.73%) Data Quality
2 110 (7.33%) GDPR
3 83 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 81 (5.40%) QA
5 58 (3.87%) SLA
6 52 (3.47%) NIST
7 50 (3.33%) Accessibility
8 29 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.60%) ISO 9001
10 22 (1.47%) GRC
11 21 (1.40%) PMO
12 18 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 18 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 18 (1.20%) IFRS
13 15 (1.00%) ISO 14001
13 15 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 14 (0.93%) COREP
14 14 (0.93%) FINREP
14 14 (0.93%) PCI DSS
15 13 (0.87%) NCSC
System Software
1 50 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.07%) Docker
3 13 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.33%) 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 (3.40%) Terraform
2 26 (1.73%) Ansible
3 19 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.60%) Kubeflow
6 8 (0.53%) QRadar
7 7 (0.47%) Grafana
8 6 (0.40%) Packer
9 3 (0.20%) Nmap
9 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.20%) SCCM
10 2 (0.13%) Graylog
10 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.067%) CASB
11 1 (0.067%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.067%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.067%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 252 (16.80%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.73%) Google
3 63 (4.20%) SAP
4 61 (4.07%) Oracle
5 59 (3.93%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.93%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.33%) Adobe
8 18 (1.20%) Cisco
9 17 (1.13%) Databricks
10 15 (1.00%) Arista
10 15 (1.00%) Aruba
10 15 (1.00%) NetScout
11 14 (0.93%) Sage
12 13 (0.87%) HubSpot
12 13 (0.87%) Palo Alto
12 13 (0.87%) Splunk
12 13 (0.87%) VMware
13 12 (0.80%) F5
13 12 (0.80%) Qualys
14 11 (0.73%) Pardot