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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,482 2,141 3,337
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.55% 14.16% 9.76%
As % of the General category 13.07% 18.90% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 983 897 1,895
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £72,563 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £88,250
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 11,336 11,326 20,715
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.75% 74.92% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,382 6,220 15,237
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,931 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 11 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 36 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.21%) Confluence
4 13 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.81%) Apache
6 11 (0.74%) WordPress
7 10 (0.67%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.47%) IIS
8 7 (0.47%) SAS
9 6 (0.40%) CMS
10 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.067%) Appian
13 1 (0.067%) Drupal
13 1 (0.067%) Moodle
13 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 147 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.61%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.20%) Blender
7 3 (0.20%) Maya
8 1 (0.067%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.27%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.27%) JDE World
6 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.13%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 255 (17.21%) Azure
2 233 (15.72%) Power Platform
3 133 (8.97%) AWS
4 113 (7.62%) SaaS
5 60 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.51%) Google Analytics
7 49 (3.31%) GCP
8 45 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (2.43%) GitHub
10 31 (2.09%) Entra ID
11 29 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.48%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.28%) Snowflake
14 17 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (1.15%) OCI
14 17 (1.15%) Serverless
15 13 (0.88%) Azure Machine Learning
15 13 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.45%) Broadband
2 52 (3.51%) Firewall
3 23 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.08%) NGFW
4 16 (1.08%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.01%) VXLAN
6 14 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.67%) VPN
8 9 (0.61%) SMS
9 7 (0.47%) 5G
9 7 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.47%) WAN
10 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.40%) DNS
11 4 (0.27%) HTTP
11 4 (0.27%) LAN
11 4 (0.27%) Network Security
11 4 (0.27%) SMTP
11 4 (0.27%) VLAN
11 4 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (13.29%) Power BI
2 63 (4.25%) Tableau
3 62 (4.18%) SQL Server
4 45 (3.04%) Metadata
5 31 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (1.75%) MySQL
8 25 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.28%) Oracle Database
10 18 (1.21%) Big Data
10 18 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.01%) NoSQL
13 14 (0.94%) Data Lake
14 12 (0.81%) Power Query
15 11 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
16 9 (0.61%) Looker
17 8 (0.54%) DynamoDB
17 8 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
18 7 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 43 (2.90%) JIRA
2 35 (2.36%) Git
3 12 (0.81%) GitLab
4 8 (0.54%) Axure RP
4 8 (0.54%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.20%) Subversion
9 2 (0.13%) Babel
9 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.13%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.13%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.13%) ERwin
9 2 (0.13%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 674 (45.48%) Social Skills
2 469 (31.65%) Finance
3 158 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 143 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 126 (8.50%) Marketing
6 93 (6.28%) Law
7 91 (6.14%) Retail
8 90 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
9 89 (6.01%) Legal
10 55 (3.71%) Banking
11 52 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.16%) Advertising
13 32 (2.16%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 27 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.75%) Publishing
17 23 (1.55%) Automotive
18 20 (1.35%) Games
19 16 (1.08%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 390 (26.32%) Analyst
2 204 (13.77%) Senior
3 105 (7.09%) Lead
4 91 (6.14%) Architect
5 90 (6.07%) Business Analyst
6 83 (5.60%) Data Analyst
7 82 (5.53%) Developer
8 66 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
9 51 (3.44%) Consultant
10 48 (3.24%) Data Engineer
11 42 (2.83%) Senior Manager
12 41 (2.77%) Report Analyst
13 37 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
14 35 (2.36%) Applications Support
15 34 (2.29%) Support Analyst
16 33 (2.23%) Accountant
17 31 (2.09%) Security Analyst
18 30 (2.02%) Product Manager
19 29 (1.96%) Data Scientist
20 27 (1.82%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.44%) HTML
2 44 (2.97%) .NET
2 44 (2.97%) CSS
3 37 (2.50%) JSON
4 32 (2.16%) React
5 28 (1.89%) REST
6 27 (1.82%) TensorFlow
7 26 (1.75%) PyTorch
8 23 (1.55%) Middleware
8 23 (1.55%) XML
9 14 (0.94%) Node.js
9 14 (0.94%) React Native
10 13 (0.88%) RESTful
11 11 (0.74%) Bootstrap
12 9 (0.61%) PySpark
12 9 (0.61%) SOAP
13 8 (0.54%) TFX
14 7 (0.47%) FastAPI
14 7 (0.47%) Flutter
14 7 (0.47%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 91 (6.14%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
4 62 (4.18%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.58%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.77%) Algorithms
7 40 (2.70%) Data Structures
7 40 (2.70%) Virtual Team
8 33 (2.23%) Cloud Native
9 31 (2.09%) Security Posture
10 30 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (1.96%) Social Media
12 28 (1.89%) Data Centre
13 26 (1.75%) Driving Licence
14 25 (1.69%) PKI
15 24 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
16 23 (1.55%) Public Cloud
17 22 (1.48%) FMCG
17 22 (1.48%) Mobile App
18 20 (1.35%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.45%) Windows
2 40 (2.70%) Linux
3 30 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.81%) Unix
5 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.27%) Android
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
1 694 (46.83%) Problem-Solving
2 370 (24.97%) Decision-Making
3 354 (23.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 322 (21.73%) Agile
5 319 (21.52%) Analytics
6 259 (17.48%) AI
7 217 (14.64%) Business Intelligence
8 188 (12.69%) Mentoring
9 187 (12.62%) Roadmaps
10 171 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 169 (11.40%) Project Management
12 163 (11.00%) Actionable Insight
13 157 (10.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 148 (9.99%) Coaching
15 142 (9.58%) Analytical Thinking
16 139 (9.38%) Process Improvement
17 137 (9.24%) Data Modelling
18 127 (8.57%) DevOps
19 120 (8.10%) CI/CD
19 120 (8.10%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 317 (21.39%) SQL
2 286 (19.30%) Python
3 79 (5.33%) JavaScript
4 58 (3.91%) PowerShell
5 53 (3.58%) C#
6 48 (3.24%) Java
7 30 (2.02%) T-SQL
8 19 (1.28%) R
9 17 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.94%) PL/SQL
11 13 (0.88%) C++
12 10 (0.67%) Bash
12 10 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.61%) Go
14 6 (0.40%) PHP
15 5 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.34%) Ruby
15 5 (0.34%) VBA
16 4 (0.27%) C
16 4 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 299 (20.18%) Degree
2 150 (10.12%) Security Cleared
3 115 (7.76%) SC Cleared
4 103 (6.95%) ACCA
5 99 (6.68%) CIMA
6 46 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.56%) DBS Check
8 33 (2.23%) CISSP
9 27 (1.82%) Azure Certification
9 27 (1.82%) CISM
10 18 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (1.15%) AAT
12 16 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.01%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.81%) HNC
16 11 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (9.65%) Data Quality
2 108 (7.29%) GDPR
3 78 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 76 (5.13%) QA
5 54 (3.64%) SLA
6 51 (3.44%) NIST
7 49 (3.31%) Accessibility
8 25 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.42%) GRC
9 21 (1.42%) ISO 9001
10 20 (1.35%) PMO
11 18 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (1.01%) IFRS
13 14 (0.94%) COREP
13 14 (0.94%) FINREP
13 14 (0.94%) PCI DSS
14 13 (0.88%) ISO 14001
14 13 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 12 (0.81%) NCSC
System Software
1 49 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.81%) Docker
4 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.067%) KVM
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.44%) Terraform
2 26 (1.75%) Ansible
3 16 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.54%) Kubeflow
6 7 (0.47%) QRadar
7 6 (0.40%) Grafana
7 6 (0.40%) Packer
8 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.20%) SCCM
9 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 2 (0.13%) Nmap
9 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.067%) CASB
10 1 (0.067%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.067%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.067%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 247 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.60%) Google
3 63 (4.25%) Oracle
3 63 (4.25%) SAP
4 56 (3.78%) Salesforce
5 31 (2.09%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.35%) Adobe
7 17 (1.15%) Cisco
8 15 (1.01%) Arista
8 15 (1.01%) Aruba
8 15 (1.01%) NetScout
9 14 (0.94%) Databricks
9 14 (0.94%) VMware
10 13 (0.88%) HubSpot
11 12 (0.81%) F5
11 12 (0.81%) Palo Alto
11 12 (0.81%) Sage
12 11 (0.74%) Pardot
12 11 (0.74%) Splunk
13 10 (0.67%) Qualys