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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,235 2,399 2,670
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.97% 14.52% 12.43%
As % of the General category 14.56% 20.51% 19.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,324 903 1,045
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,400 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £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 15,348 11,699 13,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.58% 70.79% 62.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 6,155 7,508
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
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 12 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 61 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.03%) Confluence
4 20 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.54%) IIS
7 11 (0.49%) Apache
8 10 (0.45%) CMS
8 10 (0.45%) WordPress
9 9 (0.40%) SAS
10 8 (0.36%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
13 3 (0.13%) nginx
14 2 (0.089%) Ethereum
14 2 (0.089%) Hedera
14 2 (0.089%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.089%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 1 (0.045%) Apache Superset
15 1 (0.045%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 241 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.31%) Notion
9 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.18%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.13%) Blender
11 3 (0.13%) InDesign
11 3 (0.13%) Maya
12 2 (0.089%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.089%) SPSS
13 1 (0.045%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.045%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.045%) Trello
Business Applications
1 52 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.43%) Dynamics GP
3 17 (0.76%) Shopify
4 12 (0.54%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.31%) SAP FI
5 7 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.31%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
6 6 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.27%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.22%) FastStats
7 5 (0.22%) Sage 50
8 4 (0.18%) JDE World
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 305 (13.65%) Power Platform
2 294 (13.15%) Azure
3 195 (8.72%) AWS
4 128 (5.73%) SaaS
5 112 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
6 91 (4.07%) GCP
7 69 (3.09%) Google Analytics
8 57 (2.55%) Entra ID
9 42 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (1.61%) GitHub
12 35 (1.57%) Serverless
13 33 (1.48%) PowerApps
14 31 (1.39%) Google Ads
15 29 (1.30%) Snowflake
16 28 (1.25%) Amazon S3
16 28 (1.25%) Google Tag Manager
17 26 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
18 24 (1.07%) Amazon EMR
18 24 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.88%) Broadband
2 34 (1.52%) Firewall
3 28 (1.25%) Network Security
4 26 (1.16%) DNS
5 23 (1.03%) DHCP
6 22 (0.98%) VPN
7 21 (0.94%) 5G
8 19 (0.85%) TCP/IP
9 17 (0.76%) WAN
9 17 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (0.67%) SMS
11 13 (0.58%) LAN
12 11 (0.49%) Internet
13 7 (0.31%) VLAN
13 7 (0.31%) Wireless
14 5 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (0.22%) FTP
15 4 (0.18%) HTTP
15 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (12.08%) Power BI
2 72 (3.22%) Tableau
3 71 (3.18%) SQL Server
4 70 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 49 (2.19%) Metadata
6 39 (1.74%) Looker
6 39 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 38 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (1.30%) MySQL
10 27 (1.21%) Big Data
11 26 (1.16%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
13 23 (1.03%) Power Query
14 19 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.76%) BigQuery
15 17 (0.76%) Spark SQL
16 16 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (0.72%) Data Mining
16 16 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 86 (3.85%) Git
2 79 (3.53%) JIRA
3 17 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.72%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) LabVIEW
6 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.27%) Balsamiq
7 6 (0.27%) Burp Suite
7 6 (0.27%) Metasploit
7 6 (0.27%) MLflow
8 5 (0.22%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.18%) Postman
9 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.13%) RStudio
10 3 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,137 (50.87%) Social Skills
2 767 (34.32%) Finance
3 264 (11.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 250 (11.19%) Marketing
5 241 (10.78%) Organisational Skills
6 211 (9.44%) Retail
7 198 (8.86%) Law
8 195 (8.72%) Public Sector
9 192 (8.59%) Legal
10 144 (6.44%) Influencing Skills
11 84 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
12 75 (3.36%) Manufacturing
13 67 (3.00%) Banking
14 55 (2.46%) Telecoms
15 49 (2.19%) Advertising
16 39 (1.74%) Aerospace
17 34 (1.52%) Electronics
17 34 (1.52%) Games
18 33 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
19 30 (1.34%) Billing
Job Titles
1 581 (26.00%) Analyst
2 298 (13.33%) Senior
3 152 (6.80%) Lead
4 123 (5.50%) Data Analyst
5 113 (5.06%) Business Analyst
6 111 (4.97%) Senior Analyst
7 110 (4.92%) Developer
8 95 (4.25%) Architect
9 87 (3.89%) Consultant
10 86 (3.85%) Data Engineer
11 84 (3.76%) Support Analyst
12 66 (2.95%) Service Manager
13 58 (2.60%) Applications Support
14 56 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
15 50 (2.24%) Accountant
16 48 (2.15%) Marketing Manager
17 42 (1.88%) Senior Manager
18 40 (1.79%) Security Analyst
19 38 (1.70%) Financial Analyst
20 36 (1.61%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (3.18%) .NET
2 48 (2.15%) PySpark
3 47 (2.10%) Terraform
4 45 (2.01%) HTML
5 37 (1.66%) CSS
6 36 (1.61%) REST
7 26 (1.16%) RESTful
8 25 (1.12%) JSON
8 25 (1.12%) XML
9 24 (1.07%) React
10 19 (0.85%) Middleware
11 17 (0.76%) Web Services
12 16 (0.72%) .NET Core
13 15 (0.67%) AngularJS
13 15 (0.67%) PyTorch
14 13 (0.58%) .NET Framework
14 13 (0.58%) ASP.NET
14 13 (0.58%) EDI
14 13 (0.58%) TensorFlow
15 12 (0.54%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 196 (8.77%) Management Information System
2 131 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
3 130 (5.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 107 (4.79%) Onboarding
5 93 (4.16%) Product Ownership
6 75 (3.36%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.04%) Blog
8 58 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
9 54 (2.42%) Credit Risk
10 44 (1.97%) Driving Licence
11 40 (1.79%) Social Media
12 39 (1.74%) Cloud Native
12 39 (1.74%) Marketing Technology
13 34 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
14 32 (1.43%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.25%) AI Agents
15 28 (1.25%) Data Structures
16 25 (1.12%) Algorithms
17 22 (0.98%) Mobile App
18 21 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 105 (4.70%) Windows
2 66 (2.95%) Linux
3 49 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (0.49%) Android
5 11 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.49%) macOS
5 11 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.22%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.089%) Unix
8 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.045%) AIX
9 1 (0.045%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,071 (47.92%) Problem-Solving
2 732 (32.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 618 (27.65%) Decision-Making
4 552 (24.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 548 (24.52%) Analytics
6 471 (21.07%) AI
7 426 (19.06%) Agile
8 316 (14.14%) Business Intelligence
9 267 (11.95%) Actionable Insight
10 262 (11.72%) Project Management
10 262 (11.72%) Roadmaps
11 261 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 252 (11.28%) Process Improvement
13 238 (10.65%) Mentoring
14 221 (9.89%) CRM
15 218 (9.75%) Data Analysis
16 208 (9.31%) Project Delivery
17 202 (9.04%) Validation
18 201 (8.99%) Service Delivery
19 196 (8.77%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 496 (22.19%) SQL
2 341 (15.26%) Python
3 92 (4.12%) C#
4 89 (3.98%) JavaScript
5 63 (2.82%) PowerShell
6 55 (2.46%) Java
7 38 (1.70%) R
8 32 (1.43%) C++
9 31 (1.39%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 23 (1.03%) Bash
12 19 (0.85%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.63%) Go
15 10 (0.45%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.40%) C
16 9 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (0.36%) Scala
18 6 (0.27%) PHP
18 6 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 391 (17.49%) Degree
2 251 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 196 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 103 (4.61%) ACCA
5 102 (4.56%) CIMA
6 61 (2.73%) DBS Check
7 52 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.06%) CISSP
9 40 (1.79%) CISM
10 37 (1.66%) Azure Certification
11 36 (1.61%) DV Cleared
12 29 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (1.03%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.89%) AWS Certification
15 19 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
16 18 (0.81%) AAT
16 18 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
17 16 (0.72%) GIAC
17 16 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
17 16 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (11.19%) Data Quality
2 123 (5.50%) GDPR
3 119 (5.32%) Accessibility
4 89 (3.98%) QA
5 84 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 56 (2.51%) NIST
7 50 (2.24%) SLA
8 40 (1.79%) PMO
9 39 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
10 37 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
11 29 (1.30%) GRC
12 25 (1.12%) IFRS
13 19 (0.85%) ISO 9001
14 18 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 16 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.67%) GAAP
16 15 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 15 (0.67%) PCI DSS
17 13 (0.58%) ISO 14001
18 11 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 75 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 33 (1.48%) Docker
3 12 (0.54%) Firmware
3 12 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.089%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.045%) HDFS
7 1 (0.045%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.045%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 22 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.76%) Ansible
4 16 (0.72%) Grafana
5 8 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.31%) QRadar
7 6 (0.27%) Nmap
8 4 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
8 4 (0.18%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.13%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.13%) Kibana
9 3 (0.13%) Nagios
9 3 (0.13%) SCCM
9 3 (0.13%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.13%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.089%) CASB
10 2 (0.089%) Graylog
10 2 (0.089%) Packer
Vendors
1 487 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 133 (5.95%) Google
3 68 (3.04%) SAP
4 67 (3.00%) Salesforce
5 58 (2.60%) Oracle
6 52 (2.33%) YouTube
7 49 (2.19%) ServiceNow
8 34 (1.52%) Databricks
9 33 (1.48%) Adobe
10 31 (1.39%) Sage
11 28 (1.25%) Cisco
12 27 (1.21%) HubSpot
13 20 (0.89%) Splunk
13 20 (0.89%) VMware
14 14 (0.63%) Apple
15 13 (0.58%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 13 (0.58%) Yardi
16 10 (0.45%) FIS
16 10 (0.45%) Qualys