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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,533 2,215 3,346
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.52% 14.16% 9.89%
As % of the General category 12.84% 19.09% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 910 1,888
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,750 £40,669
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £70,250
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 11,939 11,605 20,591
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.59% 74.19% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7,834 6,425 15,049
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
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 26 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 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.24%) Confluence
4 12 (0.78%) Apache
4 12 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.72%) IIS
5 11 (0.72%) WordPress
6 7 (0.46%) SAS
7 5 (0.33%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.26%) CMS
9 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.065%) Appian
10 1 (0.065%) Drupal
10 1 (0.065%) Moodle
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 159 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.46%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.20%) Blender
8 3 (0.20%) Maya
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.46%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.46%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.26%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.26%) JDE World
7 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 257 (16.76%) Azure
2 241 (15.72%) Power Platform
3 127 (8.28%) AWS
4 122 (7.96%) SaaS
5 62 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.33%) Google Analytics
7 45 (2.94%) GCP
8 41 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (2.09%) Entra ID
10 29 (1.89%) GitHub
11 28 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (1.30%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (1.11%) OCI
15 16 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
16 15 (0.98%) Serverless
17 14 (0.91%) PowerApps
18 13 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
19 12 (0.78%) Snowflake
20 11 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.57%) Broadband
2 55 (3.59%) Firewall
3 25 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (1.11%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.04%) NGFW
5 16 (1.04%) Wireshark
6 15 (0.98%) VXLAN
7 13 (0.85%) VPN
8 11 (0.72%) WAN
9 10 (0.65%) SMS
10 8 (0.52%) LAN
10 8 (0.52%) Network Security
11 7 (0.46%) 5G
11 7 (0.46%) DNS
11 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.39%) HTTP
12 6 (0.39%) Wireless
13 5 (0.33%) SMTP
13 5 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (13.31%) Power BI
2 66 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 64 (4.17%) Tableau
4 46 (3.00%) Metadata
5 35 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
7 31 (2.02%) MySQL
8 25 (1.63%) Relational Database
9 21 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (1.24%) Oracle Database
11 18 (1.17%) Big Data
12 17 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 15 (0.98%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.98%) Power Query
14 13 (0.85%) Data Lake
15 12 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
16 9 (0.59%) Looker
16 9 (0.59%) Semantic Layer
17 8 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (3.00%) JIRA
2 42 (2.74%) Git
3 15 (0.98%) GitLab
4 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
4 6 (0.39%) Balsamiq
4 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.26%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.26%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.26%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.20%) Postman
7 2 (0.13%) Babel
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
7 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.13%) webpack
8 1 (0.065%) Toad
General
1 705 (45.99%) Social Skills
2 485 (31.64%) Finance
3 146 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 146 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 126 (8.22%) Marketing
5 100 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
5 100 (6.52%) Retail
6 95 (6.20%) Law
6 95 (6.20%) Legal
7 57 (3.72%) Banking
8 52 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
9 46 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
10 39 (2.54%) Manufacturing
11 34 (2.22%) Advertising
12 31 (2.02%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.76%) Automotive
13 27 (1.76%) Publishing
14 26 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.24%) Games
16 15 (0.98%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 408 (26.61%) Analyst
2 215 (14.02%) Senior
3 110 (7.18%) Lead
4 91 (5.94%) Business Analyst
5 90 (5.87%) Data Analyst
6 89 (5.81%) Architect
7 81 (5.28%) Developer
8 71 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
9 55 (3.59%) Consultant
10 51 (3.33%) Data Engineer
11 47 (3.07%) Report Analyst
12 42 (2.74%) Senior Manager
13 38 (2.48%) Support Analyst
14 36 (2.35%) Accountant
14 36 (2.35%) Applications Support
15 35 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (2.15%) Data Scientist
16 33 (2.15%) Financial Analyst
17 32 (2.09%) Security Analyst
18 31 (2.02%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.07%) .NET
2 46 (3.00%) HTML
3 39 (2.54%) JSON
4 38 (2.48%) CSS
5 29 (1.89%) REST
6 27 (1.76%) PyTorch
6 27 (1.76%) TensorFlow
7 26 (1.70%) Middleware
7 26 (1.70%) React
8 24 (1.57%) XML
9 17 (1.11%) RESTful
10 15 (0.98%) PySpark
11 11 (0.72%) React Native
12 10 (0.65%) ASP.NET
12 10 (0.65%) Node.js
13 9 (0.59%) TFX
14 8 (0.52%) Kafka
14 8 (0.52%) LDAP
14 8 (0.52%) Pandas
14 8 (0.52%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 128 (8.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 90 (5.87%) Product Ownership
3 73 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 73 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 55 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 45 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 39 (2.54%) Algorithms
6 39 (2.54%) Data Structures
7 35 (2.28%) Security Posture
8 34 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (2.09%) Cloud Native
10 29 (1.89%) Social Media
11 28 (1.83%) Data Centre
12 27 (1.76%) Driving Licence
12 27 (1.76%) PKI
13 25 (1.63%) Video\Live Streaming
14 24 (1.57%) Credit Risk
15 23 (1.50%) Public Cloud
16 22 (1.44%) FMCG
17 21 (1.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.31%) Windows
2 45 (2.94%) Linux
3 29 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.72%) Unix
5 6 (0.39%) Android
5 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.33%) OpenVMS
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.13%) AIX
8 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.065%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.065%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 727 (47.42%) Problem-Solving
2 392 (25.57%) Decision-Making
3 372 (24.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 325 (21.20%) Analytics
5 316 (20.61%) Agile
6 259 (16.89%) AI
7 223 (14.55%) Business Intelligence
8 202 (13.18%) Roadmaps
9 193 (12.59%) Mentoring
10 187 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 179 (11.68%) Project Management
12 172 (11.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 162 (10.57%) Actionable Insight
14 153 (9.98%) Process Improvement
15 146 (9.52%) Coaching
16 142 (9.26%) Analytical Thinking
17 137 (8.94%) Data Modelling
18 127 (8.28%) Validation
19 123 (8.02%) ERP
20 120 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 331 (21.59%) SQL
2 292 (19.05%) Python
3 74 (4.83%) JavaScript
4 61 (3.98%) C#
5 55 (3.59%) PowerShell
6 45 (2.94%) Java
7 32 (2.09%) T-SQL
8 21 (1.37%) R
9 16 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 13 (0.85%) C++
10 13 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.72%) Bash
13 8 (0.52%) PHP
14 6 (0.39%) Go
15 5 (0.33%) Ruby
15 5 (0.33%) VBA
16 4 (0.26%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.26%) C
16 4 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 311 (20.29%) Degree
2 158 (10.31%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.70%) SC Cleared
4 111 (7.24%) ACCA
5 107 (6.98%) CIMA
6 45 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (2.61%) CISSP
7 40 (2.61%) DBS Check
8 35 (2.28%) CISM
9 28 (1.83%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.44%) AAT
11 19 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 18 (1.17%) DV Cleared
13 17 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
14 14 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
14 14 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.78%) HNC
15 12 (0.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (9.92%) Data Quality
2 113 (7.37%) GDPR
3 89 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 80 (5.22%) QA
5 59 (3.85%) SLA
6 54 (3.52%) NIST
7 47 (3.07%) Accessibility
8 32 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
9 27 (1.76%) ISO 9001
10 24 (1.57%) GRC
11 22 (1.44%) PMO
12 21 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 20 (1.30%) IFRS
14 18 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
15 17 (1.11%) ISO 14001
15 17 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 14 (0.91%) COREP
16 14 (0.91%) FINREP
16 14 (0.91%) PCI DSS
17 13 (0.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 51 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.11%) Docker
3 11 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.065%) KVM
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.065%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (3.13%) Terraform
2 26 (1.70%) Ansible
3 19 (1.24%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.59%) Kubeflow
6 8 (0.52%) QRadar
7 6 (0.39%) Grafana
7 6 (0.39%) Packer
8 4 (0.26%) Nmap
9 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.13%) SCCM
10 1 (0.065%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.065%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.065%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.065%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.065%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 258 (16.83%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.48%) Google
3 65 (4.24%) SAP
4 61 (3.98%) Salesforce
5 59 (3.85%) Oracle
6 31 (2.02%) ServiceNow
7 19 (1.24%) Adobe
7 19 (1.24%) Cisco
7 19 (1.24%) Databricks
8 16 (1.04%) Sage
9 15 (0.98%) Arista
9 15 (0.98%) Aruba
9 15 (0.98%) NetScout
10 14 (0.91%) Palo Alto
11 13 (0.85%) HubSpot
11 13 (0.85%) Qualys
11 13 (0.85%) Splunk
12 12 (0.78%) F5
12 12 (0.78%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.72%) JD Edwards