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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,921 2,249 2,910
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.28% 13.60% 11.74%
As % of the General category 13.72% 19.08% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 971 1,309
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £35,886
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,875 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 13,998 11,790 15,194
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.32% 71.31% 61.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,801 6,592 9,823
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%

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 August 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 49 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.88%) Confluence
4 12 (0.62%) Apache
4 12 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.62%) IIS
5 11 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.42%) SAS
7 7 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.26%) WordPress
9 4 (0.21%) CMS
10 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.052%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.052%) Appian
12 1 (0.052%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.052%) Drupal
12 1 (0.052%) Moodle
Applications
1 183 (9.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.16%) Blender
9 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 1 (0.052%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.052%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.052%) SPSS
10 1 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 44 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.61%) Dynamics GP
3 22 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.78%) Shopify
5 14 (0.73%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.47%) SAP ERP
7 8 (0.42%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.42%) SAP FI
7 8 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 6 (0.31%) Sage 200
10 5 (0.26%) JDE World
11 4 (0.21%) Academy Housing
11 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.21%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.21%) JDE OneWorld
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 263 (13.69%) Azure
2 254 (13.22%) Power Platform
3 158 (8.22%) AWS
4 124 (6.45%) SaaS
5 76 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
6 75 (3.90%) GCP
7 66 (3.44%) Google Analytics
8 41 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (1.98%) Entra ID
10 35 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (1.82%) GitHub
11 27 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
12 26 (1.35%) PowerApps
13 25 (1.30%) Snowflake
14 22 (1.15%) Amazon S3
14 22 (1.15%) Serverless
15 21 (1.09%) Power Automate
16 18 (0.94%) dbt
16 18 (0.94%) Google Ads
17 16 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.55%) Broadband
2 35 (1.82%) Firewall
3 21 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 18 (0.94%) Network Security
4 18 (0.94%) VPN
5 15 (0.78%) SMS
6 14 (0.73%) DNS
6 14 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.68%) WAN
8 11 (0.57%) DHCP
8 11 (0.57%) LAN
9 7 (0.36%) 5G
10 6 (0.31%) Wireless
11 5 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.26%) HTTP
11 5 (0.26%) Internet
11 5 (0.26%) VLAN
12 4 (0.21%) FTP
12 4 (0.21%) NGN
12 4 (0.21%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (11.35%) Power BI
2 80 (4.16%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.54%) Tableau
4 57 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
5 40 (2.08%) Metadata
5 40 (2.08%) Relational Database
6 34 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (1.67%) Looker
8 31 (1.61%) MySQL
9 21 (1.09%) Big Data
10 20 (1.04%) Data Lake
11 19 (0.99%) NoSQL
11 19 (0.99%) Oracle Database
12 17 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
13 16 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.73%) Power Query
15 11 (0.57%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.57%) Semantic Layer
16 10 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 65 (3.38%) JIRA
2 63 (3.28%) Git
3 13 (0.68%) GitLab
4 9 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.47%) LabVIEW
4 9 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (0.42%) Axure RP
5 8 (0.42%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.21%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.21%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.21%) MLflow
7 4 (0.21%) Postman
7 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.16%) JMeter
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.16%) RStudio
8 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 906 (47.16%) Social Skills
2 602 (31.34%) Finance
3 231 (12.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 188 (9.79%) Marketing
5 179 (9.32%) Organisational Skills
6 162 (8.43%) Law
6 162 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 162 (8.43%) Retail
7 150 (7.81%) Legal
8 111 (5.78%) Influencing Skills
9 78 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
10 69 (3.59%) Banking
11 52 (2.71%) Manufacturing
12 42 (2.19%) Telecoms
13 41 (2.13%) Advertising
14 34 (1.77%) Games
15 27 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.35%) Electronics
16 26 (1.35%) Local Government
17 22 (1.15%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 503 (26.18%) Analyst
2 271 (14.11%) Senior
3 136 (7.08%) Lead
4 115 (5.99%) Senior Analyst
5 114 (5.93%) Business Analyst
6 98 (5.10%) Data Analyst
7 93 (4.84%) Architect
8 90 (4.69%) Developer
9 75 (3.90%) Data Engineer
10 69 (3.59%) Support Analyst
11 61 (3.18%) Consultant
12 51 (2.65%) Service Manager
13 46 (2.39%) Delivery Manager
14 45 (2.34%) Applications Support
14 45 (2.34%) Marketing Manager
15 42 (2.19%) Senior Manager
16 41 (2.13%) Accountant
17 39 (2.03%) Senior Business Analyst
18 38 (1.98%) Financial Analyst
18 38 (1.98%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (3.28%) .NET
2 54 (2.81%) HTML
3 48 (2.50%) CSS
4 44 (2.29%) Terraform
5 33 (1.72%) REST
6 28 (1.46%) JSON
6 28 (1.46%) PySpark
7 23 (1.20%) React
7 23 (1.20%) XML
8 21 (1.09%) RESTful
9 20 (1.04%) Middleware
10 17 (0.88%) .NET Core
10 17 (0.88%) PyTorch
11 15 (0.78%) AngularJS
11 15 (0.78%) TensorFlow
12 14 (0.73%) .NET Framework
13 13 (0.68%) ASP.NET
14 12 (0.62%) EDI
14 12 (0.62%) Entity Framework
15 11 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 143 (7.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 125 (6.51%) Management Information System
3 120 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 108 (5.62%) Product Ownership
5 87 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 77 (4.01%) Virtual Team
7 69 (3.59%) Blog
8 46 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (2.13%) Credit Risk
10 36 (1.87%) Social Media
11 35 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
11 35 (1.82%) Security Posture
12 31 (1.61%) Cloud Native
13 30 (1.56%) Driving Licence
14 29 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
15 28 (1.46%) Algorithms
16 26 (1.35%) Mobile App
17 24 (1.25%) Data Structures
18 21 (1.09%) AI Agents
19 20 (1.04%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 87 (4.53%) Windows
2 58 (3.02%) Linux
3 37 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.57%) Android
5 9 (0.47%) Unix
6 7 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.26%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.052%) AIX
9 1 (0.052%) Solaris
9 1 (0.052%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 918 (47.79%) Problem-Solving
2 579 (30.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 517 (26.91%) Decision-Making
4 454 (23.63%) Analytics
5 402 (20.93%) Agile
6 384 (19.99%) AI
7 360 (18.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 256 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 242 (12.60%) Roadmaps
10 240 (12.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 238 (12.39%) Project Management
12 221 (11.50%) Actionable Insight
13 196 (10.20%) Process Improvement
14 195 (10.15%) Project Delivery
15 191 (9.94%) Mentoring
16 170 (8.85%) CRM
17 167 (8.69%) Analytical Thinking
18 164 (8.54%) Data Analysis
19 162 (8.43%) Risk Management
20 156 (8.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 412 (21.45%) SQL
2 302 (15.72%) Python
3 85 (4.42%) C#
4 83 (4.32%) JavaScript
5 55 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 52 (2.71%) Java
7 31 (1.61%) T-SQL
8 28 (1.46%) C++
9 25 (1.30%) R
10 20 (1.04%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.73%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.68%) Bash
14 10 (0.52%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.47%) C
16 8 (0.42%) PHP
16 8 (0.42%) Scala
17 7 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.26%) Go
19 4 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 355 (18.48%) Degree
2 223 (11.61%) Security Cleared
3 169 (8.80%) SC Cleared
4 100 (5.21%) ACCA
5 95 (4.95%) CIMA
6 55 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.24%) CISSP
7 43 (2.24%) DBS Check
8 37 (1.93%) CISM
9 34 (1.77%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.30%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (0.99%) PMI Certification
13 17 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
15 14 (0.73%) AAT
15 14 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (9.99%) Data Quality
2 122 (6.35%) GDPR
3 95 (4.95%) QA
4 90 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 73 (3.80%) Accessibility
6 60 (3.12%) SLA
7 55 (2.86%) NIST
8 42 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 30 (1.56%) PMO
10 29 (1.51%) ISO 9001
11 26 (1.35%) GRC
12 23 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 22 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 21 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 20 (1.04%) IFRS
16 18 (0.94%) ISO 14001
17 15 (0.78%) GAAP
18 13 (0.68%) COREP
18 13 (0.68%) FINREP
18 13 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (3.12%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.09%) Docker
3 11 (0.57%) Firmware
4 8 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 24 (1.25%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.94%) Ansible
2 18 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.62%) Grafana
4 8 (0.42%) QRadar
5 6 (0.31%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.31%) Packer
6 4 (0.21%) Nmap
6 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.10%) Graylog
8 1 (0.052%) CASB
8 1 (0.052%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.052%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.052%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.052%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 360 (18.74%) Microsoft
2 107 (5.57%) Google
3 71 (3.70%) SAP
4 62 (3.23%) Oracle
5 48 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 38 (1.98%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.51%) Adobe
8 27 (1.41%) YouTube
9 26 (1.35%) Cisco
10 23 (1.20%) Databricks
11 22 (1.15%) Sage
12 18 (0.94%) HubSpot
13 16 (0.83%) Splunk
14 15 (0.78%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.73%) VMware
16 12 (0.62%) Apple
16 12 (0.62%) JD Edwards
16 12 (0.62%) Qualys
17 11 (0.57%) Dynatrace
18 10 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud