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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,189 2,455 2,839
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.78% 14.64% 12.69%
As % of the General category 14.30% 20.74% 20.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,321 896 1,086
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,765
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -

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 15,309 11,835 14,031
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.38% 70.57% 62.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,277 6,191 7,857
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,934 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
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 30 September 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 59 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.14%) Confluence
3 22 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.55%) IIS
6 11 (0.50%) Apache
7 8 (0.37%) CMS
7 8 (0.37%) SAS
8 7 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.32%) WordPress
9 4 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.091%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.091%) Hedera
10 2 (0.091%) nginx
10 2 (0.091%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (0.091%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.046%) Drupal
11 1 (0.046%) Moodle
Applications
1 234 (10.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.32%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.18%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) InDesign
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
11 3 (0.14%) Notion
12 2 (0.091%) SPSS
13 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.046%) EPLAN
13 1 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.046%) Trello
Business Applications
1 52 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.46%) Dynamics GP
3 16 (0.73%) Shopify
4 15 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.64%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.32%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.32%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.32%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.27%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.23%) JDE World
9 5 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.23%) Sage 50
10 4 (0.18%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 293 (13.39%) Power Platform
2 271 (12.38%) Azure
3 183 (8.36%) AWS
4 129 (5.89%) SaaS
5 100 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (3.65%) GCP
7 71 (3.24%) Google Analytics
8 48 (2.19%) Entra ID
9 40 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (1.60%) Serverless
12 34 (1.55%) GitHub
13 32 (1.46%) PowerApps
14 29 (1.32%) Google Ads
15 27 (1.23%) Amazon S3
16 26 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (1.19%) Snowflake
17 25 (1.14%) Google Tag Manager
17 25 (1.14%) Power Automate
18 24 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.92%) Broadband
2 33 (1.51%) Firewall
3 26 (1.19%) Network Security
4 21 (0.96%) VPN
5 20 (0.91%) 5G
5 20 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.87%) DNS
7 17 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (0.73%) DHCP
8 16 (0.73%) WAN
9 14 (0.64%) SMS
10 12 (0.55%) LAN
11 11 (0.50%) Internet
12 7 (0.32%) VLAN
12 7 (0.32%) Wireless
13 5 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.23%) HTTP
14 4 (0.18%) FTP
14 4 (0.18%) SMTP
14 4 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (11.79%) Power BI
2 70 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.11%) Tableau
4 66 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (2.15%) Metadata
6 39 (1.78%) Relational Database
7 37 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (1.60%) Looker
9 34 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (1.32%) MySQL
11 25 (1.14%) Data Lake
12 24 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
13 23 (1.05%) Big Data
14 22 (1.01%) Power Query
15 18 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 17 (0.78%) NoSQL
17 16 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
17 16 (0.73%) Spark SQL
18 14 (0.64%) Data Mining
19 13 (0.59%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 85 (3.88%) Git
2 77 (3.52%) JIRA
3 16 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.59%) GitLab
5 10 (0.46%) LabVIEW
6 8 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.27%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.27%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.27%) MLflow
9 5 (0.23%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.18%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.18%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.18%) Postman
10 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.14%) JMeter
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.14%) RStudio
General
1 1,104 (50.43%) Social Skills
2 755 (34.49%) Finance
3 256 (11.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 241 (11.01%) Marketing
5 235 (10.74%) Organisational Skills
6 195 (8.91%) Law
7 194 (8.86%) Retail
8 191 (8.73%) Public Sector
9 188 (8.59%) Legal
10 137 (6.26%) Influencing Skills
11 85 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
12 71 (3.24%) Manufacturing
13 69 (3.15%) Banking
14 56 (2.56%) Telecoms
15 46 (2.10%) Advertising
16 34 (1.55%) Games
17 33 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
18 31 (1.42%) Aerospace
18 31 (1.42%) Electronics
19 30 (1.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 563 (25.72%) Analyst
2 295 (13.48%) Senior
3 152 (6.94%) Lead
4 120 (5.48%) Business Analyst
5 117 (5.34%) Data Analyst
6 112 (5.12%) Senior Analyst
7 102 (4.66%) Developer
8 93 (4.25%) Architect
9 87 (3.97%) Data Engineer
10 85 (3.88%) Consultant
11 81 (3.70%) Support Analyst
12 60 (2.74%) Service Manager
13 56 (2.56%) Applications Support
14 55 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
15 54 (2.47%) Accountant
16 46 (2.10%) Marketing Manager
17 44 (2.01%) Senior Manager
18 41 (1.87%) Security Analyst
19 39 (1.78%) Financial Analyst
20 38 (1.74%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (3.02%) .NET
2 50 (2.28%) HTML
3 46 (2.10%) PySpark
4 45 (2.06%) Terraform
5 42 (1.92%) CSS
6 33 (1.51%) REST
7 31 (1.42%) JSON
8 27 (1.23%) XML
9 24 (1.10%) React
10 23 (1.05%) RESTful
11 20 (0.91%) Middleware
12 16 (0.73%) .NET Core
12 16 (0.73%) Web Services
13 15 (0.69%) AngularJS
13 15 (0.69%) PyTorch
14 13 (0.59%) ASP.NET
14 13 (0.59%) EDI
14 13 (0.59%) Pandas
14 13 (0.59%) TensorFlow
15 12 (0.55%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 188 (8.59%) Management Information System
2 142 (6.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 127 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
4 100 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 98 (4.48%) Product Ownership
6 74 (3.38%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.11%) Blog
8 52 (2.38%) Credit Risk
9 49 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 39 (1.78%) Driving Licence
11 38 (1.74%) Cloud Native
12 37 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
12 37 (1.69%) Social Media
13 36 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
14 34 (1.55%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.28%) AI Agents
16 27 (1.23%) Data Structures
17 25 (1.14%) Mobile App
18 24 (1.10%) Algorithms
19 21 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 97 (4.43%) Windows
2 61 (2.79%) Linux
3 40 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.55%) Android
5 11 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.23%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.18%) Unix
12 2 (0.091%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.046%) AIX
13 1 (0.046%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,035 (47.28%) Problem-Solving
2 702 (32.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 613 (28.00%) Decision-Making
4 525 (23.98%) Analytics
5 512 (23.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 444 (20.28%) AI
7 419 (19.14%) Agile
8 305 (13.93%) Business Intelligence
9 264 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 258 (11.79%) Roadmaps
11 255 (11.65%) Project Management
12 254 (11.60%) Actionable Insight
13 251 (11.47%) Process Improvement
14 233 (10.64%) Mentoring
15 211 (9.64%) CRM
16 210 (9.59%) Project Delivery
17 202 (9.23%) Data Analysis
18 200 (9.14%) Validation
19 195 (8.91%) Coaching
20 189 (8.63%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 474 (21.65%) SQL
2 329 (15.03%) Python
3 92 (4.20%) C#
4 90 (4.11%) JavaScript
5 64 (2.92%) Java
6 54 (2.47%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.51%) C++
7 33 (1.51%) T-SQL
8 30 (1.37%) R
9 24 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 21 (0.96%) Bash
11 19 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 19 (0.87%) TypeScript
12 13 (0.59%) Go
13 10 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (0.46%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.41%) C
15 8 (0.37%) Scala
16 6 (0.27%) PHP
16 6 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 390 (17.82%) Degree
2 243 (11.10%) Security Cleared
3 186 (8.50%) SC Cleared
4 111 (5.07%) ACCA
5 109 (4.98%) CIMA
6 60 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 58 (2.65%) DBS Check
8 46 (2.10%) CISSP
9 39 (1.78%) CISM
10 36 (1.64%) DV Cleared
11 26 (1.19%) Azure Certification
12 25 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (1.01%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
15 16 (0.73%) AAT
15 16 (0.73%) CRISC
15 16 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 15 (0.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 242 (11.06%) Data Quality
2 123 (5.62%) GDPR
3 107 (4.89%) Accessibility
4 89 (4.07%) QA
5 84 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 56 (2.56%) NIST
6 56 (2.56%) SLA
7 39 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 37 (1.69%) PMO
9 29 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 28 (1.28%) GRC
11 26 (1.19%) IFRS
12 21 (0.96%) ISO 9001
13 20 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 17 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 15 (0.69%) GAAP
15 15 (0.69%) PCI DSS
15 15 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 14 (0.64%) ISO 14001
17 11 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 66 (3.02%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.37%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) Firmware
4 10 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.046%) HDFS
7 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.78%) Ansible
4 15 (0.69%) Grafana
5 8 (0.37%) QRadar
6 5 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
7 4 (0.18%) Nmap
8 2 (0.091%) CASB
8 2 (0.091%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.091%) Graylog
8 2 (0.091%) Kibana
8 2 (0.091%) Packer
8 2 (0.091%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.091%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.046%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.046%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.046%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.046%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.046%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 456 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 125 (5.71%) Google
3 70 (3.20%) SAP
4 63 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 62 (2.83%) Oracle
6 48 (2.19%) YouTube
7 44 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.51%) Adobe
9 30 (1.37%) Databricks
9 30 (1.37%) Sage
10 27 (1.23%) HubSpot
11 24 (1.10%) Cisco
12 20 (0.91%) Splunk
13 17 (0.78%) Yardi
14 16 (0.73%) VMware
15 13 (0.59%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 12 (0.55%) Apple
17 11 (0.50%) Qualys
18 10 (0.46%) JD Edwards