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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,454 2,098 3,291
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.60% 14.09% 9.82%
As % of the General category 13.28% 18.79% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 960 890 1,878
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,375 £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 £72,500 £71,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £53,200 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.27% +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 10,950 11,166 20,456
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.26% 74.98% 61.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,209 6,145 15,129
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £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 £80,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 2 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 35 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.31%) Confluence
4 12 (0.83%) Apache
4 12 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.76%) WordPress
6 7 (0.48%) SAS
7 6 (0.41%) CMS
8 5 (0.34%) IIS
8 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.069%) Appian
11 1 (0.069%) Drupal
11 1 (0.069%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.069%) Moodle
11 1 (0.069%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 147 (10.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.69%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) Blender
8 2 (0.14%) Maya
9 1 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.069%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.069%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.76%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.28%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.28%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.28%) JDE World
7 4 (0.28%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.21%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.069%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 256 (17.61%) Azure
2 238 (16.37%) Power Platform
3 129 (8.87%) AWS
4 110 (7.57%) SaaS
5 59 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.58%) Google Analytics
7 51 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (3.44%) GCP
9 39 (2.68%) GitHub
10 31 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
11 30 (2.06%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.51%) Amazon S3
13 21 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (1.44%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (1.24%) Serverless
16 16 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (1.10%) OCI
17 15 (1.03%) Azure Machine Learning
18 14 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.06%) Broadband
2 47 (3.23%) Firewall
3 22 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.10%) NGFW
4 16 (1.10%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.03%) VXLAN
6 10 (0.69%) VPN
7 8 (0.55%) SMS
7 8 (0.55%) WAN
8 7 (0.48%) 5G
8 7 (0.48%) DNS
8 7 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.41%) Network Security
10 5 (0.34%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.34%) VLAN
11 4 (0.28%) HTTP
11 4 (0.28%) Modbus
11 4 (0.28%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (13.76%) Power BI
2 64 (4.40%) Tableau
3 61 (4.20%) SQL Server
4 43 (2.96%) Metadata
5 33 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (1.65%) MySQL
8 19 (1.31%) Big Data
8 19 (1.31%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.24%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.17%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.96%) NoSQL
12 13 (0.89%) Power Query
13 11 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.62%) Looker
15 8 (0.55%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
16 7 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 47 (3.23%) JIRA
2 38 (2.61%) Git
3 13 (0.89%) GitLab
4 9 (0.62%) Axure RP
4 9 (0.62%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.41%) Subversion
5 6 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.21%) Babel
6 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.21%) ERwin
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.21%) webpack
7 2 (0.14%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.14%) Maven
7 2 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 654 (44.98%) Social Skills
2 469 (32.26%) Finance
3 157 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (9.90%) Public Sector
5 126 (8.67%) Marketing
6 92 (6.33%) Law
7 90 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
8 89 (6.12%) Legal
9 85 (5.85%) Retail
10 53 (3.65%) Banking
11 51 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (2.34%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.06%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.99%) Advertising
16 27 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.79%) Publishing
18 23 (1.58%) Automotive
19 16 (1.10%) Financial Institution
20 14 (0.96%) Games
Job Titles
1 368 (25.31%) Analyst
2 197 (13.55%) Senior
3 96 (6.60%) Lead
4 89 (6.12%) Business Analyst
5 87 (5.98%) Developer
6 86 (5.91%) Architect
7 73 (5.02%) Data Analyst
8 55 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
9 53 (3.65%) Data Engineer
10 50 (3.44%) Consultant
11 43 (2.96%) Senior Manager
12 40 (2.75%) Report Analyst
13 37 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
14 34 (2.34%) Product Manager
15 32 (2.20%) Applications Support
16 30 (2.06%) Accountant
16 30 (2.06%) Support Analyst
17 29 (1.99%) Data Scientist
17 29 (1.99%) Security Analyst
18 27 (1.86%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.71%) HTML
2 48 (3.30%) CSS
3 42 (2.89%) .NET
4 36 (2.48%) JSON
5 33 (2.27%) React
6 28 (1.93%) REST
7 25 (1.72%) TensorFlow
8 24 (1.65%) PyTorch
9 23 (1.58%) Middleware
9 23 (1.58%) XML
10 15 (1.03%) Node.js
10 15 (1.03%) React Native
11 14 (0.96%) RESTful
12 12 (0.83%) Bootstrap
13 10 (0.69%) PySpark
13 10 (0.69%) SOAP
14 7 (0.48%) FastAPI
14 7 (0.48%) Flutter
14 7 (0.48%) Kafka
14 7 (0.48%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 120 (8.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 96 (6.60%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (3.92%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.96%) Algorithms
7 41 (2.82%) Data Structures
8 40 (2.75%) Virtual Team
9 34 (2.34%) Cloud Native
10 30 (2.06%) Data Centre
11 27 (1.86%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
13 24 (1.65%) Security Posture
14 23 (1.58%) PKI
14 23 (1.58%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.58%) Video\Live Streaming
15 22 (1.51%) FMCG
15 22 (1.51%) Low-Code
15 22 (1.51%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 65 (4.47%) Windows
2 39 (2.68%) Linux
3 28 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.83%) Unix
5 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.28%) Android
6 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.14%) AIX
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.069%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.069%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.069%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.069%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.069%) Solaris
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 665 (45.74%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (24.00%) Decision-Making
3 336 (23.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 322 (22.15%) Agile
5 305 (20.98%) Analytics
6 261 (17.95%) AI
7 219 (15.06%) Business Intelligence
8 183 (12.59%) Mentoring
9 172 (11.83%) Roadmaps
10 167 (11.49%) Project Management
11 163 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
12 155 (10.66%) Actionable Insight
13 144 (9.90%) Coaching
13 144 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 138 (9.49%) Data Modelling
15 136 (9.35%) DevOps
16 135 (9.28%) Analytical Thinking
17 132 (9.08%) Process Improvement
18 127 (8.73%) CI/CD
19 124 (8.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 306 (21.05%) SQL
2 285 (19.60%) Python
3 83 (5.71%) JavaScript
4 63 (4.33%) PowerShell
5 56 (3.85%) C#
6 50 (3.44%) Java
7 27 (1.86%) T-SQL
8 18 (1.24%) R
8 18 (1.24%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.03%) C++
10 12 (0.83%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.69%) Bash
12 9 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.62%) Go
13 6 (0.41%) VBA
14 5 (0.34%) C
14 5 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.34%) PHP
14 5 (0.34%) Ruby
14 5 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 299 (20.56%) Degree
2 145 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 111 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 101 (6.95%) ACCA
5 97 (6.67%) CIMA
6 50 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.54%) DBS Check
8 26 (1.79%) CISSP
9 25 (1.72%) Azure Certification
10 20 (1.38%) CISM
11 19 (1.31%) PMI Certification
12 17 (1.17%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.17%) Master's Degree
13 16 (1.10%) AAT
13 16 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (1.03%) PMP
15 12 (0.83%) HNC
16 11 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (9.70%) Data Quality
2 100 (6.88%) GDPR
3 77 (5.30%) QA
4 65 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (3.51%) SLA
6 50 (3.44%) Accessibility
7 43 (2.96%) NIST
8 21 (1.44%) GRC
9 20 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.38%) PMO
10 18 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 18 (1.24%) ISO 9001
11 14 (0.96%) COREP
11 14 (0.96%) FINREP
12 13 (0.89%) WCAG
13 12 (0.83%) IFRS
14 11 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.76%) NCSC
15 10 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 10 (0.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.83%) Docker
4 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.21%) Firmware
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.069%) KVM
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.069%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.51%) Terraform
2 26 (1.79%) Ansible
3 16 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.48%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.41%) Grafana
6 6 (0.41%) Packer
6 6 (0.41%) QRadar
7 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.21%) SCCM
8 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.069%) CASB
9 1 (0.069%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.069%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.069%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.069%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 251 (17.26%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.71%) Google
3 61 (4.20%) Oracle
4 60 (4.13%) SAP
5 55 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.20%) ServiceNow
7 21 (1.44%) Adobe
8 17 (1.17%) Cisco
9 15 (1.03%) Arista
9 15 (1.03%) Aruba
9 15 (1.03%) NetScout
10 14 (0.96%) Databricks
10 14 (0.96%) VMware
11 13 (0.89%) HubSpot
12 12 (0.83%) F5
12 12 (0.83%) Palo Alto
13 11 (0.76%) Pardot
14 9 (0.62%) JD Edwards
14 9 (0.62%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.62%) Sage