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

6 months to
13 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 2,248 2,388 2,657
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.99% 14.48% 12.48%
As % of the General category 14.59% 20.45% 19.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,330 904 1,034
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,875 £41,254
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 £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 15,404 11,680 13,420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.64% 70.80% 63.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,227 6,151 7,424
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,908 £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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
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 13 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 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.02%) Confluence
4 20 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.53%) IIS
7 11 (0.49%) Apache
8 10 (0.44%) CMS
8 10 (0.44%) 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 (0.044%) Apache Superset
15 1 (0.044%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 241 (10.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.36%) Notion
8 7 (0.31%) Adobe XD
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%) Navisworks
12 2 (0.089%) SPSS
13 1 (0.044%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.044%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 52 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.42%) Dynamics GP
3 17 (0.76%) Shopify
4 12 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.53%) 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
1 307 (13.66%) Power Platform
2 297 (13.21%) Azure
3 196 (8.72%) AWS
4 128 (5.69%) SaaS
5 113 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
6 92 (4.09%) GCP
7 69 (3.07%) Google Analytics
8 59 (2.62%) Entra ID
9 42 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (1.60%) GitHub
11 36 (1.60%) Serverless
12 33 (1.47%) PowerApps
13 31 (1.38%) Google Ads
14 30 (1.33%) Snowflake
15 28 (1.25%) Amazon S3
15 28 (1.25%) Google Tag Manager
16 26 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
17 24 (1.07%) Amazon EMR
17 24 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.87%) Broadband
2 34 (1.51%) Firewall
3 28 (1.25%) Network Security
4 27 (1.20%) DNS
5 24 (1.07%) DHCP
6 22 (0.98%) VPN
7 21 (0.93%) 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%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 272 (12.10%) Power BI
2 72 (3.20%) Tableau
3 70 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 49 (2.18%) Metadata
5 39 (1.73%) Looker
5 39 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 37 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 29 (1.29%) MySQL
9 27 (1.20%) Big Data
10 26 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 25 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
12 23 (1.02%) Power Query
13 19 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 17 (0.76%) BigQuery
14 17 (0.76%) Data Mining
14 17 (0.76%) Spark SQL
15 16 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (0.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 86 (3.83%) Git
2 79 (3.51%) JIRA
3 17 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.71%) GitLab
5 10 (0.44%) 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 1,143 (50.85%) Social Skills
2 771 (34.30%) Finance
3 268 (11.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 252 (11.21%) Marketing
5 243 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
6 210 (9.34%) Retail
7 199 (8.85%) Law
8 195 (8.67%) Public Sector
9 193 (8.59%) Legal
10 146 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
11 84 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
12 77 (3.43%) Manufacturing
13 66 (2.94%) Banking
14 55 (2.45%) Telecoms
15 49 (2.18%) Advertising
16 39 (1.73%) Aerospace
17 35 (1.56%) Electronics
18 34 (1.51%) Games
19 33 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
20 30 (1.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 581 (25.85%) Analyst
2 302 (13.43%) Senior
3 154 (6.85%) Lead
4 123 (5.47%) Data Analyst
5 113 (5.03%) Business Analyst
6 111 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
7 110 (4.89%) Developer
8 97 (4.31%) Architect
9 87 (3.87%) Consultant
9 87 (3.87%) Data Engineer
10 84 (3.74%) Support Analyst
11 67 (2.98%) Service Manager
12 58 (2.58%) Applications Support
13 56 (2.49%) Delivery Manager
14 50 (2.22%) Accountant
14 50 (2.22%) Marketing Manager
15 45 (2.00%) Senior Manager
16 40 (1.78%) Security Analyst
17 38 (1.69%) Financial Analyst
18 36 (1.60%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (3.16%) .NET
2 48 (2.14%) PySpark
3 47 (2.09%) Terraform
4 45 (2.00%) HTML
5 37 (1.65%) CSS
6 36 (1.60%) REST
7 26 (1.16%) RESTful
8 25 (1.11%) JSON
8 25 (1.11%) XML
9 24 (1.07%) React
10 19 (0.85%) Middleware
11 17 (0.76%) Web Services
12 16 (0.71%) .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 (0.53%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 197 (8.76%) Management Information System
2 131 (5.83%) Analytical Mindset
3 130 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
4 108 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 93 (4.14%) Product Ownership
6 75 (3.34%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.02%) Blog
8 59 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
9 55 (2.45%) Credit Risk
10 44 (1.96%) Driving Licence
11 40 (1.78%) Cloud Native
11 40 (1.78%) Social Media
12 39 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
13 34 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
14 32 (1.42%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.25%) AI Agents
15 28 (1.25%) Data Structures
16 26 (1.16%) Algorithms
17 22 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
17 22 (0.98%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 105 (4.67%) Windows
2 65 (2.89%) Linux
3 50 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.53%) 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 5 (0.22%) OpenVMS
6 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.089%) Unix
7 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,078 (47.95%) Problem-Solving
2 736 (32.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 622 (27.67%) Decision-Making
4 556 (24.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 552 (24.56%) Analytics
6 474 (21.09%) AI
7 428 (19.04%) Agile
8 318 (14.15%) Business Intelligence
9 270 (12.01%) Actionable Insight
10 264 (11.74%) Roadmaps
11 263 (11.70%) Project Management
12 262 (11.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 254 (11.30%) Process Improvement
14 241 (10.72%) Mentoring
15 222 (9.88%) CRM
16 220 (9.79%) Data Analysis
17 210 (9.34%) Project Delivery
18 204 (9.07%) Validation
19 202 (8.99%) Service Delivery
20 198 (8.81%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 500 (22.24%) SQL
2 343 (15.26%) Python
3 92 (4.09%) C#
4 89 (3.96%) JavaScript
5 63 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 55 (2.45%) Java
7 39 (1.73%) R
8 32 (1.42%) C++
9 31 (1.38%) T-SQL
10 26 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 22 (0.98%) Bash
12 19 (0.85%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.80%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.62%) Go
15 10 (0.44%) 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
1 393 (17.48%) Degree
2 251 (11.17%) Security Cleared
3 196 (8.72%) SC Cleared
4 103 (4.58%) ACCA
5 102 (4.54%) CIMA
6 61 (2.71%) DBS Check
7 52 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.05%) CISSP
9 40 (1.78%) CISM
10 38 (1.69%) Azure Certification
11 36 (1.60%) DV Cleared
12 29 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (1.02%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 20 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
15 18 (0.80%) AAT
15 18 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (0.76%) PMI Certification
17 16 (0.71%) GIAC
17 16 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (11.25%) Data Quality
2 125 (5.56%) GDPR
3 122 (5.43%) Accessibility
4 89 (3.96%) QA
5 84 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 56 (2.49%) NIST
7 50 (2.22%) SLA
8 40 (1.78%) PMO
9 39 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
10 37 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 29 (1.29%) GRC
12 25 (1.11%) IFRS
13 19 (0.85%) ISO 9001
14 18 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 16 (0.71%) 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%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 77 (3.43%) Active Directory
2 34 (1.51%) Docker
3 13 (0.58%) Firmware
4 12 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.089%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.044%) HDFS
8 1 (0.044%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.76%) Ansible
4 16 (0.71%) Grafana
5 9 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.31%) QRadar
7 6 (0.27%) Nmap
8 5 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.18%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.13%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.13%) Kibana
10 3 (0.13%) Nagios
10 3 (0.13%) SCCM
10 3 (0.13%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.13%) SQL Sentry
11 2 (0.089%) CASB
11 2 (0.089%) Graylog
11 2 (0.089%) Packer
Vendors
1 488 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 133 (5.92%) Google
3 68 (3.02%) Salesforce
3 68 (3.02%) SAP
4 57 (2.54%) Oracle
5 52 (2.31%) YouTube
6 48 (2.14%) ServiceNow
7 34 (1.51%) Databricks
8 33 (1.47%) Adobe
9 31 (1.38%) Sage
10 28 (1.25%) Cisco
11 27 (1.20%) HubSpot
12 21 (0.93%) VMware
13 20 (0.89%) Splunk
14 14 (0.62%) Apple
15 13 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 13 (0.58%) Yardi
16 12 (0.53%) Dynatrace
17 10 (0.44%) FIS
17 10 (0.44%) Qualys