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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 15 19
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,385 2,030 3,295
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.38% 13.54% 10.13%
As % of the General category 13.17% 18.14% 16.29%
Number of salaries quoted 897 895 1,894
10th Percentile £36,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £54,034 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.76% +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 10,518 11,190 20,226
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.03% 74.66% 62.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6,982 6,325 15,089
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,713 £42,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £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 21 May 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 33 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.44%) Confluence
4 11 (0.79%) WordPress
5 10 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.65%) CMS
7 8 (0.58%) Apache
7 8 (0.58%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.43%) SAS
9 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.22%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.072%) Appian
11 1 (0.072%) Drupal
11 1 (0.072%) IIS
11 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.072%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.072%) Moodle
11 1 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.072%) Umbraco
Applications
1 138 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.79%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.072%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.072%) Blender
9 1 (0.072%) Maya
9 1 (0.072%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.30%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.29%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.29%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (0.29%) JDE World
5 4 (0.29%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.22%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.22%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.072%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 256 (18.48%) Azure
2 218 (15.74%) Power Platform
3 125 (9.03%) AWS
4 103 (7.44%) SaaS
5 57 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (3.75%) GCP
6 52 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (3.47%) GitHub
7 48 (3.47%) Google Analytics
8 34 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (2.09%) Snowflake
10 27 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 20 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (1.30%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.23%) dbt
14 17 (1.23%) OCI
15 16 (1.16%) Azure Machine Learning
15 16 (1.16%) Serverless
16 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.90%) Broadband
2 44 (3.18%) Firewall
3 20 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.16%) NGFW
4 16 (1.16%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.08%) VXLAN
6 14 (1.01%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.51%) 5G
8 7 (0.51%) WAN
9 6 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.43%) DNS
9 6 (0.43%) Network Security
9 6 (0.43%) SMS
9 6 (0.43%) Telnet
9 6 (0.43%) VPN
10 4 (0.29%) HTTP
10 4 (0.29%) Modbus
10 4 (0.29%) SMTP
10 4 (0.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (13.21%) Power BI
2 64 (4.62%) Tableau
3 55 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 38 (2.74%) Metadata
5 30 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
7 22 (1.59%) MySQL
8 17 (1.23%) Oracle Database
9 16 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.08%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.94%) Power Query
12 11 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.72%) Big Data
14 9 (0.65%) Looker
15 8 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.58%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.51%) Data Mining
16 7 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 58 (4.19%) JIRA
2 40 (2.89%) Git
3 10 (0.72%) Axure RP
3 10 (0.72%) Balsamiq
3 10 (0.72%) GitLab
4 8 (0.58%) Subversion
5 7 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.29%) ERwin
7 4 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.22%) Babel
8 3 (0.22%) Maven
8 3 (0.22%) MLflow
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.22%) webpack
9 2 (0.14%) Postman
9 2 (0.14%) Storybook
General
1 622 (44.91%) Social Skills
2 464 (33.50%) Finance
3 152 (10.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (9.82%) Public Sector
5 129 (9.31%) Marketing
6 87 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
7 85 (6.14%) Law
8 80 (5.78%) Legal
9 76 (5.49%) Retail
10 51 (3.68%) Banking
11 48 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (2.45%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (2.17%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.02%) Advertising
14 28 (2.02%) Publishing
15 24 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
16 23 (1.66%) Automotive
17 16 (1.16%) Back Office
17 16 (1.16%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 340 (24.55%) Analyst
2 187 (13.50%) Senior
3 85 (6.14%) Business Analyst
4 84 (6.06%) Developer
5 83 (5.99%) Lead
6 74 (5.34%) Architect
7 65 (4.69%) Data Analyst
8 50 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
9 49 (3.54%) Consultant
10 44 (3.18%) Data Engineer
10 44 (3.18%) Senior Manager
11 41 (2.96%) Report Analyst
12 39 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
13 36 (2.60%) Product Manager
14 33 (2.38%) Accountant
15 31 (2.24%) Alliance Manager
16 29 (2.09%) Security Analyst
17 28 (2.02%) Applications Support
18 26 (1.88%) Data Scientist
18 26 (1.88%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.97%) HTML
2 49 (3.54%) CSS
3 43 (3.10%) .NET
4 36 (2.60%) JSON
5 32 (2.31%) React
6 26 (1.88%) REST
7 23 (1.66%) XML
8 22 (1.59%) TensorFlow
9 21 (1.52%) Middleware
9 21 (1.52%) PyTorch
10 17 (1.23%) React Native
11 14 (1.01%) Bootstrap
11 14 (1.01%) Node.js
12 13 (0.94%) RESTful
13 11 (0.79%) SOAP
14 9 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
15 7 (0.51%) EDI
15 7 (0.51%) Kafka
15 7 (0.51%) OAuth
15 7 (0.51%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 96 (6.93%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 47 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.89%) Algorithms
7 39 (2.82%) Data Structures
7 39 (2.82%) Virtual Team
8 34 (2.45%) Cloud Native
9 29 (2.09%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.95%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.88%) Low-Code
12 25 (1.81%) Security Posture
13 24 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.66%) FMCG
15 22 (1.59%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.59%) PKI
15 22 (1.59%) Public Cloud
15 22 (1.59%) Social Media
16 19 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 62 (4.48%) Windows
2 42 (3.03%) Linux
3 25 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.94%) Unix
5 3 (0.22%) Android
5 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.14%) AIX
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.072%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.072%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.072%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.072%) Solaris
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 615 (44.40%) Problem-Solving
2 308 (22.24%) Agile
3 305 (22.02%) Decision-Making
4 304 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 283 (20.43%) Analytics
6 260 (18.77%) AI
7 203 (14.66%) Business Intelligence
8 171 (12.35%) Mentoring
9 157 (11.34%) Project Management
10 150 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 147 (10.61%) Actionable Insight
12 144 (10.40%) Coaching
13 140 (10.11%) Roadmaps
14 134 (9.68%) Data Modelling
15 133 (9.60%) DevOps
16 128 (9.24%) Process Improvement
17 127 (9.17%) Analytical Thinking
18 124 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 122 (8.81%) CI/CD
20 118 (8.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 274 (19.78%) SQL
2 260 (18.77%) Python
3 79 (5.70%) JavaScript
4 65 (4.69%) PowerShell
5 54 (3.90%) C#
6 46 (3.32%) Java
7 24 (1.73%) T-SQL
8 16 (1.16%) C++
8 16 (1.16%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.01%) R
10 12 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.65%) Bash
11 9 (0.65%) Go
12 8 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.43%) VBA
14 5 (0.36%) C
14 5 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.36%) PHP
14 5 (0.36%) Ruby
14 5 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 285 (20.58%) Degree
2 133 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.94%) ACCA
4 104 (7.51%) CIMA
5 98 (7.08%) SC Cleared
6 50 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.38%) DBS Check
8 27 (1.95%) CISSP
9 25 (1.81%) Azure Certification
10 21 (1.52%) CISM
11 19 (1.37%) PMI Certification
12 18 (1.30%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.23%) AAT
13 17 (1.23%) DV Cleared
14 15 (1.08%) PMP
15 13 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.87%) HNC
17 11 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
18 10 (0.72%) AWS Certification
19 9 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 92 (6.64%) GDPR
3 73 (5.27%) QA
4 55 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.32%) Accessibility
6 44 (3.18%) SLA
7 37 (2.67%) NIST
8 20 (1.44%) PMO
9 17 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.23%) ISO 9001
10 16 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (1.08%) GRC
12 14 (1.01%) COREP
12 14 (1.01%) FINREP
12 14 (1.01%) WCAG
13 11 (0.79%) NCSC
14 10 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.72%) IFRS
14 10 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 9 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.58%) Docker
4 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.072%) KVM
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.072%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (3.39%) Terraform
2 27 (1.95%) Ansible
3 17 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.51%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.43%) Grafana
6 6 (0.43%) Packer
6 6 (0.43%) QRadar
7 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.22%) SCCM
7 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.072%) CASB
9 1 (0.072%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.072%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.072%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.072%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.072%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 231 (16.68%) Microsoft
2 79 (5.70%) Google
3 61 (4.40%) Oracle
4 56 (4.04%) Salesforce
4 56 (4.04%) SAP
5 30 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 22 (1.59%) Adobe
7 15 (1.08%) Arista
7 15 (1.08%) Aruba
7 15 (1.08%) Cisco
7 15 (1.08%) Databricks
7 15 (1.08%) NetScout
8 14 (1.01%) VMware
9 13 (0.94%) HubSpot
10 12 (0.87%) F5
10 12 (0.87%) Palo Alto
11 11 (0.79%) Pardot
12 10 (0.72%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.65%) IFS
13 9 (0.65%) Workday