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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,815 2,337 2,803
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.00% 14.21% 11.24%
As % of the General category 13.34% 19.56% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,193 992 1,358
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,869
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
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 13,610 11,945 15,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.98% 72.65% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,661 6,648 10,271
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,039 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 11 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 43 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.88%) Confluence
4 12 (0.66%) Apache
4 12 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.66%) IIS
5 11 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.39%) SAS
7 5 (0.28%) CMS
7 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.28%) WordPress
8 3 (0.17%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.055%) Appian
10 1 (0.055%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.055%) Drupal
10 1 (0.055%) Moodle
10 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 187 (10.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.50%) Adobe XD
6 9 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.17%) Blender
8 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.17%) Maya
9 1 (0.055%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.71%) Dynamics GP
3 27 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.61%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.55%) SAP CO
6 10 (0.55%) SAP FI
6 10 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.39%) Shopify
8 6 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.33%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.28%) JDE World
9 5 (0.28%) Sage 200
10 4 (0.22%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.22%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.22%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 263 (14.49%) Azure
2 247 (13.61%) Power Platform
3 146 (8.04%) AWS
4 121 (6.67%) SaaS
5 72 (3.97%) GCP
6 71 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
7 59 (3.25%) Google Analytics
8 38 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (1.98%) Entra ID
10 31 (1.71%) GitHub
11 29 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
13 24 (1.32%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.05%) Amazon S3
15 18 (0.99%) PowerApps
16 15 (0.83%) Power Automate
16 15 (0.83%) Serverless
17 14 (0.77%) dbt
17 14 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (0.72%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.31%) Broadband
2 36 (1.98%) Firewall
3 19 (1.05%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.94%) VPN
5 14 (0.77%) SMS
5 14 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (0.72%) Network Security
7 12 (0.66%) DNS
8 11 (0.61%) WAN
9 9 (0.50%) DHCP
9 9 (0.50%) LAN
10 7 (0.39%) 5G
10 7 (0.39%) Wireless
11 6 (0.33%) HTTP
12 5 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.28%) SMTP
12 5 (0.28%) SSL
13 4 (0.22%) NGN
13 4 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (11.57%) Power BI
2 78 (4.30%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.02%) Tableau
4 49 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (2.31%) Metadata
6 37 (2.04%) Relational Database
7 33 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 32 (1.76%) MySQL
9 30 (1.65%) Looker
10 20 (1.10%) Big Data
10 20 (1.10%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.10%) Oracle Database
11 19 (1.05%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.83%) Power Query
12 15 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.55%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 57 (3.14%) Git
2 55 (3.03%) JIRA
3 14 (0.77%) GitLab
4 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (0.44%) Axure RP
5 8 (0.44%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.22%) MLflow
6 4 (0.22%) Postman
6 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.17%) JMeter
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.055%) GCC
General
1 837 (46.12%) Social Skills
2 557 (30.69%) Finance
3 203 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 182 (10.03%) Marketing
5 168 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
6 150 (8.26%) Public Sector
7 143 (7.88%) Retail
8 139 (7.66%) Legal
9 128 (7.05%) Law
10 95 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
11 69 (3.80%) Banking
12 65 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.53%) Manufacturing
14 43 (2.37%) Advertising
15 41 (2.26%) Telecoms
16 30 (1.65%) Games
17 28 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.16%) Electronics
18 21 (1.16%) Local Government
19 20 (1.10%) Billing
Job Titles
1 474 (26.12%) Analyst
2 252 (13.88%) Senior
3 132 (7.27%) Lead
4 110 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 94 (5.18%) Senior Analyst
6 93 (5.12%) Data Analyst
7 91 (5.01%) Architect
8 79 (4.35%) Developer
9 70 (3.86%) Data Engineer
10 62 (3.42%) Consultant
11 55 (3.03%) Support Analyst
12 48 (2.64%) Service Manager
13 46 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
14 45 (2.48%) Marketing Manager
15 42 (2.31%) Applications Support
15 42 (2.31%) Report Analyst
16 40 (2.20%) Accountant
16 40 (2.20%) Financial Analyst
16 40 (2.20%) Senior Manager
17 36 (1.98%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.81%) HTML
2 50 (2.75%) .NET
3 45 (2.48%) CSS
4 35 (1.93%) REST
5 29 (1.60%) JSON
6 23 (1.27%) React
7 21 (1.16%) Middleware
7 21 (1.16%) PySpark
7 21 (1.16%) PyTorch
8 20 (1.10%) RESTful
8 20 (1.10%) XML
9 19 (1.05%) TensorFlow
10 14 (0.77%) .NET Core
11 12 (0.66%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.61%) ASP.NET
12 11 (0.61%) Kafka
13 10 (0.55%) .NET Framework
13 10 (0.55%) Entity Framework
13 10 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (0.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (7.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 118 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
3 105 (5.79%) Management Information System
4 103 (5.67%) Product Ownership
5 79 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 78 (4.30%) Virtual Team
7 66 (3.64%) Blog
8 42 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (2.04%) Social Media
10 35 (1.93%) Security Posture
11 33 (1.82%) Credit Risk
11 33 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
12 32 (1.76%) Cloud Native
13 30 (1.65%) Algorithms
13 30 (1.65%) Driving Licence
14 26 (1.43%) Data Structures
15 24 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
15 24 (1.32%) Public Cloud
16 23 (1.27%) Mobile App
17 21 (1.16%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 88 (4.85%) Windows
2 59 (3.25%) Linux
3 37 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.61%) Android
5 10 (0.55%) Unix
6 7 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.28%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.11%) AIX
9 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.055%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.055%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.055%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 862 (47.49%) Problem-Solving
2 527 (29.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 487 (26.83%) Decision-Making
4 422 (23.25%) Analytics
5 376 (20.72%) Agile
6 354 (19.50%) AI
7 319 (17.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 245 (13.50%) Business Intelligence
9 234 (12.89%) Roadmaps
10 231 (12.73%) Project Management
11 217 (11.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 212 (11.68%) Actionable Insight
13 190 (10.47%) Process Improvement
14 184 (10.14%) Mentoring
15 164 (9.04%) Analytical Thinking
16 160 (8.82%) CRM
17 158 (8.71%) Project Delivery
18 152 (8.37%) Data Modelling
19 151 (8.32%) Data Analysis
19 151 (8.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 380 (20.94%) SQL
2 296 (16.31%) Python
3 74 (4.08%) JavaScript
4 72 (3.97%) C#
5 52 (2.87%) PowerShell
6 46 (2.53%) Java
7 29 (1.60%) T-SQL
8 24 (1.32%) R
9 20 (1.10%) C++
10 18 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 15 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.66%) Bash
12 12 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.55%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.39%) C
14 7 (0.39%) PHP
14 7 (0.39%) Scala
15 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.28%) Go
16 5 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 332 (18.29%) Degree
2 197 (10.85%) Security Cleared
3 150 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 104 (5.73%) ACCA
5 99 (5.45%) CIMA
6 53 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.31%) CISSP
7 42 (2.31%) DBS Check
8 37 (2.04%) CISM
9 25 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 24 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.32%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (0.99%) AAT
13 17 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (0.88%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
17 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (9.59%) Data Quality
2 130 (7.16%) GDPR
3 92 (5.07%) QA
4 90 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 69 (3.80%) Accessibility
6 64 (3.53%) SLA
7 55 (3.03%) NIST
8 41 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.71%) ISO 9001
10 30 (1.65%) PMO
11 27 (1.49%) GRC
12 23 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 22 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 21 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 19 (1.05%) IFRS
16 18 (0.99%) ISO 14001
17 14 (0.77%) COREP
17 14 (0.77%) FINREP
18 13 (0.72%) GAAP
18 13 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.10%) Docker
3 10 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.50%) Firmware
5 7 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.055%) KVM
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (2.20%) Terraform
2 23 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.94%) Ansible
5 11 (0.61%) Grafana
6 8 (0.44%) QRadar
7 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.33%) Packer
8 4 (0.22%) Nmap
9 2 (0.11%) Graylog
10 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.055%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.055%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.055%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.055%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.055%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 335 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 102 (5.62%) Google
3 74 (4.08%) SAP
4 64 (3.53%) Oracle
5 44 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 34 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.38%) Cisco
8 24 (1.32%) Adobe
9 22 (1.21%) Databricks
10 19 (1.05%) Sage
11 17 (0.94%) HubSpot
11 17 (0.94%) Palo Alto
12 16 (0.88%) Splunk
13 15 (0.83%) VMware
14 13 (0.72%) JD Edwards
15 12 (0.66%) Qualys
16 11 (0.61%) F5
16 11 (0.61%) Red Hat
16 11 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 10 (0.55%) Workday