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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,400 1,707 3,248
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.64% 12.08% 10.00%
As % of the General category 13.75% 16.44% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 882 937 1,889
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,618 £43,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -0.10%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £54,396 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.10% +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 10,182 10,382 20,111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.56% 73.49% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,777 6,511 15,101
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 6 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 25 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.57%) Confluence
3 21 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.93%) CMS
5 12 (0.86%) WordPress
6 10 (0.71%) Apache
6 10 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.71%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.21%) Drupal
9 1 (0.071%) Appian
9 1 (0.071%) IIS
9 1 (0.071%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.071%) Moodle
9 1 (0.071%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.071%) Umbraco
Applications
1 143 (10.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.64%) Chatbot
4 20 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.14%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.93%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.071%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.071%) Notion
9 1 (0.071%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 32 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.57%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.86%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.43%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.29%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.29%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.29%) JDE World
8 4 (0.29%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.14%) ResourceLink
10 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.071%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 263 (18.79%) Azure
2 202 (14.43%) Power Platform
3 124 (8.86%) AWS
4 98 (7.00%) SaaS
5 72 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
6 57 (4.07%) GCP
6 57 (4.07%) GitHub
7 49 (3.50%) Google Analytics
8 46 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (2.43%) Snowflake
10 27 (1.93%) Entra ID
11 24 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (1.64%) dbt
13 19 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (1.29%) Azure Machine Learning
15 17 (1.21%) OCI
16 16 (1.14%) Serverless
17 15 (1.07%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.14%) Broadband
1 44 (3.14%) Firewall
2 18 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (1.14%) NGFW
3 16 (1.14%) Wireshark
4 15 (1.07%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.07%) VXLAN
5 8 (0.57%) Telnet
5 8 (0.57%) WAN
6 7 (0.50%) DNS
6 7 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (0.50%) Network Security
7 6 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.43%) VPN
8 4 (0.29%) HTTP
8 4 (0.29%) Modbus
8 4 (0.29%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.29%) VLAN
9 3 (0.21%) DHCP
9 3 (0.21%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (12.50%) Power BI
2 62 (4.43%) Tableau
3 57 (4.07%) SQL Server
4 37 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (2.43%) Metadata
6 19 (1.36%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.36%) MySQL
7 18 (1.29%) Oracle Database
7 18 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (1.14%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.93%) Power Query
11 10 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.71%) Big Data
11 10 (0.71%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.57%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.57%) Looker
13 7 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.50%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 62 (4.43%) JIRA
2 36 (2.57%) Git
3 13 (0.93%) GitLab
4 12 (0.86%) Axure RP
4 12 (0.86%) Balsamiq
5 11 (0.79%) Subversion
6 9 (0.64%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.29%) Babel
9 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.29%) ERwin
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.29%) webpack
10 3 (0.21%) Maven
10 3 (0.21%) MLflow
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.14%) Postman
11 2 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 637 (45.50%) Social Skills
2 483 (34.50%) Finance
3 145 (10.36%) Public Sector
4 140 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (10.00%) Marketing
5 84 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
6 80 (5.71%) Law
7 78 (5.57%) Retail
8 68 (4.86%) Legal
9 63 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
10 51 (3.64%) Banking
11 39 (2.79%) Advertising
11 39 (2.79%) Manufacturing
12 33 (2.36%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.86%) Publishing
14 24 (1.71%) Automotive
15 23 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.43%) Front Office
17 19 (1.36%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 345 (24.64%) Analyst
2 175 (12.50%) Senior
3 88 (6.29%) Business Analyst
4 87 (6.21%) Architect
4 87 (6.21%) Developer
5 82 (5.86%) Lead
6 57 (4.07%) Data Analyst
7 54 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
8 50 (3.57%) Consultant
9 48 (3.43%) Data Engineer
10 46 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
11 43 (3.07%) Financial Analyst
12 40 (2.86%) Report Analyst
13 39 (2.79%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.50%) Product Manager
15 32 (2.29%) Accountant
16 31 (2.21%) Alliance Manager
16 31 (2.21%) Security Analyst
17 25 (1.79%) Applications Support
17 25 (1.79%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.79%) HTML
2 47 (3.36%) CSS
3 46 (3.29%) .NET
4 33 (2.36%) React
5 32 (2.29%) JSON
6 25 (1.79%) REST
7 22 (1.57%) XML
8 21 (1.50%) Middleware
9 18 (1.29%) React Native
9 18 (1.29%) TensorFlow
10 16 (1.14%) PyTorch
11 15 (1.07%) Bootstrap
12 13 (0.93%) Node.js
13 12 (0.86%) FIX Protocol
14 10 (0.71%) RESTful
14 10 (0.71%) SOAP
15 9 (0.64%) Sass
16 8 (0.57%) OAuth
17 7 (0.50%) Flutter
17 7 (0.50%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 98 (7.00%) Product Ownership
3 83 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 47 (3.36%) Virtual Team
5 45 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 39 (2.79%) Cloud Native
6 39 (2.79%) Data Structures
7 33 (2.36%) Algorithms
8 29 (2.07%) Data Centre
9 27 (1.93%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.86%) Low-Code
10 26 (1.86%) Security Posture
11 23 (1.64%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.64%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.57%) PKI
12 22 (1.57%) Social Media
13 21 (1.50%) FMCG
14 19 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 59 (4.21%) Windows
2 38 (2.71%) Linux
3 24 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.00%) Unix
5 3 (0.21%) Android
5 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) AIX
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.071%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.071%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.071%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.071%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.071%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.071%) Solaris
7 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 617 (44.07%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (22.79%) Decision-Making
3 318 (22.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 295 (21.07%) Agile
5 284 (20.29%) AI
6 283 (20.21%) Analytics
7 203 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
8 164 (11.71%) Mentoring
8 164 (11.71%) Project Management
9 154 (11.00%) DevOps
10 150 (10.71%) Coaching
11 139 (9.93%) Data Modelling
12 135 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 134 (9.57%) Analytical Thinking
14 132 (9.43%) Actionable Insight
15 130 (9.29%) CI/CD
16 120 (8.57%) ERP
16 120 (8.57%) Process Improvement
16 120 (8.57%) Roadmaps
17 115 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 255 (18.21%) SQL
2 236 (16.86%) Python
3 76 (5.43%) JavaScript
4 59 (4.21%) PowerShell
5 58 (4.14%) C#
6 48 (3.43%) Java
7 25 (1.79%) T-SQL
8 18 (1.29%) C++
9 16 (1.14%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.07%) R
11 12 (0.86%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.71%) Bash
13 9 (0.64%) Go
14 8 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.50%) VBA
16 6 (0.43%) C
16 6 (0.43%) Scala
17 5 (0.36%) Ruby
18 4 (0.29%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 299 (21.36%) Degree
2 137 (9.79%) Security Cleared
3 133 (9.50%) ACCA
4 124 (8.86%) CIMA
5 98 (7.00%) SC Cleared
6 49 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.71%) Master's Degree
8 30 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.86%) PhD
10 25 (1.79%) CISSP
11 21 (1.50%) Azure Certification
12 20 (1.43%) CISM
12 20 (1.43%) PMI Certification
13 19 (1.36%) AAT
14 18 (1.29%) DV Cleared
15 15 (1.07%) PMP
16 12 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.79%) HNC
18 10 (0.71%) AWS Certification
18 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (9.00%) Data Quality
2 83 (5.93%) GDPR
3 72 (5.14%) QA
4 55 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (3.21%) Accessibility
6 37 (2.64%) NIST
7 34 (2.43%) SLA
8 18 (1.29%) WCAG
9 17 (1.21%) GRC
9 17 (1.21%) PMO
10 16 (1.14%) ISO 9001
11 14 (1.00%) IFRS
12 13 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.93%) COREP
12 13 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.93%) FINREP
13 11 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.79%) GAAP
13 11 (0.79%) NCSC
14 10 (0.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.50%) Docker
4 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.21%) Firmware
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.071%) KVM
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.071%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (3.43%) Terraform
2 28 (2.00%) Ansible
3 16 (1.14%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.43%) Grafana
5 6 (0.43%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.43%) Packer
5 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.29%) QRadar
7 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.21%) SCCM
8 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.071%) CASB
9 1 (0.071%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.071%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.071%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.071%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 248 (17.71%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.57%) Google
3 60 (4.29%) Oracle
4 59 (4.21%) SAP
5 53 (3.79%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.00%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.64%) Adobe
8 21 (1.50%) PayPal
9 19 (1.36%) Databricks
10 15 (1.07%) Arista
10 15 (1.07%) Aruba
10 15 (1.07%) Cisco
10 15 (1.07%) NetScout
11 14 (1.00%) VMware
12 12 (0.86%) F5
12 12 (0.86%) Palo Alto
12 12 (0.86%) Pardot
13 11 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.79%) HubSpot
14 10 (0.71%) Xero