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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,831 2,368 2,798
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.06% 14.25% 11.24%
As % of the General category 13.40% 19.76% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,191 984 1,346
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,750
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 £83,750 £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 13,661 11,982 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.11% 72.12% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,647 6,626 10,239
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 £78,750 £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 13 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 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.87%) Confluence
4 12 (0.66%) Apache
4 12 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.66%) IIS
5 11 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.38%) SAS
7 5 (0.27%) CMS
7 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.27%) WordPress
8 3 (0.16%) 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
1 186 (10.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.49%) Adobe XD
6 9 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.16%) Blender
8 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.16%) 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 41 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.69%) Dynamics GP
3 26 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.38%) Shopify
8 6 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.33%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.27%) JDE World
9 5 (0.27%) 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
1 264 (14.42%) Azure
2 247 (13.49%) Power Platform
3 147 (8.03%) AWS
4 120 (6.55%) SaaS
5 76 (4.15%) GCP
6 71 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (3.28%) Google Analytics
8 40 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (1.91%) Entra ID
10 31 (1.69%) GitHub
11 30 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 24 (1.31%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.09%) Amazon S3
15 18 (0.98%) PowerApps
16 16 (0.87%) dbt
16 16 (0.87%) Serverless
17 15 (0.82%) Power Automate
18 14 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (0.76%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.22%) Broadband
2 35 (1.91%) Firewall
3 19 (1.04%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.93%) VPN
5 14 (0.76%) Network Security
5 14 (0.76%) SMS
6 13 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (0.66%) DNS
8 11 (0.60%) WAN
9 9 (0.49%) DHCP
9 9 (0.49%) LAN
10 7 (0.38%) 5G
11 6 (0.33%) HTTP
11 6 (0.33%) Wireless
12 5 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.27%) SMTP
12 5 (0.27%) SSL
13 4 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.22%) NGN
13 4 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (11.47%) Power BI
2 81 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 71 (3.88%) Tableau
4 52 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (2.40%) Metadata
6 39 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 34 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 32 (1.75%) MySQL
9 31 (1.69%) Looker
10 20 (1.09%) Big Data
10 20 (1.09%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.09%) Oracle Database
11 19 (1.04%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.82%) Power Query
12 15 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
15 10 (0.55%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 60 (3.28%) Git
2 56 (3.06%) JIRA
3 13 (0.71%) GitLab
4 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.49%) 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 (0.16%) JMeter
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 843 (46.04%) Social Skills
2 562 (30.69%) Finance
3 207 (11.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 184 (10.05%) Marketing
5 170 (9.28%) Organisational Skills
6 152 (8.30%) Public Sector
7 145 (7.92%) Retail
8 141 (7.70%) Legal
9 130 (7.10%) Law
10 96 (5.24%) Influencing Skills
11 68 (3.71%) Banking
12 65 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.51%) Manufacturing
14 44 (2.40%) Advertising
15 39 (2.13%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.69%) Games
17 28 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.15%) Electronics
18 21 (1.15%) Local Government
19 20 (1.09%) Billing
Job Titles
1 477 (26.05%) Analyst
2 253 (13.82%) Senior
3 135 (7.37%) Lead
4 112 (6.12%) Business Analyst
5 96 (5.24%) Senior Analyst
6 94 (5.13%) Data Analyst
7 90 (4.92%) Architect
8 81 (4.42%) Developer
9 72 (3.93%) Data Engineer
10 61 (3.33%) Consultant
11 55 (3.00%) Support Analyst
12 48 (2.62%) Service Manager
13 46 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
14 44 (2.40%) Marketing Manager
15 42 (2.29%) Applications Support
16 41 (2.24%) Report Analyst
16 41 (2.24%) Senior Manager
17 40 (2.18%) Accountant
18 39 (2.13%) Financial Analyst
19 36 (1.97%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.84%) .NET
1 52 (2.84%) HTML
2 46 (2.51%) CSS
3 33 (1.80%) REST
4 27 (1.47%) JSON
5 24 (1.31%) React
6 21 (1.15%) PySpark
6 21 (1.15%) PyTorch
7 20 (1.09%) Middleware
7 20 (1.09%) RESTful
8 19 (1.04%) TensorFlow
8 19 (1.04%) XML
9 15 (0.82%) .NET Core
10 13 (0.71%) AngularJS
11 12 (0.66%) .NET Framework
12 11 (0.60%) ASP.NET
12 11 (0.60%) Entity Framework
12 11 (0.60%) Kafka
13 10 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (0.49%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 144 (7.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 115 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
3 104 (5.68%) Management Information System
3 104 (5.68%) Product Ownership
4 78 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 78 (4.26%) Virtual Team
5 69 (3.77%) Blog
6 42 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (2.13%) Credit Risk
8 37 (2.02%) Social Media
9 35 (1.91%) Security Posture
10 34 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
11 32 (1.75%) Cloud Native
12 30 (1.64%) Algorithms
12 30 (1.64%) Driving Licence
13 24 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
13 24 (1.31%) Data Structures
13 24 (1.31%) Mobile App
14 23 (1.26%) Public Cloud
15 21 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 87 (4.75%) Windows
2 58 (3.17%) Linux
3 37 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.60%) Android
5 8 (0.44%) Unix
6 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.27%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.055%) AIX
10 1 (0.055%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.055%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.055%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 872 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
2 532 (29.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 490 (26.76%) Decision-Making
4 429 (23.43%) Analytics
5 383 (20.92%) Agile
6 364 (19.88%) AI
7 325 (17.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 244 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 237 (12.94%) Roadmaps
10 234 (12.78%) Project Management
11 216 (11.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 213 (11.63%) Actionable Insight
13 193 (10.54%) Process Improvement
14 185 (10.10%) Mentoring
15 164 (8.96%) Analytical Thinking
16 161 (8.79%) Project Delivery
17 160 (8.74%) CRM
18 156 (8.52%) Data Analysis
18 156 (8.52%) Data Modelling
19 150 (8.19%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 394 (21.52%) SQL
2 303 (16.55%) Python
3 74 (4.04%) C#
3 74 (4.04%) JavaScript
4 52 (2.84%) PowerShell
5 47 (2.57%) Java
6 29 (1.58%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.26%) R
8 20 (1.09%) C++
9 19 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (0.66%) Bash
11 12 (0.66%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.55%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.44%) Scala
14 7 (0.38%) C
14 7 (0.38%) PHP
15 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.27%) Go
16 5 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 334 (18.24%) Degree
2 201 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 151 (8.25%) SC Cleared
4 103 (5.63%) ACCA
5 98 (5.35%) CIMA
6 53 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.29%) DBS Check
8 40 (2.18%) CISSP
9 35 (1.91%) CISM
10 28 (1.53%) DV Cleared
11 25 (1.37%) Master's Degree
12 23 (1.26%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (0.93%) AAT
14 17 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (0.87%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
17 13 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
18 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (9.67%) Data Quality
2 129 (7.05%) GDPR
3 93 (5.08%) QA
4 89 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 70 (3.82%) Accessibility
6 63 (3.44%) SLA
7 53 (2.89%) NIST
8 42 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.69%) ISO 9001
10 30 (1.64%) PMO
11 27 (1.47%) GRC
12 24 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 23 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 21 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 18 (0.98%) IFRS
15 18 (0.98%) ISO 14001
16 14 (0.76%) COREP
16 14 (0.76%) FINREP
17 13 (0.71%) GAAP
17 13 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.09%) Docker
3 10 (0.55%) Firmware
3 10 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.055%) KVM
5 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (2.24%) Terraform
2 23 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.98%) Ansible
5 12 (0.66%) 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
1 339 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 104 (5.68%) Google
3 72 (3.93%) SAP
4 65 (3.55%) Oracle
5 44 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 33 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 24 (1.31%) Adobe
7 24 (1.31%) Cisco
7 24 (1.31%) Databricks
8 19 (1.04%) Sage
9 17 (0.93%) HubSpot
10 16 (0.87%) Palo Alto
10 16 (0.87%) Splunk
11 15 (0.82%) VMware
12 13 (0.71%) JD Edwards
13 12 (0.66%) Qualys
14 10 (0.55%) Dynatrace
14 10 (0.55%) F5
14 10 (0.55%) Red Hat
14 10 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud