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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,504 2,189 3,379
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.47% 14.15% 9.73%
As % of the General category 12.81% 18.99% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 907 1,912
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,750 £40,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £73,601 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 11,737 11,530 20,950
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.27% 74.51% 60.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,665 6,364 15,324
10th Percentile £31,550 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 20 June 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 38 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.20%) Confluence
4 12 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.73%) Apache
5 11 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.73%) WordPress
6 10 (0.66%) IIS
7 7 (0.47%) SAS
8 5 (0.33%) CMS
8 5 (0.33%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.066%) Appian
11 1 (0.066%) Drupal
11 1 (0.066%) Moodle
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 155 (10.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.53%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.20%) Blender
8 3 (0.20%) Maya
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.73%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.40%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.40%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.27%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.27%) JDE World
7 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 254 (16.89%) Azure
2 237 (15.76%) Power Platform
3 129 (8.58%) AWS
4 120 (7.98%) SaaS
5 61 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.46%) Google Analytics
7 46 (3.06%) GCP
8 40 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.06%) Entra ID
10 30 (1.99%) GitHub
11 28 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (1.33%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (1.13%) OCI
15 16 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
15 16 (1.06%) Serverless
16 13 (0.86%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.86%) Snowflake
17 12 (0.80%) Azure Machine Learning
17 12 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.65%) Broadband
2 53 (3.52%) Firewall
3 24 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.06%) NGFW
4 16 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.06%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
6 13 (0.86%) VPN
7 10 (0.66%) SMS
7 10 (0.66%) WAN
8 7 (0.47%) 5G
8 7 (0.47%) DNS
8 7 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.47%) LAN
8 7 (0.47%) Network Security
9 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.40%) HTTP
9 6 (0.40%) Wireless
10 5 (0.33%) SMTP
10 5 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (13.36%) Power BI
2 65 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 64 (4.26%) Tableau
4 46 (3.06%) Metadata
5 33 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (1.99%) MySQL
8 25 (1.66%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.26%) Oracle Database
9 19 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (1.20%) Big Data
11 16 (1.06%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (0.93%) Power Query
13 13 (0.86%) Data Lake
14 11 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.60%) Looker
16 8 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.53%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 44 (2.93%) JIRA
2 40 (2.66%) Git
3 15 (1.00%) GitLab
4 7 (0.47%) Axure RP
4 7 (0.47%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.27%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.20%) Postman
8 2 (0.13%) Babel
8 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.13%) webpack
9 1 (0.066%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.066%) Zephyr
General
1 692 (46.01%) Social Skills
2 475 (31.58%) Finance
3 148 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 128 (8.51%) Marketing
6 99 (6.58%) Retail
7 94 (6.25%) Law
7 94 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 93 (6.18%) Legal
9 56 (3.72%) Banking
10 52 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (2.46%) Manufacturing
13 34 (2.26%) Advertising
14 31 (2.06%) Telecoms
15 27 (1.80%) Publishing
16 26 (1.73%) Automotive
17 25 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.26%) Games
19 15 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 402 (26.73%) Analyst
2 211 (14.03%) Senior
3 108 (7.18%) Lead
4 91 (6.05%) Business Analyst
5 89 (5.92%) Architect
5 89 (5.92%) Data Analyst
6 83 (5.52%) Developer
7 70 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
8 54 (3.59%) Consultant
9 47 (3.13%) Data Engineer
10 45 (2.99%) Report Analyst
11 42 (2.79%) Senior Manager
12 36 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
12 36 (2.39%) Support Analyst
13 35 (2.33%) Accountant
13 35 (2.33%) Applications Support
14 32 (2.13%) Security Analyst
15 31 (2.06%) Data Scientist
16 30 (1.99%) Financial Analyst
16 30 (1.99%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.26%) HTML
2 47 (3.13%) .NET
3 41 (2.73%) CSS
4 39 (2.59%) JSON
5 29 (1.93%) REST
6 27 (1.80%) PyTorch
6 27 (1.80%) TensorFlow
7 26 (1.73%) React
8 25 (1.66%) Middleware
9 24 (1.60%) XML
10 17 (1.13%) RESTful
11 13 (0.86%) PySpark
12 12 (0.80%) React Native
13 11 (0.73%) Node.js
14 10 (0.66%) ASP.NET
15 9 (0.60%) Bootstrap
15 9 (0.60%) SOAP
15 9 (0.60%) TFX
16 8 (0.53%) Kafka
17 7 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 90 (5.98%) Product Ownership
3 72 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
4 70 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.52%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.93%) Virtual Team
7 40 (2.66%) Algorithms
8 39 (2.59%) Data Structures
9 35 (2.33%) Security Posture
10 33 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (2.06%) Cloud Native
12 29 (1.93%) Social Media
13 28 (1.86%) Data Centre
14 26 (1.73%) Driving Licence
14 26 (1.73%) PKI
15 25 (1.66%) Video\Live Streaming
16 23 (1.53%) Credit Risk
16 23 (1.53%) Public Cloud
17 21 (1.40%) FMCG
17 21 (1.40%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (4.45%) Windows
2 44 (2.93%) Linux
3 30 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.73%) Unix
5 6 (0.40%) Android
5 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.27%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.13%) AIX
8 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.066%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.066%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.066%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.066%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 711 (47.27%) Problem-Solving
2 386 (25.66%) Decision-Making
3 359 (23.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 321 (21.34%) Analytics
5 317 (21.08%) Agile
6 261 (17.35%) AI
7 219 (14.56%) Business Intelligence
8 195 (12.97%) Roadmaps
9 192 (12.77%) Mentoring
10 175 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 174 (11.57%) Project Management
12 164 (10.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 161 (10.70%) Actionable Insight
14 150 (9.97%) Process Improvement
15 146 (9.71%) Coaching
16 142 (9.44%) Analytical Thinking
17 133 (8.84%) Data Modelling
18 123 (8.18%) Validation
19 120 (7.98%) DevOps
20 119 (7.91%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 326 (21.68%) SQL
2 286 (19.02%) Python
3 75 (4.99%) JavaScript
4 57 (3.79%) C#
5 55 (3.66%) PowerShell
6 45 (2.99%) Java
7 31 (2.06%) T-SQL
8 21 (1.40%) R
9 16 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.93%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.80%) C++
12 11 (0.73%) Bash
12 11 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.47%) PHP
14 6 (0.40%) Go
15 5 (0.33%) Ruby
15 5 (0.33%) VBA
16 4 (0.27%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.27%) C
16 4 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 309 (20.55%) Degree
2 157 (10.44%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.85%) SC Cleared
4 108 (7.18%) ACCA
5 104 (6.91%) CIMA
6 47 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (2.59%) CISSP
7 39 (2.59%) DBS Check
8 33 (2.19%) CISM
9 27 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 20 (1.33%) AAT
11 18 (1.20%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
13 16 (1.06%) Master's Degree
14 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
16 13 (0.86%) PMI Certification
17 12 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.80%) HNC
18 11 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 110 (7.31%) GDPR
3 84 (5.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 80 (5.32%) QA
5 58 (3.86%) SLA
6 53 (3.52%) NIST
7 49 (3.26%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (1.66%) ISO 9001
10 23 (1.53%) GRC
11 21 (1.40%) PMO
12 19 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 19 (1.26%) IFRS
13 18 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (1.00%) ISO 14001
14 15 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 14 (0.93%) COREP
15 14 (0.93%) FINREP
15 14 (0.93%) PCI DSS
16 13 (0.86%) NCSC
System Software
1 50 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.13%) Docker
3 12 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.066%) KVM
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.066%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (3.19%) Terraform
2 26 (1.73%) Ansible
3 19 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.60%) Kubeflow
6 8 (0.53%) QRadar
7 6 (0.40%) Grafana
7 6 (0.40%) Packer
8 4 (0.27%) Nmap
9 3 (0.20%) SCCM
10 2 (0.13%) Graylog
10 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.066%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.066%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.066%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.066%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.066%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 252 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.72%) Google
3 63 (4.19%) SAP
4 61 (4.06%) Oracle
5 60 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.93%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.33%) Adobe
8 19 (1.26%) Cisco
9 18 (1.20%) Databricks
10 15 (1.00%) Arista
10 15 (1.00%) Aruba
10 15 (1.00%) NetScout
11 14 (0.93%) Sage
12 13 (0.86%) HubSpot
12 13 (0.86%) Palo Alto
12 13 (0.86%) Splunk
13 12 (0.80%) F5
13 12 (0.80%) Qualys
13 12 (0.80%) VMware
14 11 (0.73%) Red Hat