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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,711 1,731 2,330
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.41% 11.46% 8.45%
As % of the General category 17.66% 16.23% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 816 915 1,735
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,106 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -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 9,688 10,663 17,119
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.92% 70.59% 62.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,125 6,206 13,678
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,625 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £76,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%

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 26 February 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 36 (2.10%) Confluence
2 23 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.76%) CMS
5 9 (0.53%) WordPress
6 8 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.41%) Apache
7 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.29%) SAS
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.058%) IIS
11 1 (0.058%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.058%) nginx
11 1 (0.058%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 336 (19.64%) Chatbot
2 196 (11.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 87 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
4 39 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 17 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.70%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.058%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.058%) Notion
9 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.058%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.058%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 20 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
4 11 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.35%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.23%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.18%) Shopify
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 286 (16.72%) Azure
2 225 (13.15%) Power Platform
3 114 (6.66%) AWS
4 102 (5.96%) SaaS
5 89 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
6 66 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
6 66 (3.86%) GitHub
7 50 (2.92%) GCP
8 48 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 42 (2.45%) Snowflake
10 41 (2.40%) Google Analytics
10 41 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
11 33 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 29 (1.69%) Entra ID
13 27 (1.58%) dbt
14 24 (1.40%) GitHub Copilot
15 20 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
15 20 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (1.17%) OCI
16 18 (1.05%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.51%) Firewall
2 30 (1.75%) Broadband
2 30 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
3 28 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.34%) Wireshark
5 16 (0.94%) NGFW
6 15 (0.88%) VXLAN
7 14 (0.82%) DNS
7 14 (0.82%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.70%) Network Security
8 12 (0.70%) VPN
8 12 (0.70%) WAN
9 8 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.47%) Telnet
10 7 (0.41%) DHCP
11 6 (0.35%) Internet
11 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.23%) 5G
12 4 (0.23%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (11.75%) Power BI
2 79 (4.62%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.27%) Tableau
4 60 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 37 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (1.87%) Metadata
8 30 (1.75%) MySQL
9 19 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.82%) Power Query
12 12 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (0.70%) Relational Database
12 12 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
12 12 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.53%) Data Mining
14 8 (0.47%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.47%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 84 (4.91%) JIRA
2 30 (1.75%) Git
3 19 (1.11%) GitLab
4 13 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.76%) Subversion
5 12 (0.70%) Axure RP
5 12 (0.70%) Balsamiq
6 10 (0.58%) ER Studio
6 10 (0.58%) ERwin
7 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.41%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.41%) Selenium
9 6 (0.35%) Babel
9 6 (0.35%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.35%) webpack
10 5 (0.29%) Postman
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.18%) Maven
12 3 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 762 (44.54%) Social Skills
2 525 (30.68%) Finance
3 143 (8.36%) Public Sector
4 142 (8.30%) Marketing
5 137 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 124 (7.25%) Retail
7 90 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
8 88 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
9 79 (4.62%) Law
10 76 (4.44%) Legal
11 43 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 41 (2.40%) Advertising
13 38 (2.22%) Telecoms
14 31 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.64%) Automotive
16 27 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.52%) Banking
18 23 (1.34%) Back Office
19 22 (1.29%) Aerospace
20 20 (1.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 355 (20.75%) Analyst
2 333 (19.46%) Trainer
3 157 (9.18%) Senior
4 110 (6.43%) Developer
5 86 (5.03%) Business Analyst
6 84 (4.91%) Lead
7 76 (4.44%) Architect
8 64 (3.74%) Data Analyst
9 51 (2.98%) Consultant
9 51 (2.98%) Support Analyst
10 48 (2.81%) Financial Analyst
11 37 (2.16%) Senior Analyst
12 36 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
13 35 (2.05%) IT Analyst
13 35 (2.05%) Report Analyst
14 31 (1.81%) 2nd Line Support
14 31 (1.81%) Alliance Manager
15 29 (1.69%) Data Engineer
16 28 (1.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 26 (1.52%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.39%) HTML
2 51 (2.98%) CSS
3 38 (2.22%) React
4 36 (2.10%) .NET
5 22 (1.29%) JSON
6 20 (1.17%) REST
7 19 (1.11%) Middleware
7 19 (1.11%) XML
8 16 (0.94%) Flash
8 16 (0.94%) TensorFlow
9 14 (0.82%) Bootstrap
9 14 (0.82%) Node.js
9 14 (0.82%) React Native
9 14 (0.82%) SOAP
10 13 (0.76%) PyTorch
10 13 (0.76%) Sass
11 12 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (0.47%) CSS3
12 8 (0.47%) HTML5
12 8 (0.47%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 155 (9.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 125 (7.31%) Self-Motivation
3 98 (5.73%) Onboarding
4 91 (5.32%) Product Ownership
5 47 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 46 (2.69%) Data Structures
7 39 (2.28%) Algorithms
8 37 (2.16%) Cloud Native
9 32 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 31 (1.81%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.64%) Social Media
12 27 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
12 27 (1.58%) Low-Code
13 26 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (1.46%) PKI
15 24 (1.40%) FMCG
16 21 (1.23%) Driving Licence
17 20 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 20 (1.17%) Security Posture
18 14 (0.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 63 (3.68%) Windows
2 47 (2.75%) Linux
3 19 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.99%) Unix
5 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.18%) Android
6 3 (0.18%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.058%) AIX
7 1 (0.058%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.058%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.058%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.058%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 639 (37.35%) Problem-Solving
2 582 (34.02%) AI
3 373 (21.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 336 (19.64%) Chemistry
4 336 (19.64%) Conversational UI
5 320 (18.70%) Decision-Making
6 296 (17.30%) Analytics
7 293 (17.12%) Agile
8 235 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
9 172 (10.05%) Mentoring
10 167 (9.76%) DevOps
11 162 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
12 161 (9.41%) Project Management
13 153 (8.94%) Analytical Thinking
14 147 (8.59%) Data Analysis
15 145 (8.47%) Actionable Insight
16 142 (8.30%) Data Modelling
17 141 (8.24%) ERP
18 135 (7.89%) Coaching
19 126 (7.36%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 304 (17.77%) SQL
2 223 (13.03%) Python
3 79 (4.62%) C#
4 75 (4.38%) JavaScript
5 60 (3.51%) PowerShell
6 41 (2.40%) Java
7 30 (1.75%) C++
7 30 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 22 (1.29%) R
9 20 (1.17%) T-SQL
10 18 (1.05%) C
11 17 (0.99%) TypeScript
12 14 (0.82%) Bash
13 10 (0.58%) VBA
14 9 (0.53%) Go
15 8 (0.47%) Bicep
16 4 (0.23%) PHP
16 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.18%) Ruby
17 3 (0.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 639 (37.35%) Degree
2 356 (20.81%) Master's Degree
3 337 (19.70%) PhD
4 147 (8.59%) Security Cleared
5 115 (6.72%) SC Cleared
6 110 (6.43%) ACCA
7 101 (5.90%) CIMA
8 59 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (1.81%) CISSP
10 28 (1.64%) AAT
11 27 (1.58%) DBS Check
11 27 (1.58%) DV Cleared
12 25 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (1.34%) CISM
14 22 (1.29%) PMI Certification
15 18 (1.05%) Azure Certification
16 17 (0.99%) PMP
17 16 (0.94%) CISA
18 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
19 12 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 89 (5.20%) QA
3 55 (3.21%) GDPR
4 50 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (2.69%) Accessibility
6 35 (2.05%) PMO
7 33 (1.93%) NIST
8 22 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 18 (1.05%) WCAG
10 15 (0.88%) GRC
11 14 (0.82%) SLA
12 11 (0.64%) IFRS
13 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.47%) NCSC
15 7 (0.41%) GAAP
16 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
17 4 (0.23%) COBIT
17 4 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
18 3 (0.18%) EMIR
System Software
1 46 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.82%) Docker
4 9 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.058%) Firmware
8 1 (0.058%) KVM
8 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (2.75%) Terraform
2 26 (1.52%) Ansible
3 16 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.53%) Grafana
4 9 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) SCOM
8 4 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 4 (0.23%) QRadar
9 3 (0.18%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.18%) SCCM
10 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.058%) CASB
11 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.058%) Nessus
11 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 334 (19.52%) PayPal
2 266 (15.55%) Microsoft
3 62 (3.62%) Google
4 54 (3.16%) SAP
5 50 (2.92%) Oracle
6 45 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.17%) Databricks
7 20 (1.17%) ServiceNow
8 19 (1.11%) Adobe
9 17 (0.99%) VMware
10 15 (0.88%) Arista
10 15 (0.88%) Aruba
10 15 (0.88%) NetScout
11 13 (0.76%) Xero
12 11 (0.64%) Atlassian
13 10 (0.58%) Autodesk
13 10 (0.58%) IBM
13 10 (0.58%) Workday
14 9 (0.53%) Splunk
15 8 (0.47%) Cisco