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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,101 2,296 2,949
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.63% 14.07% 12.57%
As % of the General category 14.14% 19.57% 20.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,297 931 1,139
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,250 £35,736
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £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 £88,389 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,750
% change year-on-year - -0.47% -4.09%

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 14,856 11,730 14,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.03% 71.91% 62.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9,136 6,378 8,467
10th Percentile £32,069 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,377 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

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 18 September 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 59 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.00%) Confluence
2 21 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.57%) IIS
5 11 (0.52%) Apache
6 10 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.38%) SAS
8 7 (0.33%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.24%) CMS
9 5 (0.24%) WordPress
10 2 (0.095%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.095%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.048%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.048%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.048%) Drupal
11 1 (0.048%) Hedera
11 1 (0.048%) Moodle
11 1 (0.048%) nginx
11 1 (0.048%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 217 (10.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 107 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.33%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.24%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.14%) Blender
10 3 (0.14%) Maya
10 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.095%) InDesign
12 1 (0.048%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.048%) SPSS
12 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.52%) Dynamics GP
3 17 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.76%) Shopify
5 14 (0.67%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.33%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.33%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.33%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.29%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.29%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.24%) JDE World
9 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.24%) Sage 50
10 4 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.19%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 272 (12.95%) Power Platform
2 264 (12.57%) Azure
3 169 (8.04%) AWS
4 124 (5.90%) SaaS
5 94 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
6 74 (3.52%) GCP
7 71 (3.38%) Google Analytics
8 44 (2.09%) Entra ID
9 37 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (1.67%) GitHub
11 34 (1.62%) Serverless
12 31 (1.48%) PowerApps
13 28 (1.33%) Amazon S3
14 27 (1.29%) Google Ads
14 27 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
15 25 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (1.19%) Power Automate
16 23 (1.09%) Google Tag Manager
17 22 (1.05%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.00%) Broadband
2 32 (1.52%) Firewall
3 23 (1.09%) Network Security
4 20 (0.95%) 5G
4 20 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 19 (0.90%) VPN
6 17 (0.81%) DNS
7 14 (0.67%) DHCP
7 14 (0.67%) SMS
7 14 (0.67%) WAN
7 14 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.57%) LAN
9 10 (0.48%) Internet
10 7 (0.33%) VLAN
11 6 (0.29%) Wireless
12 5 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.24%) HTTP
13 4 (0.19%) FTP
13 4 (0.19%) NGN
13 4 (0.19%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (11.28%) Power BI
2 72 (3.43%) SQL Server
3 67 (3.19%) Tableau
4 60 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (2.09%) Metadata
6 37 (1.76%) Relational Database
7 34 (1.62%) Looker
7 34 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (1.38%) MySQL
10 26 (1.24%) Data Lake
11 24 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
12 22 (1.05%) Big Data
13 19 (0.90%) Power Query
14 16 (0.76%) NoSQL
14 16 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 15 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
15 15 (0.71%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.67%) Spark SQL
17 12 (0.57%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 73 (3.47%) Git
2 71 (3.38%) JIRA
3 12 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.52%) GitLab
5 10 (0.48%) LabVIEW
6 9 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
7 8 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.29%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.29%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.24%) MLflow
10 4 (0.19%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.19%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.19%) Postman
10 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.14%) JMeter
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.14%) RStudio
11 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 1,042 (49.60%) Social Skills
2 717 (34.13%) Finance
3 247 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 219 (10.42%) Marketing
5 215 (10.23%) Organisational Skills
6 184 (8.76%) Law
7 182 (8.66%) Retail
8 179 (8.52%) Legal
9 177 (8.42%) Public Sector
10 130 (6.19%) Influencing Skills
11 83 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
12 64 (3.05%) Banking
12 64 (3.05%) Manufacturing
13 53 (2.52%) Telecoms
14 45 (2.14%) Advertising
15 34 (1.62%) Games
16 30 (1.43%) Aerospace
16 30 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
16 30 (1.43%) Electronics
17 29 (1.38%) Billing
Job Titles
1 537 (25.56%) Analyst
2 288 (13.71%) Senior
3 144 (6.85%) Lead
4 122 (5.81%) Business Analyst
5 113 (5.38%) Senior Analyst
6 107 (5.09%) Data Analyst
7 92 (4.38%) Developer
8 91 (4.33%) Architect
9 85 (4.05%) Data Engineer
10 80 (3.81%) Consultant
11 77 (3.66%) Support Analyst
12 56 (2.67%) Applications Support
13 55 (2.62%) Accountant
13 55 (2.62%) Service Manager
14 50 (2.38%) Delivery Manager
15 44 (2.09%) Senior Manager
16 43 (2.05%) Marketing Manager
17 39 (1.86%) Senior Business Analyst
18 38 (1.81%) Financial Analyst
18 38 (1.81%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (3.00%) .NET
2 51 (2.43%) HTML
3 43 (2.05%) CSS
3 43 (2.05%) PySpark
4 41 (1.95%) Terraform
5 31 (1.48%) JSON
6 30 (1.43%) REST
7 25 (1.19%) XML
8 23 (1.09%) React
9 22 (1.05%) RESTful
10 19 (0.90%) Middleware
11 16 (0.76%) PyTorch
12 15 (0.71%) .NET Core
12 15 (0.71%) AngularJS
13 14 (0.67%) TensorFlow
13 14 (0.67%) Web Services
14 12 (0.57%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.57%) ASP.NET
14 12 (0.57%) EDI
14 12 (0.57%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 170 (8.09%) Management Information System
2 142 (6.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 124 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
4 101 (4.81%) Product Ownership
5 96 (4.57%) Onboarding
6 77 (3.66%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.24%) Blog
8 48 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
9 45 (2.14%) Credit Risk
10 37 (1.76%) Cloud Native
10 37 (1.76%) Driving Licence
10 37 (1.76%) Marketing Technology
11 34 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
11 34 (1.62%) Security Posture
12 33 (1.57%) Social Media
13 28 (1.33%) AI Agents
14 26 (1.24%) Data Structures
14 26 (1.24%) Mobile App
15 25 (1.19%) Algorithms
16 20 (0.95%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 95 (4.52%) Windows
2 56 (2.67%) Linux
3 39 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.57%) Android
5 10 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.24%) OpenVMS
9 5 (0.24%) Unix
10 2 (0.095%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.048%) AIX
11 1 (0.048%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 996 (47.41%) Problem-Solving
2 663 (31.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 583 (27.75%) Decision-Making
4 494 (23.51%) Analytics
5 462 (21.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 427 (20.32%) AI
7 405 (19.28%) Agile
8 281 (13.37%) Business Intelligence
9 259 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 257 (12.23%) Roadmaps
11 246 (11.71%) Project Management
12 243 (11.57%) Actionable Insight
13 242 (11.52%) Process Improvement
14 219 (10.42%) Mentoring
15 205 (9.76%) Project Delivery
16 193 (9.19%) CRM
17 184 (8.76%) Coaching
18 183 (8.71%) Data Analysis
19 180 (8.57%) Validation
20 175 (8.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 443 (21.09%) SQL
2 306 (14.56%) Python
3 88 (4.19%) C#
3 88 (4.19%) JavaScript
4 60 (2.86%) Java
5 58 (2.76%) PowerShell
6 33 (1.57%) C++
7 30 (1.43%) T-SQL
8 23 (1.09%) R
9 21 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (0.90%) TypeScript
11 18 (0.86%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.81%) Bash
13 10 (0.48%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.43%) C
15 8 (0.38%) Go
15 8 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.38%) Scala
16 7 (0.33%) PHP
17 5 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 375 (17.85%) Degree
2 234 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 180 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 116 (5.52%) ACCA
5 111 (5.28%) CIMA
6 58 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 58 (2.76%) DBS Check
7 47 (2.24%) CISSP
8 41 (1.95%) CISM
9 35 (1.67%) DV Cleared
10 27 (1.29%) Azure Certification
11 23 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 22 (1.05%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.86%) PMI Certification
14 17 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (0.76%) AAT
15 16 (0.76%) CRISC
16 14 (0.67%) GIAC
16 14 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (10.99%) Data Quality
2 120 (5.71%) GDPR
3 100 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 92 (4.38%) QA
5 87 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 59 (2.81%) SLA
7 56 (2.67%) NIST
8 40 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 30 (1.43%) PMO
10 28 (1.33%) GRC
11 25 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
12 24 (1.14%) IFRS
13 23 (1.09%) ISO 9001
14 21 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 18 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 15 (0.71%) GAAP
16 15 (0.71%) ISO 14001
17 14 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 13 (0.62%) PCI DSS
19 11 (0.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 62 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.14%) Docker
3 11 (0.52%) Firmware
4 8 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.048%) HDFS
6 1 (0.048%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.048%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 19 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.81%) Ansible
4 12 (0.57%) Grafana
5 8 (0.38%) QRadar
6 5 (0.24%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.19%) Nmap
7 4 (0.19%) Packer
8 2 (0.095%) CASB
8 2 (0.095%) Graylog
9 1 (0.048%) Control-M
9 1 (0.048%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.048%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.048%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.048%) Kibana
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.048%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.048%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 426 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 121 (5.76%) Google
3 73 (3.47%) SAP
4 60 (2.86%) Oracle
5 52 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 43 (2.05%) YouTube
7 31 (1.48%) Adobe
7 31 (1.48%) Sage
8 26 (1.24%) Cisco
9 24 (1.14%) HubSpot
10 23 (1.09%) Databricks
11 19 (0.90%) Splunk
12 17 (0.81%) Yardi
13 15 (0.71%) VMware
14 12 (0.57%) Apple
15 11 (0.52%) Dynatrace
15 11 (0.52%) Qualys
16 10 (0.48%) Palo Alto
16 10 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud