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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,030 2,206 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.47% 13.58% 12.33%
As % of the General category 13.99% 18.95% 19.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,276 945 1,164
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,357
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.68% +0.65%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £73,833
90th Percentile £87,824 £84,500 £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 14,512 11,643 14,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.52% 71.68% 62.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,045 6,429 8,676
10th Percentile £32,250 £28,750 £34,953
25th Percentile £42,250 £39,000 £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 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 11 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 56 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.89%) Confluence
4 13 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.59%) IIS
6 11 (0.54%) Apache
7 10 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.39%) SAS
9 7 (0.34%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.25%) WordPress
11 4 (0.20%) CMS
12 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.099%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.049%) Apache Superset
14 1 (0.049%) Appian
14 1 (0.049%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.049%) Drupal
14 1 (0.049%) Moodle
Applications
1 195 (9.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.39%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.15%) Blender
9 3 (0.15%) Maya
10 2 (0.099%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.049%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.049%) InDesign
11 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.049%) SPSS
11 1 (0.049%) Trello
Business Applications
1 46 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.58%) Dynamics GP
3 18 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.79%) Shopify
5 13 (0.64%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.34%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.34%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.34%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.30%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.30%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.25%) JDE World
9 5 (0.25%) Sage 50
10 4 (0.20%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.20%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.20%) JDE OneWorld
Cloud Services
1 267 (13.15%) Azure
2 261 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 172 (8.47%) AWS
4 125 (6.16%) SaaS
5 86 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
6 75 (3.69%) GCP
7 70 (3.45%) Google Analytics
8 44 (2.17%) Entra ID
9 40 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (1.77%) GitHub
12 33 (1.63%) Serverless
13 30 (1.48%) PowerApps
14 27 (1.33%) Amazon S3
14 27 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
15 25 (1.23%) Google Ads
16 24 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
17 22 (1.08%) Amazon EMR
17 22 (1.08%) Power Automate
17 22 (1.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.41%) Broadband
2 34 (1.67%) Firewall
3 22 (1.08%) Network Security
4 21 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 18 (0.89%) 5G
5 18 (0.89%) VPN
6 17 (0.84%) DNS
7 15 (0.74%) SMS
8 14 (0.69%) DHCP
8 14 (0.69%) WAN
8 14 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.59%) LAN
10 7 (0.34%) Internet
11 6 (0.30%) NGN
11 6 (0.30%) VLAN
11 6 (0.30%) Wireless
12 5 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.25%) HTTP
13 4 (0.20%) FTP
13 4 (0.20%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (11.08%) Power BI
2 74 (3.65%) SQL Server
3 67 (3.30%) Tableau
4 58 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (2.07%) Metadata
6 37 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 33 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 32 (1.58%) Looker
9 29 (1.43%) MySQL
10 24 (1.18%) Data Lake
11 23 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
12 22 (1.08%) Big Data
13 17 (0.84%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.84%) Power Query
14 16 (0.79%) Oracle Database
14 16 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 14 (0.69%) Spark SQL
16 13 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.54%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 68 (3.35%) Git
2 67 (3.30%) JIRA
3 12 (0.59%) GitLab
4 10 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.49%) LabVIEW
5 9 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.34%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.34%) Balsamiq
6 7 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.20%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.20%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.20%) MLflow
7 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.15%) JMeter
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.15%) Postman
8 3 (0.15%) RStudio
9 2 (0.099%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.099%) Visual Studio
General
1 980 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 670 (33.00%) Finance
3 241 (11.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 212 (10.44%) Marketing
5 201 (9.90%) Organisational Skills
6 182 (8.97%) Law
7 175 (8.62%) Retail
8 171 (8.42%) Legal
9 169 (8.33%) Public Sector
10 122 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
11 82 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.05%) Banking
13 59 (2.91%) Manufacturing
14 51 (2.51%) Telecoms
15 46 (2.27%) Advertising
16 35 (1.72%) Games
17 29 (1.43%) Electronics
18 28 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
19 27 (1.33%) Aerospace
20 25 (1.23%) Billing
Job Titles
1 514 (25.32%) Analyst
2 277 (13.65%) Senior
3 140 (6.90%) Lead
4 117 (5.76%) Business Analyst
5 113 (5.57%) Senior Analyst
6 105 (5.17%) Data Analyst
7 92 (4.53%) Architect
8 90 (4.43%) Developer
9 82 (4.04%) Data Engineer
10 74 (3.65%) Consultant
10 74 (3.65%) Support Analyst
11 55 (2.71%) Applications Support
12 54 (2.66%) Service Manager
13 49 (2.41%) Accountant
14 48 (2.36%) Delivery Manager
15 45 (2.22%) Marketing Manager
16 43 (2.12%) Senior Manager
17 39 (1.92%) Financial Analyst
17 39 (1.92%) Senior Business Analyst
18 38 (1.87%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (3.00%) .NET
2 49 (2.41%) HTML
3 43 (2.12%) CSS
4 41 (2.02%) Terraform
5 40 (1.97%) PySpark
6 31 (1.53%) JSON
6 31 (1.53%) REST
7 24 (1.18%) XML
8 20 (0.99%) Middleware
8 20 (0.99%) RESTful
9 19 (0.94%) React
10 16 (0.79%) PyTorch
11 15 (0.74%) .NET Core
11 15 (0.74%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.69%) TensorFlow
13 13 (0.64%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.59%) ASP.NET
14 12 (0.59%) EDI
15 11 (0.54%) LDAP
15 11 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 153 (7.54%) Management Information System
2 139 (6.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 123 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
4 104 (5.12%) Product Ownership
5 89 (4.38%) Onboarding
6 78 (3.84%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.35%) Blog
8 47 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
9 42 (2.07%) Credit Risk
10 36 (1.77%) Driving Licence
11 35 (1.72%) Cloud Native
11 35 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
11 35 (1.72%) Social Media
12 33 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
12 33 (1.63%) Security Posture
13 27 (1.33%) AI Agents
14 25 (1.23%) Algorithms
14 25 (1.23%) Data Structures
15 24 (1.18%) Mobile App
16 20 (0.99%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 92 (4.53%) Windows
2 57 (2.81%) Linux
3 39 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.54%) Android
5 9 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.34%) Unix
8 6 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.25%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.049%) AIX
10 1 (0.049%) Solaris
10 1 (0.049%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 961 (47.34%) Problem-Solving
2 628 (30.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 560 (27.59%) Decision-Making
4 480 (23.65%) Analytics
5 419 (20.64%) AI
6 415 (20.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 400 (19.70%) Agile
8 270 (13.30%) Business Intelligence
9 254 (12.51%) Roadmaps
10 244 (12.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 242 (11.92%) Project Management
12 231 (11.38%) Actionable Insight
13 218 (10.74%) Process Improvement
14 207 (10.20%) Mentoring
15 200 (9.85%) Project Delivery
16 183 (9.01%) CRM
17 180 (8.87%) Coaching
18 177 (8.72%) Data Analysis
19 174 (8.57%) Validation
20 170 (8.37%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 433 (21.33%) SQL
2 301 (14.83%) Python
3 85 (4.19%) JavaScript
4 84 (4.14%) C#
5 62 (3.05%) Java
6 57 (2.81%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.63%) C++
8 30 (1.48%) T-SQL
9 23 (1.13%) R
10 19 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 18 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.74%) Bash
14 10 (0.49%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.44%) C
16 8 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.39%) PHP
16 8 (0.39%) Scala
17 5 (0.25%) Go
18 4 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 366 (18.03%) Degree
2 233 (11.48%) Security Cleared
3 179 (8.82%) SC Cleared
4 109 (5.37%) ACCA
5 104 (5.12%) CIMA
6 60 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 55 (2.71%) DBS Check
8 48 (2.36%) CISSP
9 42 (2.07%) CISM
10 35 (1.72%) DV Cleared
11 26 (1.28%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.89%) PMI Certification
14 17 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (0.79%) AAT
16 15 (0.74%) CRISC
17 13 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
17 13 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (10.84%) Data Quality
2 124 (6.11%) GDPR
3 96 (4.73%) Accessibility
4 91 (4.48%) QA
5 88 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 57 (2.81%) NIST
6 57 (2.81%) SLA
7 39 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (1.33%) GRC
8 27 (1.33%) PMO
9 23 (1.13%) ISO 9001
10 22 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
10 22 (1.08%) IFRS
11 20 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 18 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 15 (0.74%) ISO 14001
14 14 (0.69%) GAAP
15 13 (0.64%) PCI DSS
15 13 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 63 (3.10%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.03%) Docker
3 11 (0.54%) Firmware
4 8 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.049%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (1.18%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.89%) Ansible
2 18 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.59%) Grafana
4 8 (0.39%) QRadar
5 5 (0.25%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.25%) Packer
5 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.20%) Nmap
7 2 (0.099%) CASB
7 2 (0.099%) Graylog
8 1 (0.049%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.049%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.049%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.049%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 396 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 120 (5.91%) Google
3 70 (3.45%) SAP
4 57 (2.81%) Oracle
5 49 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 41 (2.02%) YouTube
7 38 (1.87%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.43%) Adobe
8 29 (1.43%) Sage
9 28 (1.38%) Cisco
10 22 (1.08%) Databricks
11 21 (1.03%) HubSpot
12 18 (0.89%) Splunk
13 16 (0.79%) VMware
14 15 (0.74%) Yardi
15 13 (0.64%) Palo Alto
16 12 (0.59%) Apple
17 11 (0.54%) Dynatrace
17 11 (0.54%) JD Edwards
17 11 (0.54%) Qualys