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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 18
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,410 2,007 3,284
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.47% 13.83% 10.08%
As % of the General category 13.31% 18.46% 16.23%
Number of salaries quoted 917 847 1,882
10th Percentile £36,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,965 £42,500 £41,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,375 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £54,292 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.29% +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 10,596 10,875 20,235
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.12% 74.94% 62.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,068 5,970 15,084
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,725 £31,800
25th Percentile £43,438 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 23 May 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 32 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.42%) Confluence
4 12 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.78%) WordPress
6 10 (0.71%) Apache
6 10 (0.71%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.57%) CMS
8 6 (0.43%) SAS
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.071%) Appian
11 1 (0.071%) Drupal
11 1 (0.071%) IIS
11 1 (0.071%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.071%) Moodle
11 1 (0.071%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.071%) Umbraco
Applications
1 142 (10.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.71%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.071%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.071%) Blender
9 1 (0.071%) Maya
9 1 (0.071%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.071%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.28%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.71%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.28%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.28%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (0.28%) JDE World
5 4 (0.28%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.28%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.071%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 257 (18.23%) Azure
2 225 (15.96%) Power Platform
3 130 (9.22%) AWS
4 104 (7.38%) SaaS
5 54 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (3.76%) GCP
7 52 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
8 49 (3.48%) Google Analytics
9 45 (3.19%) GitHub
10 32 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.91%) Entra ID
11 27 (1.91%) Snowflake
12 21 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
13 20 (1.42%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (1.21%) OCI
16 16 (1.13%) Azure Machine Learning
16 16 (1.13%) Serverless
17 15 (1.06%) dbt
17 15 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.83%) Broadband
2 44 (3.12%) Firewall
3 20 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.13%) NGFW
4 16 (1.13%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.06%) VXLAN
6 14 (0.99%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.50%) 5G
8 7 (0.50%) WAN
9 6 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.43%) DNS
9 6 (0.43%) Network Security
9 6 (0.43%) SMS
9 6 (0.43%) VPN
10 5 (0.35%) Telnet
11 4 (0.28%) HTTP
11 4 (0.28%) Modbus
11 4 (0.28%) SMTP
11 4 (0.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (13.55%) Power BI
2 65 (4.61%) Tableau
3 57 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.77%) Metadata
5 30 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
7 23 (1.63%) MySQL
8 17 (1.21%) Oracle Database
8 17 (1.21%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.13%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.92%) NoSQL
10 13 (0.92%) Power Query
11 11 (0.78%) Big Data
12 9 (0.64%) Looker
13 8 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.57%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 55 (3.90%) JIRA
2 40 (2.84%) Git
3 12 (0.85%) GitLab
4 9 (0.64%) Axure RP
4 9 (0.64%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.57%) Subversion
6 7 (0.50%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.28%) ERwin
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.21%) Babel
9 3 (0.21%) Maven
9 3 (0.21%) MLflow
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.21%) webpack
10 2 (0.14%) Storybook
General
1 637 (45.18%) Social Skills
2 466 (33.05%) Finance
3 159 (11.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 139 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 129 (9.15%) Marketing
6 90 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
7 87 (6.17%) Law
8 82 (5.82%) Legal
9 78 (5.53%) Retail
10 51 (3.62%) Banking
11 48 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (2.34%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 28 (1.99%) Advertising
15 28 (1.99%) Publishing
16 25 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
17 23 (1.63%) Automotive
18 15 (1.06%) Back Office
18 15 (1.06%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 346 (24.54%) Analyst
2 191 (13.55%) Senior
3 91 (6.45%) Lead
4 86 (6.10%) Business Analyst
4 86 (6.10%) Developer
5 81 (5.74%) Architect
6 68 (4.82%) Data Analyst
7 50 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
8 49 (3.48%) Consultant
9 45 (3.19%) Data Engineer
10 44 (3.12%) Senior Manager
11 41 (2.91%) Report Analyst
12 38 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
13 37 (2.62%) Product Manager
14 33 (2.34%) Accountant
15 31 (2.20%) Alliance Manager
16 29 (2.06%) Security Analyst
17 28 (1.99%) Applications Support
18 26 (1.84%) Data Scientist
18 26 (1.84%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.83%) HTML
2 49 (3.48%) CSS
3 44 (3.12%) .NET
4 36 (2.55%) JSON
5 34 (2.41%) React
6 27 (1.91%) REST
7 23 (1.63%) XML
8 22 (1.56%) TensorFlow
9 21 (1.49%) Middleware
9 21 (1.49%) PyTorch
10 17 (1.21%) React Native
11 14 (0.99%) Bootstrap
11 14 (0.99%) Node.js
12 13 (0.92%) RESTful
13 11 (0.78%) SOAP
14 8 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
15 7 (0.50%) EDI
15 7 (0.50%) Kafka
15 7 (0.50%) OAuth
15 7 (0.50%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 120 (8.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 97 (6.88%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 47 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.84%) Algorithms
6 40 (2.84%) Data Structures
7 39 (2.77%) Virtual Team
8 34 (2.41%) Cloud Native
9 29 (2.06%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.91%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.77%) Low-Code
11 25 (1.77%) Security Posture
12 24 (1.70%) FMCG
13 23 (1.63%) Mobile App
14 22 (1.56%) PKI
14 22 (1.56%) Public Cloud
14 22 (1.56%) Social Media
15 19 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 61 (4.33%) Windows
2 42 (2.98%) Linux
3 24 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.92%) Unix
5 4 (0.28%) Android
5 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.14%) AIX
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.071%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.071%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.071%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.071%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.071%) Solaris
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 622 (44.11%) Problem-Solving
2 322 (22.84%) Decision-Making
3 318 (22.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 313 (22.20%) Agile
5 285 (20.21%) Analytics
6 262 (18.58%) AI
7 210 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
8 174 (12.34%) Mentoring
9 159 (11.28%) Project Management
10 154 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
11 151 (10.71%) Roadmaps
12 148 (10.50%) Actionable Insight
13 141 (10.00%) Coaching
14 135 (9.57%) Data Modelling
14 135 (9.57%) DevOps
15 131 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 130 (9.22%) Process Improvement
17 125 (8.87%) Analytical Thinking
18 123 (8.72%) CI/CD
19 122 (8.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 281 (19.93%) SQL
2 265 (18.79%) Python
3 79 (5.60%) JavaScript
4 64 (4.54%) PowerShell
5 55 (3.90%) C#
6 47 (3.33%) Java
7 25 (1.77%) T-SQL
8 17 (1.21%) R
9 16 (1.13%) C++
9 16 (1.13%) TypeScript
10 13 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.71%) Bash
12 9 (0.64%) Go
13 8 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.43%) VBA
15 5 (0.35%) C
15 5 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.35%) PHP
15 5 (0.35%) Ruby
15 5 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 296 (20.99%) Degree
2 135 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.80%) ACCA
4 104 (7.38%) CIMA
5 102 (7.23%) SC Cleared
6 51 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.41%) DBS Check
8 27 (1.91%) CISSP
9 25 (1.77%) Azure Certification
10 21 (1.49%) CISM
11 19 (1.35%) PMI Certification
12 18 (1.28%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.21%) AAT
14 16 (1.13%) DV Cleared
15 15 (1.06%) PMP
15 15 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (0.85%) HNC
18 11 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
19 10 (0.71%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 94 (6.67%) GDPR
3 75 (5.32%) QA
4 58 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (3.33%) Accessibility
6 46 (3.26%) SLA
7 40 (2.84%) NIST
8 20 (1.42%) PMO
9 17 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.21%) ISO 9001
10 16 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.13%) GRC
11 14 (0.99%) COREP
11 14 (0.99%) FINREP
12 13 (0.92%) WCAG
13 11 (0.78%) IFRS
13 11 (0.78%) NCSC
14 10 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 9 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.78%) Docker
4 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.21%) Firmware
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.071%) KVM
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.071%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 49 (3.48%) Terraform
2 27 (1.91%) Ansible
3 17 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.50%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.43%) Grafana
6 6 (0.43%) Packer
6 6 (0.43%) QRadar
7 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.21%) SCCM
7 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.071%) CASB
9 1 (0.071%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.071%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.071%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.071%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.071%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 233 (16.52%) Microsoft
2 80 (5.67%) Google
3 62 (4.40%) Oracle
4 57 (4.04%) Salesforce
4 57 (4.04%) SAP
5 32 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 21 (1.49%) Adobe
7 15 (1.06%) Arista
7 15 (1.06%) Aruba
7 15 (1.06%) Cisco
7 15 (1.06%) Databricks
7 15 (1.06%) NetScout
8 14 (0.99%) VMware
9 13 (0.92%) HubSpot
10 12 (0.85%) F5
10 12 (0.85%) Palo Alto
11 11 (0.78%) Pardot
12 10 (0.71%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.64%) IFS
13 9 (0.64%) Sage