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

6 months to
15 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 1,700 1,782 2,370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.50% 11.35% 8.54%
As % of the General category 17.74% 16.27% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 822 909 1,725
10th Percentile £30,165 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £71,106 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £51,058 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.17% +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 9,585 10,953 17,242
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.17% 69.74% 62.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,102 6,236 13,729
10th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £32,493
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £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 £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,211 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.31% +9.09% -10.57%

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 15 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 37 (2.18%) Confluence
2 24 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.71%) CMS
5 9 (0.53%) WordPress
6 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.35%) Apache
8 5 (0.29%) SAS
9 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.12%) Drupal
10 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 1 (0.059%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.059%) IIS
11 1 (0.059%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.059%) Umbraco
Applications
1 336 (19.76%) Chatbot
2 191 (11.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 88 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.76%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.059%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.059%) Notion
9 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.059%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.059%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.059%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.71%) NetSuite
2 16 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.24%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.24%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.18%) Hyperion Planning
9 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.18%) Shopify
10 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 285 (16.76%) Azure
2 224 (13.18%) Power Platform
3 115 (6.76%) AWS
4 99 (5.82%) SaaS
5 93 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (4.00%) GitHub
7 65 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
8 50 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
9 47 (2.76%) Snowflake
10 46 (2.71%) GCP
11 39 (2.29%) Google Analytics
11 39 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
12 34 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 29 (1.71%) dbt
13 29 (1.71%) Entra ID
14 25 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
15 22 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
16 21 (1.24%) OCI
17 19 (1.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.47%) Firewall
2 33 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
3 28 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.35%) Wireshark
5 20 (1.18%) Broadband
6 16 (0.94%) NGFW
7 15 (0.88%) VXLAN
8 14 (0.82%) DNS
8 14 (0.82%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.71%) Network Security
9 12 (0.71%) VPN
9 12 (0.71%) WAN
10 8 (0.47%) DHCP
10 8 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (0.47%) Telnet
11 6 (0.35%) Internet
11 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.24%) 5G
12 4 (0.24%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (11.71%) Power BI
2 76 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 72 (4.24%) Tableau
4 66 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 37 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
7 29 (1.71%) MySQL
8 26 (1.53%) Metadata
9 18 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (1.00%) Data Lake
11 13 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
12 12 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (0.65%) Power Query
14 10 (0.59%) Data Mining
15 9 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
15 9 (0.53%) Looker
15 9 (0.53%) Relational Database
16 8 (0.47%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 89 (5.24%) JIRA
2 28 (1.65%) Git
3 18 (1.06%) GitLab
4 13 (0.76%) Axure RP
4 13 (0.76%) Balsamiq
4 13 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.76%) Subversion
5 11 (0.65%) ER Studio
5 11 (0.65%) ERwin
6 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.47%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.47%) Selenium
7 7 (0.41%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.29%) Babel
9 5 (0.29%) Postman
9 5 (0.29%) webpack
10 3 (0.18%) MLflow
10 3 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 757 (44.53%) Social Skills
2 529 (31.12%) Finance
3 144 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 140 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (7.88%) Marketing
6 123 (7.24%) Retail
7 84 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
8 83 (4.88%) Law
9 81 (4.76%) Legal
9 81 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 38 (2.24%) Advertising
12 37 (2.18%) Telecoms
13 33 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
15 25 (1.47%) Banking
16 23 (1.35%) Back Office
17 21 (1.24%) Aerospace
17 21 (1.24%) Automotive
18 19 (1.12%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 365 (21.47%) Analyst
2 333 (19.59%) Trainer
3 152 (8.94%) Senior
4 114 (6.71%) Developer
5 86 (5.06%) Business Analyst
6 82 (4.82%) Lead
7 79 (4.65%) Architect
8 69 (4.06%) Data Analyst
9 55 (3.24%) Support Analyst
10 48 (2.82%) Consultant
11 47 (2.76%) Financial Analyst
12 44 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
13 39 (2.29%) IT Analyst
14 35 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
15 34 (2.00%) 2nd Line Support
16 32 (1.88%) Report Analyst
17 31 (1.82%) Alliance Manager
17 31 (1.82%) IT Support
18 28 (1.65%) 1st/2nd Line Support
19 27 (1.59%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.41%) HTML
2 51 (3.00%) CSS
3 38 (2.24%) React
4 33 (1.94%) .NET
5 22 (1.29%) JSON
5 22 (1.29%) REST
6 20 (1.18%) Middleware
7 18 (1.06%) XML
8 16 (0.94%) Flash
9 15 (0.88%) Node.js
10 14 (0.82%) Bootstrap
10 14 (0.82%) React Native
10 14 (0.82%) SOAP
11 12 (0.71%) FIX Protocol
11 12 (0.71%) Sass
11 12 (0.71%) TensorFlow
12 9 (0.53%) PyTorch
13 8 (0.47%) OAuth
13 8 (0.47%) Playwright
13 8 (0.47%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 161 (9.47%) Analytical Mindset
2 124 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
3 102 (6.00%) Onboarding
4 92 (5.41%) Product Ownership
5 51 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 45 (2.65%) Data Structures
7 39 (2.29%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.18%) Algorithms
9 31 (1.82%) Virtual Team
10 29 (1.71%) Data Centre
10 29 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (1.59%) Low-Code
12 26 (1.53%) PKI
13 25 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.35%) FMCG
15 22 (1.29%) Driving Licence
15 22 (1.29%) Social Media
16 21 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 20 (1.18%) Security Posture
18 14 (0.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 62 (3.65%) Windows
2 45 (2.65%) Linux
3 18 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.94%) Unix
5 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.24%) Android
6 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.18%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.059%) AIX
9 1 (0.059%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 632 (37.18%) Problem-Solving
2 579 (34.06%) AI
3 373 (21.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 337 (19.82%) Chemistry
5 336 (19.76%) Conversational UI
6 310 (18.24%) Decision-Making
7 297 (17.47%) Agile
8 295 (17.35%) Analytics
9 230 (13.53%) Business Intelligence
10 170 (10.00%) Mentoring
11 169 (9.94%) DevOps
12 162 (9.53%) Project Management
13 160 (9.41%) Analytical Thinking
14 156 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 146 (8.59%) Data Analysis
16 145 (8.53%) Actionable Insight
17 144 (8.47%) Data Modelling
18 141 (8.29%) ERP
19 134 (7.88%) Coaching
20 125 (7.35%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 316 (18.59%) SQL
2 219 (12.88%) Python
3 83 (4.88%) C#
4 72 (4.24%) JavaScript
5 59 (3.47%) PowerShell
6 38 (2.24%) Java
7 31 (1.82%) C++
8 30 (1.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 23 (1.35%) R
10 20 (1.18%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.06%) C
12 15 (0.88%) TypeScript
13 13 (0.76%) Bash
14 10 (0.59%) Go
15 8 (0.47%) Bicep
15 8 (0.47%) VBA
16 6 (0.35%) PHP
17 4 (0.24%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.24%) Scala
18 3 (0.18%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 633 (37.24%) Degree
2 358 (21.06%) Master's Degree
3 338 (19.88%) PhD
4 144 (8.47%) Security Cleared
5 115 (6.76%) SC Cleared
6 105 (6.18%) ACCA
7 96 (5.65%) CIMA
8 60 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (2.00%) CISSP
10 29 (1.71%) DBS Check
11 27 (1.59%) CISM
12 26 (1.53%) DV Cleared
13 25 (1.47%) AAT
14 23 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
14 23 (1.35%) PMI Certification
15 21 (1.24%) CISA
16 19 (1.12%) Azure Certification
17 18 (1.06%) PMP
18 13 (0.76%) AWS Certification
18 13 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.59%) Data Quality
2 89 (5.24%) QA
3 58 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (3.00%) GDPR
5 49 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 38 (2.24%) PMO
7 36 (2.12%) NIST
8 20 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 19 (1.12%) WCAG
10 17 (1.00%) GRC
11 11 (0.65%) IFRS
11 11 (0.65%) SLA
12 10 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.53%) NCSC
14 7 (0.41%) GAAP
15 5 (0.29%) COBIT
15 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.24%) ISO 14001
16 4 (0.24%) ISO 9001
17 3 (0.18%) EMIR
System Software
1 46 (2.71%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.88%) Docker
2 15 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.18%) vSphere
6 1 (0.059%) Firmware
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (2.65%) Terraform
2 25 (1.47%) Ansible
3 16 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.53%) Grafana
5 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 5 (0.29%) SCOM
8 4 (0.24%) QRadar
9 3 (0.18%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.18%) SCCM
10 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.059%) CASB
11 1 (0.059%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.059%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.059%) Nessus
11 1 (0.059%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 333 (19.59%) PayPal
2 265 (15.59%) Microsoft
3 57 (3.35%) Google
4 51 (3.00%) SAP
5 48 (2.82%) Oracle
6 44 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.24%) Databricks
9 19 (1.12%) Adobe
10 16 (0.94%) VMware
11 15 (0.88%) Arista
11 15 (0.88%) Aruba
11 15 (0.88%) NetScout
12 13 (0.76%) Xero
13 11 (0.65%) Autodesk
14 10 (0.59%) IBM
14 10 (0.59%) Workday
15 9 (0.53%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.53%) Splunk
16 8 (0.47%) Cisco