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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 18
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,604 2,288 3,233
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.51% 13.86% 10.16%
As % of the General category 12.64% 19.16% 16.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 965 1,775
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% +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 12,690 11,941 19,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.42% 72.34% 61.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,226 6,694 14,054
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +1.77% -9.60%
75th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £76,188
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 16 July 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 40 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.31%) Confluence
4 13 (0.81%) Apache
5 12 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.69%) IIS
7 9 (0.56%) WordPress
8 7 (0.44%) SAS
9 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.25%) CMS
11 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.062%) Appian
13 1 (0.062%) Drupal
13 1 (0.062%) Moodle
13 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 168 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.37%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.19%) Blender
9 3 (0.19%) Maya
10 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
4 14 (0.87%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.69%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.50%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.31%) JDE World
9 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.25%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 258 (16.08%) Azure
2 243 (15.15%) Power Platform
3 130 (8.10%) AWS
4 129 (8.04%) SaaS
5 70 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.18%) GCP
7 48 (2.99%) Google Analytics
8 39 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 29 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.81%) GitHub
11 23 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
12 19 (1.18%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.00%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (0.87%) Serverless
14 14 (0.87%) Snowflake
15 13 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
16 10 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.24%) Broadband
2 48 (2.99%) Firewall
3 21 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (1.18%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.06%) VPN
6 12 (0.75%) WAN
7 11 (0.69%) Network Security
7 11 (0.69%) SMS
8 9 (0.56%) LAN
9 8 (0.50%) NGFW
9 8 (0.50%) Wireshark
10 7 (0.44%) 5G
10 7 (0.44%) DNS
10 7 (0.44%) VXLAN
10 7 (0.44%) Wireless
11 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.37%) HTTP
11 6 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (12.84%) Power BI
2 69 (4.30%) SQL Server
3 58 (3.62%) Tableau
4 47 (2.93%) Metadata
5 41 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (2.00%) MySQL
8 27 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 26 (1.62%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 20 (1.25%) Oracle Database
12 18 (1.12%) Big Data
13 17 (1.06%) Data Lake
14 16 (1.00%) Power Query
15 15 (0.94%) NoSQL
16 13 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
17 11 (0.69%) Looker
18 9 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
19 8 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
19 8 (0.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 55 (3.43%) JIRA
2 43 (2.68%) Git
3 15 (0.94%) GitLab
4 8 (0.50%) LabVIEW
5 7 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.31%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.31%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.31%) Postman
8 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.19%) JMeter
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.12%) Babel
10 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.12%) webpack
11 1 (0.062%) Appium
General
1 742 (46.26%) Social Skills
2 496 (30.92%) Finance
3 151 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (8.54%) Marketing
5 133 (8.29%) Public Sector
6 119 (7.42%) Retail
7 117 (7.29%) Organisational Skills
8 112 (6.98%) Legal
9 100 (6.23%) Law
10 66 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
11 63 (3.93%) Banking
12 50 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (2.49%) Manufacturing
14 39 (2.43%) Advertising
15 34 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
17 27 (1.68%) Automotive
18 23 (1.43%) Publishing
19 19 (1.18%) Electronics
19 19 (1.18%) Games
Job Titles
1 415 (25.87%) Analyst
2 216 (13.47%) Senior
3 117 (7.29%) Lead
4 93 (5.80%) Business Analyst
5 91 (5.67%) Architect
6 84 (5.24%) Data Analyst
7 73 (4.55%) Developer
8 72 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
9 62 (3.87%) Consultant
10 55 (3.43%) Data Engineer
11 49 (3.05%) Support Analyst
12 46 (2.87%) Report Analyst
13 42 (2.62%) Accountant
13 42 (2.62%) Applications Support
14 39 (2.43%) Service Manager
15 38 (2.37%) Financial Analyst
16 37 (2.31%) Delivery Manager
17 35 (2.18%) Senior Manager
17 35 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
18 33 (2.06%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.81%) .NET
2 43 (2.68%) HTML
3 38 (2.37%) JSON
4 35 (2.18%) CSS
5 30 (1.87%) REST
6 28 (1.75%) XML
7 25 (1.56%) Middleware
7 25 (1.56%) PyTorch
7 25 (1.56%) TensorFlow
8 22 (1.37%) React
9 18 (1.12%) PySpark
10 17 (1.06%) RESTful
11 11 (0.69%) Kafka
12 10 (0.62%) ASP.NET
12 10 (0.62%) Node.js
13 8 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
13 8 (0.50%) LDAP
13 8 (0.50%) Pandas
13 8 (0.50%) React Native
13 8 (0.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 133 (8.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 89 (5.55%) Product Ownership
3 84 (5.24%) Management Information System
4 77 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
5 65 (4.05%) Virtual Team
6 59 (3.68%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (2.24%) Cloud Native
8 36 (2.24%) Data Structures
9 35 (2.18%) Algorithms
9 35 (2.18%) Blog
10 34 (2.12%) Security Posture
11 31 (1.93%) Driving Licence
12 28 (1.75%) Social Media
13 24 (1.50%) Video\Live Streaming
14 23 (1.43%) Credit Risk
14 23 (1.43%) Public Cloud
15 21 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
16 20 (1.25%) Data Centre
17 19 (1.18%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 75 (4.68%) Windows
2 58 (3.62%) Linux
3 28 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.69%) Unix
5 9 (0.56%) Android
6 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.31%) OpenVMS
7 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.062%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.062%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 761 (47.44%) Problem-Solving
2 431 (26.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 415 (25.87%) Decision-Making
4 336 (20.95%) Analytics
5 319 (19.89%) Agile
6 275 (17.14%) AI
7 226 (14.09%) Business Intelligence
8 223 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 209 (13.03%) Roadmaps
10 197 (12.28%) Project Management
11 183 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 180 (11.22%) Mentoring
13 177 (11.03%) Actionable Insight
14 164 (10.22%) Process Improvement
15 148 (9.23%) Analytical Thinking
16 147 (9.16%) Data Modelling
17 133 (8.29%) Validation
18 129 (8.04%) ERP
19 128 (7.98%) Coaching
20 127 (7.92%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 328 (20.45%) SQL
2 289 (18.02%) Python
3 72 (4.49%) JavaScript
4 61 (3.80%) C#
5 57 (3.55%) PowerShell
6 48 (2.99%) Java
7 34 (2.12%) T-SQL
8 22 (1.37%) R
9 17 (1.06%) C++
10 15 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.81%) Bash
12 13 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.50%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.50%) PHP
14 7 (0.44%) Go
14 7 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.31%) C
15 5 (0.31%) Scala
15 5 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 304 (18.95%) Degree
2 166 (10.35%) Security Cleared
3 124 (7.73%) SC Cleared
4 108 (6.73%) ACCA
5 103 (6.42%) CIMA
6 48 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (2.49%) CISSP
8 37 (2.31%) CISM
8 37 (2.31%) DBS Check
9 25 (1.56%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.37%) AAT
11 20 (1.25%) Master's Degree
12 18 (1.12%) DV Cleared
13 17 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (0.75%) HNC
16 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (9.16%) Data Quality
2 121 (7.54%) GDPR
3 94 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 83 (5.17%) QA
5 63 (3.93%) SLA
6 52 (3.24%) NIST
7 48 (2.99%) Accessibility
8 38 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.93%) ISO 9001
10 27 (1.68%) PMO
11 26 (1.62%) GRC
12 21 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 19 (1.18%) IFRS
14 18 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (1.12%) ISO 14001
14 18 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 14 (0.87%) COREP
15 14 (0.87%) FINREP
16 13 (0.81%) PCI DSS
17 12 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (3.30%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.00%) Docker
3 9 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.062%) KVM
6 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.062%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.062%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (2.87%) Terraform
2 22 (1.37%) Ansible
3 21 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.56%) QRadar
6 8 (0.50%) Grafana
6 8 (0.50%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.37%) Packer
8 4 (0.25%) Nmap
9 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.062%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.062%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.062%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.062%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.062%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 283 (17.64%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.30%) Google
3 66 (4.11%) SAP
4 60 (3.74%) Oracle
5 56 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.43%) Cisco
8 18 (1.12%) Adobe
8 18 (1.12%) Databricks
9 17 (1.06%) Sage
10 15 (0.94%) Palo Alto
10 15 (0.94%) Splunk
11 14 (0.87%) JD Edwards
12 13 (0.81%) HubSpot
12 13 (0.81%) Qualys
13 12 (0.75%) F5
13 12 (0.75%) Red Hat
14 10 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 9 (0.56%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.56%) Pardot