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 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,524 2,217 3,359
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.48% 14.18% 9.83%
As % of the General category 12.78% 19.08% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 912 1,899
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,750 £40,962
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,313 £70,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £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 11,922 11,617 20,744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.50% 74.29% 60.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7,817 6,429 15,176
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,549
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
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 25 June 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 39 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.25%) Confluence
4 12 (0.79%) Apache
4 12 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.72%) IIS
5 11 (0.72%) WordPress
6 7 (0.46%) SAS
7 5 (0.33%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.26%) CMS
9 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.066%) Appian
10 1 (0.066%) Drupal
10 1 (0.066%) Moodle
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 157 (10.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.52%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.20%) Blender
8 3 (0.20%) Maya
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.46%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.46%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.26%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.26%) JDE World
7 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 257 (16.86%) Azure
2 241 (15.81%) Power Platform
3 127 (8.33%) AWS
4 122 (8.01%) SaaS
5 62 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.41%) Google Analytics
7 45 (2.95%) GCP
8 41 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (2.10%) Entra ID
10 29 (1.90%) GitHub
11 28 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (1.31%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (1.12%) OCI
15 16 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
16 15 (0.98%) Serverless
17 14 (0.92%) PowerApps
18 12 (0.79%) Snowflake
18 12 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
19 11 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.59%) Broadband
2 55 (3.61%) Firewall
3 25 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.05%) NGFW
5 16 (1.05%) Wireshark
6 15 (0.98%) VXLAN
7 13 (0.85%) VPN
8 11 (0.72%) WAN
9 10 (0.66%) SMS
10 8 (0.52%) LAN
10 8 (0.52%) Network Security
11 7 (0.46%) 5G
11 7 (0.46%) DNS
11 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.39%) HTTP
12 6 (0.39%) Wireless
13 5 (0.33%) SMTP
13 5 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (13.39%) Power BI
2 66 (4.33%) SQL Server
3 64 (4.20%) Tableau
4 46 (3.02%) Metadata
5 34 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (2.03%) MySQL
7 25 (1.64%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (1.25%) Oracle Database
10 18 (1.18%) Big Data
11 17 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.98%) NoSQL
12 15 (0.98%) Power Query
13 13 (0.85%) Data Lake
14 12 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.59%) Looker
15 9 (0.59%) Semantic Layer
16 8 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (3.02%) JIRA
2 42 (2.76%) Git
3 15 (0.98%) GitLab
4 7 (0.46%) Axure RP
4 7 (0.46%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.26%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.26%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.20%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.20%) Postman
8 2 (0.13%) Babel
8 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.13%) webpack
9 1 (0.066%) Bitbucket
General
1 699 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 483 (31.69%) Finance
3 147 (9.65%) Public Sector
4 146 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (8.27%) Marketing
6 99 (6.50%) Retail
7 98 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
8 95 (6.23%) Law
9 94 (6.17%) Legal
10 56 (3.67%) Banking
11 52 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (2.49%) Manufacturing
14 34 (2.23%) Advertising
15 31 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.77%) Publishing
17 26 (1.71%) Automotive
17 26 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.25%) Games
19 15 (0.98%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 406 (26.64%) Analyst
2 214 (14.04%) Senior
3 110 (7.22%) Lead
4 91 (5.97%) Business Analyst
5 89 (5.84%) Architect
5 89 (5.84%) Data Analyst
6 80 (5.25%) Developer
7 71 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
8 55 (3.61%) Consultant
9 50 (3.28%) Data Engineer
10 46 (3.02%) Report Analyst
11 42 (2.76%) Senior Manager
12 37 (2.43%) Applications Support
12 37 (2.43%) Support Analyst
13 36 (2.36%) Accountant
14 35 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
15 33 (2.17%) Data Scientist
15 33 (2.17%) Security Analyst
16 32 (2.10%) Financial Analyst
17 31 (2.03%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.08%) .NET
2 46 (3.02%) HTML
3 39 (2.56%) CSS
3 39 (2.56%) JSON
4 29 (1.90%) REST
5 27 (1.77%) PyTorch
5 27 (1.77%) TensorFlow
6 26 (1.71%) Middleware
6 26 (1.71%) React
7 24 (1.57%) XML
8 17 (1.12%) RESTful
9 15 (0.98%) PySpark
10 11 (0.72%) React Native
11 10 (0.66%) ASP.NET
11 10 (0.66%) Node.js
12 9 (0.59%) TFX
13 8 (0.52%) Kafka
13 8 (0.52%) LDAP
13 8 (0.52%) Pandas
13 8 (0.52%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 90 (5.91%) Product Ownership
3 72 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (4.66%) Management Information System
5 55 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 45 (2.95%) Virtual Team
7 39 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 39 (2.56%) Data Structures
8 35 (2.30%) Security Posture
9 34 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (2.10%) Cloud Native
11 29 (1.90%) Social Media
12 28 (1.84%) Data Centre
13 27 (1.77%) Driving Licence
13 27 (1.77%) PKI
14 25 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
15 24 (1.57%) Credit Risk
16 23 (1.51%) Public Cloud
17 22 (1.44%) FMCG
18 21 (1.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (4.40%) Windows
2 44 (2.89%) Linux
3 30 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.72%) Unix
5 6 (0.39%) Android
5 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.26%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.13%) AIX
8 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.066%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.066%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.066%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.066%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (47.44%) Problem-Solving
2 391 (25.66%) Decision-Making
3 368 (24.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 326 (21.39%) Analytics
5 318 (20.87%) Agile
6 259 (16.99%) AI
7 223 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
8 200 (13.12%) Roadmaps
9 194 (12.73%) Mentoring
10 184 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 179 (11.75%) Project Management
12 169 (11.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 163 (10.70%) Actionable Insight
14 154 (10.10%) Process Improvement
15 146 (9.58%) Coaching
16 143 (9.38%) Analytical Thinking
17 136 (8.92%) Data Modelling
18 125 (8.20%) Validation
19 122 (8.01%) ERP
20 121 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 330 (21.65%) SQL
2 290 (19.03%) Python
3 75 (4.92%) JavaScript
4 60 (3.94%) C#
5 55 (3.61%) PowerShell
6 45 (2.95%) Java
7 32 (2.10%) T-SQL
8 21 (1.38%) R
9 16 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 13 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.79%) C++
11 12 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.72%) Bash
13 7 (0.46%) PHP
14 6 (0.39%) Go
15 5 (0.33%) Ruby
15 5 (0.33%) VBA
16 4 (0.26%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.26%) C
16 4 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 311 (20.41%) Degree
2 159 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 119 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 110 (7.22%) ACCA
5 106 (6.96%) CIMA
6 46 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (2.62%) CISSP
7 40 (2.62%) DBS Check
8 34 (2.23%) CISM
9 28 (1.84%) Azure Certification
10 21 (1.38%) AAT
11 18 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 18 (1.18%) Master's Degree
12 17 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.79%) HNC
15 12 (0.79%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 112 (7.35%) GDPR
3 88 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 80 (5.25%) QA
5 59 (3.87%) SLA
6 55 (3.61%) NIST
7 47 (3.08%) Accessibility
8 32 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 27 (1.77%) ISO 9001
10 23 (1.51%) GRC
11 22 (1.44%) PMO
12 21 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 19 (1.25%) IFRS
14 18 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
15 17 (1.12%) ISO 14001
15 17 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 14 (0.92%) COREP
16 14 (0.92%) FINREP
16 14 (0.92%) PCI DSS
17 13 (0.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 51 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.12%) Docker
3 12 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.066%) KVM
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.066%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (3.15%) Terraform
2 26 (1.71%) Ansible
3 19 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.59%) Kubeflow
6 8 (0.52%) QRadar
7 6 (0.39%) Grafana
7 6 (0.39%) Packer
8 4 (0.26%) Nmap
9 3 (0.20%) SCCM
10 2 (0.13%) Graylog
10 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.066%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.066%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.066%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.066%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.066%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 258 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.58%) Google
3 64 (4.20%) SAP
4 61 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 60 (3.94%) Oracle
6 29 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.31%) Adobe
8 19 (1.25%) Cisco
8 19 (1.25%) Databricks
9 15 (0.98%) Arista
9 15 (0.98%) Aruba
9 15 (0.98%) NetScout
9 15 (0.98%) Sage
10 14 (0.92%) Palo Alto
11 13 (0.85%) HubSpot
11 13 (0.85%) Qualys
11 13 (0.85%) Splunk
12 12 (0.79%) F5
12 12 (0.79%) VMware
13 11 (0.72%) Red Hat