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 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,837 2,359 2,792
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.09% 14.20% 11.25%
As % of the General category 13.45% 19.72% 18.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,197 984 1,343
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £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 13,654 11,963 15,210
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.12% 72.03% 61.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,633 6,606 10,206
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 14 August 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 44 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.93%) Confluence
4 13 (0.71%) Apache
4 13 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.65%) IIS
6 8 (0.44%) SAS
7 6 (0.33%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.27%) CMS
8 5 (0.27%) WordPress
9 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.054%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.054%) Appian
11 1 (0.054%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.054%) Drupal
11 1 (0.054%) Moodle
11 1 (0.054%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 188 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.54%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.16%) Blender
9 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.054%) SPSS
10 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 41 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.69%) Dynamics GP
3 26 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.38%) Shopify
8 6 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.33%) Sage 200
8 6 (0.33%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.27%) JDE World
10 4 (0.22%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.22%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.22%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 264 (14.37%) Azure
2 247 (13.45%) Power Platform
3 148 (8.06%) AWS
4 121 (6.59%) SaaS
5 75 (4.08%) GCP
6 73 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.32%) Google Analytics
8 39 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (1.91%) Entra ID
10 32 (1.74%) GitHub
11 30 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 24 (1.31%) Snowflake
14 21 (1.14%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.03%) PowerApps
16 16 (0.87%) dbt
16 16 (0.87%) Power Automate
16 16 (0.87%) Serverless
17 14 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (0.71%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.21%) Broadband
2 35 (1.91%) Firewall
3 19 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.93%) VPN
5 14 (0.76%) Network Security
5 14 (0.76%) SMS
6 13 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (0.65%) DNS
8 11 (0.60%) WAN
9 9 (0.49%) DHCP
9 9 (0.49%) LAN
10 7 (0.38%) 5G
11 6 (0.33%) HTTP
11 6 (0.33%) Wireless
12 5 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.27%) SMTP
12 5 (0.27%) SSL
13 4 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.22%) NGN
13 4 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (11.49%) Power BI
2 83 (4.52%) SQL Server
3 72 (3.92%) Tableau
4 53 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (2.40%) Metadata
6 41 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 35 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 33 (1.80%) MySQL
10 30 (1.63%) Looker
11 21 (1.14%) Big Data
11 21 (1.14%) Oracle Database
12 20 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 20 (1.09%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
13 15 (0.82%) Power Query
13 15 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
15 10 (0.54%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 63 (3.43%) Git
2 59 (3.21%) JIRA
3 14 (0.76%) GitLab
4 9 (0.49%) Axure RP
4 9 (0.49%) Balsamiq
4 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.22%) Postman
6 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.16%) JMeter
7 3 (0.16%) MLflow
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 847 (46.11%) Social Skills
2 558 (30.38%) Finance
3 210 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 182 (9.91%) Marketing
5 174 (9.47%) Organisational Skills
6 154 (8.38%) Public Sector
7 142 (7.73%) Retail
8 139 (7.57%) Legal
9 132 (7.19%) Law
10 97 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
11 66 (3.59%) Banking
12 63 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.50%) Manufacturing
14 43 (2.34%) Advertising
15 39 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.69%) Games
17 28 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
18 22 (1.20%) Electronics
19 21 (1.14%) Local Government
20 20 (1.09%) Billing
Job Titles
1 479 (26.08%) Analyst
2 250 (13.61%) Senior
3 136 (7.40%) Lead
4 114 (6.21%) Business Analyst
5 96 (5.23%) Senior Analyst
6 94 (5.12%) Data Analyst
7 90 (4.90%) Architect
8 82 (4.46%) Developer
9 72 (3.92%) Data Engineer
10 58 (3.16%) Consultant
11 54 (2.94%) Support Analyst
12 49 (2.67%) Service Manager
13 46 (2.50%) Delivery Manager
14 44 (2.40%) Marketing Manager
15 43 (2.34%) Applications Support
16 41 (2.23%) Report Analyst
16 41 (2.23%) Senior Manager
17 40 (2.18%) Accountant
18 39 (2.12%) Financial Analyst
19 36 (1.96%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (2.99%) .NET
1 55 (2.99%) HTML
2 49 (2.67%) CSS
3 34 (1.85%) REST
4 28 (1.52%) JSON
5 25 (1.36%) React
6 22 (1.20%) PySpark
7 21 (1.14%) PyTorch
8 20 (1.09%) Middleware
8 20 (1.09%) RESTful
9 19 (1.03%) TensorFlow
9 19 (1.03%) XML
10 17 (0.93%) .NET Core
11 15 (0.82%) AngularJS
12 13 (0.71%) .NET Framework
13 12 (0.65%) ASP.NET
13 12 (0.65%) Entity Framework
14 11 (0.60%) Kafka
15 10 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
16 9 (0.49%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 116 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
3 107 (5.82%) Product Ownership
4 104 (5.66%) Management Information System
5 78 (4.25%) Onboarding
6 77 (4.19%) Virtual Team
7 69 (3.76%) Blog
8 42 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (2.12%) Credit Risk
10 37 (2.01%) Social Media
11 35 (1.91%) Security Posture
12 34 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
13 31 (1.69%) Cloud Native
14 30 (1.63%) Algorithms
14 30 (1.63%) Driving Licence
15 25 (1.36%) Mobile App
16 24 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
17 23 (1.25%) Data Structures
17 23 (1.25%) Public Cloud
18 21 (1.14%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 88 (4.79%) Windows
2 60 (3.27%) Linux
3 37 (2.01%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.60%) Android
5 10 (0.54%) Unix
6 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.27%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.054%) AIX
10 1 (0.054%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.054%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.054%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 876 (47.69%) Problem-Solving
2 541 (29.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 490 (26.67%) Decision-Making
4 428 (23.30%) Analytics
5 387 (21.07%) Agile
6 370 (20.14%) AI
7 325 (17.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 245 (13.34%) Business Intelligence
9 238 (12.96%) Roadmaps
10 231 (12.57%) Project Management
11 216 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
11 216 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 193 (10.51%) Process Improvement
13 183 (9.96%) Mentoring
14 166 (9.04%) Analytical Thinking
15 163 (8.87%) Project Delivery
16 159 (8.66%) CRM
17 157 (8.55%) Data Modelling
18 156 (8.49%) Data Analysis
19 152 (8.27%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 394 (21.45%) SQL
2 298 (16.22%) Python
3 75 (4.08%) C#
3 75 (4.08%) JavaScript
4 52 (2.83%) PowerShell
5 48 (2.61%) Java
6 30 (1.63%) T-SQL
7 20 (1.09%) C++
7 20 (1.09%) R
8 19 (1.03%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (0.71%) Bash
11 12 (0.65%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.54%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.44%) C
13 8 (0.44%) Scala
14 7 (0.38%) PHP
15 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.27%) Go
16 5 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 334 (18.18%) Degree
2 208 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 158 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 104 (5.66%) ACCA
5 99 (5.39%) CIMA
6 55 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.29%) DBS Check
8 40 (2.18%) CISSP
9 35 (1.91%) CISM
10 29 (1.58%) DV Cleared
11 25 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 23 (1.25%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (0.93%) AAT
14 17 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (0.87%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
17 13 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
18 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (9.80%) Data Quality
2 130 (7.08%) GDPR
3 96 (5.23%) QA
4 89 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 71 (3.86%) Accessibility
6 63 (3.43%) SLA
7 53 (2.89%) NIST
8 42 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.69%) ISO 9001
10 30 (1.63%) PMO
11 26 (1.42%) GRC
12 23 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 23 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 21 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 18 (0.98%) IFRS
14 18 (0.98%) ISO 14001
15 14 (0.76%) COREP
15 14 (0.76%) FINREP
16 13 (0.71%) GAAP
16 13 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.14%) Docker
3 10 (0.54%) Firmware
3 10 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.054%) KVM
5 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.054%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (2.29%) Terraform
2 23 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.98%) Ansible
5 11 (0.60%) Grafana
6 8 (0.44%) QRadar
7 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.33%) Packer
8 4 (0.22%) Nmap
9 2 (0.11%) Graylog
10 1 (0.054%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.054%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.054%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.054%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.054%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.054%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 340 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 105 (5.72%) Google
3 71 (3.86%) SAP
4 66 (3.59%) Oracle
5 46 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 33 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.36%) Adobe
8 24 (1.31%) Cisco
9 23 (1.25%) Databricks
10 20 (1.09%) Sage
11 16 (0.87%) HubSpot
11 16 (0.87%) Palo Alto
11 16 (0.87%) Splunk
12 15 (0.82%) VMware
13 13 (0.71%) JD Edwards
14 12 (0.65%) Qualys
15 10 (0.54%) Dynatrace
15 10 (0.54%) F5
15 10 (0.54%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud