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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,401 1,708 3,236
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.68% 12.01% 9.96%
As % of the General category 13.77% 16.21% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 884 929 1,880
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £43,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £88,875
UK median annual salary £54,150 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.55% +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 10,177 10,534 20,093
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.76% 74.07% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,758 6,457 15,092
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,717
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 £112,500 £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 8 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 27 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.50%) Confluence
4 12 (0.86%) CMS
5 11 (0.79%) WordPress
6 10 (0.71%) Apache
6 10 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.71%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.43%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.14%) Drupal
11 1 (0.071%) Appian
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 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.64%) Chatbot
4 19 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.14%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.86%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.071%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.071%) Notion
9 1 (0.071%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 32 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.86%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.43%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.29%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.29%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.29%) JDE World
8 4 (0.29%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.14%) ResourceLink
10 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.071%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 259 (18.49%) Azure
2 204 (14.56%) Power Platform
3 122 (8.71%) AWS
4 103 (7.35%) SaaS
5 68 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (3.93%) GCP
7 52 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
7 52 (3.71%) GitHub
8 48 (3.43%) Google Analytics
9 47 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (2.21%) Snowflake
11 27 (1.93%) Entra ID
12 23 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 20 (1.43%) dbt
14 19 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 18 (1.28%) Azure Machine Learning
15 18 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (1.21%) OCI
17 16 (1.14%) Serverless
18 15 (1.07%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.57%) Broadband
2 44 (3.14%) Firewall
3 19 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.14%) NGFW
4 16 (1.14%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.07%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.07%) VXLAN
6 8 (0.57%) WAN
7 7 (0.50%) 5G
7 7 (0.50%) DNS
7 7 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (0.50%) Network Security
7 7 (0.50%) Telnet
8 6 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.43%) VPN
9 4 (0.29%) Modbus
9 4 (0.29%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.29%) VLAN
10 3 (0.21%) NGN
10 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (12.49%) Power BI
2 63 (4.50%) Tableau
3 56 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 34 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (2.43%) Metadata
5 20 (1.43%) MySQL
6 19 (1.36%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.28%) Oracle Database
8 16 (1.14%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.93%) Power Query
11 11 (0.79%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (0.71%) Big Data
13 8 (0.57%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.57%) Looker
14 7 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.50%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 58 (4.14%) JIRA
2 36 (2.57%) Git
3 12 (0.86%) GitLab
4 11 (0.79%) Axure RP
4 11 (0.79%) Balsamiq
5 10 (0.71%) Subversion
6 9 (0.64%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.29%) Babel
8 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.29%) ERwin
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.29%) webpack
9 3 (0.21%) Maven
9 3 (0.21%) MLflow
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.14%) Postman
10 2 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 638 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 477 (34.05%) Finance
3 143 (10.21%) Public Sector
4 141 (10.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 135 (9.64%) Marketing
6 85 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
7 79 (5.64%) Retail
8 77 (5.50%) Law
9 69 (4.93%) Legal
10 62 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
11 51 (3.64%) Banking
12 38 (2.71%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.50%) Advertising
13 35 (2.50%) Telecoms
14 27 (1.93%) Publishing
15 24 (1.71%) Automotive
15 24 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.36%) Back Office
18 18 (1.28%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 344 (24.55%) Analyst
2 178 (12.71%) Senior
3 88 (6.28%) Business Analyst
4 86 (6.14%) Architect
4 86 (6.14%) Developer
5 82 (5.85%) Lead
6 58 (4.14%) Data Analyst
7 53 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
8 48 (3.43%) Consultant
8 48 (3.43%) Data Engineer
9 46 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
10 40 (2.86%) Financial Analyst
10 40 (2.86%) Report Analyst
10 40 (2.86%) Senior Manager
11 36 (2.57%) Product Manager
12 33 (2.36%) Accountant
13 31 (2.21%) Alliance Manager
14 30 (2.14%) Security Analyst
15 26 (1.86%) Applications Support
16 25 (1.78%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.71%) HTML
2 46 (3.28%) CSS
3 45 (3.21%) .NET
4 33 (2.36%) JSON
4 33 (2.36%) React
5 25 (1.78%) REST
6 22 (1.57%) XML
7 21 (1.50%) Middleware
8 18 (1.28%) React Native
8 18 (1.28%) TensorFlow
9 16 (1.14%) PyTorch
10 15 (1.07%) Bootstrap
11 13 (0.93%) Node.js
12 11 (0.79%) FIX Protocol
12 11 (0.79%) RESTful
13 10 (0.71%) SOAP
14 9 (0.64%) Sass
15 8 (0.57%) OAuth
16 7 (0.50%) Kafka
16 7 (0.50%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 99 (7.07%) Product Ownership
3 80 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 47 (3.35%) Virtual Team
5 45 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 39 (2.78%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.71%) Algorithms
8 35 (2.50%) Cloud Native
9 29 (2.07%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.93%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.86%) Security Posture
12 25 (1.78%) Low-Code
13 24 (1.71%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.64%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.57%) PKI
15 22 (1.57%) Social Media
16 21 (1.50%) FMCG
17 19 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 60 (4.28%) Windows
2 39 (2.78%) Linux
3 24 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.00%) Unix
5 3 (0.21%) Android
5 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) AIX
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.071%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.071%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.071%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.071%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.071%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.071%) Solaris
7 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (43.83%) Problem-Solving
2 318 (22.70%) Decision-Making
3 314 (22.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 298 (21.27%) Agile
5 285 (20.34%) AI
5 285 (20.34%) Analytics
6 202 (14.42%) Business Intelligence
7 166 (11.85%) Project Management
8 162 (11.56%) Mentoring
9 148 (10.56%) DevOps
10 144 (10.28%) Coaching
11 139 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 136 (9.71%) Actionable Insight
12 136 (9.71%) Data Modelling
13 130 (9.28%) Analytical Thinking
14 124 (8.85%) CI/CD
14 124 (8.85%) Process Improvement
15 120 (8.57%) Roadmaps
16 119 (8.49%) ERP
17 115 (8.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 259 (18.49%) SQL
2 242 (17.27%) Python
3 74 (5.28%) JavaScript
4 60 (4.28%) PowerShell
5 56 (4.00%) C#
6 48 (3.43%) Java
7 25 (1.78%) T-SQL
8 17 (1.21%) C++
9 15 (1.07%) R
9 15 (1.07%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.86%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.71%) Bash
12 9 (0.64%) Go
13 8 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.43%) C
14 6 (0.43%) Scala
14 6 (0.43%) VBA
15 5 (0.36%) Ruby
16 4 (0.29%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 300 (21.41%) Degree
2 134 (9.56%) Security Cleared
3 129 (9.21%) ACCA
4 121 (8.64%) CIMA
5 96 (6.85%) SC Cleared
6 51 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.71%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.07%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.86%) CISSP
9 26 (1.86%) PhD
10 22 (1.57%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.43%) CISM
11 20 (1.43%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.43%) PMI Certification
12 19 (1.36%) AAT
13 15 (1.07%) PMP
14 12 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.79%) HNC
15 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.71%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (9.06%) Data Quality
2 83 (5.92%) GDPR
3 73 (5.21%) QA
4 55 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (3.21%) Accessibility
6 38 (2.71%) SLA
7 36 (2.57%) NIST
8 17 (1.21%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.21%) PMO
9 16 (1.14%) GRC
9 16 (1.14%) WCAG
10 14 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.93%) COREP
11 13 (0.93%) FINREP
11 13 (0.93%) IFRS
12 11 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.79%) NCSC
13 10 (0.71%) GAAP
13 10 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 43 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.50%) Docker
4 4 (0.29%) 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 47 (3.35%) Terraform
2 28 (2.00%) Ansible
3 16 (1.14%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.43%) Grafana
5 6 (0.43%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.43%) Packer
6 5 (0.36%) QRadar
6 5 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.21%) SCCM
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 Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.071%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 241 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.50%) Google
3 61 (4.35%) Oracle
4 59 (4.21%) SAP
5 53 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 22 (1.57%) Adobe
8 21 (1.50%) PayPal
9 19 (1.36%) Databricks
10 15 (1.07%) Arista
10 15 (1.07%) Aruba
10 15 (1.07%) Cisco
10 15 (1.07%) NetScout
11 14 (1.00%) VMware
12 12 (0.86%) F5
12 12 (0.86%) HubSpot
12 12 (0.86%) Palo Alto
13 11 (0.79%) Pardot
14 10 (0.71%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.64%) Red Hat