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 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,218 2,420 2,672
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.92% 14.56% 12.37%
As % of the General category 14.50% 20.58% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,316 912 1,047
10th Percentile £34,125 £29,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,245 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% -9.09% -

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 15,294 11,758 13,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.48% 70.76% 62.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 6,192 7,537
10th Percentile £31,645 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 11 October 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 60 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.04%) Confluence
2 23 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.54%) IIS
6 11 (0.50%) Apache
7 10 (0.45%) CMS
7 10 (0.45%) WordPress
8 8 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.36%) SAS
9 5 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (0.090%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.090%) Hedera
11 2 (0.090%) nginx
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.045%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.045%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 240 (10.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.32%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.32%) Notion
9 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.18%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) InDesign
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 2 (0.090%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.090%) SPSS
13 1 (0.045%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.045%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.045%) Trello
Business Applications
1 52 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.44%) Dynamics GP
3 17 (0.77%) Shopify
4 12 (0.54%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.32%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 7 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
6 6 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.27%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.23%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.23%) FastStats
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.23%) Sage 50
8 4 (0.18%) JDE World
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 299 (13.48%) Power Platform
2 288 (12.98%) Azure
3 191 (8.61%) AWS
4 127 (5.73%) SaaS
5 109 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
6 88 (3.97%) GCP
7 69 (3.11%) Google Analytics
8 56 (2.52%) Entra ID
9 40 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (1.62%) GitHub
12 35 (1.58%) Serverless
13 32 (1.44%) PowerApps
14 31 (1.40%) Google Ads
15 28 (1.26%) Amazon S3
15 28 (1.26%) Google Tag Manager
16 27 (1.22%) Snowflake
17 26 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
18 24 (1.08%) Amazon EMR
18 24 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.89%) Broadband
2 34 (1.53%) Firewall
3 28 (1.26%) Network Security
4 25 (1.13%) DNS
5 22 (0.99%) DHCP
6 21 (0.95%) 5G
6 21 (0.95%) VPN
7 19 (0.86%) TCP/IP
8 17 (0.77%) WAN
8 17 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (0.68%) SMS
10 13 (0.59%) LAN
11 11 (0.50%) Internet
12 7 (0.32%) VLAN
12 7 (0.32%) Wireless
13 5 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (0.18%) FTP
14 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.18%) SSL
14 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (11.95%) Power BI
2 70 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
2 70 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 70 (3.16%) Tableau
3 48 (2.16%) Metadata
4 39 (1.76%) Relational Database
5 38 (1.71%) Looker
6 37 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 29 (1.31%) MySQL
9 26 (1.17%) Data Lake
10 25 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
10 25 (1.13%) Big Data
11 23 (1.04%) Power Query
12 19 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (0.77%) BigQuery
13 17 (0.77%) Spark SQL
14 16 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
14 16 (0.72%) Data Mining
14 16 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 85 (3.83%) Git
2 79 (3.56%) JIRA
3 16 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.68%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) LabVIEW
6 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.27%) Balsamiq
7 6 (0.27%) Burp Suite
7 6 (0.27%) Metasploit
7 6 (0.27%) MLflow
8 5 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.18%) Postman
9 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.14%) JMeter
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.14%) RStudio
10 3 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,129 (50.90%) Social Skills
2 763 (34.40%) Finance
3 263 (11.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 250 (11.27%) Marketing
5 242 (10.91%) Organisational Skills
6 211 (9.51%) Retail
7 197 (8.88%) Law
8 193 (8.70%) Legal
8 193 (8.70%) Public Sector
9 142 (6.40%) Influencing Skills
10 84 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
11 73 (3.29%) Manufacturing
12 67 (3.02%) Banking
13 55 (2.48%) Telecoms
14 49 (2.21%) Advertising
15 37 (1.67%) Aerospace
16 34 (1.53%) Electronics
16 34 (1.53%) Games
17 33 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
18 30 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 577 (26.01%) Analyst
2 296 (13.35%) Senior
3 151 (6.81%) Lead
4 121 (5.46%) Data Analyst
5 113 (5.09%) Business Analyst
6 111 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
7 107 (4.82%) Developer
8 94 (4.24%) Architect
9 87 (3.92%) Consultant
10 86 (3.88%) Data Engineer
11 84 (3.79%) Support Analyst
12 64 (2.89%) Service Manager
13 57 (2.57%) Applications Support
14 56 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
15 50 (2.25%) Accountant
16 48 (2.16%) Marketing Manager
17 42 (1.89%) Senior Manager
18 41 (1.85%) Security Analyst
19 38 (1.71%) Financial Analyst
20 35 (1.58%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (3.11%) .NET
2 48 (2.16%) PySpark
3 46 (2.07%) Terraform
4 45 (2.03%) HTML
5 37 (1.67%) CSS
6 35 (1.58%) REST
7 26 (1.17%) RESTful
8 25 (1.13%) JSON
8 25 (1.13%) XML
9 23 (1.04%) React
10 19 (0.86%) Middleware
11 17 (0.77%) Web Services
12 16 (0.72%) .NET Core
13 15 (0.68%) AngularJS
13 15 (0.68%) PyTorch
14 13 (0.59%) ASP.NET
14 13 (0.59%) EDI
14 13 (0.59%) TensorFlow
15 12 (0.54%) .NET Framework
15 12 (0.54%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 195 (8.79%) Management Information System
2 131 (5.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 128 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
4 105 (4.73%) Onboarding
5 93 (4.19%) Product Ownership
6 74 (3.34%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.07%) Blog
8 56 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 54 (2.43%) Credit Risk
10 44 (1.98%) Driving Licence
11 40 (1.80%) Social Media
12 39 (1.76%) Marketing Technology
13 38 (1.71%) Cloud Native
14 34 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
15 33 (1.49%) Security Posture
16 28 (1.26%) AI Agents
16 28 (1.26%) Data Structures
17 25 (1.13%) Algorithms
18 22 (0.99%) Mobile App
19 21 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 103 (4.64%) Windows
2 64 (2.89%) Linux
3 48 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.50%) Android
4 11 (0.50%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.50%) macOS
4 11 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.23%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.090%) Unix
8 2 (0.090%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.045%) AIX
9 1 (0.045%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,062 (47.88%) Problem-Solving
2 727 (32.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 617 (27.82%) Decision-Making
4 543 (24.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 542 (24.44%) Analytics
6 462 (20.83%) AI
7 424 (19.12%) Agile
8 311 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
9 265 (11.95%) Actionable Insight
10 263 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 259 (11.68%) Project Management
12 258 (11.63%) Roadmaps
13 251 (11.32%) Process Improvement
14 234 (10.55%) Mentoring
15 220 (9.92%) CRM
16 216 (9.74%) Data Analysis
17 207 (9.33%) Project Delivery
18 201 (9.06%) Validation
19 196 (8.84%) Service Delivery
20 195 (8.79%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 493 (22.23%) SQL
2 337 (15.19%) Python
3 90 (4.06%) C#
4 86 (3.88%) JavaScript
5 62 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 56 (2.52%) Java
7 36 (1.62%) R
8 32 (1.44%) C++
9 31 (1.40%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 23 (1.04%) Bash
12 18 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 18 (0.81%) TypeScript
13 14 (0.63%) Go
14 10 (0.45%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.41%) C
15 9 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.36%) Scala
17 6 (0.27%) PHP
17 6 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 388 (17.49%) Degree
2 248 (11.18%) Security Cleared
3 194 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 101 (4.55%) ACCA
5 100 (4.51%) CIMA
6 61 (2.75%) DBS Check
7 54 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.07%) CISSP
9 40 (1.80%) CISM
10 36 (1.62%) DV Cleared
11 33 (1.49%) Azure Certification
12 29 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (1.04%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
15 18 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (0.77%) AAT
16 17 (0.77%) AWS Certification
17 16 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (0.72%) CRISC
17 16 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (11.23%) Data Quality
2 124 (5.59%) GDPR
3 117 (5.28%) Accessibility
4 88 (3.97%) QA
5 84 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 56 (2.52%) NIST
7 50 (2.25%) SLA
8 40 (1.80%) PMO
9 37 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 37 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 28 (1.26%) GRC
11 25 (1.13%) IFRS
12 19 (0.86%) ISO 9001
13 18 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 16 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.68%) GAAP
15 15 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 15 (0.68%) PCI DSS
16 13 (0.59%) ISO 14001
17 11 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 74 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.44%) Docker
3 12 (0.54%) Firmware
4 11 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.045%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.045%) HDFS
8 1 (0.045%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.045%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.77%) Ansible
4 15 (0.68%) Grafana
5 7 (0.32%) QRadar
5 7 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.27%) Nmap
7 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.14%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.14%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.14%) SCCM
8 3 (0.14%) SCVMM
8 3 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.090%) CASB
9 2 (0.090%) Graylog
9 2 (0.090%) Kibana
9 2 (0.090%) Nagios
9 2 (0.090%) Packer
Vendors
1 478 (21.55%) Microsoft
2 130 (5.86%) Google
3 68 (3.07%) SAP
4 66 (2.98%) Salesforce
5 57 (2.57%) Oracle
6 51 (2.30%) YouTube
7 45 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.49%) Adobe
9 32 (1.44%) Databricks
10 31 (1.40%) Sage
11 28 (1.26%) Cisco
12 27 (1.22%) HubSpot
13 20 (0.90%) Splunk
14 19 (0.86%) VMware
15 14 (0.63%) Apple
16 13 (0.59%) Dynatrace
16 13 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 13 (0.59%) Yardi
17 10 (0.45%) FIS
17 10 (0.45%) Qualys