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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,576 1,480 2,602
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.28% 11.34% 8.51%
As % of the General category 16.32% 15.80% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 852 914 1,876
10th Percentile £33,138 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,799 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year - +4.27% -3.88%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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 9,659 9,370 18,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.85% 71.82% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,217 6,277 14,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 24 March 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 28 (1.78%) Confluence
2 24 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.89%) CMS
5 9 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.57%) WordPress
6 8 (0.51%) Apache
7 7 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.32%) SAS
9 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.13%) Drupal
11 1 (0.063%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.063%) IIS
11 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.063%) Umbraco
Applications
1 194 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 185 (11.74%) Chatbot
3 82 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.89%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.063%) Notion
9 1 (0.063%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.063%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 30 (1.90%) NetSuite
2 23 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.44%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.25%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.19%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.13%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.13%) Shopify
9 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 293 (18.59%) Azure
2 226 (14.34%) Power Platform
3 129 (8.19%) AWS
4 108 (6.85%) SaaS
5 84 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (4.31%) GitHub
7 66 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
8 58 (3.68%) GCP
9 49 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
11 41 (2.60%) Google Analytics
12 35 (2.22%) Snowflake
13 32 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 25 (1.59%) Entra ID
15 24 (1.52%) dbt
16 22 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
17 20 (1.27%) Power Automate
18 18 (1.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.66%) Firewall
2 40 (2.54%) Broadband
3 28 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.46%) Wireshark
5 20 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
6 16 (1.02%) NGFW
6 16 (1.02%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.95%) VXLAN
8 12 (0.76%) Network Security
9 11 (0.70%) WAN
10 9 (0.57%) DNS
10 9 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (0.51%) Telnet
12 7 (0.44%) DHCP
12 7 (0.44%) VPN
13 6 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.25%) DSL
15 4 (0.25%) Ethernet
15 4 (0.25%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (12.88%) Power BI
2 89 (5.65%) SQL Server
3 65 (4.12%) Tableau
4 46 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (2.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 35 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (2.03%) Metadata
7 32 (2.03%) MySQL
8 22 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 16 (1.02%) Relational Database
11 15 (0.95%) Power Query
12 13 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
14 11 (0.70%) NoSQL
15 10 (0.63%) Oracle Database
16 9 (0.57%) Data Mining
17 8 (0.51%) BigQuery
17 8 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 74 (4.70%) JIRA
2 33 (2.09%) Git
3 19 (1.21%) GitLab
4 14 (0.89%) Axure RP
4 14 (0.89%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.82%) Subversion
6 8 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.38%) Babel
7 6 (0.38%) ER Studio
7 6 (0.38%) ERwin
7 6 (0.38%) webpack
8 5 (0.32%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.32%) Selenium
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.25%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.19%) Maven
10 3 (0.19%) MLflow
10 3 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 735 (46.64%) Social Skills
2 510 (32.36%) Finance
3 142 (9.01%) Public Sector
4 140 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (8.63%) Marketing
6 102 (6.47%) Retail
7 91 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
8 88 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
9 86 (5.46%) Law
10 64 (4.06%) Legal
11 48 (3.05%) Manufacturing
12 40 (2.54%) Banking
12 40 (2.54%) Telecoms
13 38 (2.41%) Advertising
14 30 (1.90%) Automotive
14 30 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.59%) Back Office
16 24 (1.52%) Publishing
17 22 (1.40%) Electronics
18 21 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 350 (22.21%) Analyst
2 182 (11.55%) Trainer
3 165 (10.47%) Senior
4 104 (6.60%) Developer
5 97 (6.15%) Lead
6 86 (5.46%) Business Analyst
7 78 (4.95%) Architect
8 61 (3.87%) Data Analyst
9 50 (3.17%) Consultant
10 48 (3.05%) Financial Analyst
11 47 (2.98%) Support Analyst
12 42 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
13 41 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
14 40 (2.54%) Report Analyst
15 37 (2.35%) Data Engineer
16 31 (1.97%) Alliance Manager
16 31 (1.97%) Senior Manager
17 26 (1.65%) IT Analyst
17 26 (1.65%) Product Manager
18 24 (1.52%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (3.81%) HTML
2 54 (3.43%) CSS
3 48 (3.05%) .NET
4 41 (2.60%) React
5 24 (1.52%) JSON
5 24 (1.52%) REST
6 22 (1.40%) XML
7 18 (1.14%) TensorFlow
8 16 (1.02%) Bootstrap
8 16 (1.02%) Middleware
8 16 (1.02%) React Native
9 15 (0.95%) Flash
9 15 (0.95%) PyTorch
10 14 (0.89%) Node.js
11 13 (0.82%) Sass
12 12 (0.76%) FIX Protocol
12 12 (0.76%) SOAP
13 9 (0.57%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.51%) CSS3
14 8 (0.51%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 143 (9.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 117 (7.42%) Self-Motivation
3 94 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 80 (5.08%) Onboarding
5 45 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 43 (2.73%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.54%) Cloud Native
8 38 (2.41%) Algorithms
9 35 (2.22%) Virtual Team
10 29 (1.84%) Data Centre
10 29 (1.84%) Social Media
11 27 (1.71%) Driving Licence
11 27 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.71%) Low-Code
12 25 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.52%) Security Posture
14 23 (1.46%) FMCG
14 23 (1.46%) PKI
15 20 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 17 (1.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 68 (4.31%) Windows
2 48 (3.05%) Linux
3 22 (1.40%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.27%) Unix
5 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.19%) Android
6 3 (0.19%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.063%) AIX
7 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.063%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.063%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.063%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (40.67%) Problem-Solving
2 435 (27.60%) AI
3 372 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 339 (21.51%) Decision-Making
5 300 (19.04%) Analytics
6 296 (18.78%) Agile
7 239 (15.16%) Business Intelligence
8 185 (11.74%) Chemistry
8 185 (11.74%) Conversational UI
9 167 (10.60%) DevOps
10 164 (10.41%) Mentoring
11 159 (10.09%) Project Management
12 156 (9.90%) Analytical Thinking
13 153 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
14 145 (9.20%) Actionable Insight
15 143 (9.07%) Data Modelling
16 137 (8.69%) Data Analysis
17 135 (8.57%) CI/CD
17 135 (8.57%) ERP
18 131 (8.31%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 291 (18.46%) SQL
2 227 (14.40%) Python
3 80 (5.08%) JavaScript
4 75 (4.76%) C#
5 58 (3.68%) PowerShell
6 43 (2.73%) Java
7 30 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 24 (1.52%) C++
9 21 (1.33%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.27%) R
11 18 (1.14%) TypeScript
12 14 (0.89%) C
13 13 (0.82%) Bash
14 11 (0.70%) VBA
15 10 (0.63%) Go
16 5 (0.32%) PHP
16 5 (0.32%) Ruby
17 4 (0.25%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.25%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 490 (31.09%) Degree
2 207 (13.13%) Master's Degree
3 188 (11.93%) PhD
4 141 (8.95%) Security Cleared
5 121 (7.68%) ACCA
6 112 (7.11%) CIMA
7 107 (6.79%) SC Cleared
8 53 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (1.84%) AAT
9 29 (1.84%) DBS Check
10 28 (1.78%) CISSP
11 26 (1.65%) DV Cleared
12 23 (1.46%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.27%) CISM
14 18 (1.14%) PMP
15 15 (0.95%) Azure Certification
16 13 (0.82%) AWS Certification
17 12 (0.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
18 11 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
18 11 (0.70%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (6.66%) Data Quality
2 84 (5.33%) QA
3 73 (4.63%) GDPR
4 50 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.79%) Accessibility
6 34 (2.16%) NIST
7 30 (1.90%) PMO
8 21 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 20 (1.27%) WCAG
10 19 (1.21%) SLA
11 13 (0.82%) GRC
11 13 (0.82%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.76%) IFRS
13 10 (0.63%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.57%) GAAP
14 9 (0.57%) NCSC
15 7 (0.44%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.38%) COREP
16 6 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 45 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.89%) Docker
3 12 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.063%) Firmware
7 1 (0.063%) KVM
7 1 (0.063%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 49 (3.11%) Terraform
2 29 (1.84%) Ansible
3 19 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.57%) Grafana
6 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.32%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.25%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.25%) QRadar
10 3 (0.19%) Packer
10 3 (0.19%) SCCM
11 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.063%) CASB
12 1 (0.063%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.063%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.063%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 263 (16.69%) Microsoft
2 183 (11.61%) PayPal
3 65 (4.12%) Google
4 54 (3.43%) Oracle
5 53 (3.36%) SAP
6 48 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.46%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.40%) Databricks
9 20 (1.27%) Adobe
10 15 (0.95%) Arista
10 15 (0.95%) Aruba
10 15 (0.95%) NetScout
11 14 (0.89%) Cisco
12 13 (0.82%) VMware
12 13 (0.82%) Xero
13 12 (0.76%) Atlassian
14 10 (0.63%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.63%) Workday
15 9 (0.57%) F5
15 9 (0.57%) Splunk