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 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,602 2,281 3,279
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.55% 13.85% 10.14%
As % of the General category 12.69% 19.10% 16.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,095 957 1,824
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -3.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,296 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.28% +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 12,621 11,940 19,860
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.48% 72.50% 61.43%
Number of salaries quoted 8,231 6,684 14,381
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,825 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +5.36% -10.40%
75th Percentile £78,878 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
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 10 July 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 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.31%) Confluence
4 12 (0.75%) Apache
4 12 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.69%) IIS
6 10 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.62%) WordPress
7 7 (0.44%) SAS
8 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.25%) CMS
10 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.062%) Appian
12 1 (0.062%) Drupal
12 1 (0.062%) Moodle
12 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 171 (10.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.37%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.19%) Blender
9 3 (0.19%) Maya
10 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.69%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.50%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.50%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.31%) JDE World
9 4 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
9 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.25%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 269 (16.79%) Azure
2 243 (15.17%) Power Platform
3 136 (8.49%) AWS
4 127 (7.93%) SaaS
5 68 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.18%) GCP
7 49 (3.06%) Google Analytics
8 40 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (2.25%) Entra ID
10 30 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.87%) GitHub
11 22 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.12%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.12%) OCI
13 15 (0.94%) PowerApps
13 15 (0.94%) Serverless
14 13 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (0.81%) Snowflake
14 13 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.31%) Broadband
2 56 (3.50%) Firewall
3 28 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.00%) NGFW
5 16 (1.00%) VPN
5 16 (1.00%) Wireshark
6 15 (0.94%) VXLAN
7 12 (0.75%) WAN
8 11 (0.69%) Network Security
8 11 (0.69%) SMS
9 9 (0.56%) LAN
10 7 (0.44%) 5G
10 7 (0.44%) DNS
10 7 (0.44%) Wireless
11 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.37%) HTTP
11 6 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (12.92%) Power BI
2 71 (4.43%) SQL Server
3 59 (3.68%) Tableau
4 47 (2.93%) Metadata
5 42 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (2.00%) MySQL
8 27 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 26 (1.62%) Relational Database
10 21 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 20 (1.25%) Oracle Database
12 18 (1.12%) Big Data
13 17 (1.06%) Power Query
14 15 (0.94%) Data Lake
14 15 (0.94%) NoSQL
15 12 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (0.62%) Looker
17 9 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
18 8 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
18 8 (0.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 55 (3.43%) JIRA
2 42 (2.62%) Git
3 15 (0.94%) GitLab
4 7 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.44%) LabVIEW
5 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.31%) Axure RP
6 5 (0.31%) Balsamiq
6 5 (0.31%) Postman
7 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.19%) JMeter
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.12%) Babel
9 2 (0.12%) MLflow
9 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 743 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 496 (30.96%) Finance
3 150 (9.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 126 (7.87%) Marketing
6 116 (7.24%) Organisational Skills
7 113 (7.05%) Retail
8 100 (6.24%) Law
9 96 (5.99%) Legal
10 62 (3.87%) Banking
11 57 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
12 49 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (2.50%) Manufacturing
14 39 (2.43%) Advertising
15 34 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
17 28 (1.75%) Automotive
18 25 (1.56%) Publishing
19 19 (1.19%) Games
20 17 (1.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 424 (26.47%) Analyst
2 226 (14.11%) Senior
3 114 (7.12%) Lead
4 94 (5.87%) Business Analyst
5 91 (5.68%) Architect
6 89 (5.56%) Data Analyst
7 77 (4.81%) Developer
8 73 (4.56%) Senior Analyst
9 63 (3.93%) Consultant
10 55 (3.43%) Data Engineer
11 48 (3.00%) Report Analyst
12 46 (2.87%) Support Analyst
13 44 (2.75%) Senior Manager
14 41 (2.56%) Accountant
14 41 (2.56%) Applications Support
15 39 (2.43%) Financial Analyst
16 35 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
17 33 (2.06%) Security Analyst
18 31 (1.94%) Product Manager
18 31 (1.94%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.87%) .NET
2 45 (2.81%) HTML
3 38 (2.37%) JSON
4 37 (2.31%) CSS
5 30 (1.87%) REST
6 27 (1.69%) XML
7 26 (1.62%) PyTorch
7 26 (1.62%) TensorFlow
8 25 (1.56%) Middleware
9 24 (1.50%) React
10 17 (1.06%) PySpark
10 17 (1.06%) RESTful
11 10 (0.62%) ASP.NET
11 10 (0.62%) Kafka
11 10 (0.62%) React Native
12 9 (0.56%) Node.js
13 8 (0.50%) LDAP
13 8 (0.50%) Pandas
13 8 (0.50%) SOAP
13 8 (0.50%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 135 (8.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 89 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 84 (5.24%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.50%) Virtual Team
6 41 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
7 38 (2.37%) Data Structures
8 37 (2.31%) Cloud Native
9 35 (2.18%) Algorithms
9 35 (2.18%) Security Posture
10 30 (1.87%) Driving Licence
11 29 (1.81%) Social Media
12 28 (1.75%) Data Centre
13 25 (1.56%) PKI
14 24 (1.50%) Credit Risk
14 24 (1.50%) Video\Live Streaming
15 23 (1.44%) Public Cloud
16 22 (1.37%) Blog
17 21 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 76 (4.74%) Windows
2 56 (3.50%) Linux
3 29 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.69%) Unix
5 9 (0.56%) Android
6 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.31%) OpenVMS
7 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.062%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.062%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (48.44%) Problem-Solving
2 407 (25.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 398 (24.84%) Decision-Making
4 330 (20.60%) Analytics
5 323 (20.16%) Agile
6 264 (16.48%) AI
7 228 (14.23%) Business Intelligence
8 208 (12.98%) Roadmaps
8 208 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 197 (12.30%) Mentoring
10 191 (11.92%) Project Management
11 182 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 171 (10.67%) Actionable Insight
13 162 (10.11%) Process Improvement
14 147 (9.18%) Analytical Thinking
14 147 (9.18%) Coaching
15 146 (9.11%) Data Modelling
16 137 (8.55%) Validation
17 127 (7.93%) ERP
18 122 (7.62%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 336 (20.97%) SQL
2 298 (18.60%) Python
3 72 (4.49%) JavaScript
4 60 (3.75%) C#
5 59 (3.68%) PowerShell
6 47 (2.93%) Java
7 34 (2.12%) T-SQL
8 22 (1.37%) R
9 16 (1.00%) C++
10 15 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.81%) Bash
12 13 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.50%) Go
13 8 (0.50%) PHP
14 7 (0.44%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.31%) C
16 5 (0.31%) Ruby
16 5 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 310 (19.35%) Degree
2 167 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 124 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 108 (6.74%) ACCA
5 103 (6.43%) CIMA
6 48 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (2.56%) CISSP
8 39 (2.43%) DBS Check
9 37 (2.31%) CISM
10 27 (1.69%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.37%) AAT
12 21 (1.31%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.19%) DV Cleared
14 17 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
15 15 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
16 14 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
17 13 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
18 12 (0.75%) HNC
19 11 (0.69%) PhD
19 11 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (9.74%) Data Quality
2 118 (7.37%) GDPR
3 94 (5.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 85 (5.31%) QA
5 62 (3.87%) SLA
6 53 (3.31%) NIST
7 47 (2.93%) Accessibility
8 37 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.94%) ISO 9001
10 26 (1.62%) GRC
10 26 (1.62%) PMO
11 21 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 19 (1.19%) IFRS
12 19 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 18 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 18 (1.12%) ISO 14001
14 14 (0.87%) COREP
14 14 (0.87%) FINREP
15 13 (0.81%) PCI DSS
16 12 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.06%) Docker
3 10 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.12%) Firmware
5 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.062%) KVM
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.062%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.062%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (3.25%) Terraform
2 29 (1.81%) Ansible
3 22 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.56%) QRadar
6 8 (0.50%) Grafana
6 8 (0.50%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.37%) Packer
8 4 (0.25%) Nmap
9 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.062%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.062%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.062%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.062%) SCCM
10 1 (0.062%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 282 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.31%) Google
3 66 (4.12%) SAP
4 61 (3.81%) Oracle
5 57 (3.56%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.44%) Cisco
8 19 (1.19%) Databricks
9 18 (1.12%) Adobe
10 17 (1.06%) Sage
11 15 (0.94%) Arista
11 15 (0.94%) Aruba
11 15 (0.94%) NetScout
11 15 (0.94%) Palo Alto
11 15 (0.94%) Splunk
12 14 (0.87%) JD Edwards
13 13 (0.81%) HubSpot
13 13 (0.81%) Qualys
14 12 (0.75%) F5
14 12 (0.75%) Red Hat