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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 16 24
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,426 1,465 2,619
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.57% 11.33% 8.45%
As % of the General category 14.93% 15.78% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 866 928 1,878
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £44,956 £41,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
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 9,550 9,286 19,094
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.36% 71.81% 61.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,342 6,379 14,934
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,272 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £82,500 £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 30 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 26 (1.82%) Confluence
2 24 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.98%) CMS
5 9 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.63%) WordPress
6 8 (0.56%) Apache
7 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.35%) SAS
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.14%) Drupal
12 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.070%) IIS
12 1 (0.070%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.070%) Umbraco
Applications
1 194 (13.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.61%) Chatbot
5 18 (1.26%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.98%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Notion
9 1 (0.070%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.10%) NetSuite
2 24 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.28%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.21%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.14%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.14%) Shopify
9 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 293 (20.55%) Azure
2 223 (15.64%) Power Platform
3 129 (9.05%) AWS
4 112 (7.85%) SaaS
5 83 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (4.84%) GitHub
7 66 (4.63%) Dynamics 365
8 58 (4.07%) GCP
9 49 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
10 44 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
11 41 (2.88%) Google Analytics
12 33 (2.31%) Snowflake
13 32 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 25 (1.75%) Entra ID
15 23 (1.61%) dbt
15 23 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
16 20 (1.40%) Power Automate
17 19 (1.33%) GitHub Copilot
18 18 (1.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.88%) Firewall
2 40 (2.81%) Broadband
3 27 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (1.54%) Wireshark
5 20 (1.40%) Remote Desktop
6 16 (1.12%) NGFW
6 16 (1.12%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.05%) VXLAN
8 12 (0.84%) Network Security
9 10 (0.70%) WAN
10 9 (0.63%) DNS
10 9 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (0.56%) Telnet
12 7 (0.49%) DHCP
12 7 (0.49%) VPN
13 6 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (0.28%) DSL
14 4 (0.28%) Modbus
14 4 (0.28%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (14.03%) Power BI
2 92 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 64 (4.49%) Tableau
4 46 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (2.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 35 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (2.31%) Metadata
8 32 (2.24%) MySQL
9 22 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (1.26%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.19%) Relational Database
12 15 (1.05%) Power Query
13 14 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (0.91%) Oracle Database
14 13 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
16 11 (0.77%) NoSQL
17 9 (0.63%) Data Mining
18 8 (0.56%) BigQuery
19 7 (0.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 70 (4.91%) JIRA
2 35 (2.45%) Git
3 19 (1.33%) GitLab
4 14 (0.98%) Axure RP
4 14 (0.98%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.91%) Subversion
6 8 (0.56%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.42%) Babel
7 6 (0.42%) webpack
8 5 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.35%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.35%) ERwin
8 5 (0.35%) Selenium
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.28%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.21%) Maven
10 3 (0.21%) MLflow
10 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 739 (51.82%) Social Skills
2 512 (35.90%) Finance
3 142 (9.96%) Public Sector
4 141 (9.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (9.40%) Marketing
6 102 (7.15%) Retail
7 90 (6.31%) Presentation Skills
8 89 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
9 84 (5.89%) Law
10 63 (4.42%) Legal
11 46 (3.23%) Manufacturing
12 43 (3.02%) Banking
13 39 (2.73%) Telecoms
14 38 (2.66%) Advertising
15 31 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (2.10%) Automotive
17 24 (1.68%) Publishing
18 23 (1.61%) Back Office
19 21 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
19 21 (1.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 351 (24.61%) Analyst
2 165 (11.57%) Senior
3 106 (7.43%) Developer
4 96 (6.73%) Lead
5 85 (5.96%) Business Analyst
6 81 (5.68%) Architect
7 61 (4.28%) Data Analyst
8 50 (3.51%) Consultant
8 50 (3.51%) Financial Analyst
9 48 (3.37%) Support Analyst
10 42 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
10 42 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
11 40 (2.81%) Data Engineer
12 39 (2.73%) Report Analyst
13 32 (2.24%) Senior Manager
14 31 (2.17%) Alliance Manager
15 27 (1.89%) Product Manager
16 24 (1.68%) Senior Developer
17 23 (1.61%) Business Manager
17 23 (1.61%) Commercial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.28%) HTML
2 55 (3.86%) CSS
3 48 (3.37%) .NET
4 41 (2.88%) React
5 25 (1.75%) JSON
5 25 (1.75%) REST
6 22 (1.54%) XML
7 18 (1.26%) TensorFlow
8 16 (1.12%) Bootstrap
8 16 (1.12%) Middleware
8 16 (1.12%) React Native
9 15 (1.05%) Flash
9 15 (1.05%) PyTorch
10 14 (0.98%) Node.js
11 13 (0.91%) Sass
11 13 (0.91%) SOAP
12 12 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
13 9 (0.63%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.56%) CSS3
14 8 (0.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 114 (7.99%) Self-Motivation
3 95 (6.66%) Product Ownership
4 79 (5.54%) Onboarding
5 46 (3.23%) Data Structures
6 43 (3.02%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.73%) Cloud Native
8 38 (2.66%) Algorithms
9 34 (2.38%) Virtual Team
10 29 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.03%) Social Media
11 28 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (1.89%) Low-Code
13 26 (1.82%) Driving Licence
14 25 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.68%) FMCG
15 24 (1.68%) Security Posture
16 22 (1.54%) PKI
17 20 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 18 (1.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 68 (4.77%) Windows
2 49 (3.44%) Linux
3 23 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.47%) Unix
5 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.21%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.14%) Android
8 1 (0.070%) AIX
8 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.070%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (45.86%) Problem-Solving
2 376 (26.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 340 (23.84%) Decision-Making
4 299 (20.97%) Analytics
5 291 (20.41%) Agile
6 274 (19.21%) AI
7 237 (16.62%) Business Intelligence
8 166 (11.64%) DevOps
8 166 (11.64%) Mentoring
9 158 (11.08%) Project Management
10 154 (10.80%) Analytical Thinking
11 150 (10.52%) Actionable Insight
12 149 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 147 (10.31%) Data Modelling
14 137 (9.61%) CI/CD
14 137 (9.61%) Process Improvement
15 135 (9.47%) ERP
16 134 (9.40%) Data Analysis
17 129 (9.05%) Coaching
18 111 (7.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 296 (20.76%) SQL
2 231 (16.20%) Python
3 81 (5.68%) JavaScript
4 75 (5.26%) C#
5 62 (4.35%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.02%) Java
7 31 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (1.61%) C++
9 21 (1.47%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.40%) R
11 18 (1.26%) TypeScript
12 13 (0.91%) Bash
12 13 (0.91%) C
13 11 (0.77%) VBA
14 10 (0.70%) Go
15 5 (0.35%) PHP
15 5 (0.35%) Ruby
16 4 (0.28%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.28%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.21%) VC++
Qualifications
1 320 (22.44%) Degree
2 142 (9.96%) Security Cleared
3 130 (9.12%) ACCA
4 119 (8.35%) CIMA
5 107 (7.50%) SC Cleared
6 54 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (3.16%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.03%) DBS Check
9 28 (1.96%) AAT
10 27 (1.89%) CISSP
11 26 (1.82%) PhD
12 25 (1.75%) DV Cleared
13 23 (1.61%) PMI Certification
14 20 (1.40%) CISM
15 17 (1.19%) PMP
16 15 (1.05%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.84%) AWS Certification
17 12 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
17 12 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
18 10 (0.70%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 84 (5.89%) QA
3 73 (5.12%) GDPR
4 52 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.23%) Accessibility
6 34 (2.38%) NIST
7 30 (2.10%) PMO
8 23 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 22 (1.54%) SLA
10 20 (1.40%) WCAG
11 14 (0.98%) GRC
11 14 (0.98%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.77%) IFRS
13 9 (0.63%) GAAP
13 9 (0.63%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.56%) NCSC
15 7 (0.49%) COREP
15 7 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.98%) Docker
3 13 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
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 (0.070%) Firmware
7 1 (0.070%) KVM
7 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.58%) Terraform
2 30 (2.10%) Ansible
3 20 (1.40%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.63%) Grafana
4 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.35%) Kubeflow
8 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 4 (0.28%) Packer
8 4 (0.28%) QRadar
9 3 (0.21%) SCCM
10 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.070%) CASB
11 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.070%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.070%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 262 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 68 (4.77%) Google
3 56 (3.93%) Oracle
3 56 (3.93%) SAP
4 48 (3.37%) Salesforce
5 22 (1.54%) Databricks
5 22 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 21 (1.47%) PayPal
7 19 (1.33%) Adobe
8 15 (1.05%) Arista
8 15 (1.05%) Aruba
8 15 (1.05%) Cisco
8 15 (1.05%) NetScout
9 14 (0.98%) Xero
10 13 (0.91%) VMware
11 12 (0.84%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.77%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.70%) F5
13 10 (0.70%) Workday
14 9 (0.63%) Splunk