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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,791 1,996 1,814
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.85% 11.80% 8.82%
As % of the General category 19.36% 17.32% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 847 1,035 1,249
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £56,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,427 £72,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,605
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 9,250 11,526 13,013
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.22% 68.16% 63.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,856 6,578 10,101
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £62,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.39%

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 2 January 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 35 (1.95%) Confluence
2 24 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.89%) CMS
4 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.34%) SAS
7 5 (0.28%) Apache
8 4 (0.22%) WordPress
9 3 (0.17%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.17%) IIS
10 2 (0.11%) Drupal
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.056%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.056%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.056%) Umbraco
Applications
1 411 (22.95%) Chatbot
2 219 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 108 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.73%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Smart View
9 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.056%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.056%) InVision
11 1 (0.056%) Notion
11 1 (0.056%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.056%) Sketch
11 1 (0.056%) SmartSuite
11 1 (0.056%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (1.90%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.73%) Shopify
4 10 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
4 10 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
4 10 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
5 9 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.22%) Hyperion Planning
7 4 (0.22%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.22%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.17%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 255 (14.24%) Azure
2 201 (11.22%) Power Platform
3 103 (5.75%) AWS
4 94 (5.25%) SaaS
5 83 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (3.46%) GitHub
7 59 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
8 53 (2.96%) Snowflake
9 52 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 41 (2.29%) GCP
11 38 (2.12%) Google Analytics
12 34 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 30 (1.68%) dbt
14 28 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
15 26 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
16 24 (1.34%) Entra ID
17 22 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
18 19 (1.06%) Power Automate
19 15 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
20 13 (0.73%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.18%) Remote Desktop
2 36 (2.01%) Network Security
3 26 (1.45%) Firewall
4 19 (1.06%) VPN
5 17 (0.95%) DNS
6 16 (0.89%) WAN
7 15 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.78%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.56%) DHCP
10 9 (0.50%) Broadband
10 9 (0.50%) Wireshark
11 8 (0.45%) Internet
11 8 (0.45%) LAN
11 8 (0.45%) Telnet
12 6 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.34%) VoIP
13 5 (0.28%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.28%) Wireless
14 4 (0.22%) 5G
14 4 (0.22%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (10.33%) Power BI
2 69 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.80%) Tableau
4 66 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.17%) Metadata
7 19 (1.06%) MySQL
8 18 (1.01%) Geospatial Data
9 17 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.84%) Relational Database
11 14 (0.78%) Power Query
11 14 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
12 13 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
13 12 (0.67%) Data Mining
13 12 (0.67%) GIS
14 10 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
14 10 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 89 (4.97%) JIRA
2 34 (1.90%) Git
3 17 (0.95%) GitLab
4 14 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.78%) Subversion
5 12 (0.67%) Axure RP
5 12 (0.67%) Balsamiq
5 12 (0.67%) ER Studio
5 12 (0.67%) ERwin
6 11 (0.61%) Cypress.io
6 11 (0.61%) Selenium
7 8 (0.45%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.45%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.28%) Babel
8 5 (0.28%) Postman
8 5 (0.28%) webpack
9 4 (0.22%) Maven
9 4 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.17%) LoadRunner
General
1 737 (41.15%) Social Skills
2 570 (31.83%) Finance
3 154 (8.60%) Marketing
4 141 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 135 (7.54%) Public Sector
6 115 (6.42%) Retail
7 88 (4.91%) Legal
8 84 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
9 81 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
10 75 (4.19%) Law
11 71 (3.96%) Manufacturing
12 56 (3.13%) Telecoms
13 39 (2.18%) Advertising
13 39 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
14 37 (2.07%) Electronics
15 28 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.12%) Back Office
16 20 (1.12%) Banking
16 20 (1.12%) Billing
17 19 (1.06%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 410 (22.89%) Trainer
2 344 (19.21%) Analyst
3 135 (7.54%) Senior
4 113 (6.31%) Developer
5 82 (4.58%) Lead
6 81 (4.52%) Business Analyst
7 80 (4.47%) Architect
8 62 (3.46%) Consultant
9 54 (3.02%) Data Analyst
9 54 (3.02%) Financial Analyst
10 51 (2.85%) Support Analyst
11 43 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
12 42 (2.35%) IT Analyst
13 40 (2.23%) 2nd Line Support
14 39 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
15 32 (1.79%) IT Support
16 31 (1.73%) Alliance Manager
17 29 (1.62%) Data Engineer
18 28 (1.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support
19 24 (1.34%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.96%) HTML
2 46 (2.57%) CSS
3 32 (1.79%) React
3 32 (1.79%) REST
4 27 (1.51%) .NET
5 24 (1.34%) SOAP
6 21 (1.17%) Middleware
7 19 (1.06%) OAuth
8 18 (1.01%) Flash
9 17 (0.95%) Node.js
9 17 (0.95%) SAML
10 16 (0.89%) JSON
10 16 (0.89%) XML
11 13 (0.73%) BAPI
11 13 (0.73%) IBM Integration Bus
11 13 (0.73%) JMS
12 11 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
12 11 (0.61%) Sass
12 11 (0.61%) Web Services
13 9 (0.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 189 (10.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 133 (7.43%) Self-Motivation
3 110 (6.14%) Onboarding
4 88 (4.91%) Product Ownership
5 67 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.73%) Cloud Native
6 31 (1.73%) Virtual Team
7 30 (1.68%) Algorithms
8 25 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 25 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 24 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (1.34%) Social Media
10 23 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 22 (1.23%) Driving Licence
12 20 (1.12%) Data Centre
13 19 (1.06%) Low-Code
14 18 (1.01%) e-Learning
14 18 (1.01%) Security Posture
15 15 (0.84%) FMCG
16 14 (0.78%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 66 (3.69%) Windows
2 52 (2.90%) Linux
3 19 (1.06%) Unix
4 17 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.22%) Android
6 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.056%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.056%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (37.07%) AI
2 645 (36.01%) Problem-Solving
3 418 (23.34%) Chemistry
4 413 (23.06%) Conversational UI
5 376 (20.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 316 (17.64%) Decision-Making
7 296 (16.53%) Agile
8 276 (15.41%) Analytics
9 238 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
10 170 (9.49%) Analytical Thinking
11 157 (8.77%) DevOps
12 154 (8.60%) ERP
13 151 (8.43%) Mentoring
14 147 (8.21%) Data Analysis
15 144 (8.04%) Project Management
16 140 (7.82%) Actionable Insight
17 134 (7.48%) Cybersecurity
18 133 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
19 126 (7.04%) Data Modelling
20 124 (6.92%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 321 (17.92%) SQL
2 174 (9.72%) Python
3 80 (4.47%) C#
4 55 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 43 (2.40%) PowerShell
6 41 (2.29%) Java
7 30 (1.68%) C++
8 28 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 21 (1.17%) R
10 18 (1.01%) VBA
11 16 (0.89%) C
12 15 (0.84%) T-SQL
12 15 (0.84%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.56%) Bash
14 8 (0.45%) Bicep
15 7 (0.39%) Go
16 6 (0.34%) ABAP
17 5 (0.28%) PHP
17 5 (0.28%) Scala
18 4 (0.22%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 712 (39.75%) Degree
2 432 (24.12%) Master's Degree
3 416 (23.23%) PhD
4 170 (9.49%) Security Cleared
5 125 (6.98%) SC Cleared
6 112 (6.25%) ACCA
7 103 (5.75%) CIMA
8 64 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 58 (3.24%) CISSP
10 38 (2.12%) DV Cleared
11 32 (1.79%) DBS Check
12 31 (1.73%) CEH
12 31 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
13 29 (1.62%) CISM
14 25 (1.40%) CISA
15 22 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
16 20 (1.12%) PMI Certification
17 19 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
18 18 (1.01%) AAT
19 16 (0.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.19%) QA
2 83 (4.63%) Data Quality
3 81 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (3.24%) NIST
5 50 (2.79%) GDPR
6 48 (2.68%) Accessibility
7 46 (2.57%) PMO
8 31 (1.73%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.01%) GRC
10 17 (0.95%) WCAG
11 16 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.45%) IFRS
13 7 (0.39%) SLA
14 6 (0.34%) COBIT
14 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.34%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.28%) GAAP
15 5 (0.28%) ITGC
15 5 (0.28%) NCSC
15 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.73%) Docker
4 11 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.22%) vSphere
7 3 (0.17%) Firmware
8 1 (0.056%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.56%) Terraform
2 14 (0.78%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.73%) Ansible
4 12 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.34%) Grafana
6 6 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.28%) SCOM
8 4 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.17%) QRadar
10 1 (0.056%) CASB
10 1 (0.056%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.056%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.056%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.056%) Nessus
10 1 (0.056%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.056%) SCCM
Vendors
1 410 (22.89%) PayPal
2 309 (17.25%) Microsoft
3 80 (4.47%) SAP
4 62 (3.46%) Google
5 56 (3.13%) Oracle
6 24 (1.34%) Databricks
6 24 (1.34%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.28%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.17%) Workday
9 20 (1.12%) VMware
10 19 (1.06%) Adobe
11 17 (0.95%) IBM
12 14 (0.78%) Xero
13 11 (0.61%) Adaptive Insights
13 11 (0.61%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.50%) Sage
15 8 (0.45%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.45%) Charles River
15 8 (0.45%) Cisco
15 8 (0.45%) Splunk