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 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,843 2,360 2,773
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.08% 14.21% 11.26%
As % of the General category 13.44% 19.76% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,199 989 1,318
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 13,711 11,945 15,039
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.09% 71.92% 61.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,666 6,617 10,029
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,150 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

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 17 August 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 46 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.87%) Confluence
4 13 (0.71%) Apache
4 13 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.65%) IIS
6 8 (0.43%) SAS
7 6 (0.33%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.27%) CMS
8 5 (0.27%) WordPress
9 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.054%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.054%) Appian
11 1 (0.054%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.054%) Drupal
11 1 (0.054%) Moodle
11 1 (0.054%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 182 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.49%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.16%) Blender
9 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.054%) SPSS
10 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 42 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.68%) Dynamics GP
3 25 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.60%) SAP ERP
5 11 (0.60%) Shopify
6 9 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.33%) Sage 200
8 6 (0.33%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.27%) JDE World
10 4 (0.22%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.22%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.22%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 263 (14.27%) Azure
2 249 (13.51%) Power Platform
3 148 (8.03%) AWS
4 120 (6.51%) SaaS
5 75 (4.07%) GCP
6 71 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (3.36%) Google Analytics
8 40 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (1.95%) Entra ID
10 34 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (1.84%) GitHub
11 26 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
12 25 (1.36%) Snowflake
13 21 (1.14%) Amazon S3
13 21 (1.14%) PowerApps
14 18 (0.98%) Power Automate
15 17 (0.92%) dbt
15 17 (0.92%) Serverless
16 16 (0.87%) Google Ads
17 15 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (2.93%) Broadband
2 35 (1.90%) Firewall
3 20 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.92%) VPN
5 15 (0.81%) Network Security
6 14 (0.76%) SMS
6 14 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (0.65%) DNS
7 12 (0.65%) WAN
8 10 (0.54%) DHCP
8 10 (0.54%) LAN
9 7 (0.38%) 5G
10 6 (0.33%) Wireless
11 5 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.27%) HTTP
11 5 (0.27%) Internet
12 4 (0.22%) FTP
12 4 (0.22%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.22%) SMTP
12 4 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (11.56%) Power BI
2 83 (4.50%) SQL Server
3 70 (3.80%) Tableau
4 54 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (2.22%) Relational Database
6 39 (2.12%) Metadata
7 35 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 33 (1.79%) MySQL
10 30 (1.63%) Looker
11 21 (1.14%) Big Data
11 21 (1.14%) Oracle Database
12 20 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 20 (1.09%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
13 15 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (0.71%) Power Query
15 11 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.54%) BigQuery
16 10 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 62 (3.36%) Git
2 58 (3.15%) JIRA
3 14 (0.76%) GitLab
4 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (0.43%) Axure RP
5 8 (0.43%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.43%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.22%) Postman
6 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.16%) JMeter
7 3 (0.16%) MLflow
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.054%) Toad
General
1 853 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 569 (30.87%) Finance
3 213 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 185 (10.04%) Marketing
5 173 (9.39%) Organisational Skills
6 154 (8.36%) Public Sector
7 147 (7.98%) Retail
8 141 (7.65%) Legal
9 138 (7.49%) Law
10 100 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
11 67 (3.64%) Banking
12 66 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
13 49 (2.66%) Manufacturing
14 43 (2.33%) Advertising
15 41 (2.22%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.68%) Games
17 27 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
18 22 (1.19%) Electronics
18 22 (1.19%) Local Government
19 20 (1.09%) Billing
Job Titles
1 481 (26.10%) Analyst
2 258 (14.00%) Senior
3 132 (7.16%) Lead
4 113 (6.13%) Business Analyst
5 100 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
6 94 (5.10%) Data Analyst
7 91 (4.94%) Architect
8 85 (4.61%) Developer
9 73 (3.96%) Data Engineer
10 58 (3.15%) Consultant
10 58 (3.15%) Support Analyst
11 49 (2.66%) Service Manager
12 46 (2.50%) Delivery Manager
13 44 (2.39%) Marketing Manager
14 43 (2.33%) Applications Support
15 41 (2.22%) Report Analyst
15 41 (2.22%) Senior Manager
16 40 (2.17%) Accountant
17 39 (2.12%) Financial Analyst
18 36 (1.95%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (2.98%) .NET
2 54 (2.93%) HTML
3 49 (2.66%) CSS
4 34 (1.84%) REST
5 29 (1.57%) JSON
6 25 (1.36%) React
7 22 (1.19%) PySpark
8 20 (1.09%) Middleware
8 20 (1.09%) RESTful
9 19 (1.03%) XML
10 17 (0.92%) .NET Core
10 17 (0.92%) PyTorch
11 15 (0.81%) AngularJS
11 15 (0.81%) TensorFlow
12 13 (0.71%) .NET Framework
13 12 (0.65%) ASP.NET
13 12 (0.65%) Entity Framework
14 11 (0.60%) Kafka
15 10 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
16 9 (0.49%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 143 (7.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 116 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
3 108 (5.86%) Management Information System
4 103 (5.59%) Product Ownership
5 82 (4.45%) Onboarding
6 78 (4.23%) Virtual Team
7 69 (3.74%) Blog
8 42 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (2.12%) Credit Risk
10 36 (1.95%) Social Media
11 34 (1.84%) Marketing Technology
11 34 (1.84%) Security Posture
12 31 (1.68%) Cloud Native
13 30 (1.63%) Driving Licence
14 29 (1.57%) Algorithms
15 25 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
15 25 (1.36%) Mobile App
16 23 (1.25%) Data Structures
17 22 (1.19%) Public Cloud
18 20 (1.09%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 86 (4.67%) Windows
2 59 (3.20%) Linux
3 37 (2.01%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.60%) Android
5 10 (0.54%) Unix
6 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.27%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.054%) AIX
9 1 (0.054%) Solaris
9 1 (0.054%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 886 (48.07%) Problem-Solving
2 549 (29.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 489 (26.53%) Decision-Making
4 429 (23.28%) Analytics
5 382 (20.73%) Agile
6 367 (19.91%) AI
7 333 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 245 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
9 238 (12.91%) Roadmaps
10 229 (12.43%) Project Management
11 222 (12.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 210 (11.39%) Actionable Insight
13 193 (10.47%) Process Improvement
14 178 (9.66%) Mentoring
15 172 (9.33%) Project Delivery
16 163 (8.84%) Analytical Thinking
17 162 (8.79%) CRM
18 156 (8.46%) Data Modelling
19 155 (8.41%) Data Analysis
20 153 (8.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 396 (21.49%) SQL
2 295 (16.01%) Python
3 76 (4.12%) JavaScript
4 75 (4.07%) C#
5 52 (2.82%) PowerShell
6 48 (2.60%) Java
7 30 (1.63%) T-SQL
8 20 (1.09%) C++
8 20 (1.09%) R
9 19 (1.03%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (0.71%) Bash
12 12 (0.65%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.54%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.43%) C
14 8 (0.43%) Scala
15 7 (0.38%) PHP
16 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.27%) Go
18 4 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 334 (18.12%) Degree
2 210 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 160 (8.68%) SC Cleared
4 103 (5.59%) ACCA
5 98 (5.32%) CIMA
6 56 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.28%) DBS Check
8 41 (2.22%) CISSP
9 35 (1.90%) CISM
10 29 (1.57%) DV Cleared
11 25 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 23 (1.25%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (0.92%) AAT
14 17 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (0.92%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
16 14 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
18 12 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (9.66%) Data Quality
2 128 (6.95%) GDPR
3 94 (5.10%) QA
4 89 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 70 (3.80%) Accessibility
6 63 (3.42%) SLA
7 54 (2.93%) NIST
8 42 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.68%) ISO 9001
10 30 (1.63%) PMO
11 26 (1.41%) GRC
12 23 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 22 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
14 21 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 19 (1.03%) IFRS
16 18 (0.98%) ISO 14001
17 14 (0.76%) COREP
17 14 (0.76%) FINREP
17 14 (0.76%) GAAP
18 13 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.14%) Docker
3 10 (0.54%) Firmware
4 9 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 43 (2.33%) Terraform
2 24 (1.30%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.92%) Ansible
5 11 (0.60%) Grafana
6 8 (0.43%) QRadar
7 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.33%) Packer
8 4 (0.22%) Nmap
9 2 (0.11%) Graylog
10 1 (0.054%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.054%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.054%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.054%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.054%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 343 (18.61%) Microsoft
2 106 (5.75%) Google
3 72 (3.91%) SAP
4 65 (3.53%) Oracle
5 45 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 34 (1.84%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.36%) Adobe
7 25 (1.36%) Cisco
8 23 (1.25%) Databricks
9 21 (1.14%) Sage
10 16 (0.87%) HubSpot
10 16 (0.87%) Palo Alto
10 16 (0.87%) Splunk
11 14 (0.76%) VMware
12 13 (0.71%) JD Edwards
13 12 (0.65%) Qualys
13 12 (0.65%) YouTube
14 10 (0.54%) Dynatrace
14 10 (0.54%) FIS
14 10 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud