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 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,162 2,367 2,886
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.72% 14.33% 12.60%
As % of the General category 14.21% 20.08% 20.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 911 1,122
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £41,250
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 £71,991
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £54,772
% change year-on-year - -4.15% -0.42%

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 15,214 11,787 14,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.39% 71.36% 62.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9,250 6,281 8,147
10th Percentile £32,260 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -4.17%

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 26 September 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 58 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.06%) Confluence
3 21 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.56%) IIS
6 11 (0.51%) Apache
6 11 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.37%) CMS
7 8 (0.37%) SAS
8 7 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.32%) WordPress
9 2 (0.093%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.093%) Hedera
9 2 (0.093%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (0.093%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.046%) Appian
10 1 (0.046%) Drupal
10 1 (0.046%) Moodle
10 1 (0.046%) nginx
Applications
1 228 (10.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 111 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.32%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) InDesign
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 2 (0.093%) Notion
12 2 (0.093%) SPSS
13 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.046%) EPLAN
13 1 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.046%) Trello
Business Applications
1 51 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.48%) Dynamics GP
3 16 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.74%) Shopify
4 14 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (0.32%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.28%) Exchequer
7 6 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 6 (0.28%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.23%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.23%) JDE World
8 5 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.23%) Sage 50
9 4 (0.19%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 283 (13.09%) Power Platform
2 263 (12.16%) Azure
3 175 (8.09%) AWS
4 127 (5.87%) SaaS
5 97 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (3.56%) GCP
7 71 (3.28%) Google Analytics
8 46 (2.13%) Entra ID
9 38 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (1.62%) GitHub
11 35 (1.62%) Serverless
12 31 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 30 (1.39%) Google Ads
14 28 (1.30%) Amazon S3
15 26 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
16 25 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
16 25 (1.16%) Google Tag Manager
16 25 (1.16%) Snowflake
17 24 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.90%) Broadband
2 32 (1.48%) Firewall
3 24 (1.11%) Network Security
4 20 (0.93%) 5G
4 20 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 19 (0.88%) VPN
6 18 (0.83%) DNS
7 15 (0.69%) DHCP
7 15 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.65%) SMS
8 14 (0.65%) WAN
9 12 (0.56%) LAN
10 11 (0.51%) Internet
11 7 (0.32%) VLAN
11 7 (0.32%) Wireless
12 5 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.23%) HTTP
13 4 (0.19%) FTP
13 4 (0.19%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.19%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (11.47%) Power BI
2 70 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.15%) Tableau
4 63 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (1.99%) Metadata
6 38 (1.76%) Relational Database
7 36 (1.67%) Looker
8 35 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
9 33 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (1.34%) MySQL
11 25 (1.16%) Data Lake
12 24 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
13 23 (1.06%) Big Data
14 20 (0.93%) Power Query
15 17 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 16 (0.74%) NoSQL
17 15 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
18 14 (0.65%) Spark SQL
19 13 (0.60%) BigQuery
19 13 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 78 (3.61%) Git
2 74 (3.42%) JIRA
3 13 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.51%) GitLab
5 10 (0.46%) LabVIEW
6 8 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.28%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.28%) Balsamiq
7 6 (0.28%) MLflow
8 4 (0.19%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.19%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.19%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.19%) Postman
8 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.14%) JMeter
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.14%) RStudio
General
1 1,090 (50.42%) Social Skills
2 745 (34.46%) Finance
3 252 (11.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 238 (11.01%) Marketing
5 236 (10.92%) Organisational Skills
6 192 (8.88%) Retail
7 188 (8.70%) Law
8 187 (8.65%) Public Sector
9 185 (8.56%) Legal
10 132 (6.11%) Influencing Skills
11 83 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
12 69 (3.19%) Manufacturing
13 68 (3.15%) Banking
14 54 (2.50%) Telecoms
15 46 (2.13%) Advertising
16 34 (1.57%) Games
17 33 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
18 31 (1.43%) Aerospace
18 31 (1.43%) Electronics
19 30 (1.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 555 (25.67%) Analyst
2 293 (13.55%) Senior
3 147 (6.80%) Lead
4 119 (5.50%) Business Analyst
5 114 (5.27%) Data Analyst
6 111 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
7 99 (4.58%) Developer
8 95 (4.39%) Architect
9 83 (3.84%) Consultant
9 83 (3.84%) Data Engineer
10 80 (3.70%) Support Analyst
11 57 (2.64%) Service Manager
12 56 (2.59%) Applications Support
13 55 (2.54%) Accountant
14 52 (2.41%) Delivery Manager
15 47 (2.17%) Marketing Manager
16 46 (2.13%) Senior Manager
17 40 (1.85%) Financial Analyst
17 40 (1.85%) Security Analyst
18 39 (1.80%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (3.01%) .NET
2 51 (2.36%) HTML
3 43 (1.99%) CSS
3 43 (1.99%) PySpark
4 41 (1.90%) Terraform
5 32 (1.48%) REST
6 31 (1.43%) JSON
7 26 (1.20%) XML
8 23 (1.06%) React
8 23 (1.06%) RESTful
9 20 (0.93%) Middleware
10 16 (0.74%) .NET Core
11 15 (0.69%) AngularJS
11 15 (0.69%) PyTorch
11 15 (0.69%) Web Services
12 13 (0.60%) ASP.NET
12 13 (0.60%) Pandas
12 13 (0.60%) TensorFlow
13 12 (0.56%) .NET Framework
13 12 (0.56%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 183 (8.46%) Management Information System
2 140 (6.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 127 (5.87%) Self-Motivation
4 98 (4.53%) Onboarding
4 98 (4.53%) Product Ownership
5 74 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 68 (3.15%) Blog
7 48 (2.22%) Credit Risk
7 48 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (1.80%) Driving Licence
9 37 (1.71%) Cloud Native
9 37 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
10 36 (1.67%) Social Media
11 35 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
12 34 (1.57%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.30%) AI Agents
14 27 (1.25%) Data Structures
15 25 (1.16%) Mobile App
16 24 (1.11%) Algorithms
17 20 (0.93%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 94 (4.35%) Windows
2 58 (2.68%) Linux
3 39 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.56%) Android
5 11 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.23%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.19%) Unix
12 2 (0.093%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.046%) AIX
13 1 (0.046%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,025 (47.41%) Problem-Solving
2 687 (31.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 604 (27.94%) Decision-Making
4 516 (23.87%) Analytics
5 498 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 432 (19.98%) AI
7 411 (19.01%) Agile
8 296 (13.69%) Business Intelligence
9 262 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 258 (11.93%) Roadmaps
11 254 (11.75%) Project Management
12 252 (11.66%) Actionable Insight
13 249 (11.52%) Process Improvement
14 228 (10.55%) Mentoring
15 208 (9.62%) Project Delivery
16 205 (9.48%) CRM
17 193 (8.93%) Data Analysis
18 190 (8.79%) Validation
19 188 (8.70%) Coaching
20 182 (8.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 459 (21.23%) SQL
2 317 (14.66%) Python
3 90 (4.16%) C#
4 89 (4.12%) JavaScript
5 62 (2.87%) Java
6 56 (2.59%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.53%) C++
8 32 (1.48%) T-SQL
9 28 (1.30%) R
10 23 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 19 (0.88%) Bash
11 19 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 19 (0.88%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.51%) Go
13 10 (0.46%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.42%) C
14 9 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.37%) Scala
16 6 (0.28%) PHP
16 6 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 383 (17.72%) Degree
2 234 (10.82%) Security Cleared
3 179 (8.28%) SC Cleared
4 114 (5.27%) ACCA
5 111 (5.13%) CIMA
6 58 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 58 (2.68%) DBS Check
7 46 (2.13%) CISSP
8 40 (1.85%) CISM
9 35 (1.62%) DV Cleared
10 27 (1.25%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (0.97%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (0.79%) PMI Certification
14 16 (0.74%) AAT
14 16 (0.74%) CRISC
15 15 (0.69%) GIAC
15 15 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (11.10%) Data Quality
2 121 (5.60%) GDPR
3 106 (4.90%) Accessibility
4 90 (4.16%) QA
5 85 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 57 (2.64%) SLA
7 55 (2.54%) NIST
8 39 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 37 (1.71%) PMO
10 29 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 28 (1.30%) GRC
12 26 (1.20%) IFRS
13 21 (0.97%) ISO 9001
14 20 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 15 (0.69%) GAAP
17 14 (0.65%) ISO 14001
17 14 (0.65%) PCI DSS
17 14 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 11 (0.51%) NCSC
System Software
1 63 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.20%) Docker
3 11 (0.51%) Firmware
4 9 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.046%) HDFS
6 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.046%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (0.74%) Ansible
4 14 (0.65%) Grafana
5 8 (0.37%) QRadar
6 5 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.19%) Kubeflow
7 4 (0.19%) Nmap
8 3 (0.14%) Packer
9 2 (0.093%) CASB
9 2 (0.093%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.093%) Graylog
9 2 (0.093%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.046%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.046%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.046%) Kibana
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.046%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.046%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.046%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 446 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 126 (5.83%) Google
3 72 (3.33%) SAP
4 62 (2.87%) Oracle
5 59 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 43 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 43 (1.99%) YouTube
7 33 (1.53%) Adobe
8 30 (1.39%) Sage
9 27 (1.25%) HubSpot
10 26 (1.20%) Databricks
11 25 (1.16%) Cisco
12 20 (0.93%) Splunk
13 17 (0.79%) Yardi
14 15 (0.69%) VMware
15 12 (0.56%) Apple
15 12 (0.56%) Dynatrace
16 11 (0.51%) Qualys
16 11 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 10 (0.46%) JD Edwards