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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,021 2,290 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.46% 14.07% 12.38%
As % of the General category 13.97% 19.59% 19.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,260 932 1,157
10th Percentile £36,191 £30,500 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,565 £84,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £53,522
% change year-on-year - -1.91% -2.69%

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 14,471 11,688 14,539
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.55% 71.82% 62.43%
Number of salaries quoted 8,943 6,378 8,566
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,383 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -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 14 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 56 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.89%) Confluence
4 13 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.59%) IIS
6 11 (0.54%) Apache
7 10 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.40%) SAS
9 7 (0.35%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.25%) WordPress
11 3 (0.15%) CMS
12 2 (0.099%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.099%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.049%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.049%) Appian
13 1 (0.049%) Drupal
13 1 (0.049%) Ethereum
13 1 (0.049%) Hedera
13 1 (0.049%) Moodle
Applications
1 197 (9.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.15%) Blender
9 3 (0.15%) Maya
10 2 (0.099%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.049%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.049%) InDesign
11 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.049%) SPSS
11 1 (0.049%) Trello
Business Applications
1 46 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.58%) Dynamics GP
3 18 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.79%) Shopify
5 13 (0.64%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.40%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.35%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.30%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 6 (0.30%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.25%) JDE World
9 5 (0.25%) Sage 50
10 4 (0.20%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.20%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 265 (13.11%) Azure
2 261 (12.91%) Power Platform
3 173 (8.56%) AWS
4 119 (5.89%) SaaS
5 89 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (3.76%) GCP
7 68 (3.36%) Google Analytics
8 44 (2.18%) Entra ID
9 38 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
11 34 (1.68%) GitHub
11 34 (1.68%) Serverless
12 29 (1.43%) Amazon S3
12 29 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 27 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
14 26 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (1.24%) Google Ads
16 22 (1.09%) Amazon EMR
16 22 (1.09%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.09%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.33%) Broadband
2 32 (1.58%) Firewall
3 22 (1.09%) Network Security
4 20 (0.99%) 5G
4 20 (0.99%) TCP/IP
5 18 (0.89%) VPN
6 17 (0.84%) DNS
7 14 (0.69%) DHCP
7 14 (0.69%) SMS
7 14 (0.69%) WAN
7 14 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.59%) LAN
9 9 (0.45%) Internet
10 7 (0.35%) VLAN
11 6 (0.30%) Wireless
12 5 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.25%) HTTP
12 5 (0.25%) NGN
13 4 (0.20%) FTP
13 4 (0.20%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (11.18%) Power BI
2 71 (3.51%) SQL Server
3 66 (3.27%) Tableau
4 59 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (2.13%) Metadata
6 37 (1.83%) Relational Database
7 32 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 31 (1.53%) Looker
9 28 (1.39%) MySQL
10 25 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
10 25 (1.24%) Data Lake
11 22 (1.09%) Big Data
12 18 (0.89%) Power Query
13 16 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 16 (0.79%) Oracle Database
13 16 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 15 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (0.69%) Spark SQL
16 11 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 70 (3.46%) Git
2 67 (3.32%) JIRA
3 11 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.49%) GitLab
4 10 (0.49%) LabVIEW
5 9 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.30%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.30%) Balsamiq
8 4 (0.20%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.20%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.20%) MLflow
8 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.15%) JMeter
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.15%) Postman
9 3 (0.15%) RStudio
10 2 (0.099%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.099%) Visual Studio
General
1 989 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 677 (33.50%) Finance
3 240 (11.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 206 (10.19%) Marketing
5 199 (9.85%) Organisational Skills
6 180 (8.91%) Law
7 176 (8.71%) Retail
8 172 (8.51%) Legal
9 165 (8.16%) Public Sector
10 123 (6.09%) Influencing Skills
11 81 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.07%) Banking
13 59 (2.92%) Manufacturing
14 49 (2.42%) Telecoms
15 43 (2.13%) Advertising
16 34 (1.68%) Games
17 29 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
17 29 (1.43%) Electronics
18 27 (1.34%) Aerospace
19 26 (1.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 520 (25.73%) Analyst
2 279 (13.81%) Senior
3 138 (6.83%) Lead
4 119 (5.89%) Business Analyst
5 113 (5.59%) Senior Analyst
6 104 (5.15%) Data Analyst
7 90 (4.45%) Architect
8 89 (4.40%) Developer
9 86 (4.26%) Data Engineer
10 75 (3.71%) Support Analyst
11 73 (3.61%) Consultant
12 55 (2.72%) Applications Support
12 55 (2.72%) Service Manager
13 50 (2.47%) Accountant
14 48 (2.38%) Delivery Manager
15 44 (2.18%) Marketing Manager
16 40 (1.98%) Senior Manager
17 39 (1.93%) Financial Analyst
17 39 (1.93%) Senior Business Analyst
18 38 (1.88%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (2.87%) .NET
2 47 (2.33%) HTML
3 43 (2.13%) PySpark
4 41 (2.03%) CSS
4 41 (2.03%) Terraform
5 30 (1.48%) JSON
6 27 (1.34%) REST
7 22 (1.09%) XML
8 20 (0.99%) RESTful
9 19 (0.94%) Middleware
9 19 (0.94%) React
10 16 (0.79%) PyTorch
11 15 (0.74%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.69%) TensorFlow
13 13 (0.64%) .NET Core
13 13 (0.64%) Pandas
14 12 (0.59%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.59%) EDI
15 11 (0.54%) LDAP
15 11 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 153 (7.57%) Management Information System
2 138 (6.83%) Analytical Mindset
3 123 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
4 103 (5.10%) Product Ownership
5 89 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 77 (3.81%) Virtual Team
7 68 (3.36%) Blog
8 47 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
9 42 (2.08%) Credit Risk
10 37 (1.83%) Driving Licence
11 35 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
12 34 (1.68%) Cloud Native
12 34 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
13 33 (1.63%) Security Posture
14 32 (1.58%) Social Media
15 27 (1.34%) AI Agents
16 25 (1.24%) Algorithms
16 25 (1.24%) Data Structures
17 24 (1.19%) Mobile App
18 20 (0.99%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 93 (4.60%) Windows
2 55 (2.72%) Linux
3 39 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.54%) Android
5 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.25%) OpenVMS
8 5 (0.25%) Unix
9 1 (0.049%) AIX
9 1 (0.049%) Solaris
9 1 (0.049%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 965 (47.75%) Problem-Solving
2 635 (31.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 554 (27.41%) Decision-Making
4 474 (23.45%) Analytics
5 422 (20.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 419 (20.73%) AI
7 401 (19.84%) Agile
8 269 (13.31%) Business Intelligence
9 250 (12.37%) Roadmaps
10 247 (12.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 240 (11.88%) Project Management
12 229 (11.33%) Actionable Insight
13 219 (10.84%) Process Improvement
14 209 (10.34%) Mentoring
15 200 (9.90%) Project Delivery
16 179 (8.86%) CRM
16 179 (8.86%) Data Analysis
17 178 (8.81%) Validation
18 177 (8.76%) Coaching
19 167 (8.26%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 431 (21.33%) SQL
2 302 (14.94%) Python
3 82 (4.06%) JavaScript
4 81 (4.01%) C#
5 65 (3.22%) Java
6 58 (2.87%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.63%) C++
8 29 (1.43%) T-SQL
9 23 (1.14%) R
10 19 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 17 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 16 (0.79%) Bash
13 10 (0.49%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.45%) C
15 8 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.40%) Scala
16 7 (0.35%) Go
16 7 (0.35%) PHP
17 4 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 364 (18.01%) Degree
2 233 (11.53%) Security Cleared
3 180 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 110 (5.44%) ACCA
5 105 (5.20%) CIMA
6 57 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (2.77%) DBS Check
8 48 (2.38%) CISSP
9 42 (2.08%) CISM
10 34 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 28 (1.39%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (1.09%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.89%) PMI Certification
15 17 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (0.79%) AAT
17 15 (0.74%) AWS Certification
17 15 (0.74%) CRISC
18 14 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (11.03%) Data Quality
2 121 (5.99%) GDPR
3 99 (4.90%) Accessibility
4 90 (4.45%) QA
5 87 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 58 (2.87%) NIST
7 57 (2.82%) SLA
8 39 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 27 (1.34%) GRC
9 27 (1.34%) PMO
10 23 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 23 (1.14%) ISO 9001
11 22 (1.09%) IFRS
12 20 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 18 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 15 (0.74%) ISO 14001
15 14 (0.69%) GAAP
15 14 (0.69%) PCI DSS
16 13 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 63 (3.12%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.09%) Docker
3 11 (0.54%) Firmware
4 9 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.049%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 18 (0.89%) Ansible
2 18 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.59%) Grafana
4 8 (0.40%) QRadar
5 5 (0.25%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.25%) Packer
5 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.20%) Nmap
7 2 (0.099%) CASB
7 2 (0.099%) Graylog
8 1 (0.049%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.049%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.049%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.049%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 401 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 119 (5.89%) Google
3 70 (3.46%) SAP
4 57 (2.82%) Oracle
5 47 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 42 (2.08%) YouTube
7 41 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.43%) Sage
9 28 (1.39%) Adobe
10 27 (1.34%) Cisco
11 22 (1.09%) Databricks
11 22 (1.09%) HubSpot
12 18 (0.89%) Splunk
13 16 (0.79%) VMware
14 15 (0.74%) Yardi
15 12 (0.59%) Apple
16 11 (0.54%) Dynatrace
16 11 (0.54%) JD Edwards
16 11 (0.54%) Palo Alto
16 11 (0.54%) Qualys