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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,820 2,342 2,789
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.02% 14.18% 11.22%
As % of the General category 13.36% 19.53% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 996 1,367
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,832 £68,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £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 13,626 11,994 15,214
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.03% 72.60% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,663 6,683 10,294
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10 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 43 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.99%) Confluence
4 12 (0.66%) Apache
4 12 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.66%) IIS
5 11 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.38%) SAS
7 5 (0.27%) CMS
7 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.27%) WordPress
8 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.055%) Appian
10 1 (0.055%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.055%) Drupal
10 1 (0.055%) Moodle
10 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 189 (10.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.49%) Adobe XD
6 9 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.16%) Blender
8 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.16%) Maya
9 1 (0.055%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.70%) Dynamics GP
3 27 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.71%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.55%) SAP CO
6 10 (0.55%) SAP FI
6 10 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.38%) Shopify
8 6 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.27%) JDE World
9 5 (0.27%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.27%) Workday HCM
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 (14.45%) Azure
2 248 (13.63%) Power Platform
3 148 (8.13%) AWS
4 122 (6.70%) SaaS
5 73 (4.01%) GCP
6 71 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (3.30%) Google Analytics
8 38 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (1.98%) Entra ID
10 31 (1.70%) GitHub
11 30 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
13 24 (1.32%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.10%) Amazon S3
15 18 (0.99%) PowerApps
16 15 (0.82%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.77%) dbt
17 14 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (0.77%) Serverless
18 13 (0.71%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.35%) Broadband
2 36 (1.98%) Firewall
3 19 (1.04%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.93%) VPN
5 15 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (0.77%) SMS
7 13 (0.71%) Network Security
8 12 (0.66%) DNS
9 11 (0.60%) WAN
10 9 (0.49%) DHCP
10 9 (0.49%) LAN
11 7 (0.38%) 5G
11 7 (0.38%) Wireless
12 6 (0.33%) HTTP
13 5 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.27%) SMTP
13 5 (0.27%) SSL
14 4 (0.22%) NGN
14 4 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (11.59%) Power BI
2 78 (4.29%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.01%) Tableau
4 48 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (2.36%) Metadata
6 36 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 33 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 32 (1.76%) MySQL
9 31 (1.70%) Looker
10 20 (1.10%) Big Data
10 20 (1.10%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.10%) Oracle Database
11 19 (1.04%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.82%) Power Query
12 15 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.55%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 57 (3.13%) JIRA
2 56 (3.08%) Git
3 14 (0.77%) GitLab
4 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (0.44%) Axure RP
5 8 (0.44%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 5 (0.27%) Postman
7 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.22%) MLflow
7 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.16%) JMeter
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.055%) GCC
General
1 839 (46.10%) Social Skills
2 557 (30.60%) Finance
3 203 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 186 (10.22%) Marketing
5 168 (9.23%) Organisational Skills
6 150 (8.24%) Public Sector
7 147 (8.08%) Retail
8 139 (7.64%) Legal
9 130 (7.14%) Law
10 95 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
11 71 (3.90%) Banking
12 66 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.53%) Manufacturing
14 43 (2.36%) Advertising
15 42 (2.31%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.70%) Games
17 28 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.15%) Electronics
18 21 (1.15%) Local Government
19 20 (1.10%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 472 (25.93%) Analyst
2 251 (13.79%) Senior
3 132 (7.25%) Lead
4 109 (5.99%) Business Analyst
5 94 (5.16%) Data Analyst
6 93 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
7 91 (5.00%) Architect
8 79 (4.34%) Developer
9 69 (3.79%) Data Engineer
10 62 (3.41%) Consultant
11 54 (2.97%) Support Analyst
12 48 (2.64%) Service Manager
13 46 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
13 46 (2.53%) Marketing Manager
14 42 (2.31%) Applications Support
14 42 (2.31%) Report Analyst
15 40 (2.20%) Accountant
15 40 (2.20%) Financial Analyst
15 40 (2.20%) Senior Manager
16 36 (1.98%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.80%) .NET
1 51 (2.80%) HTML
2 45 (2.47%) CSS
3 34 (1.87%) REST
4 29 (1.59%) JSON
5 23 (1.26%) React
6 21 (1.15%) Middleware
6 21 (1.15%) PySpark
6 21 (1.15%) PyTorch
6 21 (1.15%) RESTful
7 20 (1.10%) XML
8 19 (1.04%) TensorFlow
9 14 (0.77%) .NET Core
10 12 (0.66%) AngularJS
11 11 (0.60%) ASP.NET
11 11 (0.60%) Kafka
12 10 (0.55%) .NET Framework
12 10 (0.55%) Entity Framework
12 10 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
13 9 (0.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (7.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 118 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
3 105 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 103 (5.66%) Product Ownership
5 78 (4.29%) Onboarding
5 78 (4.29%) Virtual Team
6 65 (3.57%) Blog
7 41 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (2.03%) Social Media
9 35 (1.92%) Security Posture
10 34 (1.87%) Cloud Native
11 33 (1.81%) Marketing Technology
12 32 (1.76%) Credit Risk
13 31 (1.70%) Algorithms
14 30 (1.65%) Driving Licence
15 28 (1.54%) Data Structures
16 24 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
16 24 (1.32%) Public Cloud
17 22 (1.21%) Mobile App
18 20 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 87 (4.78%) Windows
2 59 (3.24%) Linux
3 37 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.60%) Android
5 10 (0.55%) Unix
6 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.27%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.11%) AIX
9 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.055%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.055%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.055%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 862 (47.36%) Problem-Solving
2 528 (29.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 488 (26.81%) Decision-Making
4 421 (23.13%) Analytics
5 378 (20.77%) Agile
6 357 (19.62%) AI
7 320 (17.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 245 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
9 234 (12.86%) Roadmaps
10 231 (12.69%) Project Management
11 217 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 212 (11.65%) Actionable Insight
13 190 (10.44%) Process Improvement
14 183 (10.05%) Mentoring
15 166 (9.12%) Analytical Thinking
16 162 (8.90%) CRM
17 159 (8.74%) Project Delivery
18 152 (8.35%) Data Analysis
18 152 (8.35%) Data Modelling
19 151 (8.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 379 (20.82%) SQL
2 296 (16.26%) Python
3 74 (4.07%) JavaScript
4 72 (3.96%) C#
5 52 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 47 (2.58%) Java
7 29 (1.59%) T-SQL
8 24 (1.32%) R
9 20 (1.10%) C++
10 18 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 15 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.66%) Bash
12 12 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.55%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.38%) C
14 7 (0.38%) PHP
14 7 (0.38%) Scala
15 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.27%) Go
16 5 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 336 (18.46%) Degree
2 198 (10.88%) Security Cleared
3 151 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 104 (5.71%) ACCA
5 99 (5.44%) CIMA
6 54 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.31%) CISSP
8 41 (2.25%) DBS Check
9 37 (2.03%) CISM
10 26 (1.43%) DV Cleared
11 25 (1.37%) Master's Degree
12 24 (1.32%) Azure Certification
13 20 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
14 18 (0.99%) AAT
15 17 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (0.88%) PMI Certification
17 15 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
18 13 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
19 12 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
19 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (9.51%) Data Quality
2 131 (7.20%) GDPR
3 91 (5.00%) QA
4 90 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 68 (3.74%) Accessibility
6 64 (3.52%) SLA
7 55 (3.02%) NIST
8 41 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.70%) ISO 9001
10 30 (1.65%) PMO
11 28 (1.54%) GRC
12 23 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 22 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 21 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 19 (1.04%) IFRS
16 18 (0.99%) ISO 14001
17 14 (0.77%) COREP
17 14 (0.77%) FINREP
18 13 (0.71%) GAAP
18 13 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.04%) Docker
3 10 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.44%) Firmware
5 7 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.055%) KVM
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (2.20%) Terraform
2 23 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.93%) Ansible
5 12 (0.66%) Grafana
6 8 (0.44%) QRadar
7 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.33%) Packer
8 4 (0.22%) Nmap
9 2 (0.11%) Graylog
9 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.055%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.055%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.055%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.055%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 334 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 104 (5.71%) Google
3 74 (4.07%) SAP
4 64 (3.52%) Oracle
5 46 (2.53%) Salesforce
6 34 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.37%) Adobe
7 25 (1.37%) Cisco
8 22 (1.21%) Databricks
9 19 (1.04%) Sage
10 17 (0.93%) HubSpot
10 17 (0.93%) Palo Alto
11 16 (0.88%) Splunk
12 15 (0.82%) VMware
13 13 (0.71%) JD Edwards
14 12 (0.66%) Qualys
14 12 (0.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 11 (0.60%) F5
15 11 (0.60%) Red Hat
16 9 (0.49%) SunGard