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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,476 2,140 3,348
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.50% 14.15% 9.76%
As % of the General category 12.98% 18.86% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 978 895 1,898
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £72,594 £71,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,808 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.35% +10.00% -8.90%

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 11,373 11,345 20,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.75% 75.01% 60.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7,402 6,227 15,265
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £40,931 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £95,880
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%

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 12 June 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 36 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.15%) Confluence
4 13 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.81%) Apache
6 11 (0.75%) WordPress
7 10 (0.68%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.47%) IIS
8 7 (0.47%) SAS
9 6 (0.41%) CMS
10 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.068%) Appian
13 1 (0.068%) Drupal
13 1 (0.068%) Moodle
13 1 (0.068%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.068%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 147 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.88%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.61%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.20%) Blender
7 3 (0.20%) Maya
8 1 (0.068%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.068%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.75%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.27%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.27%) JDE World
6 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 251 (17.01%) Azure
2 232 (15.72%) Power Platform
3 133 (9.01%) AWS
4 113 (7.66%) SaaS
5 58 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.52%) Google Analytics
7 48 (3.25%) GCP
8 44 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (2.30%) GitHub
10 29 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.96%) Entra ID
11 22 (1.49%) Amazon S3
12 19 (1.29%) Snowflake
13 17 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.15%) OCI
13 17 (1.15%) Serverless
14 13 (0.88%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.81%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.47%) Broadband
2 52 (3.52%) Firewall
3 23 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.08%) NGFW
4 16 (1.08%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.02%) VXLAN
6 14 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.68%) VPN
8 9 (0.61%) SMS
9 7 (0.47%) 5G
9 7 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.47%) WAN
10 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.41%) DNS
11 5 (0.34%) Network Security
12 4 (0.27%) HTTP
12 4 (0.27%) LAN
12 4 (0.27%) SMTP
12 4 (0.27%) VLAN
12 4 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (13.28%) Power BI
2 64 (4.34%) Tableau
3 60 (4.07%) SQL Server
4 45 (3.05%) Metadata
5 31 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (1.76%) MySQL
8 25 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.29%) Oracle Database
10 18 (1.22%) Big Data
10 18 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.02%) NoSQL
13 13 (0.88%) Data Lake
13 13 (0.88%) Power Query
14 11 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.61%) Looker
16 8 (0.54%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
17 7 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 42 (2.85%) JIRA
2 34 (2.30%) Git
3 11 (0.75%) GitLab
4 8 (0.54%) Axure RP
4 8 (0.54%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.20%) Postman
9 2 (0.14%) Babel
9 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.14%) ERwin
9 2 (0.14%) MLflow
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 670 (45.39%) Social Skills
2 466 (31.57%) Finance
3 158 (10.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 142 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 125 (8.47%) Marketing
6 93 (6.30%) Law
7 92 (6.23%) Retail
8 91 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
9 89 (6.03%) Legal
10 55 (3.73%) Banking
11 52 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.17%) Advertising
14 31 (2.10%) Manufacturing
15 27 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.83%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.76%) Publishing
17 23 (1.56%) Automotive
18 20 (1.36%) Games
19 16 (1.08%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 389 (26.36%) Analyst
2 202 (13.69%) Senior
3 105 (7.11%) Lead
4 91 (6.17%) Architect
5 89 (6.03%) Business Analyst
6 84 (5.69%) Data Analyst
7 80 (5.42%) Developer
8 66 (4.47%) Senior Analyst
9 50 (3.39%) Consultant
10 47 (3.18%) Data Engineer
11 42 (2.85%) Report Analyst
11 42 (2.85%) Senior Manager
12 37 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
13 34 (2.30%) Applications Support
14 33 (2.24%) Accountant
14 33 (2.24%) Support Analyst
15 30 (2.03%) Product Manager
15 30 (2.03%) Security Analyst
16 29 (1.96%) Data Scientist
17 28 (1.90%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.39%) HTML
2 43 (2.91%) .NET
2 43 (2.91%) CSS
3 37 (2.51%) JSON
4 31 (2.10%) React
5 27 (1.83%) REST
5 27 (1.83%) TensorFlow
6 26 (1.76%) PyTorch
7 23 (1.56%) XML
8 22 (1.49%) Middleware
9 14 (0.95%) Node.js
10 13 (0.88%) React Native
10 13 (0.88%) RESTful
11 10 (0.68%) Bootstrap
12 9 (0.61%) PySpark
13 8 (0.54%) SOAP
13 8 (0.54%) TFX
14 7 (0.47%) Flutter
14 7 (0.47%) LangChain
14 7 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.20%) Analytical Mindset
2 91 (6.17%) Product Ownership
3 69 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
4 61 (4.13%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.71%) Algorithms
6 40 (2.71%) Data Structures
6 40 (2.71%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.24%) Cloud Native
8 31 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 30 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.96%) Social Media
11 28 (1.90%) Data Centre
12 26 (1.76%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.69%) PKI
14 24 (1.63%) Video\Live Streaming
15 23 (1.56%) Public Cloud
16 22 (1.49%) FMCG
17 21 (1.42%) Mobile App
18 20 (1.36%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.47%) Windows
2 38 (2.57%) Linux
3 29 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.81%) Unix
5 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.34%) Android
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.14%) AIX
9 2 (0.14%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.068%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.068%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.068%) Solaris
10 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 693 (46.95%) Problem-Solving
2 369 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 354 (23.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 320 (21.68%) Agile
5 316 (21.41%) Analytics
6 258 (17.48%) AI
7 216 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
8 187 (12.67%) Mentoring
8 187 (12.67%) Roadmaps
9 171 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 168 (11.38%) Project Management
11 163 (11.04%) Actionable Insight
12 156 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 148 (10.03%) Coaching
14 143 (9.69%) Analytical Thinking
15 140 (9.49%) Process Improvement
16 136 (9.21%) Data Modelling
17 123 (8.33%) DevOps
18 121 (8.20%) Validation
19 118 (7.99%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 314 (21.27%) SQL
2 285 (19.31%) Python
3 79 (5.35%) JavaScript
4 58 (3.93%) PowerShell
5 53 (3.59%) C#
6 48 (3.25%) Java
7 29 (1.96%) T-SQL
8 19 (1.29%) R
9 17 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.95%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.81%) C++
12 10 (0.68%) Bash
12 10 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.61%) Go
14 6 (0.41%) PHP
15 5 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.34%) Ruby
15 5 (0.34%) VBA
16 4 (0.27%) C
16 4 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 297 (20.12%) Degree
2 151 (10.23%) Security Cleared
3 115 (7.79%) SC Cleared
4 104 (7.05%) ACCA
5 100 (6.78%) CIMA
6 45 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.51%) DBS Check
8 34 (2.30%) CISSP
9 28 (1.90%) CISM
10 27 (1.83%) Azure Certification
11 18 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (1.15%) AAT
12 17 (1.15%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.02%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.81%) HNC
16 11 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (9.62%) Data Quality
2 107 (7.25%) GDPR
3 77 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (5.22%) QA
4 54 (3.66%) SLA
5 50 (3.39%) NIST
6 49 (3.32%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.49%) ISO 9001
9 20 (1.36%) GRC
9 20 (1.36%) PMO
10 18 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 15 (1.02%) IFRS
12 14 (0.95%) COREP
12 14 (0.95%) FINREP
12 14 (0.95%) PCI DSS
13 13 (0.88%) ISO 14001
13 13 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 12 (0.81%) NCSC
System Software
1 47 (3.18%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.81%) Docker
4 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.068%) KVM
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.068%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (3.52%) Terraform
2 27 (1.83%) Ansible
3 16 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.54%) Kubeflow
6 7 (0.47%) QRadar
7 6 (0.41%) Grafana
7 6 (0.41%) Packer
8 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.20%) SCCM
9 2 (0.14%) Graylog
9 2 (0.14%) Nmap
9 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.068%) CASB
10 1 (0.068%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.068%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.068%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.068%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 244 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.62%) Google
3 63 (4.27%) SAP
4 62 (4.20%) Oracle
5 56 (3.79%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.36%) Adobe
8 18 (1.22%) Cisco
9 15 (1.02%) Arista
9 15 (1.02%) Aruba
9 15 (1.02%) NetScout
10 14 (0.95%) Databricks
10 14 (0.95%) VMware
11 13 (0.88%) HubSpot
12 12 (0.81%) F5
12 12 (0.81%) Palo Alto
12 12 (0.81%) Sage
13 11 (0.75%) Pardot
13 11 (0.75%) Splunk
14 10 (0.68%) Qualys