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 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,434 1,530 2,753
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.27% 11.76% 8.69%
As % of the General category 14.58% 16.40% 14.11%
Number of salaries quoted 881 930 1,906
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £44,967 £40,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% +10.00% -9.09%

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 9,837 9,329 19,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.76% 71.70% 61.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,544 6,431 15,137
10th Percentile £30,325 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,976
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,639 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +7.32% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 11 April 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 27 (1.88%) Confluence
2 23 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.84%) CMS
5 10 (0.70%) WordPress
6 9 (0.63%) Apache
6 9 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.56%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.35%) SAS
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.14%) Drupal
12 1 (0.070%) Appian
12 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.070%) IIS
12 1 (0.070%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.070%) Umbraco
Applications
1 191 (13.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.60%) Chatbot
5 18 (1.26%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.98%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.070%) Notion
9 1 (0.070%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (1.95%) NetSuite
2 27 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.42%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.28%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.21%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.14%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.070%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 285 (19.87%) Azure
2 228 (15.90%) Power Platform
3 128 (8.93%) AWS
4 104 (7.25%) SaaS
5 81 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (4.81%) GitHub
7 65 (4.53%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (3.97%) GCP
9 52 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 46 (3.21%) Google Analytics
11 43 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 32 (2.23%) Snowflake
14 23 (1.60%) dbt
14 23 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.53%) Entra ID
15 22 (1.53%) Power Automate
16 19 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
17 18 (1.26%) GitHub Copilot
17 18 (1.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.93%) Firewall
2 38 (2.65%) Broadband
3 24 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (1.39%) Wireshark
5 16 (1.12%) NGFW
6 15 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.05%) VXLAN
7 12 (0.84%) Network Security
8 10 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
9 9 (0.63%) WAN
10 8 (0.56%) DNS
10 8 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (0.56%) Telnet
11 6 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.42%) DHCP
12 4 (0.28%) HTTP
12 4 (0.28%) LAN
12 4 (0.28%) Modbus
12 4 (0.28%) VPN
13 3 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (14.23%) Power BI
2 91 (6.35%) SQL Server
3 62 (4.32%) Tableau
4 44 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (3.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 36 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (2.23%) Metadata
8 28 (1.95%) MySQL
9 19 (1.32%) Data Lake
10 18 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (1.19%) Oracle Database
11 17 (1.19%) Relational Database
12 16 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.05%) Power Query
14 14 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
15 12 (0.84%) NoSQL
16 9 (0.63%) Data Mining
17 8 (0.56%) Big Data
17 8 (0.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 69 (4.81%) JIRA
2 34 (2.37%) Git
3 19 (1.32%) GitLab
4 14 (0.98%) Axure RP
4 14 (0.98%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.91%) Subversion
6 9 (0.63%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.42%) Babel
7 6 (0.42%) webpack
8 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.28%) ERwin
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.28%) Selenium
8 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.21%) Maven
9 3 (0.21%) MLflow
9 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 725 (50.56%) Social Skills
2 519 (36.19%) Finance
3 138 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (9.55%) Marketing
4 137 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 92 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
6 91 (6.35%) Retail
7 88 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
8 83 (5.79%) Law
9 61 (4.25%) Legal
10 50 (3.49%) Banking
11 42 (2.93%) Manufacturing
12 41 (2.86%) Telecoms
13 38 (2.65%) Advertising
14 29 (2.02%) Automotive
14 29 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.81%) Publishing
16 22 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.46%) Back Office
17 21 (1.46%) Billing
Job Titles
1 357 (24.90%) Analyst
2 169 (11.79%) Senior
3 101 (7.04%) Developer
4 96 (6.69%) Lead
5 93 (6.49%) Business Analyst
6 73 (5.09%) Architect
7 59 (4.11%) Data Analyst
8 51 (3.56%) Financial Analyst
9 47 (3.28%) Consultant
10 46 (3.21%) Data Engineer
11 43 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
12 42 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
13 41 (2.86%) Report Analyst
13 41 (2.86%) Support Analyst
14 34 (2.37%) Senior Manager
15 32 (2.23%) Product Manager
16 31 (2.16%) Alliance Manager
17 27 (1.88%) Accountant
18 23 (1.60%) Commercial Analyst
18 23 (1.60%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.32%) HTML
2 56 (3.91%) CSS
3 46 (3.21%) .NET
4 39 (2.72%) React
5 32 (2.23%) JSON
6 24 (1.67%) REST
6 24 (1.67%) XML
7 18 (1.26%) Middleware
8 17 (1.19%) React Native
8 17 (1.19%) TensorFlow
9 16 (1.12%) Bootstrap
10 15 (1.05%) PyTorch
11 14 (0.98%) Node.js
12 13 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
12 13 (0.91%) Flash
13 12 (0.84%) Sass
13 12 (0.84%) SOAP
14 8 (0.56%) CSS3
14 8 (0.56%) HTML5
14 8 (0.56%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 112 (7.81%) Self-Motivation
3 101 (7.04%) Product Ownership
4 62 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 45 (3.14%) Data Structures
6 43 (3.00%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.65%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.58%) Algorithms
9 35 (2.44%) Virtual Team
10 29 (2.02%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.95%) Low-Code
11 28 (1.95%) Security Posture
12 27 (1.88%) Social Media
13 26 (1.81%) Driving Licence
13 26 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.60%) FMCG
15 22 (1.53%) PKI
16 20 (1.39%) Mobile App
17 19 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 18 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.60%) Windows
2 47 (3.28%) Linux
3 22 (1.53%) Unix
3 22 (1.53%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.21%) Android
6 2 (0.14%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.070%) AIX
7 1 (0.070%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.070%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (45.61%) Problem-Solving
2 363 (25.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 348 (24.27%) Decision-Making
4 302 (21.06%) Analytics
5 294 (20.50%) Agile
6 272 (18.97%) AI
7 244 (17.02%) Business Intelligence
8 166 (11.58%) DevOps
9 164 (11.44%) Mentoring
10 152 (10.60%) Actionable Insight
10 152 (10.60%) Project Management
11 151 (10.53%) Data Modelling
12 149 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 147 (10.25%) Analytical Thinking
14 141 (9.83%) Coaching
15 138 (9.62%) CI/CD
16 135 (9.41%) Process Improvement
17 132 (9.21%) ERP
18 123 (8.58%) Data Analysis
19 115 (8.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 293 (20.43%) SQL
2 232 (16.18%) Python
3 83 (5.79%) JavaScript
4 68 (4.74%) C#
5 60 (4.18%) PowerShell
6 50 (3.49%) Java
7 33 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 24 (1.67%) T-SQL
9 21 (1.46%) C++
10 19 (1.32%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.26%) R
12 13 (0.91%) Bash
13 11 (0.77%) Go
14 10 (0.70%) C
14 10 (0.70%) VBA
15 5 (0.35%) PHP
15 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.35%) Ruby
16 4 (0.28%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 314 (21.90%) Degree
2 144 (10.04%) Security Cleared
3 136 (9.48%) ACCA
4 125 (8.72%) CIMA
5 104 (7.25%) SC Cleared
6 57 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.93%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.88%) CISSP
9 26 (1.81%) PhD
10 25 (1.74%) AAT
10 25 (1.74%) DV Cleared
11 24 (1.67%) DBS Check
12 22 (1.53%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.39%) CISM
14 17 (1.19%) PMP
15 16 (1.12%) Azure Certification
16 12 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 11 (0.77%) AWS Certification
17 11 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (8.86%) Data Quality
2 79 (5.51%) QA
3 76 (5.30%) GDPR
4 52 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.21%) Accessibility
6 33 (2.30%) NIST
7 30 (2.09%) PMO
8 28 (1.95%) SLA
9 24 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
10 20 (1.39%) WCAG
11 17 (1.19%) ISO 9001
12 16 (1.12%) GRC
13 11 (0.77%) IFRS
14 10 (0.70%) COREP
14 10 (0.70%) FINREP
15 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.63%) GAAP
15 9 (0.63%) ISO 14001
15 9 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.91%) Docker
3 12 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.070%) Firmware
7 1 (0.070%) KVM
7 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.56%) Terraform
2 30 (2.09%) Ansible
3 19 (1.32%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.70%) Grafana
5 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.35%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.35%) QRadar
9 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.28%) Packer
10 3 (0.21%) SCCM
11 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.070%) CASB
12 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.070%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.070%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 264 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.09%) Google
3 58 (4.04%) Oracle
3 58 (4.04%) SAP
4 49 (3.42%) Salesforce
5 24 (1.67%) ServiceNow
6 23 (1.60%) Databricks
7 21 (1.46%) PayPal
8 20 (1.39%) Adobe
9 15 (1.05%) Arista
9 15 (1.05%) Aruba
9 15 (1.05%) NetScout
10 13 (0.91%) Atlassian
10 13 (0.91%) Xero
11 12 (0.84%) Cisco
11 12 (0.84%) VMware
12 11 (0.77%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.70%) F5
13 10 (0.70%) Splunk
13 10 (0.70%) Workday