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 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,496 1,456 2,611
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.89% 11.35% 8.44%
As % of the General category 15.63% 15.74% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 862 915 1,872
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £45,000 £41,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -4.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,886 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 9,571 9,249 19,048
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.87% 72.09% 61.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,262 6,301 14,919
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,445 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 27 March 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 26 (1.74%) Confluence
2 24 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.94%) CMS
5 9 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.60%) WordPress
6 8 (0.53%) Apache
7 7 (0.47%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.33%) SAS
9 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.067%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.067%) IIS
12 1 (0.067%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.067%) Umbraco
Applications
1 193 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 98 (6.55%) Chatbot
3 81 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.94%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.067%) Notion
9 1 (0.067%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.067%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.01%) NetSuite
2 24 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.47%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.27%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.20%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.13%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.13%) Shopify
9 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 293 (19.59%) Azure
2 222 (14.84%) Power Platform
3 128 (8.56%) AWS
4 112 (7.49%) SaaS
5 83 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (4.61%) GitHub
7 65 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
8 58 (3.88%) GCP
9 49 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
10 44 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
11 41 (2.74%) Google Analytics
12 33 (2.21%) Snowflake
13 32 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 25 (1.67%) Entra ID
15 23 (1.54%) dbt
15 23 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
16 20 (1.34%) Power Automate
17 19 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
18 18 (1.20%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.74%) Firewall
2 40 (2.67%) Broadband
3 27 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (1.47%) Wireshark
5 20 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
6 16 (1.07%) NGFW
6 16 (1.07%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
8 12 (0.80%) Network Security
9 11 (0.74%) WAN
10 9 (0.60%) DNS
10 9 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (0.53%) Telnet
12 7 (0.47%) DHCP
12 7 (0.47%) VPN
13 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.27%) DSL
15 4 (0.27%) Modbus
15 4 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (13.30%) Power BI
2 92 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 64 (4.28%) Tableau
4 45 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (2.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 35 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (2.21%) Metadata
8 32 (2.14%) MySQL
9 22 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (1.14%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.14%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.00%) Power Query
12 13 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (0.87%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
14 11 (0.74%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.60%) Data Mining
16 8 (0.53%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 71 (4.75%) JIRA
2 35 (2.34%) Git
3 19 (1.27%) GitLab
4 14 (0.94%) Axure RP
4 14 (0.94%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.87%) Subversion
6 8 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.40%) Babel
7 6 (0.40%) webpack
8 5 (0.33%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.33%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.33%) ERwin
8 5 (0.33%) Selenium
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.27%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.20%) Maven
10 3 (0.20%) MLflow
10 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 736 (49.20%) Social Skills
2 511 (34.16%) Finance
3 143 (9.56%) Public Sector
4 141 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 135 (9.02%) Marketing
6 101 (6.75%) Retail
7 90 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
8 89 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
9 85 (5.68%) Law
10 64 (4.28%) Legal
11 46 (3.07%) Manufacturing
12 41 (2.74%) Banking
13 39 (2.61%) Telecoms
14 38 (2.54%) Advertising
15 30 (2.01%) Automotive
15 30 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (1.60%) Back Office
16 24 (1.60%) Publishing
17 21 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.40%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 351 (23.46%) Analyst
2 166 (11.10%) Senior
3 105 (7.02%) Developer
4 97 (6.48%) Lead
5 95 (6.35%) Trainer
6 86 (5.75%) Business Analyst
7 77 (5.15%) Architect
8 61 (4.08%) Data Analyst
9 51 (3.41%) Consultant
10 49 (3.28%) Financial Analyst
11 48 (3.21%) Support Analyst
12 42 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
12 42 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
13 39 (2.61%) Data Engineer
14 38 (2.54%) Report Analyst
15 32 (2.14%) Senior Manager
16 31 (2.07%) Alliance Manager
17 27 (1.80%) Product Manager
18 25 (1.67%) IT Analyst
19 24 (1.60%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (4.01%) HTML
2 54 (3.61%) CSS
3 48 (3.21%) .NET
4 41 (2.74%) React
5 25 (1.67%) REST
6 24 (1.60%) JSON
7 22 (1.47%) XML
8 18 (1.20%) TensorFlow
9 16 (1.07%) Bootstrap
9 16 (1.07%) Middleware
9 16 (1.07%) React Native
10 15 (1.00%) Flash
10 15 (1.00%) PyTorch
11 14 (0.94%) Node.js
12 13 (0.87%) Sass
12 13 (0.87%) SOAP
13 12 (0.80%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (0.60%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.53%) OAuth
15 8 (0.53%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 113 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
3 95 (6.35%) Product Ownership
4 79 (5.28%) Onboarding
5 46 (3.07%) Data Structures
6 43 (2.87%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.61%) Cloud Native
8 38 (2.54%) Algorithms
9 34 (2.27%) Virtual Team
10 29 (1.94%) Data Centre
10 29 (1.94%) Social Media
11 28 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (1.80%) Low-Code
13 26 (1.74%) Driving Licence
14 25 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.60%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.54%) FMCG
17 22 (1.47%) PKI
18 20 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 18 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 68 (4.55%) Windows
2 49 (3.28%) Linux
3 23 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.40%) Unix
5 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.20%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.13%) Android
8 1 (0.067%) AIX
8 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.067%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 650 (43.45%) Problem-Solving
2 375 (25.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 348 (23.26%) AI
4 335 (22.39%) Decision-Making
5 297 (19.85%) Analytics
6 292 (19.52%) Agile
7 235 (15.71%) Business Intelligence
8 167 (11.16%) DevOps
8 167 (11.16%) Mentoring
9 159 (10.63%) Project Management
10 156 (10.43%) Analytical Thinking
11 151 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 148 (9.89%) Actionable Insight
13 141 (9.43%) Data Modelling
14 136 (9.09%) CI/CD
14 136 (9.09%) Process Improvement
15 135 (9.02%) Data Analysis
15 135 (9.02%) ERP
16 128 (8.56%) Coaching
17 110 (7.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 294 (19.65%) SQL
2 230 (15.37%) Python
3 80 (5.35%) JavaScript
4 75 (5.01%) C#
5 61 (4.08%) PowerShell
6 43 (2.87%) Java
7 30 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (1.54%) C++
9 21 (1.40%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.34%) R
11 18 (1.20%) TypeScript
12 13 (0.87%) Bash
12 13 (0.87%) C
13 11 (0.74%) VBA
14 10 (0.67%) Go
15 5 (0.33%) PHP
15 5 (0.33%) Ruby
16 4 (0.27%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.27%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.20%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 399 (26.67%) Degree
2 143 (9.56%) Security Cleared
3 128 (8.56%) ACCA
4 120 (8.02%) Master's Degree
5 118 (7.89%) CIMA
6 108 (7.22%) SC Cleared
7 101 (6.75%) PhD
8 54 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (1.94%) DBS Check
10 28 (1.87%) AAT
11 27 (1.80%) CISSP
12 25 (1.67%) DV Cleared
13 23 (1.54%) PMI Certification
14 20 (1.34%) CISM
15 17 (1.14%) PMP
16 15 (1.00%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.80%) AWS Certification
17 12 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
17 12 (0.80%) Six Sigma Green Belt
18 10 (0.67%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (7.15%) Data Quality
2 83 (5.55%) QA
3 73 (4.88%) GDPR
4 52 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.07%) Accessibility
6 34 (2.27%) NIST
7 30 (2.01%) PMO
8 23 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 21 (1.40%) SLA
10 20 (1.34%) WCAG
11 14 (0.94%) GRC
11 14 (0.94%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.80%) IFRS
13 9 (0.60%) GAAP
13 9 (0.60%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.53%) NCSC
15 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.47%) ISO 14001
15 7 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.94%) Docker
3 13 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.067%) Firmware
7 1 (0.067%) KVM
7 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.41%) Terraform
2 30 (2.01%) Ansible
3 20 (1.34%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.60%) Grafana
4 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.33%) Kubeflow
8 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 4 (0.27%) Packer
8 4 (0.27%) QRadar
9 3 (0.20%) SCCM
10 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.067%) CASB
11 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.067%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.067%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 262 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 96 (6.42%) PayPal
3 68 (4.55%) Google
4 57 (3.81%) Oracle
5 55 (3.68%) SAP
6 48 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.54%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.47%) Databricks
9 20 (1.34%) Adobe
10 15 (1.00%) Arista
10 15 (1.00%) Aruba
10 15 (1.00%) Cisco
10 15 (1.00%) NetScout
11 14 (0.94%) Xero
12 13 (0.87%) VMware
13 12 (0.80%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.74%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.67%) F5
15 10 (0.67%) Workday
16 9 (0.60%) Splunk