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 26 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,702 2,300 2,914
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.80% 13.95% 10.64%
As % of the General category 13.08% 19.25% 17.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 974 1,492
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,110 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% -4.47% -1.06%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,000 £72,056
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -7.99%

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 13,013 11,945 16,741
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.60% 72.47% 61.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8,364 6,695 11,656
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,928 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 26 July 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 42 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.18%) Confluence
4 13 (0.76%) Apache
5 12 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.65%) IIS
7 9 (0.53%) WordPress
8 7 (0.41%) SAS
9 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.24%) CMS
11 3 (0.18%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.059%) Appian
13 1 (0.059%) Drupal
13 1 (0.059%) Moodle
13 1 (0.059%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.059%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 184 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.41%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.18%) Blender
8 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) Maya
9 1 (0.059%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.059%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 39 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.82%) Dynamics GP
3 28 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.88%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.65%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) JDE World
10 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.24%) Sage 200
11 3 (0.18%) Academy Housing
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.18%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 257 (15.10%) Azure
2 242 (14.22%) Power Platform
3 137 (8.05%) AWS
4 131 (7.70%) SaaS
5 71 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (3.53%) GCP
7 52 (3.06%) Google Analytics
8 41 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (2.23%) Entra ID
10 32 (1.88%) GitHub
11 29 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
13 20 (1.18%) Amazon S3
13 20 (1.18%) Snowflake
14 17 (1.00%) PowerApps
15 15 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (0.88%) Serverless
16 12 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
17 9 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (0.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.88%) Broadband
2 41 (2.41%) Firewall
3 19 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.06%) VPN
5 16 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (0.71%) Network Security
6 12 (0.71%) WAN
7 11 (0.65%) SMS
8 9 (0.53%) LAN
9 8 (0.47%) DNS
10 7 (0.41%) 5G
10 7 (0.41%) Wireless
11 6 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.35%) HTTP
11 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.29%) SMTP
12 5 (0.29%) SSL
13 4 (0.24%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (12.16%) Power BI
2 73 (4.29%) SQL Server
3 65 (3.82%) Tableau
4 49 (2.88%) Metadata
5 44 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (2.00%) MySQL
8 30 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (1.70%) Relational Database
10 20 (1.18%) Big Data
10 20 (1.18%) Oracle Database
10 20 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (1.06%) Data Lake
11 18 (1.06%) NoSQL
12 16 (0.94%) Power Query
13 13 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
13 13 (0.76%) Looker
14 10 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.53%) MongoDB
15 9 (0.53%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 58 (3.41%) JIRA
2 50 (2.94%) Git
3 15 (0.88%) GitLab
4 9 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.47%) LabVIEW
5 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.35%) Axure RP
6 6 (0.35%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.29%) Postman
8 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.18%) JMeter
9 3 (0.18%) MLflow
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.12%) Babel
10 2 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 796 (46.77%) Social Skills
2 517 (30.38%) Finance
3 168 (9.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 162 (9.52%) Marketing
5 139 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.87%) Retail
7 131 (7.70%) Legal
8 127 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
9 109 (6.40%) Law
10 77 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
11 64 (3.76%) Banking
12 55 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (2.53%) Manufacturing
14 39 (2.29%) Advertising
15 37 (2.17%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
17 27 (1.59%) Automotive
18 23 (1.35%) Publishing
19 22 (1.29%) Games
20 19 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 447 (26.26%) Analyst
2 231 (13.57%) Senior
3 120 (7.05%) Lead
4 102 (5.99%) Business Analyst
5 93 (5.46%) Data Analyst
6 91 (5.35%) Architect
7 81 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
8 74 (4.35%) Developer
9 65 (3.82%) Consultant
10 62 (3.64%) Data Engineer
11 55 (3.23%) Support Analyst
12 48 (2.82%) Marketing Manager
13 47 (2.76%) Service Manager
14 46 (2.70%) Report Analyst
15 45 (2.64%) Delivery Manager
16 43 (2.53%) Applications Support
17 42 (2.47%) Accountant
18 40 (2.35%) Financial Analyst
19 35 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
20 34 (2.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.94%) .NET
2 46 (2.70%) HTML
3 38 (2.23%) CSS
4 37 (2.17%) JSON
5 32 (1.88%) REST
6 27 (1.59%) XML
7 25 (1.47%) PyTorch
8 24 (1.41%) React
8 24 (1.41%) TensorFlow
9 23 (1.35%) Middleware
10 19 (1.12%) PySpark
11 17 (1.00%) RESTful
12 11 (0.65%) Kafka
12 11 (0.65%) Node.js
13 10 (0.59%) ASP.NET
13 10 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (0.53%) .NET Core
14 9 (0.53%) Pandas
15 8 (0.47%) React Native
15 8 (0.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (8.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 96 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
3 95 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 94 (5.52%) Management Information System
5 76 (4.47%) Virtual Team
6 65 (3.82%) Onboarding
7 54 (3.17%) Blog
8 40 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (2.17%) Data Structures
10 36 (2.12%) Algorithms
10 36 (2.12%) Cloud Native
11 34 (2.00%) Security Posture
12 31 (1.82%) Driving Licence
13 30 (1.76%) Marketing Technology
14 27 (1.59%) Credit Risk
14 27 (1.59%) Social Media
15 24 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
16 23 (1.35%) Public Cloud
17 21 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
18 20 (1.18%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.58%) Windows
2 59 (3.47%) Linux
3 30 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.65%) Unix
5 10 (0.59%) Android
6 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.29%) OpenVMS
8 5 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.059%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.059%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.059%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 804 (47.24%) Problem-Solving
2 485 (28.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 453 (26.62%) Decision-Making
4 372 (21.86%) Analytics
5 344 (20.21%) Agile
6 319 (18.74%) AI
7 263 (15.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 234 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
9 220 (12.93%) Roadmaps
10 212 (12.46%) Project Management
11 195 (11.46%) Actionable Insight
11 195 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 180 (10.58%) Mentoring
13 177 (10.40%) Process Improvement
14 156 (9.17%) Analytical Thinking
15 150 (8.81%) Data Modelling
16 147 (8.64%) CRM
17 146 (8.58%) Validation
18 142 (8.34%) Project Delivery
19 132 (7.76%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 350 (20.56%) SQL
2 288 (16.92%) Python
3 72 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 64 (3.76%) C#
5 55 (3.23%) PowerShell
6 49 (2.88%) Java
7 33 (1.94%) T-SQL
8 23 (1.35%) R
9 20 (1.18%) C++
10 15 (0.88%) TypeScript
11 13 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.71%) Bash
13 8 (0.47%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.47%) PHP
14 7 (0.41%) C
14 7 (0.41%) Go
15 6 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.35%) Scala
15 6 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 323 (18.98%) Degree
2 176 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 133 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 110 (6.46%) ACCA
5 105 (6.17%) CIMA
6 55 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (2.29%) CISSP
7 39 (2.29%) DBS Check
8 36 (2.12%) CISM
9 24 (1.41%) Azure Certification
10 21 (1.23%) AAT
10 21 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 19 (1.12%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
13 13 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.76%) PMI Certification
14 12 (0.71%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (9.17%) Data Quality
2 124 (7.29%) GDPR
3 93 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 86 (5.05%) QA
5 64 (3.76%) SLA
6 54 (3.17%) Accessibility
7 52 (3.06%) NIST
8 40 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.82%) ISO 9001
10 28 (1.65%) PMO
11 26 (1.53%) GRC
12 22 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 21 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 19 (1.12%) IFRS
14 19 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 18 (1.06%) ISO 14001
16 14 (0.82%) COREP
16 14 (0.82%) FINREP
17 13 (0.76%) GAAP
17 13 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.06%) Docker
3 9 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.059%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.059%) KVM
6 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.059%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (2.47%) Terraform
2 23 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.00%) Ansible
5 10 (0.59%) Grafana
6 8 (0.47%) QRadar
7 7 (0.41%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.35%) Packer
9 4 (0.24%) Nmap
10 2 (0.12%) Graylog
10 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.059%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.059%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.059%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.059%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 299 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.35%) Google
3 67 (3.94%) SAP
4 63 (3.70%) Oracle
5 56 (3.29%) Salesforce
6 32 (1.88%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.35%) Cisco
8 20 (1.18%) Databricks
9 19 (1.12%) Adobe
10 17 (1.00%) Sage
11 15 (0.88%) Palo Alto
12 14 (0.82%) HubSpot
12 14 (0.82%) JD Edwards
12 14 (0.82%) Splunk
13 13 (0.76%) Qualys
14 12 (0.71%) F5
14 12 (0.71%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 10 (0.59%) VMware
17 9 (0.53%) SunGard