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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,565 2,236 3,316
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.51% 13.93% 9.92%
As % of the General category 12.75% 19.03% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 931 1,862
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,620 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £73,453 £71,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 12,279 11,748 20,395
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.94% 73.16% 61.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,049 6,569 14,882
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 3 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 39 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.28%) Confluence
4 12 (0.77%) Apache
4 12 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.70%) IIS
5 11 (0.70%) WordPress
6 10 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.45%) SAS
8 5 (0.32%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.26%) CMS
10 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.064%) Appian
12 1 (0.064%) Drupal
12 1 (0.064%) Moodle
12 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 165 (10.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.38%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.19%) Blender
9 3 (0.19%) Maya
10 1 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.064%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.70%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 7 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 4 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.26%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.26%) JDE World
7 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 263 (16.81%) Azure
2 242 (15.46%) Power Platform
3 131 (8.37%) AWS
4 124 (7.92%) SaaS
5 62 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (3.19%) GCP
6 50 (3.19%) Google Analytics
7 41 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (2.04%) Entra ID
9 30 (1.92%) GitHub
10 28 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.21%) Amazon S3
11 19 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.15%) OCI
13 16 (1.02%) Serverless
14 15 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (0.89%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
17 12 (0.77%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.41%) Broadband
2 56 (3.58%) Firewall
3 25 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.02%) NGFW
5 16 (1.02%) Wireshark
6 15 (0.96%) VXLAN
7 13 (0.83%) VPN
8 12 (0.77%) WAN
9 11 (0.70%) Network Security
10 10 (0.64%) SMS
11 9 (0.58%) LAN
12 7 (0.45%) 5G
12 7 (0.45%) DNS
12 7 (0.45%) Wireless
13 6 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.38%) HTTP
13 6 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (13.10%) Power BI
2 70 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 61 (3.90%) Tableau
4 46 (2.94%) Metadata
5 36 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (2.04%) MySQL
8 26 (1.66%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 20 (1.28%) Oracle Database
10 20 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (1.15%) Big Data
12 16 (1.02%) Power Query
13 15 (0.96%) NoSQL
14 13 (0.83%) Data Lake
15 12 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (0.64%) Looker
17 9 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
18 8 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
18 8 (0.51%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 50 (3.19%) JIRA
2 42 (2.68%) Git
3 15 (0.96%) GitLab
4 6 (0.38%) LabVIEW
4 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.32%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.32%) Balsamiq
5 5 (0.32%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.26%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.26%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.19%) Postman
8 2 (0.13%) Babel
8 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.13%) webpack
9 1 (0.064%) TestRail
General
1 727 (46.45%) Social Skills
2 489 (31.25%) Finance
3 149 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 148 (9.46%) Public Sector
5 127 (8.12%) Marketing
6 111 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
7 102 (6.52%) Retail
8 97 (6.20%) Law
9 95 (6.07%) Legal
10 58 (3.71%) Banking
11 51 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
12 48 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (2.62%) Manufacturing
14 36 (2.30%) Advertising
15 33 (2.11%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.73%) Automotive
17 26 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.66%) Publishing
18 19 (1.21%) Games
19 17 (1.09%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 418 (26.71%) Analyst
2 220 (14.06%) Senior
3 113 (7.22%) Lead
4 95 (6.07%) Business Analyst
5 89 (5.69%) Architect
6 88 (5.62%) Data Analyst
7 80 (5.11%) Developer
8 72 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
9 60 (3.83%) Consultant
10 53 (3.39%) Data Engineer
11 47 (3.00%) Report Analyst
12 43 (2.75%) Senior Manager
13 42 (2.68%) Support Analyst
14 40 (2.56%) Applications Support
15 39 (2.49%) Accountant
16 36 (2.30%) Financial Analyst
17 35 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
18 32 (2.04%) Security Analyst
19 31 (1.98%) Data Scientist
20 30 (1.92%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.94%) .NET
2 43 (2.75%) HTML
3 38 (2.43%) JSON
4 36 (2.30%) CSS
5 29 (1.85%) REST
6 26 (1.66%) PyTorch
6 26 (1.66%) TensorFlow
7 25 (1.60%) Middleware
7 25 (1.60%) React
7 25 (1.60%) XML
8 17 (1.09%) RESTful
9 16 (1.02%) PySpark
10 10 (0.64%) ASP.NET
10 10 (0.64%) Node.js
10 10 (0.64%) React Native
11 8 (0.51%) Kafka
11 8 (0.51%) LDAP
11 8 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (0.51%) Pandas
11 8 (0.51%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 132 (8.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 88 (5.62%) Product Ownership
3 78 (4.98%) Management Information System
4 72 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
5 58 (3.71%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.00%) Virtual Team
7 37 (2.36%) Algorithms
7 37 (2.36%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.36%) Data Structures
7 37 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (2.24%) Security Posture
9 29 (1.85%) Social Media
10 28 (1.79%) Data Centre
11 27 (1.73%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.66%) PKI
13 24 (1.53%) Credit Risk
13 24 (1.53%) Video\Live Streaming
14 23 (1.47%) Public Cloud
15 22 (1.41%) Blog
16 21 (1.34%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 69 (4.41%) Windows
2 49 (3.13%) Linux
3 29 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.70%) Unix
5 7 (0.45%) Android
6 6 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.32%) OpenVMS
7 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.064%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.064%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 757 (48.37%) Problem-Solving
2 397 (25.37%) Decision-Making
3 384 (24.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 327 (20.89%) Analytics
5 320 (20.45%) Agile
6 264 (16.87%) AI
7 226 (14.44%) Business Intelligence
8 205 (13.10%) Roadmaps
9 194 (12.40%) Mentoring
9 194 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 184 (11.76%) Project Management
11 179 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 161 (10.29%) Actionable Insight
13 156 (9.97%) Process Improvement
14 147 (9.39%) Coaching
15 145 (9.27%) Analytical Thinking
16 141 (9.01%) Data Modelling
17 131 (8.37%) Validation
18 125 (7.99%) ERP
19 121 (7.73%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 332 (21.21%) SQL
2 291 (18.59%) Python
3 73 (4.66%) JavaScript
4 61 (3.90%) C#
5 56 (3.58%) PowerShell
6 44 (2.81%) Java
7 33 (2.11%) T-SQL
8 21 (1.34%) R
9 16 (1.02%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.89%) C++
10 14 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 11 (0.70%) Bash
13 8 (0.51%) Go
13 8 (0.51%) PHP
14 6 (0.38%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.32%) C
15 5 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.32%) Ruby
15 5 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 309 (19.74%) Degree
2 162 (10.35%) Security Cleared
3 121 (7.73%) SC Cleared
4 108 (6.90%) ACCA
5 104 (6.65%) CIMA
6 47 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.68%) CISSP
8 40 (2.56%) DBS Check
9 37 (2.36%) CISM
10 28 (1.79%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.41%) AAT
12 21 (1.34%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.15%) DV Cleared
13 18 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
14 14 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
14 14 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (0.77%) HNC
17 11 (0.70%) AWS Certification
17 11 (0.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (9.71%) Data Quality
2 115 (7.35%) GDPR
3 92 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 80 (5.11%) QA
5 60 (3.83%) SLA
6 54 (3.45%) NIST
7 46 (2.94%) Accessibility
8 32 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 29 (1.85%) ISO 9001
10 25 (1.60%) GRC
11 24 (1.53%) PMO
12 21 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 20 (1.28%) IFRS
14 19 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 18 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (1.15%) ISO 14001
16 14 (0.89%) COREP
16 14 (0.89%) FINREP
16 14 (0.89%) PCI DSS
17 12 (0.77%) NCSC
System Software
1 52 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.09%) Docker
3 11 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.064%) KVM
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.064%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.064%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (3.19%) Terraform
2 26 (1.66%) Ansible
3 22 (1.41%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.58%) QRadar
6 8 (0.51%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.45%) Grafana
8 6 (0.38%) Packer
9 4 (0.26%) Nmap
10 2 (0.13%) Graylog
10 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.13%) SCCM
11 1 (0.064%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.064%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.064%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.064%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.064%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 269 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.50%) Google
3 65 (4.15%) SAP
4 59 (3.77%) Oracle
4 59 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 21 (1.34%) Cisco
7 19 (1.21%) Databricks
8 18 (1.15%) Adobe
9 17 (1.09%) Sage
10 15 (0.96%) Arista
10 15 (0.96%) Aruba
10 15 (0.96%) NetScout
10 15 (0.96%) Palo Alto
11 14 (0.89%) Splunk
12 13 (0.83%) HubSpot
12 13 (0.83%) JD Edwards
13 12 (0.77%) F5
13 12 (0.77%) Qualys
13 12 (0.77%) Red Hat