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 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,186 2,471 2,756
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.77% 14.70% 12.61%
As % of the General category 14.30% 20.83% 20.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,315 903 1,061
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,601 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% -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 15,286 11,865 13,709
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.31% 70.59% 62.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,223 6,180 7,651
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 7 October 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 59 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.05%) Confluence
2 23 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.55%) IIS
6 11 (0.50%) Apache
7 10 (0.46%) CMS
7 10 (0.46%) WordPress
8 8 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.37%) SAS
9 5 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (0.091%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.091%) Hedera
11 2 (0.091%) nginx
11 2 (0.091%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.046%) Appian
12 1 (0.046%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 233 (10.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 20 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.32%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.23%) Notion
9 4 (0.18%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.14%) Blender
10 3 (0.14%) InDesign
10 3 (0.14%) Maya
11 2 (0.091%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.091%) SPSS
12 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.046%) Trello
Business Applications
1 52 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.46%) Dynamics GP
3 16 (0.73%) Shopify
4 13 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (0.32%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
7 6 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 6 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.27%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.23%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.23%) JDE World
8 5 (0.23%) Sage 50
9 4 (0.18%) FastStats
9 4 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 288 (13.17%) Power Platform
2 273 (12.49%) Azure
3 186 (8.51%) AWS
4 128 (5.86%) SaaS
5 103 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
6 83 (3.80%) GCP
7 71 (3.25%) Google Analytics
8 52 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 40 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (1.56%) GitHub
10 34 (1.56%) Serverless
11 31 (1.42%) Google Ads
11 31 (1.42%) PowerApps
12 27 (1.24%) Amazon S3
12 27 (1.24%) Google Tag Manager
13 26 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
13 26 (1.19%) Snowflake
14 24 (1.10%) Amazon EMR
15 23 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.92%) Broadband
2 33 (1.51%) Firewall
3 26 (1.19%) Network Security
4 22 (1.01%) DNS
5 21 (0.96%) VPN
6 20 (0.91%) 5G
7 19 (0.87%) DHCP
7 19 (0.87%) TCP/IP
8 17 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (0.69%) WAN
10 14 (0.64%) SMS
11 11 (0.50%) LAN
12 10 (0.46%) Internet
13 7 (0.32%) VLAN
13 7 (0.32%) Wireless
14 5 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
15 4 (0.18%) FTP
15 4 (0.18%) HTTP
15 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (11.62%) Power BI
2 70 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.11%) Tableau
4 67 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
5 49 (2.24%) Metadata
6 38 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 37 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (1.60%) Looker
9 32 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (1.33%) MySQL
11 24 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
11 24 (1.10%) Data Lake
12 22 (1.01%) Power Query
13 21 (0.96%) Big Data
14 18 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.78%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.78%) Spark SQL
16 16 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
17 15 (0.69%) BigQuery
18 14 (0.64%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 86 (3.93%) Git
2 78 (3.57%) JIRA
3 16 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.64%) GitLab
5 10 (0.46%) LabVIEW
6 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.27%) Balsamiq
7 6 (0.27%) MLflow
8 5 (0.23%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.23%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.18%) Postman
9 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.14%) JMeter
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.14%) RStudio
10 3 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,112 (50.87%) Social Skills
2 747 (34.17%) Finance
3 257 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 244 (11.16%) Marketing
5 236 (10.80%) Organisational Skills
6 201 (9.19%) Retail
7 193 (8.83%) Law
8 191 (8.74%) Legal
8 191 (8.74%) Public Sector
9 139 (6.36%) Influencing Skills
10 86 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
11 72 (3.29%) Manufacturing
12 69 (3.16%) Banking
13 57 (2.61%) Telecoms
14 48 (2.20%) Advertising
15 35 (1.60%) Aerospace
16 34 (1.56%) Games
17 33 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
17 33 (1.51%) Electronics
18 30 (1.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 559 (25.57%) Analyst
2 292 (13.36%) Senior
3 148 (6.77%) Lead
4 117 (5.35%) Data Analyst
5 115 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 108 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
7 104 (4.76%) Developer
8 95 (4.35%) Architect
9 85 (3.89%) Consultant
10 84 (3.84%) Data Engineer
11 82 (3.75%) Support Analyst
12 61 (2.79%) Service Manager
13 57 (2.61%) Applications Support
14 56 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
15 51 (2.33%) Accountant
16 47 (2.15%) Marketing Manager
17 44 (2.01%) Senior Manager
18 41 (1.88%) Security Analyst
19 37 (1.69%) Financial Analyst
19 37 (1.69%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (3.06%) .NET
2 47 (2.15%) HTML
2 47 (2.15%) PySpark
3 46 (2.10%) Terraform
4 39 (1.78%) CSS
5 35 (1.60%) REST
6 27 (1.24%) JSON
7 25 (1.14%) XML
8 23 (1.05%) React
8 23 (1.05%) RESTful
9 19 (0.87%) Middleware
10 17 (0.78%) Web Services
11 16 (0.73%) .NET Core
12 15 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 15 (0.69%) PyTorch
13 13 (0.59%) ASP.NET
13 13 (0.59%) EDI
13 13 (0.59%) TensorFlow
14 12 (0.55%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.55%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 190 (8.69%) Management Information System
2 135 (6.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 127 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
4 105 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 97 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 75 (3.43%) Virtual Team
7 69 (3.16%) Blog
8 52 (2.38%) Credit Risk
9 51 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
10 41 (1.88%) Driving Licence
11 39 (1.78%) Cloud Native
12 38 (1.74%) Social Media
13 36 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
14 35 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
15 34 (1.56%) Security Posture
16 28 (1.28%) AI Agents
16 28 (1.28%) Data Structures
17 24 (1.10%) Algorithms
17 24 (1.10%) Mobile App
18 21 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 99 (4.53%) Windows
2 62 (2.84%) Linux
3 44 (2.01%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.55%) Android
5 11 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.23%) OpenVMS
9 3 (0.14%) Unix
10 2 (0.091%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.046%) AIX
11 1 (0.046%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,040 (47.58%) Problem-Solving
2 710 (32.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 610 (27.90%) Decision-Making
4 525 (24.02%) Analytics
5 521 (23.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 447 (20.45%) AI
7 418 (19.12%) Agile
8 300 (13.72%) Business Intelligence
9 260 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 259 (11.85%) Roadmaps
11 255 (11.67%) Project Management
12 250 (11.44%) Actionable Insight
13 249 (11.39%) Process Improvement
14 230 (10.52%) Mentoring
15 216 (9.88%) CRM
16 207 (9.47%) Data Analysis
17 203 (9.29%) Project Delivery
18 201 (9.19%) Validation
19 191 (8.74%) Service Delivery
20 189 (8.65%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 474 (21.68%) SQL
2 327 (14.96%) Python
3 91 (4.16%) C#
4 87 (3.98%) JavaScript
5 61 (2.79%) Java
6 58 (2.65%) PowerShell
7 33 (1.51%) C++
8 32 (1.46%) T-SQL
9 30 (1.37%) R
10 23 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 21 (0.96%) Bash
12 19 (0.87%) PL/SQL
12 19 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.55%) Go
14 10 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.46%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.41%) C
16 8 (0.37%) Scala
17 6 (0.27%) PHP
17 6 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 387 (17.70%) Degree
2 243 (11.12%) Security Cleared
3 188 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 106 (4.85%) ACCA
5 105 (4.80%) CIMA
6 59 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 58 (2.65%) DBS Check
8 46 (2.10%) CISSP
9 39 (1.78%) CISM
10 36 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 29 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 26 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (1.05%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.78%) AAT
14 17 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
15 16 (0.73%) CRISC
16 15 (0.69%) AWS Certification
16 15 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 241 (11.02%) Data Quality
2 121 (5.54%) GDPR
3 108 (4.94%) Accessibility
4 88 (4.03%) QA
5 84 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 57 (2.61%) NIST
7 53 (2.42%) SLA
8 37 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 36 (1.65%) PMO
10 29 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 28 (1.28%) GRC
12 26 (1.19%) IFRS
13 20 (0.91%) ISO 9001
14 18 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 16 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.69%) GAAP
16 15 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 15 (0.69%) PCI DSS
17 13 (0.59%) ISO 14001
18 11 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 70 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.42%) Docker
3 12 (0.55%) Firmware
4 11 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.046%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.046%) HDFS
7 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 20 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.78%) Ansible
4 16 (0.73%) Grafana
5 7 (0.32%) QRadar
6 6 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.23%) Nmap
8 4 (0.18%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.14%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.091%) CASB
10 2 (0.091%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.091%) Graylog
10 2 (0.091%) Kibana
10 2 (0.091%) Nagios
10 2 (0.091%) Packer
11 1 (0.046%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.046%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 462 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 126 (5.76%) Google
3 69 (3.16%) SAP
4 66 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 61 (2.79%) Oracle
6 48 (2.20%) YouTube
7 45 (2.06%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.51%) Adobe
9 30 (1.37%) Databricks
9 30 (1.37%) Sage
10 27 (1.24%) HubSpot
11 25 (1.14%) Cisco
12 19 (0.87%) Splunk
13 18 (0.82%) VMware
14 15 (0.69%) Yardi
15 13 (0.59%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 12 (0.55%) Apple
17 10 (0.46%) JD Edwards
17 10 (0.46%) Qualys