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 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,468 2,108 3,289
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.65% 14.11% 9.88%
As % of the General category 13.33% 18.82% 16.12%
Number of salaries quoted 969 896 1,881
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £41,250 £41,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -3.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £70,350
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £53,200 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.27% +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 11,009 11,203 20,405
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.37% 74.99% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,264 6,177 15,110
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 31 May 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 35 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.29%) Confluence
4 13 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.82%) Apache
6 11 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.75%) WordPress
7 7 (0.48%) CMS
7 7 (0.48%) SAS
8 5 (0.34%) IIS
8 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.068%) Appian
11 1 (0.068%) Drupal
11 1 (0.068%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.068%) Moodle
11 1 (0.068%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 149 (10.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.68%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.14%) Blender
9 2 (0.14%) Maya
10 1 (0.068%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.068%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.068%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.75%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.27%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.27%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.27%) JDE World
7 4 (0.27%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.068%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 262 (17.85%) Azure
2 240 (16.35%) Power Platform
3 132 (8.99%) AWS
4 110 (7.49%) SaaS
5 59 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (3.61%) GCP
7 52 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (3.54%) Google Analytics
8 40 (2.72%) GitHub
9 31 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (2.04%) Entra ID
11 23 (1.57%) Amazon S3
12 22 (1.50%) Snowflake
13 21 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (1.23%) Serverless
16 17 (1.16%) OCI
17 16 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (1.09%) Azure Machine Learning
18 14 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.02%) Broadband
2 48 (3.27%) Firewall
3 22 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.09%) NGFW
4 16 (1.09%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.02%) VXLAN
6 10 (0.68%) VPN
7 8 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
7 8 (0.54%) SMS
7 8 (0.54%) WAN
8 7 (0.48%) 5G
8 7 (0.48%) DNS
9 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.41%) Network Security
10 5 (0.34%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.34%) VLAN
11 4 (0.27%) LAN
11 4 (0.27%) Modbus
11 4 (0.27%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (13.76%) Power BI
2 64 (4.36%) Tableau
3 62 (4.22%) SQL Server
4 43 (2.93%) Metadata
5 34 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (1.63%) MySQL
8 19 (1.29%) Big Data
8 19 (1.29%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.23%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.16%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.95%) NoSQL
12 13 (0.89%) Power Query
13 11 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.54%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.54%) Looker
14 8 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
15 7 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 49 (3.34%) JIRA
2 38 (2.59%) Git
3 13 (0.89%) GitLab
4 9 (0.61%) Axure RP
4 9 (0.61%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.41%) Subversion
5 6 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.20%) Babel
7 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.20%) ERwin
7 3 (0.20%) MLflow
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.20%) webpack
8 2 (0.14%) Postman
8 2 (0.14%) Storybook
8 2 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 666 (45.37%) Social Skills
2 475 (32.36%) Finance
3 158 (10.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (9.81%) Public Sector
5 129 (8.79%) Marketing
6 92 (6.27%) Law
6 92 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
7 89 (6.06%) Legal
8 85 (5.79%) Retail
9 53 (3.61%) Banking
10 50 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.32%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.04%) Telecoms
14 29 (1.98%) Advertising
15 27 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.84%) Publishing
16 23 (1.57%) Automotive
17 16 (1.09%) Financial Institution
18 15 (1.02%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 367 (25.00%) Analyst
2 199 (13.56%) Senior
3 96 (6.54%) Lead
4 89 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 88 (5.99%) Architect
5 88 (5.99%) Developer
6 73 (4.97%) Data Analyst
7 56 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
8 55 (3.75%) Data Engineer
9 50 (3.41%) Consultant
10 44 (3.00%) Senior Manager
11 41 (2.79%) Report Analyst
12 38 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
13 36 (2.45%) Product Manager
14 32 (2.18%) Accountant
15 31 (2.11%) Applications Support
16 29 (1.98%) Data Scientist
16 29 (1.98%) Security Analyst
16 29 (1.98%) Support Analyst
17 28 (1.91%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.75%) HTML
2 49 (3.34%) CSS
3 43 (2.93%) .NET
4 36 (2.45%) JSON
5 34 (2.32%) React
6 28 (1.91%) REST
7 26 (1.77%) TensorFlow
8 25 (1.70%) PyTorch
9 23 (1.57%) Middleware
9 23 (1.57%) XML
10 16 (1.09%) React Native
11 15 (1.02%) Node.js
12 14 (0.95%) RESTful
13 13 (0.89%) Bootstrap
14 10 (0.68%) PySpark
14 10 (0.68%) SOAP
15 7 (0.48%) EDI
15 7 (0.48%) Flutter
15 7 (0.48%) LangChain
15 7 (0.48%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 97 (6.61%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (3.88%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.34%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.93%) Algorithms
6 43 (2.93%) Data Structures
7 40 (2.72%) Virtual Team
8 34 (2.32%) Cloud Native
9 30 (2.04%) Data Centre
10 28 (1.91%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.77%) Security Posture
12 23 (1.57%) FMCG
12 23 (1.57%) Mobile App
12 23 (1.57%) PKI
12 23 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 23 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
13 22 (1.50%) Low-Code
13 22 (1.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 65 (4.43%) Windows
2 39 (2.66%) Linux
3 28 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.82%) Unix
5 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.27%) Android
6 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.14%) AIX
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.068%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.068%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.068%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.068%) Solaris
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 669 (45.57%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (23.77%) Decision-Making
3 341 (23.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 326 (22.21%) Agile
5 308 (20.98%) Analytics
6 264 (17.98%) AI
7 220 (14.99%) Business Intelligence
8 184 (12.53%) Mentoring
9 173 (11.78%) Roadmaps
10 168 (11.44%) Project Management
11 164 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 156 (10.63%) Actionable Insight
13 144 (9.81%) Coaching
13 144 (9.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 141 (9.60%) Data Modelling
15 137 (9.33%) DevOps
16 136 (9.26%) Analytical Thinking
17 131 (8.92%) Process Improvement
18 127 (8.65%) CI/CD
19 126 (8.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 309 (21.05%) SQL
2 286 (19.48%) Python
3 83 (5.65%) JavaScript
4 63 (4.29%) PowerShell
5 56 (3.81%) C#
6 50 (3.41%) Java
7 27 (1.84%) T-SQL
8 18 (1.23%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.16%) R
10 15 (1.02%) C++
11 13 (0.89%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.68%) Bash
13 9 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.61%) Go
14 6 (0.41%) VBA
15 5 (0.34%) C
15 5 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.34%) PHP
15 5 (0.34%) Ruby
15 5 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 304 (20.71%) Degree
2 149 (10.15%) Security Cleared
3 114 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 105 (7.15%) ACCA
5 101 (6.88%) CIMA
6 51 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.59%) DBS Check
8 28 (1.91%) CISSP
9 26 (1.77%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.50%) CISM
11 19 (1.29%) PMI Certification
12 18 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.16%) AAT
13 17 (1.16%) DV Cleared
14 16 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
15 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (1.02%) PMP
16 12 (0.82%) HNC
17 11 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (9.67%) Data Quality
2 100 (6.81%) GDPR
3 79 (5.38%) QA
4 66 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 50 (3.41%) Accessibility
6 48 (3.27%) SLA
7 44 (3.00%) NIST
8 21 (1.43%) GRC
9 20 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.36%) PMO
10 18 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 18 (1.23%) ISO 9001
11 14 (0.95%) COREP
11 14 (0.95%) FINREP
12 13 (0.89%) WCAG
13 12 (0.82%) IFRS
14 11 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.75%) NCSC
15 10 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 10 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.89%) Docker
4 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.20%) Firmware
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.068%) KVM
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.068%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (3.47%) Terraform
2 26 (1.77%) Ansible
3 17 (1.16%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.48%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.41%) Grafana
6 6 (0.41%) Packer
6 6 (0.41%) QRadar
7 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.20%) SCCM
8 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.068%) CASB
9 1 (0.068%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.068%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.068%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.068%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.068%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 253 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.72%) Google
3 63 (4.29%) Oracle
4 61 (4.16%) SAP
5 57 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.18%) ServiceNow
7 21 (1.43%) Adobe
8 17 (1.16%) Cisco
9 15 (1.02%) Arista
9 15 (1.02%) Aruba
9 15 (1.02%) Databricks
9 15 (1.02%) NetScout
10 14 (0.95%) VMware
11 13 (0.89%) HubSpot
12 12 (0.82%) F5
12 12 (0.82%) Palo Alto
13 11 (0.75%) Pardot
14 10 (0.68%) Sage
15 9 (0.61%) IFS
15 9 (0.61%) JD Edwards