Analytical Skills Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Analytical Skills
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 29
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,044 1,172 1,695
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 7.62% 6.56%
As % of the General category 16.87% 12.96% 11.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 795 1,182
10th Percentile £343 £313 £325
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £606 £650
90th Percentile £825 £707 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 47 43
10th Percentile £11.96 £10.77 £21.47
25th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £22.83
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -48.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.25 £33.89 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £54.00 £84.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £43.43
% change year-on-year +66.67% -58.55% +22.34%

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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,187 9,044 15,095
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.42% 58.82% 58.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,164 5,919 10,637
10th Percentile £325 £330 £363
25th Percentile £418 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 473 346
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.01 £19.03
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £30.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.12 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% -25.25% +67.21%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%

Analytical Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Skills trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytical Skills.

Analytical Skills daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Analytical Skills daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytical Skills.

Analytical Skills hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Analytical Skills hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 53 (5.08%) Confluence
2 18 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.77%) GemFire
4 8 (0.77%) Oracle Coherence
4 8 (0.77%) SAS
5 5 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.29%) Apache
7 3 (0.29%) CMS
7 3 (0.29%) IBM Notes
7 3 (0.29%) JBoss
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.19%) Drupal
8 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 79 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.25%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.96%) Trello
6 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.096%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.096%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.096%) EViews
8 1 (0.096%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.096%) InVision
8 1 (0.096%) Notepad++
8 1 (0.096%) Notion
8 1 (0.096%) Revit
8 1 (0.096%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.096%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 26 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
3 16 (1.53%) Oracle EBS R12
4 13 (1.25%) Maximo
5 10 (0.96%) Oracle ASCP
6 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.67%) SAP EWM
7 6 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.38%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.38%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.38%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle HRMS
10 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.29%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.29%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 177 (16.95%) Azure
2 144 (13.79%) AWS
3 91 (8.72%) Power Platform
4 46 (4.41%) GCP
5 33 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (2.97%) Serverless
7 26 (2.49%) GitHub
8 24 (2.30%) Amazon S3
8 24 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (1.63%) Entra ID
11 17 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (1.63%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (1.44%) dbt
13 15 (1.44%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.39%) Firewall
2 23 (2.20%) Network Security
3 12 (1.15%) VPN
4 10 (0.96%) BGP
5 9 (0.86%) OSPF
6 7 (0.67%) HTTP
6 7 (0.67%) LAN
7 6 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (0.57%) NGFW
7 6 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.57%) Wireless
8 5 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (0.48%) DNS
8 5 (0.48%) WAN
9 4 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (0.38%) DHCP
9 4 (0.38%) EIGRP
9 4 (0.38%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.38%) SSL
9 4 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (7.57%) Power BI
2 63 (6.03%) Relational Database
3 43 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (3.45%) MongoDB
5 33 (3.16%) DB2
6 26 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (2.30%) Tableau
8 21 (2.01%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (1.72%) SQL Server
10 17 (1.63%) Big Data
10 17 (1.63%) Metadata
11 12 (1.15%) Oracle Database
12 11 (1.05%) Hadoop
13 10 (0.96%) Redis
14 9 (0.86%) NoSQL
15 8 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.77%) RDBMS
16 7 (0.67%) Data Mining
16 7 (0.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 97 (9.29%) JIRA
2 54 (5.17%) Jenkins
3 33 (3.16%) Git
3 33 (3.16%) JUnit
4 17 (1.63%) GitLab
5 14 (1.34%) REST Assured
6 11 (1.05%) Selenium
7 8 (0.77%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.67%) ERwin
9 6 (0.57%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.57%) JMeter
10 5 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.48%) Maven
10 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.38%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.29%) MLflow
12 3 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.29%) ScriptRunner
12 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 635 (60.82%) Social Skills
2 296 (28.35%) Finance
3 144 (13.79%) Banking
4 131 (12.55%) Public Sector
5 82 (7.85%) Investment Banking
6 55 (5.27%) Retail
7 47 (4.50%) Marketing
8 45 (4.31%) Front Office
9 40 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 39 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (3.54%) Telecoms
12 36 (3.45%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.87%) Legal
15 25 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.34%) Automotive
16 14 (1.34%) Billing
16 14 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.34%) Law
17 10 (0.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 242 (23.18%) Analyst
2 163 (15.61%) Developer
3 103 (9.87%) Senior
4 101 (9.67%) Business Analyst
5 90 (8.62%) Architect
6 80 (7.66%) Consultant
7 65 (6.23%) Lead
8 58 (5.56%) Data Analyst
9 52 (4.98%) Java Developer
10 50 (4.79%) Data Engineer
11 33 (3.16%) C# Developer
12 32 (3.07%) Senior Developer
13 31 (2.97%) Project Manager
14 28 (2.68%) Python Developer
15 25 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.11%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
16 22 (2.11%) Functional Consultant
16 22 (2.11%) Oracle Consultant
17 21 (2.01%) Gen AI Developer
18 20 (1.92%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (6.70%) .NET
2 62 (5.94%) Kafka
3 35 (3.35%) Spring
4 34 (3.26%) React
5 32 (3.07%) Web Services
6 31 (2.97%) AngularJS
7 29 (2.78%) ASP.NET
8 25 (2.39%) JMS
9 24 (2.30%) Django
9 24 (2.30%) FastAPI
9 24 (2.30%) REST
10 19 (1.82%) .NET Core
11 18 (1.72%) WCF
12 17 (1.63%) HTML
13 15 (1.44%) PySpark
13 15 (1.44%) Reactive Extensions
14 14 (1.34%) Middleware
15 13 (1.25%) CSS
16 11 (1.05%) LDAP
17 10 (0.96%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.17%) Data Structures
2 52 (4.98%) Management Information System
3 36 (3.45%) Equities
3 36 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 31 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 29 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 29 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 20 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 19 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
10 18 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.53%) Derivative
12 14 (1.34%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.05%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.05%) IoT
13 11 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.90%) Linux
2 43 (4.12%) Windows
3 23 (2.20%) Unix
4 12 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.48%) Android
6 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.38%) zOS
8 2 (0.19%) AIX
8 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.096%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (57.57%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (29.60%) Agile
3 161 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 157 (15.04%) Analytics
5 139 (13.31%) DevOps
6 135 (12.93%) Project Management
7 130 (12.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 125 (11.97%) Computer Science
9 116 (11.11%) Migration
10 108 (10.34%) Data Analysis
11 107 (10.25%) CI/CD
12 101 (9.67%) Decision-Making
13 96 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
14 85 (8.14%) Data Modelling
15 78 (7.47%) SDLC
16 68 (6.51%) Change Management
17 66 (6.32%) Data Governance
18 65 (6.23%) Validation
19 64 (6.13%) Artificial Intelligence
20 62 (5.94%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 261 (25.00%) SQL
2 214 (20.50%) Python
3 130 (12.45%) Java
4 65 (6.23%) C#
5 42 (4.02%) TypeScript
6 41 (3.93%) JavaScript
7 32 (3.07%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.78%) C++
9 28 (2.68%) Shell Script
10 17 (1.63%) Bash
11 12 (1.15%) Scala
12 10 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.77%) C
13 8 (0.77%) R
13 8 (0.77%) VBA
14 6 (0.57%) Groovy
14 6 (0.57%) Perl
15 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.29%) DAML
16 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 210 (20.11%) Degree
2 155 (14.85%) Security Cleared
3 131 (12.55%) SC Cleared
4 78 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (4.02%) Master's Degree
6 34 (3.26%) AWS Certification
7 32 (3.07%) CISSP
8 31 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 30 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (2.01%) CISM
11 21 (2.01%) Numerate Degree
12 19 (1.82%) PMP
13 18 (1.72%) PMI Certification
14 17 (1.63%) CCNA
15 16 (1.53%) Azure Certification
16 15 (1.44%) CCNP
17 11 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 9 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
19 8 (0.77%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.70%) QA
2 67 (6.42%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.59%) GDPR
4 22 (2.11%) Accessibility
4 22 (2.11%) NIST
5 20 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.34%) PMO
7 13 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
8 12 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.96%) SLA
10 8 (0.77%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.57%) MiFID
13 4 (0.38%) GRC
13 4 (0.38%) NCSC
14 3 (0.29%) COBIT
14 3 (0.29%) EMIR
15 2 (0.19%) Basel III
15 2 (0.19%) COSO
System Software
1 59 (5.65%) Docker
2 27 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (1.05%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.77%) GridGain
6 7 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.57%) RACF
8 3 (0.29%) Firmware
9 1 (0.096%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.096%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.096%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.096%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.096%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 60 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 55 (5.27%) Ansible
3 48 (4.60%) Terraform
4 14 (1.34%) Grafana
5 13 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.05%) vCenter Server
7 8 (0.77%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.77%) Puppet
8 7 (0.67%) Argo
9 5 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.48%) Podman
9 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (0.38%) WSUS
11 3 (0.29%) Control-M
11 3 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.29%) Kibana
11 3 (0.29%) QRadar
11 3 (0.29%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 137 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 126 (12.07%) Oracle
3 71 (6.80%) SAP
4 38 (3.64%) Databricks
5 33 (3.16%) Google
6 31 (2.97%) Sybase
7 28 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 27 (2.59%) Cisco
9 21 (2.01%) IBM
10 19 (1.82%) Atlassian
10 19 (1.82%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.63%) Splunk
12 16 (1.53%) CyberArk
12 16 (1.53%) VMware
13 10 (0.96%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.86%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.77%) Adobe
15 8 (0.77%) Dynatrace
16 7 (0.67%) Remedy
16 7 (0.67%) Workday