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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,035 1,142 1,662
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.59% 7.58% 6.62%
As % of the General category 16.92% 12.88% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 697 771 1,164
10th Percentile £335 £318 £325
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -3.66% +2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £609 £646
90th Percentile £825 £713 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 47 44
10th Percentile £11.96 £10.77 £21.09
25th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -48.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.25 £41.88 £66.00
90th Percentile £79.10 £54.26 £84.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £18.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year +61.11% -58.96% +12.46%

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 6,116 8,864 14,673
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.59% 58.80% 58.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,131 5,820 10,341
10th Percentile £330 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £651 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 471 333
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £18.29 £22.61 £25.95
Median hourly rate £31.76 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.68% -23.76% +52.58%
75th Percentile £64.52 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.78 £72.50 £80.20
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.60
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.96% +48.16%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 54 (5.22%) Confluence
2 17 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.45%) 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 (0.39%) 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 75 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.97%) Trello
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.097%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.097%) EViews
7 1 (0.097%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.097%) InVision
7 1 (0.097%) Notepad++
7 1 (0.097%) Notion
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.097%) Revit
7 1 (0.097%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.097%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 28 (2.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
3 16 (1.55%) Oracle EBS R12
4 13 (1.26%) Maximo
5 10 (0.97%) Oracle ASCP
6 7 (0.68%) SAP EWM
7 6 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.39%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.39%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.39%) SAP IBP
9 4 (0.39%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle HRMS
10 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 3 (0.29%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.29%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 179 (17.29%) Azure
2 149 (14.40%) AWS
3 87 (8.41%) Power Platform
4 48 (4.64%) GCP
5 34 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (3.00%) Serverless
7 26 (2.51%) GitHub
8 24 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (2.22%) Amazon S3
10 20 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
11 19 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
11 19 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.64%) dbt
12 17 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (1.55%) Entra ID
13 16 (1.55%) Power Automate
14 14 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (1.35%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.51%) Firewall
2 22 (2.13%) Network Security
3 12 (1.16%) VPN
4 10 (0.97%) BGP
5 9 (0.87%) OSPF
6 7 (0.68%) HTTP
6 7 (0.68%) LAN
7 6 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (0.58%) NGFW
7 6 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.58%) Wireless
8 5 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (0.48%) DNS
8 5 (0.48%) WAN
9 4 (0.39%) DHCP
9 4 (0.39%) EIGRP
9 4 (0.39%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.39%) Internet
9 4 (0.39%) SSL
9 4 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (7.34%) Power BI
2 62 (5.99%) Relational Database
3 44 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (3.57%) MongoDB
5 35 (3.38%) DB2
6 27 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
7 23 (2.22%) Tableau
8 20 (1.93%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.84%) SQL Server
10 18 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (1.74%) Big Data
11 17 (1.64%) Metadata
12 12 (1.16%) Oracle Database
13 11 (1.06%) Hadoop
13 11 (1.06%) Redis
14 9 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
15 8 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.77%) NoSQL
16 7 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.68%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 97 (9.37%) JIRA
2 53 (5.12%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.38%) JUnit
4 31 (3.00%) Git
5 16 (1.55%) GitLab
6 14 (1.35%) REST Assured
7 12 (1.16%) Selenium
8 7 (0.68%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.58%) ERwin
9 6 (0.58%) JMeter
10 5 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.48%) Maven
10 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.39%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.29%) ScriptRunner
13 2 (0.19%) MLflow
13 2 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 619 (59.81%) Social Skills
2 306 (29.57%) Finance
3 149 (14.40%) Banking
4 129 (12.46%) Public Sector
5 83 (8.02%) Investment Banking
6 52 (5.02%) Retail
7 46 (4.44%) Front Office
7 46 (4.44%) Marketing
8 41 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 40 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (3.48%) Manufacturing
10 36 (3.48%) Telecoms
11 32 (3.09%) Legal
12 29 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.45%) Automotive
15 14 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.35%) Law
16 13 (1.26%) Billing
17 10 (0.97%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 226 (21.84%) Analyst
2 164 (15.85%) Developer
3 103 (9.95%) Senior
4 96 (9.28%) Business Analyst
5 92 (8.89%) Architect
6 80 (7.73%) Consultant
7 69 (6.67%) Lead
8 57 (5.51%) Data Analyst
9 55 (5.31%) Java Developer
10 53 (5.12%) Data Engineer
11 33 (3.19%) Senior Developer
12 32 (3.09%) C# Developer
13 30 (2.90%) Project Manager
14 28 (2.71%) Python Developer
15 25 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (2.22%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
17 22 (2.13%) Functional Consultant
17 22 (2.13%) Oracle Consultant
18 21 (2.03%) Senior Java Developer
18 21 (2.03%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.67%) .NET
2 64 (6.18%) Kafka
3 37 (3.57%) Spring
4 33 (3.19%) React
4 33 (3.19%) Web Services
5 31 (3.00%) AngularJS
6 28 (2.71%) ASP.NET
7 27 (2.61%) JMS
8 24 (2.32%) Django
8 24 (2.32%) FastAPI
8 24 (2.32%) REST
9 19 (1.84%) .NET Core
10 17 (1.64%) WCF
11 16 (1.55%) HTML
12 15 (1.45%) Reactive Extensions
13 14 (1.35%) PySpark
14 12 (1.16%) CSS
15 11 (1.06%) ActiveMQ
15 11 (1.06%) LDAP
15 11 (1.06%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.31%) Data Structures
2 50 (4.83%) Management Information System
3 38 (3.67%) Equities
4 37 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 33 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 29 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 29 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (2.71%) Onboarding
8 27 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 20 (1.93%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
13 16 (1.55%) Derivative
13 16 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.26%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.06%) Cloud Native
15 11 (1.06%) Clustering
15 11 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.96%) Linux
2 43 (4.15%) Windows
3 19 (1.84%) Unix
4 12 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.39%) Android
7 4 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.39%) zOS
8 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.19%) Solaris
9 1 (0.097%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 593 (57.29%) Problem-Solving
2 305 (29.47%) Agile
3 157 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 155 (14.98%) Analytics
5 134 (12.95%) DevOps
6 132 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 130 (12.56%) Project Management
8 125 (12.08%) Computer Science
9 117 (11.30%) Migration
10 107 (10.34%) Data Analysis
11 103 (9.95%) Decision-Making
12 101 (9.76%) CI/CD
13 99 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
14 84 (8.12%) Data Modelling
15 76 (7.34%) SDLC
16 69 (6.67%) Validation
17 65 (6.28%) Artificial Intelligence
17 65 (6.28%) Change Management
17 65 (6.28%) Data Governance
18 63 (6.09%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 265 (25.60%) SQL
2 212 (20.48%) Python
3 132 (12.75%) Java
4 65 (6.28%) C#
5 42 (4.06%) TypeScript
6 38 (3.67%) JavaScript
7 32 (3.09%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.80%) Shell Script
9 26 (2.51%) C++
10 17 (1.64%) Bash
11 11 (1.06%) Scala
12 10 (0.97%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.97%) R
13 9 (0.87%) VBA
14 6 (0.58%) C
14 6 (0.58%) Groovy
15 5 (0.48%) Perl
16 3 (0.29%) ActionScript
16 3 (0.29%) ActionScript 2.0
16 3 (0.29%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 209 (20.19%) Degree
2 152 (14.69%) Security Cleared
3 125 (12.08%) SC Cleared
4 77 (7.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (3.96%) Master's Degree
6 34 (3.29%) AWS Certification
7 32 (3.09%) CISSP
8 31 (3.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 30 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (2.03%) CISM
12 20 (1.93%) Numerate Degree
13 19 (1.84%) PMP
14 18 (1.74%) PMI Certification
15 17 (1.64%) CCNA
16 16 (1.55%) Azure Certification
17 15 (1.45%) CCNP
18 11 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 9 (0.87%) ISTQB
20 8 (0.77%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 65 (6.28%) QA
3 28 (2.71%) GDPR
4 22 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 22 (2.13%) NIST
5 19 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.55%) PMO
7 13 (1.26%) Disclosure Scotland
7 13 (1.26%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.97%) SLA
10 8 (0.77%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.58%) MiFID
13 4 (0.39%) EMIR
13 4 (0.39%) GRC
13 4 (0.39%) NCSC
14 3 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
14 3 (0.29%) IFRS
14 3 (0.29%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 57 (5.51%) Docker
2 25 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (1.06%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.77%) GridGain
6 7 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.58%) RACF
8 3 (0.29%) Firmware
9 1 (0.097%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.097%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.097%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.097%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 57 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 54 (5.22%) Ansible
3 47 (4.54%) Terraform
4 14 (1.35%) Grafana
5 13 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.06%) vCenter Server
7 7 (0.68%) Argo
7 7 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.68%) Puppet
8 5 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.48%) Podman
8 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.39%) WSUS
10 3 (0.29%) Control-M
10 3 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.29%) Kibana
10 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.29%) QRadar
10 3 (0.29%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 130 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 128 (12.37%) Oracle
3 71 (6.86%) SAP
4 34 (3.29%) Databricks
5 33 (3.19%) Google
5 33 (3.19%) Sybase
6 28 (2.71%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.61%) Cisco
8 20 (1.93%) IBM
8 20 (1.93%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.84%) Atlassian
10 17 (1.64%) Splunk
11 15 (1.45%) VMware
12 14 (1.35%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.97%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.77%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.68%) Adobe
15 7 (0.68%) Workday
16 6 (0.58%) F5
16 6 (0.58%) Remedy