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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,929 2,113 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.71% 10.85% 9.14%
As % of the General category 19.99% 16.77% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 894 1,089 1,370
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,273 £33,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% -4.72% +5.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,250 £87,552
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,649 12,602 13,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.58% 64.73% 65.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,164 7,330 10,748
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,746 £36,206
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 30 November 2025.

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 38 (1.97%) Confluence
2 35 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.04%) CMS
4 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.31%) SAS
5 6 (0.31%) WordPress
6 4 (0.21%) Apache
6 4 (0.21%) Drupal
7 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.16%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.16%) Moodle
7 3 (0.16%) nginx
7 3 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.10%) IIS
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.052%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.052%) WebLogic
Applications
1 516 (26.75%) Chatbot
2 238 (12.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 120 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (1.09%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.62%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.16%) Blender
11 1 (0.052%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.052%) InVision
11 1 (0.052%) Notion
11 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.052%) Sketch
11 1 (0.052%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 32 (1.66%) NetSuite
2 26 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
5 16 (0.83%) Shopify
6 12 (0.62%) SAP FI
7 11 (0.57%) SAP CO
7 11 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
8 10 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
8 10 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
8 10 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.21%) Hyperion Planning
11 4 (0.21%) Sage X3
11 4 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
12 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
12 3 (0.16%) Primavera
13 2 (0.10%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 237 (12.29%) Azure
2 207 (10.73%) Power Platform
3 105 (5.44%) SaaS
4 97 (5.03%) AWS
5 69 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
6 67 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
7 55 (2.85%) Google Analytics
8 51 (2.64%) GitHub
9 49 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 47 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
11 42 (2.18%) Snowflake
12 41 (2.13%) GCP
13 30 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 26 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
15 25 (1.30%) dbt
15 25 (1.30%) Google Ads
16 24 (1.24%) Entra ID
17 21 (1.09%) Power Automate
18 19 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
19 16 (0.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.02%) Remote Desktop
2 38 (1.97%) Network Security
3 26 (1.35%) Firewall
4 21 (1.09%) WAN
5 20 (1.04%) VPN
6 17 (0.88%) DNS
7 15 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.57%) LAN
10 10 (0.52%) DHCP
10 10 (0.52%) Internet
10 10 (0.52%) Wireshark
11 8 (0.41%) VoIP
12 7 (0.36%) 5G
12 7 (0.36%) Broadband
12 7 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.36%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.26%) Telnet
13 5 (0.26%) Wireless
14 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (9.75%) Power BI
2 73 (3.78%) SQL Server
3 65 (3.37%) Tableau
4 60 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.09%) Metadata
7 19 (0.98%) MySQL
7 19 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 18 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
8 18 (0.93%) Power Query
9 14 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
9 14 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
10 13 (0.67%) GIS
10 13 (0.67%) Looker
10 13 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
11 12 (0.62%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 83 (4.30%) JIRA
2 32 (1.66%) Git
3 17 (0.88%) GitLab
4 11 (0.57%) Axure RP
4 11 (0.57%) Balsamiq
5 10 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 10 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.52%) Selenium
5 10 (0.52%) Subversion
6 9 (0.47%) ER Studio
6 9 (0.47%) ERwin
6 9 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (0.36%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.26%) Babel
9 5 (0.26%) Postman
9 5 (0.26%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.26%) webpack
10 4 (0.21%) Maven
10 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 760 (39.40%) Social Skills
2 561 (29.08%) Finance
3 182 (9.43%) Marketing
4 131 (6.79%) Public Sector
5 129 (6.69%) Retail
6 117 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 91 (4.72%) Legal
8 88 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
9 86 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
10 82 (4.25%) Law
11 79 (4.10%) Manufacturing
12 62 (3.21%) Telecoms
13 51 (2.64%) Advertising
14 48 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
15 38 (1.97%) Electronics
16 30 (1.56%) Banking
17 25 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.09%) Billing
19 17 (0.88%) Aerospace
20 16 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 515 (26.70%) Trainer
2 362 (18.77%) Analyst
3 152 (7.88%) Senior
4 111 (5.75%) Developer
5 85 (4.41%) Lead
6 81 (4.20%) Business Analyst
7 79 (4.10%) Architect
8 73 (3.78%) Consultant
9 61 (3.16%) Support Analyst
10 57 (2.95%) Financial Analyst
11 56 (2.90%) Data Analyst
12 51 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
13 44 (2.28%) 2nd Line Support
14 43 (2.23%) IT Analyst
15 40 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (1.92%) IT Support
17 28 (1.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 26 (1.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 26 (1.35%) Security Consultant
18 26 (1.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.64%) HTML
2 40 (2.07%) CSS
3 34 (1.76%) REST
4 23 (1.19%) React
5 22 (1.14%) .NET
5 22 (1.14%) SOAP
6 18 (0.93%) Middleware
6 18 (0.93%) XML
7 17 (0.88%) Flash
8 16 (0.83%) JSON
9 15 (0.78%) OAuth
9 15 (0.78%) SAML
10 14 (0.73%) Node.js
11 13 (0.67%) Web Services
12 11 (0.57%) BAPI
12 11 (0.57%) IBM Integration Bus
12 11 (0.57%) JMS
13 8 (0.41%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.41%) AngularJS
13 8 (0.41%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 205 (10.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 135 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
3 118 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 76 (3.94%) Product Ownership
5 74 (3.84%) Management Information System
6 34 (1.76%) Virtual Team
7 33 (1.71%) Algorithms
8 29 (1.50%) Social Media
9 27 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.35%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.35%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 25 (1.30%) e-Learning
12 23 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (0.98%) Data Centre
13 19 (0.98%) Data Structures
14 16 (0.83%) Reinsurance
14 16 (0.83%) Security Posture
15 15 (0.78%) Low-Code
16 14 (0.73%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 72 (3.73%) Windows
2 47 (2.44%) Linux
3 18 (0.93%) Unix
4 12 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.41%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.26%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.21%) Android
8 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.052%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 754 (39.09%) AI
2 683 (35.41%) Problem-Solving
3 527 (27.32%) Chemistry
4 518 (26.85%) Conversational UI
5 367 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 322 (16.69%) Decision-Making
7 296 (15.34%) Analytics
8 293 (15.19%) Agile
9 265 (13.74%) Business Intelligence
10 180 (9.33%) Analytical Thinking
11 165 (8.55%) ERP
12 160 (8.29%) Mentoring
13 158 (8.19%) Project Management
14 156 (8.09%) Data Analysis
15 144 (7.47%) Actionable Insight
16 138 (7.15%) Cybersecurity
17 136 (7.05%) Stakeholder Management
18 129 (6.69%) DevOps
19 124 (6.43%) Process Improvement
20 119 (6.17%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 318 (16.49%) SQL
2 155 (8.04%) Python
3 76 (3.94%) C#
4 49 (2.54%) JavaScript
5 37 (1.92%) Java
6 30 (1.56%) C++
6 30 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 28 (1.45%) PowerShell
7 28 (1.45%) R
8 20 (1.04%) VBA
9 15 (0.78%) C
10 12 (0.62%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.41%) Bash
12 8 (0.41%) Bicep
13 7 (0.36%) ABAP
14 5 (0.26%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.26%) PHP
15 4 (0.21%) Go
15 4 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 832 (43.13%) Degree
2 537 (27.84%) Master's Degree
3 521 (27.01%) PhD
4 171 (8.86%) Security Cleared
5 119 (6.17%) SC Cleared
6 105 (5.44%) ACCA
7 97 (5.03%) CIMA
8 64 (3.32%) CISSP
9 63 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 47 (2.44%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.92%) CEH
12 36 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
13 30 (1.56%) CISM
14 28 (1.45%) DBS Check
15 24 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
16 23 (1.19%) CISA
17 20 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (0.78%) AAT
19 13 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 13 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.61%) QA
2 83 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (3.84%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.11%) GDPR
5 56 (2.90%) NIST
5 56 (2.90%) PMO
6 41 (2.13%) Accessibility
7 35 (1.81%) PCI DSS
8 19 (0.98%) GRC
9 16 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (0.73%) WCAG
11 8 (0.41%) SLA
12 7 (0.36%) IFRS
13 6 (0.31%) COBIT
13 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.31%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.26%) ITGC
14 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.21%) GAAP
15 4 (0.21%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 37 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.62%) Docker
5 5 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.26%) vSphere
6 3 (0.16%) Firmware
7 1 (0.052%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (1.14%) Terraform
2 13 (0.67%) Ansible
3 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.47%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.26%) Grafana
5 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.26%) SCOM
6 4 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (0.16%) QRadar
8 1 (0.052%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.052%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.052%) Nessus
8 1 (0.052%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.052%) SCCM
Vendors
1 515 (26.70%) PayPal
2 343 (17.78%) Microsoft
3 98 (5.08%) SAP
4 91 (4.72%) Google
5 53 (2.75%) Oracle
6 28 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 27 (1.40%) Databricks
8 26 (1.35%) Workday
9 23 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.14%) Adobe
11 20 (1.04%) VMware
12 13 (0.67%) Adaptive Insights
12 13 (0.67%) Xero
13 12 (0.62%) IBM
13 12 (0.62%) TikTok
14 11 (0.57%) Autodesk
15 9 (0.47%) Ahrefs
15 9 (0.47%) Cisco
15 9 (0.47%) Sage
16 8 (0.41%) Splunk