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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,861 2,012 1,788
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.17% 11.62% 9.07%
As % of the General category 19.72% 17.13% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 885 1,045 1,248
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £57,775
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -1.34% +5.05%
75th Percentile £70,603 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £88,023
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,684
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.97% +3.06%

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 9,439 11,748 12,744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.70% 67.87% 64.66%
Number of salaries quoted 6,029 6,821 9,934
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £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 £105,000 £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 21 December 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 39 (2.10%) Confluence
2 25 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.91%) CMS
4 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.32%) SAS
7 5 (0.27%) Apache
7 5 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.27%) WordPress
8 3 (0.16%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.16%) IIS
9 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.11%) Drupal
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.054%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.054%) Moodle
10 1 (0.054%) Umbraco
Applications
1 444 (23.86%) Chatbot
2 232 (12.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 113 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
4 45 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (1.13%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.59%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.054%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.054%) InVision
11 1 (0.054%) Notion
11 1 (0.054%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.054%) Sketch
11 1 (0.054%) SmartSuite
11 1 (0.054%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 19 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
4 16 (0.86%) Shopify
5 10 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
5 10 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
5 10 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
6 9 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.32%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.27%) SAP CO
9 5 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.21%) Hyperion Planning
10 4 (0.21%) Markit EDM
10 4 (0.21%) Sage X3
11 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
11 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 259 (13.92%) Azure
2 205 (11.02%) Power Platform
3 105 (5.64%) AWS
4 95 (5.10%) SaaS
5 81 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
7 60 (3.22%) GitHub
8 52 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 51 (2.74%) Snowflake
10 42 (2.26%) Google Analytics
11 41 (2.20%) GCP
12 34 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 34 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
13 30 (1.61%) dbt
14 26 (1.40%) GitHub Copilot
15 24 (1.29%) Entra ID
16 23 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.02%) Power Automate
18 15 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
18 15 (0.81%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.20%) Network Security
2 39 (2.10%) Remote Desktop
3 28 (1.50%) Firewall
4 20 (1.07%) VPN
5 18 (0.97%) DNS
6 16 (0.86%) WAN
7 15 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.59%) DHCP
9 10 (0.54%) Wireshark
10 9 (0.48%) Internet
11 8 (0.43%) Broadband
11 8 (0.43%) LAN
11 8 (0.43%) Telnet
12 7 (0.38%) VoIP
13 6 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.27%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.27%) Wireless
15 4 (0.21%) 5G
15 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (10.10%) Power BI
2 72 (3.87%) SQL Server
3 66 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (3.55%) Tableau
4 36 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (1.13%) Metadata
6 19 (1.02%) MySQL
7 18 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
8 17 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.91%) Relational Database
8 17 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (0.86%) Power Query
10 14 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
11 13 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (0.70%) GIS
12 12 (0.64%) Data Mining
13 11 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (0.59%) Crystal Reports
13 11 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 93 (5.00%) JIRA
2 37 (1.99%) Git
3 19 (1.02%) GitLab
4 16 (0.86%) Subversion
5 14 (0.75%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.64%) ER Studio
6 12 (0.64%) ERwin
7 11 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.59%) Selenium
8 10 (0.54%) Axure RP
8 10 (0.54%) Balsamiq
9 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.43%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.32%) Babel
10 6 (0.32%) Maven
10 6 (0.32%) webpack
11 5 (0.27%) Postman
11 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 747 (40.14%) Social Skills
2 580 (31.17%) Finance
3 166 (8.92%) Marketing
4 140 (7.52%) Public Sector
5 139 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 117 (6.29%) Retail
7 90 (4.84%) Legal
8 89 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
9 84 (4.51%) Presentation Skills
10 80 (4.30%) Manufacturing
11 78 (4.19%) Law
12 62 (3.33%) Telecoms
13 42 (2.26%) Electronics
14 40 (2.15%) Advertising
14 40 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
15 30 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.07%) Banking
16 20 (1.07%) Billing
16 20 (1.07%) Front Office
17 19 (1.02%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 443 (23.80%) Trainer
2 358 (19.24%) Analyst
3 144 (7.74%) Senior
4 110 (5.91%) Developer
5 85 (4.57%) Business Analyst
6 84 (4.51%) Lead
7 79 (4.25%) Architect
8 68 (3.65%) Consultant
9 57 (3.06%) Financial Analyst
10 54 (2.90%) Data Analyst
10 54 (2.90%) Support Analyst
11 47 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
12 42 (2.26%) IT Analyst
13 41 (2.20%) 2nd Line Support
14 39 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
15 33 (1.77%) IT Support
16 28 (1.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 28 (1.50%) Data Engineer
17 27 (1.45%) Alliance Manager
18 26 (1.40%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.69%) HTML
2 43 (2.31%) CSS
3 33 (1.77%) REST
4 31 (1.67%) React
5 25 (1.34%) .NET
6 23 (1.24%) SOAP
7 20 (1.07%) Middleware
8 19 (1.02%) Node.js
9 18 (0.97%) Flash
10 16 (0.86%) OAuth
10 16 (0.86%) XML
11 15 (0.81%) SAML
12 14 (0.75%) JSON
13 12 (0.64%) Web Services
14 11 (0.59%) BAPI
14 11 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
14 11 (0.59%) IBM Integration Bus
14 11 (0.59%) JMS
14 11 (0.59%) Sass
15 9 (0.48%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 202 (10.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 135 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
3 112 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 84 (4.51%) Product Ownership
5 70 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 31 (1.67%) Virtual Team
7 29 (1.56%) Algorithms
8 27 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 26 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.34%) Social Media
11 23 (1.24%) Data Centre
11 23 (1.24%) Driving Licence
12 21 (1.13%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.13%) e-Learning
13 18 (0.97%) Low-Code
14 17 (0.91%) FMCG
14 17 (0.91%) Security Posture
15 16 (0.86%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 71 (3.82%) Windows
2 55 (2.96%) Linux
3 19 (1.02%) Unix
4 16 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.32%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.27%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.21%) Android
8 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.054%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.054%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 700 (37.61%) AI
2 673 (36.16%) Problem-Solving
3 453 (24.34%) Chemistry
4 446 (23.97%) Conversational UI
5 375 (20.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 319 (17.14%) Decision-Making
7 300 (16.12%) Agile
8 280 (15.05%) Analytics
9 252 (13.54%) Business Intelligence
10 175 (9.40%) Analytical Thinking
11 160 (8.60%) ERP
12 155 (8.33%) Data Analysis
13 154 (8.28%) DevOps
14 153 (8.22%) Mentoring
15 150 (8.06%) Project Management
16 145 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
17 141 (7.58%) Actionable Insight
18 135 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
19 127 (6.82%) Process Improvement
20 124 (6.66%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 330 (17.73%) SQL
2 174 (9.35%) Python
3 80 (4.30%) C#
4 52 (2.79%) JavaScript
5 42 (2.26%) Java
5 42 (2.26%) PowerShell
6 31 (1.67%) C++
7 28 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (1.24%) R
9 20 (1.07%) VBA
10 16 (0.86%) C
10 16 (0.86%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.75%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.54%) Bash
13 8 (0.43%) Bicep
14 7 (0.38%) ABAP
14 7 (0.38%) Go
15 5 (0.27%) PHP
15 5 (0.27%) Scala
16 4 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 749 (40.25%) Degree
2 467 (25.09%) Master's Degree
3 449 (24.13%) PhD
4 179 (9.62%) Security Cleared
5 127 (6.82%) SC Cleared
6 112 (6.02%) ACCA
7 103 (5.53%) CIMA
8 67 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 64 (3.44%) CISSP
10 41 (2.20%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
12 36 (1.93%) CEH
13 30 (1.61%) CISM
14 29 (1.56%) DBS Check
15 25 (1.34%) CISA
16 20 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
16 20 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
17 18 (0.97%) PMI Certification
18 16 (0.86%) AAT
18 16 (0.86%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.10%) QA
2 87 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 80 (4.30%) Data Quality
4 62 (3.33%) NIST
5 53 (2.85%) GDPR
6 48 (2.58%) PMO
7 45 (2.42%) Accessibility
8 36 (1.93%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.97%) GRC
10 16 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.75%) WCAG
12 7 (0.38%) IFRS
12 7 (0.38%) SLA
13 6 (0.32%) COBIT
13 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.27%) ITGC
14 5 (0.27%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.21%) ISO 14001
15 4 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 37 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.70%) Docker
5 5 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.27%) vSphere
6 4 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.054%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.50%) Terraform
2 15 (0.81%) Ansible
3 14 (0.75%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.32%) Grafana
6 6 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.27%) SCOM
8 4 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.16%) QRadar
10 1 (0.054%) CASB
10 1 (0.054%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.054%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.054%) Nessus
10 1 (0.054%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 443 (23.80%) PayPal
2 325 (17.46%) Microsoft
3 89 (4.78%) SAP
4 69 (3.71%) Google
5 56 (3.01%) Oracle
6 28 (1.50%) Databricks
7 24 (1.29%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.24%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.24%) Workday
9 22 (1.18%) VMware
10 19 (1.02%) Adobe
11 15 (0.81%) IBM
12 14 (0.75%) Xero
13 13 (0.70%) Adaptive Insights
14 11 (0.59%) Autodesk
15 9 (0.48%) Sage
16 8 (0.43%) Atlassian
16 8 (0.43%) Charles River
16 8 (0.43%) Cisco
16 8 (0.43%) Splunk