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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,067 2,032 1,983
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 13.53% 10.37% 9.24%
As % of the General category 20.60% 16.49% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 958 1,026 1,395
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.65% +2.73%

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 10,034 12,320 14,035
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.68% 62.89% 65.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,394 6,996 11,024
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,297
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +3.36% +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,388 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.69% - -

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 19 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 40 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.79%) Confluence
3 20 (0.97%) CMS
4 14 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.29%) SAS
5 6 (0.29%) WordPress
6 5 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.19%) Apache
7 4 (0.19%) Drupal
7 4 (0.19%) Moodle
8 3 (0.15%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.15%) nginx
8 3 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.097%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.097%) IIS
9 2 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.048%) WebLogic
Applications
1 591 (28.59%) Chatbot
2 255 (12.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 125 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
4 47 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (0.97%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.53%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.24%) Blender
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
10 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.048%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.048%) InVision
12 1 (0.048%) Notion
12 1 (0.048%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.048%) Sketch
12 1 (0.048%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 31 (1.50%) NetSuite
2 28 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.87%) Shopify
5 17 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
6 11 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 11 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 11 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
7 10 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
7 10 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
8 9 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
11 5 (0.24%) Elite 3E
12 4 (0.19%) Hyperion Planning
12 4 (0.19%) Sage X3
12 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
13 3 (0.15%) Primavera
13 3 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 237 (11.47%) Azure
2 228 (11.03%) Power Platform
3 110 (5.32%) SaaS
4 94 (4.55%) AWS
5 67 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
6 63 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (2.76%) Google Analytics
8 53 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
9 49 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 44 (2.13%) GitHub
11 39 (1.89%) GCP
12 37 (1.79%) Snowflake
13 29 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 25 (1.21%) Google Ads
15 23 (1.11%) Entra ID
16 20 (0.97%) GitHub Copilot
16 20 (0.97%) Power Automate
17 19 (0.92%) dbt
17 19 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (0.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.89%) Network Security
1 39 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
2 30 (1.45%) Firewall
3 26 (1.26%) WAN
4 22 (1.06%) VPN
5 20 (0.97%) DNS
6 15 (0.73%) LAN
6 15 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.63%) DHCP
8 11 (0.53%) Internet
9 10 (0.48%) Wireshark
10 9 (0.44%) 5G
10 9 (0.44%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (0.39%) VoIP
12 7 (0.34%) Broadband
12 7 (0.34%) Wireless
13 5 (0.24%) VLAN
14 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (10.06%) Power BI
2 79 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 68 (3.29%) Tableau
4 55 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 24 (1.16%) Power Query
7 23 (1.11%) Relational Database
8 21 (1.02%) MySQL
9 20 (0.97%) Metadata
10 18 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
11 14 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
11 14 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
12 13 (0.63%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.63%) GIS
12 13 (0.63%) Looker
12 13 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
14 10 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 78 (3.77%) JIRA
2 34 (1.64%) Git
3 14 (0.68%) GitLab
4 13 (0.63%) Selenium
5 11 (0.53%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.48%) Axure RP
6 10 (0.48%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.44%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.39%) ER Studio
8 8 (0.39%) ERwin
8 8 (0.39%) Subversion
9 7 (0.34%) TeamCity
9 7 (0.34%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.29%) Babel
10 6 (0.29%) webpack
11 5 (0.24%) Postman
11 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.19%) Bazaar
12 4 (0.19%) Bitbucket
General
1 807 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 565 (27.33%) Finance
3 185 (8.95%) Marketing
4 136 (6.58%) Retail
5 128 (6.19%) Public Sector
6 114 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 97 (4.69%) Legal
8 92 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
9 86 (4.16%) Law
10 85 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
11 84 (4.06%) Manufacturing
12 59 (2.85%) Telecoms
13 54 (2.61%) Advertising
14 52 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
15 37 (1.79%) Electronics
16 36 (1.74%) Banking
17 22 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.02%) Billing
18 21 (1.02%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.97%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 588 (28.45%) Trainer
2 399 (19.30%) Analyst
3 157 (7.60%) Senior
4 121 (5.85%) Developer
5 87 (4.21%) Lead
6 84 (4.06%) Business Analyst
7 80 (3.87%) Architect
8 76 (3.68%) Consultant
9 64 (3.10%) Data Analyst
9 64 (3.10%) Support Analyst
10 58 (2.81%) Financial Analyst
11 53 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
12 46 (2.23%) 2nd Line Support
13 44 (2.13%) IT Analyst
14 40 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (1.89%) IT Support
16 32 (1.55%) Systems Engineer
17 28 (1.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 28 (1.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 26 (1.26%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (2.66%) HTML
2 43 (2.08%) CSS
3 37 (1.79%) REST
4 24 (1.16%) SOAP
5 23 (1.11%) React
6 21 (1.02%) .NET
7 20 (0.97%) JSON
7 20 (0.97%) Middleware
7 20 (0.97%) Node.js
8 18 (0.87%) OAuth
8 18 (0.87%) SAML
8 18 (0.87%) XML
9 14 (0.68%) BAPI
9 14 (0.68%) IBM Integration Bus
9 14 (0.68%) JMS
10 13 (0.63%) Flash
10 13 (0.63%) Web Services
11 10 (0.48%) Sass
12 9 (0.44%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.39%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 216 (10.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 139 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
3 123 (5.95%) Onboarding
4 78 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 76 (3.68%) Product Ownership
6 37 (1.79%) Algorithms
7 34 (1.64%) Virtual Team
8 33 (1.60%) e-Learning
9 32 (1.55%) Social Media
10 31 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.45%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 24 (1.16%) Data Centre
14 23 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
15 22 (1.06%) Cloud Native
16 19 (0.92%) Data Structures
17 18 (0.87%) Security Posture
18 16 (0.77%) Reinsurance
19 13 (0.63%) Reference Data
20 12 (0.58%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 75 (3.63%) Windows
2 45 (2.18%) Linux
3 17 (0.82%) Unix
4 11 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.44%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.44%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.29%) Android
7 5 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.24%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.15%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.048%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.048%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (39.67%) AI
2 713 (34.49%) Problem-Solving
3 601 (29.08%) Chemistry
4 593 (28.69%) Conversational UI
5 371 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 350 (16.93%) Decision-Making
7 314 (15.19%) Analytics
8 291 (14.08%) Agile
9 284 (13.74%) Business Intelligence
10 188 (9.10%) Analytical Thinking
11 170 (8.22%) ERP
12 169 (8.18%) Project Management
13 167 (8.08%) Data Analysis
14 166 (8.03%) Mentoring
15 151 (7.31%) Actionable Insight
16 143 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
17 142 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
18 125 (6.05%) Process Improvement
19 124 (6.00%) CRM
20 123 (5.95%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 338 (16.35%) SQL
2 162 (7.84%) Python
3 80 (3.87%) C#
4 54 (2.61%) JavaScript
5 41 (1.98%) Java
6 35 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 32 (1.55%) C++
8 30 (1.45%) R
9 24 (1.16%) PowerShell
10 22 (1.06%) VBA
11 15 (0.73%) C
11 15 (0.73%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.58%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.44%) Bicep
14 8 (0.39%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.39%) PHP
15 7 (0.34%) ABAP
16 6 (0.29%) Bash
17 4 (0.19%) Go
17 4 (0.19%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 931 (45.04%) Degree
2 611 (29.56%) Master's Degree
3 594 (28.74%) PhD
4 181 (8.76%) Security Cleared
5 132 (6.39%) SC Cleared
6 94 (4.55%) ACCA
7 87 (4.21%) CIMA
8 70 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (3.24%) CISSP
10 51 (2.47%) DV Cleared
11 40 (1.94%) CEH
12 37 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
13 31 (1.50%) CISM
13 31 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 30 (1.45%) DBS Check
15 23 (1.11%) CISA
16 20 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (0.68%) PMI Certification
18 13 (0.63%) AAT
18 13 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (4.64%) QA
2 89 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (3.53%) Data Quality
4 66 (3.19%) GDPR
5 58 (2.81%) PMO
6 57 (2.76%) NIST
7 42 (2.03%) Accessibility
8 35 (1.69%) PCI DSS
9 20 (0.97%) GRC
10 16 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.63%) WCAG
12 8 (0.39%) IFRS
13 7 (0.34%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.34%) SLA
14 6 (0.29%) COBIT
14 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.24%) ITGC
15 5 (0.24%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.19%) GAAP
16 4 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.58%) Docker
5 7 (0.34%) vSphere
6 6 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.15%) Firmware
8 1 (0.048%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (1.02%) Terraform
2 12 (0.58%) Ansible
3 10 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.44%) Kubernetes
5 8 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.24%) Grafana
6 5 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.24%) SCOM
7 4 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.15%) QRadar
9 1 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.048%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.048%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.048%) Nessus
9 1 (0.048%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.048%) SCCM
9 1 (0.048%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 588 (28.45%) PayPal
2 369 (17.85%) Microsoft
3 104 (5.03%) SAP
4 98 (4.74%) Google
5 54 (2.61%) Oracle
6 30 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.35%) Workday
8 27 (1.31%) Databricks
9 25 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.06%) VMware
11 21 (1.02%) Adobe
12 14 (0.68%) Adaptive Insights
12 14 (0.68%) IBM
13 13 (0.63%) TikTok
13 13 (0.63%) Xero
14 11 (0.53%) Ahrefs
14 11 (0.53%) Autodesk
14 11 (0.53%) Cisco
15 9 (0.44%) Hotjar
15 9 (0.44%) Sage