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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 14 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,299 2,933 2,241
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.11% 12.51% 9.13%
As % of the General category 19.63% 19.98% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 933 1,143 1,686
10th Percentile £30,300 £35,784 £33,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £43,175
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,762
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -

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 11,710 14,683 16,040
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 71.85% 62.64% 65.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,361 8,485 12,826
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £39,331 £45,000 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,875
UK median annual salary £53,700 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% -6.67% -

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Analytical Skills salary 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 41 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.17%) Confluence
3 26 (1.13%) CMS
4 22 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.39%) Moodle
7 6 (0.26%) WordPress
8 5 (0.22%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.17%) HCL Notes
9 4 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.13%) Apache
10 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.13%) nginx
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.087%) Drupal
11 2 (0.087%) IIS
11 2 (0.087%) SAS
12 1 (0.043%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.043%) WebLogic
Applications
1 543 (23.62%) Chatbot
2 226 (9.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 96 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
4 53 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.70%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
8 9 (0.39%) Adobe XD
9 8 (0.35%) Blender
10 5 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.17%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.087%) Adobe Captivate
12 2 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.043%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.043%) InVision
13 1 (0.043%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.043%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 24 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.00%) Shopify
3 21 (0.91%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
4 10 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 9 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.35%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.22%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 4 (0.17%) Hyperion Planning
9 4 (0.17%) Primavera
9 4 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 278 (12.09%) Azure
2 219 (9.53%) Power Platform
3 148 (6.44%) AWS
4 83 (3.61%) SaaS
5 71 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (2.74%) Google Analytics
7 50 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
7 50 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 41 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
9 38 (1.65%) GCP
10 35 (1.52%) Snowflake
11 26 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
12 25 (1.09%) Google Ads
13 23 (1.00%) GitHub
14 22 (0.96%) Entra ID
15 16 (0.70%) Google Tag Manager
16 15 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (0.65%) PaaS
17 14 (0.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 286 (12.44%) VPN
2 262 (11.40%) Cisco IOS
3 46 (2.00%) Firewall
4 35 (1.52%) Network Security
5 22 (0.96%) WAN
6 21 (0.91%) DNS
7 15 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
7 15 (0.65%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.61%) LAN
9 13 (0.57%) Internet
10 12 (0.52%) DHCP
10 12 (0.52%) VLAN
11 11 (0.48%) Wireless
12 9 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (0.39%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.35%) 5G
14 5 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.17%) BGP
15 4 (0.17%) OSPF
15 4 (0.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (8.70%) Power BI
2 68 (2.96%) Tableau
3 61 (2.65%) SQL Server
4 59 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
6 28 (1.22%) Power Query
7 26 (1.13%) Relational Database
8 23 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
8 23 (1.00%) Data Mining
9 22 (0.96%) Data Lake
10 17 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.65%) Metadata
12 14 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
12 14 (0.61%) SAP BW
13 13 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
13 13 (0.57%) GIS
13 13 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
14 12 (0.52%) Looker
14 12 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 62 (2.70%) JIRA
2 38 (1.65%) Git
3 14 (0.61%) Selenium
4 12 (0.52%) Bazaar
4 12 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.48%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.39%) GitLab
6 9 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.35%) Axure RP
7 8 (0.35%) Balsamiq
8 7 (0.30%) Subversion
8 7 (0.30%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.30%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 6 (0.26%) ERwin
9 6 (0.26%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.22%) Postman
10 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.17%) Gatling
11 4 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 747 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 484 (21.05%) Finance
3 405 (17.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 216 (9.40%) Marketing
5 191 (8.31%) Retail
6 142 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 96 (4.18%) Legal
8 91 (3.96%) Public Sector
9 82 (3.57%) Law
10 67 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
11 60 (2.61%) Telecoms
12 53 (2.31%) Advertising
12 53 (2.31%) Electronics
13 51 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
14 49 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
15 48 (2.09%) Banking
16 27 (1.17%) Automotive
17 25 (1.09%) Games
18 20 (0.87%) Financial Institution
19 19 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 589 (25.62%) Trainer
2 335 (14.57%) Analyst
3 270 (11.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 168 (7.31%) Developer
5 145 (6.31%) Senior
6 82 (3.57%) Consultant
7 70 (3.04%) Business Analyst
8 63 (2.74%) Data Analyst
9 62 (2.70%) Lead
10 61 (2.65%) Software Developer
11 50 (2.17%) Architect
11 50 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
12 42 (1.83%) Junior
13 40 (1.74%) Support Analyst
14 35 (1.52%) Financial Analyst
14 35 (1.52%) Systems Engineer
15 32 (1.39%) IT Support
16 29 (1.26%) Applications Support
17 28 (1.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 28 (1.22%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (11.53%) Elastic Stack
2 75 (3.26%) Node.js
3 61 (2.65%) .NET
4 58 (2.52%) Pandas
5 40 (1.74%) HTML
6 38 (1.65%) REST
7 27 (1.17%) CSS
8 23 (1.00%) SOAP
9 20 (0.87%) OAuth
10 19 (0.83%) React
11 18 (0.78%) JSON
11 18 (0.78%) Middleware
12 17 (0.74%) SAML
12 17 (0.74%) XML
13 13 (0.57%) BAPI
13 13 (0.57%) IBM Integration Bus
13 13 (0.57%) JMS
14 11 (0.48%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.48%) Web Services
15 10 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 312 (13.57%) Cyberattack
2 166 (7.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 87 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
4 81 (3.52%) Onboarding
5 77 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 56 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 52 (2.26%) Robotics
8 49 (2.13%) Social Media
9 44 (1.91%) Algorithms
10 38 (1.65%) Data Structures
11 34 (1.48%) e-Learning
12 32 (1.39%) Data Centre
13 26 (1.13%) Driving Licence
14 23 (1.00%) PMI
15 22 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
16 18 (0.78%) Blog
17 16 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
17 16 (0.70%) Reinsurance
18 15 (0.65%) Learning Management System
19 13 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 365 (15.88%) Linux
2 345 (15.01%) Windows
3 316 (13.75%) Android
4 15 (0.65%) Unix
5 12 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.22%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.087%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.087%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.087%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.043%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,010 (43.93%) Problem-Solving
2 756 (32.88%) Artificial Intelligence
3 603 (26.23%) Chemistry
4 545 (23.71%) Conversational UI
5 385 (16.75%) Mathematics
6 373 (16.22%) Risk Management
7 363 (15.79%) DevOps
8 339 (14.75%) Agile
9 337 (14.66%) Line Management
10 278 (12.09%) Analytics
11 275 (11.96%) Task Automation
12 270 (11.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 266 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 264 (11.48%) Platform Engineering
15 262 (11.40%) Storage Management
16 261 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
17 260 (11.31%) Decision-Making
18 164 (7.13%) Project Management
19 162 (7.05%) Cybersecurity
20 155 (6.74%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 494 (21.49%) Python
2 329 (14.31%) SQL
3 283 (12.31%) PowerShell
4 271 (11.79%) Bash
5 99 (4.31%) JavaScript
6 96 (4.18%) Java
7 86 (3.74%) C++
8 51 (2.22%) Go
9 50 (2.17%) Rust
10 49 (2.13%) C#
11 40 (1.74%) R
12 37 (1.61%) VBA
13 14 (0.61%) MATLAB
14 13 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 13 (0.57%) TypeScript
15 12 (0.52%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.43%) C
17 9 (0.39%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.35%) PHP
18 8 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 932 (40.54%) Degree
2 568 (24.71%) Master's Degree
3 552 (24.01%) PhD
4 212 (9.22%) Security Cleared
5 108 (4.70%) DV Cleared
6 101 (4.39%) SC Cleared
7 72 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 66 (2.87%) CISSP
9 48 (2.09%) ACCA
9 48 (2.09%) CIMA
10 35 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 35 (1.52%) DBS Check
11 34 (1.48%) CEH
11 34 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 34 (1.48%) PMI Certification
12 31 (1.35%) CISM
13 19 (0.83%) CISA
14 17 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.57%) ISTQB
16 12 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (3.57%) QA
2 81 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (3.35%) Data Quality
4 60 (2.61%) GDPR
5 50 (2.17%) NIST
6 38 (1.65%) PMO
7 37 (1.61%) Accessibility
8 34 (1.48%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.61%) GRC
10 11 (0.48%) SLA
11 9 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.39%) WCAG
12 8 (0.35%) GAAP
13 6 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.22%) COBIT
14 5 (0.22%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.22%) ITGC
15 4 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 4 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 321 (13.96%) Docker
2 270 (11.74%) Hyper-V
3 269 (11.70%) vSphere
4 262 (11.40%) VMware NSX
5 36 (1.57%) Active Directory
6 21 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (0.26%) Firmware
8 4 (0.17%) HDFS
9 2 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.043%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 323 (14.05%) Ansible
1 323 (14.05%) Terraform
2 58 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.39%) SCOM
5 6 (0.26%) Grafana
6 5 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.17%) Nagios
7 4 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.13%) Nessus
8 3 (0.13%) SCCM
9 2 (0.087%) Iperf
9 2 (0.087%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.087%) Puppet
9 2 (0.087%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.087%) SCSM
10 1 (0.043%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.043%) Matomo
Vendors
1 540 (23.49%) PayPal
2 366 (15.92%) Microsoft
3 272 (11.83%) Cisco
4 265 (11.53%) Splunk
5 263 (11.44%) Juniper
6 262 (11.40%) 3PAR
7 171 (7.44%) Google
8 114 (4.96%) SAP
9 85 (3.70%) Adobe
10 75 (3.26%) Databricks
11 48 (2.09%) Oracle
12 34 (1.48%) VMware
13 32 (1.39%) TikTok
14 31 (1.35%) Salesforce
15 29 (1.26%) ServiceNow
16 27 (1.17%) Workday
17 25 (1.09%) Facebook
18 19 (0.83%) IBM
19 12 (0.52%) Adaptive Insights
20 11 (0.48%) Ahrefs