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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,917 2,114 1,863
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.52% 11.09% 9.14%
As % of the General category 19.85% 16.90% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 901 1,095 1,323
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,404 £33,333
25th Percentile £39,500 £43,000 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,213 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% -6.42% +7.27%
75th Percentile £70,603 £72,120 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
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 9,657 12,508 13,301
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.07% 65.61% 65.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,202 7,294 10,448
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,920 £36,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
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 4 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 38 (1.98%) Confluence
2 32 (1.67%) 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%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.16%) Drupal
7 3 (0.16%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.16%) Moodle
7 3 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.10%) IIS
8 2 (0.10%) nginx
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.052%) Umbraco
Applications
1 497 (25.93%) Chatbot
2 239 (12.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 120 (6.26%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (1.15%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.68%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.37%) 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 33 (1.72%) NetSuite
2 26 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
4 16 (0.83%) Shopify
5 15 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
6 12 (0.63%) 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 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
10 8 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
12 4 (0.21%) Hyperion Planning
12 4 (0.21%) Sage X3
13 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
13 3 (0.16%) Primavera
13 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
14 2 (0.10%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 242 (12.62%) Azure
2 206 (10.75%) Power Platform
3 103 (5.37%) SaaS
4 98 (5.11%) AWS
5 69 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
7 54 (2.82%) Google Analytics
8 51 (2.66%) GitHub
9 47 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 46 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
11 44 (2.30%) GCP
12 43 (2.24%) Snowflake
13 30 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 26 (1.36%) GitHub Copilot
15 25 (1.30%) dbt
16 24 (1.25%) Entra ID
17 23 (1.20%) Google Ads
18 21 (1.10%) Power Automate
19 19 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
20 15 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
2 38 (1.98%) Network Security
3 27 (1.41%) Firewall
4 21 (1.10%) WAN
5 20 (1.04%) VPN
6 17 (0.89%) DNS
7 15 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.63%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.57%) LAN
10 10 (0.52%) DHCP
10 10 (0.52%) Wireshark
11 9 (0.47%) Internet
12 7 (0.37%) 5G
12 7 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.37%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.37%) VoIP
13 6 (0.31%) Broadband
14 5 (0.26%) Telnet
14 5 (0.26%) Wireless
15 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (9.86%) Power BI
2 74 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 65 (3.39%) Tableau
4 59 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.10%) Metadata
7 19 (0.99%) MySQL
8 18 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
8 18 (0.94%) Power Query
9 17 (0.89%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
10 14 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
11 13 (0.68%) GIS
11 13 (0.68%) Looker
11 13 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 86 (4.49%) JIRA
2 33 (1.72%) Git
3 17 (0.89%) GitLab
4 12 (0.63%) Axure RP
4 12 (0.63%) Balsamiq
5 11 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.57%) Subversion
6 10 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.52%) Selenium
7 9 (0.47%) ER Studio
7 9 (0.47%) ERwin
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.37%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.26%) Babel
10 5 (0.26%) Maven
10 5 (0.26%) Postman
10 5 (0.26%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.26%) webpack
11 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 764 (39.85%) Social Skills
2 565 (29.47%) Finance
3 180 (9.39%) Marketing
4 132 (6.89%) Public Sector
5 126 (6.57%) Retail
6 119 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 89 (4.64%) Legal
8 88 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
9 86 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
10 81 (4.23%) Law
11 79 (4.12%) Manufacturing
12 61 (3.18%) Telecoms
13 51 (2.66%) Advertising
14 49 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
15 39 (2.03%) Electronics
16 28 (1.46%) Banking
17 26 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.10%) Billing
19 17 (0.89%) Aerospace
20 16 (0.83%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 496 (25.87%) Trainer
2 361 (18.83%) Analyst
3 153 (7.98%) Senior
4 110 (5.74%) Developer
5 86 (4.49%) Lead
6 82 (4.28%) Business Analyst
7 80 (4.17%) Architect
8 72 (3.76%) Consultant
9 60 (3.13%) Support Analyst
10 57 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
11 56 (2.92%) Data Analyst
12 51 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
13 44 (2.30%) 2nd Line Support
14 43 (2.24%) IT Analyst
15 40 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (1.93%) IT Support
17 28 (1.46%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 26 (1.36%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 26 (1.36%) Security Consultant
18 26 (1.36%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.66%) HTML
2 42 (2.19%) CSS
3 34 (1.77%) REST
4 23 (1.20%) React
5 22 (1.15%) .NET
5 22 (1.15%) SOAP
6 18 (0.94%) Flash
6 18 (0.94%) Middleware
7 17 (0.89%) XML
8 15 (0.78%) JSON
8 15 (0.78%) OAuth
8 15 (0.78%) SAML
9 14 (0.73%) Node.js
10 12 (0.63%) Web Services
11 11 (0.57%) BAPI
11 11 (0.57%) IBM Integration Bus
11 11 (0.57%) JMS
12 8 (0.42%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.42%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.42%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 206 (10.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 134 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
3 117 (6.10%) Onboarding
4 79 (4.12%) Product Ownership
5 75 (3.91%) Management Information System
6 34 (1.77%) Virtual Team
7 33 (1.72%) Algorithms
8 28 (1.46%) Social Media
9 27 (1.41%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.36%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 24 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (1.20%) e-Learning
13 21 (1.10%) Data Structures
14 19 (0.99%) Data Centre
15 18 (0.94%) Security Posture
16 16 (0.83%) Reinsurance
17 15 (0.78%) FMCG
18 14 (0.73%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 72 (3.76%) Windows
2 48 (2.50%) Linux
3 18 (0.94%) Unix
4 12 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.42%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.42%) 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
1 738 (38.50%) AI
2 684 (35.68%) Problem-Solving
3 508 (26.50%) Chemistry
4 499 (26.03%) Conversational UI
5 373 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 319 (16.64%) Decision-Making
7 298 (15.55%) Agile
8 292 (15.23%) Analytics
9 265 (13.82%) Business Intelligence
10 181 (9.44%) Analytical Thinking
11 166 (8.66%) ERP
12 162 (8.45%) Mentoring
13 157 (8.19%) Data Analysis
13 157 (8.19%) Project Management
14 145 (7.56%) Actionable Insight
15 141 (7.36%) Cybersecurity
16 133 (6.94%) Stakeholder Management
17 130 (6.78%) DevOps
18 128 (6.68%) Process Improvement
19 116 (6.05%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 316 (16.48%) SQL
2 158 (8.24%) Python
3 74 (3.86%) C#
4 48 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.98%) Java
6 30 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 29 (1.51%) C++
8 28 (1.46%) R
9 27 (1.41%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.04%) VBA
11 15 (0.78%) C
12 12 (0.63%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.42%) Bash
14 8 (0.42%) Bicep
15 7 (0.37%) ABAP
16 5 (0.26%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.26%) PHP
17 4 (0.21%) Groovy
17 4 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 813 (42.41%) Degree
2 520 (27.13%) Master's Degree
3 503 (26.24%) PhD
4 175 (9.13%) Security Cleared
5 122 (6.36%) SC Cleared
6 111 (5.79%) ACCA
7 102 (5.32%) CIMA
8 66 (3.44%) CISSP
9 64 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 46 (2.40%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.93%) CEH
12 36 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
13 32 (1.67%) CISM
14 30 (1.56%) DBS Check
15 26 (1.36%) CISA
16 22 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
17 20 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.83%) AAT
19 14 (0.73%) Azure Certification
19 14 (0.73%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (4.75%) QA
2 84 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 59 (3.08%) GDPR
5 57 (2.97%) NIST
6 56 (2.92%) PMO
7 42 (2.19%) Accessibility
8 35 (1.83%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.94%) GRC
10 16 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (0.78%) WCAG
12 8 (0.42%) SLA
13 7 (0.37%) IFRS
14 6 (0.31%) COBIT
14 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.31%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.26%) ITGC
15 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.21%) GAAP
16 4 (0.21%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 37 (1.93%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.63%) 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 (1.15%) Terraform
2 13 (0.68%) Ansible
3 10 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.26%) Grafana
4 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.26%) SCOM
5 4 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (0.16%) QRadar
7 1 (0.052%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.052%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.052%) Nessus
7 1 (0.052%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.052%) SCCM
Vendors
1 496 (25.87%) PayPal
2 338 (17.63%) Microsoft
3 99 (5.16%) SAP
4 90 (4.69%) Google
5 54 (2.82%) Oracle
6 28 (1.46%) Databricks
6 28 (1.46%) Salesforce
7 26 (1.36%) Workday
8 23 (1.20%) Adobe
9 22 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 20 (1.04%) VMware
11 14 (0.73%) Xero
12 13 (0.68%) Adaptive Insights
13 12 (0.63%) IBM
13 12 (0.63%) TikTok
14 11 (0.57%) Autodesk
15 10 (0.52%) Sage
16 9 (0.47%) Ahrefs
16 9 (0.47%) Cisco
17 8 (0.42%) Splunk