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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 22
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,808 2,015 1,800
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.93% 11.77% 8.85%
As % of the General category 19.42% 17.28% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 854 1,050 1,240
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £56,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,188 £72,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £88,221
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,312 11,659 12,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.47% 68.11% 63.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,890 6,708 9,965
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £38,984 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £62,500 £62,400
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +0.16% -0.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.36%

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 31 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 36 (1.99%) Confluence
2 25 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.88%) CMS
4 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.33%) SAS
7 5 (0.28%) Apache
8 4 (0.22%) WordPress
9 3 (0.17%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.17%) IIS
10 2 (0.11%) Drupal
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.055%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.055%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 418 (23.12%) Chatbot
2 223 (12.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 109 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (1.11%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.66%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.055%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.055%) InVision
11 1 (0.055%) Notion
11 1 (0.055%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.055%) Sketch
11 1 (0.055%) SmartSuite
11 1 (0.055%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 35 (1.94%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.83%) Shopify
4 10 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
4 10 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
4 10 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 9 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.22%) Hyperion Planning
7 4 (0.22%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.22%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.17%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 258 (14.27%) Azure
2 201 (11.12%) Power Platform
3 105 (5.81%) AWS
4 93 (5.14%) SaaS
5 83 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (3.48%) GitHub
7 59 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
8 52 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 52 (2.88%) Snowflake
9 40 (2.21%) GCP
10 38 (2.10%) Google Analytics
11 34 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 30 (1.66%) dbt
12 30 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
13 26 (1.44%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (1.33%) Entra ID
15 23 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (1.05%) Power Automate
17 15 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
18 13 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.16%) Remote Desktop
2 38 (2.10%) Network Security
3 26 (1.44%) Firewall
4 20 (1.11%) VPN
5 18 (1.00%) DNS
6 16 (0.88%) WAN
7 15 (0.83%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.61%) DHCP
9 10 (0.55%) Wireshark
10 9 (0.50%) Broadband
10 9 (0.50%) Internet
11 8 (0.44%) LAN
11 8 (0.44%) Telnet
12 7 (0.39%) VoIP
13 5 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.28%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.28%) Wireless
14 4 (0.22%) 5G
14 4 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (10.23%) Power BI
2 69 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 66 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (3.65%) Tableau
4 36 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (1.16%) Metadata
6 19 (1.05%) MySQL
7 18 (1.00%) Geospatial Data
8 17 (0.94%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.83%) Power Query
9 15 (0.83%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
11 13 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (0.66%) Data Mining
12 12 (0.66%) GIS
13 11 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
14 10 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 90 (4.98%) JIRA
2 36 (1.99%) Git
3 17 (0.94%) GitLab
4 14 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.77%) Subversion
5 12 (0.66%) ER Studio
5 12 (0.66%) ERwin
6 11 (0.61%) Axure RP
6 11 (0.61%) Balsamiq
6 11 (0.61%) Cypress.io
6 11 (0.61%) Selenium
7 8 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.44%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.33%) Babel
8 6 (0.33%) webpack
9 5 (0.28%) Postman
9 5 (0.28%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.22%) Maven
11 3 (0.17%) LoadRunner
General
1 742 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 573 (31.69%) Finance
3 156 (8.63%) Marketing
4 140 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 116 (6.42%) Retail
7 87 (4.81%) Legal
8 86 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
9 81 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
10 75 (4.15%) Law
11 73 (4.04%) Manufacturing
12 59 (3.26%) Telecoms
13 39 (2.16%) Advertising
13 39 (2.16%) Electronics
13 39 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.11%) Back Office
15 20 (1.11%) Banking
15 20 (1.11%) Billing
15 20 (1.11%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 417 (23.06%) Trainer
2 343 (18.97%) Analyst
3 138 (7.63%) Senior
4 115 (6.36%) Developer
5 83 (4.59%) Lead
6 80 (4.42%) Architect
6 80 (4.42%) Business Analyst
7 64 (3.54%) Consultant
8 55 (3.04%) Financial Analyst
9 53 (2.93%) Data Analyst
10 51 (2.82%) Support Analyst
11 43 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
12 42 (2.32%) IT Analyst
13 40 (2.21%) 2nd Line Support
14 39 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
15 32 (1.77%) IT Support
16 31 (1.71%) Alliance Manager
17 28 (1.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 28 (1.55%) Data Engineer
18 24 (1.33%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.99%) HTML
2 46 (2.54%) CSS
3 33 (1.83%) React
4 32 (1.77%) REST
5 27 (1.49%) .NET
6 24 (1.33%) SOAP
7 21 (1.16%) Middleware
8 20 (1.11%) Node.js
9 19 (1.05%) OAuth
10 18 (1.00%) Flash
11 17 (0.94%) SAML
12 16 (0.88%) JSON
12 16 (0.88%) XML
13 13 (0.72%) BAPI
13 13 (0.72%) IBM Integration Bus
13 13 (0.72%) JMS
14 12 (0.66%) Sass
15 11 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
15 11 (0.61%) Web Services
16 9 (0.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 191 (10.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 136 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
3 110 (6.08%) Onboarding
4 85 (4.70%) Product Ownership
5 68 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.71%) Cloud Native
6 31 (1.71%) Virtual Team
7 30 (1.66%) Algorithms
8 26 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 25 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.33%) Social Media
11 23 (1.27%) Data Centre
12 22 (1.22%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.22%) Driving Licence
13 19 (1.05%) e-Learning
13 19 (1.05%) Low-Code
14 18 (1.00%) Security Posture
15 14 (0.77%) FMCG
15 14 (0.77%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 68 (3.76%) Windows
2 54 (2.99%) Linux
3 19 (1.05%) Unix
4 17 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.28%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.22%) Android
7 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.055%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.055%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 671 (37.11%) AI
2 655 (36.23%) Problem-Solving
3 425 (23.51%) Chemistry
4 420 (23.23%) Conversational UI
5 377 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 318 (17.59%) Decision-Making
7 295 (16.32%) Agile
8 274 (15.15%) Analytics
9 240 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
10 169 (9.35%) Analytical Thinking
11 159 (8.79%) DevOps
12 156 (8.63%) ERP
13 153 (8.46%) Mentoring
14 149 (8.24%) Data Analysis
15 145 (8.02%) Project Management
16 138 (7.63%) Actionable Insight
16 138 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
17 133 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
18 125 (6.91%) Process Improvement
19 124 (6.86%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 322 (17.81%) SQL
2 172 (9.51%) Python
3 81 (4.48%) C#
4 56 (3.10%) JavaScript
5 43 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 41 (2.27%) Java
7 31 (1.71%) C++
8 28 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 21 (1.16%) R
10 20 (1.11%) VBA
11 17 (0.94%) TypeScript
12 16 (0.88%) C
13 15 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.55%) Bash
15 8 (0.44%) Bicep
16 7 (0.39%) Go
17 6 (0.33%) ABAP
18 5 (0.28%) PHP
18 5 (0.28%) Scala
19 4 (0.22%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 722 (39.93%) Degree
2 439 (24.28%) Master's Degree
3 423 (23.40%) PhD
4 175 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 127 (7.02%) SC Cleared
6 113 (6.25%) ACCA
7 104 (5.75%) CIMA
8 69 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 60 (3.32%) CISSP
10 39 (2.16%) DV Cleared
11 33 (1.83%) CEH
11 33 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
12 32 (1.77%) DBS Check
13 29 (1.60%) CISM
14 25 (1.38%) CISA
15 22 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
16 21 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
17 19 (1.05%) PMI Certification
18 17 (0.94%) AAT
18 17 (0.94%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.14%) QA
2 84 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 82 (4.54%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.32%) NIST
5 50 (2.77%) GDPR
6 48 (2.65%) Accessibility
7 46 (2.54%) PMO
8 33 (1.83%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.00%) GRC
10 16 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.88%) WCAG
11 8 (0.44%) IFRS
12 7 (0.39%) SLA
13 6 (0.33%) COBIT
13 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.33%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.28%) GAAP
14 5 (0.28%) ITGC
14 5 (0.28%) NCSC
14 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.72%) Docker
4 12 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.28%) vSphere
7 4 (0.22%) Firmware
8 1 (0.055%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.55%) Terraform
2 14 (0.77%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.72%) Ansible
4 12 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.33%) Grafana
6 6 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.28%) SCOM
8 4 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.17%) QRadar
10 1 (0.055%) CASB
10 1 (0.055%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.055%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.055%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.055%) Nessus
10 1 (0.055%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 417 (23.06%) PayPal
2 314 (17.37%) Microsoft
3 85 (4.70%) SAP
4 62 (3.43%) Google
5 58 (3.21%) Oracle
6 24 (1.33%) Databricks
6 24 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.27%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.27%) Workday
8 22 (1.22%) VMware
9 19 (1.05%) Adobe
10 17 (0.94%) IBM
11 14 (0.77%) Xero
12 13 (0.72%) Adaptive Insights
13 11 (0.61%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.50%) Sage
15 8 (0.44%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.44%) Charles River
15 8 (0.44%) Cisco
15 8 (0.44%) Splunk