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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 22
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,822 2,017 1,800
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.87% 11.71% 8.81%
As % of the General category 19.40% 17.24% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 870 1,050 1,249
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £56,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,625 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 9,394 11,700 12,988
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.18% 67.95% 63.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,980 6,747 10,105
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
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 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -1.64%

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 26 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 37 (2.03%) Confluence
2 25 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.93%) CMS
4 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.33%) SAS
7 5 (0.27%) Apache
8 4 (0.22%) WordPress
9 3 (0.16%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.16%) 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
1 419 (23.00%) Chatbot
2 228 (12.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 110 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
4 45 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (1.10%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.66%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) 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 34 (1.87%) NetSuite
2 18 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.88%) Shopify
5 10 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
5 10 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
5 10 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
6 9 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
8 4 (0.22%) Hyperion Planning
8 4 (0.22%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.22%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.16%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 255 (14.00%) Azure
2 201 (11.03%) Power Platform
3 107 (5.87%) AWS
4 95 (5.21%) SaaS
5 81 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (3.40%) GitHub
7 61 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
8 52 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 52 (2.85%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.25%) GCP
10 40 (2.20%) Google Analytics
11 34 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 30 (1.65%) dbt
12 30 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
13 26 (1.43%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (1.32%) Entra ID
15 23 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (1.04%) Power Automate
17 15 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
18 13 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.20%) Network Security
2 39 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
3 26 (1.43%) Firewall
4 20 (1.10%) VPN
5 18 (0.99%) DNS
6 16 (0.88%) WAN
7 15 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.60%) DHCP
9 10 (0.55%) Wireshark
10 9 (0.49%) Internet
11 8 (0.44%) Broadband
11 8 (0.44%) LAN
11 8 (0.44%) Telnet
12 7 (0.38%) VoIP
13 5 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.27%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.27%) Wireless
14 4 (0.22%) 5G
14 4 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (10.15%) Power BI
2 71 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 66 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (3.57%) Tableau
5 36 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.15%) Metadata
7 19 (1.04%) MySQL
8 18 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
9 17 (0.93%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (0.88%) Relational Database
11 15 (0.82%) Power Query
12 14 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
13 13 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
14 12 (0.66%) Data Mining
14 12 (0.66%) GIS
15 11 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
16 10 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
16 10 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 91 (4.99%) JIRA
2 38 (2.09%) Git
3 19 (1.04%) GitLab
4 16 (0.88%) Subversion
5 14 (0.77%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.66%) ER Studio
6 12 (0.66%) ERwin
7 11 (0.60%) Axure RP
7 11 (0.60%) Balsamiq
7 11 (0.60%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.60%) Selenium
8 8 (0.44%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.44%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.33%) Babel
9 6 (0.33%) Maven
9 6 (0.33%) webpack
10 5 (0.27%) Postman
10 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 748 (41.05%) Social Skills
2 573 (31.45%) Finance
3 161 (8.84%) Marketing
4 143 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 139 (7.63%) Public Sector
6 117 (6.42%) Retail
7 87 (4.77%) Legal
8 86 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
9 83 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
10 78 (4.28%) Manufacturing
11 76 (4.17%) Law
12 61 (3.35%) Telecoms
13 41 (2.25%) Advertising
13 41 (2.25%) Electronics
14 39 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.10%) Back Office
16 20 (1.10%) Banking
16 20 (1.10%) Billing
16 20 (1.10%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 418 (22.94%) Trainer
2 348 (19.10%) Analyst
3 139 (7.63%) Senior
4 114 (6.26%) Developer
5 84 (4.61%) Lead
6 81 (4.45%) Business Analyst
7 79 (4.34%) Architect
8 66 (3.62%) Consultant
9 55 (3.02%) Financial Analyst
10 53 (2.91%) Data Analyst
10 53 (2.91%) Support Analyst
11 45 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
12 42 (2.31%) IT Analyst
13 40 (2.20%) 2nd Line Support
14 39 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
15 32 (1.76%) IT Support
16 31 (1.70%) Alliance Manager
17 28 (1.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 28 (1.54%) Data Engineer
18 25 (1.37%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.85%) HTML
2 45 (2.47%) CSS
3 34 (1.87%) REST
4 32 (1.76%) React
5 26 (1.43%) .NET
6 24 (1.32%) SOAP
7 21 (1.15%) Middleware
8 20 (1.10%) Node.js
9 18 (0.99%) Flash
9 18 (0.99%) OAuth
10 16 (0.88%) SAML
10 16 (0.88%) XML
11 15 (0.82%) JSON
12 12 (0.66%) BAPI
12 12 (0.66%) IBM Integration Bus
12 12 (0.66%) JMS
12 12 (0.66%) Sass
12 12 (0.66%) Web Services
13 11 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
14 10 (0.55%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 197 (10.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 136 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 111 (6.09%) Onboarding
4 87 (4.77%) Product Ownership
5 69 (3.79%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.70%) Cloud Native
6 31 (1.70%) Virtual Team
7 29 (1.59%) Algorithms
8 27 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 25 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.32%) Social Media
11 23 (1.26%) Data Centre
12 22 (1.21%) Driving Licence
13 21 (1.15%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.04%) e-Learning
15 18 (0.99%) Low-Code
15 18 (0.99%) Security Posture
16 16 (0.88%) Reinsurance
17 14 (0.77%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 69 (3.79%) Windows
2 56 (3.07%) Linux
3 19 (1.04%) Unix
4 17 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.27%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.22%) Android
8 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.16%) 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
1 675 (37.05%) AI
2 662 (36.33%) Problem-Solving
3 427 (23.44%) Chemistry
4 421 (23.11%) Conversational UI
5 374 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 317 (17.40%) Decision-Making
7 300 (16.47%) Agile
8 279 (15.31%) Analytics
9 244 (13.39%) Business Intelligence
10 171 (9.39%) Analytical Thinking
11 157 (8.62%) ERP
12 156 (8.56%) DevOps
13 153 (8.40%) Mentoring
14 152 (8.34%) Data Analysis
15 145 (7.96%) Project Management
16 142 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
17 138 (7.57%) Actionable Insight
18 133 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
19 126 (6.92%) Process Improvement
20 123 (6.75%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 326 (17.89%) SQL
2 174 (9.55%) Python
3 80 (4.39%) C#
4 55 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 43 (2.36%) Java
5 43 (2.36%) PowerShell
6 31 (1.70%) C++
7 28 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (1.26%) R
9 20 (1.10%) VBA
10 17 (0.93%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.88%) C
12 15 (0.82%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.55%) Bash
14 8 (0.44%) Bicep
15 7 (0.38%) Go
16 6 (0.33%) ABAP
17 5 (0.27%) PHP
17 5 (0.27%) Scala
17 5 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 726 (39.85%) Degree
2 442 (24.26%) Master's Degree
3 424 (23.27%) PhD
4 177 (9.71%) Security Cleared
5 127 (6.97%) SC Cleared
6 110 (6.04%) ACCA
7 101 (5.54%) CIMA
8 69 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 62 (3.40%) CISSP
10 39 (2.14%) DV Cleared
11 35 (1.92%) CEH
11 35 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
12 30 (1.65%) DBS Check
13 28 (1.54%) CISM
14 25 (1.37%) CISA
15 21 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
16 20 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
17 19 (1.04%) PMI Certification
18 16 (0.88%) AAT
18 16 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.21%) QA
2 85 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 81 (4.45%) Data Quality
4 61 (3.35%) NIST
5 51 (2.80%) GDPR
6 48 (2.63%) Accessibility
7 46 (2.52%) PMO
8 34 (1.87%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.99%) GRC
10 16 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.88%) WCAG
11 7 (0.38%) IFRS
11 7 (0.38%) SLA
12 6 (0.33%) COBIT
12 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.33%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.27%) ITGC
13 5 (0.27%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.22%) ISO 14001
14 4 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 37 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.71%) Docker
5 6 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.27%) vSphere
7 4 (0.22%) Firmware
8 1 (0.055%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.54%) Terraform
2 15 (0.82%) Ansible
3 14 (0.77%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.33%) Grafana
6 6 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.27%) SCOM
8 4 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.16%) 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%) Nessus
10 1 (0.055%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 418 (22.94%) PayPal
2 317 (17.40%) Microsoft
3 86 (4.72%) SAP
4 66 (3.62%) Google
5 58 (3.18%) Oracle
6 27 (1.48%) Databricks
7 23 (1.26%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.26%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.26%) Workday
8 22 (1.21%) VMware
9 20 (1.10%) Adobe
10 16 (0.88%) IBM
11 14 (0.77%) Xero
12 13 (0.71%) Adaptive Insights
13 11 (0.60%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.49%) Sage
15 8 (0.44%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.44%) Charles River
15 8 (0.44%) Cisco
15 8 (0.44%) Splunk