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

6 months to
6 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 1,923 2,123 1,866
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.54% 11.19% 9.08%
As % of the General category 19.90% 17.02% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 904 1,104 1,327
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,946 £33,498
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,875 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £58,920
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -6.65% +7.13%
75th Percentile £70,603 £71,991 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £88,023
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 9,665 12,474 13,393
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.00% 65.77% 65.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,191 7,256 10,537
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £35,750
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 £107,500 £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 6 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 39 (2.03%) Confluence
2 31 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.99%) 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%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.16%) Moodle
7 3 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.10%) Drupal
8 2 (0.10%) IIS
8 2 (0.10%) nginx
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.052%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.052%) Umbraco
Applications
1 497 (25.85%) Chatbot
2 243 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 119 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
4 47 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (1.14%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.62%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.36%) 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 34 (1.77%) NetSuite
2 26 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 16 (0.83%) Shopify
5 15 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
6 12 (0.62%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 249 (12.95%) Azure
2 214 (11.13%) Power Platform
3 103 (5.36%) SaaS
4 97 (5.04%) AWS
5 72 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
7 53 (2.76%) Google Analytics
8 52 (2.70%) GitHub
9 50 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (2.34%) Snowflake
11 44 (2.29%) GCP
11 44 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
12 32 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 26 (1.35%) dbt
13 26 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
14 25 (1.30%) Entra ID
15 22 (1.14%) Google Ads
16 21 (1.09%) Power Automate
17 20 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
18 15 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.03%) Network Security
1 39 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
2 27 (1.40%) Firewall
3 20 (1.04%) VPN
3 20 (1.04%) WAN
4 17 (0.88%) DNS
5 15 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (0.62%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.52%) DHCP
7 10 (0.52%) LAN
7 10 (0.52%) Wireshark
8 9 (0.47%) Internet
9 7 (0.36%) 5G
9 7 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.36%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.36%) VoIP
10 6 (0.31%) Broadband
10 6 (0.31%) Telnet
11 5 (0.26%) Wireless
12 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (10.09%) Power BI
2 74 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 67 (3.48%) Tableau
4 61 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.09%) Metadata
7 19 (0.99%) MySQL
8 18 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
8 18 (0.94%) Power Query
9 17 (0.88%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (0.73%) Data Lake
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 11 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 89 (4.63%) JIRA
2 33 (1.72%) Git
3 18 (0.94%) GitLab
4 13 (0.68%) Subversion
5 11 (0.57%) Axure RP
5 11 (0.57%) Balsamiq
5 11 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.52%) ER Studio
6 10 (0.52%) ERwin
6 10 (0.52%) Selenium
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.36%) WebDriver
9 5 (0.26%) Babel
9 5 (0.26%) Maven
9 5 (0.26%) Postman
9 5 (0.26%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.26%) webpack
10 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 765 (39.78%) Social Skills
2 575 (29.90%) Finance
3 179 (9.31%) Marketing
4 134 (6.97%) Public Sector
5 125 (6.50%) Retail
6 118 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 90 (4.68%) Legal
8 89 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
9 88 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
10 81 (4.21%) Law
11 80 (4.16%) Manufacturing
12 62 (3.22%) Telecoms
13 50 (2.60%) Advertising
14 49 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
15 40 (2.08%) Electronics
16 28 (1.46%) Banking
17 27 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.09%) Billing
19 17 (0.88%) Aerospace
19 17 (0.88%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 496 (25.79%) Trainer
2 359 (18.67%) Analyst
3 152 (7.90%) Senior
4 112 (5.82%) Developer
5 86 (4.47%) Lead
6 81 (4.21%) Architect
6 81 (4.21%) Business Analyst
7 73 (3.80%) Consultant
8 59 (3.07%) Support Analyst
9 57 (2.96%) Data Analyst
9 57 (2.96%) Financial Analyst
10 51 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
11 43 (2.24%) 2nd Line Support
11 43 (2.24%) IT Analyst
12 39 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
13 36 (1.87%) IT Support
14 28 (1.46%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 27 (1.40%) Systems Engineer
16 26 (1.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 26 (1.35%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.60%) HTML
2 41 (2.13%) CSS
3 34 (1.77%) REST
4 23 (1.20%) React
5 22 (1.14%) .NET
5 22 (1.14%) SOAP
6 19 (0.99%) Middleware
7 18 (0.94%) Flash
8 17 (0.88%) XML
9 15 (0.78%) JSON
9 15 (0.78%) OAuth
9 15 (0.78%) SAML
10 14 (0.73%) Node.js
11 12 (0.62%) Web Services
12 11 (0.57%) BAPI
12 11 (0.57%) IBM Integration Bus
12 11 (0.57%) JMS
13 8 (0.42%) EDI
13 8 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
13 8 (0.42%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 205 (10.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 134 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
3 116 (6.03%) Onboarding
4 78 (4.06%) Product Ownership
5 74 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 35 (1.82%) Algorithms
7 33 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 27 (1.40%) Cloud Native
8 27 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 27 (1.40%) Social Media
9 26 (1.35%) Driving Licence
10 24 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (1.20%) e-Learning
12 21 (1.09%) Data Structures
13 19 (0.99%) Data Centre
14 18 (0.94%) Security Posture
15 17 (0.88%) Low-Code
16 16 (0.83%) Reinsurance
17 15 (0.78%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 72 (3.74%) Windows
2 48 (2.50%) Linux
3 18 (0.94%) Unix
4 13 (0.68%) 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%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 741 (38.53%) AI
2 686 (35.67%) Problem-Solving
3 508 (26.42%) Chemistry
4 499 (25.95%) Conversational UI
5 378 (19.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 322 (16.74%) Decision-Making
7 299 (15.55%) Agile
8 293 (15.24%) Analytics
9 267 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
10 179 (9.31%) Analytical Thinking
11 166 (8.63%) ERP
12 159 (8.27%) Mentoring
13 158 (8.22%) Project Management
14 157 (8.16%) Data Analysis
15 144 (7.49%) Actionable Insight
15 144 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
16 136 (7.07%) DevOps
16 136 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
17 129 (6.71%) Process Improvement
18 118 (6.14%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 322 (16.74%) SQL
2 162 (8.42%) Python
3 77 (4.00%) C#
4 49 (2.55%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.98%) Java
6 30 (1.56%) C++
7 29 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 29 (1.51%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.40%) R
9 20 (1.04%) VBA
10 15 (0.78%) C
11 12 (0.62%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.42%) Bash
13 8 (0.42%) Bicep
14 7 (0.36%) ABAP
15 5 (0.26%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.26%) PHP
16 4 (0.21%) Go
16 4 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 811 (42.17%) Degree
2 520 (27.04%) Master's Degree
3 503 (26.16%) PhD
4 174 (9.05%) Security Cleared
5 121 (6.29%) SC Cleared
6 111 (5.77%) ACCA
7 102 (5.30%) CIMA
8 66 (3.43%) CISSP
9 64 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 46 (2.39%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.92%) CEH
12 36 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
13 32 (1.66%) CISM
14 30 (1.56%) DBS Check
15 26 (1.35%) CISA
16 22 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
17 20 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.83%) AAT
18 16 (0.83%) PMI Certification
19 14 (0.73%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (4.73%) QA
2 84 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 78 (4.06%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.12%) GDPR
5 58 (3.02%) NIST
6 56 (2.91%) PMO
7 41 (2.13%) Accessibility
8 35 (1.82%) PCI DSS
9 19 (0.99%) GRC
10 16 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.73%) WCAG
12 8 (0.42%) SLA
13 7 (0.36%) 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 38 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.62%) 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 (1.14%) Terraform
2 13 (0.68%) Ansible
3 11 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.52%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.26%) Grafana
5 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.26%) SCOM
6 4 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (0.16%) QRadar
8 1 (0.052%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.052%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.052%) Nessus
8 1 (0.052%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.052%) SCCM
Vendors
1 496 (25.79%) PayPal
2 339 (17.63%) Microsoft
3 99 (5.15%) SAP
4 87 (4.52%) Google
5 55 (2.86%) Oracle
6 28 (1.46%) Databricks
6 28 (1.46%) Salesforce
7 26 (1.35%) Workday
8 22 (1.14%) Adobe
8 22 (1.14%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.04%) VMware
10 14 (0.73%) Xero
11 13 (0.68%) Adaptive Insights
11 13 (0.68%) IBM
12 11 (0.57%) Autodesk
12 11 (0.57%) TikTok
13 10 (0.52%) Sage
14 9 (0.47%) Ahrefs
14 9 (0.47%) Cisco
15 8 (0.42%) Alteryx