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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,980 2,133 1,916
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.95% 10.75% 9.17%
As % of the General category 20.16% 16.72% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 925 1,100 1,367
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,404 £33,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,357 £58,920
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -6.05% +7.13%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,056 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,709
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 9,822 12,754 13,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 64.26% 64.26% 65.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,304 7,389 10,752
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,667 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% - +0.81%
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 28 November 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 (1.97%) Confluence
2 37 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.06%) CMS
4 13 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.30%) SAS
5 6 (0.30%) WordPress
6 4 (0.20%) Apache
6 4 (0.20%) Drupal
7 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.15%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.15%) Moodle
7 3 (0.15%) nginx
7 3 (0.15%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.10%) IIS
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.051%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.051%) WebLogic
Applications
1 536 (27.07%) Chatbot
2 245 (12.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 124 (6.26%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (1.11%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.61%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.20%) Blender
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.051%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.051%) InVision
11 1 (0.051%) Notion
11 1 (0.051%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.051%) Sketch
11 1 (0.051%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 32 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 29 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
5 16 (0.81%) Shopify
6 12 (0.61%) SAP FI
7 11 (0.56%) SAP CO
7 11 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
8 10 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
8 10 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
8 10 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.20%) Hyperion Planning
11 4 (0.20%) Sage X3
11 4 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 3 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 3 (0.15%) Primavera
13 2 (0.10%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 241 (12.17%) Azure
2 214 (10.81%) Power Platform
3 105 (5.30%) SaaS
4 100 (5.05%) AWS
5 67 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
6 55 (2.78%) Google Analytics
7 50 (2.53%) GitHub
8 49 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 49 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
9 44 (2.22%) GCP
10 38 (1.92%) Snowflake
11 31 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 25 (1.26%) Entra ID
12 25 (1.26%) Google Ads
13 23 (1.16%) GitHub Copilot
14 22 (1.11%) dbt
15 21 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (1.06%) Power Automate
16 17 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.97%) Network Security
1 39 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
2 28 (1.41%) Firewall
3 23 (1.16%) WAN
4 22 (1.11%) VPN
5 19 (0.96%) DNS
6 16 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.61%) DHCP
8 12 (0.61%) LAN
9 10 (0.51%) Internet
9 10 (0.51%) Wireshark
10 8 (0.40%) 5G
10 8 (0.40%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.40%) VoIP
11 7 (0.35%) Broadband
11 7 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.30%) Wireless
13 5 (0.25%) VLAN
14 4 (0.20%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (9.80%) Power BI
2 77 (3.89%) SQL Server
3 66 (3.33%) Tableau
4 58 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (1.11%) MySQL
7 21 (1.06%) Metadata
7 21 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 19 (0.96%) Power Query
9 18 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
10 14 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
11 13 (0.66%) GIS
11 13 (0.66%) Looker
11 13 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
11 13 (0.66%) Snowflake Schema
12 12 (0.61%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 79 (3.99%) JIRA
2 35 (1.77%) Git
3 17 (0.86%) GitLab
4 11 (0.56%) Axure RP
4 11 (0.56%) Balsamiq
4 11 (0.56%) Cypress.io
5 10 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.51%) Selenium
6 9 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.45%) Subversion
7 8 (0.40%) ER Studio
7 8 (0.40%) ERwin
8 7 (0.35%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.30%) Babel
9 6 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.30%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.30%) webpack
10 5 (0.25%) Postman
10 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.20%) Maven
General
1 778 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 564 (28.48%) Finance
3 184 (9.29%) Marketing
4 132 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 130 (6.57%) Retail
6 120 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 93 (4.70%) Legal
8 88 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
9 86 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
10 84 (4.24%) Law
11 81 (4.09%) Manufacturing
12 64 (3.23%) Telecoms
13 52 (2.63%) Advertising
14 51 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
15 38 (1.92%) Electronics
16 33 (1.67%) Banking
17 24 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
18 22 (1.11%) Billing
19 19 (0.96%) Financial Institution
20 17 (0.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 535 (27.02%) Trainer
2 377 (19.04%) Analyst
3 158 (7.98%) Senior
4 121 (6.11%) Developer
5 86 (4.34%) Lead
6 82 (4.14%) Business Analyst
7 81 (4.09%) Architect
8 74 (3.74%) Consultant
9 62 (3.13%) Support Analyst
10 60 (3.03%) Data Analyst
11 57 (2.88%) Financial Analyst
12 53 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
13 45 (2.27%) 2nd Line Support
14 44 (2.22%) IT Analyst
15 41 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
16 38 (1.92%) IT Support
17 28 (1.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 26 (1.31%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 26 (1.31%) Security Consultant
18 26 (1.31%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.73%) HTML
2 42 (2.12%) CSS
3 38 (1.92%) REST
4 25 (1.26%) SOAP
5 24 (1.21%) React
6 23 (1.16%) .NET
7 22 (1.11%) Middleware
8 18 (0.91%) OAuth
8 18 (0.91%) SAML
8 18 (0.91%) XML
9 17 (0.86%) Flash
9 17 (0.86%) JSON
9 17 (0.86%) Node.js
10 14 (0.71%) BAPI
10 14 (0.71%) IBM Integration Bus
10 14 (0.71%) JMS
11 13 (0.66%) Web Services
12 10 (0.51%) Sass
13 9 (0.45%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.40%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 207 (10.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 136 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
3 120 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 78 (3.94%) Management Information System
5 76 (3.84%) Product Ownership
6 35 (1.77%) Algorithms
7 34 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 31 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.46%) Social Media
10 27 (1.36%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 25 (1.26%) e-Learning
13 24 (1.21%) Cloud Native
14 23 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
15 22 (1.11%) Data Centre
16 19 (0.96%) Data Structures
16 19 (0.96%) Security Posture
17 17 (0.86%) Reinsurance
18 14 (0.71%) FMCG
18 14 (0.71%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 72 (3.64%) Windows
2 48 (2.42%) Linux
3 18 (0.91%) Unix
4 11 (0.56%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.45%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.25%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.20%) Android
8 3 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.15%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.051%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.051%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (39.14%) AI
2 690 (34.85%) Problem-Solving
3 548 (27.68%) Chemistry
4 538 (27.17%) Conversational UI
5 366 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 330 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 301 (15.20%) Analytics
8 290 (14.65%) Agile
9 273 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
10 179 (9.04%) Analytical Thinking
11 165 (8.33%) ERP
12 161 (8.13%) Mentoring
12 161 (8.13%) Project Management
13 158 (7.98%) Data Analysis
14 147 (7.42%) Actionable Insight
15 141 (7.12%) Cybersecurity
16 138 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
17 126 (6.36%) DevOps
18 124 (6.26%) Process Improvement
19 120 (6.06%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 321 (16.21%) SQL
2 160 (8.08%) Python
3 77 (3.89%) C#
4 53 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.92%) Java
6 31 (1.57%) C++
6 31 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (1.52%) R
8 26 (1.31%) PowerShell
9 20 (1.01%) VBA
10 15 (0.76%) C
11 14 (0.71%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.40%) Bash
13 8 (0.40%) Bicep
13 8 (0.40%) PHP
14 7 (0.35%) ABAP
15 6 (0.30%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.20%) Go
16 4 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 865 (43.69%) Degree
2 558 (28.18%) Master's Degree
3 541 (27.32%) PhD
4 175 (8.84%) Security Cleared
5 124 (6.26%) SC Cleared
6 105 (5.30%) ACCA
7 97 (4.90%) CIMA
8 68 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (3.33%) CISSP
10 47 (2.37%) DV Cleared
11 39 (1.97%) CEH
12 36 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
13 30 (1.52%) CISM
13 30 (1.52%) DBS Check
14 27 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
15 23 (1.16%) CISA
16 20 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (0.76%) AAT
18 13 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
18 13 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (4.60%) QA
2 88 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 62 (3.13%) GDPR
5 57 (2.88%) NIST
5 57 (2.88%) PMO
6 42 (2.12%) Accessibility
7 35 (1.77%) PCI DSS
8 19 (0.96%) GRC
9 16 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (0.71%) WCAG
11 8 (0.40%) SLA
12 7 (0.35%) IFRS
13 6 (0.30%) COBIT
13 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.30%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.25%) ITGC
14 5 (0.25%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.20%) GAAP
15 4 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.61%) Docker
5 6 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.30%) vSphere
6 3 (0.15%) Firmware
7 1 (0.051%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (1.11%) Terraform
2 13 (0.66%) Ansible
3 10 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.45%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.25%) Grafana
5 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.25%) SCOM
6 4 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (0.15%) QRadar
8 1 (0.051%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.051%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.051%) Nessus
8 1 (0.051%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.051%) SCCM
8 1 (0.051%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 535 (27.02%) PayPal
2 355 (17.93%) Microsoft
3 102 (5.15%) SAP
4 94 (4.75%) Google
5 53 (2.68%) Oracle
6 29 (1.46%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.41%) Databricks
8 27 (1.36%) Workday
9 24 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.11%) Adobe
10 22 (1.11%) VMware
11 14 (0.71%) IBM
12 13 (0.66%) Adaptive Insights
12 13 (0.66%) Xero
13 12 (0.61%) TikTok
14 11 (0.56%) Autodesk
14 11 (0.56%) Cisco
15 10 (0.51%) Ahrefs
16 9 (0.45%) Sage
17 8 (0.40%) Splunk