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

6 months to
16 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 1,880 2,033 1,805
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.26% 11.55% 9.06%
As % of the General category 19.76% 17.11% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 897 1,054 1,262
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,106 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,357 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -4.56% +5.45%
75th Percentile £71,750 £72,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,875 £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 9,516 11,882 12,878
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 62.04% 67.52% 64.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6,119 6,924 10,063
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,299
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 16 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 (2.07%) Confluence
2 26 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.96%) CMS
4 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.32%) SAS
6 6 (0.32%) WordPress
7 4 (0.21%) Apache
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.16%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.11%) Drupal
9 2 (0.11%) IIS
9 2 (0.11%) Moodle
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.053%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.053%) Umbraco
Applications
1 457 (24.31%) Chatbot
2 234 (12.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 116 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
4 45 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (1.12%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.59%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.053%) Blender
11 1 (0.053%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.053%) InVision
11 1 (0.053%) Notion
11 1 (0.053%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.053%) Sketch
11 1 (0.053%) SmartSuite
11 1 (0.053%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (1.81%) NetSuite
2 21 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
4 16 (0.85%) Shopify
5 12 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
7 9 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
9 7 (0.37%) SAP FI
10 6 (0.32%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
11 4 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.21%) Hyperion Planning
11 4 (0.21%) Sage X3
12 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
12 3 (0.16%) Markit EDM
12 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
12 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 257 (13.67%) Azure
2 210 (11.17%) Power Platform
3 104 (5.53%) AWS
4 100 (5.32%) SaaS
5 78 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
7 57 (3.03%) GitHub
8 52 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 48 (2.55%) Snowflake
10 45 (2.39%) Google Analytics
11 43 (2.29%) GCP
12 39 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
13 34 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 28 (1.49%) dbt
15 26 (1.38%) GitHub Copilot
16 25 (1.33%) Entra ID
17 22 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
18 20 (1.06%) Power Automate
19 17 (0.90%) Google Ads
20 15 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.18%) Network Security
2 39 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
3 28 (1.49%) Firewall
4 20 (1.06%) VPN
5 18 (0.96%) DNS
5 18 (0.96%) WAN
6 15 (0.80%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.59%) DHCP
8 10 (0.53%) Wireshark
9 9 (0.48%) Internet
9 9 (0.48%) LAN
10 7 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.37%) Telnet
10 7 (0.37%) VoIP
11 6 (0.32%) Broadband
11 6 (0.32%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.27%) 5G
12 5 (0.27%) Wireless
13 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (10.16%) Power BI
2 72 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 67 (3.56%) Tableau
4 66 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.12%) Metadata
8 19 (1.01%) MySQL
9 18 (0.96%) Data Lake
9 18 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
10 17 (0.90%) Relational Database
11 16 (0.85%) Power Query
11 16 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
12 14 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
13 13 (0.69%) GIS
14 12 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
14 12 (0.64%) Data Mining
14 12 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
15 11 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 92 (4.89%) JIRA
2 37 (1.97%) Git
3 19 (1.01%) GitLab
4 15 (0.80%) Subversion
5 13 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.59%) ER Studio
6 11 (0.59%) ERwin
7 10 (0.53%) Axure RP
7 10 (0.53%) Balsamiq
7 10 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.53%) Selenium
8 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.37%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.32%) Babel
10 6 (0.32%) Maven
10 6 (0.32%) webpack
11 5 (0.27%) Postman
11 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 750 (39.89%) Social Skills
2 582 (30.96%) Finance
3 171 (9.10%) Marketing
4 137 (7.29%) Public Sector
5 133 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 118 (6.28%) Retail
7 90 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
8 88 (4.68%) Legal
9 85 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
10 81 (4.31%) Manufacturing
11 77 (4.10%) Law
12 62 (3.30%) Telecoms
13 43 (2.29%) Advertising
14 41 (2.18%) Electronics
14 41 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.06%) Banking
16 20 (1.06%) Billing
16 20 (1.06%) Front Office
17 19 (1.01%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 456 (24.26%) Trainer
2 359 (19.10%) Analyst
3 144 (7.66%) Senior
4 111 (5.90%) Developer
5 85 (4.52%) Lead
6 83 (4.41%) Business Analyst
7 81 (4.31%) Architect
8 70 (3.72%) Consultant
9 60 (3.19%) Financial Analyst
10 55 (2.93%) Data Analyst
11 54 (2.87%) Support Analyst
12 47 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
13 42 (2.23%) 2nd Line Support
13 42 (2.23%) IT Analyst
14 39 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
15 34 (1.81%) IT Support
16 28 (1.49%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 27 (1.44%) Data Engineer
18 26 (1.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 26 (1.38%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.71%) HTML
2 44 (2.34%) CSS
3 34 (1.81%) REST
4 26 (1.38%) React
5 23 (1.22%) .NET
5 23 (1.22%) SOAP
6 20 (1.06%) Middleware
7 18 (0.96%) Flash
8 17 (0.90%) XML
9 16 (0.85%) Node.js
9 16 (0.85%) OAuth
10 15 (0.80%) SAML
11 14 (0.74%) JSON
12 12 (0.64%) Web Services
13 11 (0.59%) BAPI
13 11 (0.59%) IBM Integration Bus
13 11 (0.59%) JMS
13 11 (0.59%) Sass
14 10 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
15 9 (0.48%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 202 (10.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 134 (7.13%) Self-Motivation
3 113 (6.01%) Onboarding
4 81 (4.31%) Product Ownership
5 71 (3.78%) Management Information System
6 32 (1.70%) Algorithms
6 32 (1.70%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.49%) Cloud Native
8 27 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 26 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.33%) Social Media
11 24 (1.28%) Driving Licence
12 23 (1.22%) Data Centre
13 21 (1.12%) Data Structures
13 21 (1.12%) e-Learning
14 19 (1.01%) Low-Code
15 18 (0.96%) Security Posture
16 16 (0.85%) FMCG
16 16 (0.85%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 70 (3.72%) Windows
2 53 (2.82%) Linux
3 19 (1.01%) Unix
4 14 (0.74%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.32%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.27%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.21%) Android
8 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.053%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.053%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 710 (37.77%) AI
2 678 (36.06%) Problem-Solving
3 466 (24.79%) Chemistry
4 459 (24.41%) Conversational UI
5 373 (19.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 324 (17.23%) Decision-Making
7 297 (15.80%) Agile
8 285 (15.16%) Analytics
9 257 (13.67%) Business Intelligence
10 175 (9.31%) Analytical Thinking
11 163 (8.67%) ERP
12 155 (8.24%) Data Analysis
13 154 (8.19%) Mentoring
14 150 (7.98%) Project Management
15 149 (7.93%) DevOps
16 146 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
17 139 (7.39%) Actionable Insight
18 133 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
19 129 (6.86%) Process Improvement
20 120 (6.38%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 327 (17.39%) SQL
2 171 (9.10%) Python
3 79 (4.20%) C#
4 51 (2.71%) JavaScript
5 39 (2.07%) Java
6 38 (2.02%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.65%) C++
8 28 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 25 (1.33%) R
10 20 (1.06%) VBA
11 16 (0.85%) C
12 15 (0.80%) TypeScript
13 13 (0.69%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.53%) Bash
15 8 (0.43%) Bicep
16 7 (0.37%) ABAP
17 5 (0.27%) PHP
17 5 (0.27%) Scala
18 4 (0.21%) Go
18 4 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 761 (40.48%) Degree
2 480 (25.53%) Master's Degree
3 462 (24.57%) PhD
4 176 (9.36%) Security Cleared
5 123 (6.54%) SC Cleared
6 114 (6.06%) ACCA
7 105 (5.59%) CIMA
8 68 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 64 (3.40%) CISSP
10 43 (2.29%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.97%) CEH
11 37 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 30 (1.60%) CISM
13 28 (1.49%) DBS Check
14 25 (1.33%) CISA
15 21 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
16 20 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
17 17 (0.90%) PMI Certification
18 16 (0.85%) AAT
19 15 (0.80%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (4.95%) QA
2 85 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 79 (4.20%) Data Quality
4 61 (3.24%) NIST
5 55 (2.93%) GDPR
6 49 (2.61%) PMO
7 43 (2.29%) Accessibility
8 35 (1.86%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.96%) GRC
10 16 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.74%) WCAG
12 7 (0.37%) IFRS
12 7 (0.37%) SLA
13 6 (0.32%) COBIT
13 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.27%) ITGC
14 5 (0.27%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.21%) GAAP
15 4 (0.21%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 38 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.69%) Docker
4 5 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.27%) vSphere
5 4 (0.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.053%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.053%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (1.22%) Terraform
2 15 (0.80%) Ansible
3 12 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (0.59%) Kubernetes
5 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.27%) Grafana
6 5 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.27%) SCOM
7 4 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.16%) QRadar
9 1 (0.053%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.053%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.053%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.053%) Nessus
9 1 (0.053%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 456 (24.26%) PayPal
2 333 (17.71%) Microsoft
3 92 (4.89%) SAP
4 74 (3.94%) Google
5 56 (2.98%) Oracle
6 27 (1.44%) Databricks
7 25 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.28%) Workday
9 22 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.12%) VMware
11 19 (1.01%) Adobe
12 14 (0.74%) IBM
12 14 (0.74%) Xero
13 13 (0.69%) Adaptive Insights
14 11 (0.59%) Autodesk
15 9 (0.48%) Sage
16 8 (0.43%) Ahrefs
16 8 (0.43%) Atlassian
16 8 (0.43%) Cisco
16 8 (0.43%) Splunk